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Scorpius reached the Quidditch pitch to find the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs standing in two lines facing each other, a broom lying on the grass beside each student. A man strode between them calling out instructions to the first years. He paused as Scorpius approached.

'ah, here you are. Good. Grab a broom'

He said indicating towards an assortment of broomsticks,

'And join the others'

Scorpius grabbed the first broom he touched then hurried to find a space.

Rose waved him over and he went to stand by her and Al.

'Now class, before we begin have any of you ever been on a broom before?' the instructor asked. There was a short pauses then a few hands rose nervously. Scorpius raised his own and he was glad to see that so did those of his friends, there was one other Gryffindor; a small mousy haired boy, Josh Corner, and two from Hufflepuff, a boy and girl, twins. Tentatively

'Okay then, could you six stand over this end for me please. Thank you. So firstly I'd like you all to stand to the left if your broom... The left O'Connor, good. Now place your right hand above your broom and say 'UP' '

there was a chorus of Up's and Scorpius' rose of the ground and into his outstretched hand, Rose to his right had the same result and looked very pleased with herself but looking around he saw that only a very few number of brooms rose off the ground first time, most just hovered slightly before landing back on the grass, Albus managed to grab hold of his second time, a look of relief on his face.

It took nearly ten minutes for everyone to get a grip on their broom.

'very good, now mount your brooms, placing your right hand in front, grip your broom tightly. Let's see,' Mr Wood, walked between them correcting their handholds, 'excellent' he said as he reached the end of the line.

'on the count of three I want you to push off from the ground- not too hard- and hover for a few seconds over the same place, then lean forwards to return back to ground. Okay, one, two, three...

Scorpius and the rest of the group kicked off hard. He rose about a meter up and hovered there for a moment then leaned his wait onto the handle of the broom and his feet returned to earth.

He turned to Rose, she mock yawned at him and he smiled, agreeing with her that this was very easy. He looked past her to where Al stood expecting to find a similar expression but his face displayed quite the opposite.

'hey Scorpius' He turned towards the sound of her voice to see the red ball soaring in his direction. 'Catch!'

She grinned as he caught the ball a fraction before it came in contact with his face. She laughed at the look of surprise on his face. What he did next was very out of character. Usually he would have left it at that, bit some playful urge which had long been buried urged him to retort.

Rose's laughter was stifled when she saw his returning throw which she only just caught.

The in was his turn to laugh. She smiled mischievously.

I've done it now, he thought. Then she lunged the ball back in his direction and the battle ensued.

They swirled and dived, dodging their fellow classmates in their attempts to claim the ball which was concurrently catapulted at exceedingly impossible angles as the game escalated.

When Professor Wood blew the whistle to signal the end of the lesson, Rose and Scorpius where out of breath but laughing exuberantly.

'not bad. Not bad at all. Once you've put the equipment away you can go.' then he added 'could you two just wait behind for a minute?' Scorpius and Rose looked at each other, where they in trouble for messing about?

Albus met them as they put their brooms back, looking shaken and more than a little queasy.

Wood, came up to them laughing at their concerned expressions.

'don't worry, your not in trouble. I just wanted to say that that was some very good flying, I haven't seen raw talent like that for years, very impressive. Though your father's being players themselves when they were at school, I shouldn't be so surprised. ' Rose beamed at the complement and Scorpius flushed slightly.

'I hope you're going to tryout for the team? Most of the players left last year so there's a few positions open. '

Wood noticed Al who still looked green standing quietly by the pair.

'are you alright? Maybe you should go up to the hospital wing?'

Al looked embarrassed then shook his head muttering something unintelligible.

Rose answered for him.

'he doesn't like heights.' she told the teacher.

'oh...'

he cleared his throat to mask his surprise. , 'never mind, that was a good start. If you wish to sit out of the next session, then I'll find something for you to do.' to his credit he commented no further.

'keep an eye on the notice board, your team captains will post details about tryouts there.'

With thanks they left the Quidditch pitch heading back up to the castle.