Chapter Four: Quidditch Tryouts
Chapter Four: Quidditch Tryouts
After about a week, Tyler had settled in and was loving it. Her mom even seemed to be her old self in her letters to Tyler.
Tyler had become good friends with Nora, Aubrey, and Lily. The three of them, plus Cairin spent all their free time together. Aubrey was rather reluctant to hang out with Gryffindors, but when she found out their dislike for Luc Malfoy, she softened up.
Luc made snide remarks to Tyler constantly, but she always had her friends to back her up.
That day, Tyler was ecstatic. Not only was it Saturday- which meant that she would not have to see Luc exceot at meals- it was the day of Quidditch tryouts.
She and Nora, who was a chaser, headed down to the Quidditch pitch with their brooms. When they got there, there were about 13 other people waiting.
Aurora Silverhawk, team captain, surveyed the group of people. Before she started, Luc Malfoy streaked on to the field, broom in hand. He stopped beside Nora and frowned.
So much for not seeing Luc.
Aurora raised her left eyebrow and went on to say, "Alright, now that everyone is here, now that I'm captain, we're doing things a little differently. Future Quidditch players and past players are going to participate in a mock Quidditch game. We have enough people to form two teams and cycle two people in."
"Stupid," Luc murmured.
Aurora turned to Luc, "Excuse me?"
"I think it's stupid that we have to tryout again. We made it once, why do we have to make it again?"
Aurora smiled, "Because, someone could be better than you, and I want them to have a fair chance to beat you."
"You should have been in Gryffindor."
"But I'm not," she snapped. "This is the list of what team you're on."
When Tyler got the paper, she was on a team with Nora, and the other seeker was Luc.
They mounted their brooms and took to the sky. Once up, Tyler scanned the sky, looking for the snitch.
She felt something bump her her thigh, and she turned to see what did. It was Luc, smirking at her.
"Hey gorgeous. Don't worry, I'll give you a head start," he continued to smirk.
Jerk.
Five minutes later, she saw something glimmer in the distance. Apparently, Luc hadn't seen it, because he was startled when she shot off after it. Tyler enclosed her fingers around the snithch and landed on the ground, triumphantly.
Look who needs the head start now. She thought smugly.
Luc looked furious, and that made Tyler even happier.
In the next and final game, it took Tyler longer to find the snitch. This time, Luc was more alert, but Tyler still caught the snitch.
When they landed, Aurora clapped, "Great job everyone. The list will be posted after dinner in the common room."
Tyler and Nora quicly ate that night, and headed straight towards the common room.
"If I don't make it again this year, I'll be so pissed off," Nora stated.
"Don't worry Nora, you'll make it, besides there's only three other people that want to be chasers," Tyler assured.
"True."
Entering the common room, everyone at the tryouts was crowded around the fireplace, waiting for Aurora to post the list.
Catching sight of Tyler, Luc started bragging, "There's no way that Tyler will beat me out of my spot for seek. I let her catch the snich both times, you know," then he pretended that he just saw Tyler, "Oh, hey gorgeous, when you lose, you can always cry on my shoulder."
Tyler gritted her teeth, but said nothing.
Soon, Aurora posted the list and they all crowed around it.
Slytherin Quidditch Team
Chasers- Ryan Bolt, Venora Lupin, Meg Boise
Alternate- Luanne Jones
Beaters- Greg Palmer, Tom Waverly
Alternate- Kingsley Sawyer
Keeper- Aurora Silverhawk
Alternate- Shawn Crabtree
Seeker- Tyler Miles
Alternate- Lucian Malfoy
In your face, Malfoy!
A/N: Well, I got this out faster than I thought, so that means ppl should review faster. The only way I can get better at writing is if you R+R