CHAPTER ELEVEN
Meanwhile, back at the Hogwarts castle, Charlie and Jamie, and were getting ready for their big Quidditch match against Slytherin. Trent loved the game, and Tracy, being muggle-born, had never seen it before, but both were too afraid of heights to actually play it. Naturally Charlie was the seeker, and Jamie a chaser.
The captain of the team, Dave Adelma was trying to run a few plays, but eventually just let the team practice the basics when he realized that none of them knew what he was saying. He made a note to himself to draw up diagrams for the next practice, and then went about to monitor how the team was doing.
Jamie and her sister Lisa were passing the quaffle back and forth to each other while weaving around the many goalposts. They flew over to their brother, Rich, who was playing keeper. As good as the two girls were as chasers, they could not get anything past their brother.
Two beaters, who Charlie later learned were named Ricky and Ryan and were brothers. Ricky was in his fourth year and Ryan his second.
Charlie could see all this because he was way above the rest of the team as well as the quidditch pitch, looking for the golden snitch. Charlie had only played Quidditch once before in his life, which was right before school started. His father had just told him that he was a wizard, and then showed him what he considered the greatest thing about the wizarding world. And Charlie whole-heartily agreed with him.
After a while, Charlie was starting to get discouraged. He hadn't even caught a glimpse of gold fluttering anywhere. He was almost about to give up when something gold whizzed by his head.
"Practice is over. Everybody gather around." Dave called.
The seven people that made up the team, who were Dave, Lisa, Rich, Jamie, Charlie, Ryan and Ricky, all gathered around.
"I think we were doing alright for our first practice. Remember, every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday right after dinner, and every Saturday at two." Dave said.
"Wouldn't it just be easier to hex Slytherin's brooms?" Lisa asked.
"Ooh! Please can we? Pleeease?" Rich pleaded. "Its be [I]so[/I] much fun and [I]so[/I] funny for ALL of us!" He finished with a what would be innocent grin, only people knew that he and his sister were rarely ever totally innocent.
Dave answered with a firm "No." He knew better then the leave anything to the two of them, and even if he tried to joke around and say yes, he knew they would take it literally "Ok, see you all Wednesday."
The members of the team started to walk up to the castle, which looked very appealing on this chilly fall night. "You two might want to get better brooms." Lisa said, poking her sister in the back. "These school brooms aren't exactly fireblaze 100's."
"I don't think you're going to do all that well riding a nimbus 2000." Rich remarked.
"Well, have fun going being left behind!" Lisa said, and she and Rich ran ahead of them as if to prove to them that they [I]really[/I] needed new brooms.
Charlie looked at Jamie. "Next Mission-" he said.
"- Getting our parents to get us new brooms."
Just as Jamie said this, Tracy and Trent came running over to them.
"I think I got it! I think I got it!" Tracy exclaimed, jumping up and down.
"Got what?" Charlie asked, who was getting dizzy, as she had been jumping quite a few times now.
"Quidditch- it's like basketball!" She replied, and finally calmed down slightly and stopped jumping. Now there was only a slight bounce to her step. "Well, in a way. Same major concept."
Charlie thought about it a second and realized that she was right. The main goal was the get the ball into the net by passing or shooting. Only there was no seeker in basketball.
The two walked ahead and talked about basketball and the similarities it had to quidditch. Behind them, Jamie and Trent were utterly puzzled.
"Basaktebol?" Jamie said. "What[I]is[/I] that?"
Trent shrugged. "Bakesetbowl must some thing in the muggle world or something. Sound like a boring game- you don't even get to fly."
The rest of the way up to the common room, Jamie was muttering something about "baseketbill" and why muggles loved it so much. "Honestly, I just don't get it."
Meanwhile, back at the Hogwarts castle, Charlie and Jamie, and were getting ready for their big Quidditch match against Slytherin. Trent loved the game, and Tracy, being muggle-born, had never seen it before, but both were too afraid of heights to actually play it. Naturally Charlie was the seeker, and Jamie a chaser.
The captain of the team, Dave Adelma was trying to run a few plays, but eventually just let the team practice the basics when he realized that none of them knew what he was saying. He made a note to himself to draw up diagrams for the next practice, and then went about to monitor how the team was doing.
Jamie and her sister Lisa were passing the quaffle back and forth to each other while weaving around the many goalposts. They flew over to their brother, Rich, who was playing keeper. As good as the two girls were as chasers, they could not get anything past their brother.
Two beaters, who Charlie later learned were named Ricky and Ryan and were brothers. Ricky was in his fourth year and Ryan his second.
Charlie could see all this because he was way above the rest of the team as well as the quidditch pitch, looking for the golden snitch. Charlie had only played Quidditch once before in his life, which was right before school started. His father had just told him that he was a wizard, and then showed him what he considered the greatest thing about the wizarding world. And Charlie whole-heartily agreed with him.
After a while, Charlie was starting to get discouraged. He hadn't even caught a glimpse of gold fluttering anywhere. He was almost about to give up when something gold whizzed by his head.
"Practice is over. Everybody gather around." Dave called.
The seven people that made up the team, who were Dave, Lisa, Rich, Jamie, Charlie, Ryan and Ricky, all gathered around.
"I think we were doing alright for our first practice. Remember, every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday right after dinner, and every Saturday at two." Dave said.
"Wouldn't it just be easier to hex Slytherin's brooms?" Lisa asked.
"Ooh! Please can we? Pleeease?" Rich pleaded. "Its be [I]so[/I] much fun and [I]so[/I] funny for ALL of us!" He finished with a what would be innocent grin, only people knew that he and his sister were rarely ever totally innocent.
Dave answered with a firm "No." He knew better then the leave anything to the two of them, and even if he tried to joke around and say yes, he knew they would take it literally "Ok, see you all Wednesday."
The members of the team started to walk up to the castle, which looked very appealing on this chilly fall night. "You two might want to get better brooms." Lisa said, poking her sister in the back. "These school brooms aren't exactly fireblaze 100's."
"I don't think you're going to do all that well riding a nimbus 2000." Rich remarked.
"Well, have fun going being left behind!" Lisa said, and she and Rich ran ahead of them as if to prove to them that they [I]really[/I] needed new brooms.
Charlie looked at Jamie. "Next Mission-" he said.
"- Getting our parents to get us new brooms."
Just as Jamie said this, Tracy and Trent came running over to them.
"I think I got it! I think I got it!" Tracy exclaimed, jumping up and down.
"Got what?" Charlie asked, who was getting dizzy, as she had been jumping quite a few times now.
"Quidditch- it's like basketball!" She replied, and finally calmed down slightly and stopped jumping. Now there was only a slight bounce to her step. "Well, in a way. Same major concept."
Charlie thought about it a second and realized that she was right. The main goal was the get the ball into the net by passing or shooting. Only there was no seeker in basketball.
The two walked ahead and talked about basketball and the similarities it had to quidditch. Behind them, Jamie and Trent were utterly puzzled.
"Basaktebol?" Jamie said. "What[I]is[/I] that?"
Trent shrugged. "Bakesetbowl must some thing in the muggle world or something. Sound like a boring game- you don't even get to fly."
The rest of the way up to the common room, Jamie was muttering something about "baseketbill" and why muggles loved it so much. "Honestly, I just don't get it."