Chapter Twenty-One: The Slytherin and the Ravenclaw
"Unicorn tears!" Jo aid once she reached the portrait in front of the Ravenclaw dorm. The portrait swung open to let Jo inside.
"Hello? Any Ravenclaws here?" Jo said to a deserted common room. A third year girl named Kristen peeked her head out from the almost hidden staircase that led to the girl's dorms. "I'm the only one. What are you doing in here Slytherin?" She asked in a tone not meant to offend anyone, but unknowing that calling anyone by his or her house name was an offense.
"Well excuse me, Ravenclaw. I need to talk to my Quidditch Caption." Jo pushed pasted her and walked up to the boy's dorm. She knocked once and then entered. "Cedric?" She said aloud. "I told you, I'm the only one here." The girl said. "And my name isn't Ravenclaw, it's Kristen Duncan. Cedric isn't here, he took that little girl somewhere." "My name is not Slytherin, it's Jo." Jo said coming down the sitars. "Well then I'll just wait unless you have a problem with it? And if you do I'm still waiting." She said sitting on the couch. "I couldn't care less, make yourself at home. Oh, but I better tell Sabrina your here." "Sabrina", Jo yelled to lazy to get up, "I'm in your common room!" Sabrina sat in her room, eyes glued to her computer. "Ok, whatever." Jo shrugged. "Always up with that computer, eh Spellmen? Duncan, what year are you in?" "Third." Kristen sat down in a chair opposite Jo and picked up the Danger Times to read. "I'm in first." Jo said looking around. "Oh, a first year, sucks to be you." "I maybe a fist year but I fight a good duel and play a good seeker. If it weren't for me you wouldn't have a decent seeker!" Jo said looking at the door hopping to see Cedric magically appear. "Oh please, there were plenty of Ravenclaws to be Seeker, Dumbledoor just wanted to experiment with cross-housing." "How much you want to bet they aren't as good as you are?! Just because you are the 'star seeker' doesn't mean there people better than you, Slytherin!" Jo smirked. "I beg to differ, Ravenclaw. The only people better or equal to me are Harry, Cedric, and Malfoy." "How would you know when your whacked Captain don't let anyone else play?!" Jo laughed. "Well if you think your so good, Ravenclaw, then you me tomorrow 2pm. We'll see who's a better Seeker." "I never said me, Slytherin, I said 'Ravenclaws'. Never did I say that I was a Seeker. Besides, I'm a Keeper. But I do know a few Ravenclaws who can beat you, besides thick-head Diggory." Jo's hand reached for her wand. "What did you call him? And if you know some people that can beet me then tell them meet me at the Pitch 2pm tomorrow." "They have classes two PM tomorrow. Plus, they have time to have an amateur face off with a first year. Sabrina! If my sis comes tell her I went to go practice my Quidditch."
Sabrina half heard her. "Why? You aren't on a team."
"So, maybe someone will get it in their head that I'm a better keeper than any of these other guys."
"Whatever." Sabrina called back down. "If I say Marilyn, I'll let her know where you went."
"Thank you." Kristin called to Sabrina. She stood up from her chair and walked past Jo, ramming her hard with her shoulder as she went. Jo only smiled. "There is no way that you are better than Cedric, Oliver, Alexandra, or Heather so don't get your hopes up. It'll take more than one day of practice to beat them." "Oh Kristin, think fast!" Sabrina said throwing something down the stairs.
Kristin spun around from leaving and jumped to the object to catch it, which she succeeded easily. "If you honestly don't think I could beat them, then why don't you challenge one of your friends to play me." "Why'd you do that Sabrina?! I was trying to prove to her that I was right! She's good! She might take Cedric's place as Captain and as Keeper and then kick me off the team!" Jo yelled up stairs. "Where is Cedric any way!?" "Fine, suit yourself, but it has to be at night, if it isn't to scary for your wimp friends." Kristin shot back. She opened the package Sabrina had tossed down and smirked as she left the room. "I didn't do it to prove her right Jo! I did it because her brother told me to give it to her." Sabrina called back down, the click of her typing never ceasing throughout the entire scene. Jo put a pillow over her head so she wouldn't hear the typing. "Make it stop! Make it stop!" She whined. Sabrina stopped typing, saved her work, and shut down her computer. Then she came down stairs to join Jo. "So what kind of challenges did y'all make each other?" Jo took the pillow off her head. "Well I have to convince one of the Keepers to face off with her at night, and I can't find Cedric!"
"Unicorn tears!" Jo aid once she reached the portrait in front of the Ravenclaw dorm. The portrait swung open to let Jo inside.
"Hello? Any Ravenclaws here?" Jo said to a deserted common room. A third year girl named Kristen peeked her head out from the almost hidden staircase that led to the girl's dorms. "I'm the only one. What are you doing in here Slytherin?" She asked in a tone not meant to offend anyone, but unknowing that calling anyone by his or her house name was an offense.
"Well excuse me, Ravenclaw. I need to talk to my Quidditch Caption." Jo pushed pasted her and walked up to the boy's dorm. She knocked once and then entered. "Cedric?" She said aloud. "I told you, I'm the only one here." The girl said. "And my name isn't Ravenclaw, it's Kristen Duncan. Cedric isn't here, he took that little girl somewhere." "My name is not Slytherin, it's Jo." Jo said coming down the sitars. "Well then I'll just wait unless you have a problem with it? And if you do I'm still waiting." She said sitting on the couch. "I couldn't care less, make yourself at home. Oh, but I better tell Sabrina your here." "Sabrina", Jo yelled to lazy to get up, "I'm in your common room!" Sabrina sat in her room, eyes glued to her computer. "Ok, whatever." Jo shrugged. "Always up with that computer, eh Spellmen? Duncan, what year are you in?" "Third." Kristen sat down in a chair opposite Jo and picked up the Danger Times to read. "I'm in first." Jo said looking around. "Oh, a first year, sucks to be you." "I maybe a fist year but I fight a good duel and play a good seeker. If it weren't for me you wouldn't have a decent seeker!" Jo said looking at the door hopping to see Cedric magically appear. "Oh please, there were plenty of Ravenclaws to be Seeker, Dumbledoor just wanted to experiment with cross-housing." "How much you want to bet they aren't as good as you are?! Just because you are the 'star seeker' doesn't mean there people better than you, Slytherin!" Jo smirked. "I beg to differ, Ravenclaw. The only people better or equal to me are Harry, Cedric, and Malfoy." "How would you know when your whacked Captain don't let anyone else play?!" Jo laughed. "Well if you think your so good, Ravenclaw, then you me tomorrow 2pm. We'll see who's a better Seeker." "I never said me, Slytherin, I said 'Ravenclaws'. Never did I say that I was a Seeker. Besides, I'm a Keeper. But I do know a few Ravenclaws who can beat you, besides thick-head Diggory." Jo's hand reached for her wand. "What did you call him? And if you know some people that can beet me then tell them meet me at the Pitch 2pm tomorrow." "They have classes two PM tomorrow. Plus, they have time to have an amateur face off with a first year. Sabrina! If my sis comes tell her I went to go practice my Quidditch."
Sabrina half heard her. "Why? You aren't on a team."
"So, maybe someone will get it in their head that I'm a better keeper than any of these other guys."
"Whatever." Sabrina called back down. "If I say Marilyn, I'll let her know where you went."
"Thank you." Kristin called to Sabrina. She stood up from her chair and walked past Jo, ramming her hard with her shoulder as she went. Jo only smiled. "There is no way that you are better than Cedric, Oliver, Alexandra, or Heather so don't get your hopes up. It'll take more than one day of practice to beat them." "Oh Kristin, think fast!" Sabrina said throwing something down the stairs.
Kristin spun around from leaving and jumped to the object to catch it, which she succeeded easily. "If you honestly don't think I could beat them, then why don't you challenge one of your friends to play me." "Why'd you do that Sabrina?! I was trying to prove to her that I was right! She's good! She might take Cedric's place as Captain and as Keeper and then kick me off the team!" Jo yelled up stairs. "Where is Cedric any way!?" "Fine, suit yourself, but it has to be at night, if it isn't to scary for your wimp friends." Kristin shot back. She opened the package Sabrina had tossed down and smirked as she left the room. "I didn't do it to prove her right Jo! I did it because her brother told me to give it to her." Sabrina called back down, the click of her typing never ceasing throughout the entire scene. Jo put a pillow over her head so she wouldn't hear the typing. "Make it stop! Make it stop!" She whined. Sabrina stopped typing, saved her work, and shut down her computer. Then she came down stairs to join Jo. "So what kind of challenges did y'all make each other?" Jo took the pillow off her head. "Well I have to convince one of the Keepers to face off with her at night, and I can't find Cedric!"