Flying High
It was Monday just before lunch, and it was Gryffindor's and Slytherin's first flying lesson together; not really a good thing for the two classes to do together; but of course the teacher's do know best.
They all walked over from Herbology, with James in the lead with his friends talking around him and the girls behind talking quietly and giggle slightly from now and then.
"That Quidditch game was bril but I wish that I'll get a chance to play next year." James said.
"Can you fly?" Matt asked him.
"Of course, and I'll show you." James told him.
They walked across the opening to where Madam Lani was waiting for them, with twenty brooms in front of her on the ground; ten on either side. All the Gryffindor's lined up on one side still talking while they waited for the Slytherin. The lads stood talking together as though they were planning something.
As the girls talked Lily and Nissa looked over at them as though trying to hear what they were planning; though of course they couldn't hear anything. And Ella had gotten it in her head that Nissa fancied one of them that was way she kept looking over at them, which of course Nissa ignored her, because it wasn't true well that was what she told them. It wasn't that she fancied any of them it was that they reminded her of people she used to know in away.
The Slytherin's finally arrived and didn't seem to care that they were running late, even though they wanted to get up in the air just as much as some of the Gryffindor's.
"Come along come along, stand by a broom now." Madam Lani told them. "Now then, I want you all to put your right hands out and say up."
Everyone did as she said, and everyone shouted up. James' broom shot into his hand at once as did Nissa's and Lestrange's (who was a Slytherin and one of Severus' friends, who glared over at Nissa.) Sirius came up to him on his second go as did Remus' and Lily's. It took a while for everyone's broom to come to them, Peter and Ella being the last, mainly because they were so afraid of flying.
"Now then, now that everyone has a broom I want you all to mount them." Lani told them all.
They all mounted their brooms as Lani walked up and down them making sure that they were doing it right, she only had to change a couple of people.
"Right then, on three I want you to kick off from the ground hard and hover for a couple of seconds and then come back down." Lani told them. "Just the basic's to start with..."
James looked to either side of him and smiled at both Sirius and Remus and they smiled back at him, then he looked over at Snape who had chosen the spot facing him, which he only glared back at him obviously hadn't forgotten the bright mushrooms yet.
"One...two...three!" Lani said loudly and then blew her whistle.
Everyone kicked off the ground though not at the same time, and not everyone did as they were told and went a lot higher then they should have. James swooped underneath Sirius before he came back down, and Lily bumped into Nissa making it look as though she was bowing at Sirius who smiled at her.
"Right then!" Lani said glaring at them all in turn. "I want you all to spread out some more and we'll try that again, but this time a little longer in the air."
They all went up again and again, each time a little longer then the last, but with ten minutes left of the lesson Madam Lani told them that they could have a fly; as long as they didn't go far.
James shot up into the air at this, as did a couple of others, Sirius ducked quickly as Nissa came speeding over head. He looked back at her as she loped Natalie and then Polly who were flying much more respectfully, though Lily was giving it a go as well though she didn't really have it down yet.
James flew around them as though he had flown all his life, dodging in and out of people, the only person who seemed able to match him was Nissa, who he took up to racing with Sirius and Remus. Lily and Natalie joined in thinking that it was fun, though Ella and Polly just watched them not really sure about flying.
Severus was fuming as he watched them, cursing under his breath. He didn't like them one bit, and especially that they seemed to be hanging all over his Nissa and wondering why she was letting them.
"So you're as good as you said." James shouted over at her.
"And you are as well." Nissa shouted back as Sirius flew up beside her. She smiled at him. "Not that bad for a city boy." And then flew off.
Lestrange flew up behind her and pulled on the back on her broom making her slide off and almost knock right into Remus who was flying pass.
"What do you think you were doing!" Nissa shouted just as the tail court fire.
Natalie and Ella both screamed at the top of their lung's making everyone look, Sirius shot up through the air and pulled her onto his own broom, as Madam Lani flew over and put out the fire. Sirius flew back down to the ground with Nissa safely in his arms.
"You know you don't have to do something as dramatic as that, if you want me to take you into my arms." Sirius told her smiling slightly, which made him look even more handsome.
Nissa smiled back at him. "I know I don't, but it just makes it feel so much more exciting."
"Are you alright Miss Manus?" Lani asked as she ran over to them.
Nissa pulled her face, which only Sirius saw and knew that it had been because she was called Manus, he knew that she didn't like them or having their name. Nissa turned round Sirius had let go of her now.
"I'm fine thanks." Nissa told her, as Natalie, Lily, Ella and Polly all ran over to her making sure that she was alright.
"Oh Sirius..." Ella said dreamier, not able to say anything else to him.
"Hey Sirius, did you see who had hold of her broom before it set on fire?" Remus asked him quietly.
Sirius nodded as he looked over at Lestrange who was smiling at him, but Severus didn't look at all happy. Sirius tighten his grip around the broom handle as he glared at Lestrange, who just smiled the whole time at him.
(A/N:- I know that their only young, but for Sirius I'm just trying to get the impression that what ever he wants that he'll do anything to get; including impressing a girl at such a young age. But you can still fancy someone can't you at that age?
Hoped you enjoyed it though, a bit of flying considering that I didn't put in the Quidditch match; but like I said you'll get one before the end of the story.)
It was Monday just before lunch, and it was Gryffindor's and Slytherin's first flying lesson together; not really a good thing for the two classes to do together; but of course the teacher's do know best.
They all walked over from Herbology, with James in the lead with his friends talking around him and the girls behind talking quietly and giggle slightly from now and then.
"That Quidditch game was bril but I wish that I'll get a chance to play next year." James said.
"Can you fly?" Matt asked him.
"Of course, and I'll show you." James told him.
They walked across the opening to where Madam Lani was waiting for them, with twenty brooms in front of her on the ground; ten on either side. All the Gryffindor's lined up on one side still talking while they waited for the Slytherin. The lads stood talking together as though they were planning something.
As the girls talked Lily and Nissa looked over at them as though trying to hear what they were planning; though of course they couldn't hear anything. And Ella had gotten it in her head that Nissa fancied one of them that was way she kept looking over at them, which of course Nissa ignored her, because it wasn't true well that was what she told them. It wasn't that she fancied any of them it was that they reminded her of people she used to know in away.
The Slytherin's finally arrived and didn't seem to care that they were running late, even though they wanted to get up in the air just as much as some of the Gryffindor's.
"Come along come along, stand by a broom now." Madam Lani told them. "Now then, I want you all to put your right hands out and say up."
Everyone did as she said, and everyone shouted up. James' broom shot into his hand at once as did Nissa's and Lestrange's (who was a Slytherin and one of Severus' friends, who glared over at Nissa.) Sirius came up to him on his second go as did Remus' and Lily's. It took a while for everyone's broom to come to them, Peter and Ella being the last, mainly because they were so afraid of flying.
"Now then, now that everyone has a broom I want you all to mount them." Lani told them all.
They all mounted their brooms as Lani walked up and down them making sure that they were doing it right, she only had to change a couple of people.
"Right then, on three I want you to kick off from the ground hard and hover for a couple of seconds and then come back down." Lani told them. "Just the basic's to start with..."
James looked to either side of him and smiled at both Sirius and Remus and they smiled back at him, then he looked over at Snape who had chosen the spot facing him, which he only glared back at him obviously hadn't forgotten the bright mushrooms yet.
"One...two...three!" Lani said loudly and then blew her whistle.
Everyone kicked off the ground though not at the same time, and not everyone did as they were told and went a lot higher then they should have. James swooped underneath Sirius before he came back down, and Lily bumped into Nissa making it look as though she was bowing at Sirius who smiled at her.
"Right then!" Lani said glaring at them all in turn. "I want you all to spread out some more and we'll try that again, but this time a little longer in the air."
They all went up again and again, each time a little longer then the last, but with ten minutes left of the lesson Madam Lani told them that they could have a fly; as long as they didn't go far.
James shot up into the air at this, as did a couple of others, Sirius ducked quickly as Nissa came speeding over head. He looked back at her as she loped Natalie and then Polly who were flying much more respectfully, though Lily was giving it a go as well though she didn't really have it down yet.
James flew around them as though he had flown all his life, dodging in and out of people, the only person who seemed able to match him was Nissa, who he took up to racing with Sirius and Remus. Lily and Natalie joined in thinking that it was fun, though Ella and Polly just watched them not really sure about flying.
Severus was fuming as he watched them, cursing under his breath. He didn't like them one bit, and especially that they seemed to be hanging all over his Nissa and wondering why she was letting them.
"So you're as good as you said." James shouted over at her.
"And you are as well." Nissa shouted back as Sirius flew up beside her. She smiled at him. "Not that bad for a city boy." And then flew off.
Lestrange flew up behind her and pulled on the back on her broom making her slide off and almost knock right into Remus who was flying pass.
"What do you think you were doing!" Nissa shouted just as the tail court fire.
Natalie and Ella both screamed at the top of their lung's making everyone look, Sirius shot up through the air and pulled her onto his own broom, as Madam Lani flew over and put out the fire. Sirius flew back down to the ground with Nissa safely in his arms.
"You know you don't have to do something as dramatic as that, if you want me to take you into my arms." Sirius told her smiling slightly, which made him look even more handsome.
Nissa smiled back at him. "I know I don't, but it just makes it feel so much more exciting."
"Are you alright Miss Manus?" Lani asked as she ran over to them.
Nissa pulled her face, which only Sirius saw and knew that it had been because she was called Manus, he knew that she didn't like them or having their name. Nissa turned round Sirius had let go of her now.
"I'm fine thanks." Nissa told her, as Natalie, Lily, Ella and Polly all ran over to her making sure that she was alright.
"Oh Sirius..." Ella said dreamier, not able to say anything else to him.
"Hey Sirius, did you see who had hold of her broom before it set on fire?" Remus asked him quietly.
Sirius nodded as he looked over at Lestrange who was smiling at him, but Severus didn't look at all happy. Sirius tighten his grip around the broom handle as he glared at Lestrange, who just smiled the whole time at him.
(A/N:- I know that their only young, but for Sirius I'm just trying to get the impression that what ever he wants that he'll do anything to get; including impressing a girl at such a young age. But you can still fancy someone can't you at that age?
Hoped you enjoyed it though, a bit of flying considering that I didn't put in the Quidditch match; but like I said you'll get one before the end of the story.)