Ayu: Actually, I didn't say whether she was playing Quidditch or not. I just said that she jogged over to the Quidditch pitch. Thanks by the way.
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Chapter 6
She started to pant. She was breathless. It was her last round, round the Quidditch pitch, out of 16 and she was the last. Adrenaline still pumped through her veins. It was hot. Stuffy. Cramped. Run run run, her body kept telling her. In her mind, she wanted to collapse and just lay there for the rest of the day and to think this was only warm up. The other recuits were still running steadily on, boys in the lead. The elders were in the stands watching.
' Last 300 metres, ' Mione,' she told herself before picking up pace and printing the remaining distance. From behind she caught up to fourth from the back and thats when the others burst into a sprint as well, determined to get the first place and praise from the elders. They sprinted and passed Hermione, Hermione kept running steadily on, last again. 'No!' her mind screamed, she would not risk the humiliation. She ran even faster, pushing her mind and body to the limit. She could hardly breath now.
The others were still faster. ' Last 25 metres, 'Mione,' she thought, determined not to get last. She ran, as if the policemen were chasing her and as she passed the finishing line, she screamed in frustration. She had tied with the last runner. how humiliating. Everyone was shocked at her outburst.
She kept running, towards the forest, she couldn't stop. 'Stop! Stop!' her mind told her body but it wasn't listening to her. Oh no. She was speedily approaching a white pole, one of which surrounded the Quidditch pitch. She couldn't change direction. She could hear shouts of " Look Out! " and " Stop!" in the background but all she could hear was her heartbeat and then, a flash, a white flash blinding her for a moment. It was only then, did she stop running. Her legs shivered and she collapsed onto the grass. In exhaustion and in relief.
Artos, Medraut, Eli, Lleu and their father ran over to where she lay still on the grass. Hermione was still panting heavily, the only thought in her mind being the white flash. Her mind had just went blank and she was oblivious to everything around her, for that moment. Blood was still rushing to her ears, her heartbeat was still very high and her face was like Ron's when he was angry.
" Mia! Are you alright ?!" Eli shouted from 15 metres away, he was the doctor, afterall. Then, everything stopped. All the weird things stopped. She felt, normal, fine, great infact. " Oh, yeah, just got a little carried away there," she stood up and smiled at them.
" A LITTLE?!" Artos exclaimed. " You call almost running into a pole, A LITTLE carried away," he was crazy now. " You sure you're alright, 'Mione," the Professor asked, concern evident in his dark eyes. " Of course, Father," she said as she turned to walk towards the new recruits. Over the past few weeks, she had come to call him Father, Daddy would just have been slightly awkward for Hermione.
Activities carried on as usual, Hermione getting frustrated after every task but never getting out of control like she did on the first task. By the time breakfast came, the stomache juices had already begun to eat at her stomache wall, she was in consistant pain.
They new recruits all entered the lounge, waiting for their breakfast to arrive as did the elders. After the warm up, they had to climb trees and swing fom vine to vine, racing to the other end. Hermione had failed horribly at that one. Her hands were now full of splinters and blisters. The new recruits didn't seem tired at all, unlike Hermione who was pratically half dead already and there was still another hour of mental training and 4 hours of physical training till the end of the day.
The house-elves came into the lounge with trays and trays of toast and bagels, Hermione tried to eat but the pain still hadn't subsided and her apetite faded.
She stopped trying to finish her bagel and then she heard Pansy say, " Gee Hermione, Nikki tells me that you normally eat ALOT more than that, why stop on your first bagel?". " Gee Pansy, I don't know, maybe because I'm not hungry, ever thought about that? " Hermione answered back cooly, she knew Pansy was actually trying to be mean, she was failing badly though. Hermione was well aware of Pansy's capabilities but it seemed like she was on her off day. She left the louge and headed to her room.
She finally made her way up to her room and she passed this portrait, one that she hadn't seen before. It was of a female teenager. " Hello, Hermione," the girl said. " Oh! Er...Hello," she replied.
" You need to know some- oh nevermind!, you'd better go to your room and change into a new set of clothes to begin your second half of training," she said, smiling. Hermione smiled back and walked off to her room. ' That was weird,' she thought to herself as she entered her room.
" Myknee! You're back," Leigha exclaimed when she saw Hermione enter. " Yes, I'm back, but it'll only be for a little while, have you finished your CoCoa Pops?" she asked the little girl. Leigha pouted but said," Yes I have", before turning back to the television. She was watching Barney, on the cartoon channel. Hermione smiled and got changed. The incident earlier in the morning had long been forgotten.
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Chapter 6
She started to pant. She was breathless. It was her last round, round the Quidditch pitch, out of 16 and she was the last. Adrenaline still pumped through her veins. It was hot. Stuffy. Cramped. Run run run, her body kept telling her. In her mind, she wanted to collapse and just lay there for the rest of the day and to think this was only warm up. The other recuits were still running steadily on, boys in the lead. The elders were in the stands watching.
' Last 300 metres, ' Mione,' she told herself before picking up pace and printing the remaining distance. From behind she caught up to fourth from the back and thats when the others burst into a sprint as well, determined to get the first place and praise from the elders. They sprinted and passed Hermione, Hermione kept running steadily on, last again. 'No!' her mind screamed, she would not risk the humiliation. She ran even faster, pushing her mind and body to the limit. She could hardly breath now.
The others were still faster. ' Last 25 metres, 'Mione,' she thought, determined not to get last. She ran, as if the policemen were chasing her and as she passed the finishing line, she screamed in frustration. She had tied with the last runner. how humiliating. Everyone was shocked at her outburst.
She kept running, towards the forest, she couldn't stop. 'Stop! Stop!' her mind told her body but it wasn't listening to her. Oh no. She was speedily approaching a white pole, one of which surrounded the Quidditch pitch. She couldn't change direction. She could hear shouts of " Look Out! " and " Stop!" in the background but all she could hear was her heartbeat and then, a flash, a white flash blinding her for a moment. It was only then, did she stop running. Her legs shivered and she collapsed onto the grass. In exhaustion and in relief.
Artos, Medraut, Eli, Lleu and their father ran over to where she lay still on the grass. Hermione was still panting heavily, the only thought in her mind being the white flash. Her mind had just went blank and she was oblivious to everything around her, for that moment. Blood was still rushing to her ears, her heartbeat was still very high and her face was like Ron's when he was angry.
" Mia! Are you alright ?!" Eli shouted from 15 metres away, he was the doctor, afterall. Then, everything stopped. All the weird things stopped. She felt, normal, fine, great infact. " Oh, yeah, just got a little carried away there," she stood up and smiled at them.
" A LITTLE?!" Artos exclaimed. " You call almost running into a pole, A LITTLE carried away," he was crazy now. " You sure you're alright, 'Mione," the Professor asked, concern evident in his dark eyes. " Of course, Father," she said as she turned to walk towards the new recruits. Over the past few weeks, she had come to call him Father, Daddy would just have been slightly awkward for Hermione.
Activities carried on as usual, Hermione getting frustrated after every task but never getting out of control like she did on the first task. By the time breakfast came, the stomache juices had already begun to eat at her stomache wall, she was in consistant pain.
They new recruits all entered the lounge, waiting for their breakfast to arrive as did the elders. After the warm up, they had to climb trees and swing fom vine to vine, racing to the other end. Hermione had failed horribly at that one. Her hands were now full of splinters and blisters. The new recruits didn't seem tired at all, unlike Hermione who was pratically half dead already and there was still another hour of mental training and 4 hours of physical training till the end of the day.
The house-elves came into the lounge with trays and trays of toast and bagels, Hermione tried to eat but the pain still hadn't subsided and her apetite faded.
She stopped trying to finish her bagel and then she heard Pansy say, " Gee Hermione, Nikki tells me that you normally eat ALOT more than that, why stop on your first bagel?". " Gee Pansy, I don't know, maybe because I'm not hungry, ever thought about that? " Hermione answered back cooly, she knew Pansy was actually trying to be mean, she was failing badly though. Hermione was well aware of Pansy's capabilities but it seemed like she was on her off day. She left the louge and headed to her room.
She finally made her way up to her room and she passed this portrait, one that she hadn't seen before. It was of a female teenager. " Hello, Hermione," the girl said. " Oh! Er...Hello," she replied.
" You need to know some- oh nevermind!, you'd better go to your room and change into a new set of clothes to begin your second half of training," she said, smiling. Hermione smiled back and walked off to her room. ' That was weird,' she thought to herself as she entered her room.
" Myknee! You're back," Leigha exclaimed when she saw Hermione enter. " Yes, I'm back, but it'll only be for a little while, have you finished your CoCoa Pops?" she asked the little girl. Leigha pouted but said," Yes I have", before turning back to the television. She was watching Barney, on the cartoon channel. Hermione smiled and got changed. The incident earlier in the morning had long been forgotten.