Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will
~* Thanks to Craig, another reviewer who likes my story! And here I was thinking no one was reading it! Here's the next chapter guys. Me, playing sport myself, couldn't resist putting in something about Quidditch in detail. Hope you like. *~
Chapter 11 ~ Hogwarts Gold
In the changerooms of the Hogwarts Gold team, Justin Finch-Fletchley was pacing. Crabbe and Marcus were sitting isolated away from the rest of the team, occasionally casting them dirty looks. This caused Justin to crack.
'Look, we are a team!' He yelled. 'How do we expect to get anywhere without learning to get along with eachother first! No Marcus, I'M the team captain, NOT YOU!' Marcus had been giving Justin a look as if to say "I'm not going to do anything you say." Justin continued. 'We are just going to have to put aside our differences, and get along.' Cho was staying silent. She didn't want to get involved in this interhouse feud, but she did want everyone to play as a team. She backed Justin 100%.
'Alright, we are now going to go out onto the pitch, and practice working together. If we don't learn to work together, we won't score, and we most certainly will not win.' Justin said, mounted his broom, and led his team uot onto the Quidditch Pitch.
Once everyone was up in the air, and warmed up, Justin called everyone into a circle in the air so he could discuss what he wanted them to do.
'Okay, firstly, the three Chasers, Katie, Terry and Marcus, I want you to work on passing the ball in difficult circumstances, I will try and stop you from scoring, and the other three players, Cho, Vincent and Seamus will try and get the ball away from you, posing as opposition Chasers.' Everyone moved into position to make Justin's training drill happen.
Surprisingly, Katie, Terry and Marcus worked well as a team. They managed to get five goals past Justin, mind you, Justin stopped ten other goals. Justin called everyone back into the middle again.
'That was very good, Katie, Terry and Marcus, good to see you are learning to work together. Now, beating practice.' Justin zoomed down to the ground and released the two Bludgers, which immediately zoomed up, and tried viciously to knock Katie off her broom.
'Ahhh!' Katie screamed, 'Seamus! Do something!' She was a teriffic flier, dodging all attempts to be knocked off by the Bludger. Eventually, Seamus caught up to her and Knocked the hurtling Bludger towards the goal posts on the other end of the pitch.
'Good work Seamus!' Justin shouted. 'Let's see what you've got Crabbe.' Justin noticed a Bludger streaming towards Crabbe, who smashed it at Justin's head. Justin ducked quickly, only just in time to avoid the Bludger. 'That was unnecessary Crabbe! But good aiming.' Justin called out.
They trained for a while, catching the Snitch, passing the Quaffle, and belting Bludgers all over the place. Fortunately, no one came off injured.
~***~
After two more grueling hours of training, Justin called his teammates in. Almost immediately, Marcus and Crabbe slouched off into their corner, and resumed giving the rest of the team dirty looks. Justin sighed.
'Look guys, didn't you learn anything today? We act as a team, we play as a team, and if we play as a team, we play well, so therefore, we have to act as a team to win.' Justin gave it one last go.
'Listen, Hufflepuff, we will act as a team, out there.' Marcus jestured to the pitch, 'Off the pitch, we will act as we want.' Cho shook her head, she had really thought that those two were coming around.
'Fine, if you want to be that way, then so be it. You'd just better act up to your standards on that Quidditch Pitch, or there'll be trouble.' Justin turned back to the rest of his team. 'Great training session guys, I hope we will improve majorly before the other school's arrive, but we're off to a terrific start.'
~***~
When Cho walked out of the changerooms, she saw Draco waiting for her. As soon as he saw Cho, Draco ran up to her, and gave her a hello kiss.
'Hi, I saw you out there, you were excellent.'
'Really? Thanks Draco.' Cho said.
~* Ok ok I'm sorry it's a lousy excuse for a chapter, but I really wanted to put in a section about their training session. Should I put in a chapter about Hogwarts Silver's training? I'm open to suggestions. I'll write another chapter. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Thanks to Craig, another reviewer who likes my story! And here I was thinking no one was reading it! Here's the next chapter guys. Me, playing sport myself, couldn't resist putting in something about Quidditch in detail. Hope you like. *~
Chapter 11 ~ Hogwarts Gold
In the changerooms of the Hogwarts Gold team, Justin Finch-Fletchley was pacing. Crabbe and Marcus were sitting isolated away from the rest of the team, occasionally casting them dirty looks. This caused Justin to crack.
'Look, we are a team!' He yelled. 'How do we expect to get anywhere without learning to get along with eachother first! No Marcus, I'M the team captain, NOT YOU!' Marcus had been giving Justin a look as if to say "I'm not going to do anything you say." Justin continued. 'We are just going to have to put aside our differences, and get along.' Cho was staying silent. She didn't want to get involved in this interhouse feud, but she did want everyone to play as a team. She backed Justin 100%.
'Alright, we are now going to go out onto the pitch, and practice working together. If we don't learn to work together, we won't score, and we most certainly will not win.' Justin said, mounted his broom, and led his team uot onto the Quidditch Pitch.
Once everyone was up in the air, and warmed up, Justin called everyone into a circle in the air so he could discuss what he wanted them to do.
'Okay, firstly, the three Chasers, Katie, Terry and Marcus, I want you to work on passing the ball in difficult circumstances, I will try and stop you from scoring, and the other three players, Cho, Vincent and Seamus will try and get the ball away from you, posing as opposition Chasers.' Everyone moved into position to make Justin's training drill happen.
Surprisingly, Katie, Terry and Marcus worked well as a team. They managed to get five goals past Justin, mind you, Justin stopped ten other goals. Justin called everyone back into the middle again.
'That was very good, Katie, Terry and Marcus, good to see you are learning to work together. Now, beating practice.' Justin zoomed down to the ground and released the two Bludgers, which immediately zoomed up, and tried viciously to knock Katie off her broom.
'Ahhh!' Katie screamed, 'Seamus! Do something!' She was a teriffic flier, dodging all attempts to be knocked off by the Bludger. Eventually, Seamus caught up to her and Knocked the hurtling Bludger towards the goal posts on the other end of the pitch.
'Good work Seamus!' Justin shouted. 'Let's see what you've got Crabbe.' Justin noticed a Bludger streaming towards Crabbe, who smashed it at Justin's head. Justin ducked quickly, only just in time to avoid the Bludger. 'That was unnecessary Crabbe! But good aiming.' Justin called out.
They trained for a while, catching the Snitch, passing the Quaffle, and belting Bludgers all over the place. Fortunately, no one came off injured.
~***~
After two more grueling hours of training, Justin called his teammates in. Almost immediately, Marcus and Crabbe slouched off into their corner, and resumed giving the rest of the team dirty looks. Justin sighed.
'Look guys, didn't you learn anything today? We act as a team, we play as a team, and if we play as a team, we play well, so therefore, we have to act as a team to win.' Justin gave it one last go.
'Listen, Hufflepuff, we will act as a team, out there.' Marcus jestured to the pitch, 'Off the pitch, we will act as we want.' Cho shook her head, she had really thought that those two were coming around.
'Fine, if you want to be that way, then so be it. You'd just better act up to your standards on that Quidditch Pitch, or there'll be trouble.' Justin turned back to the rest of his team. 'Great training session guys, I hope we will improve majorly before the other school's arrive, but we're off to a terrific start.'
~***~
When Cho walked out of the changerooms, she saw Draco waiting for her. As soon as he saw Cho, Draco ran up to her, and gave her a hello kiss.
'Hi, I saw you out there, you were excellent.'
'Really? Thanks Draco.' Cho said.
~* Ok ok I'm sorry it's a lousy excuse for a chapter, but I really wanted to put in a section about their training session. Should I put in a chapter about Hogwarts Silver's training? I'm open to suggestions. I'll write another chapter. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~