Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will
~* Yet another chapter for my longest yet fiction! I'm glad you guys like it so far, thanks goes to gabby, Erin, Shining*Star, Craig (again! Luv ya Craig!), sun_star and aZnGurlY02. *~
Chapter 17 ~ Starkals Academy
The instant Cho had seen the Hogwarts Gold Robes that she would be wearing to represent her school, she immediately decided that she was going to train, and participate in all Quidditch activities. She could be worried about Draco at times when Quidditch wasn't involved. Justin was greatly relieved at this. He had pointed it out that finding a replacement for Cho just wouldn't be easy. Besides, Cho realised that she would be passing up the opportunity of a life time, representing her school playing Quidditch.
'Cho! Great to have you here!' Justin said, as the Hogwarts Gold and Silver teams were assembled in their Quidditch Robes in the Great Hall. Cho wandered over to her team.
Like Marcus had said, he and Crabbe would be civil on the Quidditch Pitch, not off, so the two Slytherin's were standing off on their own, talking quietly to each other about something or other.
'Hey Cho, we were beginning to get a bit worried about you.' Seamus said, and patted Cho on the back.
'Yeah Cho, what's been nagging you?' Katie asked.
'Oh, nothing much, I've just been under a lot of stress lately, that's all.' Cho mumbled, quickly trying to erase the memory of Draco out of her mind, and concentrate on the arrival of the school, Starkals Academy.
'Good Morning students.' Professor McGonagall said finally. 'I am hoping you have all put your best manors on this morning, for your fellow magical school, Starkals Academy.' There were a few scowls from the four Slytherin's, but everyone else nodded in agreement. McGonagall continued. 'You have all been selected, because you are the best this school has to offer. The best fliers, and the best at what you do. I hope you will act like professionals, and not like little children.' The Professor took a breath. 'Now would you all like to please follow me.' She led the teams out of the Great Hall, and out onto the grounds.
Cho wasn't the only one to gasp at the sight of the Hogwarts Grounds. The Quidditch Pitch glowed a brilliant green, and there was not only one, but four Quidditch Pitches, each with a spectacular green colour of the grass. Around each field were large stadiums. Cho figured that the school's would be bringing spectators. Each stadium had eight different coloured intervals. Gold, Silver, Black, White, Blue, Green, Indigo and Violet. Cho recognised the gold and silver sections for Hogwarts students, and she immediately wondered which school had which colours. Leading to the school entrance, was a rather long carpet. It had four sections, each following the other. The first section was obviously Ravenclaw, astonishing blue with a bronze Raven. Next came Gryffindor, maroonish red with a golden lion. Then there was Slytherin, green carpet with a silver serpent snaking over the area. And lastly, Hufflepuff, yellow background with a black badger.
The lake looked more of a bright blue than murky as it usually did. Cho suspected that Professor Flitwick had something to do with the beautiful blue colour of the lake.
'Hogwarts Gold on this side of the carpet, and Hogwarts Silver on the other side.' Professor McGonagall called out. The two teams were spread out evenly down the length of the carpet. The other teachers had come out, along with the rest of the school, however, they were restricted to an area roped off with a velvety black rope.
With the entire school outside, all that was left was for Starkals Academy to arrive. There was a chill of anticipation in the air, as the school waited for some sign that Starkals Academy students were arriving.
What seemed like an hour later, a third year Hufflepuff named Jo-Beth pointed to the sky, quite excited, and yelled out;
'They're here! Look everyone!'
Everyone looked. In the sky, coming towards Hogwarts with incredible speed, was a skydiver. At the last possible minute, the skydiver pulled a cord, and the parachute opened. The person glided gently down to the ground, and with a wave of their wand, the parachute, and skydiving equipment were gone.
Dumbledore stepped forward.
'Paulette Bishop! Such a pleasure to meet you at last.' He took the slim woman's hand, and kissed it. Paulette was fairly short, quite skinny, she had sparkling green eyes and glowing blonde hair. All in all, quite pretty for a Headmistress.
'G'day Professor Dumbledore.' Paulette finally spoke. A few students muffled giggles at her accent. 'My students shall be arriving any minute now.' She said, 'Although, I haven't picked the teams yet, so I should have more students than you were expecting.' Dumbledore could only smile.
'Not a worry Professor Bishop. Not a worry.' He said, with a twinkle in his eyes.
'Would you mind terribly if we used your fields to do some touch up training? We would have done it back in Australia, except we had to leave quite a while ago.'
'Not at all, it will be a pleasure.' Dumbledore said, turning his eyes back to the sky, as about thirty students tumbled towards the ground.
'Ah, here they come now.' Professor Bishop said with pride. One by one, the Australian students pulled their cords, landed, and vanished their parachutes. Professor Bishop unrolled a large roll of parchment, and began to call out names.
'Loren McDonald.' A short girl with short, light brown hair, walked down the carpet. She wasn't intimidated by the glares from the Slytherin Quidditch players, and infact, she gave some glares back.
'Tai Sullivan.' A rather tall girl, with blonde hair, and a strong physic walked down the carpet with pride, ignoring all Hogwarts students, as she followed Loren into the Great Hall.
'Melanie Bennett.' This girl was extremely short, somewhat stocky, with long dark brown hair, and green eyes. She walked down the carpet, looking up at the Hogwarts players as if intimidated by their height. Marcus Flint sneered at Melanie, which made her walk a little faster.
'Emma McErlane.' A medium height girl with really short light brown hair with blonde streaks in it, walked down the carpet. She had a fast walk, and stopped only for a second to admire the pretty Hogwarts Quidditch Robes.
'Rebecca Meredith.' A girl with bleached blonde, short hair, and a mean look about her, stalked down the carpet, giving her competitors mean looks as she went.
'Brittany Mitchell.' Another girl with bleached, short blonde hair, but a bit chubby, walked down the carpet. She stuck her button nose in the air, and gazed at Justin with brilliant blue eyes, causing him to blush, as the pretty girl walked into Hogwarts.
'Karleigh Rowe.' A tall girl, with short, red hair and freckles, walked down the carpet shyly. She obviously didn't like having a huge audience. Karleigh soon disappeared into the castle.
'Chanece Halligan.' A short girl with long brown, curly hair, freckled, and a little chubby walked proudly into the castle.
'Stacey Hunter.' A young girl with sandy blonde hair that reached her shoulders walked past the Hogwarts Quidditch teams, not glancing at the players, but trying to spot a hottie in the large croud.
'Jordee Lawrence.' This girl had large brown eyes, she was rather tall, with short dark brown hair. She shot down some boys with her piercing glare, as she walked the carpet, admiring it's beauty.
'Ashlee Davis.' A small girl, with short, sandy blonde hair, and a really pretty face, who was quite skinny, walked down the carpet. She held herself in a manner appropriate for a movie star. A few Hogwarts goggled at her as she passed.
'Aimee Rothmund.' A skinny girl, with brilliant green eyes and short brown hair walked onto the carpet. Immediately the boys stared at this walking beauty, as she disappeared into the castle.
'Simone Harrison.' She had blonde hair with blonder highlights, beautiful brown eyes, and she had the body of a goddess. She strutted down the carpet, and shot every guy who checked her out a nasty look.
'Kerri-Ellen Stallard.' A medium heighted skinny girl, with spiky short jet black hair and green eyes. She was quite pretty, but instead of acting posh or anything, she smiled warmly and waved at all who looked her way.
'Victoria Heather.' Another girl medium high, skinny, but with long black hair and brown eyes. She reacted the same was as the previous girl, looking ecstatic to be there.
'Joel Pancari.' A stunningly gorgeous male walked out onto the carpet. He had beautiful brown hair, gorgeous soft brown eyes, and a warm presence about him. Some girls went weak at the knees for this guy.
'Ryan Pancari.' Unmistakibly Joel's twin brother, except Ryan had a barbell in the top of his ear. Once again the girls went weak at the knees as another gorgeous guy walked past them.
'Shane Englert.' A small boy with whispy blonde hair stepped gingerly onto the carpet, giving everyone skeptical, sarcastic looks as he walked past them.
'Phillip Davidson.' A rather tall guy who had beautiful brown eyes and brown hair. He had an athletic build and a warm feeling about him.
'Josh Hickling-Wright.' A tall, lanky guy with brown roots and bleached tips of his hair walked through. He had brilliant blue eyes, and a few girls sighed.
'Shame they only bought hot guys.' Cho heard a girl whisper from somewhere behind her.
'Ben Kennedy.' A tall, fat guy with squinty green eyes, and spiky light brown hair walked down the carpet. He winked at the girls who looked at him in disgust.
'I stand corrected.' Said the girl behind Cho.
'Kane Lindsay.' He was short, skinny, and had bleached blonde hair with traces of purple in it. His frount tooth had a rather large chip taken out of it, but apart from that, he was rather cute.
'Alex Hodgson.' He was athletic. Tall, blonde, and a crooked, but beautiful nose, which indicated one or two broken noses in his history. He flashed a gorgeous smile before dissapearing into the castle.
'Peter Glynn.' A small, skinny boy with buck teeth and dark brown hair walked down the carpet. He was smaller than most of the Hogwarts first years, and not really as gorgeous as most of the other Starkals boys.
'Micheal Booth.' An athletic built boy, with a dark brown, curly, short mullet, and brown eyes. His face was greasy, like Professor Snape's, but if he'd washed it every once in a while he could have been classed as cute.
'Ricky Kunde.' A medium heighted, skinny boy with brown hair and brown pools for eyes which would melt any girls heart, walked down the carpet. His eyelids and most of his eyelashes were white, as if he had been threatened to be Albino, but wasn't.
'Daniel Payne.' A young looking boy, with buck teeth, beautiful brown eyes and spiked brown hair. He had a few freckles, but they just made him look ever so cute.
'Justin Brown.' He was really tall and REALLY skinny. He had sandy blonde dreadlocks, and green eyes, which made him look beautiful. Most of the Hogwarts girls sighed in anticipation, but he soon disapeared after his fellow school mates.
'Luke Gal.' One almost as tall as the boy before him, but with hair that was half red, and half jet black. He was so skinny, and had large arm muscles. His eyes were brown, and he had very fashionable glasses perched on his nose. On his index finger of his left hand, he wore a silver Lord of the Rings ring.
'Jason Jimenez.' Another tall boy, with light brown hair and brown eyes walked by. He had a strong build, and a silver neck chain. He walked like a rock star, into the castle.
'We have everyone Professor Dumbledore.' Professor Bishop said, and the followed her students into the castle. Dumbledore walked on her feet practically, to show her where her students would be staying. Everyone except for the Quidditch teams hurried in to get another glimpse of the beautiful Australian students.
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~* Okay, okay, you caught me. . . they're all my friends! Well, except for Daniel, who's my cousin, but hey! Lol. All of those people are wonderfull friends, and I wanted to give them a special mention in my fiction. Oh, if anyone knows any good French of German names, please tell me, because I don't know many of them. . . I hope everyone enjoyed reading about Starkals Academy. Meneharma, you get your wish, I'm putting in Starkals Quidditch trials! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Yet another chapter for my longest yet fiction! I'm glad you guys like it so far, thanks goes to gabby, Erin, Shining*Star, Craig (again! Luv ya Craig!), sun_star and aZnGurlY02. *~
Chapter 17 ~ Starkals Academy
The instant Cho had seen the Hogwarts Gold Robes that she would be wearing to represent her school, she immediately decided that she was going to train, and participate in all Quidditch activities. She could be worried about Draco at times when Quidditch wasn't involved. Justin was greatly relieved at this. He had pointed it out that finding a replacement for Cho just wouldn't be easy. Besides, Cho realised that she would be passing up the opportunity of a life time, representing her school playing Quidditch.
'Cho! Great to have you here!' Justin said, as the Hogwarts Gold and Silver teams were assembled in their Quidditch Robes in the Great Hall. Cho wandered over to her team.
Like Marcus had said, he and Crabbe would be civil on the Quidditch Pitch, not off, so the two Slytherin's were standing off on their own, talking quietly to each other about something or other.
'Hey Cho, we were beginning to get a bit worried about you.' Seamus said, and patted Cho on the back.
'Yeah Cho, what's been nagging you?' Katie asked.
'Oh, nothing much, I've just been under a lot of stress lately, that's all.' Cho mumbled, quickly trying to erase the memory of Draco out of her mind, and concentrate on the arrival of the school, Starkals Academy.
'Good Morning students.' Professor McGonagall said finally. 'I am hoping you have all put your best manors on this morning, for your fellow magical school, Starkals Academy.' There were a few scowls from the four Slytherin's, but everyone else nodded in agreement. McGonagall continued. 'You have all been selected, because you are the best this school has to offer. The best fliers, and the best at what you do. I hope you will act like professionals, and not like little children.' The Professor took a breath. 'Now would you all like to please follow me.' She led the teams out of the Great Hall, and out onto the grounds.
Cho wasn't the only one to gasp at the sight of the Hogwarts Grounds. The Quidditch Pitch glowed a brilliant green, and there was not only one, but four Quidditch Pitches, each with a spectacular green colour of the grass. Around each field were large stadiums. Cho figured that the school's would be bringing spectators. Each stadium had eight different coloured intervals. Gold, Silver, Black, White, Blue, Green, Indigo and Violet. Cho recognised the gold and silver sections for Hogwarts students, and she immediately wondered which school had which colours. Leading to the school entrance, was a rather long carpet. It had four sections, each following the other. The first section was obviously Ravenclaw, astonishing blue with a bronze Raven. Next came Gryffindor, maroonish red with a golden lion. Then there was Slytherin, green carpet with a silver serpent snaking over the area. And lastly, Hufflepuff, yellow background with a black badger.
The lake looked more of a bright blue than murky as it usually did. Cho suspected that Professor Flitwick had something to do with the beautiful blue colour of the lake.
'Hogwarts Gold on this side of the carpet, and Hogwarts Silver on the other side.' Professor McGonagall called out. The two teams were spread out evenly down the length of the carpet. The other teachers had come out, along with the rest of the school, however, they were restricted to an area roped off with a velvety black rope.
With the entire school outside, all that was left was for Starkals Academy to arrive. There was a chill of anticipation in the air, as the school waited for some sign that Starkals Academy students were arriving.
What seemed like an hour later, a third year Hufflepuff named Jo-Beth pointed to the sky, quite excited, and yelled out;
'They're here! Look everyone!'
Everyone looked. In the sky, coming towards Hogwarts with incredible speed, was a skydiver. At the last possible minute, the skydiver pulled a cord, and the parachute opened. The person glided gently down to the ground, and with a wave of their wand, the parachute, and skydiving equipment were gone.
Dumbledore stepped forward.
'Paulette Bishop! Such a pleasure to meet you at last.' He took the slim woman's hand, and kissed it. Paulette was fairly short, quite skinny, she had sparkling green eyes and glowing blonde hair. All in all, quite pretty for a Headmistress.
'G'day Professor Dumbledore.' Paulette finally spoke. A few students muffled giggles at her accent. 'My students shall be arriving any minute now.' She said, 'Although, I haven't picked the teams yet, so I should have more students than you were expecting.' Dumbledore could only smile.
'Not a worry Professor Bishop. Not a worry.' He said, with a twinkle in his eyes.
'Would you mind terribly if we used your fields to do some touch up training? We would have done it back in Australia, except we had to leave quite a while ago.'
'Not at all, it will be a pleasure.' Dumbledore said, turning his eyes back to the sky, as about thirty students tumbled towards the ground.
'Ah, here they come now.' Professor Bishop said with pride. One by one, the Australian students pulled their cords, landed, and vanished their parachutes. Professor Bishop unrolled a large roll of parchment, and began to call out names.
'Loren McDonald.' A short girl with short, light brown hair, walked down the carpet. She wasn't intimidated by the glares from the Slytherin Quidditch players, and infact, she gave some glares back.
'Tai Sullivan.' A rather tall girl, with blonde hair, and a strong physic walked down the carpet with pride, ignoring all Hogwarts students, as she followed Loren into the Great Hall.
'Melanie Bennett.' This girl was extremely short, somewhat stocky, with long dark brown hair, and green eyes. She walked down the carpet, looking up at the Hogwarts players as if intimidated by their height. Marcus Flint sneered at Melanie, which made her walk a little faster.
'Emma McErlane.' A medium height girl with really short light brown hair with blonde streaks in it, walked down the carpet. She had a fast walk, and stopped only for a second to admire the pretty Hogwarts Quidditch Robes.
'Rebecca Meredith.' A girl with bleached blonde, short hair, and a mean look about her, stalked down the carpet, giving her competitors mean looks as she went.
'Brittany Mitchell.' Another girl with bleached, short blonde hair, but a bit chubby, walked down the carpet. She stuck her button nose in the air, and gazed at Justin with brilliant blue eyes, causing him to blush, as the pretty girl walked into Hogwarts.
'Karleigh Rowe.' A tall girl, with short, red hair and freckles, walked down the carpet shyly. She obviously didn't like having a huge audience. Karleigh soon disappeared into the castle.
'Chanece Halligan.' A short girl with long brown, curly hair, freckled, and a little chubby walked proudly into the castle.
'Stacey Hunter.' A young girl with sandy blonde hair that reached her shoulders walked past the Hogwarts Quidditch teams, not glancing at the players, but trying to spot a hottie in the large croud.
'Jordee Lawrence.' This girl had large brown eyes, she was rather tall, with short dark brown hair. She shot down some boys with her piercing glare, as she walked the carpet, admiring it's beauty.
'Ashlee Davis.' A small girl, with short, sandy blonde hair, and a really pretty face, who was quite skinny, walked down the carpet. She held herself in a manner appropriate for a movie star. A few Hogwarts goggled at her as she passed.
'Aimee Rothmund.' A skinny girl, with brilliant green eyes and short brown hair walked onto the carpet. Immediately the boys stared at this walking beauty, as she disappeared into the castle.
'Simone Harrison.' She had blonde hair with blonder highlights, beautiful brown eyes, and she had the body of a goddess. She strutted down the carpet, and shot every guy who checked her out a nasty look.
'Kerri-Ellen Stallard.' A medium heighted skinny girl, with spiky short jet black hair and green eyes. She was quite pretty, but instead of acting posh or anything, she smiled warmly and waved at all who looked her way.
'Victoria Heather.' Another girl medium high, skinny, but with long black hair and brown eyes. She reacted the same was as the previous girl, looking ecstatic to be there.
'Joel Pancari.' A stunningly gorgeous male walked out onto the carpet. He had beautiful brown hair, gorgeous soft brown eyes, and a warm presence about him. Some girls went weak at the knees for this guy.
'Ryan Pancari.' Unmistakibly Joel's twin brother, except Ryan had a barbell in the top of his ear. Once again the girls went weak at the knees as another gorgeous guy walked past them.
'Shane Englert.' A small boy with whispy blonde hair stepped gingerly onto the carpet, giving everyone skeptical, sarcastic looks as he walked past them.
'Phillip Davidson.' A rather tall guy who had beautiful brown eyes and brown hair. He had an athletic build and a warm feeling about him.
'Josh Hickling-Wright.' A tall, lanky guy with brown roots and bleached tips of his hair walked through. He had brilliant blue eyes, and a few girls sighed.
'Shame they only bought hot guys.' Cho heard a girl whisper from somewhere behind her.
'Ben Kennedy.' A tall, fat guy with squinty green eyes, and spiky light brown hair walked down the carpet. He winked at the girls who looked at him in disgust.
'I stand corrected.' Said the girl behind Cho.
'Kane Lindsay.' He was short, skinny, and had bleached blonde hair with traces of purple in it. His frount tooth had a rather large chip taken out of it, but apart from that, he was rather cute.
'Alex Hodgson.' He was athletic. Tall, blonde, and a crooked, but beautiful nose, which indicated one or two broken noses in his history. He flashed a gorgeous smile before dissapearing into the castle.
'Peter Glynn.' A small, skinny boy with buck teeth and dark brown hair walked down the carpet. He was smaller than most of the Hogwarts first years, and not really as gorgeous as most of the other Starkals boys.
'Micheal Booth.' An athletic built boy, with a dark brown, curly, short mullet, and brown eyes. His face was greasy, like Professor Snape's, but if he'd washed it every once in a while he could have been classed as cute.
'Ricky Kunde.' A medium heighted, skinny boy with brown hair and brown pools for eyes which would melt any girls heart, walked down the carpet. His eyelids and most of his eyelashes were white, as if he had been threatened to be Albino, but wasn't.
'Daniel Payne.' A young looking boy, with buck teeth, beautiful brown eyes and spiked brown hair. He had a few freckles, but they just made him look ever so cute.
'Justin Brown.' He was really tall and REALLY skinny. He had sandy blonde dreadlocks, and green eyes, which made him look beautiful. Most of the Hogwarts girls sighed in anticipation, but he soon disapeared after his fellow school mates.
'Luke Gal.' One almost as tall as the boy before him, but with hair that was half red, and half jet black. He was so skinny, and had large arm muscles. His eyes were brown, and he had very fashionable glasses perched on his nose. On his index finger of his left hand, he wore a silver Lord of the Rings ring.
'Jason Jimenez.' Another tall boy, with light brown hair and brown eyes walked by. He had a strong build, and a silver neck chain. He walked like a rock star, into the castle.
'We have everyone Professor Dumbledore.' Professor Bishop said, and the followed her students into the castle. Dumbledore walked on her feet practically, to show her where her students would be staying. Everyone except for the Quidditch teams hurried in to get another glimpse of the beautiful Australian students.
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~* Okay, okay, you caught me. . . they're all my friends! Well, except for Daniel, who's my cousin, but hey! Lol. All of those people are wonderfull friends, and I wanted to give them a special mention in my fiction. Oh, if anyone knows any good French of German names, please tell me, because I don't know many of them. . . I hope everyone enjoyed reading about Starkals Academy. Meneharma, you get your wish, I'm putting in Starkals Quidditch trials! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~