Mrs. Faragonda sat at her desk going over many piles and piles of papers, when one would come into this chaos it was assume that it was the annual performance evaluation of the school staff. On some levels they were right, every year this happened; between the schools the rivalry was heated up to it's maximum by a yearly event called the Diamond Dragon Run Day. There were only one game between two teams, the Alfea Fey and the Cloud Tower Sabertooths, yet it was very, very ferocious only to be fueled further by the very unusual intense rivalry between Faragonda and Griffin. The mess was statistics of the fairies in the sport clubs and those that show promise, on the surface it appeared to be many and vast in reality there was barely enough to make a team.
She was just being thorough, each DDRD requires seventeen members with one "throwaway" player to trade to the other side (for reasons unknown, it is now an excuse to trade off troublemakers.) She's already got that throwaway in place, there was no way that Bloom Yamahanabi would cause her any problems.
Ms. Griffin shifted and chose her seventeen players carefully, she had to pick her throwaway so that one person would single handily cripple the entire team. She knew that this year would be different from the last four years, when they began their losing streak.
And if there was one thing Ms. Griffin does 200 and 20 percent honestly was her favorite sport; Baseball. And when she lost at her favorite sport for a good four years and being called the Cubs of the league she gets pretty angry and out for blood.
She knew her secret weapon of the Baseball club would pay off, she had personally trained her to be a mega Bambino, a super Griffy .Jr, a regular Bugs Bunny.
Bloom sat on the edge of the bed, reading the flyers with a goofy yet childish glee of a smile while her mind yet over the possibility of sticking it to the witches of Cloud Tower. Yes, fans, she's a fan of Baseball; from the Major Leagues, to the Nihon Puro Yakyu (Japan pro baseball) she watches over the 'net to the very school teams.
Flora wasn't as enthusiastic as Bloom, she really can't see being competitive sports being good for everyone. She really couldn't understand Bloom's desire for this, or how can one girl drool so much?
"I can't wait to play."
"That's good," a voice said. "Because I have some news for you, Ms. Yamahanabi..." Grinselda stopped for a moment as she looked at the clipboard, this was the first time she used Bloom's last name. "What kind of name is Yamahanabi?"
"I wanted to know myself," Flora tapped a sender finger on her chin.
"It's Japanese," Bloom rubbed the back of her neck when she got some strange looks. "My great grandfather was from Japan, he married an American."
"Okay, a bit far fetched." Grinselda spat.
"HEY! I'm telling the truth!"
"Right, like I can trust you." Grinselda looked at her clipboard, "in each game there is a player traded off to the other team as a term of good sportsmanship, but in reality we ditch our crappy player on the others as a curse." She smiled coldly.
"You'll be playing for the Sabertooths."
"Okay. I really don't care as long as I get on that field." Bloom said while laughing like a loon.
"Yeah," Grinselda said. "She'll fit right in."
"Oh, gods I don't want to play with a bunch of fairies!" Lucy shouted after reading the stat sheet. "Why can't the fates selected Mirta? She lose those stupid pixies so much," she was on her knees by now with hand on her head. "Why me?"
"I like fairies," Mirta just appeared out of no where. "But I have a pretty good batting average, so no trade for me... Please get off the floor."
"No, not until I stay on the team. What kind of name is the Fey? It's like the Bluejays! What can a bluejay do to you?"
"Peck you," a random witch said.
"Who ask you!"
The time has come, the stadium was packed. The teams were gathered up and dropped off in their respective clubhouses. Throwaway members were exchanged and equipment were delivered, the beer was chilled and ready to seal until the seventh inning and the hot dogs were cooked and ready (which a lot of people came for, some complain a 30 dollar hot dog was a bit much but it came with a free baseball game.)
After the national anthem and a rendition of take me out to the ball field a group of blind men accidentally wonder onto the field as the fans took their seats or went to get refreshments. It took about fifteen minutes before someone took pity and lead the umpires to their bases.
Once everything was settled and ready, the player takes the field.
Why am I doing another fic? Because it's rattle around my brain and seem fun to do, it's not like anyone else is going to jump up and say "hey, I'll do a parody sports fic with the Winx Club characters."
Plus it's just interesting to try a sports fic in the first place.