Disclaimer: Know what would be cool? If I owned Harry Potter. But I don't. Sucks for me, huh?
A/N: I know perfectly well that the relations regarding the Lestranges and Malfoys aren't the way they appear in the books, but I'm messing with them for the sake of this fic. Don't like it, don't read it.
Quidditch and A Bit of Taunting
The next few hours flew by faster than anyone expected, and before they knew it, it was time for Victoria and Morgan to make their way down to the Quidditch pitch for their first practice. On the way, the girls chattered excitedly about the sport in question, and how Victoria's new broom (a Nimbus 4050) was the best money could buy. Morgan had taken it for a spin earlier, and they discussed the differences between the Nimbus and Cleansweep models that had come out earlier that month.
"Well well well. If it isn't our new Seeker and equipment carrier. Hurry up and show me what you can do before the others get here." Keisha met them at the pitch, along with three or four other players.
"I thought we had to try out before that decision was made." Victoria smirked, trying to look innocent. Keisha grinned deviously.
"Yeah, well, I'm the Captain, so if I say you're the new Seeker, you are. Everyone else is just here as a formality."
"I see."
"So, why don't we see what you can do?" Keisha suggested, motioning for a black haired third year boy to join them. "This is Kyle Lestrange. He's the Co-Captain and our second best Beater. He's gonna be helping me with all the heavy duty desicion making."
"Hey." Kyle nodded to Victoria and Morgan, and Victoria could see that he was actually very good looking up close. "And what do you mean by second best?"
"I think that would be her referring to the fact that I SO kick your ass every time." Another girl had come over, this one still perched on her broom. She draped an arm over Kyle's shoulder and Victoria could feel her stomach churning with jealously. She mentally smacked herself. She was here to play Quidditch, not drool over boys. Father would be very annoyed if he could see the way she preoccupied herself with such feelings. For all she knew, this new girl and Kyle were just good friends, nothing more.
"Alex, watch your language around the first years, all right? I don't want them writing home to their mommies and daddies saying that they learned a new swear at practice." Keisha snapped.
"Yes Mommy." Alex smiled at the girls and whispered, "She can be something of a bitch when she wants to be."
"ALEX! WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU!"
"Sorry Keish. Couldn't resist."
"I bet you couldn't. Anyways, Victoria, Morgan, this is Alexandra Lestrange, our best Beater (though it kills me to say it) and the very bane of my existence." Victoria and Morgan exchanged looks.
"Wait," Morgan said, a bit confused. "Lestrange? As in you have the same last name as Kyle?" Alex nodded and Victoria felt her heart soar in her chest.
"Yup. He's my twin."
"Unfortunately." Kyle muttered under his breath, barely loud enough for them to hear.
"Hey!" Alex exclaimed, whacking him on the side of the head. "That's not very nice. You should be grateful I even got you on this team, you arrogant ass."
"Yeah, whatever." Before the siblings could wrap their hands around the other's throat, Keisha stepped in.
"Enough of this bickering. Everyone's here, so we might as well start practice."
"Right." Alex said, realization dawning on her. "The whole tryout thing, huh? Yeah, it would probably be good to get that done and over with as soon as humanly possible." With that, she remounted her broom and flew off to join two of the Chasers near a goal post. Keisha turned to Victoria and Morgan.
"OK, here's the deal. Morgan, you can basically sit over there until we need something, and Victoria, I'm gonna introduce you and the other potentials to the team and vice versa and then what we're gonna do is have each of you show us what you can do. Got that?" The two first years nodded. "Good. Let's do this, then." Keisha yelled for everyone to gather where they were standing and waited patiently while the Chasers finished their miniature game of keep-away. When they were all assembled, she began, essentially telling them the same thing she had just told Victoria. Instead of paying attention, Victoria spent the time observing the rest of the team, mainly Kyle, who at the moment was preoccupied with brushing a clump of dirt out of his hair that one of the Chasers had put there. It wasn't until Keisha had finished speaking and Morgan had nudged her that she realized she had been staring.
"So, do we all know what's going on? Good. First up, you." Keisha pointed to a scrawny looking second year boy with blonde hair. The rest of the team flew up to their posts and Victoria headed to a bench to join Morgan where she was sitting.
"So, this should prove to be entertaining, at the least." Morgan stated as the pair observed the second year nearly fall off his broom as an easily avoided Bludger flew towards him. Victoria nodded. They spent the next ten or so minutes watching the other potential Seekers and commenting on their stupidity. Finally, it was Victoria's turn.
She mounted her broom and kicked off, enjoying the cool evening air on her face as she flew toward the center of the pitch. It felt so good to be flying again. She did a lap around both sets of goal posts before coming to a stop by Keisha, who smiled happily.
"Ready?" Keisha asked. Victoria nodded, noting the glint of gold from between the Keeper's fingers. "Good." She released the Snitch and Victoria tore after it, weaving in and out of the other players, focusing only on the task at hand. Within a matter of seconds, her fingers clamped around the struggling ball and held it up victoriously. The team cheered - hers had been the fastest catch yet. Keisha looked especially happy, so much in fact that she nearly fell off her broom in excitement.
Keisha singled the others to the ground and they followed, having only to wait as Alex and Kyle struggled to force the Bludgers back into their restraints. Once that was taken care of, Keisha spoke.
"Well, that's it for today. The results will be posted by tomorrow morning. Thanks to everyone for coming out and make sure you're not up too late. Practice tomorrow at 9."
"Wait, 9 as in the morning or at night?" Alex asked, looking disturbed. Keisha stared at her as if she was stupid.
"Which do you think?"
"Uh, morning?"
"Right. Now go up to the castle and do that Transfiguration essay, will you?" Alex obliged, mumbling something under her breath about having to be up at inhumane hours. The majority of the others followed her, most of the potentials looking dejected. Kyle, however, hung behind to talk to Keisha, which Victoria wished to do as well. She motioned for Morgan to go on without her and waited until the other two had made their way up to where she was standing.
"Hey, Victoria. Great job out there. Kyle and I were just talking and we decided you're the new Seeker. Congratulations!" Victoria smiled and looked at Kyle expectantly, noting how cute he looked with his bangs plastered to his forehead with sweat.
"Yeah, great job. I think you'll be a great asset to the team. Well, I have to head up. I told Miles I'd help him with some curse of some kind when I got back. Congrats again."
"Thanks." Victoria said, somewhat distantly. She watched him jog up and into the castle. If Keisha noticed, she didn't comment and instead said,
"So, practice tomorrow at 9. Make sure you're there or I might have to rethink my decision."
"Got it. I'll be there."
"Good. Tell Morgan to come too. I gotta go, congrats again!"
"Thanks." Keisha turned down another path, leaving Victoria to make her way down to the Slytherin common room alone. This was turning out to be a very good day.
Wow, it just occurred to me that there's no Krystal whatsoever in this chapter. Oops. smiles sheepishly Sorry Ker!
