Meanwhile Elizabeth jogged swiftly ahead, toward her team, the mere idea of Quidditch sent a rush through her veins. As soon as she reached them she noticed although they greeted her warmly, a glint of foreboding laid in their eyes.
The nine children had let their utensils drop and quickly swallowed any food in their mouths. Looking at each other worriedly then waved at their Quidditch captain.
"Hey Ellie, what's on your mind?" Asked Tommy in a most casual manner, although the twiddling of his thumbs said otherwise.
Elizabeth smiled toothily, like a hungry dragon surrounding a group of plump, mint jelly covered, ferrets.
"I was thinking you all should take a quick rest after you've finished your food. You know unpack, find out where we're sleeping, yadda yadda yadda. Alright?" Elizabeth asked innocently her hands behind her back and eyebrows raised angelically. The others nodded their heads slow, squinting their eyes, waiting for the bomb to drop.
"And then?" Donnovan asked clearing his throat repeatedly, the knot forming there from anticipation was really getting to him. The captain chuckled then rested her hands on the table giving a bit of a careless demeanor.
"So glad you asked Donny me boy!" She grinned patting his orange head lightly. "And then we will go see what the pitch is like here! Get to know our new bearings, figure out some strategy from the surrounding area! Then maybe we will have a little time for some practice. Not much really, it'll be fun!" Her voice was enthusiastic and she waved her arms around wildly for effect.
Each child groaned heavily, she knew that they knew what was going to happen, she just loved the suspense.
"Elle we just got here! Give us some time to recuperate from the last practice!" Allison whined burying her face in her hands, her ginger hair falling over giving a pitiful picture of the normally bubbly girl.
Elizabeth waved off the idea, "Nonsense our last practice was two days ago, frankly you boogers are getting lazy anyways, you should thank me." She replied hopping from foot to foot smiling broadly at all their worn faces.
"Thank you! We wouldn't be surprised if you were trying to murder us!" Bellowed the triplets in despair.
"Who said I'm not?" She giggled manically a psychotic flash filling her eyes. The kids looked at each other anxiously, noticeably shaking in their seats.
"Now you better get moving before I loose some valuable players." Elizabeth smirked visibly eyeing a knife not far from where she was standing.
"That aint all she's lost." whispered Richard to Rich. Elizabeth's head snapped toward them her eyes wide and her mouth drawn up like the Cheshire Cat's.
"I said get!" Elizabeth said loudly pointing towards the door leading out of the great hall. Her teammates all stared at her mouths agape. She sighed dramatically then held up three fingers.
"I'll give you until the count of three." she drawled. "After that I hold no responsibility for my actions."
"One." Now she held two fingers. No one moved.
"Two." Only one finger left. They sat still.
"Three." She held a balled up fist. Not even a blink.
"CUPCAKE!" She screeched pounding the table with her hand, easily hasting the movement of her players.
As they began rushing out the door Elizabeth skipped behind, letting loose one last shout.
"Ask Dumbledore for the room we're going to be in and where he put our baggage, I'm off for a run. Meet you on the pitch PROMPTLY at 12:30. THAT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF. Bring your gear and maybe some food. It'll be a long day!"
Elizabeth ignored the fact that everyone's eyes in the entire Great Hall were on her as she merrily made her way beyond the doors and outside into the world.
A short one I know. However I did get two out today. I currently am on a plane ride back home which is why I have had so much time to write. Basically the last few chapters I have just typed out in sheer boredom. Yesterday I was in a hotel room for the whole day with nothing to do. Today I have been on this bloody plane for five hours, three to go. Basically I have the first like, five chapters done. My computer is almost dead and I plan on posting this ASAP when I finally get home. It'll be sometime late, but at least I am getting one more out.
I know that these are fairly frequent updates, however at the moment the story is pretty half assed, kind of short, and I have had quite a bit of time to just write. So in a few weeks my updates most likely will get less frequent and pretty average, maybe once a week when I get the time. But hopefully when that happens I will get to focus more on quality than quantity, and that makes everyone happy! Please review, I can take and learn from criticism and compliments are always welcome if you have any.