Rebecca kept her collar up while trying to not draw attention to herself in class. It was five minutes until the start of it when Morgan finally showed up. She looked rough. Andrew looked at her with crossed arms. Morgan paid him no mind, but instead she went to pull down Rebecca's collar, which Rebecca put it back up immediately.

"I thought so." She said with a grin. "She was all over you last night."

More students from the party arrived before class started. Rebecca noticed Albus did not show up however.

Every class was a new challenge to hiding the hickey. Professor Stetson seemed as if she knew it was there as she took about ten points from her for improper uniform and took ten more for not fixing it.

In Transfiguration, Alexis was pretending as though nothing happened. She was quiet unless Roman spoke to her. Rebecca wanted to strike a conversation with her, but found no courage to.

It was only after class did Alexis slip Rebecca a note into her book before leaving. Rebecca didn't look at it immediately. Not with prying eyes around.

At the end of the day, someone had posted a note on the notice board indicating tryouts for the Wampus Quodpot team were this Saturday. Rebecca had made her own note of it and decided to go ask Morgan for help on learning the sport. They made arrangements to go outside and learn.

Rebecca had waited for her out on the grounds not far from the snakewood tree on the edge of the forest. Morgan arrived with Andrew, who decided to come watch. There was also a joke that he would catch Rebecca if she fell off her broom.

Morgan had a quaffle and two Nimbus 2005s which was the standard broom model for every player on each team at Ilvermorny. It was to keep from anyone gaining an advantage over the other should a rich student have the ability to buy a better broom than a poor student. Rebecca noticed on the handles that they had Donated by the Saturn Society written on them in gold.

"Does the Saturn Society have their hands on everything here?" Rebecca asked Morgan as she took a broom.

"They pay for the supplies but the teachers are employed by MACUSA." Andrew said.

"What's the difference?" Morgan said. "So, let's hop on then. You do know how to handle that thing?"

"I hate flying, but I have done the basics." Rebecca said.

"Okay." Morgan said just before she flew up into the air. "First things first, Quodpot is not quidditch so everything you know about that sport, forget it. This ball is the quod."

"That's the quaffle-" Rebecca started.

"Forget about the other sport." Morgan repeated waving her arms,frantically. Rebecca rolled her eyes.

"Now, there are eleven players to each team. They take turns scoring into a single hoop. On one drive, team A will try to score while team B will attempt to stop team A."

"Okay. One team will score while the other defends." Rebecca repeated. She still had not left the ground, but she was mounted, ready to go.

"Now the scoring team has a shot clock of about a minute before the quod explodes." Morgan said. "If the quod explodes before it goes into the goal, then whichever player is holding the quod has to leave the game and a new drive begins."

"The ball explodes, which results in an elimination of a player." Rebecca followed.

"The game ends when an entire team has been eliminated." Morgan finished. "And that's the game."

"That's actually more simple than quidditch. I like it." Rebecca admitted.

"So get up here and try to take this quod from me." Morgan was flipping the ball about a foot above Rebecca.

Rebecca hesitated. Was she ready for this? Did she absolutely want to do this? She thought back on all the reasons why she hated flying and quidditch. It was her father's excuse to go on long trips for matches.

It would be weeks before he returned home, and he only spent that time learning Rebecca's brother how to play the game. Quidditch kept her and her father from having any sort of close relationship and she hated it. It was also the reasons for their wealth, for the reason she was even in this situation now at Ilvermorny. Without her father's fame from quidditch, the Warrens wouldn't be wanted.

"Are you coming?" Morgan asked. "You're not considering to back out now, are you?"

Rebecca looked up at her friend.

"Scared, Warren?" Morgan teased. She started pretending to be Vanessa. "Bet that pile of British trash below me couldn't hold a candle to my skills. She's probably too afraid she'll hurt herself."

Rebecca kicked off from the ground and shot straight into the air at Morgan, her eyes focused on the quod. She reached for it while ramming into Morgan. It took her by surprise as she let go of the quod and once Rebecca stopped, she was also surprised to find the quod in her hand. She turned to look at Morgan who was smiling. Andrew was clapping.

"Oh, Ivy is going to love you." Morgan said.

"Ivy?" Rebecca asked as she hovered back over to Morgan.

"Ivy Jones. The Wampus captain." Morgan replied.

For about an hour, Rebecca and Morgan chased each other depending on who had the quod. Then they started passing to one another. At one point, Morgan threw the quod at Andrew to get his attention. He went to throw it back, but just as he let it go, it exploded.

"What the-?" Andrew exclaimed. "I thought it was a practice ball?"

"It should be." Morgan said as she and Rebecca gilded back down to the ground to unmount. Rebecca looked back towards the school. Vanessa and her friends weren't far from them.

"What's going on over here?" Vanessa asked when they got closer.

"None of your-" Rebecca started. However, Morgan cut her off to say, "Just training the best quodpot player this school has ever seen."

Vanessa and her friends looked at Rebecca in disgust.

"Puh-lese." Cassandra stated. "No one's better than 'Ness."

"Has the Brit ever played Quodpot?" Vanessa taunted.

"You sound worried, Vanessa." Andrew commented.

"Sorry. We can't speak Indian." Sheila said.

Vanessa put her hand up to hush her friends. She was staring down Rebecca's green eyes as Rebecca stared right back at her blues.

"Vanessa, I bet you aren't nearly as good as Rebecca when it comes to flying." Morgan boasted. "I mean, her last name is Warren after all."

Rebecca cut her eyes to Morgan. She didn't like what her friend said. She had never wanted to live in her father's shadow. Vanessa noticed Rebecca's eye movement and used it to her advantage.

"I don't think Rebecca agrees with that statement, but I'll challenge it right now." She took the broom from Morgan's hands and looked back to Rebecca. "We race from here to the snakewood tree and back."

Rebecca mounted her broom without hesitation. She couldn't show any weakness now. This was her first chance to beat Vanessa. Cassandra would start the race by shooting blue sparks from her wand.

Side by side, they were set in the air. Vanessa looked ready, but Rebecca was determined. She felt- knew- she could do this. For the first time in her life, flying felt natural.

"Ready!" Cassandra called out. Then a few seconds later the blue sparks flew out of the tip of her wand. Rebecca and Vanessa took off in an instant.

They streaked across the grounds, heading towards the snakewood tree. The girls were inches from one another. Neither one were ahead of the other. The turn would be what determined the outcome.

The turn came and Vanessa cut her turn perfectly. Rebecca did not, and this gave Vanessa the advantage. There was no guessing about who would win now.

They crossed the finish line between Cassandra and Morgan. Vanessa had won.

Once Rebecca landed, she heard Cassandra shout, "In your faces!"

Rebecca joined her friends in disappointment, but they didn't show it. Instead, they were all trying to ignore Vanessa's name callings. It was Morgan who had enough and pulled out her wand. She hit Sheila with a spell that knocked her to the ground. Next thing Rebecca knew, they were all in a duel. Andrew had the misfortune of being knocked out by Cassandra. Rebecca thought Morgan was going to kill her.

Rebecca had difficulty being efficient in the battle. Once again, the nonverbal spells were giving her foes an advantage. Luckily, Morgan was well versed in them, and was very good too. She fought Cassandra and Vanessa to where their backs were against the edge of the forest. They had nowhere to go. To Rebecca's surprise, they ducked into the trees.

"Are they mad?" Rebecca asked. But Morgan followed them to her amazement. Rebecca had no choice but to follow along. She couldn't let Morgan fight alone.

Vanessa and Cassandra continued to run deeper into the forest. Rebecca and Morgan fired shots at them every now and then. They soon made it to a clearing with a creek nearby, but Rebecca and Morgan lost sight of their foes.

"Hopefully the forest gets them." Morgan growled.

"As long as it doesn't get us too." Rebecca stammered as she looked around. Morgan came back to reality and realized where they were.

"This complicates things."

"I think we came from this side." Rebecca said, pointing to an opening in the trees, but it all looked the same around them for the most part. Towering trees rose in every direction and every way looked as dark as dusk.

Rebecca and Morgan started in the direction they thought they came, but it felt hopeless. They had made detours and turns while chasing Vanessa and Cassandra.

While walking, they thought they heard something behind them. Both girls turned around with their wands out. Nothing was there. At least nothing they could see.

The girls agreed to pick up their pace. They arrived at another clearing. This time they found nothing but grass and Rebecca noticed a patch was folded down. They took a closer look and found bones. Some looked old and rotted, but others looked fresh and new. Rebecca turned to Morgan and said, "We should probably leave this area right now." But there was a shock of horror on Morgan's face.

"Behind you!" She said, however, Rebecca looked past Morgan and seen a tall, skinny, silver hair looking bear, but it wasn't a bear. It resembled a demiguise in the face, but with green eyes and long fangs.

"Morgan, turn around." Rebecca said. Morgan did a quick look and seen it, but she turned Rebecca to look the other way. There were two of them advancing on Rebecca and Morgan. They both walked upright and looked incredibly hungry and focused on the girls. Rebecca knew it was a matter of time before one of them attacked.

"Hidebehinds." Morgan said. "Get back to back and don't take your eyes on the one in front of you."

Rebecca pressed her back against Morgan's with her wand at the ready. The hidebehind Rebecca watched began to be more cautious. "What do we do?" Rebecca asked in a low voice as though if the beasts had heard her, they would had taken it as a sign of weakness.

Rebecca's hidebehind was still edging closer. This wasn't going to end well. Morgan whispered back finally. "On the count of three, we cast an explosion on them. Then we run to my left, your right, and we don't stop."

Rebecca whispered, "Okay." She hoped Morgan's plan would work, but there wasn't any other option.

"One... Two... Three."

"Bombarda!" Rebecca cried. Morgan silently cast hers. Two thunderous explosions boomed at the feet of the hidebehinds. Rebecca and Morgan didn't bother to see if it worked. Rebecca swore they were running just as fast as a Nimbus 2005.

Morgan tripped on a root in front of Rebecca who toppled over her as well.

But it wasn't any old root. It grabbed at Rebecca and Morgan. It started to tighten a firm grip on their ankles. As it turned out. It wasn't a root at all.

"Devil's snare!" Morgan cried.

Rebecca grabbed at the vines, but they didn't budge. Instead, she could now feel the blood circulation being cut off from her feet. Now they were held down by a plant. And to make matters worse, the two hidebehinds had caught up.

At this point, they were dead. There was absolutely no way they would live through this. Rebecca started to cry. Morgan was still fighting the losing battle.

One of the hidebehinds grabbed Rebecca violently by the throat and went down for the bite. Rebecca closed her eyes, but she didn't feel anything. Instead she heard a roar. She reopened her eyes and both hidebehinds were now fighting a group of pukwudgies. Some started to cut the devil's snare from Rebecca and Morgan's ankles and wrists.

In a matter of seconds, the hidebehinds were gone and the devil's snare retracted. Rebecca and Morgan were both in shock that they survived.

"You idiots!" Said a familiar voice. It was William. He went straight up to Rebecca and slapped her. "What were you two thinking?" He then slapped Morgan. "Do you not heed the warnings the headmaster gives every year?"

Morgan looked offended, but Rebecca said, "Thank you for saving us."

"You wouldn't need saving if you two nitwits had not wandered down here." William snapped. "Get up and let's get you out of here."