Again, thanks to my lovely reviewers so far :) Without you I'd probably have given up after the first chapter. And not forgetting the people who added it to Alerts/Favourites, that's an ego-booster as well ha ha (and when you think about it, some free advertising for the stories for people who check profiles...)

"Up!"

Sirius grinned as the ratty old broomstick shot straight up into his outstretched hand on the first attempt. Looking around, his grin faltered as he saw one of the Gryffindors had managed it a split second before him.

"Well done, Mr Potter! And Mr Black! Excellent, boys!"

James looked up upon hearing the other boy's name and his proud grin also lessened slightly. Determination set in both their eyes as they eventually looked away from each other. Sirius was quietly seething, no one was going to beat him at flying this year. Unbeknownst to him, James was thinking exactly the same as he waited impatiently for the rest of the class to catch up. Flying was one subject he knew he was going to excel in before he even started at Hogwarts, and no way a Slytherin was going to prove him wrong!

"Alright," Professor Dawkins announced, seeing that most of the students had successfully managed to call their brooms up. "Now, mount your brooms, make sure you're keeping a tight grip."

Sirius followed the intructions and the simple exercises, but was itching to get to the actual flying part. From the looks of the students around him, he realised most of them had probably never flown a broom in their lives, because of either over protective or Muggle parents. Thankfully he didn't fall into that category, he was dying to show off what he could do.

Unfortunately someone beat him to it.

Seeing the Professor turn her back and make her way down to the other end of the field where the rest of the class were standing, James whistled, attracting the surrounding students' attention. Kicking off from the ground, he zoomed off into the sky, earning the surprised gasps from the other kids. Sirius glared up at the Gryffindor student as he started flying higher then swooping down suddenly, pulling up just before he was about to hit the ground and hovering with a huge grin at the admiration of his classmates.

"How did you do that?" asked one girl.

"Do what?" Sirius scoffed pushing forwards. "If you want to see something that's actually impressive, watch this!"

Kicking off, he shot up, hurtling towards the sky at break neck speed. James crossed his arms and watched stonily, grudgingly impressed at the way the other boy could handle a broom, almost as well as him. Almost.

Sirius got to what he deemed to be just the right height, smiled to himself, and jerked his broom upwards sharply - performing a perfect loop the loop.

"Mr Black, return to the ground immediately!"

The Professor's angry command broke through his pride and he gave a sigh as he slowly flew back down to the class, hopping off his broom a moment before it stopped completely.

"10 points from Slytherin and detention with me tonight, Black," she ordered. "You will remain on the ground for the rest of the lesson or regret it!"

"Yes, Professor," he muttered. He glanced over his shoulder at James and smirked. "Better luck next time, Potter."

He started walking away, pleased with himself despite the detention when he heard:

"Potter! Get back down here at once!"

Sirius whirled round and his mouth fell open as he saw James performing the same maneouvre - twice. Their eyes locked across the field as Dawkins launched into an angry tirade and Sirius smirked. Game on.

"You will join Black in detention tonight, Potter, and ten points from Gryffindor!" she announced, glaring at both boys, neither of whom were paying much attention to her. Confiscating both brooms, she had to rush to help another student.

"What an idiot," came a scornful voice from over his shoulder. Sirius looked round to see Abigail looking over in disdain at the group of Gryffindors gathered around Potter. "Totally full of himself, with no reason to be. Typical Gryffindor."

He gave a non-committal grunt in response and stalked off, leaving her to stare after him in disappointment.

A bit shorter than the previous 2 chapters but it seemed an appropriate place to end.