Author's Note: Hey guys! Thank you for the story alert adds! And thanks to the ones who gave a review. Reviews motivate the muse, so I'd appreciate if guys continued to feed her! In other news, I was alerted by a reader, that Luna is actually in Ravenclaw and not Hufflepuff. I apologize for the mistake as it's been awhile since I read the books hahaha. Anyways, I've sorta subtly switched her back. I like her better as a Huffle, but I digress. Anyways...on with the show!

Raven wandered through the corridor on her way to the Great Hall and pondered her brief conversation with Draco. 'Who does he think he is, really? I barely know the guy and he wants to get into my pants. No way am I going to fall for his tricks. I don't care how pretty he is.' She shook her head as she followed her fellow students inside the Hall. As she reached her house's table, Luna looked up from her plate and waved her over. Raven gave a small smile and sat down beside her.

"How do you like Hogwarts?" Luna asked, while spooning some buttered squash into her mouth. Raven helped herself to some potatoes and pork-chops before deciding to say anything.

"Well, it seems quite nice actually. I mean, it's loads better than my last school. Beauxbaton was too fancy for my tastes. All uptight and who's dad has the best job and whatnot. The only thing that didn't keep me from ripping my hair out was to practice Quidditch every day." Raven paused to take a couple bites of her food. Luna put down her fork and rifled through her bag until she pulled out a lone piece of parchment paper. She slid it over to Raven and pointed.

"Oh then you'll love to join the Ravenclaw team here. They always hold try-outs in the first month of the school year." she smiled then turned back to her food. Raven looked over the flier excitedly before folding it up to put in her robe's pocket.

"Thank you so much Luna! Finally I can put my talent to good use. So do you play?" Raven asked. Luna laughed softly.

"Oh no no! I don't know a quaffle from a bludger." Raven looked quizzically at her friend.

"Then why did you have this?"

"I like to collect school related information. You never know when someone needs it. Like you." Raven shook her head slightly with a small smile on her face. Luna was such a strange girl and she didn't have many friends, but for some reason they just clicked. Raven hurried through the rest of her meal excited at the thought of joining her house team.

Raven stretched and looked down at her watch. It was almost 6 pm and she was about to reach the Quidditch Pitch. There was already a size-able line by the time she got there. She sighed and stepped into the back, quietly listening to the buzz of the students' conversations. To pass the time, she sized up her competition. She was confident she could fly circles around most of them, but a few looked like they could hold their own on the field. Raven smiled privately to herself. She loved her some good 'ol competition.

Slowly the line dwindled down until it was just she and a couple others. An older female student came toward their small group, looking over them before looking down at her clipboard. She cleared her throat briefly.

"Hello my name is Penelope Roxley, captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. The three of you will follow me while I explain the rules of the game before I put you through tests...er...yes Trelawney, what is it?"

"Pardon me, but could you just skip me to the trials please? I already know all there is about Quidditch." Raven interrupted. Penelope's lips thinned in annoyance.

"Be that as it may, we will go through proper protocol. Understood?"

Raven bit her tongue in silence and nodded.

"Perfect. Now the first basic rule of flying is..." The captain droned on with the lesson while Raven tuned her out, restless to begin.

Finally the painfully boring lecture concluded and Penelope had them start the first of the trials. Raven was made the goalkeeper first while the other two were to try to toss the quaffle through. Goalkeeping wasn't her strong point and she only managed to deflect four out of ten times. The others went through the same test where one of them excelled over the other. The second trial the captain participated in. Penelope would challenge one of the potential recruits to see who would be best as the new seeker. The first two were abysmal at best, much to Raven's delight. Being a seeker was what she was born to do.

"Alright, Trelawney. Let's see what you've got then." The captain declared, hopping back on her broom. Raven grinned in excitement, ready to show her talent. She climbed onto her broom and kicked up into the sky. Penelope reached into her robe pocket and pulled out the small, golden snitch. She gave a nod to Raven before releasing it into the air. The snitch hovered for a few moments, then took off, darting here and there before vanishing. Raven wasted no time circling the field, her eyes on a sharp look-out for anything shiny. Penelope trailed behind her keeping tabs. About ten minutes went by when Raven saw a flash of gold from the corner of her eye. Not giving attention to it, she shot straight up into the sky while giving a glance behind her. Good, Penelope had taken the bait. She rocketed towards Raven and was hot on her tail. Raven looked forward with a sly smile and slowed down by small increments until Penelope passed her. Quick as a flash, Raven made a nosedive toward where she knew the snitch to actually be. She chased it for a few quick seconds before snatching it out of the air with her right fist. With a laugh she slowed and lowered herself to the ground below, hopping off her broom. Moments later Penelope landed beside her with a look of incredulous surprise on her face.

"Well, Trelawney, that was some damn good flying out there. Quite clever that trick you pulled there. I'm impressed. Well there's no contest. I want you here for practice every Saturday. Are we clear?" she said in a firm yet proud voice.

"Sure thing, captain. I'd love to." Raven replied feeling giddy with her victory. Penelope nodded with a slight smile.

"It's about time too. Our team needs to be up-to-snuff if we're going to finally beat Slytherin this year. If I have to see Malfoy's smug little face one more time..." Penelope's voice trailed off, grumbling. Raven's mouth dropped open.

"Wait, what? Malfoy's on the Slytherin team?" Penelope looked at her strangely.

"What, you didn't know? He's their seeker."

Uh oh! What mischief will come of that? Quidditch rivals FTW! Lol anyways, yeah no Draco or any love drama in this chapter but I hope you guys liked it. Sorry it was so short. Don't worry there will be more in store for these two. As well as a third...*gasp* As always, let me know what you think. ~Raevyn