The Arrow Shoots Straight

The next morning, Daisy was the first one in the Arrows locker room. She quickly set about to getting out of her street clothes and pulling on her practice gear. She was still a bit shaken up from yesterday, but she couldn't let it get to her. The season was starting up in nearly two months and she needed to make sure that she had a firm grip on her new abilities before then.

The last thing Daisy needed was to lose it on the pitch and end up blowing up half the stands.

"Daisy?" a voice said to her right. Daisy looked over, seeing a forlorn John standing just inside the door. She raised her eyebrows in acknowledgement. "I just… I'm sorry about yesterday." She sighed and nodded.

"I'm sorry as well. I shouldn't have lost my temper like that," she said. "I didn't mean to frighten you." John walked over to her.

"You don't frighten me. Frustrate me sometimes, but you'll never frighten me," he said softly, a small smile on his lips. Daisy laughed softly.

"You've been a fair bit frustrating yourself," she said, looking up at him. John nodded.

"I'll try to work on that," he said.

"Good," Daisy said. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.

"You know Coach'll have your heads if he finds out you're snogging in the locker room," Kelly said as he walked in, grinning. Both John and Daisy looked over at him.

"You say a word and I will tell him about what you and Lucy were up to in here that week before the finals," Daisy said, smirking. Kelly blanched slightly.

"Then I suppose we're even," he said, quickly getting to work putting his practice gear on.

Daisy was grateful for the break practice gave her from the worries of her life. At least on the pitch she could focus on the task at hand and for the most part none of her new abilities seem to give her trouble.

Nilsson had her working on new tricks for the upcoming season, feeling the motto the bigger the better was the only way to go. She had just finished warming up and was waiting on him to finish with the beaters so he could go over some of his plans. She was sitting on her broom, watching the chasers below as they flew through a new formation.

"Wood!"

Daisy looked over and saw Nilsson back on the ground in front of the home team hoops, waving her over. She quickly flew down and landed.

"Yes, Coach?" she said.

"Ready to run some plays?" he asked. She nodded and smiled.

"What do you have in mind? New tricks?" she asked. He looked up as Kelly scored on Bray.

"Let's work on defense a bit. See how close to the chasers you can get," he said, looking back down at her. She smiled and nodded.

"Yes, Coach."

She turned and hopped on her broom, smoothly flying up. She did a slow loop around the field, searching for an opening. Cunningham and Wright crossed each other, passing the quaffle while Kelly flew underneath. Daisy grinned as she made a hard left and dove down, spiralling towards the players.

"DAISY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Cunningham yelled as she squeezed in between him and Kelly, effectively throwing him off and causing the pass to go wide. She laughed as she swung back around and prepared for another pass.

"You trying to kills us?" Kelly yelled.

"Just following orders," Daisy said, smiling. She rounded the pitch and started flying towards them again.

Without warning, Daisy felt her chest constrict. No. Not again. She gripped her broom as she saw the pitch at Wigtown. Remus and Alan were sending bludgers at the chasers when one kicked it out of the way, sending it into the hoops. It bounced off and hit Remus, causing him to pitch forward off his broom, down 100 feet to the field below.

Suddenly she was back on the field and about to collide head on with Kelly.

"Remus!" she shouted.

"Daisy!" Kelly yelled. Just as she was about to hit him, she disappeared. Kelly pulled to a stop and looked around.

"Where's Daisy?" Nilsson shouted.

"She shouted Remus and just… how could she apparate like that mid-flight?" Kelly shouted. They all looked at John, who seemed just as confused as the rest of them.

"I… she… I don't know," he said.

Daisy blinked and suddenly she was on the pitch at Wigtown. Shouts rose up around her as she dodged through the chasers she saw the bludger ricochet off the hoop. She sped over and whipped behind Remus, kicking the bludger away with all her might. It shot off over the stands.

"What in Merlin's name, Daisy!" Remus shouted as he flew up to her. She was panting as she looked around, noticing the entire team had flown up, curious about the sudden appearance of the youngest Wood in her Arrows practice kit.

"I, I… I saw the bludger… you fell 100 feet," she said, looking at her brother.

"You saw that? Just now?" Alan asked. She nodded.

"WOODS! WHAT IS GOING ON! WHY WEREN'T YOU WATCHING YOUR BACK, REMUS!" Diggle shouted as he flew up to the hovering team. "What are you doing here, Daisy?" She looked desperately at Remus and Alan, not sure what to say.

"Good thing she showed up when she did. A fall like that could put you out a few days or weeks," Alistair said.

"Still doesn't answer my question. Why are you here, Daisy?" Diggle repeated.

"She's been practicing her orbing and must have accidentally showed up in the wrong place. Happens from time to time," Alan said, hoping the team would believe it.

"On a broomstick?" Diggle asked. Daisy nodded, unable to speak. Diggle sighed. "Alright then. Best get back to Appleby."

"Yes, sir," she said, finally finding her voice.

"The rest of you, back to work!"

The other players flew off as Daisy looked at Remus and Alan.

"I didn't realize I did it," she said.

"It's alright, Daisy. Just… try to watch it next time," Alan said. "Though that was pretty fantastic. Orbing mid-flight… I can barely apparate while walking." She nodded. Remus was frowning at her.

"Remus?"

"Next time you get one of those funny feelings in your chest about me on the pitch, do me a favor and ignore it," he said. Daisy furrowed her brow.

"I just wanted to help," she said.

"What's gotten into you?" Alan asked, glaring at Remus.

"Bad enough we had to deal with Mum popping up. Now we've got Daisy. And she can't even control it," he said. Daisy frowned at him, starting to feel her irritation flare up.

"If it weren't for me you'd be on the pitch with a broken neck," she said, her voice rising.

"I'd be just fine without you," Remus spat.

"Well, fine. Next time I'll just let you break your neck then!"

"Good! Stay off our pitch!"

Daisy huffed and took off down the field. About halfway there, she disappeared. Alan stared after her, in awe a moment before he turned to his brother.

"Do you really have to be such a prat?" he spat at him.

"How is that being a prat? It's true! She could have hurt someone popping in like that," Remus said.

"I think the only damage here is your pride and you need to get over that," Alan said, scowling as he flew off.

"Where the hell did you go, Daisy!" Nilsson yelled as soon as she reappeared on the pitch. She landed and looked around at the confused faces of her teammates, trying to think of what to say.

"I… I'm not sure what happened," she lied. "I somehow ended up at Wigtown." Nilsson looked down at her, not sure if he wanted to believe her or not.

"How did you end up there?" Kelly asked. Daisy shrugged.

"Just… one second I was flying here and the next I was there," she said feebly. She could see Kelly wanted to push her on it. He started to open his mouth but Nilsson stopped him.

"Whatever that was, please try not to do it during a match. The last thing we need is our seeker disappearing mid-game or the other team accusing you of using your wand," he said. Daisy nodded.

"Yes, Coach," she said. Nilsson looked around.

"Back up in the air," he ordered.

"Yes, Coach!" they all yelled.

John was the only one sitting on the bench in the locker room when Daisy came out from the showers, tying her hair up.

"Do you have to go to your mom's tonight?" he asked, looking up at her. She shook her head no. "Thought we could do dinner at my place."

She smiled and nodded.

"Something tells me I should avoid Remus for a bit," she said, packing her bag up.

"Why?" John asked.

"Didn't seem too thrilled with me after I showed up at Wigtown," she said, hoisting her bag on her shoulder. "But I'd rather not talk about it right now." She looked up at John and smiled. "Ready?"

"Let's go."

Daisy was curled up on John's sofa while he finished up the cooking. A movie was playing on the TV. She sat up and reached for her glass of wine, taking a drink before setting it back down.

"So… what exactly happened?" John asked, walking into the living room with two plates of pasta. He handed one to Daisy and sat next to her. Daisy sighed.

"It was the connection. I sensed that Remus was going to be in a bad accident on the pitch," she said. "Next thing I know, I'm in Wigtown and kicking a bludger away from him."

John stared at her a moment in surprise.

"That's something," he said.

"Remus didn't think so. Seemed more put out than anything," she said glumly. "And we had just gotten over last night's fight as well."

"Why would he be angry? You saved him from a pretty bad injury," John said.

"Said it was bad enough that Mum used to do it. Not he's got me popping in," she said. "Suspect he doesn't much like having his little sister coming to save the day." John chuckled.

"Maybe not. But I suppose with time he'll get it over," he said.

"I hope so," Daisy said. John studied her a moment.

"So… anything else new on the connection front?" he asked, trying to seem casual. Daisy shot him a look.

"If there was, I would have told you," she said, looking back down at her plate.

"Well, just thought since you had a thing with the connection today, maybe something else could have happened," he said with a shrug. Daisy shook her head.

"Can we not talk about this again," she said softly. "Bad enough I'm dealing with Remus' attitude…"

"Is there anything you can do or…"

"I've told you – we don't really know much about it so there's nothing I can do," Daisy snapped. She looked up at John, her eyes begging him not to continue bugging her about it. He sighed and shook his head.

"I just can't understand why you don't have a connection with me. I mean, Jamie and Lila have been together a much shorter time. Why would they have a connection and we don't?" he asked. Daisy sighed.

"Maybe Jamie's just more in tune with it than I am," she said tiredly.

"How long had your parents been together when your mom started feeling your dad?" he asked. Daisy looked up at him.

"Seriously, John," she said, shaking her head. She put her plate down on the table and crossed her arms in front of her. "I don't want to get into this tonight." She stood and walked over to her bag.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Home, you're annoying me," she said.

"Daisy, don't go. Why do you shut me down every time I try to talk to you about this?" he asked.

"Because you won't leave it be! I've told you all I can but you just… keep pushing!" she shouted. The picture frames on the walls started to shake slightly. Daisy looked up at them and attempted to take a deep calming breath.

"I love you, Daisy. And it worries me that you're not telling me things," he said, putting his plate down and standing.

"If you love me, why can't you accept that I can't tell you things?" she said, clenching her fists.

"Because I don't understand why you can't tell me!" John shouted back. "I feel like everyone else knows what's going on but me!"

"Oh please, John. Kelly is just as much in the dark as you," she said.

"Lila knows things," John said. "I'm sure Wills does too." Daisy scoffed and laughed harshly.

"Wills doesn't know anything," she said. "I'm not sure where you get the idea that he does."

"He's always popping over there unannounced. I'm sure he's stumbled across something," John said. "I don't like it."

"What? That he comes over all the time?" Daisy asked. "Because I assure you, he doesn't know anymore than you do."

John sighed and started pacing.

"Why can't you just trust me?" Daisy asked. John stopped pacing and looked up at her.

"Why can't you trust me?" he shot back. Daisy fumed.

"It's not that I don't trust you-"

"Obviously you and your family don't, otherwise I would know everything by now," he said.

"Would you shut up and listen to me!" Daisy yelled. The photo frames shook again, as did the TV. "It hasn't nothing to do with trust!"

"Then what does it have to do with?"

"I CAN'T TELL YOU, JOHN!" Daisy yelled. Her eyes flashed red momentarily just as the TV exploded. Daisy jumped aside and looked over at it, then back at John, whose eyes had gone wide. Daisy grabbed her bag and disappeared.

Daisy appeared directly in her room and dropped her bag. She fell onto her bed and looked up at the ceiling. She took deep breaths, trying to calm herself. She didn't want to make anything else explode. A lone tear streaked down her cheek as she thought over everything that happened that day.

There was a knock on her door.

"Daisy?" she heard Jamie through the door.

"Go away," she shouted.

"Can we talk?"

"No!" Daisy shouted. She rolled over and faced the window. "Just leave me alone."

"Alright."

Another look into what's going on with the Woods. This book is pretty much going to go back and forth between Dom and the Woods. The next few chapters will focus on Dom's search for information.

twilightlover427: At this point in this story, Daisy hasn't felt the connection yet. But it's coming soon! This one and Wills story take place at the same time, though his stops before the quidditch season starts while this one continues after the start of the season.

sunrisekisses: Glad you're enjoying it! And yea, it's nice to write about others outside Daisy. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

As always, thanks for reading, following and reviewing!