Hogwarts '06/7

[Scarlet Lioness]

"..Just leave me alone. Okay. Stop bugging me. Argh!" Misty got up and left in a hurry.

She was irritated and she knew there was something missing.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Dinas shot a warning look at Rowena and Lily. It said: Leave it alone.

"On that note..." he said. "I realise that this hasn't been the most successful of practices. But still... I do hope you found something useful in it."

A few of the Slytherin members nodded. "Goodnight then," Dinas said, giving them their signal to leave. "There's a practice the day after tomorrow, also. At 5.30 down at the pitch. Be prompt."

The team shuffled out.

[Scarlet Lioness]

Misty wasn't herself for the rest of the night, she started her Transfiguration essay and ended up writing it on the wrong topic twice.

There's something terribly wrong she thought.

She was ready to break down.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

The evening of the dinner was Friday night. The team was leaving the following Friday for their lodgings at the International Quidditch Stadium of Britain. The Tournament started the Thursday after that, with a match between Hogwarts, who were the official hosts, and the Durmstrang Institute.

[Scarlet Lioness]

She needed to pull herself together...

International Quidditch started in a week, and she was loosing control.

BUt there was no reason for her control being lost.

Except the missing something.

She wiped her eyes with a tissue and headed up stairs to sleep.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Dinas went to sleep, confident that everything was going exactly according to plan.

[Q.Araignee]

As they got to the Common Room, Rowena and Lily saw Misty going up to her Dorm- from the tissue in her hand, she must have been crying. With Dinas' warning look still lingering in Rowena's mind, she turrned to Lily.
"Should we go after her now, or leave it until tomorrow?"

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

A restless sleep did not worry Dinas when he woke up the next morning. It was natural... considering what he was planning.

[GodrictheGriffon]

"Why don't we just leave her be. It's been a very strange night. We all need our rest."Lily said decisively. Rowena and Lily said good night to a few people then departed to thier seperate dormitories. Lily fell asleep two hours after her head hit the pillow.
But the next morning, Misty seemed to be ignoring her fellow team-mates.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

There was to be a farewell party for the team that night, as they would leave for the Tournament grounds the following Friday. It would be a simple occasion that the whole school was involved in. After dinner, the team would be formally announced and given their official team robes and accessories. There would then be some entertainment provided by a popular wizarding band, and the students and staff were welcome to join in and dance.

Dinas would certainly be leaving after announcing the team.

[Scarlet Lioness]

Misty ignored her teammates the next day, because she felt she had let them down. They had counted on her, but she never turned up to the first practise.

They would leave the school the next day. I'm not ready SHe thought.

But decided that she needed to prove to herself worthy of being on the International School Quidditch Team.

She looked at her watch. Practise was in an hour. SHe grabbed her broom and robes, and left the Common Room.

Nothing will stop me turning up this time

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

On Thursday, the day before the team were to leave, Dinas leapt out of his office window on his broomstick, and flew directly down to the Quidditch Pitch. The whole team was assembled, waiting for him. It appeared that they had done a few laps of the Pitch already.

[Scarlet Lioness]

Dinas landed suddenly and gave Misty a fright.

"Good Evening team..." Dinas began his team talk.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

"So, we leave tomorrow. How're you all feeling about it? We've been working very hard over the last week on all the set plays and so forth... there's still a bit of polishing up to do in one or two areas" - he looked at the Chasers - "but generally it seems that everything is on track. We leave at noon, as you know. You are to assemble with all your Quidditch gear right here in the centre of the stadium, and we'll be travelling via Portkey. The entire school will be in the stands to cheer you on as you leave, and the students coming to support will be leaving in groups during the day.

"Now, get in the air, and start burshing up on those set pieces I was discussing."

[Scarlet Lioness]

Misty flew into the air.

It's time we began to shine she thought. She hit the bludger towards her fellow Beater, to begin hitting practise.