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[amadeus]

Amadeus smirked as he stepped out onto the pitch, his brand new Thunderbolt in hand, wearing his emerald green Quidditch robes although there wasn't a practice scheduled that day. From his pocket he pulled out a practice snitch- his father had sent it when Amadeus had told him he had gotten the seeking position on the team he had had his eye on. The weather couldn't have been better for a practice run- it was still warm with only a gentle, lazy breeze, and the only clouds in the sky were of the white, puffy variety. Amadeus looked at the snitch in his hand, it struggled against his fingers, and with another smirk he released it.

He counted to ten slowly under his breath before mounting his broom and then kicking off from the ground- shooting up into the air like a cork from a bottle. Amadeus' keen grey eyes scanned the pitch, scouting for a glimmer of gold anywhere. Mentally telling himself he wouldn't be able to keep this still in a real match, Amadeus made not to adjust positions every so often- being sure to stay out of the area where the chasers most commonly played.

And there it was! Amadeus sped after the snitch, laying almost flat atop his broom to go even faster. He was closing the gap, any second now, his fingertips were inches away... "Gotcha!" Amadeus almost exclaimed as he brought the still struggling into his fist. He slowed to a stop in midair, only then noticing a familiar face in the stands...

[nixnight]

Nix sat in the qudditch stands with a quill and bit if parchment in her hands, she was going through her school timetable to work out when she would be able to slot in time for the new tryouts and had so far only found she had way more work than she had first thought this year. When she added in the new sicknesses she'd been feeling since the summer and the meetings in the forest then she really didn't have a lot of spare time.

She looked up as she heard the gates to the quddtich pitch creak and her hands shot down under her robes to her wand but when she saw the boy had no interest in her, she relaxed and slipped her wand away again. She turned back to her list and only looked up again when she heard a voice nearby and she came in to eye contact with the boy who turned out to be a slytherin, nix's eyes narrowed and a smirk grew on her face before she nodded to him and her foot quickly tapped her own lightning bolt under her seat

[amadeus]

Amadeus looked at the older girl in the stands, wondering how long she had been there, he hadn't noticed her when he came in. And that was when he noticed the bright red hair, and thought her at first to be a Weasley, though she didn't quite look like the rest of their lot. Though it was obvious from her robes that she was a Gryffindor, meaning that Amadeus would already have a predisposition to not liking her. Especially when he saw that look on her face, it seemed almost something a sneer to him. And that he did not like.

Though it was more than obvious that she was older than him, Amadeus wouldn't reply with a snide comment that he would if it were someone his age. He might have a sharp tongue and a bit of an attitude, but Amadeus knew his place. He didn't particularly fancy being hexed by someone with a couple extra years on him. But at the same time it wasn't like he shouldn't say anything... "Spying, are you?" asked Amadeus in a tone that could be interpreted as either accusatory or teasing depending on the person. He pocketed his snitch where it became inanimate.

[nixnight]

Nix rolled her eyes as she felt the slytherin look her over and she shook her head in disbelief, "no wonder no one likes your house, someone comes out here to organise qudditich sign-ups and you accuse them of spying Straight away" she said with a snigger hidden in her voice. "if you have to know, I'm picking a time for my house tryouts. You I'd say are new to a team but I've had 4 years of house teams under my belt" she said with a smile and actually vaguely Friendly smile before she chuckled to herself. "not to mention plenty of time designing brooms" she whispered to herself before dropping her quill and parchment on the bench beside her and standing up.

She flicked her foot and it tapped again her broom which shot up and in to her waiting hand before she nodded to the boys pocket ,"I'll take it your the new slytherin seeker if your allowed a snitch and out in those robes" she said with a little smile again before running her finger down the side to her lighting-bolt. "what are you riding?" she asked before nodding to the boys broom, it would be most funny if he was riding one of the broom she had designed recently herself with her partner

[amadeus]

Amadeus narrowed his eyes when the girl said it wasn't any wonder why nobody liked Slytherins. That wasn't exactly true, generally the Gryffindors were a lot much too accepting for the more refined tastes of people like himself- and the Hufflepuffs were just a bunch of good-for-nothings, so he supposed there might be some truth in her statement, but not much. Amadeus liked where he was. Around Hogwarts there was almost a certain power that came from wearing green, it made it easier to get his way. Of course, his manipulative nature and charming smile helped some, but Slytherin could be a thing of intimidation.

"I am," said Amadeus, genuinely proud of his accomplishment, though to be fair he supposed there wasn't any competition. He had outflown even the older students- sixth and seventh years nonetheless! He smiled smugly when the girl asked what he was riding, it was of course, only the best model available. He had read that professional teams were scrambling to get them for all of their players. "A Thunderbolt," said Amadeus, "only the latest model on the market."

[nixnight]

Nix's smile grew wider as the boy spoke of his broom and she decided against the new design of broom now avalible in hogsmead, Tain had asked brook reatailers not to sell his and her broom unless he allowed it so very new shops had the lightning bolt in them. Nix knew how good it was because she had designed the broom and held the original in her hand as she stood there but the boy didn't need to know she had a new and exclusive broom, slytherins were well known for jealousy when they didn't have the Newest or best thing.

"nice to know new blood is finally dropping into that team, maybe old generations but new blood atleast" she said with a smile before she flicked her broom to her other hand in the hope the boy wouldn't notice it's design or name, it would be hard when it was turned away from him. She gave a smile as the wind blew past the pair quickly before then considering getting on her broom but thought against it, she didn't want to go making a slytherin jealous

[amadeus]

Amadeus wasn't sure what to think about this girl, something about her instinctively rubbed him the wrong way. Granted, he got that feeling about a lot of people, but not usually so quickly. He didn't even know her name, not that he was bothered to figure that out about her, did it even matter? Perhaps it might, as she was obviously on the Gryffindor team owing to the fact that she was on the pitch with a broom- but Amadeus knew who their seeker was. Some sort of cocky dark-haired boy, what was his name, Livingstone? All he knew was that he was a mudblood.

Amadeus wasn't sure what to say to that, he got the distinct feeling that the girl was mocking him. Of course, he didn't know whether or not that was true, perhaps it was just that annoying sort of feeling she gave him. He pulled his practice snitch out of his pocket, and it immediately began to struggle against his fingers. "You don't mind, do you? I need to practice," said Amadeus.

[nixnight]

Nix watched the boys eyes as he thought and her smiled widened until he spoke and she nodded her head ,"I'll just keep quiet and maybe work myself" she said before she flicked her broom again. This time is landed square in the palm of her hand and she shifted it so she could mount it, hopefully the boy wouldn't notice it still but nix missed the feeling of flying and she wasn't letting some slytherin kid take that from her. 

She made sure to push off to the side of the boy so she shot past him and then turned quickly to face him from behind and she chuckled to herself ,"don't go thinking your better now" she said in a low and quiet voice to herself. "why would you need practise? I thought your house were all thinkers of the idea "I'm the best so don't even bother"" she said in a slightly angry mutter that came out a little louder than she thought it would

[amadeus]

Amadeus let the snitch go, and instantly it vanished from view- flying about the pitch somewhere for him to find. Depending on how long it took him he may or may not release it a third time. How long it took him to find the snitch always varied, tohugh Amadeus supposed that it was no different than a regular Quidditch match, which could range from five minutes to several days, since a match did not end until the snitch had been caught. Amadeus narrowed his eyes when the girl muttered something about his house and their attitudes, though decided that he would ignore her, even as she also got onto her broom.

Sometimes he knew it just was not worth the trouble, and this was one of those times. Amadeus directed himself upward, going past the area where the chasers usually were to look out for his snitch. As long as the girl didn't get in his way Amadeus would be fine, though he would much rather be alone on the pitch, he didn't like the idea of someone else seeing his tactics, though he supposed that seeking was relatively a universal sort of thing, he hadn't come up with any specific moves for him.

[nixnight]

Nix smiled as the boy said nothing to her as she flew away and then nodded to herself before dipping a hand inside her robes and taking out her wand, she pointed it away from the boy and towards the goals at the end of the pitch that the boy was away from and then flicked it while muttering a simple spell. A ball of blue appeared in the air and hung there for a moment before dropping towards the ground, nix leaned forwards on her broom and shot forwards only to reach a hand out and make to grab at the ball.

As soon as her fingers brushed its side, the ball disappeared and then reappeared away from her but in yellow this time. Nix nodded and then leaned on her broom again as the ball fell faster and reached out to grab it just as she realized she was flying away from the goals and a little in to the boys training area

[amadeus]

Amadeus moved to the right slightly, annoyed the the girl had started doing some sort of training exercise and was getting into his space. Had she not understood what he had said to her? He really did need to practice. Though Amadeus would never admit it, he was nervous about the upcoming match. A lot of his social power in Slytherin house was riding on it, if he didn't get them a victory then he might not have the same sway with his peers that he typically had- and it might take him a while to restore it. For not the first time Amadeus found himself wishing he had gone out for beating instead.

Though beaters never got the same amount of glory that the seeker or even the chasers did- beating had nothing to do with scores. And if he was going to be honest with himself, Amadeus was liking the limelight he was getting. And it had been done before, his own father became a seeker in his second year, and while he wasn't the best seeker Slytherin had ever seen, he had done moderately well. Amadeus scowled at the girl and then flew to the other end of the pitch, securing himself a new vantage point to do his important training.

[nixnight]

nix reached her hand out as the bal floated down towards her and then smiled as it disappered again and then was suddenly behind her and yet again, turned a different color. She lifted her head to see the slytherin looking rather grumply over in her direction and she tried not to smile but failed, it was fun to annoy them.

Nix suddently felt a sharppain to the back of her head and she looked to see the spell ball right behind her head, it seemed a gust of wind has blown it in to her and now it had made contact with her head and it really rather hurt. Giving an annoyed sigh, she slipped a hand inside her robe again to try and find her wand to get rid of the sharp pain pressing in to the back of her head

[amadeus]

Amadeus could not help but be even more annoyed when the girl simply smiled at him, as if she found it amusing that she were intruding on him and being more of a nuisance than anything else. But once he had settled into his new spot well out of her way, that being several feet above the goal posts on the opposite side of the pitch, Amadeus was slightly more contented. He returned to scanning the pitch with his steely grey eyes to spot even just a glimmer of gold, one small sparkle was all he needed to find and capture his prize.

He found his concentration broken, however, when the annoying girl had managed to hit herself with one of the balls that she had conjured. He snickered quietly, that was what she deserved for peeving him. Amadeus returned to looking for his snitch, his eyes never staying in one place for too long. It was unusual for him to show such focus, but he had something very specific he was looking to accomplish- even that girl would have trouble distracting him now.

[nixnight]

Nix managed to free her wand from her pocket but it was a little late, she flicked the ball away and then muttered a second spell to get rid of it before she felt a pain again. She lifted a hand to the back of her head only to feel a the warm trickle of blood and she gave sigh and shook her head. She moved her hand back to her broom and shot back towards the stand when she felt her head go dizzy and she gave a growl of danger ,"not now...." she hissed to herself but it wasn't to be her lucky day.

Her eyes were blurry in seconds and her broom handle tapped the side of the stands as she tried to land and she was thrown on to the seats and gave a yelp of pain as she landed, she shot a hand down to her stomach and then lowered her head on to the wooden seat below her and gave a soft sob. "you do not have timing kiddo" she said softly as she heard her own blood drip on to the stands floor

[amadeus]

Amadeus frowned in concentration, usually the snitch didn't stay hidden for quite this long when it was just him. Or perhaps his concentration was skewed by having to share the pitch with someone he subconsciously did not care for. But wait, there it was! Amadeus sped downward to where the snitch was fluttering about at the base of the goal posts. He had needed to chase the darn thing around the posts twice, but he triumphantly closed his fingers around the golden ball without crashing- though he couldn't say the same for the redheaded Gryffindor, he had looked up just in time to see her tumble into the stands.

Amadeus snickered, and then grinned smugly, it was people like her that tended to doubt his abilities- it was good to know that even they messed up worse than what he likely would. Though he found himself conflicted when she did not get back up- Amadeus really did not like her, but even he was not cruel enough to ignore someone that might be hurt. Amadeus flew over to where he had seen her crash in the stands, hovering over her. "All right down there?" called Amadeus.