A Brisk Fly (Open)

Aria stepped onto the Quidditch pitch it was late afternoon the sun was just begining to set, Aria loved this time for flying the air had just a crisp hint of coolness

Aria then let his broom fall to the ground "Up" he said the broom straight away shot up into his hands he then mounted it and then quickly took off, he decided to go full speed for one lap round the pitch, the air russled with his air he was going so fast he had to keep blinking to see clearly

Aria then pulled his broom up and hovered high in the middle of the pitch, he then took a deep breath in and felt the cool air enter his lungs, as much as he hated school he did have to admitt they had a good Quidditch Pitch to fly around

Henrietta was on her way to the pitch to do her quidditch practice routine like she did every day. Sure she had gone a few days without practicing due to the over flow of homework that was imposed on her but she knew she hadn't lost her touch.

However, this time there was something different with the pitch. Henri saw someone else flying around as well.

She stood there for a moment, quite unsure what to do. She knew most people knew that this was the time where none of the teams were practicing but she had found it that even if so, people didn't come often.

"Hey, do you need someone to join you?" Henri called out to the boy, hoping that he wouldn't get mad. It would be nice to have someone to play against with, either way.

Casey wanted to fly. She hadn't been on her broom in at least a week, even in Flying class. So she ran down to the pitch in her spare time to do some tricks and get back in practise. She grinned when she saw Arie flying around. She hadn't known he'd liked Quidditch!
She snuck around his back and flew up to hover above him, barely containing giggles. She heard the other girl call out to him, but before he could answer, she swung off the side of her broom, hanging upside down by her knees with her head right next to his and said cheerily "Hey Arie! Watcha doin'?"

Aria looked down and saw a girl call out to him, she asked did he want to play some Quidditch, then he jumped back as he saw Casey swing down infront of him, Aria gave a small smile " Ah afternoon Casey, see's you'd out for a fly to" Aria then looked down at the girl standing on the ground

" Oi lassie, fly up here won't ya" Aria said gesturing with his arm for her to come join him and Casey

Henri looked at the girl that had appeared out of nowhere skeptically. She wasn't there before. She mounted her latest broom models from the Nimbus Racing Broom Company with pride before she lifted upon to where the other students were. Although she was an only child, she was given what she wanted when she worked for it and it kept her from being spoiled.

"Hello," she said as she reached upon the level of the others. "I'm Henri and I would give you a handshake but I'm not sure if you'd be okay with letting your grip from your broom. Many people find that scary."

"So how are we going to play since we're three?" She asked as she looked between the other two.

The girl flew up and introduced herself, Aria smiled and gave a chuckle at her comment of letting go of his broom " Well pleasure to be meetin ya Henri, and no worries about lettin go of my broom" Aria then clenced his legs tightly around the broom and throw his hands in the air circled around Henri

He then came around to face Henri, he could hear is father's voice saying " Bloody show off boy" Aria then noticed Henri's Nimbus, it looked as though it was one of the latest models "That be a top broom you got there" Aria said looking at Henri, he then looked down at his old weathered farm broom and frowned and looked up at Henri

"Yeah this ones me Pa's old Comet Two Sixty, not ya fastest broom but does the job on the farm" Aria thought for a moment as Henri asked how could they play Quidditch with three, he then looked at the two girls " Well i'll be honest with ya both, I've never actually played Quidditch" Aria felt himself begin to blush

Muscles stiffened and was startled when the boy gave her a hug. Sure, she had hugs from her family members before but never by a stranger who happened to be a boy. She quickly relaxed and returned he hug, finding it quite nice.

"I, uh, didn't catch your name," Henri stuttered and slightly turning red, rapidly scolding herself for stuttering.

"Oh yeah," she responded bashfully as she looked down at her broom. "Found out in a year advanced that they were going to release a new model so I quickly jumped and worked for any place that would hire."

"My father has one of those brooms!" She exclaimed excitedly. "Do you... do you mind if we switch brooms? I've always wanted to use one but I'm not allowed to touch any of my father's brooms."

She laughed mentally at the memory of her mom's scolding: Don't you dare touch that broomstick, Henrietta! The only one you're allowed to touch is a muggle one so you can sweep the floors!

"If you don't mind me asking, what kind of farm do you work in?" Henri asked curiously.

Henri gasped, "I hope you're joking." But when she realized that he wasn't, she tweeked her lips to the left, finding an easy way to explain the seven positions of each player and the game over all, wasn't a easy task.

"Well, I doubt Professor Doherty will allow us to with the entire case of quidditch supplies," she frowned. "But I think if we just ask her about the quaffle, she'll be okay with it."

She thought for a moment and smiled brightly at the idea that had come to her mind, "Each of us can play for our own team and we'll have to take the quaffle from each other and make it to one of the goal posts- doesn't matter which one. First to get up to 200 points, or throws it into the goal posts twenty times, wins."

Casey smiled at the girl and her ideas. "That's a good plan! I will warn you however that I've been playing since I could fly and against my sister, you learn to be good. As for having good brooms, I know how you feel. My parents both work and this broom took years of the three of us saving," she said, gesturing to her own old Firebolt.
"Oh," she added, turning to the girl again. "By the way, I'm Casey."

Aria realized that he hadn't told Henri his name " Ah pardon me, I be Aria or sometimes me friends call me Arie", Aria was quite shocked that Henri wanted to swap brooms, Perhaps she didn't quite realize these brooms aren't known for their speed Aria thought to himself, Henri then asked him what kind of farm his father had " Ah well its a Dragon farm you see, we breed em and sell them as well as harvest their scales and heartstrings"

He then gave a little chuckle " Well alright lassie, sure we can change brooms for abit" Aria then swooped down towards the ground, he then got off his broom, and allowed it to drop the ground, he then looked up at Henri waiting for her to fly down

"Well, it's nice to meet you Casey and Arie," she smiled.

When the other Gryffindor told her story about her family and sister, Henri felt excited. It had been a good time since she last played a game that wasn't really quidditch. "Well then, I hope this will be a good game between us three!"

"That's interesting," Henri said as Aria told his story about the Dragon farm. "I mean, I knew that some cores of wands come from dragons and what not but I didn't know they had farms for that kind of stuff!"

"Great!" she exclaimed excitedly as she lowered herself onto the ground, dismounted her broom and handed it to Arie. "This is going to be so cool! I've waited years to use fly a broom like this!"

While Arie and Henri swapped brooms, Casey finally swung herself back up on her broom the right way. She knew she had awesome friends when they didn't even comment on the fact that she'd just been upside down for an entire conversation! When the other two flew back up, she asked "Arie, how much do you know about Quidditch?"