Quidditch

[Headmaster Gavin Orson DeLange]

Are you a team player? Or do you want to lead your House to victory? Apply here to become a Quidditch player or captain. Fill in the following form and paste it here.

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Character Name:[/b]
[b]House:[/b]
[b]Position you're applying for:[/b]
[b]Roleplay Sample:[/b]

Every team needs:

- A captain [will be part of the team]
- A keeper
- A seeker
- Two beaters
- Three chasers
- Two back-up players

> GRYFFINDOR

Team Captain: Bryn Kennedy
Keeper:
Seeker: Lily Potter
Beater 1: Bryn Kennedy
Beater 2: Harriet London
Chaser 1: Rose Weasley
Chaser 2: Freddie Barton
Chaser 3: Tom Donato
Back up 1:
Back up 2:

> HUFFLEPUFF

Team Captain: Graham Kerr
Keeper:
Seeker: Mickey McKey
Beater 1: Graham Kerr
Beater 2:
Chaser 1: Danielle Woods
Chaser 2:
Chaser 3:
Back up 1:
Back up 2:

> RAVENCLAW

Team Captain: Jake Masello
Keeper: Jake Masello
Seeker: Ashton Laurent
Beater 1: Winter Moon
Beater 2:
Chaser 1:
Chaser 2:
Chaser 3:
Back up 1:
Back up 2:

> SLYTHERIN

Team Captain: Alfie Chase
Keeper:
Seeker: Scorpius Malfoy
Beater 1: Michelle Finnigan
Beater 2:
Chaser 1: Alfie Chase
Chaser 2:
Chaser 3:
Back up 1:
Back up 2:

[Bryn Kennedy]

Name: Dan
Character Name: Bryn Kennedy
House: Gryffindor
Position you're applying for: Beater and possible Captain?
Roleplay Sample:

Bryn stuck close to his team, holding the bat firmly in his hand keeping his eye out for the pesky violent balls known as Bludgers, ready to whack one in the direction of the next team if necessary. His red robes billowing out through the air as he flew. Keeping his eyes scanning around the pitch for any signs of danger. He was hovering near a chaser when he heard a whiz next to his ear, a bludger missed him by centremetres. Readying his bat as the ball did a U-Turn and headed back towards him. His eyes narrowed as he pulled back his arm and thrust it forward with as much power as he could muster, sending the ball hurtling towards the opposing team.

"Ha ha! 'Ave that!"

[Harriet London]

Name: Frances
Character Name: Harriet London
House: Gryffindor
Position you're applying for: Beater
Roleplay Sample:

As the wind rushed through her hair, Harriet grinned happily to herself, feeling the adrenalin pump through her body. Quidditch always made her heartbeat rise, even when she had such a laid-back attitude towards it, like today. The petite Gryffindor girl could be damn right spiteful towards other players when she felt like it, but she was in a good mood today. They were winning, and the other team’s attempts at clawing their way back into the lead were failing miserably, so she gave them some sort of mercy. Instead of pelting bludgers at the heads of every opposing member she saw, she half-heartedly tapped them away and let them decide whether they hit anyone or not. Admittedly, a few times she’d had to dash to save her team mates from a nasty collision. For the past ten minutes or so, there had been nothing to do but watch her team score a goal or two. She was starting to get bored.

That was, until another player whizzed past her, clad in the other team’s colours. Harriet watched him fly off with a slight frown, wondering where he was off to in such a hurry. He wasn’t anywhere near the rest of his team – in fact, he was going the opposite way to the rest of them. What on Earth was he doing?

A shimmer of gold caught her eye, and then she realised. He was after the snitch. Well, no way. It was way too early for that to be caught, and they’d lose if he caught it. She located the nearest bludger and chased after it. When she was close enough, she hit it with all her force towards the other team’s seeker. Not this time, pal She thought to herself, laughing while speeding off to the other side of the pitch.

[danielleo]

Name: Kristen
Character Name: Miss Danielle Woods
House: Hufflepuff
Position you're applying for:Chaser!
Roleplay Sample:

Ever since Danielle was little it seemed that her whole life revolved around various little balls. Around three circular hoops that stood high above the ground. That it revolved around flying broomsticks and the changing winds. It seemed that her whole world consisted of one game, Quidditch. As her feet bounced off the dewy grass the blond took a deep inhale of clean morning air. She loved game days. She loved the heavy feeling of her Quidditch gear on her body, the excitement buzzing through her veins, the tingle in her finger tips. There was no doubt that she was Oliver Woods' daughter.

Clutching her Firebolt tight she stepped out onto the pitch. Her long ponytail whipped from side to side in the breeze. She looked around the pitch serenely before she noticed a bludger hurtling toward her. With a squeal of surprise she ducked out of the way. Her teammate laughed and shouted down to her from his broom," Oi! Danni! Get your arse up here. We got a game to win!" The petite girl flashed a bright grin before mounting her broom and soaring up toward the clouds. She heard her name being called and turned sharply in time to see the Quaffle shooting towards her. Bending her body just so she caught it and began rushing toward the other team's goal. Of course, this was just pre-game practice but still. She narrowed her eyes against the harshly cool wind and concentrated. Danielle held the ball far from her and threw it with all her might. Her heart seemed to stop as she watched the small thing soar toward the let goal post. She held her breath, waiting. Finally, the Quaffle went through and the girl let out a triumphant scream. A fellow Chaser gave her a high five. The whistle blew and Danielle whipped her head down to see the other team taking to the skies. She smiled before returning to her end of the pitch. Let the games begin.

[Headmaster Gavin Orson DeLange]

All are accepted!

[Jake Masello]

Name: Cally
Character Name: Jake Masello
House: Ravenclaw
Position you're applying for: Captain/Keeper (and if there can't be one person with two positions, then captain would be good :])
Roleplay Sample: Checking his gear, he tightened his arm guards he then determined that he was ready for the game. Picking up his broom he leaned it against his shoulder and glanced at the rest of the team "Alright, let's go kick some Slytherin ass." he smiled slightly at the enthusiastic cheers he got in response. The Slytherin team had put up a pretty good fight this year and Ravenclaw was just one game behind to beat them to the Cup match against Gryffindor. It had been a long time coming for the blue team and Jake wanted to get the chance to play for the House Cup so bad he could taste it.

The game started off worrisome. Slytherin quickly gained fifty points while Ravenclaw stayed at twenty for the first half hour. People were getting hit with bludgers more often than being missed on both teams and Jake had to put all his skill to the test when he had at least two Slytherin team members speeding towards him. Those thirty extra points on his team was making him feel bad but he pushed that feeling of slight anxiety aside and concentrated on keeping the Quaffle out of the hoops.

Speeding over to the third hoop he grabbed the Quaffle just in time to save them from scoring another point and with the few seconds he had he scanned the arena for his Seeker. He didn't have to wait very long because there was a tremendously loud roar coming from his left and the Seeker flew over the spectators heads holding his arm up in victory. Whooping with glee, Jake dropped the Quaffle and flew over to congratulate the rest of his team and pat the Seeker on the back. They'd finally won and it was an awesome feeling.

[Lily Potter]

Name: Cally
Character Name: Lily Potter
House:Gryffindor
Position you're applying for: Seeker
Roleplay Sample:
Lily blew a strand of hair out of her face in frustration. The game had been going on for a good half an hour and neither her or the Ravenclaw Seeker had seen any sign of that blasted snitch. Her green eyes were looking all over the place frantically for it. Hovering in one spot near one of the taller stadium boxes Lily decided she'd make one more pass around the stadium just in case the snitch decided to come out of hiding.

Leaning forward on her broom she zipped down over the spectators towards the Gryffindor goal posts, still keeping an eye out for any glint in the sun. At least it's sunny.. she thought, better to catch the snitch's gold coating to give off its location. She barely got halfway down the line when she saw it, tiny, round and taunting her near the ear of one of the opposing beaters that was about halfway across the field from her. Changing directions was easy as shrugging a shoulder on her broom so she quickly made a bee line for the unsuspecting person. Catching a streak of blue out of the corner of her eye she knew that the other Seeker saw it too. Almost crashing into both the opposing Seeker and Beater, Lily looped around them and chased the snitch down the middle of the field, the Ravenclaw not too far behind her. "Come on.." she murmured inching further up her broomstick and stretching out her hand barely noticing that they were heading straight for the goal posts.

Her brain heard the warning shouts but didn't register them until it was almost too late. She felt rather than saw the hoop as she snatched the gold ball out of thin air before flattening herself against her broom just in time to zip through the largest goal post. Whooping in victory at feeling the wings beating frantically against her fingers she held her hand high as she pulled her broom back around into the stadium, grinning widely since she just helped her team win yet another match.

[Headmaster Gavin Orson DeLange]

Both accepted!

[scorpius]

Name: Mikko
Character Name: Scorpius Malfoy
House: Slytherin
Position you're applying for: Seeker
Roleplay Sample: Flying in a lazy circle high above the outer edge of the Quidditch pitch, Scorpius had an almost bored expression on his face. Well, so far things were pretty boring really; Slytherin and Gryffindor were playing each other, as so far no one had scored yet. Hopefully something would happen soon; he liked Quidditch, but it got quite boring when nothing happened. Across the pitch, the other team’s seeker was also flying around in circles, obviously wanting to catch the snitch soon. Scorpius subtly kept an eye on them, continuing his lazy circles around the pitch. He was watching a slytherin chaser score the first goal of the game when he saw a glint of gold out of the corner of his eye. Turning his head he saw the gold ball hovering near the one of the Slytherin hoops.

Turning his broom sharply around, he directed his broom downwards, racing off in the direction of the snitch. Out of the corner of his eye he could see a red figure heading towards the snitch as well, but as they were further away he just ignored him. Silently urging his broom to go faster, the snitch was almost within reach when it veered away suddenly. Scorpius turned his broom sharply and dodging a bludger as he reached out to grab the snitch. He wrapped his fingers around it moments before the Gryffindor seeker arrived, the two narrowly avoiding a collision.

[Headmaster Gavin Orson DeLange]

accepted!

[ded990]

Name: Dylan
Character Name: Michelle Finnigan
House: Slytherin
Position you're applying for: Beater
Roleplay Sample: Michelle was sitting on her broom, gripping it with it with her left hand as she held her beater's bat with her right. She was in position for the game to start and as soon as the whistle was blown, the bludgers were in the air and her attention was split between them. She'd been knocked off her broom many times before from watching one but not knowing where the other was that she had figured out how to follow both with her eyes.

Michelle, who, unless you really got on her bad side, was pretty okay to most everyone, got most of her aggression out through Quidditch. She loved being able to see the magical ball flying towards her and be able to hit it in another direction, as to stop her opponents. She saw one of the bludgers moving towards a space near where she was, and she quickly flew over to be able to position herself correctly. As she did, she noticed that the Hufflepuff chaser was headed towards the goals with the quaffle under her arm. She saw where she was flying and tried to aim the bludger at the quaffle. It was a game she liked to play with herself. She would hit the quaffle from her arms, making it fall, and one of the Slytherin chasers would be under the chaser and be able to catch it and proceed in the other direction.

[Headmaster Gavin Orson DeLange]

accepted!

[Graham Kerr]

Name: Mia
Character Name: Graham Kerr
House: Hufflepuff
Position you're applying for: Beater // Team Captain
Roleplay Sample:

Graham took a deep breath, the broom in his hands feeling strong and steady. Every time he picked it up, it sent a thrill down his spine, made him long to be in the air. To be free. There was nothing in the world that he loved more than Quidditch. It was only natural that he'd tried out for the team, even in his first year. Though he knew that First Years never made the team, he had wanted to participate, show the Captain what he was capable of. Eventually he had spent most of that year practising, going to every training. For the first time in his life he was reading book after book, wanting to learn.

Even after four years of being on the team, he still felt nervous at tryouts. He had made Captain in his Fifth Year, and they had nearly won the cup. This year he wanted to prove to the entire school that they could do it. That he was worthy of being the Hufflepuff Captain, and that he was going to lead them to victory. It was the only thought that was on his mind as he flew up into the air, blowing on his wistle to make the first few people join him for a test match.

[alfie]

Name:Lea
Character Name:Alfie Chase
House:Slytherin
Position you're applying for:Captain & Chaser
Roleplay Sample:

Quidditch robes clung to his skin, cold and heavy with wet from the rain that continued it’s merciless downpour. Alfie didn’t care. He could be butt-naked in the middle of a snow storm and he’d still play with a smile smack on his face. Why? Because there was nothing that meant quite as much to Alfie as Quidditch did. (It was second to his family and friends.) Alfie lived for Quidditch. It was his entire life and then some. Without Quidditch he’d be lost. It held a significant place in his life.

“Chase!”

Alfie didn’t have to be called twice, he twisted through the air, ignoring the rain and wind that pelted at his face, dodging a bludger by mere inches. He laughed loudly, the sound of it immediately drowned out by a clash of lightning and thunder. The sky lit up and Alfie was on the move again. Fast and agile on his broom, Alfie weaved out of the way of bludgers and players and joined flank with his other chasers.

Liam, another chaser on the team was now in possession of the Quaffle. Brilliant. Alfie grinned. They were going to win this.

A Ravenclaw had fallen behind Liam however and there was another not too far behind Alfie himself. He could feel their presence. He wasn’t sure how, it was a Quidditch thing. He glanced to his left just in time to see a Bludger whiz past and connect with a broom. The Ravenclaw who had been tailing Liam, spun wildly out of control. Alfie knew that the rain and wind had played in their favour as he saw the Ravenclaw disappear to the ground through his peripheral vision.

His thoughts didn’t linger on the weather though, because Liam had thrown him the Quaffle. Alfie caught it with ease, tucked it under his arm and pressed forward, pushing his broom as fast it could go. Liam fell back, ducked, rolled and successfully blocked off the Ravenclaw that had been hounding his captain.

Alfie threw the Quaffle as hard as he could, ignoring the burning sensation that had ripped through his shoulder the moment he had. The Quaffle, strong and on point, sailed through the top ring.

There was a loud cheer and Alfie turned to squint at the stands. The Slytherins were cheering, loud and proud. Alfie smiled. He knew it had been a long time since Slytherin had ever come close to winning the Quidditch Cup. When he’d first come to Hogwarts the team had been a sorry mess. It hurt to watch them play. When he became captain, he had whipped them into shape, choosing players for their skill rather than how much money daddy would pay if they were accepted onto the team. He’d made a lot of enemies in his own house because of his choices, but he hadn’t cared.

There was another up-roar of cheer that was quick to pull Alfie from his thoughts. The Snitch had been caught.

Slytherin had won.

[Headmaster Gavin Orson DeLange]

Accepted!