Flare's Visit (Invite Only)

[gatlingrimm]

Lucian woke up with a start because he heard a tapping at the window. His vision was still a little bit blurry since he just woke up, he saw a giant scarlet blob outside the window he rapidly thought "No it couldn't be!" He then rubbed his eyes and...his suspicions were true! His family Phoenix was right outside the window with a letter in its beak. Lucian exclaimed "FLARE!!!" and quickly opened the window and hugged his old friend. "How are you doing buddy, I miss you!!" The phoenix nuzzled Lucian's neck in affection and gestured to wards the letter, wanting him to take it. Lucian took the letter and let Flare inside letting him perch on his bed post, The letter read:

Dear Lucian,

I hope you are doing well at Hogwarts, your step father and I are so proud of you and hope you are seceding in all of your magic. We thought you would enjoy seeing Flare, so we sent him to spend a few hours with you. He has been flying with me around the yard, while I practice my Quidditch, so I thought you would enjoy taking him out for a fly while he is there. We all miss you here at home and hope you are doing well, bye.

Love, Mom
Lucian read the letter, with tears of joy rising in his blue eyes. He obeyed his mothers letter and decided to take Flare out for a fly around the pitch for a couple of hours. "Do you want to go flying with me around the grounds Flare?" Lucian asked Flare. Flare's feathers perked up and and sang a few beautiful notes, agreeing with his idea.

Lucian quickly put on his dark green winter cloak with a black sweatshirt underneath, his faded jeans, his black winter socks, and his black converse shoes. Lucian held out his arm signaling for Flare to perch on his arm, and Flare obeyed as he soared onto his arm with such grace. He grabbed his wand and started to jog down the stairs leading out of the common room.

Lucian ran out onto the grounds strait to the broom shed and grabbed his Nimbus 2001 that his mother sent him a week previously. "Alright Flare, lets race to the field ready...set...GO!" He raised the arm that Flare was on to get him a start and as the flame red bird took off, Lucian mounted his broom, and flew off to wards Flare. They were both neck in neck as they entered the field, it was impossible to tell who won. "Alright Flare, it was a tie!" Lucian shouted while they were still flying side by side around the pitch. Lucian was laughing in joy, being able to fly next to his oldest friend. It had been so long since they have shared the sky together, and being able to fly next to him again, made him the happiest person on earth. Both of them flew through the hoops gracefully in unison, it was almost as if the time they spent away from each other made them miss each other even more.

Flare started to sing its beautiful song of joy about a half an hour into the flying, which was good because Lucian always loved Flare's song, it was so beautiful. Lucian over come with joy screamed "YEAH!!!" through the sky and out onto the grounds, for he couldn't hold in his happiness any longer.

[smileurwme]

Natalie Fredricks woke up to the buzzing of an magical alarm clock and slammed her hand upon it to silence it. She groggily rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and looked outside the window. It was a nice sunny morning so she decided to do something she hasn't done in a long time, fly.
Natalie changed out of her p.j.s and into a sweater with the words Fox Racing stitched into it. She threw on a pair of dark washed jeans, some Nike Air Shocks, and a put over her sweater, a black coat.
Natalie half speed walked half ran down to the broom shed and pulled out her Firebolt.
"Haha" She chucked in her head. "Thank gosh, I come from a rich family." She smirked to herself.
Natalie walked the rest the way to the Pitch and saw Lucian flying around. But there was a big red thing right along with him. A Phoenix.
"That must be his family Pheonix," Thought Natalie, remembering about their conversation about it. She just stood on the ground watching them gracefully fly together, the bird singing a beautiful song at the same time.

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley hit the snooze button on her alarm clock. But then another girl walked into the room and started singing really laud and badly. "Ugh if you didn't realize somebody is trying to sleep in here!" Ashley was tempted to also add, 'and by the way signing isn't for you!' but she kept it in. Might as well get up? She thought sadly. Ashley stood up and got dressed. She went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth then combed her hair and through it up in a messy bun. "That will do." she said in a yawn all she was planning on doing was going down the Quidditch pitch and take a few laps just for the fun of it.

She grabbed her broom and then went down the stairs and into the commonroom. She looked around and saw a few people in there. "Kay." she said taking a deep breath and then going downstairs. She ran down the steps and jumped the fake one. In no time she was at the big doors, "Finally time to fly." She opened the door and then mounted her broom. She pushed off the ground and headed to wards the pitch.

[gatlingrimm]

He saw Natalie coming onto the pitch and tried to get her attention. "HEY NAT, FANCY SEEING YOU HERE. HURRY UP AND GET IN THE AIR, YOU HAVE GOT TO MEET FLARE!!" pointing at Flare with his thumb with a huge grin on his face.

[smileurwme]

Lucian yelled over to Natalie to join him and his pet Pheonix. Grinning, Natalie mounted her Firebolt and pushed off the ground with an extreme force. Lifting to the sky Natalie easily caught up with Lucian, his Pheonix, and by the looks of it, a Gryffindor.
"Hey Lucian!" Natalie yelled to him as they flew side by side. "Is that your Pheonix?" She knew it was a dumb question, but she had forgotten the name and didn't want to sound foolish stumbling around with her words.

[gatlingrimm]

"Yep this is Flare, he is extrordinary. Smartest pet you will ever find." said Lucian over the melodic notes of Flare's song. Lucian pulls a pepper out of his pocket and tosses it up in the air for Flare to eat, which Flare catches in mid-air. Gulpping it down, Flare sang a measure of pleasure in recieving his favorite treat.

Lucian signals to everyone to follow him and he starts flying around the pitch and through the hoops reaching top speeds. "THIS IS AWESOME YOU GUYS!!!" yelled Lucian as he was reaching mach speeds while flying towards the goal hoops flying through one by one.

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[smileurwme]

The Pheonix, Flare song another beautiful song that filled the grounds and Lucian waved his hand indecating that they were to follow him. Natalie mimicked Lucian's movement exactly. Swearving just as he did, twisting as he did, excelerated when he did. She loved the wind in her brunette hair. The coldness of the wind hit her face sharply, but she didn't mind. She would rather by up here soaring in the sky.
She teasingly sped up at tad just to pass up Lucian and slowed back down. Again, she did. Smirking the whole time trying to coax him to race for fun.

[ryanowl]

With such a nice day out, and with noting better to do, Ryan decided to go get some flying done before the weather turns souer again. It was the first good day in a while.=, and he didnt want to waste it.

taking his time, he walked up to his dorm. and grabbed his modified Firebolt XS and headed for the pitch. He, unlike most people, didnt get on his broom as soon as he was outside, but he waited until he was at the pitch.

Ryan looked up at the sky, once at the pitch, and, feeling the tinny golden snitch against his chest, spotted two people on already, and, surprisingly, another phoenix. It reminded him of his one, Ash. Still thinking about Ash, he didnt knotice the other two come down to him.

[gatlingrimm]

"Hello, my name is Lucian Grim, this is my phoenix Flare. Hey do you have a snitch on you, because i think it would be cool if all of us could chase it and try and catch it, and don't worry Flare won't eat it, he is a very well trained phoenix. Been in my family for ages, never bothered to remember how old he is." Lucian held out his hand to shake this Gryffindor's hand. He reconized him as the seeker on the Gryffindor team and seeing his Modified Firebolt XS or what ever it was called he stared in awe at the amazing piece of work.

Lucian waved Natalie, and Flare down. Flare automatically landed on Lucian's arm, and as a reward for his obidience, he threw him a pepper. Flare began to stare at the new Gryffindor with curious eyes.

"Flare its not polite to stare!" whispered Lucian, nudging Flare on its talon to get a look of obidience and Flare started to soar around the pitch again.[/color]

[smileurwme]

Natalie flew besides Flare up in the sky, with the wind blowing freelessly. She glanced down and saw that Lucian had landed and was talking to a guy. He turned in her direction and waved her down. Obiedently, she landed next them with Flare. Natalie's emrald orbs scanned the newcomer. Gryffindor. Flare pertched upon Lucian's shoulder and he threw his trusty bird a pepper.
"Flare its not polite to stare!" Lucian whispered scoldingly to his pet.
"My name is Natalie Fredricks." She held out her hand in a polite gesture to the new guy standing across from her.

[Ashley Tapping]

Soon Ash reached the pitch she saw two people that she had never met before and then standing next to them was Ryan Owl a fith year if she was not mistaken. Ashley landed a few meters away from them. Sh eput her broom on her should and walked over to the group. "Hi Ryan!" she said cheerfully. She then turend to the other two and said in a friendly smile, "I'm Ashley who are you two?" They seemed to be first years but then again Ashley had guessed that one time a sixth year was a second so she wasn't very good at telling what year people were.

[gatlingrimm]

"Lucian Grim, 1st year Slytherin, we were just out here flying around, and havin some fun with my Phoenix Flare." pointing up in the sky where Flare was flying around the pitch singing. "He is a brilliant bird, known him all of my life. He could see that this girl was a Gryffindor, and maybe a year or two above him.

"Do you like to fly, because if Ryan here has a snitch we were about to have him relese it and we all were going to fly around and try to catch it." said Lucian

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[smileurwme]

Another Gryffindor girl appeared near the three chatting it up.
"I'm Ashley who are you two?" The blonde girl asked Natalie and Lucian.
"Lucian Grim, 1st year Slytherin." Lucian introduced himself, then began to explain why they where at the Pitch.
"Natalie Fredricks, first year Slytherin also," Natalie said.
"Do you like to fly, because if Ryan here has a snitch we were about to have him relese it and we all were going to fly around and try to catch it." Lucian explained once again.
"Haha..." Chuckled Natalie. "I'm not a seeker for a reason. So I'll probably lose right away," She added with a cheeky smile.

[ryanowl]

"So, you all think you could best the Gryfindor seeker at his one game, well, all I could say is good luck."

Ryan smiled, and pulled out the tinny snitch, its fluttering wings beating uselessly against his hands. He laughed lightly, then releaced the snitch.

"Before we start, we need a ref who can see who gets it first, but, all the rules, and penetallies stil aply. a quick rundown is now hitting other plauers, no bewiching the brooms, and you cant grab anyone or anything. Now, who is going to be the ref, or do you all want a fair chance?

ryan, nearly seven feet tall, looked down apon everyone, a light smile apon his face. he waited for everyone so speek.

[gatlingrimm]

"Well I can only hope to beat you now can I?" Lucian asked with a smirk on his face but inside he was a bit nervous, he only had a Nimbus 2001 and he had a Firebolt XS, he hadn't a chance. "Its not just the broom that makes a seeker, its the size and skill." said Lucian while grinning, he had one advantage, he was smaller than him and also lighter which should give him an edge on the pitch.

Lucian whistled up in the air where Flare was still flying and held his arm out as a perch, in seconds Flare was on his arm nuzzling Lucian with his neck, Lucian couldn't help but laugh for his feathers tickled against his skin. "Alright buddy, I want you to fly near Natalie here, listen to her, and make sure you behave for her alright?" asked Lucian. Flare gave him a reassuring nod and perched himself on Natalie's shoulder.

Lucian mounted his broom and turned to Natalie. "Nat, you are going to be ref. Flare is going to be flying near you for company alright? I don't want him to follow me while I am chasing that snitch." Lucian told Natalie while he was now hovering about two feet off of the ground. He was now a little taller than Ryan was, so he looked down at him and said. "Well are you ready or are you going to stay on the ground?" Lucian grabbed the snitch from Ryan gently and gave it to Natalie. "Go to the middle of the pitch and stand there please, and when Ryan or I give the signal let it go, and then mount your broom and get up in the air with us, so you can see whats going on, ok?" asked Lucian.

[smileurwme]

Nat, you are going to be ref. Flare is going to be flying near you for company alright? I don't want him to follow me while I am chasing that snitch." Lucian told Natalie.
"Uh... okay?" Natalie said slowly.
"Go to the middle of the pitch and stand there please, and when Ryan or I give the signal let it go, and then mount your broom and get up in the air with us, so you can see whats going on, ok?" Lucian told, rather than asked Natalie. Obeidently, she threw her broom over her should and jogged to the middle of the field waiting for the boys to get up in the air, with the Golden Snitch in the palm of her little hands.

[at]

Ally had just got an invite to a pre-match. She smiled when she got there. She had just made Gryffindor Chaser. Seeing one of her team mates she smiled and waved. "Hey Ryan whens 1st Quidditch Practice?" She ran over to the center of the feild. "Whos team am I on?" Smiling she mounted her Firebolt. She threw her quaffle to the ref. Wich I heard was Natalie Fredricks.

[gatlingrimm]

"Well we arent holding the match yet, Ryan and I are going to chase after the snith here and then after that is done, then we can play, alright?" Lucian said to the Gryffie Chaser.

"Nat you ok with all this because we are going to start soon? And dont worry Natalie, when we play the game you don't have to be ref, I would much like it if you are chaser on my side" Lucian told Natalie. with a smile.

[smileurwme]

"Yeah I mean it shouldn't be too hard to ref. The evidence will be in the palm of one of your hands," Natalie said with a shrug.
"And dont worry Natalie, when we play the game you don't have to be ref, I would much like it if you are chaser on my side" Reasurred Natalie with a smile.
"Well that's good, 'cause I have the whole school year to sit and watch, when I'd rather be out there and playing. So this'll be one of the only times I get to." Natalie answered Lucian with a small smile.
"So," She said to the two. "You boys ready to rumble?"

[gatlingrimm]

"Well I am, what about you Ryan?" Lucian said smirking at Ryan. Lucian's heart was beating fast under his sweatshirt, he was a bit nervous, but willing to take Ryan on like a true Seeker, like a true Quidditch player!