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Title: A Wizard Game

Contributors: kestralsfan, pb_prince

Edited by: Carla Lute

Posted: 2005-10-10 to 14

Game Date: August 16th

Disclaimer: No one at Levicorpus owns Harry Potter, the world or its characters. We just like to play in J.K. Rowling’s world.

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Seamus bolted to the fireplace, his new Nimbus 2002 in hand. It had arrived not 5 minutes before, and Seamus had hastily unwrapped it as soon as his owl had let go. He Flooed to the public quidditch pitch he spent a lot of time with his friends at, and was in the air before he left the locker rooms.

He soared along the pitch, and it took him a while to become comfortable with the amazing control of the new broom. He took a few climbs, wove between the crowd seating, and after a while, decided to venture into the nearby woods. It was much more intense, dodging trees and vines; they were much more dense.

He landed, and as he pulled out a bottle of water, He thought he heard a familiar voice. He made his way back to the pitch, and standing in the middle of the pitch, holding a quidditch ball set, was _____. Seamus walked onto the pitch, and over to greet them.

"Oi! How are ya? Haven’t seen you in a while!"

"I breath," Zabini said, waving the greeting aside as if it was an annoying gnat. "I thought the pitch might be clear this time of day, but since you're here, I'll use you."

"Use me, eh? That works, If I want to be on the team this year I need to get some more training in anyway."

Zabini dropped the ball trunk lazily and kicked it open. "Which position?"

"Beater," Seamus said, picking up one of the bats in the set.

Blaise considered Finnigan for a minute, then he pointed his wand at the trunk, which flew open. He unfastened the snitch, and released it with an elegant move as though releasing a bird.

Blaise mounted his broom (the new Sonic Duster model), kicked off, and hovered about ten feet in the air. He pointed his wand at the trunk again and the chains holding the two restless bludgers fell away. The bludgers shot into the air.

"Protect me then," Zabini said, before speeding off.

Zabini shot off the ground, chasing after the snitch. The bludgers sprang into action, and began shooting around the pitch. The first one flew toward Zabini. "Two bludgers, and just me as a beater?" Seamus thought. He shot into the air, and made straight for where the bludger would be in 5 seconds. He reached it, and with a wide swing his bat connected with the bludger. Zabini swooped around, still chasing after the snitch, as the other bludger flew toward him. Seamus pulled his broom around and went after that one, and just as he neared it he saw the OTHER bludger coming around and heading toward Zabini. The speed and handling of his new broom helped, but after only a few minutes he was being worked hard by the bludgers.

Zabini flew on as though he took no notice of the bludgers or Seamus's increasingly frantic attempts to beat them away. He got close enough to touch the snitch a few times, but never reached out his hand for it. He pressed his body against his broom, trying to go faster and faster.

Zabini was getting close to the snitch, but it was still out of reach. From what Seamus could tell, he never even noticed the bludgers coming after him or Seamus's bat smacking them away. He'd make a damn good seeker for Slytherin, that’s for sure. Zabini shot forward in a sudden burst of speed, as Seamus began to finally get into the flow of beating back one bludger, then taking care of the next. The bludgers were relentless, but Seamus kept going after them, wondering how long he could keep it up.

One of the bludgers came at Zabini dead-on. Seamus tried to speed up to intercept it, but there was only so much speed he could get out of his 2002. Zabini twisted his broom to one side, but the bludger changed direction as well. It grazed his shoulder, which was no light hit at their speed. Zabini let out a grunt of pain and anger.

Abandoning the snitch, he pulled out his wand and aimed it at the bludger. "Oppimere!" he shouted and the bludger turned into powder.

Seamus was getting worn out. Zabini twisted this way and that, he was having a hard time keeping up while beating away he bludgers. One turned back toward Zabini, and Seamus leaned forward for speed, but he was at his limit. The bludger was just beyond his reach, and it connected with Zabini's shoulder. He yelled out, and pulled out his wand. He shouted a spell, and the bludger turned to powder.

Seamus landed, a little out of breath. He sat down for a moment, breathing heavily, running his hand through his hair. Zabini had landed, and walked over to him.

"Duck," said Zabini.

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