way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire

࣪𖤐 Y6 | 7 . Sly vs Rav

DECODE — PARAMORE
'How'd we get here? I used to know you so well.'

Cassie sits on the bench in the changing rooms, her leg bouncing rapidly. She can hear the crowd outside the room— which excites her, but also terrifies her. Cassie has never lost to Ravenclaw before, but she's scared that it will all change somehow.

Lexi stands in front of her and squeezes her shoulder. "Come on, Cass." she smiles. Cassie takes a deep breath and stands up.

Rosie walks behind Cassie and Lexi as they meet the boys in the middle of both changing rooms. The Ravenclaw team are announced and begin their walk-on. Cassie taps her bracelet out of habit and sighs.

"We've never lost to Ravenclaw before— I don't plan on changing that anytime soon, d'you understand?" she says, ever so slightly aiming it at the her newest player.

"Got it." Rosie responds.

Since Lee Jordan had left school, the new school's commentator is Colin Creevey. He's a Gryffindor fifth year and quite good friends with Ginny— but that is all Cassie knew. From what she's figured out, he seems like a nice person.

"Up next, we have the spectacular serpents! Here come Slytherin!" Creevey exclaims. Mattheo squeezes Cassie's arm and she lets out a big sigh before stepping onto the pitch.

She looks up at her surroundings and all of a sudden, that nervous feeling disappears. Instead, it's replaced with adrenaline and dopamine. A smile breaks on her lips and she scoffs. She is absolutely in love with this sport.

She goes the opposite way to her team to the middle of the pitch, as they take their places. She stands opposite Chang with Madame Hooch beside the pair. "Shake hands." Hooch instructs. Hooch has always been a hard person to read for Cassie. She can never tell whether she likes Cassie or not. She decides that Rolanda Hooch is utterly indecipherable.

Cassie reluctantly shakes hands with Chang, a fake smile on both their faces. Even Cho Chang knows they're going to lose. The fact Slytherin always beat them is a permanent weight on her shoulders.

Cassie doesn't hate— nor dislike— Cho Chang. She'll happily admit, Cho is a terrible seeker and probably shouldn't still be on the Ravenclaw team. But, however, that doesn't mean she doesn't like her. She saw something in her brother. Cassie never knew, or understood, whatever happened between her and Cedric, but she should always thank Cho for whatever it was. Cedric died a happy man. Cassie supposes Cho was a part of that.

But, in this very moment, Cassie can't think of anything better than absolutely destroying Ravenclaw— Cho Chang and all.

Hooch reads the rules and gives her regular nod of approval, which means each seeker could take their places with their teams. Cassie flies upwards, hovering a few feet above Blaise.

She catches Theo's eye and he winks for support. Cassie smiles and rolls her eyes in response. "We're losing, Black." he mouthes. Cassie cocks her head to the side ever so slightly, processing his words.

"3...." Hooch begins. Cassie shakes her head and cracks her knuckles & neck. "2..." says Hooch, tension building throughout the stadium. Cassie sucks in a sharp breath of preparation. "1!" she exclaims. Blaise and Lexi pass the bludger between them before aiming at the Ravenclaw team's beaters. Mattheo is quick to throw the quaffle to Rosie, who then screams at Enzo to get closer to the hoop before throwing it to him.

Enzo launches the quaffle towards the middle hoop and past the Ravenclaw's keeper, Grant Page. Cassie beams with pride and lets a smile slip. The snitch is nowhere in sight so she doesn't have to worry just yet. This happens a lot during quidditch as a seeker. There is a lot of sitting around.