Rebecca Warren and The Third Wizarding War

Chapter 19: Wampus vs Horned-Serpent

The Wampus Quodpot team practiced every other day and with each session, Rebecca got a little better. She received help from her fellow teammates. There were a total of eleven players to a team of Quodpot as opposed to Quidditch having seven. It was going to be difficult to keep up with names.

Ivy Jones was the captain. Her long silvery hair whipped in the wind while she flew around to make sure everyone was doing what they were supposed to. The look on her face was pure purpose. She didn't seem as if she had any other thing going on in her life other than quodpot. It was something that Rebecca despised. How could one dedicate all their time into one single thing like a sport?

Among the rest of the team were a pair of identical twins. Ashlynn and Trevor Lynnette, sixth years. Fortunately one was a boy and the other was a girl, so it was easy to tell the difference in them.

Ariana Long and Trent Cook, both fourth years, were a couple. They paired together every practice session. While they played around a little more than they should during that time, they certainly knew how to play the game.

Amery Dakota and Gordon Garrett were third years. They were the new guys before Rebecca was. They were best friends who joined the team on a whim originally, but turned out to be good players afterall.

Logan Robert was a seventh year and was much more aggressive than usual when playing against. According to some students, it was his fault for Wampus losing to Horned-Serpent four years in a row because of his bruteness. But it had been because of it that they were able to smash through Thunderbird four years in a row.

Tony York, sixth year, was the complete opposite of Logan. Tony used his brain more than his force which, for the most part, has caused him to be the first eliminated in almost every game.

And then there was Regan Ward, a fifth year like Rebecca. She was a hardworker and loyal to Ivy. Rumor was that last year she had punched Dillon from tryouts for making a move on Ivy. Regan was instructed by Ivy to help Rebecca specifically and Regan had done just that. Regan had brown shoulder length hair and glasses. She looked like a nerd more than anything else. Rebecca found it hard to believe she was a quodpot player, but then again, Rebecca was one too and she thought a troll would play for any quidditch or quodpot team before she did.

Their final practice before their first match was over. They would be playing Horned-Serpent on the third Saturday in November. Last week, Rebecca had the opportunity to witness her first quodpot match between Thunderbird and Pukwudgie. However, she had to serve her detention that day from being in the Greylock Forrest, missing out on being able to see the game in it's entirety.

Her detention was served with Professor Stetson no less. In fact, Stetson wanted to oversee her detention personally. Rebecca was made to practice nonverbal spells and couldn't leave until she was able to perform all ten on the board. Rebecca managed to perform four of them, including protego, the shield charm and stupefy.

However, Rebecca did try the rest of them but nothing happened. She became frustrated. She'd rather copy lines or even write a three foot essay.

"Honestly, what's the point in this?" Rebecca said to herself as she failed on the impediment jinx.

"To defend yourself." Stetson said. She had heard her. "You're going to be dead at this rate."

"Dead? Nobody here is trying to kill me." Rebecca argued.

"Don't be so sure." Stetson said coldly. Rebecca even had a slight shiver down her back. "You know, I bet that Weasley man wouldn't had died if he was taught these sort of spells sooner. Although, once he died, his daughter has been asking for help on nonverbals. Maybe if your father died, that'll get you going."