<USS Eagle> Josie and the Quidditch tryouts
- From: Kaitlin <trekcyborggirl@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: usseagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:18:16 -0700 (PDT)
She had heard many of the crew members snicker when she had mounted her broom
sidesaddle but Josie didn't care because she knew a few things they may not
have known. She was also the only one in this assembly of crew member that was
wearing a short, knee Length pleated skirt with her uniform top. An exception
to the uniform rules made for her by Star fleet and excepted by Captain Fyrstk.
This was her first time hearing about this game, Quidditch, made popular by a
series of even more popular Earth fiction book. As she had told Gwen she had
left her Earth two years before the first of these Harry Potter book was even
written.(First American Publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
was 1998). What Josie hadn't told Gwen is that there were schools for witches
and wizards on her Earth and one might very well be Hogwarts but probably not.
The person who had taught her to ride a broomstick was her friend Lady Melinda
Katara, Lady Wraith being her moniker. Being a proper
Englishwoman she naturally rode sidesaddle on beasts as well as broomsticks
and that's how she taught Josie to ride a broom.
Josie thought she overheard someone wondering out loud what almost everyone
was thinking. "How the heck was Josie going to catch the snitch sitting side
saddle on the broom. She's more likely to fall off if she reaches for it." But
Josie just smiled.
Malachi was the only one who seemed impressed at the fact that Josie was
riding her broom. It was then that she knew that young Mr. Fyrstk would be the
only real competition she would have. Gwen had broken the five hopefuls into
two groups.
From the first moment that Gwen released the red snitch, the target for her
group, Josie locked her vision on it and the chase was on. The gold snitch,
Mal's group's target, zoomed past her head. Josie could have easily snatched it
as it went by but it wasn't her target. Her target had the same idea and
swished past Mal's head. Josie and Mal passed so close to each other she could
have planted a kiss on his cheek. His follower swerved at the last second to
avoid Josie as she kept a steady hand on her broomstick. She knew she wouldn't
have collided with him either but he did her a favor by making one of the two
in her group dodge into a wall to get out the way. It was just her and the
other guy Towlin. The snitch dove into the pit area that ran around the outer
rim of the field. Josie and Towlin were neck and neck dodging the wooden rails
that criss crossed the pit. Towlin was making a reach for the snitch, he took a
swipe with his hand and came up with air. He took his eyes
off the
snitch for a second to look over at Josie. She heard the AMO Melody cheering
loudly so she guessed Mal had caught his snitch. "Time for me to stop playing
with you my dear Towlin." She said. With leaned forward and up coming up over
the snitch. She then let herself fall backwards, snatched the snitch and
clamped her knees around the broomstick. Steering with her body she pointed
the broom skywards. As the broom cleared the lip of the playing field she let
go of the broom, flipped gracefully in the air and landed , barefoot, on the
cool grass. The broom soared up a bit before realizing it didn't have a rider
then fell back to earth. Josie bowed holding out her hands, the snitch in one
and the broom falling into the other. She heard murmur of both awe and of
others calling her a showoff. She winked and smiled at Mal sitting on his
broom holding the gold snitch.
Lt JG Josephine Tracy
Chief Security Officer
USS Eagle
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