Mo was too distracted by the sensation of successful-stone-skipping to catch the tone of Mr. Sinnet's less-than-sincere reply. It was fine. She would practice harder and get better and next year would be a different story.

There was some truth to his statement about the first years not being held in much regard. Mo had seen it herself, amongst the upperclassmen. It was like they forgot what it was like to be a first year, or they didn't care, or they had some odd sense of revenge; we went through it, so you should too. It wasn't fun, to say the least. Hopefully it would get better.

She didn't miss his poor first attempt, but she was also getting a read on him as person and so instead of saying anything, she just angled her body a little bit differently so he could see her do the right motions. "Chaser was what was open, but I really like keeper too." She wasn't built to be a beater and the seeker was taken as well. "I'd take anything though." She would manage beater if that was all that she could get.