Meta had begged Nephele and complained to Priam until her guardian gave his permission to let her tryout. It helped that bludgers were banned last second. Without them, Quidditch would be a very boring game, but it would also be a safer one.

Besides, uncle Priam wanted her to stop whining and he didn't share her father's cruelty to make her stop. He gave her his written permission with a snide remark that she would get bored of it like everything else and quit within a month, even if she made the team.

Truth be told, he wasn't wrong.

She had a school broom, because Priam wouldn't buy her one. After ganging up on Kristoffer with her sisters at their father's memorial party, she couldn't ask him for his old broom either. If only she was close to cousin Cassius! He surely had the newest model of sports broom!

Anyway, it wasn't like the others had the Lamborghini equivalent of a broomstick either. It was also mostly girls, so Meta felt she stood a chance. What experience would the two first years have, after all?

She was paired with a housemate and she set off for the skies.