As soon as the remaining hopefuls were released for the Seeker trial, Anne gained altitude quickly, wanting a view of her competition from above. She'd had Miss Bixby and Abney to offer her advice and she had practiced over the summer, but it wasn't the same as this. She needed to be good and she needed it to be now.
There were several false starts - the sun glinted just right or someone else dove and the rest reacted - but the waiting seemed to stretch on. She heard it first, this strange little whistling sound that registred as 'odd' and 'finally' in quick succession. Whereever it came from, it was now tearing off below her. Anne dropped quickly into a dive, hugging tight to her broom. As her stomach made peace with her rapid decent, Anne noted somewhere in the back of her mind that this was the most fun she'd had all afternoon.
There were several false starts - the sun glinted just right or someone else dove and the rest reacted - but the waiting seemed to stretch on. She heard it first, this strange little whistling sound that registred as 'odd' and 'finally' in quick succession. Whereever it came from, it was now tearing off below her. Anne dropped quickly into a dive, hugging tight to her broom. As her stomach made peace with her rapid decent, Anne noted somewhere in the back of her mind that this was the most fun she'd had all afternoon.
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