The Elementals by Namacub95 (best book club books for discussion .txt) 📕

Rose didn't care if the roots strangled the boy she just wanted to be left alone. The roots were winding around the boy's wrists and arms then he fell forward. Rose stood up and the earth stopped shaking as violently as when she was lying on the ground.

"Help me!" the boy cried out as the roots wrapped themselves around his upper body. Rose exhaled angrily and the roots stopped their advance. The boys began to writhe on the ground trying to free himself and Rose ran.

Rose ran on through the forest when she tripped on a root and fell on the ground right at someone's feet.

"Nice of you to join us Weasley." Terry said as she stared up at him. She tried to push herself up but Terry and his remaining friend had grabbed an arm each and dragged her to her feet.

"Let go of me!" She screamed and struggled hard against their grip she was then thrown at the base of a tree.

"I like them with a bit of fight." Terry snickered.

"Then you'll love this!" yelled a third voice. Terry was knocked aside by a blonde blur. Her rescuer was now wrestling on the ground with Terry and she got a good look at who it was.

"Scorpius!" Rose yelled in relief. Terry's other friend moved towards her and Rose glared at him. She tried to remember how she had manipulated the roots. The earth began to rumble again. A fissure began to crack the earth under the boy's feet causing him to sway unsteadily on his feet. Rose clenched her fists and the roots began to wind themselves around the boy until they had wound around his whole upper body.

"What is going on over here?" roared a voice and a few minutes later Professor Davies emerged from the bushes. Scorpius and Terry who were still wrestling on the ground stopped instantly. Rose scrambled to her feet as Professor Davies eyes swept the scene lingering on Terry's friend who was struggling against the roots that bound him.

"I was taking a walk and I came across a boy who was trapped by roots like this boy here. Who did that?" He asked. Terry pointed at Rose and Professor Davies gave her a stern look.

"I only did it because Terry and his friends tried to…" She trailed off. Professor Davies looked murderous and he turned to glare at Terry.

"I'm taking you all to the headmistress's office." Professor Davies declared.

Chapter 7: Ravenclaw Quidditch Trials

After lunch almost three quarters of Ravenclaw house made their way to The Quidditch Pitch. Albus walked down with Alice since it was his free period. Alice was a nervous wreck as she always was before every Quidditch trial or match.

"What if I fall off my broom!" she squeaked her knuckles tuning white as she clutched her broom tighter. Albus put an arm around her shoulders and took her broom from her.

"Then I'll catch you." He said "Don't worry Alice you'll be fine! I mean you've played Quidditch since second year and the worst injury you've ever got was a broken wrist. Relax."

"But I'll suck! Royally! I'll royally suck!" Alice said her hazel eyes growing to an almost comical size.

"You won't." Albus said "You'll kick ass like you always do."

"Where's Rose, Scorpius and Keith?" Alice asked.

"Keith's already down at the pitch." Albus answered. "Remember he left early to get us good seats?"

"What about Rose and Scorpius?" Alice asked.

"I don't know." Albus replied. Alice bit her lip and said nothing for the rest of the walk down to the Quidditch Pitch. Albus handed Alice her broom and walked to the stands while she walked onto the pitch.

The Ravenclaws were huddled in groups on the pitch waiting for Alan Morrison to arrive. Alice went and stood with Jacob and Annabeth her two teammates from the previous year.

"Hey Alice." Jacob said. Jacob was a tall sixth year with dark skin and chocolate eyes which made most of the sixth year girls swoon except for Annabeth who ironically was his girlfriend.

"Hi." Alice said with a small smile.

"You nervous?" he asked.

"A little." Alice lied.

"Don't worry." Annabeth said slapping Alice on the back. Annabeth was also a sixth year and had long brown hair which was tied into a ponytail and sea green eyes.

"Thanks guys." Alice mumbled. Annabeth put her arm around Alice just as Alan Morrison walked onto the pitch.

"Right!" he yelled and all heads turned to look at him "Anyone who isn't a Ravenclaw get the hell off this pitch! This is a RAVENCLAW trial and if I see anyone who isn't a Ravenclaw I'll hex their asses into the next century!"

Morrison glared around the pitch and several Hufflepuff girls sprinted for the stands apparently in fear for their lives. He glared at their retreating forms and several petrified Ravenclaw first years followed them.

"Alright I want all the chasers over here you lot are going first." He continued pointing to a spot near the goalposts. Annabeth and Jacob jogged over to where Morrison had indicated. There were three other Ravenclaw boys and two Ravenclaw girls standing with them.

All chasers mounted their brooms and soared into the sky. Morrison let loose the bludgers and Alice bit her lip for her two friends. Annabeth managed to score seven goals while ducking and dodging the bludgers and Jacob scored ten which earned him the shrieks of almost every girl in his year. There was no question of Annabeth and Jacob returning again.

"Beaters over there!" Morrison ordered and several Ravenclaw boys assembled just to his right. All were big, well muscled and brandishing bats although they didn't look like they were capable of getting their brooms off the ground with them on.

They did however manage to get into the sky and much to Alice and most of the spectator's amusement one of the potential beaters shot a bludger at Morrison who had to hit the deck to avoid it. Soon enough the two beaters were chosen, Joshua Burke and Bradley Owen.

"All keepers over there!" Morrison demanded. Four boys and two girls clustered near the goalpost. They mounted their brooms and soared into the sky as did Annabeth and Jacob with the quaffle. Jacob and Annabeth proceeded to pelt the potential keepers with the quaffle. Most of them many to save only two or three of the five shots except for one girl who managed to save four. The new keeper was Faith West a small yet agile third year.

"Seekers!" Morrison yelled "Now the way I am going to do this is simple and straightforward. I'm going to let the snitch go, just like in any normal game, and the first one to catch will be our new seeker, got it?"
There was a murmur from the potential seekers and Alice mounted her broom, "Okay, one...two... THREE

All the seekers shot off like bullets, Alice soared around the pitch all the seekers were zooming around in different directions, and Alice was constantly afraid one of them had seen the snitch. She saw her brother and Albus with Rose and Scorpius slipping in to the empty spots beside them, all of them were yelling and cheering for her. She appreciated her cheering, but honestly, how was she supposed to concentrate?

Alice peered at Albus. He was shouting and waving his arms wildly, pointing. What was he pointing at? Then Alice saw it. The snitch, right where Albus was pointing to near the goalpost. She dove, gaining speed. It was right in front of her! She could hear its tiny wings flitting around!

Suddenly, something smashed into her from the side. It was one of the boy seekers. He knocked her half off her broom, and she hung on for dear life by her hands. She managed to get back on, disoriented, and furious, but there was no sign of the snitch anymore.

Alice soared around the pitch on her trusty Comet 500. Suddenly, she realized that there was a boy on her tail. It was the same one who had smashed into her earlier. He was waiting to see if she saw the snitch, and then he planned to catch her on his Firebolt. She read him like a book.
Alice accelerated, as if she had seen the snitch. She went straight for the goalpost, speeding up. At the last minute, she moved an inch and glided straight past it. She heard a sickening thud behind her, and smiled with satisfaction. A minute later, she saw him lying in a heap on the ground.

"One down, two to go," she murmured to herself.

Alice spotted the snitch. It glinted in the sunlight, golden and perfect. All she had to do is fly up there and get it...

The other girl, a tall 4th year with dark hair also spotted the snitch. Alice was closer, but the girl was riding a Nimbus 2012. They raced to the spot, their hair flying in the wind. They were neck in neck, both reaching for the snitch.

Alice shut her eyes as she collided with the other girl as they both grabbed for the snitch. She felt herself slip off her broom, and grabbed frantically for the handle.

"Accio Broom!" she shouted, terrified. The broom shot towards her and she grabbed it.

"Congratulations." said the girl she had been competing with. Alice opened her hand. A golden snitch rested in her palm, flitting slightly.

"We have our team." Morrison announced "Thank you to all who participated. Team, I'll see you on Wednesday for our first practice session!"

Alice flew down the snitch still in her hand and landed just in front of Morrison. She dropped the snitch into his hand and gave him a curt nod before being nearly flattened by her new teammates.

Chapter 8: Shauna Longbottom

Keith sat in Herbology staring wistfully out of the greenhouse, he was bored stiff. It was a double period and normally his attention would start to waver half an hour into the lesson. His table was deserted as his partner hadn't turned up for the lesson, a wise decision in his mind.

They were learning about some strange plant from the Amazon...or was it from Africa, Keith could remember. Mercifully Rose who loved Herbology wasn't in his class so he would be spared an ear bashing from her for not paying attention.

His mind was drifting further and further away every second. His daydreams took him to the sea were it was cool and the air was salty. The tide was just coming in and the waves were just breaking over his feet, pure bliss.

He imagined what it would be like to be submerged in the blue ocean. Colourful fish swam around him and darted in and out of a coral reef. The vibrant colours drew him closer to it. The tropical fish didn't seem to mind his presence among them if anything they seemed to not even notice he was there at all.

A shoal of fish swam past him perused by a two dolphins. He followed them swimming alongside them as they leapt out of the water. He laughed at their playful antics and dived down to the ocean floor.

"Keith!" his daydream was cut brutally short and he jumped to attention

"Cocoa beans!" he said thinking he was being asked a question. The class sniggered in response to his outburst and Keith wished that a hole would open and swallow him.

"You are telling