Chapter 436: Blitzball

Chapter 436: Blitzball

None of this concerned Nick yet however as he was totally unaware of it and was currently creating the ball used for his new sport. It looked like a mix of a golf ball and a football(Soccer ball) except it was white with blue wave patterns on it. It was made out of a special alchemical version of rubber that removed the drag that water would have on it without sacrificing durability and softness. It took Nick a couple tries to get the flow of the ball under water just right but he did it.-

Next Nick created the goals in the shape of two stylized triangles that were big enough for a person to have some difficulty protecting. These goals were connected to a magical scoreboard that kept track of the score. There was also a vibrantly colored piece of hard plastic in the center of the water that was the halfway point that the two centers of the teams used to fight over the ball at the start of a round or after one side scored. After thoroughly testing the field he had created Nick was pleased to find it was officially ready to be used.-

Things like fliers that got stuck to your face after flying through the school to screaming frogs that blared the tryout information placed all over the school. Filch was in a very bad mood during the week before the tryouts were actually held and it showed from that number of detentions that got handed out. The tryouts themselves were held on the twenty first which was a saturday and only the third years and higher could apply since below that and the size difference becomes a big problem.-

At dawn on that day Nick woke up at his normal time and left the castle with Dusk on his shoulder as per usual while Steve had to walk instead to try and burn off some of that fat. The air had a bit of a nip to it which made sense considering the date but Nick ignored it as he made his way to the Quidditch pitch. It was of course empty but that was planned this time as he walked to the center of the field and released the giant ring into the air above him from the realm.-

Contrary to what some might think the ring did not fall on him and crush him but instead hovered in mid air completely still. "Nen!" he spoke and a torrent of clear water shot out of the tip of his wand and strangely gathered into an orb at the center of the ring. The orb grew bigger and bigger until it was just shy of touching the ring at fifty yards across. Nick released the add ons for the field that magically moved to take their rightful places as the scoreboard showed out on the side. 'Now to see just how good an idea this actually was.' he thought while looking at his handy work.