June sighed with relief as the Mediwizard began to heal Elfie; it looked like her friend would be alright, though not totally able to play. The referee nodded once when she saw that Elfie was going to be alright, and he blew his whistle, signalling for the game to continue. June rose up into the air, scanning all around her and noticing how various players had entered the game, though only for the other team. Oh well... she hoped that more of her own team members would get here eventually.

Suddenly, June yelped as she felt her carpet disappear from under her and she began to plummet toward the ground. Before she had fallen more than a foot, however, her flailing limbs hit and wrapped around her broom. Shaking and struggling to breathe deeply, June slowly righted herself on her broom and looked around. The stadium had whirled once more and signs all around proclaimed that she was now in Texas. Wondering if the carpet-to-broom transformation was the only change, June felt something fall on her head. She reached up, grabbed it, and pulled it off. She raised her eyebrows when she saw that she held a cowboy hat. "Uh, thanks?" she said, slightly confused. "I guess they hope we don't get heat stroke or something..."

Shrugging, June was about to put on the hat again when the referee's magnified voice proclaimed (quite loudly, by the way), "ALL COWBOY HATS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES BY PLAYERS!" June hurriedly put her hat on, rolling her eyes at the referee. The hat fit snugly on her head, but June wondered how she was supposed to keep the hat on while flying at high speeds. Even now with her just flying slowly away from Elfie, the hat was in great danger of being flung to the winds. Reaching into her pocket, June pulled out a handful of bobby pins and proceeded to attempt to attach her hat to her head. When she finished, she felt her head carefully and sighed. It wasn't that bad, but it definitely wasn't good either. June hoped she wouldn't be pulling any sudden drops because then this hat might just fly away.

Turning her attention back to the game, June saw the referee about to throw the quaffle back into play after the time out because of Elfie's injury. She saw some of the opposing Chasers forming what looked like a formation, but she couldn't be sure. After all, they didn't have the quaffle yet so they could be doing anything. About the quaffle... Reminded about the incredibly important red ball, June leaned down to her broom, bending her head so she was lookiong towards the ground. She began to fly very quickly in the general direction of the referee, but her sight was impaired. Now the wind was pushing against her hat and keeping it on her head, but if she lifted her head, June was almost certain that she'd find her hat fighting to get away from her hair.

After a few minutes, June slowed down and raised her head, putting one hand on the hat. The referee had thrown the quaffle in the time she'd taken to fly towards him and the quaffle was now falling straight for the ground. June grimaced as she began to descend towards it. Not only did she have to think about keeping the quaffle from anyone else, but she also had to think about keeping the annoying wide-brimmed hat on her head! Finally, she came to a temporary solution.

As June angle her broom down, she changed her and her broom's position so that if she looked ahead beyond her broom handle, she would see the quaffle once it came into view. This would have to be done quickly; if she flew too slow, then her hat would fall off. She needed to fly fast to keep the wind's pressure pushing her hat upwards onto her head as she flew almost straight down. Gaining speed, June eventually saw the quaffle come into view. The instant that happened, June began to move her broom so that instead of flying straight down, she and the quaffle would collide, hopefully resulting in catching the ball.

Hoping her bobby pins would be enough to keep the hat on her head, June slowly reached out to the quaffle. Finally, the two met and June smiled as the ball fit in her arms like the right puzzle piece. Jerking her broom up, June swooped towards the goalposts of the Falpanderions. Her hat was indeed still on her head by some miracle and June focused on reaching the goals, though she used her peripheral vision in case a Falpanderion tried to take the quaffle away, or a bludger decided to fly towards her. Or both. It was always best to be prepared.

(OKNA BEATER)

This was definitely not her day...er week. She had to spend most of the game in China trying to extinguish her broomtail from the fire that the dragon kept shooting at her (Oliver wasn't going to be happy about this as his brooms weren't fireproof). And he burnt all her fortune cookies! Luckily Jenn was able to savage the day as she was able to purchase a lucky love charm that she saw on the promotion billboard. She had flown up to the commentator's box to ask about it and saw that the owner was in the box with him! Although she knew Elana was going to be mad that she spent most of the game negotiating with him, she figured she could placate her by giving her the free charm that she got!

Adjusting the cool looking cowboy hat that suddenly appeared on her head, Jenn grinned sheepishly at Elana and flew over to June's other side. Hooking her leg around the bottom of her broomstick, she leaned to the left, causing the broom to dip downward as Elana flew upward. As she tucked a strand of hair that fluttered in the wind behind her ear, Jenn raised her hand to the top of the broom and pulled it upward. Spotting a bludger coming from a distance, she pushed herself upward, although it made her broomstick fall back, and she gripped the beater bat in her hands and raised it up slightly as she waited for the bludger to get a bit closer.

"Come on, come on..." Jenn muttered to herself as she tightened her hold on the bat. As it was a couple of feet away, she pulled her arm back and whacked at the bludger just as it was about to hit. Wham! Although it didn't go too far back, at least it was far enough for June to continue on safely.

June looked up as Elana and Jenn flew towards her and began to revolve around her in the Guardian Angel. “Thanks,” she said to both of them and focused straight ahead on the nearing goals, giving her peripherals a break. She was pushing her broom almost to its limit right now, scoring as her only objective, and she noticed that Elana and Jenn’s brooms were being pushed to the max. Careful not to go too fast – it wouldn’t do to lose the much-needed protection – June adjusted the quaffle so that it wasn’t as tightly held against her. She was so close to the goals now and it’d be easier to score with the quaffle less protected.

Knowing that Elana and Jenn would be able to keep other players and bludgers out of the way, June focused on her job. She slowed down a little as she reached the goal posts and clutched the quaffle in her hand. The Keeper for the Falpanderions hadn’t arrived yet so June took her time, making sure her aim was perfect. Once she let go of the quaffle, she wanted to make sure that only an opposing force could keep the quaffle from entering the hoop. From within the protection of the Beaters, June raised her arm not even daring to breath in case that affected her aim, and threw the ball hard towards the middle hoop. She didn't take her eyes off of it as it soared through the air with a little spin. It got closer and closer to the hoop and June crossed her fingers.

"Good," she told Emmalyn whom have ascended beside her, "but it'll be better if this hat fits me!!" she said in irritation of the hat. "We have a 10 point advantage," she added as she focused more now onto talking with Emma. "Shooting without an opposing Keeper is the best! I think I'll always want to be a Chaser when times are like this," she joke to Emma.

Next, she saw June, an OKNA Chaser, whizzed high above them, and was later joined by two beaters who apparently are revolving around her. "Whoah! What a move!" she exclaimed amusingly. "Let's go Emma!! I think we have to get back to business." she told Emma as she dashed up on her way to their three opponents in action.

She held her cowboy hat with her right hand, flattened herself onto the broom and tried reaching the three. Feet away from them Sashi can tell that there's no way she can get nearer to June and snatch the quaffle, but still she held her hopes an continued following. She's flying at her broom's top speed when June finally stopped, she even took her time shooting the quaffle, until she finally threw the ball. "Noooooo!!" Sashi screamed as she flattened herself even closer to her broom to try flying a bit faster as well as to stick with the broom as she clings to it tighter with her legs. She dashed passing the three, she let go of her broom, pleased that she'll make it to not fall and reached for the quaffle. "Gotcha!" she exclaimed as she caught the quaffle. Then, an "Aaaaahhh!", a "Ding!" and an "Oww!" followed.

Too fast she have flown, she didn't manage to pull her broom to a stop. Instead, her supposedly blocking of the quaffle to go through the hoop turned up side down. She hit the bottom half of the hoop with her stomach making her hang in there, while the quaffle and her broom fall down on the ground, and later she joined them in falling together with her cowboy hat - that she have tried to reach out and managed to put on her head back.

On the ground, though she did made it to wear the hat back, she ended up clutching her stomach, she is in real pain, but at the back of her mind her motivation says she have to focus with the game first. "Right! No PAIN, no gain!" she said as she stood weakly. Limping, she grabbed the quaffle and her broom. "It hurts a lot, but for the team, I have to be strong," and again she kicked off the ground and flew straight - though not as straight as she used to fly earlier on the game - to the OKNA's goal posts.

Suddenly, the scene once again swirled, her loose cowboy hat vanished and tall trees began to rise in front of her, beside her and even below her. "Good gracious! First, a loose irritating cowboy hat, and now these suddenly rising tall trees! Still irritating, if only I'm not that hurt! Ow.." she exclaimed as one rose beside her nearly making her fall again. "Girls? I think I badly need some back-up!" she shouted loud to her team mates as she flew higher hoping to escape the continuously rising trees. But as she flew, something make her broom bounce back and forth. She looked at her back and saw a monkey hanging on her broom. "oohh..ohhh..oohh...wahhh...aahhhh..ahhh!!" it shrieked. "Get off my broom!!" she ordered the monkey, but instead of getting off, it made it's way on her back. It snatched the quaffle from her and jumped onto a rising tree. "Hey!! Give me back that quaffle!!" Sashi ordered the monkey once again as she chase him.

I'm extending this round accordingly:

1st - 3rd - China: A chained Chinese Fireball is placed in the middle of the field! Be careful, he huffs, he puffs and he bites!

4th - 7th: Russia: The field is now in a large cave, in the ceiling there are thousand of icicles that keep falling!

8th -11th: Turkey: Out with your brooms! This time your flying on carpets!

12th - 15th: Texas: Nothing fancy here, except you must wear cowboys hat and you must not drop them! No charms allow to make the hats stick better!

16th - 19th: Indonesia: The field is a huge rainforest, tall trees, unexpected animals, all obstacles you must overcome!

Tough Call but:

Falpanderions - 1500 points
OKNA - 1600