It turns out that inter-house English quidditch is very low-quality. Despite the fact a standard team only includes seven players, each house only has a small pool of players to recruit from. Most years a quidditch team has to be drawn from players of all ages. Even then you'll be lucky if your players can get from one end of the pitch to the other holding onto a quaffle and their broomstick at the same time.
So when the time came for Slytherin's first game of the season - against their arch-rivals Hufflepuff, no less - Dominique was determined to support her team and show off her house allegiance any way she could. The best thing she could think of was to conjure up a pair of pom-poms and start cheerleading.
Unfortunately, it turns out that, while it's a standard part of the game across the pond, Great Britain just isn't ready for cheerleaders. After 20 minutes of stony silence from her own stands, Dominique gave up and resorted to watching the game instead. She gave a ruffle of the pom-poms every time a Slytherin player zoomed past.
Hufflepuff were leading 70-50 when the rain started pouring in. She desperately wanted to get inside but felt that, since cheerleading had been her idea, she should at least stay to the end of the game.
Thankfully, that didn't take too long. The Golden Snitch, which had disappeared a long time ago, came hurtling by, chased by both seekers. The was a tussle between the two, but Patricia McMahon, Slytherin's star player, managed to destabilise her rival, and snatch the snitch. It was the start of a tough season for Slytherin, but the end of Dominique's cheerleading career.
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