Annie Grey

"Now we can play with all the rules clearly stated." said Ollie.

"Okay, but I don't think that we really did clearly state all the rules." said Matt frowning, he knew that Ollie was just excited that they were all doing something fun together, but he was way too innocent to know that Maddie had a knack for cheating.

He didn't know why, but he definitely felt that Maddie had it out for him. She was going to find a way to pick on him and him alone because for some odd reason she was annoyed with him.

"Should we make them more specific or...?" asked Ollie as Maddie narrowed her eyes at Matt.

"No, it's fine, let's just continue." Matt replied, oh well, luckily since he was half vampire, he wouldn't feel as much pain as Maddie would want him to. He would let her have her fun this once. He had to admit that he had been picking on her more lately, and that could truly be very annoying.

"Hehe." giggled Maddie. Ollie paid no attention to her sudden giggle, Annie on the other hand just shook her head.

"Okay Matt, here it comes, go long." said Ollie as he threw the ball to Matt and it was clear that he threw it harder this time.

Matt looked overhead as the ball flew over him and he ran to catch it, he jumped into the air and caught it.

"That was a good throw." laughed Matt as Ollie laughed.

Matt threw the ball to Annie, it almost slipped out of her hands but she caught it in the last minute.

"That was a tricky one." she laughed and threw it to Maddie who didn't even attempt to catch the ball with her hands, she just stopped it midair and it dropped right into her hands.

"Oh come on!" exclaimed Matt and Annie, now this was definitely cheating.

"That's got to be cheating Ollie." said Matt.

"Well... technically no...once again she caught the ball." said Ollie leniently. 

"No she didn't she stopped it midair, that's an illegal move!" said Annie annoyed.

"Oh you two just stop whining, nobody told you not to use your magic." declared Maddie happily.

"You're so not fair Maddie." said Annie.

"Since when have I ever been fair?" she replied.

"Everyone just shut up and let's continue the game." she said throwing the ball at Matt.

"Alright, if you want to play it that way, then we'll play." he responded, instead of catching the ball he hit it with great force in Maddie's direction as it looked like it was not going to stop before causing destruction.

Maddie didn't even try to catch it, instead she wriggled her finger and sent it flying in Annie's direction.

"This is just getting ridiculous." Annie replied blowing in the air causing the ball to fall down gently.

"The two of you better stop it, this isn't a deathmatch." said Annie.

"Sorry..." apologized Matt.

"We are just playing a harmless game so be careful." she added.

"Yeah, yeah..." said Maddie scoffing.

Annie threw the ball at Ollie, he jumped and caught it and threw it to Matt who ran to catch it.

Maddie chuckled feeling a little bit impish, she raised her hand slightly and a wall of dirt lifted up obstructing his way. 

Matt did not see it coming, he hit his face and body in the wall as the ball almost dropped but Annie ran over and caught it for him.

"*Ouch*." he cried as he fell down on his face holding his nose.

"Matt, are you okay?!" asked Annie as she rushed to him and Ollie followed behind her.

"It hurts so much." he said.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I'm fine now... that was... painful." said Matt as he got up and Annie checked him for scratches and bruises.

"Maddie, that was too low, even for you." said Ollie as he shook his head.

"Hey, are we not going to talk about how Annie just cheated by catching the ball when it was his turn." accused Maddie.

"Are you serious right now Maddie? Is that what's important or the fact that you played dirty and hurt our friend?" asked Annie angrily.

"Last I checked stopping people from catching the ball isn't against the rules." insisted Maddie.

"You are unbelievable Maddie." said Ollie shaking his head.

"This is too far even for you." said Matt as he also shook his head.

"You all are just babies, there's nothing wrong with a little roughness in fun." said Maddie.

"Oh is that so now?" asked Annie as Maddie nodded.

"Alright then, this is all on you Maddie." said Annie the ball in her hand covered by a thick layer of ice as she threw it aiming straight for Maddie's head.

Maddie didn't even flinch, she snapped her fingers and the ice layer around the ball melted as she caught the ball.

"It's going to take more than that to scare me." replied Maddie smugly.

"Oh really now?" asked Annie as she giggled.

"Yes." replied Maddie not noticing how Annie gave Matt and Ollie a subtle nod as they nodded in response.

"You three can't beat me!" Maddie declared confidently. "You're right, the three of us can't beat you individually, but together we can, right guys?" asked Annie smiling smugly.

"Ahh, I see where you're going with this and even though it's cheating I don't mind. The three of you combined can't beat me." Maddie replied laughing, she was very confident that even if they all ganged up against her, they would not win.

"I hate how confident you sound." said Matt as he shook his head.

"Yeah, yeah, just know that I'm not going to be the one to drop the ball." she replied. Annie did not wait for Maddie to stop speaking, she instantly threw the ball at her.

Maddie didn't even flinch, she just flicked her hand and sent the ball flying towards Matt who jumped and caught it.

"Oh and I'm sorry for being so harsh, I didn't expect the ground to be so hard." she added.

"Apology accepted, but we're still going to make sure that you lose." he replied smiling as Maddie laughed.

Matt threw the ball to Ollie who waved his hand over the ball and threw it. The ball flew in the air wobbly and Maddie tried to stop it but it broke out of her barrier spell and it almost hit her in her face until she luckily caught it with her hands.

"What kind of spell was that?!" asked Maddie shocked.

Ollie just just chuckled, there was no way he was going to tell her, he knew that she would just recast the spell.

"Alright fine, don't tell me blondie, but you just proved how cunning you are." she said as Ollie frowned.

"Don't give in dude, she's just toying with you, we all know that she's going to use the spell against us if you tell her." said Matt, he needed Ollie to stay strong.

"Yes, you're right." said Ollie as he nodded.

Maddie needed to go for the weak link if she was to end this stupid game and she knew just who to go for.

Maddie threw the ball powerfully at Annie who had to start running to catch it.

"We're right behind you." said Matt as he and Ollie ran after the ball as well.

"Oh no you're not." said Maddie as she touched the ground and instantaneously Ollie and Matt found themselves frozen in a thick block of ice.

"Oh come on! This is serious cheating!" shouted Matt as his entire body was frozen.

Annie did not dare look back, she had to catch the ball. It was clear that she was too short to catch the ball.

Ollie on the other hand had already broken out of the ice and waved his hand as the ice thawed and melted away.

"Levitatis incanterores." said Annie as she began to lift up into the air and she caught the ball before gently falling to the ground.

"*Phew*, that was a close one." said Annie as she laughed.

"That's because Maddie cheated again." said Matt shaking his head.

"I don't know why you're still complaining, at least I used soft ice this time instead of the hard dirt, you should be thanking me." she shouted from where she was.

"Guys, I think that if we want to keep up with her, we have to play at her level." said Ollie.

"I know, but won't that make us no better than she is?" asked Annie.

"No, it won't she started cheating first, we're just going to even the playing field." replied Matt.

"Hey stop conversing over there and let's play already." shouted Maddie, she would cheat and listen in on what they were planning but she didn't want to be that wickedly mean.

"I guess you're right, she did start cheating first." agreed Annie.

"So let's give her a taste of her own medicine." she added.