sportsanime | Bonus Round 1: AUs

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

This popular round is back once again! To begin this year's SASO, we encourage you to let your mind run wild with alternate ideas and settings.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)

RULES

Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. There's a comment template below for your convenience.
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Izumi & Sakaeguchi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Izumi/Sakaeguchi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
An AU can be a canon divergence, e.g. "what if [character] was the Team Captain instead of the canon captain character?", or a completely different setting altogether, e.g., pop idol AU, coffee shop AU, superheroes AU, etc.
Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.

FORMAT

Bonus round shenanigans all happen in the comments below. Brand-new works only, please.

Required Work Minimums:

400 words (prose)
400px by 400px (art)
14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content in the prompt itself and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here.) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong>	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) * (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours** is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) * (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours** is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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SCORING

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!

For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)

For fills:
First 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point each

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Etc.

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Ship: ayamiki
Fandom: yowamushi pedal
Major Tags: none.
Other Tags: none.

Prompt: hogwarts au ,,,, pls ,,, aya is the youngest chaser hogwarts has had in years?? maybe ??

fickle damien don't fill this

Edited 2017-05-31 03:24 (UTC)

Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 984

***

Aya first met Miki in the little rowboat that carried them across the lake. She was still getting used to the entire idea of magic, and this girl wouldn't stop talking about flying on brooms, and how her family made brooms, and how next summer her big brother would start teaching her how to find the best wood for the handle and how to select twigs.

The only type of broom Aya had ever used had been a Swiffer Sweeper. It had had a little nozzle that let out cleaning fluid when you pressed a button. She did not think this information would add much to the conversation, so when Miki asked her if she played Quidditch, she said, "Haven't yet."

--

Gryffindors and Ravenclaws had their flying lessons together. Aya stood next to a shaking Onoda, another one of the Gryffindor muggleborns like her. Sometimes she wanted to punch him for being a wimp, but then at other times it felt like he was the only one who understood what she was going through, so it seemed like a bad idea.

Across from them, Aya could see Miki. Since that first school day, Aya had only seen her in their shared Herbology lessons, and in the greenhouses it was hard to strike up a conversation that wasn't about passing the trowel. Aya couldn't tell if Miki remembered her from the rowboat or not; Miki seemed to be equally friendly with everyone. Aya remembered her, though. It would be hard to forget that enthusiasm.

One of the Ravenclaws was going on about how experienced he was at flying. Aya glared at him. He was annoying, and with each word he spouted she could see Onoda get more and more frightened.

"Pull yourself together," she hissed, pinching him.

He yelped, but his knees no longer knocked against each other.

The professor came then and gave them their instructions. The broom leapt up into Aya's hand, as if it knew how much Aya had needed that to happen. She cast a surreptitious look at Miki to see if she had seen. Miki had her own broom in her hand. She saw Aya looking over at her and gave a bright smile.

Aya looked away and busied herself with getting onto the broom.

When she kicked off it was like she had finally solved a math problem she'd been working on for months, since that liaison officer had visited her home with the Hogwarts letter. The answer, she realized, was that she now belonged in the air.

--

First-years were not allowed to join the Quidditch team. First-years were not even allowed their own brooms.

So Aya snuck into broom shed every weekend and took each Gryffindor team broom for a joyride.

--

Then she got bolder and tried out the Hufflepuff team's brooms. There was a particularly nice Cleansweep she grew fond of. It nearly purred under her touch.

--

Obviously she had to try out the Slytherin team's brooms as well. There was a Nimbus she had been eyeing during the last Slytherin-Gryffindor match, where one of the Slytherin chasers had done some neat tricks.

Surely she could figure out how it was done with a few tries?

--

The Ravenclaw broom shed was the last one Aya had left to visit. She whispered the unlocking charm she'd learnt for this purpose and nearly screamed when she heard a giggle.

"Aya, right?" Miki said, stepping out from a shadow formed by a copse of trees.

Aya hid her hands behind her back. "I was just, um." She looked off to the side, squinting. "Checking something."

"Uh huh," Miki said. "I've seen you sneaking down here for the past three months."

Aya blinked in surprise. Had it really been three months? Maybe four.

"Oh," she said.

"You've gotten very good," Miki said. "At flying, not at sneaking around."

Aya could feel a mortifying blush climb up her face. "Thank you," she said. "I really want to... I really want to be on the team next year," she added in a rush.

Miki's usually bright eyes were dark and serious. "They don't usually take twelve-year olds, not when they've got bigger players."

In her mind, Aya knew this. But hearing it said was crushing in a whole new way.

"Hey," Miki said, stepping closer. "I didn't mean to make you sad! You just have to work harder."

"But I'm already doing things I'm not supposed to do," Aya said. "I don't think I can get away with sneaking away week nights too."

Miki practically sparkled at her, her smile wide, her eyes shining. "Then I'll help you!" She started counting off her fingers. "I can make you a training regimen, and I can get permission to use the brooms, and talk to my brother for advice, and oh!" She clapped her hands. "This summer! You won't have a broom, or anywhere to fly, and I can help with that!"

Aya stared at her. "Why?" she asked.

"Why do I want to help?" Miki asked. At Aya's dumbfounded nod, she laughed. "Because I think we should be friends! And you looked so lost the day we came to Hogwarts, I wanted to look out for you." She beamed. "But then it didn't look like you needed my help anymore. But now you do?" Miki tapped a finger to her chin. "It doesn't matter. I think we're going to have a lot of fun!"

"Well," Aya said, still feeling bowled over. "Well, alright."

The little bit of hope Aya had been carrying around with her since her first flying lesson blossomed into something more tangible. If anyone could make something happen through sheer effort and enthusiasm, it was this girl, Aya thought.

She and Miki walked into the shed, heads bowed towards each other as they whispered grand plans of how they would take the Quidditch world by storm.

*pounds my fist on the couch* THIS IS GREAT!! I love Miki's bike/broom passion, and her Aya interest, too. (And Aya thought she was being cool on her first day of witch school but ;;; Miki saw through her, my heart, my heart, my heart.)

*GREATJOB*