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Nika had heard about this meeting from Kimalia and she wanted to join in. So she poked her head into the classroom and looked around. "Erm Hiya. I heard about this practicing group and I was just erm-- wondering if I could join in?" Hopefully they wouldn't turn her away. She saw Zara in there and smiled at her. Maybe Zara could convince them to let her stay.
"Well yeah." Jim heard the kid and nodded. "Anyone can join in if they're actually serious about it." He grinned as Simon said pretty much the same thing.
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Macavity Simon listened to both the questions that arose, about to provide an answer or at least try when Jimmy joined them as well. "Yep it certainly did," he replied in agreement nodding and he had no doubt more would probably soon follow. "How about seeing as it was what you were helping with across the hall you take offensive spells while I take defensive?" he suggested quietly to the Ravenclaw before his attention was drawn to another new arrival.
"Sure you can," he assured the young Gryffindor. "You can have a seat or stand for now. We were just discussing some of what each of us wanted to learn."
"That works." Jimmy agreed. He hadn't expected people to show up before they had figured stuff out. Oh well. "I guess you take that half of the room and I'll go over there." He gestured with his chin. "And people can just choose whether they wanna do defensive spells or offensive spells and switch between us when they want as well."
He drew his wand and summoned a few dummies and targets from the defense room. Yep that'd do it.
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sweetpinkpixie Kurumi sprinted through the castle with her book bag slung over her shoulders and a look of nothing but excitement on her face. FINALLY a proper lesson and not some ridiculous assignment disguised as something that it wasn't Kurumi could only meditate so much before she felt like she were about to burst - or fall asleep.
After bursting through the door, she saw that Simon was already present and quickly ran up to him, bowing over and over as she did. "
I'msosorrythatIamlate!" she squeaked setting her bag down and bowing once more to him. "
I-I-I can make it up though!" She then reached into her bag for a rather large box of, you guessed it,
cookies. Since this was going to be DEFENSIVE training, Kurumi thought the shape of a shield was more appropriate.
She then looked around sheepishly at everyone else, bowing repeatedly as she did before rushing to an open area where she stood and began tugging on her hair.
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I-I've actually always wanted to learn how to produce a Patronus," she said timidly raising her hand. However, she knew that that was asking the impossible out of the group's younger members. Even as a third year that task would be difficult. The only third year she had read about being able to produce a Patronus was the legendary Harry Potter, the Chosen One. She was pretty sure that there were no more Chosen Ones among them.
When she had entered, she thought that she had heard one of the first years ask about learning Protego. "
A basic shielding charm would be good and those of us who are older could perhaps learn Protego Horribilis or Salvio Hexia?"
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sweetpinkpixie Kurumi felt a sting in Kurumi's chest when Zara mentioned her Papa Lion. It hadn't been but twenty-four hours since she had seen him vanish right before her eyes. His words to her still echoed loud and clear in her memory. Never stop being as wonderful as you are, I know the pride of Gryffindor will forever be safe with you... Kurumi had to bite her lower lip and turn her head away for a moment to make sure that she didn't show the younger lioness what she was feeling.
"I-I-I didn't," she said swallowing hard and turning her full attention back to Zara. "I mentioned the Patronus Charm...the one which conjures an incarnation of the caster's innermost positive feelings, such as joy, hope, or the desire to survive..."
Good old dictionary answers to distract from the pain behind her eyes.
"No reason you can't start working on it now, Kurumi, even if you're in... third year?" Yeah that was right, right?
"'sides, the theory of that one will help a lot with the execution of other spells you know. Magic's all about what you've got going on inside and how you can control it."