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"I'm not actually sure when I closed them," Spike said with a puzzled look on his face. "They just...were. I'm guessing it didn't work though." He looked at Jimmy apologetically. "I don't wanna hit you either. Nettles are nasty things." Plus, the celebrations of achieving it would be too short lived before Jimmy came and tackled Spike to get his own back. He had a vision of Jimmy running after him for a tickle fight or or water fight similar. The older boy would have a distinct advantage. Spike giggled at the thought.
Trying to keep a straight face, Spike watched Jimmy's demonstration. bamBAM. With a bit of attitude, apparently. Spike nodded. He could do some bamBAM in the style of Jimmy, he was sure. It seemed far more fun thinking like that, and reminded him of an epic play sword fight he'd had over the summer, complete with extra sound effects. bamBAM! he practised. Oh yeahhhh.
His eyes narrowed, and he took a deep breath as he raised his wand.
"Er-ti-kate!" bamBAM.
Nothing. He knew. He had most definitely kept his eyes open that time. That was an improvement, right? He glanced at where Jimmy was now helping a girl. He could do this. He wanted those antlers! Maybe he needed some more bamBAM?
With a stealthier grip, he held his wand up more determinedly. That dummy was gonna get bamBAM'd. Got it dummy? Good.
"Er-ti-kate!" bamBAM!
Was that...a wisp of something? He squinted to see. Hmm. Maybe not. But it felt better. Next time maybe?
"Not so much, but you'll get it if you keep trying." It was a nice and basic stinging hex after all. Jim grinned as he watched, there was already a difference in Spike's focus.
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HP_princess Viola walked into the classroom and stopped, a surprised look on her face. There were tons of people learning magic. REAL magic. Wow. She spotted the points guy and yes, she still didn't know what his name was and walked towards him, feeling excited and slightly nervous. Yep. She wanted to learn magic and not waste her time doing silly execises. "Hi." She said, hesitantly.
"Hi." He agreed and raised one eyebrow. "So you wanna work on a stinging hex with me or head over to Simon," He pointed at the Gryffie Quidditch Captain, "And work on some defense?"
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sevensnared "Have fun with that." Jim didn't mind. People could do what they wanted, so long as they were participating somehow.
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AuroraQuinn Aurora grinned widely at the praise. "Thanks!" she said and kept trying. The cross on the dummy didn't get any darker but she eventually managed the familiar zing in her wand hand again which gave her even more encouragement.
She didn't immediately reply to the other boy. She knew she'd been showing off and figured she shouldn't but she wasn't really used to the classroom environment. She couldn't bring herself to apologise - Hilda had always frowned and been rather nasty if she showed any sign of weakness - but she stopped grinning and nodded at the boy.
She turned back to her dummy. "Urticate." she crossed her wand and felt the familiar zing in her hand but still didn't manage to make any difference to the dummy.
It was good seeing how dedicated they all were. Jim nodded. "Good pronunciation too. Relax your grip just a little bit, it'll help make it feel a bit more natural. Your wand is like an extension of you, its a tool sure, but it should feel natural to use it and if you grip it too tightly, then part of you will be distracted by how it feels in your hand."
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ArianaBlack Nika nodded as she turned away from Aurora. Jim was right it wouldn't do her any good to look at Aurora and envy how she got her hex right away. She'd just have to focus on her own work and maybe she'd be able to get it right after a while. "Yes, I do want this." She said with a confident nod. She held her wand up again and looked at the dummy. "Er-tick-ate!" She almost yelled it this time. She was getting a bit restless after trying and failing so many times, but no matter how hard she'd fall she would just get back up and try again.
A wisp of something came out of her wand again, but the hex didn't work yet. She was getting closer though. She could feel that she was improving, all it took was a few hundred tries. "Er-tick-ate!" This time the wisp extended out more and she could see that she was almost their. It'd just take some more practice.
Anger was starting to build up. She couldn't take it. Why must this be so hard for her!? But maybe that's what she needed, anger. Jim did say that it was all about negative feelings so maybe this anger building up inside of her was the little push that she needed. "Er-tick-ate!" She did the X movement and was shocked when it worked. IT WORKED!!
"I did it!" Even though it didn't look as strong as it should it was still something. She got something and that was the only thing she needed to give herself a confidence boost. It might take another fifteen tries to get it to work again, but at least she got it once.
"Hey good work. You wanna try it on me?" Brave Jim. "I'll tell you how much it stings hehe." He held out his arm, sleeve rolled up. When it hit they'd be able to SEE his skin get all red too.
"Give it a go."