Kourt shuffled the pieces of parchment in her hand, studying the different types of runes. Which one to choose? Which one to choose? There were way too many options, but she should be able to pick one and cast the spell on the object. She just had to. The assignment was due soon and they needed the points badly.

Her gaze finally settled on Algiz, the rune of protection and defense. Reading further, she noted that it strengthened magical power and luck. Great! She could definitely use that, especially with just starting out in the magic world. It was always a good thing to have a little help. But…what to use the rune on? A book like Kurumi did? Or a piece of jewelry? A charm perhaps?

Her eyes dropped to her wrist where she wore the charm bracelet that her mother had given her when she first began her journey into the dance world. A small ballerina dangled in the middle of the bracelet. She wore it often, for it reminded her of her mother, and she was rather homesick for her at the moment. Raising her arm, she looked back at Kurumi, then at the runes, and then at her own book where the chants were printed.

Might as well try it. She quietly spoke the words slowly, just to get used to the strange language, before she raised her wand and clasped the rune in her right hand. Drawing in a breath, she began.

‘elhaz elhaz elhaz
z z z z z z z z z
uz az iz ez uz
oz ez iz az uz
z z z z z z z z z
(m m m m m m m m m)’

Once she finished, the wand and rune pointing towards the ballerina on the bracelet, she watched as the charm glowed and a tinkling sound was heard. Okay…so that usually meant that the spell had worked. But…what could she do to test it out?

The first year looked at Kurumi. “You mind helping me out? Algiz means protection and defense and strengthening magical power. Do you mind casting a harmless spell and I’ll use Protgeo? I had a little trouble with that during dueling club so I want to try it again.”