Elise jotted down the notes as Professor Lafay spoke. Picking up her wand, she took the time to clean her cauldron manually, not being able to manage a scourgify yet.

Picking up her wand, she aimed it at the center on her cauldron and prayed that she'd get it right. Breathing in deeply, she said, "Aguamenti."

Water immediately filled her cauldron. She felt proud of herself and pulled out a muggle matchbox. She didn't want to risk her incendio going wrong, so she lit a match and started a low fire beneath her cauldron.

Pulling out a bit of new parchment from her bag, Elise wrote down the steps.