Alyssa sat down at the Hufflepuff House Table and started filling up her plate with food. She was definitely hungry. While eating she decided to check on Queenie, the metallic egg that the Charms Professor had assigned for them to take care of as part of their Finals. It had been acting very strangely the last few times she had checked on it, so Alyssa made sure that she was prepared for anything.

Slowly taking out the woolen sock from her bag, she reached her hand in and grabbed hold of the egg firmly but not too tightly. Taking it out slowly she held in the palm of her hand. She was expecting it to ‘bounce’ up or roll out of her hand, or even hit her on the nose like it had done before, but it remained perfectly still. Alyssa carefully moved her hand closer to inspect it. There didn’t seem to be anything wrong that she could see except for the fact that it did need a little polishing.

Alyssa took out her wand, and moved her wand while tracing it all over the egg, she said “Ex-CO-lo”. A yellow light engulfed the egg and when it disappeared, its surface looked all shiny and bright again.

“I guess you decided to behave yourself today, Queenie. Thank you”, Alyssa whispered to the egg nestled in the palm of her hand. 'Here’s hoping that it continues to behave this way,' Alyssa thought to herself. She looked at her watch and realized that she was going to be late for class if she didn’t finish her breakfast. So she quickly placed the egg back inside the woolen sock and tucked it safely in her bag, before finishing her breakfast and rushing off to class.