"Thanks, Professor," Ethan said as the door opened as he was beckoned in. "I trust you had a good holiday?" The boy stood inside her office, waiting to sit until the woman in front of him took her own seat.

"I just had a couple questions, if you don't mind," he began. The boy didn't exactly make it a habit to visit his teachers, but a couple pressing matters had led him to the sixth floor. "The first.. I was thinking of taking.. I mean, I wanted to go ice skating on the frozen lake," he corrected himself. Guh, Professor Magnus does not want to hear about your social life! He quickly composed himself with a smile before continuing. "Anyway, I was hoping you could tell me the spell for transfiguring shoes into ice skates.." Sure, he could visit the library for that information, but he figured this was easier.