Now that he had practised speaking the incantation, Daichi thought it was time for the real deal. He flicked his wrist and his phoenix feather wand fell out of its holster. He looked around him for a moment to see how the others were doing and found out that some already were trying to teach their gargoyles little tricks like high fives or black flips.

And he could do that too! He didn't get an Outstanding OWL for Transfiguration for nothing. He just needed to concentrate and believe in himself... which were two of his weak points because he had difficult with that sometimes. Especially when things did not go his way.

He breathed in calmly to calm himself and tried to focus on the spell and only the spell as he pointed his wand at the little gargoyle on his desk. He waved it and said "Piertotum Locomotor". The gargoyle shuddered a bit as if it was trying to *come alive* and then stood there again. Silent and unmoving. Siiiiiigh!

He was not giving up so quickly though, he remembered what Professor Magnus had told him that he should try and try again until it worked. With this determination in his mind, the Slytherin Prefect waved his wand again, said the incantation and watched in slight surprise how the little gargoyle suddenly stood up. "Woah" he mumbled as a bright smile stretched on his face. Now he should command the gargoyle what to do right? "Hmm...Gargoyle, jump!"

It took a few seconds , a few seconds too long in Daichi's mind until the gargoyle understood his command and jumped up and down the table but it wasn't high enough. It more like it was crouching and then standing upright, crouching, upright. "I said jump Gargoyle"....