SPOILER!!: Hannnnah!
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Merlin's beard it took her ten years to walk down to the lake. Hannah was starting to think that it was more to it than just being tired. It was as if she could hardly move. She felt old, and that was crazy considering she was only seventeen years old. She was in her prime right now, and this mess just was not going to cut it. The seventh year had also been in a foul mood, but that wasn't really out of the ordinary so she had paid much mind to that. Finally reaching the lake, Hannah spotted Adi. "I don't why it took me so long to get here. It's like my body doesn't want to work." That was making her even more annoyed than usual too. She wondered for a moment if Gus was with him, but decided she wouldn't bring that up unless necessary.
So, he had already gotten down to work, and that was good because Hannah wanted to get this done as quickly as possible. "I'm going to go ahead and start on the vines too. That way we can do the boat part together." They were supposed to work in groups and this way they could get the easiest part of out the way and could work together for the boat. Hopefully by doing this it would eliminate a long drawn out process.
Getting everything together Hannah slowly gathered the wood and vines and got right down to business. Sure, it was probably dumb to recite the spell again, but she didn't want to mess anything up and slow the process down so no shame she played with the word. Vinea Funiculus. "Vin-ea Fun-i-culus." Maybe she was just thinking about it too much but Hannah was pretty sure that even her tongue didn't want to work. "Vinea Funiculus." She was ready!
Hannah pointed her wand at the vine and did a quick tap. "Vinea Funiculus." and she watched as the vine turned into a perfect rope. She was glad that Hannah had managed to get it right on the first time. It would have been a bit embarrassing to not get in right in front of Adi especially when it seemed like he had managed to do it correctly on his first try.
Woo hoo! Adi was so pleased with himself about getting this spell right on his first try. Tessa was right. All he had to do was keep practicing. Grinning from ear to ear, he scanned the direction of the Castle for any signs of Hannah. Oh! There she was! It was her, right? She was walking so ridiculously slow... But as she got closer, he confirmed it was indeed her. What was up with her?
"Hi,'' Adi said cautiously. She seemed to be in a foul mood. Some things never change. What was this? Her body didn't seem to want to work? As in she was feeling sluggish? He stared. He had been feeling the same way a couple of days ago and the only reason he skipped over to the Lake today was to convince himself there was nothing wrong with him.
"Erm I'm sure you'll feel better.'' He wasn't going to be the one worrying her.
Time to focus on the homework.
"Yes, good idea. I might need help with the boat. That spell is harder for me.'' She would help him? Pretty please? He was alarmed to see how slowly she worked on retrieving her wood and vine. He hadn't been that slow but would he get to that amount of slowness? Oh noooo. He couldn't stand the thought of it.
Shooing the depressing thought from his head, Adi watched Hannah give the spell a go. And just like him, the vine transfigured to rope on the first try!
"Well done, Hannah!'' Was she up for a high five? He positioned his hand, wondering how long it would take for her to high five him.
"So, we should work on the other spell now.'' Adi placed his rope aside and pulled the wood towards him.
"Lignum Navicula!" Tap! Not a budge of change.
"Lignum Navicula!" Another smart tap of the wand. Still nothing.
"See?'' he said to Hannah.
"This spell is difficult.'' Yep. Let's blame it on the spell.
"You try now. Have you got any tips for making the spell work?'' He'd take any advice now.