Getting closer and closer to the professor's office, Sophie stopped again and decided to complete the next step of her amulet. She really should start getting her homework done further in advance. With this aging disease she had, she just didn't have it in her anymore to rush around the castle like this.

Okay, so...what was the spell again? Merlin, her memory!

Oh, right--Duro. Sophie gently placed the square amulet in front of her then flicked out her wand. "Duro!" she said, moving her wand upward and then into a semi-loop to the right. She was good at this spell. The square hardened, leaving her with only one step remaining.