Okay good to know. Also good to know that the professor was using a spell to stop the other students' clouds from freaking out. Finite. Okay, that would probably be very useful in the future. Maybe the very near future.

Strictum Nebula. No that was wrong. Strircium Nibilia. No the was also wrong. Why was that incantation so confusing. Hayden listened carefully to what the other students were saying. It seemed to be working for them. Well, some of them. Stiricidium Nubila. Stir-i-cidium Nu-bila. Okay, she was sure she had it down. The next step was the wand movement. Hayden gripped her wand and drew several counterclockwise circles. She reminded herself to contain the movement to her wrist. Precise, but smooth movements. Okay, she was ready.

The fluffy white cloud floated in front of her. "Stiricidium Nubila." She swished her wand counterclockwise and spoke confidently. The cloud got darker, it was grayer than the original white, but it wasn't as dark as it was supposed to be. And it wasn't snowing. So she should try it again, yes? But was she supposed to end the first spell or try it again on the same cloud? She figured she should just keep going, maybe it would be easier since it was closer to what it was supposed to be. Or maybe it would be harder, like Professor Bellaire had said. Whatever, she was just going to try again.

"Stiricidium Nubila." She drew another counterclockwise circle with her wand. Nothing happened. Hayden took a deep breath and really concentrated on what she wanted to happen. Storm cloud. Snow. "Stiricidium Nubila." She moved her wand in a counterclockwise circle while concentrating. This time the cloud got darker and snow began to fall lightly. Whoa, she'd done that and it had only taken a couple tries. Beginners luck, probably.