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Well, she'd imagined an orb as best she could and after picking up her wand, Maddie let her eyes fall on the blue bag-o-sand stuff. It'd be cool if this worked, yeah? *JAB* "Fingere Elementi."
...Disappointment. The blue bag was still a bag and the second year was puzzled as to why. She'd been clear with her words and had a good enough picture in her mind. Perhaps she'd jabbed too aggressively? There HAD to be a reason why her spell didn't work when those around her got a better result doing the same thing. Or mostly the same thing. The twelve year old just had to figure out what went wrong.
After watching a few of the older students nearby, Maddie came to the conclusion that perhaps it WAS the jabbing. She just needed to let it come naturally, like she'd done this a million times before. Confidence in this situation probably couldn't hurt, either.
Maddie was ready to try again. YUP. And so she took a deep breath and let it out slowly, willing herself to relax. Then she focused completely on the task at hand. She could DO this. She was Maddie Cooper, for Merlin's sake.
With a jab of her wand, the twelve year old said clearly, "Fingere Elementi!" For a moment she thought she'd failed again but then slowly, very slowly, the bag began to change shape. It was forming into something else, something round, it was working! A grin might have betrayed how elated Maddie felt on the inside but she quickly got control over that. This was a small victory and she didn't NEED to let on that she was surprised it had worked out. Again, confidence was key.
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