His lump of molding clay on his desk, Carl pulled out a hair with a jerk. It was painful, but he knew that a sacrifice would make his Familiar work well. He placed the hair into the clay and began to mold it. What was he going to make? Hmm ... maybe a ferret. Ferrets were so cute! The decision might have been random, but he worked hard, squeezing and rolling the clay, until it looked like one. He forgot to add ears, but it was cute and somewhat recognizable.

The Hufflepuff completed his work just in time to listen to Professor Ichihara's explanation of the spell work. It sounded cool - he definitely wanted to animate his Familiar! First, he had to practice the incantation. Piertotum Locomotor Annexus. He picked up his quill and jotted this down so that he could look at it if he forgot, which was likely considering how long it was.

Squinting at the words he wrote, Carl said, "Pier-TO-tum Lo-CO-motor An-NEXus." Whew, what a mouthful! "Pier-TO-tum Lo-CO-motor An-nes - I mean, An-NEXus!" He needed more practice.