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Anna Banana 
She had arrived moments before the professor's announcement to go get a broom out the shed. She had waited for that announcement to be over, too, before greeting the professor. "Hi, Professor Tanner!" she said, as she made her way to the shed. She browsed through the collected of school brooms and found the most decent one she could.
Ah, the young Greingoth! "
Hello, my dear! Go fetch yourself a broom!"
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Optimist Mel looked over at Professor Tanner and was about to answer when Tory stepped in. Heh, it was true. “I also…uh…brought uh padded things…? I don’t exactly come from a family of great flyers? My brother’s good, but my sister wasn’t” she admitted with a laugh. “But I brought extra mittens if it got reaaaaaally cold today Professor,” she smiled and placed the bag on the ground before sheepishly adding “I didn’t want to end up like my sister and fly into one of the hoops” she admitted with a grin before looking over at Haddie and grinning.
Tiara chuckled at the pair. "
There is absolutely nothing wrong with extra padding for either of the reasons you gave, dear." Sure it probably made her less aerodynamic, but at this stage that wasn't likely to matter. "
Feel free to distribute those mittens as you see fit!" Surely someone had not thought to wear them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Okay everyone, listen up!" she yelled, both to grab their attention and to be heard over the wind. "
Please form a circle with me." As in, she didn't want to be in the middle, she wanted to be part of it. While they moved around, she cast a Summoning Charm and her own Firebolt zoomed towards her from where it leaned against the wall.
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I don't want any screwing around or not paying attention today. I would rather not have to call Healer Murdoch down here because someone wasn't listening." Semi-stern looks were cast around the gathering. "
That being said, I have never had that happen, so no need to worry." Can't scare the poor dears more than some of them already were.
So time to get right into it. "
The first step of learning to fly is to recognize that brooms, while not cognizant, do have personalities, similar to your wands. Flying is a mutual conquest of knowledge, you learning from the broom and the broom learning from you." She placed her Firebolt on the ground and indicated they should do the same.
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To begin this bond, put your broom under your dominant hand." She was right-handed, so hers was on that side. "
Confidently, but without yelling at it, simply say UP. It may take a few tries, but once the broom takes you seriously, it will jump into your hand and hover at waist level." She demonstrated, her own broom responding right away. "
Give it a try!"