Notes, notes and more notes. Shay was trying to keep up with the conversation. Then when the Headmistress began to give directions for the activity, the sixth year scribbled even faster. She needed a quick quotes quill to keep up with the lessons at Hogwarts. Shay tried to make sure that she got all of the important details correct. One mistake could result in a disastrous activity. Reviewing all that she had to do, she hoped she'd get everything right.

So they would be carving Ehwaz into a pendant. Shay was game. When the floating box came past her, she took one of the wooden pendants for herself. Turning it over in her hand, she tried to get a good feel for it. Feeling the smooth wood, she tried to locate the best spot to place her rune. Then beginning to concentrate on the M shape that she wanted to produce, Shay took out her wand. Picturing the rune in her mind, she began to repeat the incantation over and over. "Intaglio Ehwaz, Intaglio Ehwaz, Intaglio Ehwaz." Shay was constantly amazed by the things that could be done with magic. Sure enough, the rune began to be carved into the piece of wood. Shay continued to repeat the incantation until at last, she saw the desired golden color, indicating that the carving was complete.

Checking her notes, Shay saw that she now needed to activate the rune. That meant that some serious chanting needed to be done. She would have to follow along while she chanted because there was no way she was going to get it all right otherwise. Shay held the pendant in her hand, peeked at her notes and began to chant the galdr. "Ehwo ehwo ehwo, eeeehwoo, ehwu ehwa ehwi ehwe ehwo, ehwo ehwe ehwi ehwa ehwu, eeeehwooo. Nothing. Shay didn't really think it was going to work on her first go round. Concentrating harder, she repeated the galdr.

"Ehwo ehwo ehwo, eeeehwooo, ehwu ehwa ehwi ehwe ehwo, ehwo ehwe ehwi ehwa ehwu, eeeehwoooo. Ehwo ehwo ehwo, eeeehwooo, ehwu ehwa ehwi ehwe ehwo, ehwo ehwe ehwi ehwa ehwu eeeehwoooo." Mercifully, Shay began to see a little something happening with her pendant. What's that a teeny bit of glowing going on? Encouraged, she kept chanting the galdr and hoped for the best. Finally, a definite white glow appeared. She had done it. The rune was activated, she hoped. Now if it would only work for whatever they were going to do with the horses.