Still shivering from the chill, the young Hufflepuff pulled his beanie down lower to cover more of his forehead. A movement beside him made him turn his gaze towards Evan who nodded at him as a sign of hello and he nodded back too.

Claudine's presence was...less welcomed at the moment. He wasn't sure whether he liked her or not. Sure, he was grateful that she took time out of her schedule to tutor him but it was moments like these that he was bothered by her. Ugh. He had only made a simple suggestion, one that even the Professor had noted without complaint. There were many words that he wanted to say to her but in the end, he didn't think it was worth it and he only shot the older girl a glare and he was excellent at those before he pointedly turned his back at her and concentrated on the lesson as it started.

Throughout the lesson, Daniel had been quiet. It was not that he didn't know the answers but he didn't see the point in reiterating what the others had already mentioned. When the time came to practice conjuring up firewood, Daniel watched the professor carefully as he demonstrated the spell. The wand movement was simple enough, one that he did not need to practice.

Without a word, Daniel left the group to stand further away. He didn't want to work with anyone if they had the option not to. He took his spruce wand out of his wrist holster and pointed it at the ground in front of him before swiftly moving it in an X shape pattern. "Foca--!"

-BANG-

True to its type, the wand seemed to get a mind on its own and before he had even finished the sentence a small explosion happened. The boy coughed at the smoke and waved his hand to be able to see again and when he looked back at the ground he saw....

A single broken piece of wood.

!!!!!!THERE WAS WOOD!