Kayla stumbled slightly from Regina's spell but she caught herself quickly before she could fall. "That was cool" she said excitedly. "Your turn now" Kayla raised her wand as Regina walked towards her and she followed the older girl's lead and cast the spell to the side as she called out "Impedimenta."

Regina's frolking stroll was cut short by Kayla's spell, and she had to catch herself on the desk to prevent herself from tumbling to the ground in a heap. "Nice cast," she said gleefully. "What's next, Petrificus Totalus? It's your turn to go first. Hit me with your best shot."

“That’s fine.” Emily said with a nod. “Are we not supposed to block? Just allow the spell to hit us?” She asked as she watched Kayla and Regina. This was going to be hard.. to resist the urge to block and cast back.. a reflex action so to speak. “Alright Bluebell. Do your stuff.” Ems said with an encouraging smile towards her friend. She gripped her wand tightly as she looked at Ellie.

"Okay but first we should get one of these" and she pointed her wand at the cushions lying in the corner. She thought about summoning it but she knew that she wasn't that good at that charm just yet and she might just knock someone out. "Wingardium Leviosa" she said and levitated the cushion to just behind Regina. "Right let's go then, Pertrificus Totalus" Kayla said her confidence growing. She watched Regina's body go rigid but she didn't fall, "Finite" she said lifiting the spell.

Ellie bit her lower lip and shrugged “I don’t know Em. Well, our tendency is always to block..”
She really didn’t know what to answer to her friend, so she just moved on with a laugh.
“Okay Emily, you just need to think that you'll be able to do the same spell to me.."she said then added".. here it goes.” She quickly pointed her wand in Emilys direction and said firmly. “Petrificus Totalus!”

Regina smiled to herself, pleased that she had mastered the art of balance, having grown up going to ballet classes. She decided to work on her nonverbal spellwork and silently levitated the cusion from behind her to rest behind Kayla. Once everything was set, she said, "Petrificus Totalus." Kayla's legs and arms snapped together with her body, her eye's frozen a bit wide. She tottered and landed gently on the cusion before Regina said, "Finite Incantatem," to release her.

Willow raised a quizzical eyebrow at Juniper's reaction. Did she know that making grimaces or making faces to people was not polite? Well, it wasn't Willow's duty to taught the girl some manners, so she decided to ignore this. She was not going to forget it, though.

"Alright" She said sternly, before taking out her wand. "We are supposed to practice the spells between each other, so you can't block my spell" Willow explained. She was almost sure that Juniper had no idea what a protective spell, was in any case. The girl was a firstie after all.

"Impedimenta!" She said confidently, pointing at Juniper. Hopefully the spell would work.

Kayla got back to her feet. "Thank you" she said with a grin. "I guess we'll try the stunning spell now" Kayla pushed the cushion back over to Regina and raised her wand. This would be the first time she had stunned anyone and she wasn't confident that she would be able to do it. "Stuepfy" she said but her voice came out a little wobbly and she could tell the spell hadn't been strong enough...Regina was still on her feet and quite awake. Kayla took a deep breath and concentrated on what she was supposed to be doing, she raised her wand again and spoke in a loud clear voice. "Stupefy."

Emily’s eyes widened slightly as she saw the spell coming towards her. She gripped her wand tightly telling herself NOT to block! For Merlins’s sake ‘Do not block.’ She deliberately dropped her wand on the floor and allowed the spell to hit her. The moment it did hit, Ems wished she’d blocked it. She HATED this spell so much. She felt her limbs become rigid and she toppled over backwards. It was times like this that she wished she’d mastered non verbal spells. ‘Gah!’ Her eyes rested on Ellie, asking her to cast the counter spell.

Regina stood still, as she could tell Kayla was a mite unsure. She held her breath and nothing happened. The second time, she wasn't ready, and the spell hit her with full force. She toppled to the ground, her elbow bumping the edge of a chair on the way down.

Moments later, she regained conciousness and sat up, rubbing her elbow. "Excellent cast," she mumbled. "Maybe I shouldn't go so easy on you..."

"Don't worry, I won't block it," Juniper said sarcastically. She did not even know how to block a spell. When Willow cast the spell, she expected it to hit. She waited...and waited. Finally, she realized that nothing was going to happen.

"Um... nothing happened, Willow," Juniper said nervously. She hoped the second year would not get too angry. "Do you want to do it again or can I have a try?" Hopefully Juniper would get a try. Then anti-nature girl Willow could repeat the spell.

"I'm so sorry" Kayla said apologetically. "Are you okay?" she heard her elbow hit the chair and it sounded as though it would be quite painful. Kayla stood back up and placed the cushion behind her and faced Regina, she gulped she had never been stunned before either. "Okay I'm ready" she whispered fearfully, not knowing what to expect.

Ellie was still with her wand in Emilys direction when she saw her friend toppled over backwards. It must had been pretty hard for her to drop her wand.
Ellie couldn’t imagine herself doing that.
But maybe she would have to do it.

She blinked for a while, she had actually hit Emily with a Petrificus Totalus spell.
Still observing the girl, she quickly remembered that she was under a spell and point her wand to her friend, again , and said calmly but firmly . “Finite Incantatem”

“Was it that bad?” she asked while she observed Emily.

Not missing the sarcasm on Nature Freak, Willow's lips curled into a smirk. She was well aware that smirking to people was not a polite or right thing to do, but she was not in the mood to deal with Juniper's weird demeanor. It would be a complete waste of time.

Sometimes Willow wondered if Juniper would rather be a plant..

But as quickly as the smirk appeared on her lips, it vanished. The spell had not worked, and now she was making the fool of herself not only in front of Goodwin, but in front of other classmates as well. Greeeeeeeaaaat "Yes, I would like to try again Juniper" She said sarcastically, making emphasis on the girl's name. It was not Juniper's fault that her attempts of hexing her had not worked, but it wasn't like she was going to keep her rage inside was she? It was unhealthy.

"Impedimenta!" She exclaimed once more.

The spell worked this time. Juniper stumbled backward. "Oh," she said involuntarily. "It worked." Very interesting.... To be completely honest, she was not that surprised that anti-nature girl had done it only on her second try. The girl was a second year after all.

"My turn then?" Juniper said. She held her wand. "Im-Impedimentaa!" she said, stuttering slightly. She looked at Willow to see if she had done the spell correctly.

Willow's lips curled on a smirk once more, when she realized that the spell had finally worked. She watched Juniper, moving backwards. Boy did the spell made people slow!

But before she could properly enjoy, the effect of her spell on Juniper, she felt that something was not letting her move. Well, it wasn't that she couldn't move, it was more like every single movement took too long to be done.

Goodwin's spell had worked. Great

Juniper's eyes widened as she saw the effect her spell had on Willow. She had actually cast the spell! She tried not to grin too widely as she ducked her head. "Go ahead with the next spell now, Willow," she said.

Whatever the next spell was. Juniper braced herself for Willow's spell, half-hoping that her fellow Ravenclaw would do it right, and half-hoping that she wouldn't.

Rhiannon sighed. Once more she had zoned out after the demonstration and didn't have a partner. Oh well, she thought. Mentally going over the new spell in her mind, she watched the students who had partnered up, casting spells on each other.

Alexis noticed the Ravenclaw didn't have a partner either so she walked up to the girl "Hi I'm Alexis, would you like to be my partner?"

Rhiannon turned as she was addressed by another student. "You're not afraid to go up against someone older than you?", she asked. The girl looked to be a first year. "I mean, sure. I'm Rhiannon. Nice to meet you, Alexis."

" I've got to learn somehow" Alexis said a little more nervously then she had meant too "it's nice to meet you as well. Shell we start?"

Rhiannon could tell Alexis was a little nervous, so decided to be easy on the girl. "We can start any time. Do you want to go first?"

Alexis took a deep breath and got her wand out and was surprised to see her hand wasn't shaking yet " Okay I'll go first." Alexis smiled weakly at Rhiannona she raised her wand and said "Incarcerous" she waited to see if the spell had worked.

Kate walked around for a bit first,watching everyone else cast their spells.She'd been to a duelling claas,but it was a charms class,not a DADA class.She was slightly nervous,but she didnt show it.She was quite good at hiding her emotions.She watched a Hufflepuff girl and a Ravenclaw girl start.

Rhiannon thought about letting the spell hit, but at the last second stepped to the side, and the ropes conjured just missed her. "Good one," she called out to Alexis. Waving her wand, she says, "Incarcerous," returning the same spell.