Once Victoria wrote down her notes, she placed the spoon in her mixing bowl and held out her wand. Swish...and flick... "Wingardium Leviosa."

The bowl wiggled, but it merely floated an inch into the air before falling down. She managed to grab it in time and placed it on the table, sighing.

Teegan noticed a young student near her having difficulties with the task at hand as she was about to undo her work and start again for practice. She walked the few feet that seperated the younger girl from her. "It's okay. Try again." She told her with a smile. "Not everyone can get it on the first time." She comforted her, when she was a new witch she couldn't get anything done. She remembered how an older student had helped her with the basics and kept telling her she would get it. And, well obviously she did, didn't she?

Selena smiled. "Thanks Kenna," she said. She watched as Kenna redid the entire thing. This time it was successful complete with a victory jab at the end. "Congrats Kenna," Selena giggled.

"Thanks." Kenna giggled. "So how do you like the classes?" She asked, of course they were in like, every class together, but they still hadn't talked about it much.

Leaning against the table and twirling her wand, she listened intently as Professor Carlton spoke. Cupcakes, she LOVED cupcakes! They were like little cakes made just for one specific person. There were awesome. Simple as that. Blinking her eyes, she focused back on the professor, momentarily distracted by the thought of cupcakes.

Arya watched as the charms professor went through the steps pf the charms they would be preforming. The first was a easy one, she had learned the levitation charm with Kazi last term. It was combining that with the second charm that seemed to make it a little more challenging.

Tapping her wand against the side of her head in thought, she stared at her bowl and spoon. After a moment, she placed the spoon in the bowl and pointed her wand at her bowl, giving it an easy swish and flick. "Wingardium Leviosa."

Moving her wand lazily she let the bowl bounce around in the air for a moment, because she just couldn't resist. It was her favorite thing to do with the charm. Then she brought the bowl just below eye level and held it there for another moment.

Then as she went to give the bowl a tap, she had forgotten to concentrate on the levitation charm and the bowl droped. Her free hand quickly caught the bowl and she tilted her head to the side musing over what went wrong. Of course it was her concentration, it was always her concentration. Not that she ever let that stop her.

Casting the levitation charm again, she let her bowl and spoon float around for a moment before she came up with a solution to her problem. Lifting the bowl above her head she concentrated hard, gazing up at it before releasing the levitation charm. As it droped, she waited til the bowl was closing in on below eye level and gave it a quick tap. "Fixate!"

Arya grinned at the bowl, proud of her acomplishment as the bowl sat in the air slightly above eye level. Sure she couldn't see inside the bowl, but that didn't really matter cause it was in the air. Now for the next step.

Victoria looked at Teegan and smiled slightly in return while nodding. Then, she put the spoon back in the bowl. She swished and flick her wand again. "Wingardium Leviosa."

This time, the bowl lifted up to about six inches before it fell again. After grabbing, she thought, Well, a small improvement is better than none.

Abby smiled as he showed off his super hero-ness. "Very cool," she said appreciatively. Eh, she didn't want to get in trouble for being chatty. Especially since Ravenclaw couldn't lose any more points. Although the professor seemed really nice. Meh. She wouldn't risk it. Maybe if she met this boy later on outside of class, they could speak properly.



Abby patted her wand lying on the table next to her bowl and spoon. Wand out, check.

CUPCAKES? YES! Maybe they would be learning how to make super yummeh awesome ones like the cupcakes that had been served at the Ravenclaw celebration. Mmmm. She continued to watch the professor's demonstration, taking note of each wand motion and incantation.

Okay, so the levitation charm was easy enough. Abby swished and flicked her wand at her bowl. "Wingardium Leviosa." Her bowl rose and she waited a little. As for Fixate, Abby had only ever used it a few times before, but it was pretty basic. With her bowl at the proper height, she tapped it on its side and cast the charm to make it stop.

Alrighty. Next the spoon. Abby pointed her wand at the wooden spoon lying on the table. Erm, she didn't want a flying spoon, so she moved so that her wand was pointing at the bowl at a medium speed of sorts. "Locomotor spool." The spoon lifted and followed the direction her wand had taken over to the bowl. With that, she continued to turn the spoon. Yay! This was fun.

"Having the spoon turn on its own might be useful if you don't want to get your hands messy," Abby said. "Also, maybe if you're mixing something like batter, which could be thick depending on what you're making, this charm could reduce effort."

Oooh! Cupcakes, yummy! Melissa was kinda hungry talking about food and everything, she wanted to eat the cupcakes. NOW. But she had to make them first. Also she heard Professor Carlton say that a charm that will pretty much do lots of the work for her which was like baking without hardly doing anything weirdly enough. Then the Professor said that some charms could do the whole process, which was not really good and she wouldn't be doing anything at all in the lesson. But the charm that they were focusing on was a charm that caused a spoon...or any utensil to turn on itself and a washrag to clean all the dishes, that was pretty impressive. Magic was just too awesome.

How is the charm helpful? Why would someone want to use it? Raising her hand Melissa spoke. "Well it cuts down work and it is quick and easy once you get the hang of it," that was an easy question for her to answer. Know she realised that she could start practising the spells she focused her full attention on her bowl, spoon and her wand.

Melissa turned her attention to her items, she got her wooden spoon and placed it inside her mixing bowl. Okay, now for the magic, she had watched Professor Carlton do it and now it was her turn. She picked up her wand, she knew Wingardium Leviosa, she practice it a lot when she came to Hogwarts. "Wingardium Leviosa!" she spoke, then watched the bowl float in the air. When she decided that it was a foot high she tapped her wand at the side of her bowl. "Fixate!" she spoke clearly but the bowl just fell back down onto the table. Annoyed she tried again. She did Wingardium Leviosa again with success and Fixate with shocking success but she just managed it, she was close to drop the bowl but she did it and she was proud of herself.

Melissa nodded at the instruction. So locomotor. "Locomotor," she spoke after she pointed her wand at the spoon and moved her wand in the direction she wanted it to go. Argh! It moved, but the other way. How did that happen. Sighing she tried again. "Locomotor!" she said, moving her wand up instead. But the spoon just moved to the right and then froze. She also did her wand movements quick and she realised what Carlton had said. Okay, she was going to remember to move her wand at a alright pace, not to fast or too slow. "Locomotor," the spoon managed to move in the direction she wanted it to go. Hurray! But she was kinda bad at the spell, she did only just managed to do it correctly once. Then she listened to what Carlton said, right so she needed to catch them and be alert.

Melissa looked at the board and decided to write down the things what Professor Carlton had listed in her journal.

Teegan smiled. They were making progress. "Good, but this time, try to flick your wand a little more and see if that helps." She told the younger girl. She was happy she had found a charm that could hide her accent easier than her losing it, just for these cases right now where she wanted to explain something to someone. "Try once again." She urged the girl.

Lexi nodded a little, but she was really hoping Gold could elaborate a little more. "You're right, but how does it save us time, effort, and worry?" she asked the Gryffindor. "What could we be doing in the meantime...while the spoon is doing all the work?" Things other than watching wizarding soap operas, that is...maybe, something else in the kitchen? Something else with the baking?



"You're on the right track...two points to you, too," Lexi said, making a few mental notes as to who was providing suggestions so she could award points after the lesson. "Anytime we can charm something to do work for us, we can put our strength and energy into other things."



"Exactly! With the spoon doing some of the work for us, we won't have to work as hard, and of course we can be working on other things in the meantime," she said. Laziness wasn't the only reason (or really even a reason at all) Lexi had chosen to teach this particular lesson. She'd hoped to encourage time management skills in the process, too. "Two points..."



Lexi sort of eyed Destiny when she was so enthusiastic about the laziness aspect of the charm. At the same time, though, the professor could just stomp her foot in annoyance---not at Destiny, though. Oh, no. Lexi was annoyed because a few times today, she'd seen herself in a few of the students. Lexi would have definitely been the one to point out the laziness factor...well, in her student days, that is. Merlin, if she could just turn back time and re-do a few things.

"You're right, it does keep us from having to do some of the work. However, it also allows us time to do other things, as well---productive things that help with the baking process...or cooking process in general," she said, hoping at least some of the students saw that benefit. "Two points..."



"Multi-task! Thank you! Two points...," Lexi enthusiastically said. Merlin, she was hoping at least someone would bring that up. She sort of beamed at the Ravenclaw boy before turning back towards the Hufflepuff who'd been having trouble with levitation.



Lexi gave the boy an understanding smile. "It's perfectly normal to not get all spells on the first try. You just have to keep practicing until you can get it right," Lexi assured. Her eyes scanned the room as she looked for someone who'd mastered the spell...or seemed to, at least. "Hmm...maybe I can get another student to model it for you a few times. That used to help me a lot when I was in school..."



Hmm...Lexi hadn't actually considered that this charm helped keep things...like hands...cleaner, but she had to admit, it was a really good idea. "Good thinking. I hadn't actually thought of that one yet, but...you're right. It does help keep things from getting messy. Two points," she said.



"Mmhmm, once you get the hang of it, it'll come so naturally that it'll really take no time at all to put the charm to use," she agreed. "Thank you...two points, of course." She laughed softly then made another mental note about all the points she'd need to award.


"Alright, class...just a few more minutes, then we'll be ready to start baking," she announced.

OOC: I give points for participation in the lesson, so even if Lexi doesn't specifically tell your character he or she got points, if you're participating, you'll get them.

She nodded. "Alright." She swished her wand again and flicked it a little more like the older girl said. "Wingardium Leviosa." The bowl lifted up higher to about a foot and stayed floated longer than it did. Then, it came back down when she caught it. She smiled at her improvement.

Pam decided to practice what had just been taught. She scanned through the instructions on the board once again before starting. Since she had already done step one, she could head on to step two. She directed her wand to the bowl then swished and flicked it before saying "Wingardium Leviosa." However,her mixing bowl just remained on the table. "Great." she muttured under her breath. She decided to try again. This time she concentrated a little harder. "Wingardium Leviosa." Her mixing bowl rose wobbly, but not too badly. When the mixing bowl had risen to about one foot or so, she tapped her wand against its side and said "Fixate." "Wow!" She thought to herself as her mixing bowl hovered in mid air. She then glanced at the board to make sure she had remembered the steps correctly. She pointed her wand at the spoon and turned it slowly in a clockwise direction before saying "Locomotor spoon." She looked in awe as the mixing bowl and spoon continued to work their magic. "Oops, I have to remember to turn it a little faster the next time." She thought as she looked at spoon which was moving slowly. She decided to move on. She pointed her wand at the mixing bowl and spoon before saying "Finite." She saw the mixing bowl and spoon dropping down quickly. She immediately squatted down and caught them before they hit the ground. "Phew! That was a close one. I have to remember to catch them the next time." She heaved a sigh of relief and thought to herself. She immediately stood up and looked around the room, hoping nobody had seen what had happened. Lucky for her, everybody seemed to be practicing busily and most probably had not noticed. She placed the mixing bowl,which had the spoon in it, on the table. She decided to rest for a few seconds before practicing again.

It was nice when someone noticed his spiffy Iron Man apron. He had worked hard on it. He wondered if she would be impressed if he changed into a Superman apron. He would try that next. He gave her a big smile and nod. He could try to impress her later if she wanted to stick around.




Dillon tried to follow along. Cooking just wasn't his best skill. He'd never done it before. But he grabbed his spoon and his bowl and was determined to make the best cupcakes Professor Carlton had ever seen. He was sure of that.

He set his bowl on the tab and swished and flick, "Wingardium Levaso," the bowl rose into the air. So far so good. Well crumbs now he couldn't reach it. Now instead of using his wand to lower the bowl like a normal thinking person would do. Diggy grabbed a small step latter and stood on his tip toes to put his spoon into the bowl. "Locomotor spoon," he swished his wand faster than was needed and the spoon whizzed around the bowl sending blobs of batter flying everywhere.

A blob hit Diggy in his eye, "AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" his arms pinwheeled around trying to catch something to break his fall and all he got was thin air. With a loud resounding CRASH! He hit the floor and blue canaries whirled around his head.

Chris listened to the other students as they began to give their answers to the Professor. He then had a little something to add to their answers. "Professor Carlton, when you say multi-task that can include preparing the rest of the ingrediants and steps in the cooking process? It could make you be ready for the next task while you are using magic to finished the first one." he grinned.

Ok now to practice with the bowl. He pulled his wand out of his front apron pocket, like a waiter poised with a pen to take an order, and fixed it on the bowl in front of him. He decided to preform the old levitating spell nonverbally since he was used to it now, but after the Head Boy had swished and flicked, and the bowl was at the correct height, he spoke aloud. "Fixate!" and the bowl stopped. Ok that could have been disasterous.

The Gryffindor then turned his wand making the spoon turn in tune with it. This wasn't so bad, kind of fun really. Why did his mom complain about cooking so much???

Teegan smiled at the vast improvement they had made in a few minutes. "See, it's working, all you have to do is practice." she told the girl. "Try it again and then do step number two, with Fixate." She told her, most positive she could get it the next go around. "I'm sure you can get it this time." She told her with a large smile. She just needed some encouragement.

Upon hearing they would start soon Teegan summoned her bowl to where she was at beside the girl willing to help the girl through the lesson if she needed it. She reached over and grabbed her large notebook and her teal pen.

Cupcakes? Simply enough she guessed.

At least she knew how to make those now. Moving back to her seat, she watched the professor demonstrate on the bowl and spoon. So THAT'S how it's supposed to be done! Ugh, that would have been sooooo useful when baking over the summer or this year. Staring at her bowl and spoon, Evelyn smiled and well...first watched Destiny try it. She didn't seem to have a hard time with it. So, it was simple?

Putting her spoon in the bowl, she pointed her wand at it and with a simple swish and flick, and of course, a clear "Wingardium Leviosa", it levitated in the air. However, to actually make it stop...what was the spell again? "Fixate." she said, watching the bowl...not rise anymore. Huh. That was incredibly useful.

Now, to make the spoon turn! Woot! And not the slow speed like they had used in potions class last term either. That would have been no use in baking. "Locomotor spoon." she said, pointing her wand at the spoon and turning it in a circle. Success!! The spoon...is alliiiiivve!

"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" She looked at the boy. There was batter on his face and his apron. There was like, a picture on it. Probably some muggle thing. She thought as she held out her hand to help him up.

Simon smiled at this Professor, she was kind and gentle, he'd have to thank her later for being so understanding, he was assured when she said it was perfectly normally not to get it on there first attempt.

Simon looked around and saw that loads of people where doing it, it looked like he was the only not to be able to do it, he wanted the classroom just to disappear since it seemed like he was the only one not doing it.

"Professor that would be great." Simon beemed as the Professor makes a suggestion, he was glad he hoped that someone would show him what to do and how to say the spell.

Aileen wrote down every instruction which the professor told them in her notebook and then she took her wand, picked up the mixing bowl and laid it down in front of her on the table. Then she put the spoon in the bowl and pointed her wand on it. "Wingardium Leviosa." she said and swished and flicked with her wand like she had seen the professor do. The bowl with the spoon began to lift a little. When it was about an inch or two in the air, it stopped going higher. Oh, well. Aileen decided to try the Fixating charm. She tapped her wand against the side of the bowl and said. "Fixate." The bowl was now hanging in the air, but when Aileen lifted her wand to cast the last charm, the bowl came crashing down on the floor. Fortunately it didn't break.

She picked the bowl up and tried again. This time the bowl came higher than before. When she casted the second spell, she held her breath and casted the last.

It worked!

She began slowly and carefully turn her wand. The spoon turned too! She let it turn for a while and then said "Finite." The bowl came down and Aileen caught it, grinning. She was so happy now! Her first impression of this class wasn't so good but now she loved it.

Selena jumped up with surprise when she heard the crash and scream. "Here," Selena said as she helped him up before noticing the blue canaries. "Should I assume that was from the candy?" Selena grinned as she gave him a handkerchief.

Sapphyre bit her lip as the rest went to work. What were they supposed to do...? With a gulp, she scooted over to the wall and placed her hand against the stone. For a moment, there was nothing. And then, in her mind she could see her magic slowly travel out, illuminating the room for a moment. Quickly reading the instructions on the board, she backed away and this time searched the memory of the image for what she would need. Settig it up, her spoon was in the bowl. Good. Just as instructed. Then, lifting her wand and backing away slowly, she swished and flicked her wand, repeating, "Wingardium Leviosa," with the movement.

The bowl jumped up too fast, and Phyre squeaked, the bowl and spoon and force around it all she could see. Bringing it closer, she waited until it hovered as a nice height. That much she could do. Then tapping it with her wand, she murmured, "Fixate." But, as she did, the image left her mind and she was in the dark of her blindness, unsure of what had happened until she heard the bowl crash on the ground.

"I'm sorry!" she called out, even though it had fallen on her own feet before rolling away. Dropping her wand, she got to her knees, groping along the ground to try and find the runaway bowl.

Selena noticed Phyre had dropped her things. She picked them up and gave it to her. "Careful next time," Selena said as she helped clean up.

Maddie performed the 'Fixate' spell on her bowl and spoon, to keep them in place, and picked up the girl's wand. She also got the bowl, and took the girls' hand in her own, helping her up
'Are you OK?' she asked, handing over the wand and bowl

Phyre smiled as someone helped her up. "Yeah," she murmured. "I wasn't thinking about the spell and I messed it up, so the bowl rolled away and I couldn't find it..." She sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Thank you. I'm a bit pathetic sometimes..."

Kenna noticed a boy and the Professor. He seemed like he was a little stuck, so she decided to see if he needed any help. "Hello Professor." She smiled looking at the woman. Then turning to the boy "Would you like any help?" She asked politely. She didn't want to seem like a show-off, but she was getting good at this whole spell thing.