And now time for the spinning of the spoon. Standing on her tippy toes, she peered over the top of the bowl and twirled her wand between her fingers. Her eyes glided over to the spoon and let her wand follow, pushing it around lazily in the bowl.

Humming a song her mom used to sing to her as she continued to move the spoon around with her wand. When the song was over, she held her wand over the bowl and slowly turned it clockwise, focusing before saying the incantation. "Locomotor spooney." The spoon didn't move, apparently it didn't like the nickname she had givin it. Turning her wand again she focused for a moment and said. "Locomotor spoon." the spoon slowly began to pick up the motion her wand was making and she smiled. Watching the spoon curiously, she picked back up her humming.

Melissa nodded and smiled as Professor Carlton spoke to her. Two points! Cool. "Thank you Professor Carlton and you welcome," she smiled again. She was going to practise that spell until they started to bake. So she did practise and she was okay at the spell after another few attempts. Magic baking was fun.

OOC: You guys are just too entertaining! However, please remember that Lexi just passed out a mixing bowl and a wooden spoon to each student. The batter (and other ingredients) haven't been passed out yet.




"Mmhmm, that's exactly what I meant by multi-tasking. When we charm the spoon to act for us, we can make the most of our time by doing something else---something productive---in the meantime," she answered.



"We're getting ready to bake now, but don't worry---someone at your table can show you the spell in the meantime," she said, looking towards those seating nearby. "A volunteer to model for Mr. de Simpson, please?" Seeing a Slytherin girl approach them and volunteer to help out, Lexi smiled. "Thank you, Miss Starkenn," she said. "Just go ahead and model the charm for him. I'm confident he'll catch on soon."



Just as Lexi was ready to address the class and have everyone get ready to bake, she heard a loud crash coming from the opposite end of the room. Blinking, Lexi scurried from one end of the room to the next, finally coming to a young Slytherin boy who'd...done Merlin knew what...to get himself knocked out. "Oh---my! Are you alright?" she asked, not quite sure yet as to whether he was knocked out or just laid out. "Do you need me to get someone to accompany you to the Hospital Wing, or do you'll be alright?"


She sort of craned her neck up a little and addressed the class. "Go ahead and end the charm if you haven't already. Point your wand at the mixing bowl and spoon and say, 'Finite.' Remember to be ready to catch the bowl and spoon when they fall," she said. "As soon as I check on Mr. Greenwood, we'll get started with our baking..."

Selena looked at Diggy. Poor him. She pointed her wand at the spoon and bowl then said clearly, "Finite." The bowl and spoon started to fall, but Selena made sure to catch it. She didn't want another disaster occurring.

"Finite." Santi said with his hand just below to catch it. Hopefully she would teach him something he hadn't done yet, though if she didn't, at least he would have cupcakes to make him feel better.

Looking around to see what the big crash was, Evelyn didn't see anything or anyone out the ordinary. Of course, not know that the person was on the floor and half conscious.

Shrugging her shoulders, Evelyn turned back to her own bowl and spoon, raising her wand to cast Finite on it. "Finite." she mumbled, holding her hands out to catch the bowl and spoon. Well, she caught the bowl, but the spoon slipped out. Great...

Picking up the spoon, perhaps she could sneakily switch it with someone elses?

"Finite." Alice looked up ready to catch the bowl and the spoon. She cought the bowl but the spoon fell to the side of her. Oh well at least no one got hurt. She picked up the spoon and put it in the bowl, Alice decided to set it aside and wait for the next set of instructions just in case she happened to drop anything.

Trixie got set to work on the actibity they had been given. Accepting the mixing bowl and spoon. She had acieved Wingardium Leviosa first time. Well she had a very good education at Beauxbatons and it wasn't exactly hard was it? Trixie lifted her wand and used finite, catching the bowl and spoon as it fell. Wow. This cooking stuff wasn't so bad. Proud that she had accomplished what the professor was asking everyone to do, she grinned and scanned quickly around the room.

"Professor," Kel said, an idea forming in his head, "you could use these same spells for other things right?" That would only make sense. "Like, for moving the knife to chop something up, or maybe a rolling pin to flatten dough?" He was proud of himself. Not only for being brave enough to ask that question in front of the whole class, but for knowing what other things it could be useful for. He knew more about cooking than he'd thought.

With the question off of his mind, he returned his attention to the bowl and spoon in front of him. "Finite." he said, holding his left arm underneath the bowl, ready to catch it. It fell, hitting his arm, and slipped onto the desk with a clatter. Groaning, he set the bowl right-side-up, and put the spoon back in it.

Chris jumped up excitedly and carefully made his way through the levitating bowls, and to the Professor and the younger boy who needed help. "Professor I can show them." he grinned. He then turned to the boy and his bowl and spoon on the counter. "Ok well first you will need your wand." he said letting the boy grab it. "Ok I will do it first and then let you do it ok?" he said with a smile. "Ok you will have to say the incantation very clearly, Wingardium Leviosa." he then swished and flicked his wand liberally so the boy could see the movement and then he watched as the bowl lifted into the air. "Ok when it gets about to this point, say Fixate." the bowl stopped and hovered in mid-air. "And it will stop and wait for you to go on. Then to get the spoon to move you will say Locomotor Spoon, and turn your wand in the direction you want to stir." He said pointing his wand at the spoon and making it move. "And now you are up to everyone else and can start on what Professor Carlton has just said. Glad to help out!" he grinned. scooting his things close by to the boy so he could help more if needed.

When Abby noticed what was going on with Iron Man dude, she quickly ended her charm. "Finite!" She caught the bowl and spoon in her hands and set them down on the table again. "Hey! Are you okay?" she asked. Everyone had seemed to ask already, but she was still concerned. If he really needed to go to the hospital wing, she wouldn't mind volunteering to escort him.

Pam heard a loud crash then turned to look in the direction in which many others were already looking at. She saw a boy lying on the ground and the professor was next to him,worrying about him. "Yikes. Thank goodness that didn't happen to me." She thought to herself. She wouldn't want herself getting hurt and that incident served as a reminder for her to becareful. She continued looking at the boy, hoping that he wasn't seriously hurt or anything.

After Chris had helped the younger boy beside him, he pointed his wand at his own bowl and spoon that were still hovering and stirring. He said the ending spell, "Finite." and caught the bowl and spoon with ease. He then layed them down neatly and waited for the lesson to continue. He looked on at the Greenwood boy concerned but someone had offered to help him already.

Amy followed some of the proffessors instructions, she tried the incantations at first, using just her spoon for practising. Wingardium Leviosa ooohps she squealed as the spoon jumped, and then fell, Windardium Leviosa, she tried again and ducked as the spoon hurtled towards her, some help please, she whimpered, watching the spell fall to the counter

Wooot!

Destiny got two points! Two points for being a GENIUS! Perhaps her grandmother was right in buying her Ravenclaw robes? Nodding as the Professor spoke, she quickly took a few notes as well. Multi-tasking and all that good stuff. Destiny could multi-task, she just chose not too.

She didn't really want to end the charm right now. Watching the spoon spin round, and round, and round, was too much fun! But also, it was quite a distraction. Another reason she couldn't multi-task..she got distracted too easily. Holding her hand under the bowl to be ready to catch it, Destiny pointed her wand and said, "Finite!" The bowl fell safely in her hand, and her spoon didn't even fall out like Evelyn's. "No Evelyn. I will not trade with you."

If that's what her friend was thinking.

Arya stoped her humming and pointed her wand at the floating bowl and turning spoon. "Finite." Hand already in place, she caught the cooking objects as they fell. Then she went back to humming and twirling.

She nodded, glad that the girl was helping out. She swished and flicked her wand again and said, "Wingardium Leviosa." Once the bowl was in the air at a foot, she tapped the side of the bowl and said, "Fixate."

The bowl fixed itself to the height, which caused her to smile. Then, she moved the wand in a circular motion in the direction she wanted the spoon to go. "Locomotor Spoon." It didn't move as fast as she would like, but it was moving.

Her smile grew even more when suddenly, the teacher told them that they were needing to bring their bowls down. So, she pointed her wand at the spoon and bowl, saying, "Finite."

They instantly dropped and she barely caught them in time.

Simon looked at the boy and

"EEK." Simon suddenly saw the badge, what if he made a fool of himself in front of the Head boy, he was scared but he managed to say. "Thanks for helping me Mister Headboy sir." Simon smiled he was glad that someone had helped him.

Simon looked at the bowl. "Wingardium Leviosa." Simon was relieved when the spell worked now for the next bit, but what had the boy said the spell was.

Oh Yeah. "Fixit." Simon said but it didn't sound right. "Fixite." Simon was watching the bowl continue to float, he looked at the Headboy. "Excuse me what was the Spell to stop it floating?" Simon asked looking at his bowl floating in the air.

'It's Fixate, Simon' Maddie said 'Here, do you need some help?' she asked kindly

Teegan beamed at the girl, proud of both, herself and the girl for accomplishing the task. "Great job!" she exclaimed nodding her head. She turned to her bowl and moving spoon, wand out and pointed at it. "Finite." She said carefully, the bowl and spoon dropped suddenly and landed in her arms. The spoon, suprisngly didn't pop out of the bowl like some of the other students. She placed the bowl and spoon on the table and sat down. She turned back to the girl. "I'm Teegan." She smiled introducing herself.

Chris has been busy watching the hurt Slytherin be tended to by Professor Carlton and a Ravenclaw girl to hear the small Hufflepuff boy trying to get his attention. He then eventually heard the boy as his bowl began to get close to the correct height, "Oh right! Sorry. It's Fixate." he said and then waited for the boy to get it stopped. "Now." he said as he watched it reach the correct height.

Simon smiled at the older boy, he had trouble getting the boy attention but in the end he did without any drama and he was glad about that.

"Fixate." Simon said as the Headboy told him that he had got it to the correct hight.

"Excuse Me Mister Headboy sir." Simon said doing a little jig because he had actually done something right for a change. "I can't remember what was next." He had been to busy concentration on trying to get the spells done.

He didn't know what was going on, his head was throbbing and he just knew he had made a huge git of himself. In front of Professor Carlton. Crumbs!

Maybe if he just laid there no one would pay him any attention, but he heard voices. He moved slighty just to let everyone know that he wasn't totally knocked out. But then he heard her voice. It sounded like a chocolate river flowing over warm, fresh baked cookies. In other words. It sounded like pure nirvana. He slowly opened his brown eyes and her face was filling up his field of vision, "Am I in heaven?" he whispered. If he was all he needed was a cheeseburger and his comic book collection and a lifetime supply of candy. He couldn't make his head work all he was thinking about cotton candy and Professor Carlton.

And there was the girl that liked his apron. She was really nice, he would have to give her a piece of candy, not the ones he had been experimenting on that might turn her yellow for a week or something, but just a piece of candy to be nice. He gave her a lopsided grin as he tried to make his eyes focus.

Oh god Selena was setting him up. She was moving him too soon and he felt the world swaying before his eyes. He looked at the blue canaries circling his head. "Candy," he told her simply. He didn't know if he could manage any other words without passing out. He had a throbbing headache.

If he knew hurting himself was a good way to meet girls he would have started doing that last term. All these girls concerned about his welfare was really nice and his eyes misted up at the thought that so many people cared about him. He tried to hid his tears, it wasn't good to cry in front of girls. But he couldn't help it. They were being really sweet.

Chris chuckled a bit as the Hufflepuff began to do a little victory dance. "Oh you are welcome---" he said for he didn't know the boy's name yet. "Also you can call me Chris, ok?" he grinned. Mr. Headboy made his face burn and that was not what he wanted to look like right now in the middle of class.

What was next? He tried to remember how Professor Carlton had put the directions and then spoke up. "Oh ok, well after you have the bowl hovering, use the spell Locomotor Spoon, and then make a stirring motion with you wand. It will then stir that way until you want to finish it." he took a breath and then continued. "Ok lastly you will point your wand at the bowl and spoon and end the magic using Finite. Be careful though, that will make the bowl and spoon fall so be sure to catch it." he nodded. "Then you are DONE!" he clapped excitedly. "And we will wait to be told what to do next."

"Hmm...somewhat. The combination of charms we've been practicing levitates, fixes in place, then causes something to turn. You could definitely use variations of the charm for other things, though, like the chopping you mentioned" she answered. "For instance, earlier I mentioned the charm being able to cause dishes to wash themselves. That's a situation where you'd use levitation, fixing in place, then turning...for the washrag." Of course with washing dishes, there was a way to charm the dishes to put themselves away once they were clean, but that would be another day and another time. "Good thinking..."



Heaven...Lexi sort of wanted to answer that with a yes, but only because there were cupcakes being baked. She studied the Greenwood for a minute, trying to decide if he was alright or not. He seemed okay...if he could ask about being in heaven and all. "Are you alright, Mr. Greenwood? Do you need the healer?" she asked. Seeing that Dillon seemed to be alright, Lexi decided to go ahead and get the rest of the class started on the baking process while she tended to Dillon.



Lexi levitated a stack of Enchantments in Baking around the room. "When the books pass you by, please grab a copy and turn to page 317. This is where you'll find several cupcake recipes. Find a partner or a small group to work with---or work alone if you'd prefer, and between or among yourselves, decide which type of cupcakes you'd like to bake," she explained.

She took her wand and motioned towards the back of the room. "All the ingredients and equipment you'll need are in the back of the room. You can go ahead and get started when you're ready, but remember, I want to see you making use of the combination of charms we've just practiced. If you need me for anything, I'll be circulating the room," she said. She waved her free hand in the direction of the ingredients and equipment, encouraging the students to go ahead and get started.

OOC: The cupcake recipes I linked you to are just suggestions. If you can find a different recipe online that you'd rather use, feel free to go ahead and do so. Just remember to use the charm for full credit. Just prepare/bake as you normally would and incorporate the charms when you need to stir. Also, the lesson won't start to wrap up anytime soon (to allow all timezones a change to participate), so take your time baking your cupcakes and using the charm. For full credit, it should take you more than a few posts to roleplay baking your cupcakes.

If you're trying to catch up and see what we've been doing, there are links in the first post. Have fun!