Olivia listened to all of the answers while scribbling in her notebook. She rested her hand on her head, bored. All of the answers were mainly becoming the same, and she really wished the professor would move on to the next question. After filling up her entire margin, Olivia's quill stopped moving as she stared out the window.

Dulcibella thought for a moment. "What about turning something into wood as that is changing its appearance and its looks." Wait, thats the same thing. "I mean, its appearance and function???"

Presley leaned forward and rested her head for a second on the table. Still listening to everyone answering around her, Presley started to get tired. She jerked upright. She COULD NOT sleep during class! That was absolutely unacceptable. But her eyes were so tired. Maybe if she sat up straight, and just rested them for a while...Presley head smacked the desk, hard and she was fully awake. She hadn't even realized that her head was drooping until it hit the desk. She massaged her forehead, there was going to be a bruise. Lucky her.

" William mouthed to Presley "Are you ok?" " Please, I still want to be freinds" Willaim mouthed to Presley.

OOC: Hihi, guys. I've had some far-from-pleasant stuff going on in Real Life that I needed/ need to deal with. I'm still... trying to deal with it. So I'm going to try to wrap up this lesson in the next few days. Thank you for being so patient and fantastic and active. You have no idea what that means to me.

On a side-note.. even if I haven't mentioned Jared giving you/ your character points, you all get points for your awesome answers.


It was a good thing he had asked this question, because it seemed a good number of the students didn't have a clear idea what the differences between Charms and Transfiguration, were.

"Right," Jared said. "It seems most of you have the same basic concepts and confusions, so let's discuss a few things before we move on. There are spells that may look as if they blur the lines between Charms and Transfiguration but, the fact is, they do not. Charms and transfigurational spells are both spells. The difference? Charms change an object on a superficial level, while Transfiguration changes its vital functions. Think of it this way: a charm turns a red apple into a green apple, but a transfigurational spells turns it into an orange." The green apple would still be an apple, but the orange would be foreign territory. "Remember that neither is permanent: how long a charm or a transfigurational spell lasts, depends on the caster's intentions, concentration and abilities. "

"All conjuration and vanishing spells are a part of Transfiguration. That means spells like Incendio, Aguamenti and Evanesco are all Transfiguration. Much of students' confusion stems from the fact that before the formation of a proper system of classification, spells were just... spells." There hadn't been rigid regulations and definitions in existence, then. "The terms charm, spell and transfiguration were often used inter-changeably. Later, as different branches of magic developed and fixed laws were formulated, charms and transfigurational spells were separated. The old names still remained popular, however, so transfigurational spells like the Protean Charm and the Shield Charm still have 'charm' as a suffix." The 'but they aren't charms' argument was a bit like the 'but sandwiches don't contain sand!' argument, all things considered.

"The most important thing to remember, however, is that you can never categorize a spell just by knowing what it does." That was the one thing that none of the students seemed to know. "Each spell has a mechanism and, unless you know about this mechanism, you can't always say if a spell is a charm or not, because you don't know how it's bringing about the change it's bringing about. In more simple words, a spell that turns an apple into an orange might not be transfiguration because it might be making the apple look like an orange. It could be just the appearance that changes and, underneath that appearance, the apple would still be an apple. It could also be an advanced spell, with more than one part, which means it could be executing a series of spells - such as a charm and a transfigurational spell. Confusing, right?" Of course. "Rule of thumb at this stage, is that conjuration and vanishing? Always transfiguration. Something else? Likely to be charms."

He gave the class a few minutes to digest and jot down the information, before moving on. "Today, we're going to learn -" Or revise, as the case might be - "The Glisseo Charm. Does anyone know what this charm does, or a possible scenario it could be used in?"

She pays an almost undistractable attention to the lesson. It does not take Aiden a long time to guess the correct answer. "It causes hard and rough surfaces to become smooth and slippery. Temporarily, of course."

This...was a lot to take in. She paid attention a little bit to the discussion that everyone was having but after awhile, she got bored. Until of course, Professor FrenchFry started speaking up again and then...well that was interesting.

Still having her thoughts run over what the Professor said, Evelyn waited a moment before raising her hand. The Glisseo spell? She knew of that one rather well. Aw the memories. "It turns the object or target, usually one without a smooth or slippery surface, into something smooth and slippery. Kinda like if you wanted to make mattress surfing in the corridors a bit easier...you could use the spell on the floor." Just, for everyone's information.

There may be a mattress surfing event in the neeeaaar future.

Helena couldn't help but blink.

Blink, blink.

... and blink some more.

Because... that was a LOT of information. But yes, she understood what professor Descoteaux tried to explain. Aaaand the Glisseo Charm. "It is the charm that makes rough or rigid surfaces become temporarily... slippery," the girl said with her hand raised, sliiiightly giggling. Wasn't that charm used on the stairs that led to the girl's dormitories? Hehe.

Kurumi was taking a few moments to take in all the information being given and felt her head momentarily swimming. It was a lot to take in at once, so much that she almost missed the professor giving her points for her answer. That certainly turned her confused frown into a slight smile.

Oh, right, he had asked another question. "Glisseo is a charm that turns a surface to one that is smooth and slippery. I believe that this spell was used during the Battle of Hogwarts to turn one of the staircases into a slide and avoid attacking Death Eaters." She looked around the room and at all the ice. "And....I suppose this spell could also help one ice skate without the use of skates..."

Eino was very much confused by the end of the professor's lecture, but shrugged his doubts off and continued to take down notes. He thought charms and transfiguration were a lot simpler before all that, but not he was completely confused. Regardless, he wrote everything down even though he didn't know what most of it meant.

At the next question Eino raised his hand. "It charms rough and rigid surfaces smooth and slippery for a while... I suppose it could be useful in Herbology, so you can charm plants with needles, like cacti, making it easier to work with them."

‘It converts the target object into a smooth slide’, the girl answered, making a short break after having said that. ‘Glisseo is a charm that makes rough or rigid surfaces to become temporarily smooth and slippery’, Gwen said, hoping that this sounded better than her first remark.

‘I think Hermione Granger used it to turn a staircase into a slide during the Battle of Hogwarts so that she, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley could avoid attacking Death Eaters.’ There…and that’s all I know.

Precise and to-the-point.

"Right you are, Aiden, Helena. Take a point each."

She sounded as if she'd tried that out. Jared smiled. "Good example, Evelyn. Take two points for Slytherin."

"That's two points for Gryffindor."

"And two for Ravenclaw."

That was a new one. Then again, Eino's answers tended to be out-of-the-box. "Take two points for Ravenclaw," Jared said, giving the boy a nod.



"Glisseo is a fairly simple charm and, if used at the right time, it can be a quite useful one as well. Like most of you have said, it makes an uneven or rough surface smooth and slippery. The incantation - Gliss-SAY-oh -" He emphasized the 'say' - "Comes from the French word, Glissière, meaning 'to slide.' To cast the charm, just point your wand at the object you want to change, concentrate, and say the incantation."

"Go ahead, and give it a try. You can try it on your desks, your textbooks, even the soles of your shoes. Use Finite Incantatem to nullify the effects of the charm, before you give it another go. Fifth years and above, I'd like you to try casting the charm non-verbally."

Selina sat at her desk listening to every answer not really sure as to what the charm was. Unlike most students in this classroom Charms was not her strongest subject. It was not like Potions, she could do it, but Selina usually needed to be educated before she would know every answer. However, that was the point of the education system correct? So when Descoteaux explained the charm and its origin she took prolific notes. Once he was done and told them to start to experiment she looked around the room for an object that was rough and could be made slippery. On the other side of the room Selina saw a rough and unbroken ice block. She pointed her wand at the block and said, "Glisseo!" Nothing happened. She looked at her wand and kind of turned it around to examine it. Noticing that it was fine she raised her wand again and said a bit more forcefully, "Glisseo!" And it did... nothing. Now Selina was starting to get frustrated. She threw her hand up in the air and forcefully pointed her wand, "GLISSEO!" And the ice smoothed over on the once rough block.

Eino took his wand and began searching around the room for something to charm. He could use his books but that didn't seem interesting enough, the soles though, that sounded like it could be fun. Especially if they also charmed the floor! Sadly, that would have to wait until he reached the Common Room. He looked through his backpack, on his desk, and under it, but he couldn't find anything that looked like it could use some smoothing.

He let out a heavy breath and rested his hand on his hands as he continued to look around the room lazily. Then he came across a mirror. He walked towards it and picked it up. It was perfectly smooth already, but something else wasn't, his face. Lately, some tiny bumps have been appearing on his skin. His mother said it they would all burst and then turn him into a man. He neither wanted them to burst on his face, nor to grow up, so he took his wand and pointed at the pimple on his forehead. "Glisseo!" He said then turned to the mirror. He looked at himself in the mirror, rubbed his forehead and it was so smooth! No more evil bumps on his face! This was perfect. This way he could be little forever. He then proceeded to point the wand at his other pimple and successfully charmed it smooth!

When he ran out of pimples he pulled his shirt up, pointed his wand at his bellybutton and said the incantation. IT WAS GONE!!!! He rubbed his belly and his button was gooooone! "Finite Incantatem!" He said with his wand pointed at where his bellybutton should be and soon enough it reappeared. Good for pimples, but weird on bellybuttons. He then tucked his shirt back in his pants and looked around for other things to charm.

This was SO not fair! Helena wanted to cast the charm non-verbally as well. There was probably only her age that didn't allow her to. Hmph.

With her wand in her hand, she pointed it towards her textbook. "Glisseo," the girl said, then ran her fingers against the... slippery textbook. It was... interesting. She also turned it over, and moved it on the desk, so it looked like it was skating. Hehe. The charm was cool.

So, is this the charm that the professor use to make this ice rink? If so, then it would make sense somehow. Drawing her wand from her robes, Aiden points it towards her textbook. "Glisseo," she recites as the textbook looks smoother.

Nice charm. Great for pranks. Imagine on the first of April, all the stairs will be slippery and you won't be able to use the stairs for the whole day. It could be the perfect prank.

She took out of her bag, an empty textbook, with a rough cover. Pointing her wand at it, and in her mind she thought "Glisseso," nothing happened. Okay as usual she doesn't succeed at her first try. Again, she pointed her wand at the textbook and thought, "Glisseso." Nothing seemed to happen, except that the book seemed a bit shinier and it maybe moved a bit. She wanted to put the book back into her bag, but as she held, it slipped out of her hand and fell onto the floor. "Cool," she mumbled to herself, proud of herself because she succeeded. She quickly picked it up, before it could slip out of her hands, and placed it on her desk. She began playing with it, she pushed the textbook gently and watched it slide on the table, but trying no drop it. It was awesome!

rachel smiled, cool spellshe thought, she looked at her textbook and said, "Glisseso," it didn't work at first so she tried again, "Glisseso," she said firmly, and yes it had worked! The book was shiny, she pushed it along the table and it moved with ease!

Presley glanced up as the professor asked if she was alright. She nodded, to say she was fine, and redoubled her focusing efforts. The glisseo charm....Presley knew she'd read that before somewhere...."Doesn't it make rough surfaces sort of smooth over?" she guessed, raising her hand.

They'd moved on. Presley grinned, the soles of her shoes? To make them slippery? She flipped her leg up onto the desk, contorted in an unnatural but comfortable position, with the bottom of her foot facing her. "Glisseo!" she waved her wand slightly, then grinned again as her shoe became perfect for sliding. She pulled her right leg up without putting down her left, and did the other shoe. Magic was wonderful. She might have to remember this one for a frizzy hair day. She wondered for a brief moment, if it would work on hair. Well, if it didn't, there was always finite incantatem.

Nima blinked a few times and tried to take notes on the paragraphs of notes that her professor just said. What. Okay no notes for Nika today. She pushed her parchment away from her body as she blew a strand of hair away from her face.

Thank Merlin Nika's only a second year. It's hard enough trying to do the charm correctly let alone try nonverbaly! She let out a small chuckle as she listened some more and then lifted her wand and took out her textbook. She put her wand in front of her textbook and tried to concentrate the best she could. " Gliss-SAY-oh.." she muttered the spell as she waited for something to happen, but of course nothing did. As always. She gave it at least four more goes then decided it was time to ask for help. Like always. "I-I don't know what I'm doing wrong professor. I can't seem to get it right."

Aw, all it did was make things smooth, that was a lot less exciting than making water balloons. Well...that's not what it actually did. ANYWAY, she moved her focus back to this lesson.

Isobel took out her wand and moved it over her desk. "Glisseo," she said, nut nothing happened. Hummm. She tried again. "Glisseo," she repeated, waving her wand over her desk. It hadn't really been bumpy or anything, but there had been a few scratches. They were gone now. Isobel needed something else to work on.

For now though, "Finite Incantatum," she said, and the scratches came back. She kept repeating that. Glisseo, then Finite Incantatum. "Professor do you have a rock?" Why would he have a rock? What kind of person would just carry a rock around with them at all times? Oh well, it never hurt to ask she supposed.

Right. So Sierra wasn't much for turning her shoes into glisseo shoes. It seemed like it could be fun, but no way was she going to try it for the first time in front of a classroom full of people. She'd just wait until she got home for the summer or something, and then she'd experiment with it.

Oh, wait. She was only thirteen. Blahhh.

Nevermind on that then. She'd just ask her father or his girlfriend to cast glisseo for her then. She pointed her wand at her textbook, concentrated on it sliding about, and then said, "Glisseo!" She poked at her textbook experimentally, and then she watched as it slid off to desk, onto her lap, and then onto the floor. It finally came to a stop by her foot. She smirked at it and picked it back up. "Finite Incantatem!"

William concentrated on his shoes Wiliam pointed his wand st his shoes. " Glisseo "William called out. "Willaim goes sliding around the class avoiding desks and students. " Finite Incantatem" Willaim called out. William felt like he stopped on a dime when his shoes went back to normal.

Rebecca decided to try the spell, since she was supposed to. She took out her wand and pointed it at her desk. "Glisseo," she said and soon enough, the desk was very smooth. She then decided to see just how smooth it was by rubbing her hand on it. "Wow," she said to herself. "It's really smooth. But I better change it back. Don't want anything to fall off of it. Finite Incantatem. Now. What else should I try it on..." She then tried it on her book, her bag, and the bottoms of her shoes. Each time admiring just how smooth the charm made each item.

Since Samira never used the glisseo charm before, she was definitely not about to use it on any of her personal items. Looking down at her desk, she moved her wand to a particularly rough corner and said, "Glisseo!" The desk smoothed out enough, but Samira wanted it perfect. "Glisseo!" she repeated, more forcefully. This time the edge of the desk became completely smooth. Smiling in satisfaction, Samira moved to her text book.