Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "Is it wingardium leviosa." Laura had no idea if she was right, she hoped that she was but she doubted it.

Both answers were right then?

Okay, she could live with that. She followed the Professor, switching legs as well while the woman continued talking. Lex nearly tipped over when she heard the woman suggest that they would feel like hinkypunks if their wands were replaced by rocks. Her brows furrowed just slightly... "I wouldn't exactly say that Professor...I mean...if you ask me a rock can be just as efficient..." It was true and she had proven that time and time again.

Her next foot went down after the Professor's did, leaving her in a perfectly upright position.

She thought about the next question for a while. There could be any number of spells being learnt--

O_______O

It couldn't be...

"Professor, ma'am, I'd just like to say that while I was kinda okay with with people casting little spells that might have disfigured me for life during the last class, I'm soooo not into having anyone take away my foot just so I can feel like a hinkypunk." That was what she was suggesting right? Or was Lex just over thinking things again? It seemed to happen a lot whenever things involved people casting on her. Maybe she'd just wait for someone else to answer.... yeah...

Two spells, well...three including the Disarming one...and there was a connection to their legs and hinkypunks. Kurumi was still pretty convinced in her head that they were going to be losing a limb this lesson, and it seemed as though that was going to be their leg...

OR...

Kurumi thought for a moment about what Professor Romanos had said. Replacing a wand for a rock. Interesting...

"Switching spells?"

They were sort of the Gryffindor's favorite sort of spell to pull out in duels.

Indeed both had their purpose but Vickers nodded his head firmly when the Professor affirmed that they were going to walk the Hinkypunks' shoes so to speak.

He glanced down at his own legs, very useful as it was for mobility AND a great help with having him reach out for stuff from shelves many cant reach for. There was a part of him that really didnt want anything to happen to his legs.

"The Jelly-legs Curse Professor?" he offered when he raised his hand.

Oh phew finally, Louisa wiggled each foot before standing still with her legs feeling a bit weird. Three spells, the disarming one, and two other that'd make them relate to a legless hinkypunk? Romanos did say they were about to focus on the leg this lesson, right? So her mind drifted to spells that were essentially meant for the legs.

She nodded at the jelly legs curse before raising her hand and offering another one, "The Leg Locker curse?" They could hope around like a hinkypunk? Or was it Tarantallegra?! Hehe, that last one would be fun to do.

Belle heard the professor ask the question. She was busy stretching her legs and trying to get less tense. Belle was wondering what she knew about hinkypunks. She learned about them last year. Belle raised her hand and said
"[/B]Professor i know hinkypunks are tricky and mischevious creatures and they can get annoying to wizards.[/B]" Yup that was all she knew. Then she heard the professor ask another question.



Belle heard other students answer and it seemed logical that they can not live without their arms. Belle wondered what spell she was going to learn. Belle wondered what spells worked on hinkypunks. Belle was going through the past spells in her mind. Belle raised her hand and said, "Professor would stupefy work? I know it is an old spell everyone learned but still." It was worth a shot right?

Hm...Ella found it quite hard to identify with a hinkypunk but she did see where Professor Romanos was coming from. At least she thought she did. As for what spells she thought they'd be practicing today, the third year assumed they had to do with their legs. "I also think it might be the leg locker curse, Professor." Because that would stop them from moving for sure.

Oichi heard the next question and before long a few people had answered. he leg locker curse certainly seemed plausible so they would feel like a hinkypunk,but Oichi had another idea and raised her hand and answed, "Are we going to learn petrificus totalus?", that made the entire body limp which may be too much considering the context clues but atleast it was different.

Alex's first answer to the question the Professor had just asked was the Leg Locker Curse, but that didn't make sense. That meant that there were TWO legs to lock together, so that couldn't be right. Hinkypucks only had one. It had to be something else.

He raised his hand. "Well, I was going to suggest the Leg Locker Curse, but since they only have ONE leg, that wouldn't be efficient at all, so perhaps Petrificus Totalus?" he suggested. "That would take out the arms AND the legs. And maybe the Jelly Legs Jinx?" he added. That would certainly make it hard for them to bounce around.

Hmm. Losing their legs would be almost as bad as losing their hands. Loss of mobility, loss of range of motion... Vivi cringed at the thought. But at least she could hold her wand and use magic. That was what would really cripple her ability to fight in a duel.

She offered, in a considering tone, "I think the Jelly Legs and Leg Locker spells are most similar to the spells we practiced last time on our hands, so I could see us using those in particular. Same effect, really, but on a different part of our body."

...

Her eyebrows raised. "Well, you won't have to worry about that. We won't be removing any limbs today." Just as they didn't during the previous lesson. Or will ever. Maybe. What?



Clearing her throat quietly, she shook her head. "We won't be removing limbs, stunning people, or using switching spells..." Though that was more what they'd learn in Transfiguration. "However, the Jelly Legs Jinx, or curse for those who prefer to call it so, is indeed one of the spells we'll be practicing. The second spell will make it a little more difficult for you guys to aim when using the disarming charm. Some people like to call it the Dancing Feet spell." Fancy stuff.

"Does anyone know the wand movements or incantations for these spells?"

His gaze shifted to Louisa and grinned when she suggested the leg-locker curse soon after his own answer. But soon the Professor launched into the next question. Hand up "The incantation for the Jelly Legs Curse is Locomotor Wibbly with a wiggly continuous wand stroke" he replied, tracing the wand stroke in the air with his finger.

So they wouldn't be losing any limbs? Thank merlin! If they were doing anything involving such a thing then she would have faked an illness--a really good one too filled with stomach aches, blurry vision, dizziness and if all that wasn't enough then best believe she would've fainted. Anything to make sure idiots didn't get the chance to remove her limbs. Things never went well when you left an idiot with a wand which she had proven sometime back in November or so.

The incantations and wand movements? This she didn't know either still she would raise her hand an offer up a response.

"Professor, I don't know any of them but I agree with what Vickers just said because he's a Ravenclaw and they're known for being smart...plus he's extra smart and likes doing work so he's more likely to be right." That was her answer; plain and simply. It was whatever the Ravenclaw boy said it was and nothing further.

"No one's given any other suggestions yet so I think that's where my answer ends for now." Nod. SMILE.

Minerva listened as she stretched. She thought about what spells they would use and agreed with both Vicker and Louisa. It would only make sense.. Last class they did the hand spells this time the legs. Wow they were learning so much this term. Minerva was about to answer and say she agreed with the older claws when the professor moved on. She wanted the wand movements now.

Minerva wasn't completely sure, but a guess wouldn't hurt. "Professor could the wand movement be a wiggle motion since that is kind of what you want to the legs to do." Minerva went back to listening and stretching her legs. No wonder they were stretching their legs, if they had to practice on each other they might need their muscles stretched and relaxed.

Ella wasn't a hundred percent sure of the wand movements of either spell and she'd only known the incantation for the Jelly Legs curse which had already be shared. Instead of taking a wild guess, she continued stretching her legs as she listened to her classmates share their thoughts on the spells they'd be working with. She couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to have jelly legs. It'd probably feel quite weird. Heh. This class was certainly going to be interesting.

No stunning people?! ...but why? Just once, Sierra would love to throw those purple mats away to the side and go at it in a duel. ...but no. For some reason, educational purposes Sierra would guess, the professor liked to water down the spells and have them do similar, yet not the usual, effects.

"The incantation is Locomotor Wibbly," Sierra said, her hand going into the air. "The wand movement is...well, it's like an upside down U, but the lines are squiggly instead of straight." Yeah. That was the best way she knew how to describe it.

Jory wasn't sure about the movement for the Jelly Legs Curse and he had no idea about Dancing feet spell, though he though that one sounded interesting. So,he just sat there stretching his legs and listening to the responses.

Kurumi's hand went up, along with a small pout because Switching Spells were incredibly fun when you did so with animal parts. Octopus arms for legs? It was fantastic really. "The incantation for the Dancing Feet spell is Tarantallegra," Kurumi said once she had been called on. "I believe it's movement is also a rather embellished upside down U movement."

Defense Against the Dark Arts was indeed an interesting class! Though Sophie thought she'd be waaay more excited about being on the ceiling than she during the last class, really...

Anyway, today's lesson sounded fun as well! And safer, since they were still on the ground.

Ohhh, Sophie knew the Dancing Feet spell! It was her cousin's favourite spell, really... But before she could even raise her hand to answer, Kurumi had done so. Oh well.

The badger had a question though, so her hand shot up in the air. "Professor, how come the Jelly Legs Jinx may also be considered a Curse?" She asked curiously. "I mean, we have studied before the differences between Jinx, Hex and Curse... it's weird that some people consider it a simple jinx while others consider it... a curse!" The girl enphasised the last word as she raised her eyebrows and widened her eyes a little.

So if they were focusing on the legs... then obviously the spell they were going to be learning and practicing will be related to the legs. Well, this was something Kat's looking forward too. She LOVES to learn about new spells. She can use them and make a new strategy with it! Awesome possum!

"I have a feeling we'll be learning the Dancing Feet Spell, Professor," Kat answered. Nice name for a spell, don't you think?



SNORT. This part was always easy.

"The incantation is Tarantallegra," Kat said. Then she continued to add a bit more information. "The wand movement looks a little jiggly just like the spell's effect. It looks like half a rectangle except it was a little... squiggly?" No word can best describe the wand movement. It was a bit complicated to describe, Kat thinks.

Just because he's a Ravenclaw? Medea glanced towards Vickers, an amused glint in her eyes. "There's also the chance that he may not be, Miss Cambridge." she said, turning her focus back onto the Gryffindor first year. Hmmmm? Best think about that too.

"That is a good question." she nodded. "And that would depend on the person, Miss Campbell. Just as not every believes a hex is worse than a jinx, your opinions may vary on the level of severity this particular spell has." Though their textbook stated it was a jinx, so that's what she was teaching it as.





Looking out across the class, Medea nodded, taking out her wand from it's holster. "We're going to be starting with the Jelly Legs Jinx spell first. Yes, it's incantation is Locomotor Wibbly, and the wand movement is indeed a squiggly upside down 'U' shape." Holding up her wand, she slowly demonstrated the movement for the class. "You want to keep the lines as short and tight as possible. Nothing too over the top here."

"What you will feel with this spell, is as if your legs have been weakened. Perhaps the best example I can give is as if you've ran as far as your legs could take you, but you just can run anymore or stand even. It doesn't hurt, but I will say it is a little uncomfortable. If you collapse, that's fine. Don't worry. It doesn't mean you're suddenly paralyzed for the rest of your life." She momentarily eyed a certain Gryffindor first year for a moment. Mmhmm, keeping low on the dramatics in the lesson would be nice.

"Practice the wand movement and incantation separately, find a partner, and you can begin practicing on each other. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. Better to be safe than sorry." And as if the spell wasn't enough for them to concentrate on today, with a flick of her wand, some rather catchy music started to play. "To end this spell, a simple 'Finite' will do."

Sarah was glad that there was no Yoga - stretching was nice. She stretched her legs in front of her and flexed her feet forward. She then leaned forward and touched her toes.
Sarah knew somethings about Hinky punks - they were dark creatures and very 'bogging'

Sarah listened with interest at the others answers. One can learn something new everyday. She then sat up and got on to her feet. They were stretching their quads now? She copied the teacher by lifting up one foot and folding it behind her pulling it in, although she was wobbling.
Sarah thought their legs were more usufu - one can adapt thier legs to be arms but cannot make their arms legs.

Everyone else had various arguments and some were pretty good, including the professors. She then repeated the procedure on her left leg they were learning from Hinkypunks? Sure one could learn from everything. Her mom used to say 'who is wise? one who learns from all creatures". You can learn from an ant not to be lazy and so on. Disarming charm - was that not expelliarmus? Sarah lowered her other leg- it felt good to have two legs on the ground. Maybe the leg tying thing or the jelly legs?

The jelly legs incantion was Locomotor Wibbly, while the wandmovement looked like a squiggly arch. Sarah did not know what the other spell was

They were doing Jelly Legs today? Sarah began to try do the incantation. "Lah-koh-moh-tor WEE-bl-ee" she tried, No that was wrong. LOH-kah-motor WEE-bl-ee" she tried again. Still wrong. "LLLLLOH-koh-moh-tor WEE-bl-ee" she tried again, stuterring. Was this incantion really going to come out of her mouth properly? "LOH-koh-moh-tor WEE-bl-ee" she tried, finally getting it right. So jubilant was she she did it right the next three times, "LOH-koh-moh-tor WEE-bl-ee, LOH-koh-moh-tor WEE-bl-ee, LOH-koh-moh-tor WEE-bl-ee

Jelly legs did not sound cool. T'was going to make her look bonkers, wasn't it? Looks like they were forced again. *SIGHS* just SIGHS. Kat extracted her wand its holster.... home for her wand yeah. Well, Kat couldn't do anything. The least and only thing she can do was follow orders, rules, and instructions. AGAIN. This was getting boring. She needed for drama llamas in her life, for real.

"Locomotor Wibbly," Kat casted with the squiggly upside down U hand movement whatever you call it. "Locomotor Wibbly," Kat said. Again. She repeated the process until she mastered it well. "Locomoter... No, wait," she paused. It's Locomotor. "Locomotor Wibbly." SQUIGGLY UPSIDE DOWN U. WHOOOSH. Hmmm, yeaah.

Partners up. Grab the awesome possum.

Squiggly. Was there such a thing as too squiggly when it came to this wand movement? Probably. Anything too squiggly and there was a chance you would drop your wand or throw it across the room or something. So, moderate squiggly it was.

Kurumi practiced the wand movement several dozen times, trying to loosen her wrist a bit so that her squiggles were more fluid. Once she felt somewhat confident about the movement, the seventh year began to practice the incantation. "Locomotor Wibbly...Locomotor Wibbly....Locomotor Wibbly..."

Which got the Gryffindor thinking a bit. "Professor, is this related to the Locomotion Charm?" Or was it just a coincidence that Locomotor was part of the incantation.
Holstering her wand for a moment, Kurumi glanced around to see who was nearby and spotted Kat and she edged her way closer. "Hey Kat, want to partner up?" Hopefully she wouldn't freak out with the year gap between them...that tended to happen whenever she asked younger students.

Jelly Legs Jinx. Well fun this would be, or maybe more like weird.

The idea of making her legs feel like jelly did not exactly make Nessie smile on the outside nor the inside, but what could she do. This was class and surely this spell would help in a time of defence. You never knew what could happen and when it could happen.

Before getting a partner the Hufflepuff wanted to make sure she had a little bit of practice first. Locomotor Wibbly! Easy enough to remember. Locomotor was often used and was easy to remember because it reminded Nessie of a car and as for Wibbly all she had to think about was a wibble. Simple enough.

"Locomotor Wibbly! Locomotor Wibbly! Locomotor Wibbly!" She repeated it again and again.

This spell wasn't getting out of her head so easily. She had to admit the music was just a tiny bit distracting, but it wasn't too bad and maybe it would help her when she actually went through the spell.

Onto the wand movement.

An upside down 'U'. Simple. Just to be safe though Ness went over the movement a few times with her wand. She then looked around, looking for a partner. "Anyone want to partner up?" she asked the people nearer by.