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The classroom is set up neatly, with three rows of desks and chairs and two aisle allowing for ease when the Professor has to move around. It's not likely to happen given his inclination towards a more stationary position but there you have it.

The door stands wide open for everyone to pour in with a clock on the far wall directly opposite this door for those who would like to make a note of the time they got there. It's also for those who happen to be late. The Professor surely won't have to tell you if you can see it for yourself.

For the most part, nothing seems out of place. The board is empty and ready for any notes that you may need to take during the lesson and the windows have been opened wide creating a brighter effect in order to provide a gentler waker upper than the one the Professor could ever personally offer to those who still haven't quite left their beds in their own minds. The only thing missing would be the Professor himself. The man is nowhere to be seen, however there's a black cat curled up on a random desk, possibly lost to the world in sleep. Come on in. The Professor is around here somewhere.
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"Like Miss Holiday said, it is used to make things smaller." Also for the benefit of Mister Scabior. "And it has a range of usefulness, much like you've all stated." Some more accurately than others but.......he wouldn't complain. Answers were answers, even when they were the silent, note taking type.

Maddox walked behind his desk and pulled out a box of jars that he then placed on the table. "I need each of you to come and collect a jar--be sure to scourgify it. For those of you who don't know how to cast that spell, " Leave, "ask someone that does." Options, they had options.

Wait was this apple gone as well? Sigh. The Professor grabbed for a third but didn't bite into it just yet. What were they waiting for? The jars wouldn't float down to them like the name tags had. "Questions before we move on?" Might as well before getting into it.
Questions? Nope Hady had none. What was said about the spell they would be using today was rather simple enough really. So with her quill still in her hand she neatly jotted down whatever else was added to the board.

Slipping from her seat she made her way to the front of the room and collected a jar from the box on the table. Walking back to her seat she set the jar on her desk and sat down pulling out her wand. Pointing her wand at the jar she stated the incantation she had learned last year clearly. "Scourgify." Hady watched how the jar became squeaky clean instantly.

Proudly setting down her wand she sat back in her seat and waited for the next instructions. Just as she did that she heard Zeke at the desk beside her ask his question to the Professor and she turned to smirk at him mouthing a quiet "Awesome question." And it was! Knowing something like that could seriously come in handy.
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Margo's face fell. Dear Merlin...what the heck was 'scourgify' Clearly another spell, but Margo didn't know she would have know already KNOW spells coming to Hogwarts. Her mother hardly used magic at home! How was she suppose to know what was what, and how to use them.

Doing as she was told Margo got up from her desk and took a jar back to her seat.....and sat and stared at it. She took out her wand, the first time she was every really going to use it, and she didn't even know how. Margo began to panic slightly, what was she going to do. She was a little worried about asking someone, even though the Professor said they could. She didn't want to look weak, and she didn't want to try on her own, from reading the rules the Professor wasn't impressed with stupid mistakes, even innocent ones. Turning to the student next to her so finally was bold enough to ask. "Can you help me with the 'scourgify' incantation please."

She said please, maybe it won't look so bad now!


Now back at his desk with his freshly cleaned jar, Adi was just in time to hear little Margo asking for help. "I got you, Margo,'' he said going over to his new friend. "You just said the incantation- Scourgify. The wand movement is simply an 'S' shaped movement. Like this.'' The older Puff did the movement with his wand.

"Got it?'' he asked. "Go on. Give it a try. Remember to concentrate properly.'' That was the key.
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Ouch, Professor Q was really making fun of Kyroh. That is just mean. You are better than that Professor Q. Making fun of a cool guy like Kyroh. Dante just listened to some other answers and it seemed like some other people appreciated and blank name tag.

VonFarts Skittles, Dante snorted laughing at that one. Completely random.

Nope, Dante had no questions as he got up to get his empty jar. This would make a fine prison if you shrink down people like Dot said. Yeah this jar was pretty dirty and that meant he needed to use that spell. Well, alright. "Scourgify" Look how beautiful it is now. He should get points for this.

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Questions? Nope Hady had none. What was said about the spell they would be using today was rather simple enough really. So with her quill still in her hand she neatly jotted down whatever else was added to the board.

Slipping from her seat she made her way to the front of the room and collected a jar from the box on the table. Walking back to her seat she set the jar on her desk and sat down pulling out her wand. Pointing her wand at the jar she stated the incantation she had learned last year clearly. "Scourgify." Hady watched how the jar became squeaky clean instantly.

Proudly setting down her wand she sat back in her seat and waited for the next instructions. Just as she did that she heard Zeke at the desk beside her ask his question to the Professor and she turned to smirk at him mouthing a quiet "Awesome question." And it was! Knowing something like that could seriously come in handy.

..... Was it something he said?

All of a sudden he could feel EYES on him. Random Slytherin girl (Ginerva) and Hady. He didn't mind Hady looking at him, but he was curious as to why he was getting looks in general. It was only when she mouthed 'awesome question' that he understood why. 'Thanks' he mouthed back, grinning to himself.

He was starting to think he was getting the hang of Charms.
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Her answer was right which caused Abbi to beam. You see the thing was she was far from silly, she just didn't tend to participate or pay attention but again she was really working on it this year. She even noticed others taking notes and attempted to do the some, nothing fancy just a few keywords here and there. That was good enough, wasn't it?

The next question he asked was easy enough, but as soon as Abbi wanted to mention her idea somebody else already had and then when she had thought of another such as for making things smaller within a potion, somebody else had said so first too.

Dramatic sigh. People today.

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Jars it was, yet Abbi had a question before she went to fetch one. Her hand raised and she then spoke. "Yes, Professor. Does the charm last forever?" You see she could do this concentrating thing, but she also had other reasons for wanting to know that answer.

With that the fifth year collected a jar and began to clean it. "Scourgify!" her oomph was just as encouraging as a first year as she performed the wand movement and marveled at her clean jar.

If anybody needed help well, she didn't look like a scary person to ask did she?
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Kevin’s grin went away for a moment when the Professor even dared to humiliate him back. His cheeks and ears turned bright red and he scoffed as he crossed his arms and leaned forward to place his chin on his arms that rested on the desk. Whatever, he was still a scaredy cat hmpf. And then he explained what a animagus form actually meant and the boy rolled his eyes. “Wow, you’re more stupid for thinking that I’m stupid” Well, truthfully he hadn’t known that fact about animagus but as if he would ever admit that , hah.

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Now back at his desk with his freshly cleaned jar, Adi was just in time to hear little Margo asking for help. "I got you, Margo,'' he said going over to his new friend. "You just said the incantation- Scourgify. The wand movement is simply an 'S' shaped movement. Like this.'' The older Puff did the movement with his wand.

"Got it?'' he asked. "Go on. Give it a try. Remember to concentrate properly.'' That was the key.
Oh thank goodness it was Adi! Now Margo didn't feel nearly as bad asking for help. "Oh Adi!!! It's you!!!" Margo said smiling again. OKay, now consentrate and what he did. Margo spoke the incantations inside her head for a few times to make sure she knew how to pronounce it correctly. Okay, and the and 'S'.

Margo practied the S shape a couple times too just to be sure. Alrighty.......if she was ever going to give it a try now would be the time. "Scourgify" Margo said making the S movement and toward her wand.........ummm....her class still looked the same.......was it even dirty.

Margo wasn't so sure she did it right and gave it one more try. "Scourgify" Margo said a little louder this time, feeling better about it, she could do this she raellly good. Making the 'S' shape once again, her jar started to sparkle and then boom, it was sparkling clean. "Look Adi I did it!!!!!" Margo smiled.......okay......now it was time to practice and learn the real spell she had come to class for! Oy Vey!
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Norah GRINNED at Professor Quigley before looking down to write the incantation and wand movement in her notes. He liked her answer again! Two for two! She had never been this successful AND creative at the same time. That was the weird thing about school, sometimes they said the answer was wrong when it seemed very right to her, but THIS professor cat guy didn't do that. At least not to her, anyway. She was probably his favorite or something. MAYBE HE'D LET HER PET HIM IN CAT FORM. She had always wanted a cat, y'know. She could SO bedazzle a collar for him.

SPELL TIME. Ooh! They were starting with scourgify. She KNEW that one from doing it in potions every three seconds. That was a good one, yep. The third year skipped up to the front to get a jar, but WALKED back because she remembered she was old now so she had to be mature. Maybe the firsties would even ask her for help! That would be rad. Once back at her table, still trying to look prim and proper, Norah pulled out her wand and performed the wand movement as she said, "Scourgify!" under her breath. THERE! Very clean. Now, what ickle firstie could she help, hmmm?
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It was charms time and Janelle couldn't wait to get started. First though, she took notes and copied down all of the information she would need to perform the spell. Her eagerness showed on her face as she was smiling from ear to ear. Janelle's smile faltered a bit when she discovered that she'd first have to use a spell she did not know.

Refusing to be discouraged, Janelle walked up to the table and retrieved a jar to work with. Now, she just needed someone to help her with Scourgify. Looking around the room, most everyone was busy with there own practice or already helping someone. "Would anyone like to help a poor firstie learn Scourgify?", she said. Hopefully she would get a volunteer soon because she didn't want to get too far behind.
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It was charms time and Janelle couldn't wait to get started. First though, she took notes and copied down all of the information she would need to perform the spell. Her eagerness showed on her face as she was smiling from ear to ear. Janelle's smile faltered a bit when she discovered that she'd first have to use a spell she did not know.

Refusing to be discouraged, Janelle walked up to the table and retrieved a jar to work with. Now, she just needed someone to help her with Scourgify. Looking around the room, most everyone was busy with there own practice or already helping someone. "Would anyone like to help a poor firstie learn Scourgify?", she said. Hopefully she would get a volunteer soon because she didn't want to get too far behind.
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After writing her name on her name tag using her super awesome bought-for-this-precise-reason pink self inking quill, Bambi had sat in silence and just watched. She should technically be taking notes but.. there wasn't much to be writing to be honest.

Glancing down at the one thing she had written - "Charms 1" - she sighed. The first lessons of the day were always difficult for her. The blonde zoned out for a bit - the view was absolutely gorgeous from virtually anywhere in this castle - and only snapped back to attention when they were all getting up to claim their jars.

Right. Jars. Getting up, she made short work of cleaning hers and was just about to return to her seat at the back of the classroom when she noticed the young girl asking for her. "Sure!" she grinned and walked over to her. "It's a simple charm, you'll get it in a second," she smiled brightly and took out her wand, pointing it at her own, already cleaned jar. "It's called a scouring charm, you already know the incantation, and the wand movement is 'S' shaped. Just like this. Scourgify!" she moved her wrist and grinned when the jar gleamed even brighter.

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Benny had stayed quiet during the question about what they would do. It was more curious to see what others said then trying to think of his own answer. Soon enough they were moving on and the spell was now on the board at the front of the classroom. Diminuendo...as had been mentioned by his friend beside him. The fifth year copying both it and the added wand movement into his notes for future reference.

At the next set of instructions, the Gryffindor got to his feet and went to retrieve his own jar from the table. Ideas to its purpose floating in his mind as he grabbed one and returned to his desk. Would it be shrunk? Or would what they eventually shrunk be held within it? Whatever the case, Ben sat back down and took out his wand. "Scourgify!" he cast inside the jar, the spell cleaning it out as he looked around.

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QUOTE=nicole black;11709070] He had considered adding a number to it for giggles, but nahhhhh, his name was righteous enough on it's own.

Damien was content to listen, he had no intention of getting all involved at the moment, not that he was against class participation, but he really couldn’t offer any proper thoughts on the matter. Though…. Something was forming.… “It’d be good for packing? Did someone say that, already? Well, it’d be good for that, like if you had a ton of stuff in a suitcase already and needed more room, just drink the stuff,” He could have used that when he’d packed his trunk for term, he’d brought along way too much stuff.

He was blinking now, blinking and staring at Eden. “Then it would just be a splinter, dude. Worst.” He said, unable to help himself. It was all in good fun, just teasing, because he couldn’t help it.

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This was one of the more effective usages for the spell. Moving things from one place to the other without breaking your back or having to put too much effort into it; both very compelling reasons to give this nifty little charm a try. "There are a lot of people who use this spell for this purpose. Anything from an exceptionally large display piece to the entire house if you like--not the house itself per say...that would take a bit more but everything in the house, yes. Perfect for moving."

He liked that they managed to stay on target this time around though he wasn't naive enough to think there wouldn't be a few OUT THERE answers heading his way.

Children had a way of surprising you like that. "Makes things portable." To put it simply.

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It wasn't his fault, it really probably wasn't his fault at all, but that didn't stop the Professor's eyes from lingering on these students for a little longer. With the exception of Mister Toussaint, he was starting to wonder if it was the room, or the topic being discussed or him just being SO interesting that they felt they had to sit and silently take notes.

Whatever the case was...it was starting to spook him a little. They could talk right? It wasn't like some...kind of thing that would make him look insensitive for not knowing?

...

Right then. He would...just continue thinking they had nothing to add at present.

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It was a little odd...but not incorrect, no. "It could be used for making more space when packing though I can't see why the undetectable extension charm would be so frowned upon if you'll insist on magic anyway." Given the choice, he'd rather not have to shrink his clothes in the first place.

"Yes this spell can be used but it is somewhat less practical than simply extending the closet, trunk or drawer you're trying to fit everything into."

Just saying.

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Even with food, he still had to question the logic of these students. "Shrinking the food is another use, sure...but again, why not extend the pockets of your robes or whatever you're carrying off the food in?" That seemed to be the easier route. "You'd have to un-shrink the food after instead of pulling it from your pockets or wherever and enjoying as is."

It wasn't to say they were wrong, just that they were taking the long way around a short mountain if they caught what he was trying to say.


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Was it a coincidence or just genetics that had these two both thinking the spell could be used at the misfortune of others? Of course they were right, the use existed but wow, how uncanny. "I'm not sure the roach would have the desired effect." He said, first looking to the one that had asked about the unicorn. "If it's so small they won't notice then it wouldn't bother them too much unless you went right out and told the person they'd just swallowed a roach you shrunk." Sounded like how you got caught. Not a good idea.

"Trying to kill people is no better." Look for the other sister. "And it's more likely to hurt them than scare them if it's suddenly made larger as it would likely throw them off the seat." Then she would have some explaining to do. Hopefully not in his class, he didn't want to have to deal with it. Eh. No thanks.

Miss Xanthopoulos seemed right in line with them as well. Shrinking seats and umbrellas? Why were these children so mean?? Circe help them. "A fair point Miss Xanthopoulos." Had he said it right?



"I believe the spell you're referring to, Miss Shacklebolt, is the Reductor Curse, unless you mean to reference the shrinking charm 'reducio'?" He...wasn't actually sure which she meant and wasn't REALLY trying to assume but, "In the case of the first, it doesn't have the effect we're looking for but with the latter I'd like you to note that it's a counter-charm that shrinks what engorgio has enlarged, while this spell ," he nodded toward the board, "forces objects into a smaller size regardless of whether or not they'd first been enlarged."

Did that make it any clearer? Could be she wasn't confused in the first place. Well then.



"Excellent, Miss Guidry." He said with a nod and a munch of his apple. Bonsai making could be achieved by shrinking the plant. Though he was almost sure some plants were naturally that small. Were they? Merlin, he didn't think he cared enough to find out.



Huh, would you look at that, kid was happy he'd found a new way to get himself and his classmates killed--because Hogwarts didn't have enough of those as it is. Of course. Maddox simply shook his head as the boy adopted a smug expression. Eh, let him have it. No need for bubble popping.

Blink.

Why did that hypothetical situation sound so well thought out? Did he want to know? Not truly but he would say this. "I do hope you sold the duplicate," Assuming this actually happened and why not? Hogwarts bred a different kind of crazy. "as that's the one that will vanish after some time and your grandmother won't be pleased to find she's short of a clock that valuable." But it was none of his business. Moving on.



Ah...so that's what he meant...good to know because for a second there, the man thought the boy had perfected a new skill. If that was the case, he would hope the Prefect would have spent his time on something more worthwhile. Anywho, the incantation.

"Yes, thank you." He looked to the rest of the class. "As stated by Mister Rehman, the incantation is as written here; Diminuendo." Now to hope someone offered the wand movement.



"Most definitely, Miss Malone." He confirmed before another crunch of his apple. "This charm forces any object--person included--into a smaller state so you could shrink your dormmate," Not that he was trying to give ideas, ahem, "your housemate, yourself, your pet." And so on and so on. She just the gist, yeah?

Good, they could move on.



Hmmm..."Hiding is another use of this spell, yes." One he'd used once or twice. "Smaller target for the eyes to land on, more places you can stuff it when no one's looking." This one was on a roll today.



His mouth opened...then closed...then opened again but for the first few moments no words would come. What in Merlin's beard would you be doing getting shot by an arrow in the first place, was the question he desperately wanted to ask but it was best he provide an answer...

"It would still need removing Miss McGee, otherwise it will eventually return to its usual size leaving one to search around in the wound for said arrow, unless you haven't made it splinter small in which case there is still the problem of having to rip it out."

Painful, he knew. There was a lesson to be learned here. Don't get shot by arrows.



What in Merlin's beard.....?

Z-Dawg VonFarts Skittles the First....? Once again he would have to look to the list on his desk. At this point, the only name unaccounted for was a 'Zahra Kettleburn'. Huh, wonder if she was related to the Minister. Anywho, he reached for the quill on his desk and crossed that name out, replacing it with the one on her name tag. Kid could be WHOEVER she wanted to be. It was no skin off his back.

Maddox actually smirked at her question. Funny how he'd wondered if someone would ask it. "As it so happens Miss VonFarts Skittles, you can shrink big heads. The ego though...will require a different charm altogether." Say the de-pantings charm for instance....but, naturally, he wouldn't go suggesting it. That would make him accountable for her actions and he just wasn't ready for that kind of committment.



"Thank you for the clarification Mister Tempus." Though why it mattered, he didn't truly know. He'd stand up for the kid, good for him, good for the kid too, Maddox supposed but what he was interested in at the moment was the answer to the next question. Thankfully it wasn't long in coming.

Uh-huh................"Interesting...." Fairy furniture? Something else he didn't want to know about. Nope. What they taught her outside of Charms was none of his business. "Very interesting..." Might have been getting looks too. Consider him confused.



Right on the nail, this one. "Very Good, Miss Holiday." Someone had done some reading...or was bloody good at guessing "The charm does make an object or person smaller." Still no wand movement though. He would have to give that one himself.



Uh......"Sure." That was a really tedious way of going about it when you had spells like 'diffindo' hanging around but...yeah. "Do keep in mind however that the object maintains its proportion so the grass would no longer be covering the entire lawn because you've shrunken it. Same with the hair, it would only cover a portion of your head and you'd look ridiculous."

Just saying.



Maddoz smiled, a genuine but knowing sort of smile as it were though he wouldn't be saying why. They would all figure that out on their own later. "Thank you, Miss Burton."



The smile dropped as he looked to the Gryffindor Prefect who still needed to redeem himself. Did he think the badge would get him an automatic pass? Shame.

"This is true, Mister Adair." Lookit him using that thing inside his skull. "However you neglect that I'd have to make the apples big again before consuming them." And he was lazy as hell. How had the boy missed that part? He didn't want extra work and besides, the fluffy pillow in the far corner of his office was meant for naps, his table, not so much, not when there were better options.



"You'd find this very problematic indeed, Miss McAllister. There are much easier ways of getting information you shouldn't have." But he wouldn't say any more on that issue.



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"Unless you shrink it too small then have to enlarge it only to find it's now massively too big once more then you become trapped in a cycle." But what were the odds that would happen, eh?



Wow, another one right on the mark, however for a slightly different reason. "I like the way you think, Mister Rogers." Except for when he was climbing things and jumping onto attackers. The boy still hadn't answered him on that bit but he would let it go considering he had a class to get through teaching.



...He would be making a mental note to stay far away from this one when in cat form. She sounded like the dangerous kind of kid cuddler, the type that squeezes and insists it's out of LOVE. "Er...yes. Very good Miss Kittredge." If not somewhat horrifying. Merlin.



More deadpanning was happening here. Death was NOT meant to be a thing in this class. He didn't particularly care what happened after they left the room but Merlin NOT IN HERE.

He found himself relaxing some at her answer however. It was a good distraction from the earlier discussion and it made him chuckle. Zahra. That was VonFarts Skittles, yes? Who knew the girl was a bully. "I can't tell you it's perfectly fine to shrink your classmates and keep them in jars Miss Wojack...though I would hope you'd feed her and poke enough holes in the event this should happen far away from my supervision." Where he couldn't be held accountable.




Er....."I wouldn't recommend it, Mister Gardener. The charm would cause the entire limb to shrink, not only the swelling and you would still be left with the trouble of having to bring down the swelling and return the leg to a normal size. Best stick to a potion to reduce the swelling before working through any damages." And seeing as this wasn't potions class, they could move on, yes?



"But couldn't the individual open the door while still a human before transforming into the their animal form and going through it?" That was probably the only question he had for this one. It was perfectly possible to shrink a door but if someone wanted to go through it, he couldn't think of many things that would get in the way of that.



His eyebrows rose high at the words of this one. A dictionary? Seriously? "I do not care to know the meaning of the word Mister Scabior. Whatever arrangements you've made with Mister Tempus are between you two and of very little interest to me. What DOES interest me is your apparent lack of attention to the most grossly obvious of details."

What was he talking about? Let's see. Maddox turned to face the board with an exaggerated patience, staring plainly at the word 'Diminuendo' that the chalk had scribbled before he asked that second question. "I believe that is the spell the rest of us have been talking about. Do you need to move to a seat closer to the board or should the chalk have written on the wall to ensure there was enough room to make it big enough?"

If you're going to be a snot nosed know-it-all, at least do it right. MER-LIN.



"Those are not spells Mister Woods." Maddox explained carefully to the obviously confused First Year. This was not the choir and they were not discussing music. Where....how...why....?

Nope, he didn't want to know, he would simply move on with the discussion. "But yes, shrinking the trunks could prove to be a brilliant way to avoid all the unwanted attention they tend to bring." Not half bad, when he wasn't mistaking charms class for the orchestra.



"That could also prove helpful, yes." Merlin knew some of those books had hit some ridiculous sizes. He wouldn't be lugging them around, that's for sure, not unless he made them more manageable and less tiring. Very good point Mister Weller.


"Right, so let's get into it. For the benefit of Mister Scabior, I'll reiterate that the spell we'll be looking at today is Diminuendo. As Mister Rehman rightly said, the incantation is 'Diminuendo' however I don't think anyone mentioned the wand movement. That is a simple point at the target you wish to make smaller." He paused, waiting for the chalk to add that bit to the board as well.



"Like Miss Holiday said, it is used to make things smaller." Also for the benefit of Mister Scabior. "And it has a range of usefulness, much like you've all stated." Some more accurately than others but.......he wouldn't complain. Answers were answers, even when they were the silent, note taking type.

Maddox walked behind his desk and pulled out a box of jars that he then placed on the table. "I need each of you to come and collect a jar--be sure to scourgify it. For those of you who don't know how to cast that spell, " Leave, "ask someone that does." Options, they had options.

Wait was this apple gone as well? Sigh. The Professor grabbed for a third but didn't bite into it just yet. What were they waiting for? The jars wouldn't float down to them like the name tags had. "Questions before we move on?" Might as well before getting into it.


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Eden listened to everyone else's answer. She made a mental note to never ever make anyone in this room desperately angry. Because well...

Yeah.

Some of her fellows seemed mentally unstable in their answers. The Ravenclaw jotted all of the ideas down anyways. Eden might NEED this one day? Perhaps? She wondered how long the charm kept it's hold on an object--because as Professor Quigley replied to her, the arrow would eventually go back to size. Yikes. Quite disastrous. She raised her hand.

"Well, Professor, about long does the charm's effects last on the object/person? Just for reference." She asked calmly. Trying to...be calm. She blushed a little because she asked questions so rarely--but yeah.

Had he said it and she just HADN'T NOTICED? OH no. That would be the WOOOORSSTTT ever. WORST.

Damien grabbed her attention, though, and she shot him a cock of her eyebrow. And didn't answer him. Because she didn't know what to say. But. That was not very nice, Damien Wayne. Hmph. She'd complain to Rorie, later, she would. She didn't see Rorie anywhere but--she told Rorie to come find he at some point today. So ...yeah.

Spell time! Writing the spell down carefully in her notebook, she proceeded to go get a jar. She could have summoned it--really--but Eden didn't want to seem........lazy. Her jar was only..half dirty. Well. She plopped down in her desk once more and whipped her wand out all...professionally....okay..."Aguamenti!" she pointed her wand at the jar, the water from her wand tip seemed to do juuuuuuust the trick on the dirt. Wheeee.

But now she was thirsty. O_O

Also. She raised her hand again as she heard Professor Quigggglewqidhfiuhef however you SAID his name bite into another apple. And...yeah. This was a valid question and JUST as important as her other one. "Professor, if you're going to eat in class, I think we should be allowed to eat in class, too." She was starving. Eden was always starving....her stomach also decided to give a convenient UUUURRGHHHHH right at the moment, and she raised her eyebrows at him.

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Another apple?

Seriously, this Professor really reminded her of Gerald Rush. Bianca thought if her cousin and Professor Quigley met, they would be an apple buddies. She never became a fan of apples unless it became an apple pie. And were those students who brought him apples really gonna get house points? It's a bribery act and it's illegal!

Well, okay. She stood up and grabbed a jar. Then she pointed her wand and cast the scouring charm. "Scourgify." Duh, of course she wouldn't need any help for that since she's already in her seventh year now. Eeeep.. speaking of seventh year, she had to attend this class very seriously or she could fail at her NEWTs. Sigh.

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"I don't mean to be rude but.. Why don't you allow students having some food if you can eat apple in front of us?" The brunette asked as she raised her hand. Yup, that was a serious question for him. And no.. she didn't have any question about the lesson.
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Adi wanted to laugh so badly at AJ's suggestion but the Feline man might not appreciate him disrupting the class. So instead, he sat there shaking a bit from his silent laughter. Leave it to AJ to come up with something so funny. But Kace's response! It was brilliant in Adi's opinion. Yep.

Still very much amused at some of the responses, Adi proceeded to make notes for the lesson- the incantation and the wand movement. Then he moved to collect one of the jars from the set Professor Maddox had brought out. Upon reaching there, he slipped an apple flavoured sweet next to the stash of apples. Sorry, Professor... no apples this time around from him. He was on his way back to his desk, Scourgifying the jar in the process, when he heard that girl (Domino) he had met at the Lake not so long ago making a raspberry sound.

Adi eyed her, an eyebrow raised. "Is something wrong? Or do you need help?'' he asked.
Does she need help. Yes. It may sound dumb coming from a pure blood but...
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There was NO hesitation in this little Lion to jump up, race to the front and snag a jar. He liked having one of the first picks. Only losers picked last. Back at his desk, he produced his Larch wand and gave it a tap, "Scourgify." Clean as a whistle it was. Whistles... were they clean???

...

Eh.

BUT QUESTIONS! HE HAD THEM! Hand up AGAIN, Zeke waited to be called upon before letting the words spill out. "Professor, if you say, shrink an enemy or whatever, does everything on their person shrink too? Like, do their wands shrink? And if their wands shrink, can they still use them in shrunken form, or will the magic be weaker?" Serious gonna-take-over-the-world questions here.
He might have only been joking in his assumption that people--outside of first years--didn't know the spell...until he caught sight of Mister Rogers tapping his jar. Kid was doing so well before. Sigh.

"It's not a tap, Mister Rogers. Tapping won't get you anything but noise with that incantation. The wand movement is an 'S'." Just for clarification because the jar still needed cleaning.

"But to answer your question yes, everything on the individual would also be shrunken down to scale in keeping with the proportions. That being the case the wand would also shrink and produce an 'inferior' form of magic." So basically, the bloke would be rendered helpless and in need of someone else removing the charm, unless it simply wore off, though not many would opt to wait that long.


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"Sure," she said brightly. "The incantation is Scourgify," she said, breaking the syllables and saying it the right way, "and you just… point at your glass jar with your wand whilst saying it, and it will clean it spick and span." Did she just say that? She did… hmm…

She knew she was lousy at explaining things, which is why she could never be a Professor, so she grabbed her own wand again, pointed it at her jar, and said "Scourgify," to show the young snake what it looked like.

"Give it a go," she said kindly. It was a school, for learning things. Practice makes perfect!
Maddox thought he'd seen the last of that little mishap--easy enough mistake for a Second Year-- until he caught Miss Burton not only making the same mistake but instructing the younger students to do the same. The Professor rubbed at his face, willing himself to believe it was just his imagination talking but no, she instructed Mister Weller to 'tap'.

Did he need to make another note on the board?

"What you actually mean, as I'm sure Miss Burton, is that you utter the incantation while producing an 'S' shaped wand movement." Sixth year and thinking Scourgify was a 'tap', Circe help him. The Professor looked to the First Years who'd sought her counsel (Cahira and Scott). "I don't want to see either of you tapping the jar. The movement is as such." He lifted his own wand to drawn an 'S' through the air. "Understood?"


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And then there were jars to collect. As others had gotten up to collect one for themselves, she thought about convincing someone to get one for her as well, but finally she just stood up and walked up to the desk to collect one on her own. That way she could get the best one. Afterward, she returned to her desk and pulled her wand out. “Scourgify,” she muttered, pointing her wand into the jar. See? Remembering a simple point movement was easy. Plus, her jar was now perfectly clean. Now all that was left was finding out what they were going to be using it for. Obviously they were going to be shrinking something. But was whatever it was going in the jar or were they shrinking the jar. Important things to find out, but she wasn't going to ask.
He was beginning to think they were doing this on purpose when yet another student botched up the wand movement. Had to be on purpose, they weren't First Years. Maddox sighed, feeling the effects of a poor night's sleep all over again. "You do not point Miss Andrews. The wand movement is an 'S' shape as you cast."

Did the jar look any cleaner to her? Because it didn't to him from up here.


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Domino was glad she wasn't the only one who had a weird answer. The jar. She got up and headed over
She collected her jar.
"Thankyou," she muttered to the professor and sat back down.
Scourgify...what does that mean? Ask somome else. Domino crossed her arms and glanced aroun d makinf an accidental rasberry noise in the process.
What was that? Turning to the source of the noise, he caught the Slytherin with her arms folded and the jar...well just as she'd taken it from the box he was willing to bet. Maddox raised a brow at her. "Is there a problem Miss Emery?" One that prevented her from following instructions?

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Completely ignoring his question, Kevin lazily raised his wand and pointed it at the box of jars . “Accio one jar” it took him two tries until a jar flew his way and he caught it. Walking to the front was for losers anyways. He sat upright and pointed his wand at his jar using the “Scourgify” spell to clean it first and then looked around. This was boring, when could they fight that bigger opponent huh?
Eh...he didn't want to have to respond to this one. He wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and Maddox didn't feel her earned any form of reply. Did he think he was stupid? Most definitely but it was hardly worth explaining why. The man couldn't be bothered. It was far too much effort.

What he COULD be bothered with, however, was accio-ing back the jar even after the Gryffindor had cleaned it. Maddox placed the repossessed jar on his table before giving Kevin a calm look. "Come and get it, like everyone else did."


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Jars it was, yet Abbi had a question before she went to fetch one. Her hand raised and she then spoke. "Yes, Professor. Does the charm last forever?" You see she could do this concentrating thing, but she also had other reasons for wanting to know that answer.
The Professor was still watching to be sure everyone else was getting on fine with the wand movement now that he'd corrected when he heard another question. "This charm, like most all others does not last forever on it's own. If you want prolonged and sustained use you would have to be casting periodically. How powerful the cast is determines how long the spell lasts before needing to be renewed."

Something the man who'd placed stunning spells on his Nundu should have remembered. Oh well.


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"Well, Professor, about long does the charm's effects last on the object/person? Just for reference." [/B]She asked calmly. Trying to...be calm. She blushed a little because she asked questions so rarely--but yeah.

Spell time! Writing the spell down carefully in her notebook, she proceeded to go get a jar. She could have summoned it--really--but Eden didn't want to seem........lazy. Her jar was only..half dirty. Well. She plopped down in her desk once more and whipped her wand out all...professionally....okay..."Aguamenti!" she pointed her wand at the jar, the water from her wand tip seemed to do juuuuuuust the trick on the dirt. Wheeee.

But now she was thirsty. O_O

Also. She raised her hand again as she heard Professor Quigggglewqidhfiuhef however you SAID his name bite into another apple. And...yeah. This was a valid question and JUST as important as her other one. "Professor, if you're going to eat in class, I think we should be allowed to eat in class, too." She was starving. Eden was always starving....her stomach also decided to give a convenient UUUURRGHHHHH right at the moment, and she raised her eyebrows at him.

Fairness, Professor?
Another question pertaining to the duration of the spell. "That all depends on the caster Miss McGee and the intent when casting. Generally it can be anywhere from a few hours to a couple days...months" Intent and power, they counted for a lot when casting this and any charm. It was a standard rule right there.

But then something else caught his attention and the man had to hold in a sigh. "I had asked that you 'Scourgify' the glass, not fill it with water." This was probably as bad as all those students who thought tapping was the wand movement.

Maddox lowered his apple. "It.....is 9 am Miss McGee. You are all coming from breakfast down in the Great Hall. Have the elves been skimping on food recently? Have they not cooked to the capacity that your bellies can be filled?" If not, they could take it up with the Headmistress.



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"I don't mean to be rude but.. Why don't you allow students having some food if you can eat apple in front of us?" The brunette asked as she raised her hand. Yup, that was a serious question for him. And no.. she didn't have any question about the lesson.
"Because I'm the Professor and I make the rules." He said nonchalantly before taking another bite. "I can't imagine why you'd be hungry at this hour when you lot are coming from Breakfast." It was only after 9 am. The Great Hall was full to bursting with food as it always was. Hunger, should have been the least of their complaints.
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He might have only been joking in his assumption that people--outside of first years--didn't know the spell...until he caught sight of Mister Rogers tapping his jar. Kid was doing so well before. Sigh.

"It's not a tap, Mister Rogers. Tapping won't get you anything but noise with that incantation. The wand movement is an 'S'." Just for clarification because the jar still needed cleaning.

"But to answer your question yes, everything on the individual would also be shrunken down to scale in keeping with the proportions. That being the case the wand would also shrink and produce an 'inferior' form of magic." So basically, the bloke would be rendered helpless and in need of someone else removing the charm, unless it simply wore off, though not many would opt to wait that long.
Huuuuhhh?

Zeke looked between the Professor and his jar, then held it up to the light. It LOOKED clean to him. And he DID tap his jar, but he did the 'S' on the way down, had he not? Wasn't it all the same? "Righhhttt..." Zeke shrugged, then tried again anywaysssss. "Scourgify," this time with the fancy-pants 'S'. NOW it was clean, right? RIGHT? totally clean. Had to be. He'd done it twice!

BUT... at least he got an answer to his question. A PROPER ANSWER. Hardly ANY of the Professors gave PROPER answers, they just fluffed about with their words. This was grand, this was GREAT, and Zeke wrote it all down. "Thanks, Professor," he added.. eyes to paper. Lalalalala. INFERIOR MAGIC. Noted.
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After writing her name on her name tag using her super awesome bought-for-this-precise-reason pink self inking quill, Bambi had sat in silence and just watched. She should technically be taking notes but.. there wasn't much to be writing to be honest.

Glancing down at the one thing she had written - "Charms 1" - she sighed. The first lessons of the day were always difficult for her. The blonde zoned out for a bit - the view was absolutely gorgeous from virtually anywhere in this castle - and only snapped back to attention when they were all getting up to claim their jars.

Right. Jars. Getting up, she made short work of cleaning hers and was just about to return to her seat at the back of the classroom when she noticed the young girl asking for her. "Sure!" she grinned and walked over to her. "It's a simple charm, you'll get it in a second," she smiled brightly and took out her wand, pointing it at her own, already cleaned jar. "It's called a scouring charm, you already know the incantation, and the wand movement is 'S' shaped. Just like this. Scourgify!" she moved her wrist and grinned when the jar gleamed even brighter.

"Want to try it?"


Oh yeah, older student to the rescue. Thankfully someone had heard her request and here she was to help. "Thank you for helping me. I'm Janelle."

Then she paid close attention to what her classmate was doing. Mimicking the wand movement, Janelle watched as the jar cleaned before her eyes. Cool. She took her wand and made the S shaped movement over and over. "Am I doing it right?", she asked.

Figuring she had probably better practice the incantation, Janelle repeated the word several times. "Scourgify, Scourgify, Scourgify" That was a weird word to say, but after a few repetitions, Janelle felt that she was saying it right.

"I'm going to try it now, OK?" Janelle pointed her wand toward her jar and made the S shaped movement. "Scourgify", she said with authority. Then she looked closely at her jar. Well, it looked a little bit cleaner. She had been kinda successful with her first spell ever. There was definitely room for improvement though. Janelle repeated the spell several more times, hoping that the jar would finally be clean enough.

Turning to the older girl, Janelle expressed her thanks. "Thank you again for helping me. I'll have to keep practicing that one.". And practice she would, but first she had another spell to learn.
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Adi blinked. Clearly Domino had misheard. "It's pronounced Scourgify, Domino,'' hepatiently told the shy Slytherin girl. "You could repeat it a few times before you cast it. The wand movement is an 'S' shape.''

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Zhenya had her face turned towards the front of the class when she heard someone, asking for help. Someone… ASKING HER for help. Asking her for HELP. She smiled warmly and turned to the young… OOH Slytherin!! She resisted the urge to hiss at him, purely as a slithering Slytherin greeting, nothing malicious. But, no, help Zhenya.

"Sure," she said brightly. "The incantation is Scourgify," she said, breaking the syllables and saying it the right way, "and you just… point at your glass jar with your wand whilst saying it, and it will clean it spick and span." Did she just say that? She did… hmm…

She knew she was lousy at explaining things, which is why she could never be a Professor, so she grabbed her own wand again, pointed it at her jar, and said "Scourgify," to show the young snake what it looked like.

"Give it a go," she said kindly. It was a school, for learning things. Practice makes perfect!



Zhenya had just finished explaining to someone how to use it, hopefully with success, when she heard someone else asking for help. She looked towards the girl, and smiled again, another snake! Goooooooooo SNAKES!

"Of course!" The girl didn't look too pleased, and Zhenya wasn't sure why. Was it because she had too high expectations of herself? Well, ambition was a good trait. "Well, by the end of the lesson you will know how to use it. Just point your wand at the jar and say Scourgify at the same time. It's a spell you're going to need to remember too. Especially for potions." That was helpful, right? "Did you want me to show you first?" Zhenya definitely liked to observe before she tried, but everyone was different.
The girl she had asked for her help, also somebody from her house looked friendly! But that was normal right, everybody who was in the same house needed to help each other! "Thanks!" Smiled Cahira back at the older girl, trying to remember her because it always was good to know who she could ask for help, not that she liked it to ask others for their help because she wanted to do all those things for herself and she wanted to do it good! No, good was not the right word, she wanted to do everything PERFECT! But, being realistic she knew that she needed to make mistakes and that she would need to ask other for help because she was just a first year... Sigh...

Potions? Did she really needed it for that lesson? Hmm! She wanted to follow that lesson really badly and couldn't wait for her first lesson so yeah, she wanted to know this spell now even more than before! She wanted to know how to make her own potions because... Well... Eh... She wanted to experiment with them, only when she was good enough to do it, of course! And... The reason WHY she wanted to experiment with them was... Still her secret! "Thanks, but... I will try it first for myself because... I want to be able to do it myself without too much help" spoke Cahira, nodding at the other girl as a sign that she was thankful for the offer.

Pointing her wand at the jar she did what the other girl had explained to her and she spoke the spell, "Scourgify!" And... It worked! Ha! She was good at this, she KNEW it! Grinning widely because she had used her first spell EVER she looked at the girl. "Thanks for the help! I'm Cahira Jones and... I appreciate it that you have helped me!" After she had spoke she nodded to the girl and quickly walked back to her own seat because she didn't wanted to stay standing in the classroom, not knowing when the lesson would start again.
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Eh...he didn't want to have to respond to this one. He wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and Maddox didn't feel her earned any form of reply. Did he think he was stupid? Most definitely but it was hardly worth explaining why. The man couldn't be bothered. It was far too much effort.

What he COULD be bothered with, however, was accio-ing back the jar even after the Gryffindor had cleaned it. Maddox placed the repossessed jar on his table before giving Kevin a calm look. "Come and get it, like everyone else did."
HA! He had no comeback? HAAA!

The fourteen year old looked really smug as if he just won an argument when the Scaredy Cat Professor didn't say anything back. But the smug look replaced with a frown when the jar he had perfectly cleaned and accio'd to his own desk was suddenly lifted up in to the air and before he could grab it, it landed on the man's desk.

EVIL!

"Why would i bother WALKING to get that stupid jar when we're in a MAGICAL school where we have to learn MAGIC?" Think about that good Sir. "Especially in a Charms class, i just performed a magnificent Summoning Charm example!"

Getting up from his seat in a flash making the chair behind him fall over, Kevin marched up to the front of the classroom until he stood near the Professor's desk and glared at him. Don't take it too personally Professor. Kevin just needed someone else to annoy and irritate now that he was on pretty good terms with Culloden . Yup. He then grabbed the jar and marched back, picking up his chair and sat back down, scourgifying it yet again to make sure.
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Why did that hypothetical situation sound so well thought out? Did he want to know? Not truly but he would say this. "I do hope you sold the duplicate," Assuming this actually happened and why not? Hogwarts bred a different kind of crazy. "as that's the one that will vanish after some time and your grandmother won't be pleased to find she's short of a clock that valuable." But it was none of his business. Moving on.
Aegis listened intently as Professor Quigley answered his 'Hypothetical' Question. This seemed like the best point to begin taking notes, so he grabbed a parchment from his nap-sack and set it down on his Desk. "Wouldn't the Duplicate also vanish after some time at the Pawn Shop...you know the whole visa versa thing?" Aegis motioned his hands criss-crossing each other to represent what he was speaking about. "I'd rather my GeeGee lose her Marbles on me, then get sent to Jail for Conning a Pawn Shop." Aegis understood what the Professor was saying of course. Which was great that he figured Aegis would need to duplicate the Clock. "So I would need to Duplicate the Clock as well before Shrinking it either way. Hypothetically" Aegis began to scribble down notes on his Parchment. The Spell, it's pronouncement, and of course taking note to look up the Duplication Spell later as he was sure the Professor wanted him to focus more closely on the the Shrinking Spell today.

After jotting down his notes. The Tall Blonde Gryffindor stood up from his seat and gathered himself up one Jar. Settting it down on the Desk he sat back down and Held the Jar towards him and pointed his wand at it. "Scourgify." He spoke and cleaned his Jar up all nice and well.
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Okay, no more stalling she could do this! Margo looked at her jar and was focusing with all her might. She raised her wants and said "Diminuendo" jabbing at the jar......and all that she managed to do was tap the jar a little to hard and it tipped over ...with a small 'clink' onto her desk.

"Please don't let it be broken!" Margo begged finally peeking her eyes open, whew!!! It wasn't broken!!! Thank goodness, hopefully no one noticed the noise.
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QUOTE=FearlessLeader19;11709551]Splurgify?

Adi blinked. Clearly Domino had misheard. "It's pronounced Scourgify, Domino,'' hepatiently told the shy Slytherin girl. "You could repeat it a few times before you cast it. The wand movement is an 'S' shape.''

The Puffer tilted his head. "Give it a try. Scourgify.''[/QUOTE]

Domino nodded. "Yeah, okay" she said.
Before she could though, the professor called on her. She turned her attention to her.

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What was that? Turning to the source of the noise, he caught the Slytherin with her arms folded and the jar...well just as she'd taken it from the box he was willing to bet. Maddox raised a brow at her.*"Is there a problem Miss Emery?"*One that prevented her from following instructions?
What? Was it not jar time yet? Then Domino realized what she had done.
"Oh, sorry professor. It was an accident, " Domino muttered her cheeks turning pink from embarrassment. "Just thinking outloud" she added.
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Oh no. Kyroh. Please. Kyroh why.

Toby glanced over at his not-so-little Ravenclaw when he spoke to Quigley, and might have even winced a little. He was starting to wonder if maybe Ky had some sort of aversion to Charms professors, after the whole thing with Fuller last year and now Quigley. BUUUUUUUUUUT he was ATTENDING Charms classes now, right? And that was enough to make Toby happy. Though... he kept an eye on Kyroh right now to see if he was going to get upset or anything, because an upset Kyroh did not a happy Toby make.

And Tobias had given an INTERESTING answer. So that was good. He nodded along and listened to other answers and wrote things down and all that, and eventually got up to go get a glass jar at the same time as everyone else.

Now pointing his wand at the jar, Toby was about to cast the spell when he paused. He was a sixth year now. Should... should he try it non-verbally? If it was going to happen with any spell, it would surely be Scourgify, as they used this spell so much in things like Charms. Worth a shot, right?

Which was why Toby could be seen staring intently at his jar, moving his wand in that 'S' shape over and over again, trying so very hard to get the spell to work without him saying anything. Staaaaaaaare. Stare stare stare. STARE.

... Nope. Nothing. Not happening now, apparently, and Toby figured that it was best to go ahead and cast the spell properly now, because they'd probably be moving on soon. He'd practice the non-verbal spell in his own time.

"Scourgify," Toby cast, out loud this time, and with an 'S' shape motion of his wand, the jar was clean. Okay. READY. Though... he sort of already had a bit of a headache from trying to focus on that non-verbal spell so hard. Oops.

Because there was absolutely no such thing as keeping still for Tobias Tempus, he then set his wand down and picked up the jar, passing it from one hand to the other in much the same way he'd done with the apple earlier. As always, his feet bounced and tapped away under the desk. Were they allowed to start yet?
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Oh thank goodness it was Adi! Now Margo didn't feel nearly as bad asking for help. "Oh Adi!!! It's you!!!" Margo said smiling again. OKay, now consentrate and what he did. Margo spoke the incantations inside her head for a few times to make sure she knew how to pronounce it correctly. Okay, and the and 'S'.

Margo practied the S shape a couple times too just to be sure. Alrighty.......if she was ever going to give it a try now would be the time. "Scourgify" Margo said making the S movement and toward her wand.........ummm....her class still looked the same.......was it even dirty.

Margo wasn't so sure she did it right and gave it one more try. "Scourgify" Margo said a little louder this time, feeling better about it, she could do this she raellly good. Making the 'S' shape once again, her jar started to sparkle and then boom, it was sparkling clean. "Look Adi I did it!!!!!" Margo smiled.......okay......now it was time to practice and learn the real spell she had come to class for! Oy Vey!
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Alright her jar was clean, now it was time to work on the actual charm. She took a second to jot down some notes that she heard the Professor had said.



Okay, no more stalling she could do this! Margo looked at her jar and was focusing with all her might. She raised her wants and said "Diminuendo" jabbing at the jar......and all that she managed to do was tap the jar a little to hard and it tipped over ...with a small 'clink' onto her desk.

"Please don't let it be broken!" Margo begged finally peeking her eyes open, whew!!! It wasn't broken!!! Thank goodness, hopefully no one noticed the noise.


Adi was pleased with Margo's first attempt. Look at her doing the wand movement right and stuff. She was going to be an excellent witch as she got older. "Keep trying,'' he encouraged when the attempt seemed to have failed.

But the second try was even better. "Way to go! Knew you could do it.'' Indeed he did know. "Remember, concentrating is just as important as the incantation and the wand movement.'' Adi would never forget Tessa telling him that back in his second year.
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Back to his seat, patiently waiting for Professor Cat to continue. That's when he heard Margo's voice again... trying out the Shrinking Charm O_O "Pssst. Margo. I don't think Professor Maddox said we can try the Charm just yet.''
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