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On the appropriate day you make your way toward the grounds to the Quidditch Pitch. It is late October therefore a bit nippy, but not bad enough to keep the skies clear enough and consider this a fine day to fly. Now what could possibly await you here today? At the open field you can see Mr. McLeod donning his usual large black cloak awaiting with many brooms lined up accordingly.

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Flying class. How had she POSSIBLY let Healer Reed convince her to give it a go? It'd improve her balance, he had said. Well she would see about this. Running with Oliver had helped her but there was possibly more that she could do. She would give flying a try. Don't back down. Try new things. Be adventurous.

Olivia bit her lip as she walked past the Quidditch stands and into the field where Mr. McLeod was standing, feeling incredibly nervous about what they were going to do today. She eyed the brooms and then glanced at the Professor. "Good morning, Mr. McLeod!" she said with a smile before going back to eying the lined up brooms. This was going to be interesting.
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Kimi made his way down to the qudditch pitch and said "Good day Mr McLeod, have a nice summer" Kimi liked flying but it was impossible to do it at home due to the fact that when he tried his mum would tell him off and say there were more important things to practice than flying
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DID SOMEONE SAY, FLYING LESSON??????

Because Zoryn Spinnet LOVED the idea of FLYING. ahem.

Not that she had ever actually flown before. Her overprotective parents would never approve of that. Of course now that she was at Hogwarts, they couldn't really stop her from trying. Especially since they found out she was sorted into Gryffindor House: Home to the brave and stupidly reckless at heart. Before coming here, she had NO idea that they did flying lessons at this school. It was almost like life wanted her to fall more and more in love with this place every second.

Wasn't she supposed to hate school? NAH.

She waved enthusiastically at Mr. McLeod as she approached. He was a VERY tall, very hairy man. Not knowing what she was meant to do ('cause most teachers always told them where to sit and normally they had chairs or mats or something), she went and stood right next to the gigantic man well, gigantic compared to her. And attempted to imitate his exact pose, 'cause this must be how a Professional Flyer stands.

The only problem with this whole thing was, well, the brooms. "Psssssssssssssssssssssssst...." she STAGE whispered at him, still facing forward. "Are we allowed to bedazzle our brooms?"
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This was it.

Carlton made his way down towards the pitch, trying to calm his nerves. They couldn't be expected to fly on their first flying lesson, right? He had only just found out that the process of climbing up on a broom and fly around was actually a thing. And not just hovering either! Like, actually up in the air throwing weird looking footballs around.

It was cool but also terrifying. He would probably enjoy a spot on the stands a lot better than flying around trying to stay balanced on a broom. But this was his Head of House that taught the students to fly. Not only did that make him the coolest Head of House on the school but it also meant Carlton had to fight his innate skill of fumbling.

When he reached the pitch his eyes landed on the brooms and he swallowed hard. Did this mean that he would know how to control one of those at the end of the lesson? He hoped not. Heights was bad. Keeping his balance on something that tiny and wobbly was even worse.

"H-Hello Mr. McLeod." He did an awkward little head bow and stood scraping his shoe on the ground. If only he could be as cool and suave as Mr. McLeod

He didn't like the fact that he would embarrass himself in front of his Head of House. Or the fact that he would probably have to go see Healer Reed after the lesson was over.
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Flying class. How had she POSSIBLY let Healer Reed convince her to give it a go? It'd improve her balance, he had said. Well she would see about this. Running with Oliver had helped her but there was possibly more that she could do. She would give flying a try. Don't back down. Try new things. Be adventurous.

Olivia bit her lip as she walked past the Quidditch stands and into the field where Mr. McLeod was standing, feeling incredibly nervous about what they were going to do today. She eyed the brooms and then glanced at the Professor. "Good morning, Mr. McLeod!" she said with a smile before going back to eying the lined up brooms. This was going to be interesting.
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Because Zoryn Spinnet LOVED the idea of FLYING. ahem.

Not that she had ever actually flown before. Her overprotective parents would never approve of that. Of course now that she was at Hogwarts, they couldn't really stop her from trying. Especially since they found out she was sorted into Gryffindor House: Home to the brave and stupidly reckless at heart. Before coming here, she had NO idea that they did flying lessons at this school. It was almost like life wanted her to fall more and more in love with this place every second.

Wasn't she supposed to hate school? NAH.

She waved enthusiastically at Mr. McLeod as she approached. He was a VERY tall, very hairy man. Not knowing what she was meant to do ('cause most teachers always told them where to sit and normally they had chairs or mats or something), she went and stood right next to the gigantic man well, gigantic compared to her. And attempted to imitate his exact pose, 'cause this must be how a Professional Flyer stands.

The only problem with this whole thing was, well, the brooms. "Psssssssssssssssssssssssst...." she STAGE whispered at him, still facing forward. "Are we allowed to bedazzle our brooms?"
It took a bit self will to not get Justin busting out laughing at this one. Out of amusement of course. The most anyone saw from him however was a sly smirk as he nodded toward her waving and posing. "Psssst, just don't break it." He stage whispered back.

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Carlton made his way down towards the pitch, trying to calm his nerves. They couldn't be expected to fly on their first flying lesson, right? He had only just found out that the process of climbing up on a broom and fly around was actually a thing. And not just hovering either! Like, actually up in the air throwing weird looking footballs around.

It was cool but also terrifying. He would probably enjoy a spot on the stands a lot better than flying around trying to stay balanced on a broom. But this was his Head of House that taught the students to fly. Not only did that make him the coolest Head of House on the school but it also meant Carlton had to fight his innate skill of fumbling.

When he reached the pitch his eyes landed on the brooms and he swallowed hard. Did this mean that he would know how to control one of those at the end of the lesson? He hoped not. Heights was bad. Keeping his balance on something that tiny and wobbly was even worse.

"H-Hello Mr. McLeod." He did an awkward little head bow and stood scraping his shoe on the ground. If only he could be as cool and suave as Mr. McLeod

He didn't like the fact that he would embarrass himself in front of his Head of House. Or the fact that he would probably have to go see Healer Reed after the lesson was over.
Now where were his little snakes? Aha there was one. "Hello there." Justin greeted him with a smile. Shy kid, eh? From the bit of hesitation in his voice. Well he joined the right lesson to loosen up.

It was about time to begin by the time enough had arrived. "Well then, good morning everyone. Glad to see you all have made it here safely. Welcome to your beginning flying lesson. Today we will be as expected getting acquainted with the brooms here before taking flight. I dare say after the lesson at least some of you will be able to progress into the advanced lesson later on." Something to look forward to, "Alright, if you haven't already go on ahead and stand next to one of the brooms laid out." Waiting as everyone did so before he could continue.

Now then, "To start off, we will be doing a trust exercise. I want you all to stick your most dominate hand out over the broom and shout as clearly as possible, 'Up!'" Just as he explained and showcased, Justin's broom zooomed straight up to his right hand. "The time it takes for you to do it varies, some will have it right away and some will be a while. This does not mean you will be a horrible flyer if it comes up later, it just so happens you may be more aware of the obstacles and possibilities to keep an eye out for in the air." So there would be no reason to give up.

"If you're a bit nervous, you can close your eyes and imagine a safe place to get you comfortable enough while trying to summon it. Feel the broom.. Embrace the broom.. Be the broom.." Sounds about right, yeah? "Now then, keep calm and give it a go!"

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BOOYAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Abandoning her precise pose, she threw a fist into the air because that wasn't exactly a no! And of course she wouldn't break it! That'd defeat the purpose. She gave the groundskeeper a look to let him know that she thought he was silly, before moving to stand with the other students. Specifically, the kid (Carlton) who looked like he was about to vomit up an entire small village. "You look kinda green," she stage whispered at him giving him a good poke in the side, just so he knew.

Mr. McLeod was using a lot of words, and Zoryn didn't really care to pay attention to all that many of them. Though she did pick up on the fact that they were getting acquainted with the brooms soon. That sounded kinda silly but if the broom wanted to do introductions, then Zoryn was all for it!

The first year was all too eager to get started, so she did as the man had just demonstrated and reached her hand forward, not caring to do the weird thinking exercises beforehand. 'Cause she didn't want to be the broom. She wanted to be Zoryn. "Up!" AND OHMYGOSH THIS WAS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jk. Nothing happened.

"UP!" she said, slightly louder and MORE enthusiastically this time.

"UPP!!" Alright now this was starting to get a little agitating. She still wore a huge smile though. And maybe, just maybe she noticed it do a little wiggle. The next attempt. That's when she'd get it.

"UP!!!!" Did it budge just now or were her eyes deceiving her? .... The next, NEXT attempt?

Zoryn had a feeling that this was going to be a very, VERY long lesson.
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Time for flying lessons... one of the most highly anticipated by many of her classmates, but something Sinead had rather mixed feelings towards. On the one hand, flying would be extremely useful, and pretty cool as well- but on the other, she'd never been all that sporty and she was loath to have any area of witchcraft that was a weakness for her. Being unable to fly at all, though, would be exactly that, and so she was determined to gain at least basic competence in flight. At least her Head of House was taking the lessons- at first she'd been dismayed to hear that he was Professor of Flying, not a real subject, but after she'd met him he'd won her respect pretty fast.

She stayed quiet and introspective through the first part of the lesson, frowning vaguely at the broom on the ground beside her. She'd seen people do this part before, and it looked easy enough- just a spell really, right? With that in mind:

"Up," she told the broom, not expecting too much resistance from a piece of wood. Unfortunately, it seemed to have a mind of its own, because it remained obstinately stationary on the ground.

Sinead grit her teeth, scowling once more and flexing her fingers where they rested over the broom. Glancing around, plenty of others hadn't managed to lift their brooms yet either- but she was not about to be one of the last ones to manage it. If it came down to it, she'd use Wingardium Leviosa to get the stupid thing off the ground.

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"Up- UP!"
The broom didn't seem much inclined to do as she asked, sort of twitching on the ground as she first spoke- but she was not about to let it get away with that, and called it up again with even more conviction, not letting it lose any momentum from that initial unenthusiastic motion. It trailed sluggishly up through the air into her hand- not exactly whisking off the ground like Mr. McLeod's, but at least it got there, she thought with a fierce sense of victory.
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Carlton was fooooocused. On every word the professor said. And then he felt a poke in his side. He jumped, flailing his arms in the air to prevent any further poking. "It's just because I'm concentrating." He mumbled, defensively back to her (Zoryn). He was lying, of course. This was the class that made him the most nervous. Well, this and DADA. Actually, all the classes that got him to do anything magical was making him nervous.

And now he was supposed to talk to the broom. Or, command it rather. Carlton looked down at the broomstick on the ground next to him. He poked it a little with the tip of his shoe, just to you know, show it who was boss.

It was him. He was the boss. He'd show it alright.

Carlton held his right hand above the broom. "Up." His voice was stern as he stared down at it. But it didn't move. "Up. I mean it this time, get up here!" He clenched and opened his hand above it but it still didn't fly up to his hand at his command. Whyyyy didn't it obey? He was making grabby hands and everything! He stomped his foot in the ground but that didn't convince it either. What was so difficult for it to understand? Carlton was the boss. That was just a broom.

Finally he bent down and picked it up from the ground only to drop it back down again. "Now do that, only... Backwards." He flexed his hand repeatedly over it but it just refused. "UP!" Up, up, up, up, up, get up here YOU!

Carlton glanced around at the other students and relaxed slowly when he realized he wasn't the only one struggling. Then his eyes landed on one of his house mates (Sinead) and watched with envious eyes how her broom moved up off the ground. She hadn't even showed her broom the proper route to take from the ground up to her hand!

He thought back to the instructions. "If you're a bit nervous, you can close your eyes and imagine a safe place to get you comfortable enough while trying to summon it. Feel the broom.. Embrace the broom.. Be the broom.." Be the broom. He could be the broom. Carlton closed his eyes and thought of home. "Up." He opened one eye to glance down at the broom and sighed. "Up? Please. Up!" And then it happened; It wiggled.

IT WIGGLED!

Carlton let out a cry of victory! "IT WIGGLED! IT TOTALLY WIGGLED." Now it was completely still again, but it had wiggled. For like a solid second or two. "It wiggled, I got it to wiggle." He was so proud.
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"Hey professor." He smiled as he lined up with the other students.
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He had been too caught up in his daydreams of grandeur to greet the Groundskeeper (no offense meant, sir) or his friends (HELLO THOUGH!) but he certainly snapped back to attention when they were instructed to call their brooms to their hands. THAT he knew he could do.

Hand placed confidently over his school broom, Derf grinned down at it. "UP!" he chirped eagerly...and just like that the broom SWOOSHED up and into his hand. Perhaps with a bit TOO much force as the Hufflepuff's footing slipped a little and he had to sway a bit dramatically to keep his balance. BUT HE TOTALLY HAD HIS BROOM AND WAS READY TO TAKE OFF!

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She was certainly the oldest here, now wasn't she? She felt a little out of her element until she recognized a few first years that came bounding into the lesson. There was Carlton, Zoryn, and even Derf. This will be interesting. She gave them all a smile and even a smile to the students she hadn't met yet. Yes, she was old and felt very old. ;_________;

She couldn't possibly be outdone by any first or second years, right? She was older at Flying? Would that factor into helping her at all? Biting her lip, she listened to Mr. McLeod's instructions. A trust exercise? That was why they had to do. When Mr. McLeod's broom zoomed straight up into his hand, Olivia just stood with widened eyes. Woah.

Keep calm. Keep calm and carry on. Thanks Winston Churchill.

She sighed, gulping, as she eyed the broom on the ground beside her. Calm her mind. Calm. Think of the ocean. Olivia tried to imagine herself back by the beach by her grandparents house where the waves crashed against the shoreline. Think of the wind. The wind against her face. She moved her hand over the broom, trying to imagine her fingertips on the smooth surface. Olivia steadied her hand, and almost whispered, "Up!"

She opened her right eye, peaking to see if there was any progress. Nothing.

Rolling her eyes, Olivia sighed and almost glared at the broom. Really? Really? Sighing once more, she readied herself. "Up!" she said. The broom flew into her hand. Well apparently looking at it helped her. Neat.
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RIIIiiiiiIIIiiiiiIIIight,” she giggled and gave the boy (Carlton) a look of total disbelief, before returning her attention back to her own broom.

Her own broom that she didn’t want anymore because it was stupid.

”You’ve got to be kidding me!” Yes, it was just a BIT frustrating, okay?? ”Up!” Couldn’t they just pick their brooms up? Did they have to do this whole catchy thing? It didn’t make any sense. Maybe it had to do with concentration, yes, but Zoryn was always bad at concentration. The magic stuff should just learn how to work with HER. It’d be much easier that way.

And she did noticed that Derf had caught hold of his own broom. And it made her even more annoyed. ‘Cause like YAY DERF but also, HOW RUDE of her own broom!!!! So after another attempt, she picked it up and walked it right over to their instructor.

”You should probably throw this one out,” she informed him. ”It’s a dud,” she nodded loads as she handed it over. ”You’re welcome.”
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RIIIiiiiiIIIiiiiiIIIight,” she giggled and gave the boy (Carlton) a look of total disbelief, before returning her attention back to her own broom.

Her own broom that she didn’t want anymore because it was stupid.

”You’ve got to be kidding me!” Yes, it was just a BIT frustrating, okay?? ”Up!” Couldn’t they just pick their brooms up? Did they have to do this whole catchy thing? It didn’t make any sense. Maybe it had to do with concentration, yes, but Zoryn was always bad at concentration. The magic stuff should just learn how to work with HER. It’d be much easier that way.

And she did noticed that Derf had caught hold of his own broom. And it made her even more annoyed. ‘Cause like YAY DERF but also, HOW RUDE of her own broom!!!! So after another attempt, she picked it up and walked it right over to their instructor.

”You should probably throw this one out,” she informed him. ”It’s a dud,” she nodded loads as she handed it over. ”You’re welcome.”
Next thing Justin knew his outreached hand now had a broom. Okay. "Do you not wish to fly today Miss Zoryn?" Rhetorical of course, since she looked more frustrated. Shaking his head, "The broom isn't quite use to you just yet, think of it as if you're making a new friend and give it another try. I know you can do it." Even if it simply rolled.

Justin was pleased to see a number already have their brooms but a few were making nice progress, one even managed to make theirs wiggle as he smiled proudly. "Good work everyone! Those still working with their brooms keep on at it for the next few minutes. Those who managed to summon it can even try it again at a faster speed."

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Holding her broom with a slight air of superiority, Sinead let her eyes drift around the other students; all the other first years seemed to have pretty mixed levels of natural ability. The boy she recognised from her house, Carlton, especially seemed to be having some trouble- she saw him sneak a glance over in her direction even as some Gryffindor girl tried to give up (so much for being strong and brave in the face of adversity). Her mother had told her not to be smug, though, so she tried to school her face to neutrality. Except for a glare at some older Slytherin who turned up late and cost them points?! Did he have no house pride? And why was her own head of house taking away points from them, didn't he want them to win?

Losing house points was a cardinal sin.

For now, though, there didn't seem much to do except practice again, as Mr McLeod advised. And then maybe she could win some house points back. Laying her broom neatly out on the floor before her again, she summoned it again, and again it rose to her hand with something of a slow, reluctant demeanour. Close enough.

Looking over to her housemate as he celebrated having elicited a wiggle from his broom, she decided that some of her profound wisdom was called for in this situation.
"You just have to be really determined," she suggested, taking a step towards him and trying not to trip over her own broom or stab anybody with it. "If you know that you're in charge, then the broom will too." Maybe she should teach this class. She sounded quite professional really, didn't she?
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Hugging his school broom to himself, Derf weaved through the row of students until he was beside Zoryn. "You're jus-st not us-sed to brooms-s-s," he nodded. "I've had loads-s of practice riding fem becaus-se dad taught me..." He dropped his bright blue eyes to the broom and pointed. "Doubt it likes-s-s you s-saying that it s-should be frown away." Probably offended, actually. "Won't make it listen to you better if you are mean to it."

Laying his broom back on the ground, hand hovering over it, he glanced back at his Gryffindor friend and considered the words the Groundskeeper had just said to her. "Fink of it like...um...like s-s-s-shaking someone'-s hand for the firs-st time! Or like...meeting a unicorn. You haff to be gentle and inviting...or it will run away." Or, in the case of a broom, just not move at all. "Also...like a hippogriff. If you are mean to it...it will jus-s-st get MAD...s-s-so...polite too."

Turning his eyes back to his own school broom, Derf grinned down at it once more before uttering another excited UP!

And up it went indeed. Right into his hand with the same amount of enthusiasm as before.

Which was when a thought crossed his mind...one that just slipped out of his mouth as he processed it. "Wonder if fis counts-s-s as wandless magic..."
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Carlton smiled down at his broom. It was so cute, doing the wiggle down there. With a looot of imagination, which Carlton had plenty of, it almost looked like a little puppy wagging his tail. Then his focus was abrupted by a fellow Slytherin firstie. The one who had gotten her broom to obey almost instantly, how had she done that?!

The pride he'd felt from getting his broom to wiggle was quickly fading. He suddenly felt very embarrassed by his happy outburst when he hadn't even almost completed the task. He fumbled and picked up the broom, holding it close to his chest. It was his wiggly broom. His own. Well, at least until the lesson was over then sadly he'd have to give it back.

"I am determined." He protested, shifting his weight uncomfortably. And he knew who was in charge. Mr. McLeod was. Obviously. He backed away a little and placed his broom firmly on the ground again, hoping she [Sinead] wouldn't comment on his tactic. If he could just show the broom that he loved it then it would aaaaaall work out fine.

But now, he needed to focus.

Carlton looked down at his broom again. "Up." It wiggled. Cute but not good enough. "Up..." The wiggle turned into bouncing and Carlton watched it wide-eyed. "I'm doing it..." He murmured, shocked.

Looking down at the broom again he cleared his throat. "UP!" It bounced around before hovering above the ground.

"I'm doing it! Waaaaaaaaaaah- I'm totally doing it!"

Ish. It now lay still on the ground again but he knew he could get it up and into his hand. He just knew it. Carlton stood with his legs wide apart and hand outstretched and open above the broom. This was it wiggly one.

Inhale. Exhale. "UP!" It struggled in the beginning, not really sure if would lift or not. But then it did. It was off the ground, it shook, it hovered and then...

It was in his hand. Carlton gasped watching it for a few seconds before reality kicked in. "I DID IT!" For real this time! He hugged the broom close to him for a few seconds, savouring the moment. Him and his broom had finally found each other. The trust exercise had worked, he'd felt the broom and now he was embracing the broom. Exactly like Mr. McLeod had instructed.

"Yay." He murmured and gently put it down on the grass again. Pat, pat. "Good broom." He would continue to practice and pat the broom until Mr. McLeod told them otherwise.
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......................... Zoryn deadpanned.

Okay first off Mr. she wasn't "giving up". She was just informing him that his broom was a dud and that she needed to use a new one. But he made it sound like she was giving up. Of course she still wanted to fly today!!!!!!!!!! Which is why she began shaking her head A WHOLE LOT in response to his question.

"Well, I think you should tell the broom that," a very logical response, of course. "'Cause so far this friendship is really one-sided." Just saying. Plus she didn't want to be FRIENDS with the broom, she just wanted to RIDE it. But this adult would never understand that, so she took her broom back and walked it over to her spot from before, letting it fall to the ground with a soft *thud*.

The first year let out a DRAMATIC sigh as she folded her arms across her chest.

Hmph.

It was nice of Derf to walk over to her and Zoryn couldn't help but smile (even though she was trying to be really mad at her broom!!!!!) when she saw him in her peripheral vision. "Well I only said that 'cause I don't like that it won't listen to me!" So it was the BROOM'S fault clearly.

She did, however, listen closely as Derf began explaining more about the process. And.... "I guess that makes sense," she did have to admit that much. "I'll try again but it better be listening this time." Her mom always said that being a good listener was really important. That and eating your vegetables 'cause if you don't eat those you'll get spattergroit. "UP!" she tried again, totally expected for the broom to do nothing again, but was instead surprised when it SORTA DID SOMETHING THIS TIME???!?!??!!

"Did you SEE THAT??" She could hardly contain her own excitement! The broom had jumped up HALF WAY!!!! Which was half way more than it did the last time she tried!!!!!!!! Turning to Derf, she grabbed the boy by his shoulders and SHOOK HIM, "DID YOU SEE IT?!?!"
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Jonas frowned and blushed a bit. Alrighty, this is a great start. He thought to himself as he hovered his hand over the broom.
"Up!" He tried but the broom stayed put. Oooof course it did. Would be too easy if this class were to go good the first time around right?
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Derf was relieved that what he said made sense because...he had sort of made it up. Sort of. It WAS based on some things he had heard and seen, but he was also just really good at sounding like he knew what he was talking about when he really wasn't sure.

Nodding at Zoryn as she tried it again, his bright blue eyes shifted to her broom and body tensed in eager anticipation for something to happen. Hopefully happen. He would feel bad if ---

OH!

"HOLY FLAMING S-SALAMANDERS! YOU DID IT!" he chirped. There had been a hug coming ... but said hug was unable to be initiated as he was being shook by the Gryffindor and his head was flopping around like that of a rag doll's.

"Idid...Idid...Ipromis-s-seIdid," he yelped gleefully - also hoping that the confirmation meant that she would stop because he was starting to get a little dizzy. "IDID!"
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Did he REALLY see it, or was he just saying so to make her happy?

Well it did, make her happy, but she wasn't sure if Derf was just saying so. So she shook him a little bit more in excitement before stopping and jumping up and down a little instead. She was just excited, okay? These were really exciting times here. She had made her broom JUMP a little bit.

"That was AWESOME!" She wanted to do it again.

"Up!" And this time the broomstick flew ALL THE WAY UP..... and maybe she should've remembered to catch it. But whatever, SHE DID IT!!!! "Okay I'm ready to fly."

Could they do that now please?
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Look at the kiddies working on the broom. It made Justin proud to see their progress as he continued watching witnessing a number even offer their help to those struggling. He grinned at some celebrating. "Good work everyone!" He clapped his hands for their attention. "Now we're going to take flight." Yep, time for the real stuff.

"First off you just swing your leg over the broom and keep a steady grip with your dominate hand over your hand on the handle. Like so." The Instructor demonstrated for them with his trusty broom. "Now first thing we'll be doing is taking off. Once you're fully mounted you are to face in the direction of the air before kicking off the ground with a single jump into a hover." Demonstrating again, Justin floated off in the air like a single feather before descending down.

"The most difficult part will be on keeping yourself in the air long enough. So right now we will concentrate on floating for a few seconds before tapping back down onto the ground." So for some tips, "Keep your mind fully focused on staying in the air, feel your broom as if they're a close friend and trust them. A bit of imagination helps as well." Where they anxious yet? "On my whistle, give it go. Three... two.."

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Okay. All she had to do was swing her leg over the broomstick and hold on to it. She could do that. Ava was surprised at how nervous she felt right now. She had been quite excited this morning, but now she felt sure she would mess up somehow. Fall off her broom, maybe.

But the teacher only said to hover for a little bit. It wasn't like she could hurt herself very much doing that. She swung her leg over the broomstick and grabbed a hold of the handle with her right hand. She held on quite tightly, but she could do this. She was going to try, anyway.

Taking a deep breath she pointed her broomstick towards the air and waited for the whistle. 3... 2... 1... NOW!

"Ahh!" She had tapped her foot against the ground, quite forcefully. Feeling pretty surprised to find herself actually in the air, she had forgotten to concentrate on much of anything, and in a flash found herself on the ground again with a bit of a thud.

Oh well. That was just her first try. Time to give it another go.
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Okay, she knew that most all witches and wizards used broomsticks as a mode of transport... But she couldn't help it, there was just too much muggle in her not to feel like an idiot as she attempted to mount a broom. How did she know if she was doing it right? She probably looked really weird- she'd never done this before. Sadly, though, there didn't seem to be much she could do besides just give it a go.

She didn't really understand how to direct her movement- that was something she'd always struggled with- and the broom felt weirdly alive in her hands. Like her wand, except that she didn't trust the broom. Her wand always had her back- it was like it wanted to cast spells every bit as much as she did. Still, if Mr. McLeod said that trusting the broom was the key... well, maybe they weren't going to be friends as such, but they could be allies.
Okay, broom, she thought at it, nerves overcoming her feeling of stupidness at mentally conversing with what was, after all, a fancy enchanted log. You don't really like me, and I don't really trust you. But we can work together on this one. After all- she wasn't asking for great things from it. She just wanted to get from A to B- or in this case, hover a little.

With this in mind, she tried to ask just that of the broom- but when her feet stayed firmly planted on the ground, she recalled the other half of the instructions.

Kick off. Right. She had this under control.

Her second attempt went a little better- with the broom still held under a fierce mental leash, she hopped a tiny way off the ground and managed to hover there for some seconds, feet brushing the grass just centimetres from the earth. Then, with a distinct sense of having pushed her luck far enough, she leaned down and urged the broom to descend, with a slight sigh of relief as her feet contacted the ground again.

Really, she was happy to call that a success.
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