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Maxilocks 
Once the students had all settled down, Jared picked up the explanation where it had been left off. "Now, the most common Disillusionment Charm is Disillusiona, and this is the charm we're going to practice before heading back to the castle. The wand movement is to the tap the top or surface of the target, with your wand, twice. So." He rapped the top of the lantern he had set down earlier, said the incantation out loud, and the lantern seemed to disappear. Jared cast Finite - verbally, for the benefit of the students - and the lantern re-appeared.
"Concentration and focus are more essential to this charm, than many others. The more you concentrate, the better your results. If your mind isn't on the charm, it's likely that half the target is going to disappear, and half remain in plain sight." No good, that.
"Go ahead and try it out on your lanterns. And," he added, before any of the students could start getting ideas. "No one is going to cast the Disillusionment Charm on themselves and then move away from their hay bale." They could cast it on themselves. If they remained on their hay bales until they nullified its effects. He wouldn't put it past some of the students to sneak off. "If anyone dies so -" And he would know if someone did - "That's fifty points from their house and a week's worth of detention."
Professor Descoteaux's last words were... well, it was a good thing he told them not to use the Disillusionment Charm on themselves. You know, so no one could sneak behind Helena and probably give her a heart attack.
So... Wasn't the Disillusionment Charms a bit too... difficult for the younger ones? Yes, a first year like she was? She'll never know if she doesn't try.
Helena looked at her lantern, then pointed her wand at it. She tapped it twice, then said "
Disillusiona." Nothing happened.
Sigh.
Okay, clear your mind. It probably didn't work because she was still scared of the creepy surroundings. She took a deep breath, then tapped again the lantern, twice of course, and said "
Disillusiona."
Aaaaand the lantern disappeared! Just to be sure, she reached over her hand, where the lantern should have been and, indeed, it was still there. But invisible.