Marilyn sighed, standing and wondering over to the Professor's desk. She grabbed the first two items her fingers came into contact with (a miniature toy bear and a empty medicine bottle), and ventured back to her seat.

She copied Descoteaux's wand motion and allowed the movement to become familiar. Since he'd just demonstrated a slashing motion, it was simple...For what he'd described, the particular spell was more about emotion than technique.

With that in mind, the blonde concentrated...allowing the spell to fill her up. With a nod, she silently made the wand-slashing motion...

...but nothing happened.

Feeling more than a little frustrated, she groaned. It seemed she was a little more out of practice than she realized.

Calming herself, Marilyn leveled the stuffed animal with a steady look, focusing intently on it. With a second slash, the bear split...the plastic bottle doing the same just seconds later. Feeling satisfied, the Slytherin smirked.

It was obvious that Marilyn had became timid in her spell work. She'd need to practice more outside of class...Maybe Carter could help her...or Rafe.