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Flipping the thimble over in her hand, Isabelle turned her grin to the rest of the class. "Those of you who said this is a thimble are quite correct. But we won't be using it for sewing today - we'll be transfiguring vases for these flowers to go in later on," she gestured to coloured blooms in the buckets.
"The spell itself is formed from two Latin words..." Picking up the chalk, Issy decided to write it on the board herself rather than use magic. "Flora, meaning flowers, or plants. And Teneo, meaning 'to hold'."
"To hold flowers. A vase. Any kind that your imagination can come up with. And the flowers themselves will be for later, so you can all have some fun arranging them. Now, before I show you the wand movements, could you all come up and collect a handful of thimbles - you'll need some more for homework, so feel free to store them in your bags." Isabelle used her foot to shift the box to the front of the room. It was a little heavy, as there were hundreds of the things in there.
Lily copied down the professor's notes into her notebook. This was going to be similar to the paper into frame type of thing, though vases might not be as easy to personalize. Lily put down her quill as the professor asked them to come and get thimbles. Lily had never used them before for anything, she hadn't even seen them before... Walking up to the front of the room, Lily picked up 8 thimbles, to both use in class, for homework, and maybe to give to her mom back home. Once she had her thimbles, she walked back to her seat, and waited patiently to learn the spell.