The twelve-years old had lost hope on finding any kind of note written by her. She was too busy watching the professor flapping…cutely. And the second-year was mesmerized by the whole rocket lunching thing and while the excitement overwhelmed her when the rocket shot up in the sky she never remembered writing down any spell or anything.


She sighed and like earlier stood and looked around her seeing if anyone was about to launch their rocket. Fortunately most of the students got to that stage so it was easy. Stepping closer to one of the students she scribbled down the spell , "Explaeris," She repeated. Though there was no need to write it down considering she'll now go and cast it right away but she didn't know what might happen again.

So returning to her launcher. She scuffed her feet around feeling that her spirit was a bit down now. Not like when she first came here to the courtyard.

Anyway, Cassia held her wand up and aimed it the bottle. Drawing a circular shape and uttering ,"Explaeris!" she started flapping. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. FLAP. Flap .flap. flap. flap. flap. flap………Cassia felt that her arm might get detached from her body which caused her to slow down and the rocket stirred then left the launcher and rose a barely a couple of feet then it fell to the ground.

*Blink*

Cassia still holding her wand looked at her beloved rocket laying on the ground . She pocketed her wand feeling a lump in her throat. She had imagined her rocket to shoot up in the sky like the Professor did marvelously. And like the other students were doing as well. She watched one of the students launching their rocket and noticed that her flapping wasn't as perfect as the other.

She sighed and picked up her rocket. Well, at least she tried and what do they say about having the honor of trying? But the second-year was feeling horrible for she wanted to see her rocket fly like the others. At least it rose up a couple of feet. She tried to convince herself in vain.

Cassia sat cross-legged on the rocky ground hugging her rocket and watching the other students trying to console herself. She shouldn't act childish like this. That was when she was a firstie. Now she was a second-year and she was going to take it like a man……um or like a woman.