He was pleased. He already had far more accomplished in this short amount of time than he'd had in what seemed like fifty tries for the first spell. Then again, he had been at Hogwarts now for half of a school year. I guess it's expected that I improve, eh? Especially for a Mancini.

"Well time to try again, then!" He concentrated hard on the picture of the trousers that he wanted. Then when he was sufficiently focused, he raised his wand and performed that upside down V motion that was becoming more and more natural. "Summitto Vestis," he pronounced clearly, confidently.

It never got old. It probably never would. He truly loved watching something morph before his very eyes. Even though he'd grown up seeing his mother perform magic around the house, it still amazed him every time.

"And you are definitely the right size now." But though he'd managed a split between black and yellow this time, it was far from what he'd been imagining. "I wanted a clean distinction, not this blurred in between mess," he semi-whined, fingering the fabric. Perhaps it was because he didn't get the right fabric for the black.