Alyssa continued to practice the wand movements over and over again until she felt comfortable rolling and flicking her wand without letting it fly out of her fingers or letting it end up upside down in her hand....which she did plenty of both.

But now she was ready to actually try casting the spell. With a roll of her wand and a flick, Alyssa said the incantation.

"Loricatus" and watched to see what happened.

She felt something heavy on her shoulders and she immediately sagged with the extra weight. She looked down at her body but couldn't see anything different about it. But she sure could feel it.

It was heavy. 'Geesh! No wonder people don't use this spell that often. It makes you clumsy.' Alyssa thought to herself as she took a step forward. She felt like the Pillsbury Doughboy when she walked...or worse yet...a Sumo Wrestler...only she wasn't huge.

Alyssa ended the spell.

'Okay we need to concentrate harder and try to make this armor s lot less heavier. Let's try this again.' she thought to herself.

Raising her hand, she asked the Professor. "Professor is there any way to make this armor lighter. You know...like Mithril? Super strong but oh so feather light?"