Alyssa got up from her cushion and walked up to where Professor Bellaire was standing. She waited in line and when it was her turn, she picked up a cup and returned to her cushion. Sitting down, she looked at the cup.

First she tried prounouncing the incantion. "Magnus Centrum...Magnus Centrum...Magnus Centrum."

Now to try it out for real. Concentrating hard as she looked at the cup that she had placed on the ground in front of her, Alyssa took out her hand and lightly tapped it while saying the incantation.

"Magnus Centrum"...she didn't see any change in the cup. But then she realized of course she wouldn't see any change in the cup. She wasn't supposed to. The change was supposed to be not visible from the outside.

"Well I guess I'll just have to find out whether my cushion fits this cup." Scooting off the cushion, Alyssa picked up the cushion and tried stuffing it into the cup, but only the tip of it entered the cup with the whole other part still hanging out.

"Okay let's try this again." Alyssa whispered to herself.

This time she closed her eyes and cleared her mind of all thought except the image of the cup looking really big on the inside. Big enough to fit the entire cushion inside. Concentrating really hard on keeping the image in her head, Alyssa opened her eyes and looked down at the cup.

Keeping that image in her mind, Alyssa lightly tapped the cup with her wand and said, "Magnus Centrum". Then she picked up the cup and began pushing the cushion into it. Like before the corner tip of the cushion entered the cup....and then it kept on going in. The middle was now finally in, and there seemed to be no end to the cup. Alyssa continued to push the cup in and finally she had the entire cushion inside the cup.

'Wow! this spell really works. I wonder whether I can put my shoes in as well.' Alyssa thought to herself laughing inwardly at the thought of her doing that.