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[COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]"Ah, yes, preventative spells. Excellent job, Miss Castell." She was on top of things today. Ivy wrote that on the board as well.
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Once all the answers had been given and repeated and stretched until they were hardly relevant, Ivy put the chalk back down onto the tray. ”Very good input, everyone, thank you.” Time to move on.
”Now let’s move on to our first activity. Whether you like it or not, this classroom and parts of Hogwarts are still dirty and need cleaning attention. Right now, we’re going to review our basic cleaning charms, since most of you should know them by now. The most basic cleaning charm is, of course, Scourgify. To perform this charm, simply point your wand at the target you wish to clean and say ’Scourgify’. I know all of you know this, so we won’t spend too much time on it.”
”The first spell you will be learning today is a simple, but effective polishing. This young man mentioned the charm to polish metal,” Ivy gestured towards West Odessa, ”However, today we will be using ’Poliotus’.” Ivy turned around and picked up the piece of chalk and wrote down on the board:
Poliotus
poh-lee-OH-tuss
”This polishing spell works for just about everything else, nonspecific. Wood, leather, linoleum, etcetera. Today, after you clean your desks, you will polish them using this new charm.” Ivy dusted off her hands and walked over to her desk and pulled out her wand. "To perform this charm, you will say the incantation while slowly moving you wand over the target in an 'S' shape. For example... Poliotus." Ivy spoke the incantation clearly, drawing a large 'S' shape over the surface of her desk. In a matter of seconds, the wooden surface was shiny, smooth, and good as new.
Ivy holstered her wand and returned her attention the students. ”So, first things first. Clean your desks using Scourgify, then polish them using Poliotus.” Excellent job? Okay, maybe Professor Knox wasn't too bad after all. She was doing a good job at boosting the Ravenclaw's confidence.
Moreover, the woman knew how to say 'thank you'. Heh. Beezus actually thought she would only use those words with out of sarcasm. Turns out, she was being proved wrong. Little by little, she was discovering what an Ivy Knox was like and she oddly doesn't disapprove. So far.
First activity, hmm? They were to clean and polish their desks with Scourgify and this new guy, Poliotus.
As soon as the writing had appeared on the board, Beezus immediately began to practice the incantation by muttering it to herself. It was easy but she wanted to make sure. There was no room for mistakes, that was another unspoken rule she felt like Professor Knox's eyes were saying. The charm wand movement was an S motion towards the target. Right. She got that. She watched first as the woman provided their class with a brief demonstration before unholstering her wand and practicing the wand movement at least three times.
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Time to clean." She mumbled to herself as she pointed her wand at the surface. "
Scourgify!" Zing. Zing. Dust-free. The brunette ran her index and middle finger across her desk and held it up to see if it would get dusty. And got none. Gotta love being magical, no? They were such a special breed.
However, her desk still didn't look spick-and-span. It lacked the shine. And whatever was the way to change that and have an immaculately clean desk? Uh huh. The new charm.
With a smile, Beezus readied her wand and, "
Poliotus." An almost invisible layer seemed to have peeled off from the desk, leaving it with a shiny look. It now appeared very different from when she had first occupied it earlier. A very good different at that. Spotless desk was spotless. Huzzah!
Will they be learning more cleaning charms today? She hoped so.