Sander looked up from what he was doing and smiled over at the young Hufflepuff who had joined him at the study tables.

"Hey there Lux. Are you here to do your History of Magic homework assignment too?" he asked her too before replying to her question.

"Me? Oh I'm going to be using the Ankh symbol. I've just fashioned my clay into the shape of a Scarab and was about to cast the spell that will harden the clay and make the shape permanent. Do you want to watch?" Sander asked the younger girl as he pulled out his wand. He was getting excited at the prospect of making his first amulet. He couldn't wait to see how this one turned out.

Tracing first a vertical line from top to bottom followed by a semi-circle to form an almost complete D over his clay amulet, Sander said the incantation to the spell,"Duro" and then watched as the clay began to slowly harden right before his very eyes.

After waiting a few seconds, Sander tested the amulet's texture by gently touching each corner of it with his finger to see whether the clay had hardened or not. When his finger came away dry at every touch and didn't make any indentations in the clay, Sander ended the spell, by saying, "Finite". His clay amulet was now hard.

Picking up the amulet, Sander closely examined it. "See Lux, all done. Now all I have to do is carve out the symbol on it. What symbol did you pick?" Sander asked curiously as he leaned over to take a peak at the drawing in Lux's parchment.