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"You bet I am." That just happened to be one of her admiring qualities. Spell work however was not one of her specialties. She down right struggled with it. "Impressive? It didn't do anything." Well, not anything that she wanted it to do anyways.
She should try this again right? "Helic Umtus!" The flicking of her wand happened as she uttered the incantation. This time a little bit more of the helium filled the balloon but not much. "Can I just suck some helium from your balloon?" It was after all the only thing that she was interested in.
Ian giggled at her pride. He had known she was like that, but sometimes it was funny to hear if from this tiny girl. He shrugged.
That's because the only way you see success if complete. Sometimes, it takes the partial path to make it all the way. At least that's what my dad says. He taught me that about success when I was learning to fish. I started out small with little fingerlings, but now I'm pulling nets with the men on his boat. You'll get it.
He watched as she tried more and saw a little more progress and then she asked something unthinkable.
You must be out of your Gryffindor mind! It's my balloon and I have big plans for it. He muttered some words under his breath that sounded very much like
can't believe this daft girl wants to suck the air from my balloon. What does she think, we can do this by magic?