Tick tick tick. Jasmine actually felt like she could hear her watch ticking as the minutes went by. She felt like she had been waiting for hours for something to happen. She yawned and looked at her plant again. OK, It was definitely time to start chanting again.

"Sowilo sowilo sowilo, u u u u u u u u u, s s s o o o l l l , ju ja ji je jo, us as is es is, j j j e e e r r r a a a , si se su sa su, u u u u u u , r r r r r r, s s s s s s s s s "

This was kind of like waiting to see something in the crystal ball in Divination class. Then just like in that class, Jasmine thought her eyes were deceiving her. The runes glowed more and was it her imagination or were the spots on her plant getting lighter? She wasn't sure, but she hoped that it was so. After a while Jasmine was sure that they were getting lighter and finally they were gone. Her plant looked good. Thank Merlin, at last. Jasmine looked at her watch. One hour and fifty nine minutes it took for the plant to heal. She sat down and finally exhaled.