 Diminuendo Lil' gooz | Sarangel | Junior Dweeb
Oh. That was a whole lot of spells. Norah squinted at the board as she scribbled them all down. Well, she knew SOME of them, more than she thought she had, anyways. Since when was diminuendo a defensive spell? She'd learned that one in charms class, with those dumb spiders that she really didn't want to think about anymore because of...reasons. Right. Spell, yeah, she was gonna do one. The third year kept eyeing the list before deciding that the shrinking one was probably her best bet, and put her slightly shaky hand in the air to volunteer--for some WEIRD reason, 'cause the Headmistress wasn't any less scary than she had been before. And what if she waved her wand and nothing even happened? She'd have to move to Antarctica or something and be an outcast with the penguins.
Norah took slow steps towards the front of the room, and turned to face the rest of the students with wide eyes. Where was all this nervous stuff even COMING from? This wasn't supposed to happen, she was a real live teenager and everything. It was probably scary Trudebridge's fault. Maybe she should teach the woman how to smile while she was up here. Ahem. Shrinking stuff. The thirteen year old gripped her wand tightly as she began to say, "I'm going to do the shrinking one." She glanced quickly at the headmistress before continuing, "The incantation is Diminuendo and the wand movement is just a point." RIIIIGHT? "Ooh! And its supposed to make things smaller." Had she said that already?
"I guess I'll do the thing now, then." She looked sideways at Professor Flamsteed and gave him a small grin, trying to imagine him all tiny. IF she could do it, that is. And if he didn't deflect it. Norah held her wand out and pointed it straight at the Professor's chest, imagining all the tiny things in the world as she took a deep breath and cast, "Diminuendo!" DID SHE DO IT? DID SHEEE?
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