Wait a minute. The balloon WAS supposed to pop. Well, well, well. AJ needed to work on her listening skills. Honestly, she was just so excited to get the activity part that she kind of tuned out. AJ just figured that Airey had messed up. Everybody else around her was popping their balloons and seemed happy with it. Hmm... it was amazing what listening could do for you. Not that any harm was done because she had not been able to get her balloon to do anything at all as of yet.

"Aquatraxi Gravita!" This time she tapped the top of her head softer. Although, she manged to tap her head in the same exact spot, so it still hurt. You just can't have it all apparently. The balloon still was not doing anything and AJ had even closed the distance between them. GRRR. This was frustrating. Didn't her wand know that she was a fourth year now? Should she still be struggling this much?

It was going to work this time. The lion had a good feeling about it. "Aquatraxi Gravita." The balloon twitched. Come on baby... It was moving. It was doing exactly as Airey's balloon had done in his demonstration.

POP! Good thing she had on her special shoes. Although, she wouldn't have minded getting wet. AJ was just glad that spell had finally worked for her. YAY!