There was nothing wrong with awkwardly watching the older kids and trying to imitate them. After all, wasn't imitation the sincerest form of flattey? Sincerest and the creepiest for sure. Definitely both. However, patience wasn't exactly her thing, and Ryland wanted to get through the first room as soon as possible. Failing a test, even a casual one like this, was not allowed. The brunette held herself to higher standards than that, and the standards required her to know a spell that everyone older than her seemed to be understanding. There had to be a trick or something. Some kind of special thing she was missing that was the key to understanding.

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She heard another student somewhere say about saying it in a commanding tone. It might have been like slight ease dropping, but it was helpful in this case, so it was okay. Was that how it worked? Probably not, and Ryland really did not care in the least. Rolling up her sleeves and tucking her wavy brunette hair behind her ears, she cleared her throat and began. It was going to work this time. She would will it to, if that was an actual thing that could happen.

"Alohamora!" The tone of voice and the determination apparently worked, because the charm worked and the cabinet opened! Awesome! She did it! Ryland managed the spell, and was able to get further! Not even counting the class activity, she had just completed her first charm! How cool was this? She could've jumped up and down in excitement if she wasn't awkward and in class. There was still more to be done. And she was understanding that her entire body and mind had to be into doing the charm, which meant excitement could wait. Seriously though, she had to tell Jay. First charm, first successful thing done at Hogwarts.

Biting her bottom lip, Ryland reached inside and pulled out the small box, using the oppurtunity to inspect her pink candy colored nails. Still perfect. She was lucky for that. Anyway, the box. There was something inside. There was an a billion percent chance that there was something inside, and to find it was to get further ahead.