Okay. Let’s just face the facts.

When did charmwork ever work first time for her?

Never. Exactly.

Holding the apple in her hand again, she raised her wand and repeated the circlular motion over the top of it as she clearly spoke the incantation. She imagined the air around the apple holding it in place and working against gravity itself. When she finished the third derivo gravitatum, instead of taking a deep breath like before she simply threw the apple upwards, believing in herself and her magic.

….

Griffin. It totally looked like it had worked there. But no.

Down and down and down the apple fell until it once again landed in her hand.

Taking a deep breathe, she watched as Dot mastered it, and checked just to make sure she was pronouncing it right. She was which just meant she needed to work harder. Fine. She tried a third, fourth and fifth time. Maybe the sixth time was the charm?