Decisive swish to the right with her wand. Check.

Incantation down. "Follio-Musa" Check.

Both steps down. Now to put them together. Now to completely clear her mind of nothing but a banana leaf. She was capable of this. A sixth year. One that was working on changing forms herself. Smart and strong and tough. Capable. All she had to do was focus, wand movement and charm. Nothing more.

Hady looked at her small friend and a light smile came to her face. Could she communicate with the caterpillar silently? Talking with this leaf in her mouth was annoying and when she spoke the movement of the leaf triggered the bitterness of it and it made it worse. A whisper was better then nothing, hmm? She thought so. Leaning forward she looked down at Leif, running a finger over him. Soft and warm, fuzzy yet a bit prickly around the edges. 'It'll be okay Leif, don'tcha worry. This will be quick and painless and I'll change you right back..." she murmured softly. With no movement from the caterpillar she took that as the sign to give it a go.

Sitting up straight in her seat, tucking the leaf against the inside of her cheek with her tongue she was ready. Wand held firm in her hand she held it out aimed at the caterpillar.

Clear your mind. Picture nothing.

Deep breath in. Out.

All thoughts are gone. Picture a banana leaf. Just a banana leaf.

Hady could see the leaf in her mind. Feel it there resting on her arm. The vision was there now she just had to make it happen. A very decisive swish to the right was made, "Follio-Musa!" she recited as clearly as possible with a leaf in her mouth. At first nothing appeared to happen and she was about to try again when she noticed something did happen. Leif WAS a leaf. Not a perfect leaf by any chance. One with bits of black and some fuzzyness to it.

Not bad for a first try but not what she wanted either.