Hattie was pretty confident that her shield charm had worked. She'd cast it a lot of the last few years, especially within duelling club. So she was pretty confident that it had worked. Now she needed to try the second half of the spell. This was something that she was a little more nervous about. She hadn't cast the spell before, so she didn't know if she could. But she made a mental note to try and not be too frustrated if she couldn't do it. School was for learning, and so if it took her time to learn it, then it really did not matter. She just hoped that she would be able to do it again

Hattie completed the wand incantation whilst saying "Fianto Duri" And hoping it had worked. She looked at where she thought her shield was, hoping to find the blue-white shield. Hmm. Nope. Not there. Maybe one of the charms hadn't worked. She frowned, but didn't letter it bother her. Instead she repeated, saying "Protego" and then casting "Fianto Duri" straight after wards. She had to resist the temptation to clap as the charms seemed to work, and she had a blue-white looking shield.

Now to test it. She pulled a parchment out of her pocket, one that was empty, and then she tossed it through her shield, so she could watch to see if it worked. And the parchment disintegrated. "Yaay" The third year beamed. Yep. She did good. Gold Star?