Olly thought that was a pretty cool spell. It turned smoke into a dagger. Very cool. Not that he had ever used a dagger before or could forsee a time when he might need to use one in the future, so it wasn't the most useful of spells but it could be in case of emergency? Besides, it was just cool. That's what mattered, right?

The first step was making sure he could say the incantation right. Usually professors instructed them to try that first, as Professor Stewart was doing. Olly always did that anyway because he knew that if he was confident with his pronounciation it would make concentrating on the spell easier for him. So he tried this one. Fumus Lamina. He said it to himself a few times. It wasn't hard and he felt confident with it quickly enough. That meant it was time to actually try the spell. He stayed where he was and held his wand before the smoke in front of him. The wand movement was easy too. Just a circle over the smoke.

"Fumus Lamina." Olly made a circular motion with his wand and stared at the smoke. He focused in his mind, watching it come together into the desired shape of a dagger. That was actually pretty easy for him. It might have something to do with the fact that he was an artist and really good at picturing shapes and patterns that he wanted to create. He could see the smoke forming into the shape of a dagger and then it really was one. The dagger clattered to the ground and Olly quickly picked it up. It definitely looked cool. The sheath was made up of intricate swirls, and there was a matching pattern on the hilt. Olly grinned at what he had been able to make.