It wasn't his wand?

Uh yeah it was!

Dorian stopped trying as he heard a girl's voice near him and he looked to see Jessa, an older Ravenclaw. He watched her as she came closer to the suit of armor and for a second he thought she was going to use the spell on it for him. But he was sad to be mistaken again. What was with him today anyways?!

Concentration and intent? Wow he had never thought of that. Sarcasm included. Dorian didn't speak back though. It was clear that she was helping him and he'd be stupid to talk back. So instead, he nodded his head and then said the incantation again.

"Alright, i'll try" he said and was about to turn to his suit of armor when he heard the Headmistress giving Jessa five points. He made a mental cheer that the person who had helped him was a Ravenclaw just like him or else he had given housepoints to a different House. He did not like that thought. Ravenclaw was already last place so far.

He pointed his wand at the breastplate and in his mind he tried to visualise the rune carved in the armor. "Intaglio Alzis...no Algus..Algiz..." of course nothing happened...

He totally got it though so he pointed his wand again and this time, the combination of concentration, visualisation and intent made it possible for him to actually carve a line in. He didn't stop to celebrate and continued to carve the rune until it was done.

"I did it!" he cheered. The design was sloppy and the lines were definitely not straight but it was there. "Thanks Jessa"

Alright, now he had to chant then..thingy...Galdr?

He stepped closer to his armor to place a hand near the rune and his blue eyes went towards the blackboard where the chant was written.

*"Elhaz elhaz elhaz
z z z z z z z z z
uz az iz ez uz
oz ez iz az uz
z z z z z z z z z
m m m m m m m m m"

Had it worked? Dorian looked away from the blackboard and to the rune and huffed when it wasn't glowing a purple color. He tried again, concentrating more this time.

After he was finished he turned to look but he had failed yet again. Why did magic not work the first time all the time?! It annoyed him but it did not make him give up. So he chanted for a third time and it seemed that he got lucky as when he was finished chanting, the rune suddenly started to glow faintly at first but then the purple color got stronger and he knew he had done it.