The second part was obviously harder to pronounce ("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.") but she got it right in the end. The rune lit up with a vaguely purple hue, and not a moment too soon either. The headmistress had moved on to the second question, unfortunately she wasn't able to answer that one either because of the extra time she'd taken in getting the second half of activating her rune done.

It did interest her to have confirmed what many of her classmates guessed: that Algiz could be used to protect personal possessions. So that was good to know. As soon as she got back to her common room, you could be sure she'd cast a protection rune on every single one of her possessions - as well as encouraging everyone else in her dormitory to do the same. Hopefully that would put a stop to their sociopathic stalker who wrecked their dormitory earlier in the year and who Kitty was SURE could be blamed for her bizarre possession.

She had little time to dwell on that, because at that moment the doors barged open and in came some of the most utterly disgusting creatures she'd ever had the misfortune to lay her eyes on: Blast-Ended Skrewts. UGH! Just looking at those BUGS made her wish a giant would come and step on them.

But the headmistress wanted them dealt with humanely, so Kitty would try not to harm them too much unless she had no other choice. Instead she stood next to Ava Burton and copied her. "AGUAMENTI!"