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Levitation Charm. Sigh. Try as he might, Derf could never quite get a handle on this one and it wasn't even because of the 's' sounds in the incantation that had previously crippled him. He was honestly more keen on practicing the Rocket Charm simply because it sounded more exciting...and he wasn't a stranger to paper airplanes and charms - although he tended to see a certain Gryffindor second year tossing them and then shooting a Hot Air Charm their direction to keep them afloat and push them in certain directions...so in THEORY he should be able to do this.
In theory.
Turning his yellow paper airplane over in his hand a few times, Derf decided to take one for his team of one and start with the more familiar charm first - Levitation Charm. "Swish and flick," he reminded himself, taking a deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breath before giving the incantation a go. "Wingardium Leviosa!" And then his bright blues were focusing keening on his paper airplane for aaaaaaaaaany sort of movement.
Anything.
Any moment now.
.......please?
It WAS subtle, but soon his little yellow paper airplane WAS lifting up off the table. It was only about three centimeters or so...but it was SOMETHING which brought a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge grin to the Hufflepuff's face.
And, perhaps, a bit of misplaced confidence. "ALARTE ASCENDARE!"
Yeah...just a little too much misplaced confidence.
One excessively loud BANG later (loud enough that the third year was left with his ears ringing), the little yellow paper airplane SHOT off the Hufflepuff's desk and FLEW across the room. Really, this was a health hazard in the making and it was all the Hufflepuff could HOPE that his paper airplane did not poke anyone's eye out. Especially since...er...it seemed his enthusiasm had created a more lifelike rocket experience than intended...and was actually ON FIRE.
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