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DaniDiNardo 
What....in Merlin's beard was going on here?
Violet started a bit when she heard the Headmaster's voice--what was
hedoing in Charms class? But she was kind of glad to see him, despite the fact that he seemed in a very,
very bad mood. At least he would probably know what to do in case whoever or whatever did this came back.
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DaniDiNardo "At least you know what to do when you've walked in and seen a mess. Your classmates could learn a thing or two from you."
Violet was just putting the last pieces of debris back in place when she heard the Headmaster's voice close behind her. Merlin's Ghost!--was he talking to
her? Yes, he was, and it sounded like a compliment. Finally, Violet was getting back in the swing of things! She smirked to herself to hear him yelling at the other students, particularly the Gryffindors. People were always surprised when a Slytherin seemed helpful--well, Slytherins were said to do anything to achieve their ends. Right now, Violet's goal was to get on with her education--she was already a year behind, for goodness' sake! So whatever she had to do to get the class moving, she would do it.
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DaniDiNardo "Once you've righted the room, have a seat, we're going to begin." With a flick of his wand, the door to the Charms classroom slammed shut with a loud, satisfying BANG!
Violet jumped at the sound of the door closing--boy, Professor Trent didn't mess around in class. Was he teaching it now? What about Professor Fuller-Thompson? She looked over at him, but he wasn't saying anything yet; she hoped he wasn't injured. Maybe they were going to team-teach.
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DaniDiNardo "Now then, get your books and parchment out and be sure to take notes. I have a question. When would you ever need to use the cham "Ascendio"? Personal experience, or any scenario you can think of. When would this become the one spell you think would get the job done adequately?"[/b]
Violet had scrambled into a seat and was frantically dragging out her book and parchment and quill when she heard the question--a question already, they were barely recovered from the beginning of class! Ascendio--she had heard that one before, but hadn't learned it yet. She could think of some uses for it, but thought that coming down again might be more of a problem than the original problem. She raised her hand a little gingerly, not sure if the Headmaster was ready for answers yet, but unwilling to fall behind again.
"Well, it shoots you up in the air, doesn't it--I mean, that could hurt you coming down again, but you could use it to avoid drowning, couldn't you? Wasn't Harry Potter said to have used that in that Tri-Wizard Tournament all those years ago? Or I guess you could use it to escape from a pack of wolves if you were surrounded." Violet seemed to remember a distant relative having done that, though she may have remembered the story wrong.