Bears! Who knew studying herbology could be so eventful?

Then Violet heard the exercise the professor was proposing and sighed inwardly. This sounded too much like flying for Violet to have much confidence in it, and she predicted a number of falls in her immediate future. Good thing the teacher had remembered to do that cushioning charm.

She sat and carefully practised the wand movement and the incantation a number of times, so that she would at least be able to do that part right.

When she felt she couldn't put it off any longer, she walked over to one of the swings and waited her turn. When it came, tapped each of her feet, chanting "Dig-iti Vi-scosi!", and felt a strange sensation in her feet. Then she gingerly sat down and attempted to build enough speed to hit the target. When she thought she had enough, she tried to aim at the target in front of her and cast off, but she fell short and landed on the cushioned floor with a soft bump.