 catching up + reacting to Ary's snowball Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
Sydney nodded in reply to Professor Adara’s question. She was comfortable with mounting the broom, but actually steering it once she got into the air was another matter. Nothing she couldn’t handle on her own with enough practice, though… She listened to the activity instructions, mildly interested. Oh, a snowball fight… that sounded fun and chaotic.
Sydney saw no need to mention any spells. That could potentially give away her strategy, and she was already at a disadvantage being a younger student with limited spell knowledge and flying experience. She did, however, listen intently to the other students’ spell suggestions, paying attention as the spell information appeared in the air. She considered her options carefully. Protego Munio sounded hard, and she doubted she’d be able to maintain focus with people and objects flying around her. Likewise with the bewitched snowballs… unless there was a way to bewitch them to scratch or bite their target, what was the point when you could use other spells for that purpose? And Wingardium Leviosa? Everyone would expect that…
She decided to focus on Conglacio and Depulso, taking a few moments to practice the incantation and wand movement for each spell before mounting her broom. She liked the U-shaped movement for Depulso… it looked like a smile, and that reminded her of someone. She kicked off, gripping the broom handle in her right hand and her wand in her left. Balancing on the broom midair, she aimed her wand at the nearest patch of snow. “Conglacio! Conglacio! Conglacio!” she cast repeatedly. Her idea was to have an arsenal of snowballs ready, rather than pausing to create a new one between each throw.
While she was doing that, she spotted a snowball flying toward her and swerved to the right just in time to avoid it. She was surprised but not at all rattled by it. If the others thought she was going down that easily, that was… haha, never going to happen. She may be young, but she was smart and not one to quit without a fight. A slight smile appeared on her face and a determined look in her eye as she made the U wand movement. “Depulso!” she cast, sending one of her snowballs back in the direction the first one came from.
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |