Professor Carton’s silent encouragement didn’t hurt. Nadia was just getting comfortable with the pronunciation was the man was moving them on, her attention obediently following his direction back to the front of the room. Now to put it all together in the real application and make a twin of her fishy friend. She could do that, or at the very least try her best. The seventh year bending down closer to the fishbowl once more to get another look. The fish inside…Freddy she was gonna call him…was mostly green, with a touch of yellow at certain points.

Satisfied she had given Freddy enough attention to work on her visualization, Nadia picked up her wand once more and straightened to take aim at one of the pebbles. “Piscifors!” the Gryffindor cast, the wand tip pointing right at her target with her intention behind it. Moments later there were two fish in the bowl. Success! Well sort of. Even before Professor Carton asked them to look at the similarities and differences between the fish, it was clear her two weren’t twins. The second one was too much yellow and not enough green.

Piscifors… Piscifors… Piscifors

She spoke to herself as she readied herself to try again. Nadia certainly wasn’t going to give up. Green with yellowish markings…the two side fins mostly the latter color. Ready as she was gonna be as she bit the inside of her lip and cast once more with feeling. “Piscifors!” A mile graced her face at the results as she relaxed.