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When JT had gotten the wand movement wrong for the 4th time, he was ready to give up. Iris however came to the rescue and gave him a helpful tip to think like he was drawing a sharp pencil stroke with no swishing or flourishing. "Thanks Iris," he murmured with a sideways glance. "I'll try that." Trying to do it like Iris suggested JT felt how the wand movement came more fluently when he practiced which caused him to smile a little. He was glad for Iris sake some minutes later too when she got awarded points for assisting him.
Several minutes later JT followed his peers over to stand behind the yellow line next to Iris facing the pumpkins with jack-o-lantern faces. He didn't like the look of them, and was glad that he was holding his wand. Gripping his wand tightly he listened to the instructions. So he was supposed to try and stop the pumpkins from crossing the line by casting the Impedimenta jinx at them. It was reassuring to know that if he failed the pumpkins wouldn't attack him.
When a pumpkin started to move towards him at low speed JT quickly aimed his wand at the pumpkin and casted firmly "Impedimenta!" As luck had it his aim was off by a little, and when the pumpkin came even closer, he had to duck low to the ground to avoid impact. Yikes. He'd get the next one.
Trying again, JT casted again "Impedimenta!" This time, he slowed the pumpkin down, but it still kept moving so he panicked, and casted with a cry "Impedimenta!" this time he accidentaly managed to blast the pumpkin with force backwards so it hit the back wall and smashed into pieces. Oops.
In his last attempt JT took time to aim well before casting firmly "Impedimenta!" to stop the incoming pumpkin, and this time it actually stopped before it got to the line which felt like a big success. When the practice session ended JT pocketed his wand, and raised his hand to reply in response to Professor Khanna's questions. "I think for me it was challenging since I got different outcomes in every pumpkin stopping attempt. I think that happened because I didn't aim well enough or got panicked or didn't know what I intended to happen. I assume more practice is the only way to get better at casting spells."
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