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"Those are all fantastic suggestions, class," Ian said, smiling.
"There are a few things I would like to explore further out of the suggestions you all made. First, a few of you said that they would be useful in the case one was without one's wand, however, non-verbal spells are not to be confused with wandless magic. Wandless magic can be both verbal and non-verbal, but today, we'll stick with non-verbal magic that still requires a wand." Good thing that was out of the way. Ian himself had had trouble with that when he was first learning about non-verbal and wandless magics.
"The second thing I would like to talk about is the power of non-verbal spells. To a regular witch or wizard, non-verbal spells tend to be weaker than spoken spells. However, to a highly-trained wizard, they can be just as powerful as a normal spell, or even more powerful than a normal spell." Was Ian one of those highly-trained wizards? Maybe....but probably not.
"Third is actually the reason I wanted to talk about non-verbal spells today. While you may not be able to produce a spell without speaking - and let it be known that I don't expect any of you to be able to achieve that right now, as it is very advanced magic - the discipline and focus required to produce a spell without speaking can translate into any other area of life. If you're feeling distracted while you're trying to do homework, or if you need to calm yourself during a gobstones or quidditch match. Attempting non-verbal spells will give you the skills to be able to focus more easily."
"So, as I mentioned earlier, some spells are actually easier to cast non-verbally than verbally. One example of that is levicorpus, which in itself is a rather advanced spell. However, I have designed rather simple spell to be used non-verbally that I would like to try to teach to you all. But again, before we get into the theory behind this magic, how about a demonstration?"
Ian nonchalantly pointed his wand toward the door, and a white, ghostly red panda shot out of his wand to an unknown location.
Nataly dropped her nugat-flavoured sugar quill |(it was even writing in a chocolate brown clour!) from amazment when the panda flew from the Proffessor's wand. It was so adorable! She wanted to go and hug it.
Wait! I'm being Hufflepuffish again! Nooo! she thought with panic, and resumed her notes.
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"Ah yes, here we are," Ian said, smiling at his nephew friend-colleague. "Class, this is our lovely groundskeeper, Constantine Masterson. Mister Masterson here is going to help me with my demonstration today."
He placed his hands on his hips...so superman right now. "Is everyone ready?"
So that was the groundskeeper? He looked nothing like Rubeus Hagrid from the chocolate frogs, the legendary Hogwarts groundskeeper in the war against Lord Voldemort.
Nataly nodded at the Proffesor's question. She was anxious to try non-verbals, even if she was only a third year and wasn't likely to success.