Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Marcus nodded at the girls as they explained what they were thinking about when holding their shields up. He thought as much. Well he didn't know what they had been thinking about but that they had been thinking different things at the same time.

"When you are holding your shield in place, you must simply concentrate on the one thing. Ivory, you were thinking of walls, barriers and mirrors. And Arya..."Marcus looked at her and chuckled softly..."well you were thinking quite a few different things. You need to focus on just the one thing at the one time."

He stood up and gestured for the girls to do the same and released his wand and gave it an upward flick and conjured another shield. "It takes quite a bit of practice but as you can see I can still talk to you and hold my shield in place. And in time you two will be able to do that too but for now I want you both to simply concentrate on your shields alone."

Marcus dropped the shield and looked at Arya again, "When I was first learning to keep a shield in place. The only thing I concentrated on, was the shield itself. To conjure one and to simply keep it in place, I didn't worry about what was coming towards me or how wide I could make it. I simply focused on keeping it in place. Once I had that down then I moved on to other things I could do with my shield."

He looked between the two girls and raised his eyebrows, "Did you know that you can use a shield charm offensively as well as defensively?"

Originally Posted by grangerfan8

Arya grined at Sir Lawson rocking back slightly at his comment and advice. "One thought at a time, gotcha." Of course this deed was much easier said than done, concentrating on one thing wasn't one of her strong suits.

Standing with the professor she twirled her wand inbetween her fingers as she listened to Sir Lawson. Sure he could do it, he was a professor and could do all things magical with ease. There was no way she would ever be able to pull that off and thankfully he didn't want them to. Smart man this Lawson.

Looking Sir Lawson in the eyes as he spoke, she took in his every word as if her life depeneded on it. It seemed easy enough, just thinking about her shield. She knew it would take alot of practice before she would be able to acomplish this goal though, another task to complete before the end of term.

Arya tilted her head to the side with a puzzled expression.How in the world can a spell made to defend a wizard be used to attack another wizard? She could think of nothing that was humanly possible. "How so professor?"