Originally Posted by Anna Banana

"...oh, before we move on, let me say that I do love the cowboy and cowgirl outfits. I guess you're wondering why you have them on and just what we're going to be doing with them," she said with a laugh. She'd meant to comment on this a little earlier, but all the pretty pink suits of clothes had distracted her. "You'll find out soon enough, though. I promise."




Oh, wow! Lexi had totally been expecting someone to just spew information directly from the textbook right off the bat, but this Kellen Stern surprised her. "Thank you, Mr. Stern, for thinking outside the box on that one. You're right, too," she remarked. "Once you've casted the Hover Charm, you'll need to keep careful watch over it so it'll maintain it's..."



"...levitation," she said, turning toward the Johannsen girl as she finished her sentence. "Levitation...swish, flick...Wingardium Leviosa. All are right." Suddenly surprised at the comment on her hair, Lexi paused and gave the girl a small smile. "Oh, well, thank you. I do---..." She trailed off, though. She had been about to go off on some spill about fashion but stopped herself before she could get completely distracted. Charms, Alexia. Charms.



"It levitates objects...specifically," she said, turning toward Ty. "...but, yes. We'll get into moving them about once they're up there sometime later on in the lesson." Good thing most of the students already seemed to know the incantation. That was one less thing she'd have to heavily focus on, which meant they could get to the practical part of the lesson a little sooner.



"Right," she said, her attention now on Evan. "To hover them, as the name suggests." She paused for just a moment to move back toward her desk. She'd paced enough and was now ready to just sit and face the students as they discussed and learned. She took a seat on the edge of the desk and glanced back out at the class.



"Well..., hmm...yes, you could hover an object above you," she said. "If that's what you intended for it to do, of course. You could hover it anywhere, though, so as long as you properly used your wand to guide it."



"Mmhmm, mmhmm," she said, gesturing toward Vashti, who'd just mentioned that the spell originated in England. England was just awesome like that, now wasn't it?



"Right, the Hover Charm causes objects to levitate and hover, so it and Wingardium Leviosa are one in the same," she said, turning to Grayson. She motioned toward a few students who'd already answered and, as an afterthought, added, "The incantation is Wingardium Leviosa, which doesn't sound to be unfamiliar to lots of you."

House elves...that mention reminded Lexi of cookies. Mmm...



"Very good point about always watching the object to make sure you don't lose your connection," she said. Hmm...especially when levitation rather large objects, like people. She didn't suppose anyone would enjoy being dropped to the ground after being levitated. She laughed lightheartedly as she pictured objects...or people...randomly flying away all thanks to someone losing their concentration.



"Pronunciation, yes...," she said, nodding once in agreement. "This charm has been known to cause objects to, err...explode...if the pronunciation isn't just so." She gave some of the more shifty students a warning glance before continuing. "Wingardium Leviosa...lots of different sounds in there, so you'll need to make sure you know them all perfectly before doing all your swishing and flicking."

Cue warning glance again. Surely no one would cause a minor explosion in he room...hmm?



Lexi gestued toward the Schwarzberg girl, agreeing with what the Slytherin girl was saying about the charm. "That's right--good, good," she said. She was happy to know she could be sure that most, if not all, of the students knew how to cast the spell and what the spell could do.



"Concentration...precise pronunciation...swish and flick--yes, it seems most of you know the gist of the Hover Charm," she remarked. She gave Simon a brief nod before addressing the class as a whole.


"So we realize that the spell levitates an object in the air and causes it to hover for some amount of time. That's the basic use of the spell, but what else can we do with this spell?" she asked. "Share with us some unique ways we can use the charm to...well, do an assortment of different things."