Riley listened carefully to each of the steps that Professor Carlton has explained to them and the Gryffindor even wrote them down once she had written them on the board along with the class's ideas for using the Hover Charm. There was alot of writing at this school and Riley wasn't sure how he liked that, he needed to learn the charm to make his quill write by itself! Or....he could buy one at Hogsmeade!!! He quickly scribbled that down in his notes as a reminder.

Then after they were given permission to start Riley stepped forward and decided he would find something light at first. At first Riley was reluctant to stick his hands into a box of unknowns, for fear of touching something less-than-desirable but after a small pep talk to himself, one that included the fact that he could wash his hands later, the boy reached in and retrieved a tennis ball.

Taking the tennis ball to an area that wasn't too crowded with other kids he layed it on a desk and pointed his wand at it. Looking at his notes again he spoke. "Wingardium Leviosa!" and with a swish and a flick the tennis ball hovered over the desk top. What was he supposed to do now? Oh yeah stop it. "Fixate." He pointed his wand at the rising tennis ball and it stopped about a foot and a half off of the desk.

Now the fun part! Riley looked around him and then spoke the last incantation. "Locomotoer tennis ball!" the ball immeadiately zoomed off the table in the direction his wand was pointing and flew up and down around the boy in a circle.