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Anna Banana 
Oh, her turn now, yes?
Right. That look Sage was giving her clearly said he was ready for her to move on to the charming part of the lesson. She nodded once to him then turned her attention to the class. "Alright, class, as Professor Dodson said, if you haven't planted your seed yet, hurry and do so now," she announced.
"...and now, to charm your plant to grow faster. Now the charms will work in a variety of different ways. If you're really good at casting, and if you've been practicing charms for a while, your plant's growth rate will be increased far more than the plant of a person who's less experienced," she explained. In other words, seventh years should get ready for a fully grown plant sometime in the near future.
"The incantation is Herbivicus, and the wand movement is...," she started. She raised her wand, pointed it toward a nearby plant, and then jerked it upward as she said the incantation. "This is what you'll need to do to your own plant. Feel free to help one another if need be. You can go ahead and put the Growth Charm on your plant now..."
She put the directions on the board just in case anyone accidentally forgot.
* Point wand at flower or the place where the seed is.
* Jerk wand upward while saying Herbivicus.
Alright, magic time! He turned towards his little seed. It didn't know it, but it was about to be a full-blown plant sometime in the near future. He took his wand out of its holster and carefully took aim.
"
Herbivicus!" he said, jerking his wand upwards. Unfortunately, Keefer wasn't the most graceful person. He pulled his wand up so hard that he poked himself in the eye. "
Merlin!"
Nice one, Keef. Real smooth. And the product for that effort? Nothing. The seed remained just that--a seed. No growth had occurred.
Maybe the wand movement was too harsh. Well, obviously it was. He rubbed his sore eye.
Pulling himself together, he again pointed his wand at the dirt. "
Herbivicus," he said, although this time with a slight hesitancy in his voice. He gave his wand a gentle flick upwards, careful to stay out of its way this time. To his great relief, the charm seemed to take hold without any injuries to himself or anyone else nearby. The plant sprang up before his eyes. "
Amazing!"