Natalie groaned. Another 10 points taken from Slytherin! She shot the girl a mean look, then got back to concentrating on opening the object. "Diffindo," Natalie said quietly.

eliza held back laughter,she tried again "alohomora!" she said,tapping the ball again.

Andi felt the vibration of a spell and swept over. With a tap of her wand, the ball stopped shaking and opened neatly. "Should it have continued, the ball would have broken to pieces, though the message inside was intact," said Andi. "You cracked half of it, and you could have cracked open the ceiling."

Sean tried the same spell again in case he did it wrong the first time, "Diffindo", and he waited for the reaction.

Ariana remembered a spell she had read about, but would it work? She concenrtated hard on the object, her brow furrowed and said "Diffindio" swishing and flicking her wand. she was determined to get it somehow, even if she had to throw it out the window, though she knew the professor wouldn't like that. She crossed her fingers, hoping it worked and waatched the object.

Tas bit her lip as another ten points were taken from Slytherin. She looked at the ball desperately as it didn't move or didn't do anything at all... she started to panic and looked at Max who was staring at Macdougall and probably happy that his beloved cousin's House had just lost points.

Max leaned over the ball and raised his hand, the one that didn't have a wand in it. "So...", he started his question staring at Professor with some kind of a weird delight on his face. "It wouldn't work the proper way?" He moved his eyes quickly as if he was looking for something. "How can I make it work as it should?"

Tasha picked up her rock from the floor. Noticing that it was unharmed and certainly not open, she furrowed her brow and sat hastily in her seat. "It worked for the stupid frog." she groaned in frustration. As she took out her wand, she swished it through the air and stated,"ALOHOMORRA" and waited for the stone to change in some way.

lizzy tapped the ball gently. "Diffindo" the ball shook slightly "alohamora" she said very clearly. she little ball popped open and revealed a piece of parchment. lizzy smiled slightly and began scribbling notes onto a piece of parchment.

Kim rolled her eyes that one did not work either.She then pointed her wand at the ball and said''finite''.

eliza didn't even wait to see if it worked . she grabbed it ,remembered what the professor had said about ripping the frog in two , she tried ripping the ball in two.it didn't work "ALOHOMORA" she shouted,tapping the ball furousily.

When that didn't work, Ariana began to get annoyed. She held the ball tight in her hand, concetrating in putting her energy into it and grabbed her wand. THen, with another Swish and flick ahd called out "Diffindio" and then "Alohomora" at the same time. She really wanted this thing to open. She felt it pulsate slowly, then speeded up some. Panicking she backed away and waited.

Natalie watched a girl across the room open the object. She decided to try what she did. Natalie hoped she didn't mind that she was copying. "Difindo," Natalie said, more clearly than the last time. This time the object shook, like the other girl's. "Alohomora," Natalie said excitedly. Natalie grinned happily when the object opened. She grabbed the piece of paper inside, and opened it to read it.

"A combination of spells, but there is no definite way," said Andi, looking oddly at the boy. "Is there something on my face?" she asked, rather menacingly, not used to being stared at like that. Most people were rather in a hurry to avoid her gaze.

Watching everyone around struggling, Jordana shrugged her shoulders and hoped she didn't have as much trouble with her golden ball. She held the orb in her hand and felt it with her fingers. After a few moments, she reached for her wand and placed it a few inches away from the golden ball, and said softly "Diffindo." she watched as the sparks were omitted from the end of her wand and hoped that the outcome of the spell would be successful.

eliza's ball started shaking.she picked up the ball and felt a slow pulse .

emily became increasingly fustrated. "this is useless" she snarled while tapping her ball furiously. "alohamora" she barked. when the spell proved useless emily threw down what was in her opinion "a stupid object" and sat waiting for the professor to finally put her out of her misery and show them how to do it.

The Hufflepuff boy smiled and suddenly blushed looking down. "No..." he put his wand on the table. "I just think that Charms lessons couldn't have been more interesting." He leaned over the ball again, wide smile on his face that couldn't go off. "Sorry..." he added and continued to look for whatever the ball contained, then fished out a small piece of parchement that he immediately started investigating.

"hey i got an idea" kevan said with a smile as he swished his wand and said "alohomora diffindo"

natalie pointed her wand at her ball and thought to herself that she might know one spell that might work. 'finite incantatem!' she tried .

Andi stared at him. And then raised her eyes to the heavens. "Well, thank you for that, Mr. Timmons," she said, with a slight shake of her head. "By the way, a visit to the nurse is imperative if you've hit your head."

She checked the small, gold watch that she carried in the folds of her clothes and realised that class was just about over. A few people had figured out that a brief 'Diffindo' to blow off the charm, and an 'Alohamora' to open the item was one way to undo the spell. With her cracked sense of humor, Andi had charmed it so that flinging it against the wall or giving it a kiss might open the thing too, but she hardly expected anyone to do that.

She tapped the ballerina in her hand with her wand, "Diffindo!" There was a little shatter, even while the doll stayed intact. "Alohamora!" The doll's head came off and a parchment peeked out.

"Everyone who was unsuccessful, kindly copy what I just did."

eliza banged the ball off the table."please open!" she pleaded,placing her wand at a small crack in the ball "ALOHOMORA" she said clearly,hoping it might work."useless" she threw the ball on the floor.

natalie pointed her wand at her ball and said 'diffindo' and then 'alohamora!'

Ariana smiled happily as her ball came apart, it had happened so slowly she thought it didn't work. She took out the piece of parchemtns and began writing in her notes, describing how she did it. Now she had more confidence, she gladsly loked up as the professor spoke and payed full attention.

"ALOHOMORA! ALOHOMORA!" Tasha started swishing and flicking her wand violently at the rock. Suddenly the stone began to wobble on the desk and then shattered into 1000 pieces revealing a small piece of parchment that was crispy burnt on the edges. "I don't think that was supposed to happen like that, but it's opened all the same." She spoke under her breath. Tasha was pleased with herself.