Professor Branxton looked and cleaned his glasses before putting them back on. "No, not quite but, let's concentrate on the lesson," he said and then got up. "If you think you've got the incantation down let's add the password part."

Doyle moved into the center of the room and conjured a table with a book. He began the wand movement as he started the spell. Three turns of his wrist and two flicks, the second flick tapping the very tip of his wand on the book. "Clausaltus obfirmo," incanted on the pause, a small flash of white issuing from his wand and then, he tapped the book again as he began the slow flick.

As he raised his wand slowly upwards he said, "Open sesame," and the white light which connected his wand and the book broke and seemed to be absorbed by the book.

Professor Branxton demonstrated the success of the charm by reaching over to open the book. It remained closed until he said the password; only then was he able to flip through the pages. "Timing is everything. I suggest practicing without wands or books and once you are ready, try it on something you won't mind ruining. If this spell goes wrong you can end up with anything from a vanished book to one that will never open again to any number of other possible unwanted outcomes."

Austin practiced the movement, muttering "Clausaltus Obfirmo". He watched the other students who seemed to be getting the hand of the incantation, but he still muttered because he felt foolish if he did something incorrect. He waited to see if the other students where going to try the entire spell.

'I think you're right about the number of flicks, but I'm sure that a white light came out of his wand when he tapped the book on the second downward motion and stayed through the third flick. I can't seem to get the light on the tap...so I've never followed through with the third slow flick. I don't know, maybe all of this studying is getting to me....seeing things that aren't there.' Qaz answered, looking rather sheepish.

After practicing the movements and the incantation, Austin nervously picked up his wand. He procedded to shuffle through his bag to find a very worn out wordsearch book that he hadnt used in quiet some time. He sighed and began to try the spell on his book, but to no avail. Following a few minutes of mistakes, he went back to his notes to see what he was doing wrong.

"are you talking to me?" austin said as he turned around. "well anyway if you were i dont think it had to do with the type of book its more in the timming of the movment and the incantation"

Jesse grinned modestly as he praticed saying the incantation,
in truth he had already read about it in his Charms book and although he had never tried it he knew the basic idea of it,

Jesse took a deep calming breath and then gave his wand three slow turns and two quick flicks a short puase and one final flick,
"Clausaltus Obfirmo" Jesse whispered (He felt reather silly saying it too loudly), The tip of his wand glowed for a fraction of a second and then the light went out.

He smiled slightly at his brand new diary that his auntie had gotten him and then as he was just about ready to give up but decided to try once more,

Jesse took another deep breath, gave his wand three turns and two short flicks the second flick tapping the very tip of the book a small flash of white light appeared at the tip of his wand and kind've stood there waiting for the next step, Jesse waited a second then gave one final flick and said loudly "Clausaltus Obfirmo!!"
As he said it the white light reached out toward the brand new diary untill the two were connected by the stream of white.

Jesse slowly raised his wand upward and said in a low voice so that nobody would hear him,
"Chess" as he said it the light seemed to disappear into the diary. Jesse grinned and then with nervous fingers tried to pry the book open, to his extreme pleasure it would not open no matter what he did.

Jesse grinned even more broadly and then said the password,
it finnaly opened and Jesse raised his hand and looked over to Professor Branxton who seemed very upset.

Couleia looked over at the girl who was sitting a few seats away from her. "Good job! I think you got it," she said as she continued to watch the girl's book. "I think you're the first," she added with a weak smile. Without a book, she wouldn't even begin to be able to do that.

Austin watched as one of the girls performed the spell, and the other girl smiled, but her eyes seamed to be frowning. He realized she had no book and asked "would you like to borrow a book from me?"

Couleia turned to the boy and blushed a bit. "Oh I wouldn't want to ruin your book...I'd just feel awful," she said a bit flustered.
She turned back to the Ravenclaw girl. "Couleia, Coulei for short. I think we met in the common room when I came up with that ridiculous house-elf idea. My mouth just seems to pour out ideas that are either unnecessary or impossible or...yeah," she finished softly.

Austin handed the girl a sudoku book that he had finished and said "you can use this if you want, i dont really need it anymore"

Couleia smiled at the boy. "Thank you, really, you have no idea how much you just helped," she replied as she reluctantly took the boy's book. She began to think through the motion of her wand and the incantations she was to say before acting upon the book. If she was going to use this boy's book, she was going to make sure she knew exactly what she was doing.

Jesse continued practiceing the spell, even though he had got it right he still figured that it wouldn't hurt to keep trying,

Jesse looked down the row of chairs and toward a group of three students (two girls in his year and a boy whome he had never seen) who were talking, he frowned slightly as he didn't approve of talking during classes,
one of the people in perticular had caught his attention,
it was the other girl who had almost performed the charm but had failed at the last minute, Jesse had never payed much attention to girls but somehow he couldn't help noticeing this one,

She had strawberry blond hair and when she looked toward the girl next to her he was able to see a pair of big blue eye's,

Jesse smiled nervously and slowly continued with his spell work, he silently hoped that the three of them would stop talking and get bac to work before long, if not they would proably get into trouble.

Couleia had glanced around the room to see if anyone else had gotten it and noticed a boy looking at herself, Qaz, and the boy who she had so rudely forgotten to introduce herself to. However, the boy seemed to disapprove of their chattering, and she felt herself blush again. Her introduction to the boy would have to wait until after class, she decided. She hated disapproving looks, especially during class, and the one this boy had given sent her straight back to work, concentrating harder than ever on the task in front of her.