WOOOHOOO!! Evangeline almost did a little dance when Professor Pierce said she had been right AND gave Slytherin 10 points! Result! She had never really thought of it ... but it was true. Aguamenti conjured something ... yet, it was known as a Charm. "Maybe it's because people thought it fitted better in the Charms category? It's not normal for water to come out of a wand, after all. And since the spell doesn't change the inherent nature of the water ... maybe they thought it didn't make much sense for it to be considered a Transfiguration spell?" She thought out loud, with her hand raised. Ack. She had no idea.

No. He had absolutely no idea. "Conjure?...but...It's water? And it couldn't 've been made out of thin air...so it must've been taken from somewhere..." Jack just kept rambling on for a few minutes before he realized he was being completely useless the entire brain-tiring search for the answer.

Meredith listened to what her classmates said. Personally, she tought it was a combination of the two. The wand movement and that you didn't begin with a visible substance which you changed. Hestitating, she raised her hand. "Well, isn't it a combination of the both? I mean the wand movement and that you start with no visible substance?" she answered.

Sapphire raised her hand "Professor maybe more people saw it as a charm than the others and decided to put it under that catorgery?" she was taking a really wild guess

"I asked this question for two reasons, one, because I wanted to get you thinking, and two, because no one has really answered it and it has bugged me since my 6th year at Hogwarts when I learned the spell. Personally, I think it may have something to do with the fact that there is both hydrogen and oxygen in the air as it is, and the spell simply causes the two to react in the air and produces water. One could also argue that because of my opinion, it technically isnt a transfiguration spell either, but at the time the spell was created, perhaps they didnt know about molecules in the air." Alex explained to the class as she walked around, glad they had come up with some interesting ideas. "Now, if you have any other theories, please share them and after that, we will move on to learning the spell." she finished as she stopped in front of her desk and sat down on it.

Laylee sat taking notes as students answered the pofessor's questions. She found herself thinking about the spell/charm that they were talking about. She had never really thought about it before. What it could be...

Clifford beamed proudly when Evangeline guessed the right charm/transfigury thingymabob. Hehe. She was smart. And he felt kinda smart too - 'cause he actually knew that Aguamenti charm.

He didn't feel quite so smart when the Professor started explaining it though, and blinked when she started going on about molecules and hydrogen and oxygen and Merlin knows what else. WHUUUT!?

And this was the exact reason why Transfiguration was her favourite class. It was never easy--there was always a challenge. Like now, for instance. The entire explanation Professor Pierce had given them about Molecules, Hydrogen and Oxygen was not an easy thing to catch.

Feeling rather proud of herself for having gotten most of it, and smiling a small -but a little bit smug- smile, the young Ravenclaw took notes swiftly.

Rachel cracked a smile as the professor began explaining muggle chemistry. Wow, haven't heard that in a while... She twirled her wand in her had, itching to try out a spell, since all this muggle stuff was reminding her of home.

"Well since no one has any other opinions, I guess we'll move on." Alex said after a few minutes of silence, "The incantation as you all know is Aguamenti, for the wand movement simply point the end of your wand where you want the water to go. Everyone may come up and take a cup or bowl from my desk for practicing with." She leaned down and pulled out a box of plastic cups and bowls from under her desk and placed them on top of it. "Well, go on."

Whitney took down some notes while listening to everyones answers. As she looked around the classroom most of the students had confused looks on their faces. 'Hydrogen and Oxygen. It sort of makes sense.' "I think I understand what you're saying. It's a transfiguration spell because it transforms hydrogen and oxygen to form water, right?" she was hoping she was catching on. 'I guess 3rd grade science really pays off'

YAAAY! They were gonna do maaaaagic. How exciting! Accidentally knocking several desks as he bounced up to the front of the classroom, Clifford grabbed himself a plastic bowl.

Oh, how he'd missed these precious plastic bowls. Were these were the same one's Lord Ogre had used for their cleanliness lesson last term? WHEEEEE!!! He and they were gonna make water! He half wondered if Professor Pierce would mind too much if he made bubbles. Gigglesnort.

Taking the speshul plastic bowl back to his desk, Clifford took a deep breath. Ack. What was the incantation again? Poop.

'This is going to be a good class' she thought. Whitney got up from her seat at the back of the class and walked up to the professor's desk. She grabbed a bowl and walked back. All Whitney thought was,'I hope I don't get too wet'

He scrambled out of his chair and almost ran toward the front of the classroom, but a low rumble in his tummy had him slow down. This would not be the place for his stomach to get upset. He was too far from a bathroom and girls tended to shriek when you passed gas in their presence, and he wasn't sure what the Professor would do if that happened.

He slowly got to the front of the class and took a bowl. He could see water getting everywhere if he used a cup. He took the bowl back to his desk to practice with the water charm.

Lucas clapped his hands over his mouth at Clifford. The boy made him laugh just doing what he did best. Being Clifford. Lucas returned his attention back to his own bowl before they got into trouble.

Well, this was no good. He had his magic plastic bowl.. and his wand.. and had no clue what do do! Clifford shiftily looked around the classroom, figuring his options. Well, he could always ask the Professor.. but he didn't want to look like a dummy. Likewise with Evangeline - she was so smart.. he didn't want to hold her back or anything! Then there was Bone Crusher.. well THAT was completely out of the question.. she'd probably beat him to death with her plastic cup. Eh.

Making up his mind, Clifford gave a rather small girl not to far away a poke in the arm. "Pssst. What's the incantation again? I've got a bad memory." And he was stupid.

Daphne stood up, walked to the front of the room, and took a cup from the Professor's desk. Back at her seat, she put the cup down and reached for her wand. In typical Daphne fashion, she slowly practised wand movements before even attempting the spell. She always needed to be sure of everything, lest she produce an embarrassing mistake. Fully satisfied with her progress, she pointed her wand inside the cup and firmly said "Aquamenti!", clearly mispronouncing the spell. It is therefore unsurprising that nothing occurred. Frustrated, but not discouraged, Daphne proceeded, ignorantly casting a spell with gibberish.

Just as Whitney sat down someone who was clearly older than her poked her. He wanted to know the spell. She quickly looked through her notes,"I believe it's just Aguamenti" she said pointing her wand at the bowl. Automatically water spurted out of her wand into the bowl.She couldn't help but smile.

Astrid went up and grabbed a bowl off of the professor's desk and returned to her seat. She was happy to be dealing with a spell that she was actually comfortable with and had performed before. She pulled her wand out of the inside of her robes and pointed it directly at the bowl. Then she cleared her throat and said, "Aguamenti" and watched as water sprang from her wand, into it. When the bowl was nearly full, Astrid laid her wand down and pulled out a clean tissue from her bag to wipe off the few droplets of water that had landed on her desk.

She believed it was just Aguamenti. Hmm. He watched curiously as the water spurted out of her wand and into the plastic bowl. Heh. Well, that looked simple enough, and if she could do it, he certainly could too. Teehee.

"Aquamenty." He said, pointing his wand at his own empty bowl and frowning when nothing happened. Nothing at all. Not even an ickle, teeny tiny drip. Hmpf.

Patricia grabbed a bowl after going up to the professor's desk and returned to her seat. She looked apprehensively at the bowl: she had failed her attempt of this spell in CoMc, getting a burn from the firecrab for her mistake. She grabbed her wand a bit too tightly as she aimed for the bowl: "Aguamenti" she mumbled, not really believing it would work. And as before, a tiny spurt of water came out rather then the rivers the others were producing. She felt like a failure somehow. She aimed the bowl again and again; making a tiny splash was the best she could produce. Maybe she was pronouncing the spell wrongly? Or maybe, her wand was going wonky? She scratched her head and watched as others filled their bowls or cups.

As she watched her peer practice the spell/charm she listened carefully for any mistakes. HE was saying Aquamenty which wasn't what she said. He said it with a "ch" sound and had it ending with more of an "ee" sound. "Um...not quite right. Try saying it slowly first. A-gua-men-ti" she said,pronouncing it slowly. It sounded weird that way. "Aguamenti. Use a "g" instead of a q and use less of the "ee" sound at the end. With the wand movements don't just point, flick." Whitney felt weird giving someone a lot older and smarter than her directions on how to do a spell.

That was easy enough.
Having successfully performed this spell not long ago in CoMC, Mariel was feeling particularly confident about this class. She walked to the front of the room, retrieved a plastic bowl from the professor's desk, and carried it back to her seat, ready to perform the spell again. Pointing her wand at the bowl, she commanded, "Aguamenti!" She didn't know if the angle of her wand was off or she pointed it to forcefully or maybe she just stated the incantation too loudly, but the water came out of her wand too fast and splashed out of her bowl, effectively soaking the back of the robes of the older Ravenclaw girl sitting in front of her.

"Its AH-gwa-MEN-tee dear." Alex said with a gentle smile.

Daphne was getting increasingly aggravated that her failure to produce water from her wand. She tried various pronunciations of the incantation, but unfortunately for the Ravenclaw, she reciting the wrong phrase. As long as she kept saying "Aquamenti" as opposed to "Aguamenti", nothing would happen. After a time, she started casting the spell in a louder and angrier voice. "Aquamenti! Aquamenti! AQUAMENTI!", the last one carried across the room. Embarrassed at the loss of control and inability to conjure water, Daphne slowly sat down, red in the face. Perhaps she needed to take a break and watch those around.

Eyes darting to other students, most having difficulty, she found herself feeling less annoyed. Perhaps it was a very tough spell, and it was simply normal for the girl to have difficulty... Lost in that comforting thought, Daphne felt cold water shoot into her back. She let out a squeal, louder than her previous outburst. Her face was now red with anger, not embarrassment, and she was ready to give whomever made the mistake of crossing her a piece of her mind. She swiftly turned around and briefly saw a small girl. "WHY YOU LITTLE BRAT!" she yelled, seething with rage. Then she vaguely recognized her as a reserve player on her team. It wouldn't be prudent to go off on a team mate like that. "Watch what you're doing!" she said through clenched teeth. She took off her robe, and hung it on the back of her chair, no sense ruining her blouse and skirt because of that young twit's incompetence. Daphne sat down and twirled her wand. She exercised the greatest restraint by not cursing that little girl.

Eyes widened in horror, Mariel clapped her hands over her mouth as the now-soaked Ravenclaw spun around and yelled at her. Oh noes! It was the Ravenclaw seeker... um, Daphne, she thought her name was, having only heard it during practice. Well she certainly wasn't going to try to introduce herself now. This probably would not fare well for her Quidditch career either, especially seeing as how angry the girl had gotten. It would certainly make practices awkward.

"I-I'm... really sorry... Daphne," she stammered. Merlin, she hoped she had gotten her name right. It would probably only make her angrier to get that wrong. Taking a few deep breaths, Mariel tentatively watched Daphne hang her robe on her chair and turn around. Sweet Merlin, she thought as she shook her head slightly in disbelief, it's only water. No need to get that upset.

Now she was apprehensive to try the spell once more. What if she ended up getting Daphne wet again? A second time might really send her over the edge. Making a small movement with her wand, she quietly mumbled, "Aguamenti," and rolled her eyes as the tiny trickle of water dripped out of her wand into the bowl.