Two points only???

Whatever.

Savannah picked up her lantern like he said and followed the creepy ghost in front of her.

THEN WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE OF WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE! Savannah thought furiously. This place always creeped her to death. And even worse with a creep ghost that's tailing them around. But Savannah kept her temper, just barely.

Emily held her lantern high, the place was quite unsettling, but she didn't find it entirely frightful. After making a few mental notes, she followed her peers , the Baron and the Professor quietly.

This wasn't what she had expected from the lesson.... at all.. still interesting as it was Emily didn't feel the overwhelming desire to participate than she usually did. Perhaps there was still time for this to change.

Belle thought was going to be in store, she was following the baron into where they were going next. She still held onto her latern very carefully.

Nika smiled for a few minutes there she wasn't sure if they would be able to get out. "It's over, we're done?" Nika couldn't believe how fast their walk seemed. Time flies when your having fun?

Once the students had all settled down, Jared picked up the explanation where it had been left off. "Now, the most common Disillusionment Charm is Disillusiona, and this is the charm we're going to practice before heading back to the castle. The wand movement is to the tap the top or surface of the target, with your wand, twice. So." He rapped the top of the lantern he had set down earlier, said the incantation out loud, and the lantern seemed to disappear. Jared cast Finite - verbally, for the benefit of the students - and the lantern re-appeared.

"Concentration and focus are more essential to this charm, than many others. The more you concentrate, the better your results. If your mind isn't on the charm, it's likely that half the target is going to disappear, and half remain in plain sight." No good, that.

"Go ahead and try it out on your lanterns. And," he added, before any of the students could start getting ideas. "No one is going to cast the Disillusionment Charm on themselves and then move away from their hay bale." They could cast it on themselves. If they remained on their hay bales until they nullified its effects. He wouldn't put it past some of the students to sneak off. "If anyone does so -" And he would know if someone did - "That's fifty points from their house and a week's worth of detention."

Elle's emerald eyes widened as she listened to what Professor had just said. Fifty points? A week in detention? That's a lot...

She then regained focused and tried casting the spell. First of all, the First Year practiced waving her wand before actually doing it. Some time later, she knew she was ready because instincts told her so.

Elle breathed deeply to clear her thoughts, pointed her wand at a nearby bush, shut her eyes tightly, tapped it twice while muttering, "Disillusiona."

A second later, she could not find any trace of the berry bush. It had disappeared! She grinned widely and returned it back to normal with a Finite.

His growing worry about being near the lake subsided as they moved on, playing deaf to such maddening claims that there were Inferis on the water surface, or they were under an enchantment. Cedric, being his usual enthusiastic self, thought that learning a Disillusionment charm, even though simple, seemed the best way to completely eliminate his worry.

Taking his wand out of its holster, he was ready to cast Disillusiona on his lantern but, yet again, a thing made him wonder. "Professor Descoteaux, our lanterns are still under the magnification charm, I believe. In general, is it okay if we cast a charm upon an already charmed object?" That matter always wondered him and he would very much appreciate an enlightening explanation.

The Slytherin had chosen to cast the charm on a bush, but that was fine. "Good job," Jared said, noting that she had gotten the spell right on the first try. Excellent, especially for a first year.

"That depends upon the charms already in place," Jared said, the green gaze shifting to the Hufflepuff prefect. "In this case, it's okay." In this case. "Most objects produced in the wizarding are charmed, even before they reach us. These lanterns, for example. The flame inside is charmed not to burn or cause damage. That's part of the manufacturing process."

"To put it simply, most of the objects used by us are produced using - among other kinds of magic - charms, and that itself shows that, in general, it's okay to cast on an already charmed object. However, if an object had, say, a protective charm cast on it, casting another charm on it could cause trouble." In the end, it all came down to the charms already in place.

Kyle nodded sitting on her haybale, bag by her feet.

"Disillusiona" she called out tapping the surface of her lantern and her mind half on accromantulas and their close proximity to the school only the paper disappeared. Heh, funny she thought blushing at her mess up.

"Finite" she called, the lantern fully reappearing before her.

"Disillusiona" she tried again and tapping twice the lantern was gone not even the light remained.

Professor Descoteaux's last words were... well, it was a good thing he told them not to use the Disillusionment Charm on themselves. You know, so no one could sneak behind Helena and probably give her a heart attack.

So... Wasn't the Disillusionment Charms a bit too... difficult for the younger ones? Yes, a first year like she was? She'll never know if she doesn't try.

Helena looked at her lantern, then pointed her wand at it. She tapped it twice, then said "Disillusiona." Nothing happened. Sigh.

Okay, clear your mind. It probably didn't work because she was still scared of the creepy surroundings. She took a deep breath, then tapped again the lantern, twice of course, and said "Disillusiona."

Aaaaand the lantern disappeared! Just to be sure, she reached over her hand, where the lantern should have been and, indeed, it was still there. But invisible.

It seemed most of the students were finding the charm far from difficult. Good thing. Though casting it on an inanimate target came easier than casting it on an animate one, Jared was sure that, given time and practice, they'd be able to use it on the latter, too.

"Nicely cast."

Kyle had an idea, in that moment. After all Professor Descoteaux said no walking away from the haybales - and she wouldn't slip away. She smiled, taking her wand she quickly said the spell "Disillusiona" tapping the haybale twice - the one she was sitting on. And looking down the prickly thing wasn't there.

"It worked!" She laughed, as she looked like she were sitting in mid-air.

"Thank you Professor" she smiled.

Feeling some blood rush backing into his hand, Patroclus knew it meant that Kurumi had let go, "We are all safe now, little cub!" Nothing to worry about.

But then out of nowhere Professor D opened a can of awesome -ness!


"Seriously Professor Descoteaux, you are so cool!" he laughed as he watched the lantern vanish and then return.

Not only were they being a totally awesome spell, it was also a really useful one! As he ended the levitating spell he had performed on his own lantern, he directed it so that it came into land on a hay bale before him.

Then he did want he did best; meditated and centered his thoughts on the spell, the direction, the intent, the desire.

When he felt ready, the young wizard snapped open his eyes and tapped the lantern with his yew wand and announced in a clearly, if not rather deep voice, "Disillusiona"

The affect was instant, the lantern was gone, hidden from sight. But not even giving himself a chance to celebrate, Patroclus ended the charm, "Finite!" and then immediately proceeded to cast again, "Disillusiona"

This was something Patroclus had come to find really worked for him, a rapid succession of charm, reversal spell and charm again, it was kind of like a way to ensure that he had his wand had the complete memorary of the spell, a way to save it wand.

Happy with his efforts, Patroclus allowed the lantern to stay invisible, "Nice!"

Kurumi looked up at Patroclus and had the urge to hug him tightly around the waist - mainly because that was about as high as she could reach on the Prefect. Yet, just when she moved to do so, she caught the eye of scary she-snake-cookie!hater number two and decided she better not and instead looked as though she were trying to do a Gryffindor's version of the moonwalk as she took a few steps back.

"Thanks, um, for letting me walk with you," she blushed. She would need to bake some cookies for him later.


Kurumi felt like she was going to burst at the prospect of being taught such sophisticated magic. The Disillusionment Charm was extremely powerful. She had read that it was a spell required to be casted on Hippogriffs and all breeds of Winged horses every day to prevent Muggles from seeing them. She had often wondered if this made it hard to take care of the creatures since it would be rather hard to see them.

Talk about a major breach of the Statute! Hippogriff gets away from a witch or wizard one day, spell wears off, all of a sudden there is a Hippogriff walking around London browsing for a new bonnet.

The image was enough for Kurumi to giggle at out, which woke up the kitty that had been asleep in her robes for the entirety of their journey through the forest. "Oh, sorry," she said still giggling as she set the kitten back down on one of the hay stacks nearest the Professor.

Returning to her spot, Kurumi set her lantern down on the ground and took out her wand.

Looking around, her confidence went down as she saw first years seeming to be able to perform the spell without any problems. Perhaps she was struggling more this term because the spells had become much more intricate, but she also had the sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach that it was coming much more from her losing confidence.

She remembered a story, an animated film, she had watched as a child. In it, a young witch loses her magical ability to fly. This was due partly due to a lack of confidence...which is what Kurumi had begun feeling very strongly recently.

Magic was a talent that she had thought about much, but not so much in regards to why she could use it. She never really considered the importance of her magic, she never gave it a second thought and simply used it a given. What was it here father used to always say to her? Oh, yes. Talent is something that you are given, and you have to go through a process to consciously make such a talent truely yours.

Taking a deep breath, Kurumi tapped on her lantern twice and then froze, hesitant to continue on with the next step. She remained frozen for a few moments before she found her breath again. "Disillusiona," she whispered focusing everything on the lantern.

The lantern rippled as if it had turned to liquid and someone had dropped a single drop of water onto it. It wasn't going to explode, was it? Kurumi watched, not daring to blink and, although it took a little, eventually the lantern vanished.

Emily was focused on the light coming from her lanter. She was in a sort of daze... her mind wasn't entirely present.
Nevertheless Emily took her wand out of her pocket and followe the Professor's instructions. Focusing- as much as she could focus- on her lantern Emily had a go at casting the disillusionment charm.
She tapped her wand on top of her lantern twice whilst chanting the word "Disillusiona" ..... nothing happened. Emily shook her head.... "try again", she encouraged herself.

*tap tap* "Disillsuiona".... nothing.

Taking a deep breath Emily starred down her lantern. She needed to focus and clear her mind- properly.

*tap tap* "Disillusiona".

Success!... her lantern had... disappeared! Emily smiled.
"Finite", she said making it reappear.

Emily continued practising the charm... finally having got the hang of it.

Selina could tell that he was not joking about reducing the House points if anyone attempted to stray from his lesson plan. So Selina pulled out her wand and practiced on her lantern. She did not want to get in any more trouble this year. The librarian and Head of her House still held a grudge.

"Disillusiona!" Nothing happened. She attempted again, "Disillusiona!" Again nothing. "Disillusiona!!" Then, as if by magic, the lantern disappeared...

Yes. Finally. We're doing something!

Savannah took out her wand and pointed it at her lantern. Umm...what's the spell again? "Disil-Disillu-Disali-Disillusiona?" she guessed hopefully. Her lantern faded a little, but not completely. It turn into a shade of purple from where Savannah was standing. "Er..." She poked the lantern carefully, it felt cold yet not freezing. She better try it again, more clearer this time.

Savannah tapped the top of her lantern and cryed. "Disillusiona!" And woo hoo! It became invisible! Well, at least it looks invisible. But after a few seconds, the lantern came into view again, then back to invisble, then flashed back again. "Er...proffessor? Is this suppose to happen?"

Nika took her wand out of her pocket and looked at the lantern. She tapped it twice and muttered the incantation. "Disillusiona!" She looked out at and it was still there. Nika looked around and noticed that some where able to get it with ease. "Concentrate. Focus. Concentrate!" Nika tried to clear her mind and focus as best she could. "Disillusiona!" Again nothing happened. Nika raised her hand in hopes of getting the professor's attention. "Er professor, I can't seem to get this right. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm really trying to focus, I really am."

Emily actually walked as far away from the forest as possible, then set down her lantern. She was not going back in there any time soon.

Right. Concentration and focus. She seemed to have plenty of that when it came to Charms.
She took her wand and tapped it twice. 'Focus. Empty your mind' she told herself. She closed her eyes.
"Disillusiona!" and with that her lantern vanished.

She smiled to herself in triumph. She had got past the stage of getting excited when she cast a charm first time by now, but she was still happy.
She pretened to blow the tip of her wand like a gun and with a quick "Finite" picked up her lantern again. She wanted to carry this all the way back to her common room.

Blink. Blink.

But whyyyy?

Since she was sitting, and Little Professor was not, Ellie tugged on his robes to make him bend down to her level before whispering, "Whyy?" in a 'you can tell me and Arya if she wants to listen without scaring the ickle and faint at heart ones' way. She just wanted to KNOW.

Once again, Ellie listened to what he was saying about the charm... Which still wasn't what he was going to say the first time. At first, he'd definitely said 'in', and now he hadn't. But that was unimportant.

Disillusiona. Got it. Simple. Easy. And the wand movement she already knew. It was just one of those things.

Ellie had just opened her mouth to try the charm out, when Little Professor warned them not to disappear and leave. Who would want to do that? This was definitely a most epic lesson. Leaving was unfathomable to her. And leaving right when they'd gotten to learn the most wicked charm ever created? Psshh. Unlikely. Threats of points loss and detention were unnecessary.

Whatever. Back to making her lantern invisible. She...was still holding hers...so she set it on the ground FIRST. Seemed smartest. Then she tapped it twice while saying, "Dissillusiona!" just like Little Professor told them to, while concentrating SUPER hard to make it disappear. More effort went into this spell than she'd put to the knocker to get into the common room.

And what happened?

The lantern went invisible...ish. It was that weird invisible-but-you-can-still-see-it thinggy.

Regardless, Ellie was UBER proud of herself. She'd always thought this was equally uber advanced magic. And LOOK, Ma! She did itttt.

She picked up her camera, and took a picture of it. Of the kinda-there-but-not lantern.

Now her Ma really COULD see it. If she remembered to send it home later...

Legs crossed on the hay bale, wand twirling in her right hand and head resting in her left Arya stared down her lantern, focusing on the new charm they were learning. Well, not new to her. She already knew how to cast the spell, but it wasn't strong enough to fully disillusion anything larger than her wrist holster.

So this lantern was going to be a challenge she wasn't sure she'd master in the short amount of time they had left in class. Not that she wasn't going to try. The girl twirled her wand once more before lightly tapping the top of her lantern. "Disillusiona."

The top portion of the lantern seemed to disappear from view, but the rest of the lantern remained in plain sight. Instead of casting finite, she waited patently for the disillusioned part of the lantern to show itself before she started again.

She was only vaguely aware of Ellie questioning the professor about going into the forest. But she didn't care to listen for a response she already knew. She had no good memories of the forest at night.

Luin sat on her hay bale, glad to be back out of the forest again. She had stayed pretty quiet during their time in the forest, not entirely comfortable with the darkness outside of the light of the lanterns. She then thought about the next charm, taking note of the warning given by the professor. She started to practice the charm on her lantern, clearing her mind and focusing on her task, "Disillusiona!" the lantern disappeared. She smiled and then reversed it, 'Finite!' the lantern appeared again. She smiled to herself and then looked around at the rest of the class.

Emily continued practicing the charm. It was certainly a useful one. She couldn't wait to try it on herself later back in the dormitories, perhaps she would give an unsuspecting forst year a fright. She did alfer all have a mischevious streak- not many people knew about that.

"Disillusiona" she said again whilst tapping her lantern. Again it disappeared- well... it looked as if it disappeared. It was still very solid after all.

Er, what?

He'd been following them all along that...they were out of the Forest already?

Yeah, Treyen didn't expect that...but he assumed that they had to walk away from whatever had been in that water, right? He saw nothing, he'd rather have those Acromantulas back, just because of how awesome it could be to watch Saylen leaving them all in the Forest.

But...oooooh. The spell!

Mmmmhmmm. Good thing Descoteaux was teaching them, or Treyen will be complaining about it for a while.

"Disillusiona," he said, tapping twice the lantern he was still holding, and eying it with narrowed eyes as it did nothing. Focused, he was. So, maybe there was something wrong with his lantern, yes, that was it.

He tried one more time, and whilst the lantern became somewhat invisible...it became visible soon after that. The same thing happened the third time he decided to try it on, and he was almost on the verge of shaking his wand to see if there was something wrong with it. The core was Demiguise hair, it shouldn't have so many issues with this spell. Perhaps it was his fault. Fourth and fifth time resulted in nothing. Sigh.

Clear mind. Check. Focus. Check. "Disillusiona!" Tap, tap. Invisibility achieved. Grin.

Everybody knows sixth time's a charm.

Benjamin listened to the professor and heard the part about losing points and spending the week in detention. His eyebrows just raised and he said very quietly, "Ok." He practiced saying the incantation a few times then he brought his wand over to the lantern with the dull light and tapped it twice and said "Disillusiona". At once his lantern disappeared. He smirked and said to himself, "This can be a very useful spell." He then pointed where his lantern was supposed to be, and said "Finite". At once the latern reappeared. "Very usefull spell, Professor."