Charms III: Pop Quiz
 

Rose walked into the classroom. She took a brownie and sat down.

Louisa walked into the Charms classroom praying that this time no water was involved. Water balloons fight and wet playing area were enough. She wanted something dry and.. land-like.

The Professor was nowhere to be found but some DELISH cookies and brownies were there. Having no breakfast whatsoever, Louisa took a bunch of cookies and stuffed her mouth with a big double chocolate brownie without thinking about etiquette or those silly attitudes her mom had insisted on teaching her.

Walking into the classroom, the first thing Evelyn saw made her siiiigghhh. Sure, the classroom was looking rather normal for once which was very nice, but the cookies and the brownies?

Really?

The professor didn't look like he was around though. Would he know if she accidentally...dropped the plates on the floor and stepped on them? Hmmm. She'd have to think about that while she took her seat.

Penny walked into the Charms classroom... saw the table with the note on it.. and helped herself to a cookie.

Looking around saw one ravenclaw, 2 slytherin and one other, trying to remember what her name was - then recalling it was Rose (same as Pennys best friend, Rose Potter)..

"Hi Rose, this class should be fun..at least we won't be following stupid arrows like last lesson", Penny said with a smile, sitting in a chair beside Rose..

"I'm sorry, do you mind if I sit here?"

Simon walked into the classroom and smiled. "Good day Professor, I hope you are well." Simon then sat down and saw there was cookies and a note, he then took a cookie and waited for the class to start.

Nessie walked into there last and final charms lesson a little sad. She really enjoyed charms and she couldn't believe the term was almost over. She looked around at the classroom, only to notice that classroom looked plain and simple. Nothing had been changed, although she kinda wished the classroom wuld have for their last charms lesson of the term.

She then looked at the desk and saw that there was a huge tray filled with brownies and chocolate chip cookies. Nessie knew that brownies and chocolate chip cookies weren't healthy, but she couldn't resist they looked delicious and she was pretty hungry after all. She took two cookies and one brownie, she didn't feel right taking anymore. She then spotted a seat in the middle of th classroom and sat down.

Something was missing from the classroom Nessie could feel it. She looked around once again trying to spot what it was. Only to realize that the Proffessor wasn't in the classroom. Thats strange! Where could he be? thought Ness. She tried to come up with all different ideas where the Proffessor could be untill class had started.

Helena entered the Charms classroom to find it...

... normal.

Seriously. It looked completely normal. And no professor as well. Alright.

The girl also spotted the brownies and the cookies, but she didn't take anything, since she wasn't hungry at all, even though they looked delicious. She took a seat at the nearest desk and propped her head in her palm, elbow on desk, while she was gently tapping the desk with her finger tips. Too bad she didn't have long nails to make that annoying sound.

Having take care of certain... things, Jared slipped into the classroom, an ancient-looking tome tucked under an arm. The place had filled up, and he gave the class a smile in general. "Good afternoon. Looking forward to the summer?"

He placed the book he'd been carrying on his table, and turned to face the students. "Since it's close to the holidays, and I'm sure no one is looking forward to extra study load, especially not those sitting OWLs and NEWTs -" Those kids had enough to study, as it was - "Today's lesson will be a review lesson. We’re going to have a quiz that will be part-theoretical, part-practical. This means some questions will require you to cast charms." In the nick of time. "Not all the questions will be worth the same amount of points, and there may be certain restrictions on several of the questions, so make sure you pay attention before answering."

He gave them several moments to digest the information and settle down. "Right, then. Let's start with the basics. First question, for two points and for all the houses... what is a charm?"



OOC: Some of the questions may be for Gryffindor/ Hufflepuff/ first years/ etc. ONLY the students these questions are aimed at, should answer them. Other than thaaat... the tone of this lesson be informal-ish, so you RP'ing your charries talking or stuff, in smaaall doses, be fine. No hugging. =p <3

Kurumi's hand shot up. "A charm is one of the known spell types. Charms are different from transfigurations spells because a charm focuses on changing what the object does as opposed to what the object is. An example of this is changing its color."

Helena's back had instantly straightened as professor Descoteaux entered the class. And... a review lesson? Alright.

A charm. Again. "It is an enchantment that makes something behave in an unnatural way," the girl said with her hand raised. "And definitely not Transfiguration." Yup, she got that.

Samira quickly raised her hand, eager to earn some points. "Professor, a Charm is magic that causes an object to act differently, as opposed to the norm. It's different from Transfiguration because it's not really changing the object."

"Well a charm is a spell that causes an object to behave differently then it normally would. It does not change what the objrct is like transfiguration", Chloe responded with her hand raised high.

They were having a review? Huh. Either way, she raised her hand anyway. "A charm is a spell that causes the object to behave in a way that it's not normally known to do. It may change that object on the outside, like the color or the way it appears, but doesn't actual change what the object has been...originally." If, that made any sense.

Right enough. Jared nodded. "You're all correct." He wasn't going to repeat what had just been said, considering he was sure all of them knew what a charm was... or, at least, he'd like to think they did.

"Second and third years. For two points - why is aguamenti not a charm?"


OOC: Everyone is welcome to post, but only second and third years should answer this question. Otay? Otay.

Louisa raised her hand excitedly, this whole class was going to be fun! "Because it doesn't quite conjures water out of thin air, it transforms the humidity in the air to usable water." Or any water source nearby. Probably. Right?

Why wasn't it a charm? Ahhh she remembered this one from the first lesson of the term. "Because it conjures water, which is Transfiguration," Helena said quickly with her hand in the air.

Kurumi thought for a moment and cocked her head to the side. "I thought Aguamenti was a charm, Professor." Sure, they had had a debate from the previous discussion of the spell, but a thought came to her that she hadn't brought up previously. "Aguamenti, in a sense, changes the behavor of the wand by 'conjuring' water from it. I mean conjuring in a very abstract sense and not literally." She paused for a moment. "You could compare this to Lumos which makes the tip of the wand glow - once again changing the behavior of the wand. In Aguamenti's case, this is not light, but a stream of clear, potable water to issue from the tip of the caster's wand."

Or was he also implying that Lumos wasn't a charm as well?

This certainly was an outside of the box way of looking at this particular charm, but somehow it made logical sense in her brain - even if they had not discussed the charm in this manner the previous class.

Lara remembered that they studied this earlierbut she only remembered the question. She didn't remember the answer. Nevermind Lara raised her hand and said "Maybe because it doesn't have an affect on anything" she answered "it just conjures water" She lowered her hand. She hoped that this was the answer to that question. She is supposed to remember it

"Exactly," Jared agreed. "Take two points each."



"For two points and all the houses... What is the wand movement for Luxra Magnifica?"

Luxra Magnifica?

Ahhh that cool charm that they've learned last term. "We have to make a circle and an X," Helena said with a tiiiiny grin on her face. She LOVED that charm. Hehe.

Eino raised his hand. "First you draw a circle with your wand, then an X." One of the spells Eino despised for having a complicated, or at least not a simple enough, wand movement. Sure it was easy to remember when you were calm but if you were in dire need of it in a stressful situation, there was no way he could.

Good Merlin, she was already dozing off? Perhaps dozing off wasn't the right word. "You have to create a circle first before making an X." she said, right after raising her hand. Hmm, day dreaming was a better word, definitely. It wasn't her fault though that aquamenti made her be reminded of the lagoon. Pffft.

Lara smiled when Professor Descoteaux asked this question because totally remembers this one. She raised her hand enthusiastically and said "We make a circle in the air with our wand "She said drawing one with her hand as a confirmation "And then we draw an X" she said drawing that too. She hoped it wasn't too much.

"Circle followed by an X," Jared agreed, giving the students who had responded a light nod, before moving on to the next question. "For three points, I'd like all of you to levitate the feather closest to you, before it falls on your desks or the floor."

Pure white feathers - one above each student's desk - began to sloooowly float downwards from the ceiling, picking up more speed after a few seconds. They were charmed to vanish after several moments of being levitated.


OOC: I shall be looking for the correct incantation and wand movement, in these kind of questions. =]

Simon smiled as he took out his wand, this was going to be easy he had practiced this spell for ages and as such he knew the incantation and wand movement of by heart.

Simon decided he would watch the feather fall and wait until the right time to do the spell when it got to his head hight he smiled as he said the incantation. "Wing gar dium Levi o sa." Simon said making sure he said the gar nice and long, he had realised that helped the spell.

Simon then did the swish and flick wand movement, he was glad when the feather levitated and he could have levitated it all day but the feather vanished after a while.

Swish and Flick! Rose thought as she said 'WingARdium LeviOsa!' Prounouncing the 'gar' and the 'o', while swishing and flicking. The feather lifted just as it was about to fall, as Rose had slow reflexes!

Penny knew this one...Pointing her wand at the feather she performed the movement 'Swish and Flick'.... then clearing her throat, immediatley saying the incantation clearly "Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa".....

Penny smiled at her now floating feather...it worked :)

Levitate a feather? Good. This was simple.

Helena took her wand out of a pocket of her robes and pointed it towards the closest feather that was slowly falling. "Wingardium leviosa," she said, making the swish-and-flick movement, and then watched as the feather rose back up in the air. Hehe.

Hehe… the levitation charm? Using this on a feather is going to be so easy… I used it on William the time he annoyed me- how could I fail making the feather float? It just has to be something like…wing-GAR-dee-əm LEV-ee-OH-sə and the wand movement would be the swish-and-flick. ‘Wingardium Leviosa’, Gwen said loud and clear. Ha! It worked!

Now… what next?

Daichi grabbed his wand from his wrist holster. He listened to the instructions of the Professor and looked around as the students levitated the feather above them. He gulped nervously as he saw how first years and second years were able to perform this charm. He nodded to himself and pointed at the feather that fell down slowly. "Wingardium Leviosa" he shouted and made a flick and swish movement. Nothing happend. He tried again, but failed again. What was he doing wrong?! The feather fell down and landed on the floor. He took a deep sigh and hoped no one saw his fail.
He never liked this spell anyway...

That seemed easy enough, but...what feather?

EEP! There it was!

Quickly taking out her wand, fumbling with it for a moment, she pointed it at the floating/moving feather and gave a swish and flick just as it was almost touching the side of her desk. "Wingardium leviosa." Stop! STOP- Stare. Eh? Evelyn didn't really have a clue if she had gotten the feather in time but with a quick tilt of her wand to point more towards the ceiling, she was a bit relieved that the feather followed.

If the professor asked, she was totally saying it didn't touch her desk. Totally. If she had her wand out in time, it wouldn't have been a problem.

Easy enough, right?! Ariella grabbed her wand. "Wingardium Leviosa!" she said, using the correct swish-and-flick motion. She made sure she had given it a nice 'o' sound. She grinned. Her flower was floating gracefully above her.

Kurumi's head snapped upwards when she heard something about feathers. Merlin! It was raining them. Kurumi pulled her wand out of its holster - nearly sending it sailing across the room in the process - and tried to take careful aim of the feather floating closest to her. Moving objects were always so much harder to cast charms at - like all those bloody chocolate frogs from last term. "Win-GAR-dee-um lev-ee-OH-sa," she enunciated as clearly as she could while performing a simple swish and flick movement with her wand - making sure that the swish was fluid and the flick not too strong.

Her feather's movement slowed until it had come to a stop. Testing to make sure that all was well, Kurumi moved her wand slightly upwards and was pleased to see that the feather followed.

Phew, task accomplished.

Lara held up her wand and looked up, she saw the white feather. She flicked har wand and with a flick and swish movment she said clearly "Wingardium Leviosa!" And the feather was about to fall on her desk. But Lara's timing was perfect. She moved her wand a bit up and the feather easily was few inches up. Lara smiled satisfied.

She waited again and the feather was about to touch the desk again.So one more time Lara moved up her wand again a bit higher this time.

Mizurus boru..? After one minute of deep staring at the ceiling, she remembered hearing this spell in Transfiguration. When they were taught to light a fire and then blow it out. Anyways, a feather appeared close to her desk and started swirling in the air slowly downward, "Wingardium Leviosa!" She said swishing and flicking her wrist skillfully.

Meh, practicing it on feathers was boring. It made more sense and felt so good when Dal did it on her at the treehouse. She might mention that fun method of learning to the Professor when the review was over.

Ooh she knew this one. Isobel pointed her wand at the feather while it still had a ways to fall. She didn't want to be rushed. "Wingardium Leviosa," she said confidently. She made a swish and flick motion as she said it. Then she watched the feather float up where she pointed her wand.

Sierra blinked as a sudden rainfall of feathers plagued the classroom. Dear Merlin! She flicked her wand out of its wrist holster, doing it so quickly that she nearly missed catching it as it shot out for her to grab. She made a light growl at that, but then realizing she didn't have much time to perform the charm before the feathers hit the floor, she ignored how annoyed she was at her wand.

She spotted a pure white feather floating just above her head, steadily making its way to the floor. She pointed her wand at it and focused on keeping it afloat. "Wingardium Leviosa!" she said, giving her wand a simple swish and flick. The feather stopped and hovered a foot or so away from her wand. Sierra moved her wand up and then down, pleased to see that the feather followed its direction.

Hahahahahahahhahahahah...

What? Levitate a feather? Which feather was that supposed to be? Ha? Huh? Giving the professor a look that said 'i don't really care', Josh yawned and leaned back to make himself comfortable on his seat. He did not know if the fact that he did not care about the class would annoy the French man yet he did not care about that either. Or...he cared because he needed to get his revenge for that essay punishment.

The boy was distracted though, when he saw feathers floating around and people were casting spells at them. So, looked up a bit the Gryffindor stared at the one closest to him before lazily pointing his wand at it. Then doing that common swish and flick movement, lazily again, he murmured ''Wingardium Leviosa'' then standing up quickly he blew the feather towards the man.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Most of the class seemed to be doing fine. Which was a good thing, considering that the charm was a basic one. Jared waited for a few seconds, allowing all the feathers in the classroom to vanish, before moving on to the next question.

"Slytherin and Hufflepuff. For three points... what is the basic Levitation Spell?"

Lara's feather disappeared before it touched the desc. So Lara turned back to the Professor.

Basic Levitation Spell?! Lara was a bit confused? Didn't they just say it "isn't it Wingardium Leviosa, sir?" she wondered raising her hand with an exclamation mark on her face .She hoped that this is what the Professor is asking about.

Basic levitation spell?

Um...

Was this a trick question? It seemed a little too...easy. Almost tentatively, Samira raised her hand, sure it was some kind of trick question. "Sir? Is it Wingardium Leviosa?" If this answer wasn't right she would feel like an idiot...

Umm...

Didn't they just do the basic levitation spell? ...and why were the Slytherins lumped in with the Hufflepuffs?! Hmph. Sierra raised her hand. "Levioso is the basic Levitation Spell," she said. "Unless you're looking for what we just did--Wingardium Leviosa, or the Hover Charm..."

The basic Levitation spell? Didn't they just -

Oooh.

Helena remembered now, since she'd never forget that water balloon fight from the last term. "It's just Leviosa, and to cast the charm successfully, a prefix indicating the item to be levitated is added."

Grin.

Jared shook his head. He couldn't have said that he hadn't expected a good portion of the students present to make this mistake. "Close, but not close enough," he smiled, a faint sort of smile.

Jared nodded. "Very good. The basic Levitation Spell is Levioso. Wingardium leviosa is a variation - to make the charm serve us better, we add a prefix indicating the target to the word Leviosa." It was a proven method of making levitation easier to execute and control, especially at the beginner's level.



"Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. For three points, can anyone give me the incantation and wand movement for the Bubble-Head Charm?"

Kurumi thought for a moment. She was pretty sure that she had read about it somewhere in one of the charms books in the back of the practice room a little while back. Scratching her head for a moment, Kurumi resorted to smacking her forehead with the palm of her hand as if that would make the information ooze out of her brain or something.

Strangely enough, it worked.

"The incantation would be Viseo Ebullio," Kurumi said as her hand shot up in the air. "You point your wand towards your face and as you say the incantation you move your wand in a counter-clockwise motion around the area you wanted the bubble to form."

Now...this was very annoying. VERY ANNOYING so Josh had to point out. Totally ignoring the previous feather attack fail, it was a feather after all nothing good enough for a perfect attack, Josh gave the Charms Professor a look with narrowed eyes.

''Why is it always...that we are paired with Ravenclaw Birdies?''

Kick the Bubble-Head Charm away!!! Who cared about it when there was something in question as annoying as being paired with Ravie Birdies.

All right... let's see... I have no idea what to answer, but I have to say something, the young Ravenclaw thought. 'Well... the wand movement... eh... I think you just have to point the wand to your face and make some kind of counter-clockwise movement.', Gwen said, looking totally confused. How come I don't know much about it? Hmm?!?! I have to know!

And now, the incantation... 'I don't know the incantation is...', she admitted looking down. I feel stupid!

Jared turned to look at the Gryffindor, deadpan. "I look at all of you as my students, Joshua, and I expect you to look at all your classmates as classmates - irrespective of which houses they belong to." The restrictions on some of the questions had to do with testing everyone's attention, and the choice of houses had been spur-of-the-moment, not intentional lumping. Jared hadn't raised his voice, and it continued to remain both calm and neutral as he spoke again.

"I'd like to see you in the Charms Practice Hall, after class."

"It's fine," Jared said, surprised at how downcast the Ravenclaw looked. "The point of this lesson is to share our knowledge and learn from it. I'd be surprised if everyone knew everything." Besides, the students would be learning the Bubble-Head Charm, this lesson.

He looked up when Kurumi spoke. "That's it," he agreed. "Viseo Ebullio while tracing a counter-clockwise circle over the target area."



"For two points," He said, turning to the class in general. "I'd like all of you to cast Lumos." The lights in the classroom flickered out as he spoke, leaving everyone in semi-darkness. It was, after all, next to impossible to see the effects of the charm in broad daylight.

Lumos? Alright.

Just as Helena was about to cast the spell, she watched as the lights flickered out and felt as the corners of her mouth were slightly twitching into a large smile.

She held her wand, lifted it up a little bit and muttered "Lumos," and then watched as the tip of her wand started to glow in a white-bluish light. She was tempted to try the other one, Lumos Maxima, but she didn't do it. If professor Descoteaux wanted Lumos, Lumos to be.

He knew how to do this! he knew it~! Finally a task that he could do!

Daichi grabbed his wand again and held it in his wand arm. He gave it a flick and said "Lumos!" The end of the wand started to glow a bright light and he grinned victorious.

Sierra sat still and quiet as the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws answered. She even passed Josh a rather amused look as he commented on being paired with the birdies. She, too, had commented on being paired with the Hufflepuffs, only, she'd been smart enough not to say it aloud. *smirk*

She turned back to the professor just in time to hear the next question. Hmm. Lumos. She'd used that one a lot during the last class. With her wand pointed straight forward, she moved it in a crescent shape and then said, "Lumos!"

It seemed this was one charm that all the students could cast. Daichi included. Jared resisted the urge to grin. "What's the counter-charm?" he asked. "Go ahead and cast it."

For... two points? Two points sounded fair, Jared decided.

Sierra looked down at the tip of her wand. It was illuminated, giving off a nice glow of the room. Too bad she had to end it now. At least the next incantation was an easy one for her to remember, though. She'd recently decided, after a year and a half, to finally give a name to her unnamed owl--Nox, she'd decided on.

With a shrug, she flicked her wand. "Nox," she said.

"The Counter charm is Nox!" said Nessie hoping she was right. Since her wand wasn't litten yet she took it out then quietly said. "Lumos" she then looked at the bright light. It was pretty, well she thought it was. Hopping what she had said was right she said. "Nox" apparently it was as Nessie's wand's light turned off.

"Nox!" Ariella said. The light on the tip of her wand went out at once. She smiled. Success! This was turning out to be pretty easy, after all.

pretending I did the Lumos spell.
 

Simon had to think about this one for awhile but then he remembered. "Nox." The light on the tip of his wand went out at once, he was glad that he knew what he was doing in a subject at once.

Daichi held the wand up as he waited for the next instructions. Putting out the light? The first year had to think for a moment. What was the incantation again? He stared at the ceiling with a slight frown. Think Daichi , Think! He suddenly smiled and flicked his wand. "Nox!" he said and watched as the light faded away. Mwahaha he was doing gooood!

Good. That was two points apiece. Daylight flooded the classroom once more, a moment or half after the glows from the wandtips died and the room became dark again.

"First through fourth years -" Which meant the next question would be fifth through seventh years - "There's spellwork in place at Hogwarts, that transforms the stairs of the girls dormitories into slides, to prevent boys from entering. For two points, who can tell me which common charm is part of this spellwork?"

Simon looked at the Professor and smiled. "I was thinking maybe the Vanishing charm." He wasn't sure if it was right, but at least he was trying.

Helena's hand shot in the air quickly. "It's Glisseo," she said with a grin. Great spell. Especially to be used on the stairs that led to the girls dormitories. Hehe.

"Glisseo," Sierra said, her hand in the air. Merlin, this was an easy final. Thank you, Professor D! She still hadn't managed to figure out how to spell or say his last name, which was why was she always referred to him as the professor. Why couldn't all final exams be this way, hmm?

Rose raised her hand. 'Was it Glisseo?' Meh, maybe she was right!

Yay! Finally I know something! Didn't we practice that spell in the first charms class? It would be impossible not to know that! 'Glisseo', Gwen announced simply. And there's no chance I'm mistaken. Or at least I hope so... Then, she waited patiently for the next question.

Penny smiled, she knew this one, she put her hand in the air.."Glisseo, Sir"

Ariella raised her hand. "I'm pretty sure it's Glisseo," she said, trying to remember what it was. Yes, she was pretty sure that was the right spell.

"That would be the Glisseo Charm." Eino said after having raised his hand. He had even tried casting that charm on the stairs as practice since the stairs leading to the boys' dormitories weren't charmed.

Isobel thought she knew that one. "Is it Glisseo, sir?" That sounded right, and she thought it was right, but she wasn't completely positive.

"Glisseo," said Samira with a faint smile as she thought of the effects of that charm.

"Glisseo." Louisa answered after raising her hand. It was relatively an easy last lesson. Charms was always easy to her but this particular lesson was first-year easy and she was a THIRD YEAR. and a RAVENCLAW. Hmph.

"Glisseo, professor," Kurumi said with her hand raised up in the air.

Huh?

Haaaaaaaaaaaaa?!

What was this man's problem? Ha? What was it? Josh really wanted to know that. Heh. Apparently he did not know that Josh had no idea about houses until he, one day, suddenly happened to end up in this school. And other people forced the differences between houses in him. They made him seperate and classify people in his mind. It was not his fault. Heh! But Josh was not going to rise up and explain this to the man. Not at all.

And Ravenclaws were not classmates anyway. They were...something different. They needed supervision or something because they are the real hidden evil ones while everyone blamed Slytherins for it. Whatever...Josh was going to remain silent about that as well.

But...what? He wanted to see him in that Practice Hall after class? Heh. Meh. And what was he going to do? Force him to practice Diffindo? Pffffffft. Again refusing to talk, Josh just returned the deadpan look at the man then leaned back again for a comfortable position on his seat.

...

This was getting more and more boring. So just to entertain himself, he mimicked the last given answer by a girl's voice murmuring and not really paying attention to whose answer was that ''Glisseo, professor," with an exeggeatedly dramatic tone.

Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!

"Glisseo," Jared agreed. "Part of the spellwork on the stairs leading to any of the girls' dormitories, at Hogwarts." Part - not all of - the spellwork, contrary to what most students seemed to think, for some reason he had yet to find.



"Fifth through seventh years. For three points, who can tell me both basic purposes that Luxra Magnifica serves?"

Woah, she dosed off. Totally not on purpose though. However, she came back down to earth right when the Professor was asking another question. For them? Eep! "It magnifies both light and shadows." she said, right after raising her hand. Wait...right? She was...semi-certain? Except the bloody baron kept popping up in her mind for some reason and well, he always made her second guess her thoughts.

Heh?

Whaaaaaaat? Now Josh had decided and he was certain. This man had problems. Serious problems. Very serious problems. So serious that it seemed to be a problem even if students were trying to entertain themselves during class.

''I think we both need it'' he said though with a little smirk.

Mwahahahaha...


Ooooh...

There came the question for him. It was for him, right? Yup, he was a sixth year when he had checked the last time which also reminded him the fact that how surprising it was that he actually had managed to make it to sixth year. Hehehehehehehe.....

He was not sure of what this Luxa Magnifica was though so he could only...make up something or...whatever...try his chance.

''It makes the light it a certain area got brighter so if the light gets brighter the stuff affected by light within the area gets bigger as well? Affected by light i mean shadows, reflective spots and...things like that?''

And of course, as usual...he had things to add...

''Why would someone need a spell like that though? It sounds pointless to me.''

Yeaaa...very useless.

"Right," Jared nodded. Were the other students taking the occasional note? Now seemed like a good time to be doing so, given that the question seemed to have confused a good number of them. "Luxra Magnifica can magnify both light and shadows."



"Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. For two points, which word is the incantation 'Glisseo' derived from, and what does this word mean?"

"Ravenclaw and Slytherin. For two points, which language is the incantation for the basic Severing Charm derived from, and what does this incantation translate to?"

Janice raised her hand and answered.
"It's from the french word Glisser, right? Meaning slip or slide..."

Kurumi's hand was back on in the air. "It comes from the word Glisser which means to to slip or slide."

Oh, well why don't you just look at that. For once, the Slytherins had been paired with the Ravenclaws instead of the Hufflepuffs. Hmm. With a pleased smirk on her face, Sierra raised her hand. "Diffindo comes from the Latin language, and it means to split, cleave, or open."

Samira raised her hand. "Diffindo is the basic severing charm, and it's Latin. It means "to split, cleave, or open."" Easy.

"Very good."

"The Cheering Charm was invented in the fourteenth century. For one point... who invented it?" No restrictions on this question, which meant anyone and everyone in the class could answer.

"It was invented by Felix Summerbee," Kurumi said as her hand shot up into the air faster than a broom during a Quidditch match.

Glancing over at Josh, the Slythering sighed quietly before slumping in her seat slightly. Might as well be comfortable.

With the next question though, the Slytherin girl waited a moment before raising her hand. "Felix Summerbee." she said, before dropping her arm back down to her side.

Samira leaned back in her seat, becoming slightly bored. "Felix Summerbee," she answered, observing the other people around her.

Ronnie thought. And thought. "What was it?" she thought to herself. It was on the tip of her tongue! She kept thinking then......Aha! She remembered! "Felix Summerbee." she answered.