Tori entered the Charms classroom with Harry in her pocket, the little egg practically bouncing with excitement. She could tell he was excited because he was doing his special wriggle, and he continued wriggling even after she settled into a cushion and rested him on her knee.

"All right, Harry Hatchling, are you ready for this? THIS IS IT! Your big moment!" Tori grinned as her egg seemed to wiggle even more in response, so she took out her wand. Closing her eyes to focus on Harry hatching into a beautiful phoenix or something as pretty (a peacock or flamingo would do as well), Tori tapped Harry and whispered, "Effringo!!!!!!!"

Kennedy made his way with Hilbert to the Charms classroom. The boy was carrying his egg in the small makeshift carrier he had built at the beginning of the project. He entered the classroom and greeted the professor, "Hello, Professor Schirmer," he said, and went to take a seat on one of the cushions.

He left some room for Hilbert's carrier on the cushion next to him, so that his thigh was barely touching it. Kennedy looked up at the board and read the instructions. He was SO excited. He's waited for this time for so long, that now he wasn't sure if he wanted to let go of Hilbert. What if it didn't hatch?

Well, let's not think about that just yet. He still had to do the spell and wait for the result. He withdrew his wand from its holster and directed it at Hilbert. Here goes nothing. He tapped a shaky Hilbert and said, "Effringo." Now, to wait.

It was the final day of the Charms project, and Sierra Greingoth strolled into the classroom, egg in hand. As she took a seat on one of the many cushions lining the floor, she peered up at the directions. Hmm...sounded simple enough. There was really only one thing left to do, and that was this pep talk Sierra had decided she and the egg needed to have. She got herself comfortable, sat the egg in front of her, and stared at it.

In her mind, she said:

Okay, little egg. I know I haven't been the friendliest of owners. I bet you even gazed at Hollingberry the Hero a time or two and wished you would have ended up with her instead. I can promise you this, though. I did the best I could. I've never been too sociable, so our time together has really more than what I give most of the people in my life. I know it's not enough to win me 'Mother of the Year', but I think I did enough to keep you alive.

You did get on my nerves on more than one occasion, but I think I pulled through in the end. After all, I didn't toss you to the depths of the lake that I had once thought I might. You're still here...and you're safe...I think. There were also times I thought Id just give up on you and throw you to the bottom of my trunk and leave you there forever. I didn't, though. I pulled through, and in so many ways, I'm proud of myself, too. There's one thing I really haven't done yet, and I think it probably should've been done months ago. I never named you. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but you've always just been 'the egg', 'blasted egg', or 'ridiculous piece of metal'. I apologize for that. I think I'll call you...Anna. It's my sister's name, so I think you'll like it. If you're not a girl, I'm really sorry, but at this point, there's no way to tell.

On that note, can you do me one last favor? Can you hatch? Please? I've sort of...maybe...kind of...been looking forward to seeing what's hiding in your silvery shell. You and me, we can win big points together. I just know it. Thanks, Anna! Alright, here we go...the moment of truth...

Sierra drew in a big sigh and held her breath as she raised her wand. With a tap, she exclaimed, "Effringo!"

Holding Aristotle in her right pocket, Kurumi nervously made her way into the classroom and was a little surprised to see that there were no desks or chairs. Not that she had anything against cushions, it was just not was she had been expecting. "Good day, Professor Schirmer," she said with a small bow before turning her attention to the board and reading the instructions.

"Effringo," Kurumi whispered, adjusting the strap on her shoulder. That wasn't too hard to pronounce, she should be able to handle that one. She walked over to a fluffy looking red cushion and flopped down on it before removing Aristotle from her pocket.

The truth was, she was rather fond of him just as he was and was more afraid of him hatching. What if she didn't like the new Aristotle? What if he didn't like her? What if he decided to fly the coop after hatching? Frowning a bit, Kurumi set her wand down and simply held Aristotle there. Change...she didn't really want him to change... and these thoughts suddenly reminded her of the conversation she had had with Selina in the girl's dorms. You can't stop change, just like Selina couldn't stop Kurumi from the decision she had made. Just like she couldn't stop Aristotle from hatching if he wanted to. Smiling to herself, Kurumi set him down on her lap and took one last look at his intricate design. Not all change is bad...right?

Nervously, Kurumi picked up her wand. "You be...whatever you want to be," she whispered. "Ef- frin -goh," she said with renewed confidence as she brought her wand down to tap its hard metal exterior.

Elise attempted to twirl into the classroom, and ended up stumbling. Smiling sheepishly at Professor Schirmer, she got off her tip toes. "Hello, Professor Schirmer," she greeted with a wave.

Settling down among the cushions, she pulled out her egg. "Okay, Ally." she whispered. "It's time to shine!"

"And hatch...." she ammended, stroking the brightly colored patterns on Ally's shell. "Anyway, I just need you to remember that I love you. You're the best egg baby I've ever had."

"I know I'm a terrible mom, dropping you all the time. I'm just really clutzy. And I know I haven't created much for you except your little hammock thingy next to my bed. But even that was so that you wouldn't roll off. You know you do that a lot.

"I realized that you're just like me, Ally. We love bright colors and are way too clumsy than is healthy. So, hatch, Ally. Be whatever you want to be. Cause I'll love you anyway."

"Ef-fring-goh." she tried. Seemed easy enough. Pulling out her wand, she hoped for the best.

"Effringo!" she said, tapping her wand. As she did, she visualized the shell cracking and a silvery mist surrounding it. There was a little something inside, but it seemed blurry. Please hatch, Ally.

Gideon returned to the charms classroom with his egg when the term was drawing to a close as directed by Professor shirmer, having been nearly over-excited as soon as the notice went out. This was it and he sure hoped he had done everything right along the way. "Good day Professor ," he greeted quietly upon seeing her standing quietly before making his way further into the classroom. The fourth year chose a cushion near one of the windows of the room and set himself down upon it before carefully retrieving his charge from within its cloth-wrapped mobile home within his robe pocket.

Once settled sitting indian style with his egg nestled on his lap, Gideon looked back up to the front and noticed the instructions on the board. He ran the incantation through his head a few times working on pronunciation before taking out his wand as well so he could do the spell.

Effringo...Eff in goh...Ef- frin -goh...

Then taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, he prepared himself for the actual casting, once more inwardly hoping all would go well. Finally he opened them once more and picked up his egg to hold it securely as he did his magic. "Ef-frin-go!" he cast taping the egg as he said the incantation, focusing all of his energy and attention on it as if willing the egg to hatch.

Still anxious over OWLs, Stella hadn't exactly forgotten that the Charms final was coming. More accurately, she hadn't forgotten that she still had to find out if Oberon was going to hatch or not, or if it was actually even male. I can always just switch your name to Titania if you're not, she thought, reaching a hand into her skirt pocket to pet the egg nestled inside gently. Plus, it was easier not having to bring her entire school bag with her. Just Oberon and her wand, but then she was used to carrying both around with her now at all times. That would be another change to get used to, along with knowing she survived her OWLs. She wouldn't have her pretty little egg to carry around and care for, even if she got to keep whatever it hatched into.

Even with all her other worries, she had faith that at least Oberon was cared for enough to hatch. It hadn't ended up in the swamp, after all, and it had never really seemed disgruntled at her. Therefore, it wasn't hard to give Professor Schirmer a smile as she stepped into the classroom. OWL worries could get pushed back for at least a little while. "Hello, Professor Schirmer," she said brightly as she made her way toward a cushion, then settled down. Pulling Oberon out of her pocket, she held the egg up at eye level for a moment. "Okay, Oberon. It's up to you now. You know I'll like you either way, but I'd love to see what you really are," she said quietly, before laying the egg in her lap.

Time to cast the spell, and she let her wand slide out of its holster as she glanced at the instructions on the board. Okay. This doesn't seem hard, she thought, before tapping Oberon lightly. "Effringo!" Of course, now she had to see if her egg wanted to move on to whatever its next step in life was. Her faith that it would only could go so far.

Harvey entered the room with Tiger tucked safely in his make-shift carrier. He could not believe this day had finally arrived, the day he would find out what was inside his egg. It felt like he had waited eons to find out, but it wasnt long now. "Hello Professor" he greeted before taking a seat and reading what was written on the board.

He then looked at Tiger. Right well buddy, the time has come for you to hatch and reveal yourself to me and everyone present. Although I will be the only to notice you as there are many other eggs in this room hatching today, including girl ones I am sure. So if it is ok with you I will be the one to see you hatch, I hope you dont mind. I mean I have been taking good care of you for a long time, so that should mean something right? he thought to himself, he was sure Tiger could read his mind, which was the reason for that long thought.

Harvey got out his wand Well here go buddy he thought "Effringo!!" he said tapping his egg. Now he would have to wait to see if it actually hatches and what comes out of it. He couldnt wait now as he watched Tiger to see if there was a reaction to his spell.

Elise lay flat on her stomach and set the egg onto a cushion. Toying with her hair nervously, she stared unblinking at Ally the Metal egg. Come on, Ally! Hatch!

Closing her eyes, she crossed her fingers. Come on. Please hatch, don't let all that work go to waste! Opening her eyes just a crack, she saw Ally shiver just a little. Her eyes flew open. She was HATCHING!

The small shiver grew. Shivery shiver. Elise stared excitedly as Ally gave one violent shake and there came a tiny crack on her surface. Dropping the lock of hair she was fiddling with she leaned a little closer. Ally was HATCHING!

The crack grew... and it grew until the one part of the shell was completely cracked. Then, something pushed the little shard of metal out of its way and in a silvery mist, a shadowy figure delicately climbed out of the shell. A note grasped in its beak, it sat for a few moments, growing quickly.

By the time the mist had disappated, there was a beautiful silver eagle standing on the cushion, its knowing eyes boring into Elise's. Feeling proud, Elise took the note grasped in the eagle's beak.

Smiling she held her arm out to Ally the Silver Eagle. Once Ally had perched comfortably onto her arm, she picked herself up and long ponytail swinging, stumbled towards Professor Schirmer.

"Thank you for a lovely term, professor!" she said, smiling widely. "And thank you for Ally, she's amazing!"

And with that, Elise twirled successfully out of the classroom. Wings flapping happily behind her, was Ally the Silver Eagle.

Luna opened the door and wandered in and looked around everyone excited for their egg hatching! So it wasn't just her that got close to her egg! Luna was quite excited admittidly she couln't wait to see what it was some bird of some sort obviosly!

She walked to a table and took out Speckles from his little home then placed him on the table. She looked at the board... Ok-ay she took ot her wand ''Ef-frin -goh,'' tap ''Ef- frin -goh,'' tap ''Ef- frin -goh,'' tap.

Perfect! She took a deep breath ''Effringo,'' tap. She closed her eyes. Doesn't matter what you are i'll be proud! To be totally honest she wanted somthing pretty but it didn't matter really

As she was waiting to find out if her egg was going to hatch, Stella had found herself tracing the filigreed pattern on the surface of the metal. It was a way of passing the time, but also, she figured if anything happened she'd notice it easier than if she'd just been watching it. Especially since so far the only result she'd noticed from the last charm cast was that the swirling blues and greens underneath the silvery lines had deepened slightly. It was starting to worry her, especially as usually that meant Oberon was getting too warm. Although she hadn't actually noticed a temperature difference, either from the egg's position still in her lap or from her light touch now. It was mystifying, really, and she looked up at the professor for a moment, ready to ask if this was normal.

However, before she could speak, her fingernail caught in one of the lines curling around the egg and she glanced down again. That was new. Oberon usually was completely smooth, but now there was a tiny crack. It followed mostly along the filigree line, but it didn't seem like it was just a previously unnoticed flaw. Especially as it actually grew the tiniest bit larger as she peered at it, then she reached out again to trace the fissure with her fingernail once more. They hadn't been told they couldn't help their egg hatch, after all. She didn't do much, though, just widened the crack a fraction of an inch. Then, she sat back as the egg continued to split, and she started to hear movement inside. Maybe there is some sort of animal in there, she thought, watching as the crack continued to grow until a small paw poked out. Interesting, she continued, before reaching out to nudge the edge of the crack again. She'd never have thought her egg held a kitty, although maybe that was why Lyra had never really bothered Oberon. The kitten had sensed a similarity.

It was a crazy thought, but as the egg split more, another paw emerged. Then the head. The small creature continued its birth, until the egg had almost split entirely in two. The halves weren't exactly equal, seeing as the crack had followed the curve of the filigree, but it was enough that she could see a piece of parchment tucked underneath the yawning silver cat. At least, she hoped it was yawning. Holding a hand out flat, she let the feline prowl onto it, then set the creature down on the cushion beside her to retrieve the note. Glancing it over, she quickly read the words then glanced over at the animal who was now prowling in small circles beside her.

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Don't worry, a tiger it may be but this little metal charmed figurine won't bite you. However you might find this charm will help camouflage you when you need to hide. When you are able to manage a disillusionment charm or other similar disguise type magic, this tiger will boost the strength and make it even less likely you'll be found out. Your footsteps will fall lighter and you'll be much better at stalking sneaking up on people as long as you have this little charm on you.

"I guess you can still be Oberon. Tigers are kind of royal," she murmured, shifting to let the tiger creep onto her hand again. The creature didn't seem to have a problem with the name, still, so she nodded to herself before carefully climbing to her feet. Sliding her wand back into its holster, she used her free hand to pick up the halves of the egg, then pocketed them before turning her attention to Professor Schirmer again. She didn't think the professor would mind if she kept the egg shards too. They were still pretty, after all. "Thank you for an amazing term, and I'll take good care of Oberon," she said with a smile, as the tiger in her hand opened its mouth again in a silent roar. Apparently Oberon had wanted to speak to the professor too, but Stella didn't want to stay too long. She had other finals to worry about, so after thanking the professor, she turned and left. Hopefully she'd see the professor again next term, and she could show that she'd kept up her promise.

Eeep!

She opened her eyes it had four legs so far all a bronze and silver colour it looked very odd but you know had to come out some how it wasn't a bird but then again it was a magical egg right?

The rest of the egg bits cracked and before her was a turtle awww she stared at the note and read threw it

Thats helpfull

She grinned ''Guess you can't Speckles anymore eh?'' she listed names in her head ''Tito,''

''Thanks Proffeser,''

Orr walked into the room cuddling her egg, Ginger. She nodded and smiled at Prof. Schrimer who was directing students to cushions and helping others with their eggs/creatures.

This was it-- whether Ginger hatched or not. She walked to a cushion and sat down. In her arms, Ginger twitched a little with excitement or nerves, Orr couldn't tell which.

Orr cuddled Ginger for a couple of seconds, her way of saying goodbye because it was likely that Ginger wouldn't be around as herself after the spell casting.

"Bye, Ginger." She whispered before picking up her wand and preparing to do the tap movement. She whispered the incantation "Ef-fin-goh" until she was satisfied that she got the incantation right. She definitely didn't want to cause any further harm to Ginger.

In her arms, Ginger gave off one last twitch as if she was also saying goodbye to Orr.

Orr smiled and closed her eyes, imagining what would come out of Ginger if she hatched. Possibly a creature as cheeky as the egg was

Taking a deep breath, Orr tapped her wand at Ginger and said out aloud, "Effingo"

Magic swirled around Ginger like fragile strands of silk, Orr held her breath, waiting to see what would hatch, if it would hatch.

Louisa walked into the classroom, very cushily furnished, holding her metal egg in its basket. Glancing at Professor Schirmer with a nervous smile, the girl made her way toward one of the chairs and settled down. She put the basket on her lap and read the note on the board.

Holy Merlin they had to cast a spell. Louisa looked down at the shiny metal egg, patted it and stayed silent for a moment- she was afraid of casting a spell for the first time on her dear Dalouisa, but she was as excited to find out what lied beneath the silvery shell. It was quite endearing to see what you'd been taking care of for the past seven months or so.

"I'll be careful," Louisa murmured to herself, "Effringo, Effringo, Effringo, Effringo.." Practicing the word before using it on the egg. The wand movement, luckily, was pretty simple so no need to work on that now.

"Effringo!" TAB! And the Ravenclaw had the urge to close her eyes afraid of the outcome.

Raven took her neglected egg to the classroom. She put it on her bag, to anticipate it will be falling again from height. She entered the classroom and greeted Professor Schirmer.

"Good Morning, Professor!"

Then she put her egg at the cushion. She noticed on the board about the instruction.

Raven took a deep breath.... Inhale... Exhale...
Hopefully her egg will hatch and become something cool.

Ready?

1... 2... 3...

"Ef- frin -goh" She tapped her wand to the egg.

Minerva came in to the room very excited today was the day. Would Sparkles hatch or will Minnie be very sad. She couldn't handle anymore sadness right now so she really hoped it would hatch. Minerva had Sparkles in hand and Sparkles of course was being very wiggly. "Good Day Professor." Minerva looked around the room, no tables, no desks just comfy looking cushions that kind of looked like bean bags. Minerva found one and sat down placing Sparkles in her lap. Sparkles went to roll and Minerva grabbed it. "Oh no you don't this is an important day." Minerva took out her wand and tapped the pretty egg "Effringo" Please hatch, oh please hatch Minerva thought as she watched and waited..

Orr watched the magic swirl around Ginger nervously. She couldn't yet see what was hatching because of all the magic covering it.

As she started at the egg, the magic strands started to get thick and formed cracks all around the shell of the egg. Orr held her breath as the shell gently but quickly broke apart leaving the parts of the shell separate from each other.

Whatever was in the egg was still partial covered by the broken shell pieces but Orr could hear a soft "ribbit" and she lifted some of the shell off to discover...

A small silver frog who was curled into itself as if it didn't want to see the world just yet.

Orr carefully picked it up with both hands and made an "aww" sound as she did so, "Hello little one."

As she lifted the frog out of her lap, she noticed a little note

"Oh wow, so you can help me with cleaning charms. That is really cool. I think that I'll call you Mundus, Latin for 'Clean'."

Orr got up still holding Mundus and went up to Prof. Schirmer. "Professor, thank you for a wonderful project. See you next year." She said as she cuddled Mundus to her chest and headed out the classroom.

Erin walked towards the Charms classroom,. There were no desks today. Unusual. However, there were cushions, probably for their metal eggs to be placed as they hatched. Erin was so excited to finally see her hard work's result. Louisa had been a very good company to her. She felt like she had something that the life depends on her...for the very first time.

Erin put her egg on the comfy cushion. She moved her hands toward her wand. "Goodluck Louisa," she whispered.

Tapping its edge to the egg, she muttered firmly, "Effringo!"

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CLAK!!
A silver yarn was sticking on ther wand..
wait... This is not an ordinary silver yarn.. Its... Raven thought it har..

"SPIDER WEB!!!" she shouted. Then a silver spider came out feom the egg. There was a small roll of parchment, then she read it.

"A silver spider!! Cool!!! How could it became a spider, Professor??" she wondered. A spider.. cool!! She could use it for pranks..

"Can I take care of it? Thank you for the interesting project!! See you next year!"

Beezus entered the Charms Classroom nervously. She was nervous as to what Quiglee would hatch into. She had taken care of her egg for what seemed like four months and she had been attached to it now. She was hoping for the best and she was praying that nothing it would not hatch into something she was scared of.

In a rather swift movement, she settled herself in one of the cushions. She did not know who was beside her because she immediately directed her eyes on the board. The incantation that they need for the hatching was Effringo. "Effringo." She read. That shouldn't be too hard right? It didn't have complex pronunciation so it should just be easy. And the wand movement was a tap. One of the simplest there is. Beatrice started practicing the charm first. "Effringo. Ef- frin -goh."

When she felt that she was ready, she held Quiglee, her egg with her left hand and clutched her wand with her left hand. Then she pointed the tip of her wand towards the egg.

"Ef- frin -goh." She muttered. A reddish light emerged from her wand and hit the egg. It started to wriggle and wibble and shake. "Woah." Beezus mumbled, placing her wand beside her and holding the egg with her two hands. After a while, it stopped moving. She stared at it, it was about to hatch.

Sierra braced herself for whatever was about to happen. It'd be a big disappointment if nothing ever did. She'd likely just give the egg back to the professor. She didn't need a paperweight, and she really didn't feel like always wondering if the egg would start freezing, sweating, etc. all over again.

...but it would hatch. Wouldn't it?

Suddenly the egg began to quiver, and Sierra sat straight up and looked at the silver metal with wide eyes. What was happening?! The egg was either burning up again, or it was--could it be? Was it hatching?! Sierra's brown eyes remained fixed on the egg. If it was going to do something major, she didn't want to miss a thing.

Then the quivering stopped, and slowly, a little hole formed in the top of the egg. The hole grew bigger and bigger until Sierra was sure the egg was cracking. Finally, the egg cracked straight down the middle, and Sierra scooted back out of surprise alone. When the cracking was done, a shiny, metal porcupine popped out. A little message did, too, so Sierra scooped it up and read:

A darling little metal porcupine. He's not as he seems however, since quite obligingly the little thing will shoot teeny tiny sharp quills at anyone that tries to take something belonging to you. Thats right, he's just perfect to place in your trunk or bag, to be sure that nobody steals away the things that belong to you. And after all, little tiny sharp spikey things aren't any real harm, but it'll make any thief think twice before putting a hand in your things!

Ooooh! This was actually really cool! A wicked grin spread across Sierra's face. Oh, the things she could do with a quill-shooting porcupine! Maybe she could put something in her trunk that would surely lure Tori Bunbury straight to it. Then if the porcupine was in there, too... Heh heh. She gathered everything belonging to her, gave the professor a smile and a little wave, and then left the room.

This had turned out to be one really cool ending!

MJ excitedly sat in her Charms final, desperate to discover if Bugsy would hatch or not. She'd cared for him as well as she thought she could, but MJ was a little nervous that he might throw a strop and refuse to hatch. It would be just like Bugsy to do that to her, she thought. Still, perhaps the Professor could explain what she could do to make him hatch over the summer. But she was getting ahead of herself now. Crossing bridges before she came to them and all that. Focusing on her egg, MJ cast the new Charm they'd been taught. "Effringo!" She called, tapping Bugsy gently.

Harvey was amazed to see his egg Tiger turn into the most magnificent metallic bird he had ever seen. OK! Fine! So this was his first metallic bird, but it was still magnificent. He could not believe how shiney and cute it looked. Since he named his egg Tiger he thought he would name his new bird TigerB. Might as well keep a similar name. So he looked over his new pet.

Text Cut: Harvey's Bird called TigerB

TigerB This little mechanical hawk might be a flyer but he's also a brilliant reading buddy. In the library you'll find any book you need by letting him go hunt the shelves, and when you sit down to read in the company of your little charmed hawk, you may just find the most important parts of the text are easier to read and absorb. The hawk provides some clear sightedness and illumination as well as powers of observation. Got a hard homework assignment? This pocket-sized hawk figurine will remind you that wisdom comes from paying attention and doing your best to really see what is going on without missing a thing. At least for as long as the charms last.

Harvey was really pleased with what Tiger the Egg had hatched into. He could not have imagined that this is what he would end up with. He put out his finger and Tiger the Bird hopped as if he knew that Harvey was the one that had looked after the Egg from which he had come. Harvey moved him up to eye level to get a good look at this bird. "You are cute! I will call you TigerB since I had named the egg Tiger also." he smiled at TigerB as he cocked his head to the side. Harvey also cocked his head in the same manner, TigerB then cocked his head the other way and Harvey did this also. Harvey and TigerB played this game for a while, and as they played this TigerB seemed to enjoy it alot. TigerB seemed very happy with Harvey and Harvey was very happy with TigerB. He couldnt be more happier than he was, that his egg had turned into this cute, maginificent metallic Bird. He hoped he could keep his bird "Professor he is just the BEST!! Can I keep him?" he asked hoping the Professor said yes. He really wanted to keep TigerB