Originally Posted by Roselyn
(Post 10905940)
Squinting her eyes a little, she tried to figure out which spell the girl may have confused the shield charm with, but decided against waiting to answer for too long. "Not quite, Miss Potter. However, you may add a horizontal line to the vand movement in order to increase the size of your shield though. I'll demonstrate that in a moment."
"Directing where you vont your spell to go is very important, yes." she nodded. "Good example."
"A bit backwards there, Miss Fischer." she chuckled lightly. "Turn that question mark upside down. It's more like a small 'd'." The girl's knowledge on the variety of shield charms though had Medea nodding a little. "There are indeed variations of the shield charm, each a bit more difficult to produce than the last and vastly more powerful as vell. Ve'll be sticking vith just the basic 'protego' today."
She'd been expecting these questions from the Gryffindor girl lately it seemed. "Not really no. Some spells do require the use of some hand gesture. It doesn't hurt though, to use the movements you vould use if you vere using a vand, it's second nature after all and easier to produce the results you vont, but when it comes down to it...you don't really need a hand movement. Intentions should be the focus alone. Underage magic vould be a good example to think about."
"The killing curse, Miss Hyde, should be the last spell you should use, if ever." she said, frowning a little. There was always one answer she wasn't fond of. "It is unfortunately true, though, there are other vays of defeating your opponent vithout having to result to the killing curse though. Keep up vith the lesson, Miss Hyde."
After listening to the everyone else's answers, Medea flexed her hand, and a moment later, her wand slid into her palm. "The Shielding Charm has one of the easier wand movements. A waving motion, or in other more specific words, it's an upward arching flick." Demonstrating for them, she created the upward arching flick, before repeating a bit slower so they were able to clearly see it. "This spell requires your concentration to keep up, so if you cast another spell, be aware that your shield vill have been brought down."
"There's also a vay to increase the size of your shield. It requires an extra wand movement. A horizontal line." Creating the upward arching flick with her wand with a nonverbal 'protego', a very light blue shield appeared in front of her, glimmering almost as if trying to falter, though that was far from the case as the color only faded every now and then; results in having the shield look invisible. "And, add the horizontal line..." Demonstrating so, the shield expanded as slowly as her wand movement. "This should only be attempted when you've mastered the shield charm itself. It'd make it that much easier on you."
Letting her shield drop, she continued onto the next spell. "The Disarming charm does in fact have two wand movements. The simple 'point' is quite popular, and there's also the circular motion as some of you mentioned. This circular motion is actually more like a small 'd', with a snap of your wrist at the end." Pointing her wand to the side away from the students, she demonstrated by making a tight circular motion and ending with a small upwards snap at the end, much like the letter 'd'. "I'd like you all to practice the 'd' wand movement for today, which...brings us to our next activity."
"So, stand up if you aren't already, and look for a partner. Preferably someone in the same year as yourself. Ve'll be practicing the disarming spell first, and then the shield charm. Afterwards ve'll be going into a few duels vith these two spells. Let's go. Hop at it."
OOC: The task for now is to look for a partner in your own year, and if that's not possible, than someone close to it. Don't RP practicing the spells yet. We'll get to that next.
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