Laura raised her hand again, maybe the Professor was busy so she would tell her again. "Professor no one wants to be my Partner, I don't think they trust me enough." Laura sighed, it wasn't like she was naughty or dangerous or anything like that, she was just misunderstood. "Professor what should I do?"

Thea tried to hide a smile as Sierra spoke, and she nodded. "I am new actually, I am from the United States, and transferred over here when my Dad got a new job at this ministry." She explained. "I've only been around here a few days actually."

The younger girl nodded, and she smiled. She couldn't blame Sierra, she didn't want to go bald either! That.. would be horrible! As if she wasn't weird enough as it was being new, she didn't think she could handle being bald on top of that!

She nodded as the Older Slytherin spoke, and she turned around like a good little Gryffie.

"Okay." She said as she stood still.. What was the worse that could happen? Though.. who knew really..

"I dont know what it's called. Ive never had my hair cut in my life." she said running her hand through her black & blonde hair. "Dont ruin this." cause Ariana new a few "charms & spells" that might wind her in detention.. but they'd be worth it. "Looks Fun.. I'm sure it does baby lion." She sat back so the girl could practice the spell on her a bit more. Merlin, help her if she did some permanent damage to Ariana's preccious locks of amazinngg beauty Also known as.. her hair, Little baby lion would be a little DEAD baby lion

Oh, ...her dad worked at the Ministry? That got Sierra's attention. "Your dad and my dad work together then," she pointed out. "My dad's the Minister of Magic." So in other words, her dad was Thea's dad's boss. She nodded when the girl said she'd only been around for a few days. "Gryffindor then," she added. Too bad she didn't luck out and get a better house.

Sierra sort of held her breath as the Gryffindor turned around. So trusting. Sierra really had no plans to do her wrong, though. "Alright, well...good luck," she said, and before the girl could take those words as a bad sign, Sierra cast. "Cresco Capillus!" she said, creating a ripply wave of her wand.

Oichi nodded, "Yeah, I'll definitely remember that, and yeah, I trust you enough, and we both need to try the spell if we hope to get it right." Oichi then saw Lex practice the pronunciation and made a mental note to do that before she attempts a spell that could potentially give someone a haircut from hell again. After a bit of practice Oichi saw Lex approach her. She closed her eyes as Lex waved her wand and said the spell. After about 10 secconds Oichi felt something soft hit her shoulders. She put her hands on each shoulder. She felt hair and her face lit up, "Lex you did it, it's incredible, you got it totally right the first time!!! You can stop now, I love it!!!! Thank You".

"Oh really? Well, that is pretty cool." She responded.. Wow.. the Minister of Magic's daughter.. she had lucked out with a partner! She nodded sadly. "Yes, sadly, I had been hoping for Ravenclaw.. and my mom was so disappointed, she was in Slytherin when she was here." What had she done wrong to get into Gryffindor? She shook her brown head and sighed a bit, before she turned around..

Good luck?? Oh.. dear.. what was going to happen? She closed her eyes, as Sierra cast the spell, and she bit her lip a little nervously.. it was just hair right? Hair grows..

Oh Dear Merlin, please let the spell work!

And there Laura went annoying her with her voice again. SIGH. Didn't the girl ever stop whining?

Lex turned to her slowly, still keeping the wand motion going. The girl needed a partner and thought bothering the Professor about it would have been the best option when there was a firstie just over there practising alone. Seriously? What? Did she think she was too good for the firstie 'cause if so then Lex was offended--deeply offended, "Oi, Laura, if you really want a partner try working with Eliza, she doesn't have one." She said, gesturing towards the girl that had begun practising on her own.

"Hey Eliza, you wanna work with her?"

Hehe...this girl, she was something else. For one thing, Lex wouldn't trust anyone she just offended so quickly. Nuh-uh.

She ended the spell when the girl told her to and watched her admiring it for a moment. She smiled a little. "It's no big deal." Shrug. "I was just doing the activity; glad you like it though." Hmm...she guessed it was the girl's turn again then, huh? This wouldn't go well. Hopefully she took her advice on the whole pronunciation thing because Lex wasn't in the mood to go bald. No. The girl would've seen her worst side if she made that happen.

"Alright, I suppose it's your turn now. Go ahead whenever you're ready." Saying that took a lot out of her. No part of her trusted Oichi but fair was fair.

Please get it right.

There it was, its was starting to grow looong. There was this strange mix of both fascination and dread as he both saw and felt the spell taking effect on his hair. And just as he was about to wince anticipating that his hair would just keep lengthening it stops just on his shoulders.

He leans forward in the mirror and ruffles his hair a bit. Funny how different having all that extra length now versus a few seconds earlier "Not bad Min...." he says in a half grin, twisting around to look at the Hufflepuff "Very not bad spellwork."

Which then means its his turn right? He stood to allow Minne to take the seat, glancing at her blue head "I think this spell would actually let your real hair grow..." so she better prep herself for a two-toned Minnie.

Sierra would never admit this to anybody who wasn't looking directly at her, but she'd actually closed her eyes after casting that spell. Honestly, she wasn't sure--at all--what this girl's hair would look like when she was done with it. She could care less if the girl had to go around bald for the rest of the day, but...oh, the trouble Sierra might be in!

She sloooooooowly opened her eyes and peered at the girl's hair. Was it...?! It was! It was slowly edging its way out of her scalp little by little. It was...falling out? Getting longer? Falling out? No...getting longer! "It....it worked, I think," she said, staring at the moving hair. This was sort of a weird situation, really.

"Okay so it's my turn again. I better practice this time cause don't want to cause a near disaster like last time." Oichi took a deep breath, "Cresca Capillus, no, Cresco Capillies, no thats not quite right. Cresco Capillius, thats it, cresco capillius, cresco capillius. I think I got it. She practiced the wand moement a couple of times before she approached Lex. She felt nervous as she said, "Cresco Capillus", and waved her wand as her arm was shaking ad accdentally jerked upward a bit too much and accidenally cut Lex's hair to the legnth of a boys. "Ummmm, atleast I got the spell this time, I am sure I can fix it".", Oichi saod sounding abit nervous

Thea kept her eyes closed as she felt something odd moving on her scalp.. oh.. please let her still have hair!! Oh please oh please oh please!! She bit her lip nervously, and hoped to all that was good in the Wizarding world that the older Slytherin wouldn't make her bald!

They bonded a little right?

Right??

"It worked?" She looked down at her hair, and she could see it slowly moving down her arms.. "Hey look! It worked!

Oh Thank Merlin..

Minerva smiled at her accomplishment. She was so happy she got it right on the second try. Yes, it was great to see his long hair. Plus he really didn't look that bad with long hair. "Does it feel weird? I mean when it grows?" She hoped she didn't hurt him at all..

Looking at the chair she sat down with no concern. She didn't have any fear about Vickers doing her hair. He couldn't do anything that could be fixed, right... Then he mentioned about her real hair, "Well let's see what blue and blonde look like together." She winked and grinned. "When ever your ready hairdresser Vickers." She sat back and waited for the spell to hit her head.

She had still been staring at her small pile of hair on the floor when she heard someone say her name. She looked up to see where it had come from. Oh, Alexa? She looked in the direction the other first year was looking and saw a girl she'd never talked to before, who was partnerless too. She hadn't even seen her standing there until now.

"Oh! Sure, thanks!" She smiled and nodded at Alexa, then walked over to the girl.

"Hi, I'm Eliza," she said in her best 'nice to meet you' voice. "Want to be partners?" She motioned to the barber chair she'd been using and to the pile of hair on the floor. "I seem to have the spell working, so you won't have to worry about anything too weird happening, I don't think..."

Alexa had to remind herself to breath when the girl approached her with her wand again. As she raised it the 11 year old kept hearing her Ravenclaw Mama's voice playing over and over in her head. She'd already been proven right by the girl's last attempt not that Vivi could ever be wrong about anything and something told her that she'd prove her right again.

Brave face Lex, brave face.

Needless to say she became more than a little concerned when the spell was cast and she didn't see or feel her hair getting any longer. In fact, she was almost sure that nothing happened. Raising a hand to her head she tried running her fingers through her hair but froze instantly.

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Lex swallowed the first few words that had rushed to her mouth and opted for a nicer way of saying things. "You think you got the spell right?!" This wasn't her day, was it? "How could you possibly think that when you've done the exact OPPOSITE of what the spell was intended for?! How did you even manage to do that?!" Was she that stupid?!?! SIIIIIIIIIIIGH. She needed a chocolate frog. -___-

"Fix it; fix it now." And that wasn't a question either.

"Okay, okay, I must have heard something wrong. I thought the spell was for making hair longer or shorter. Must have heard it wrong so I messed up again. I think it happened because I pushed my wand upward in a nervous jerk. But don't worry, I'll fix it." Oichi took a deep breath and pictured the professors exact instructions in her head, "Cresco Capillius", and waved her wand in a wave like motion going downward and slowly but surely Lex's hair started to grow and once it reached just beyond the girls shoulders where it was before Oichi stopped. "I finally got it this time. I am so sorry about my bumbling mistakes, I hope we can put those behind us".

Ethan was really focusing on this spell. Knowing how precious one's head of hair could be, he did not want to do anything to drastically alter his Prefect's appearance.. just slightly different He was watching her so carefully that when he saw her eyes drift off in another direction again, his eyes did the same. Oh, there was Minnie performing the same spell on Vickers. He couldn't help but to smile in her direction.. she was so good at these kinds of spells.

"Uh.. what?" Ethan's eyes snapped back to Louisa and he stopped the wand motion (finally!). Oops.. apparently he had gotten a little too distracted and didn't stop when he should have. The boy's eyes widened slightly as he took in allll of Louisa's hair.. and there was a lot of it. Ethan bit his lip and shook his head as she expressed her dissatisfaction. "No.. of course not.. I-I can fix this.." Think, Ethan.. what was that spell that she used earlier.. a little different than the one he had learned. "Felintas." He watched as it shrunk back to the way it had been.. thank Merlin. Chuckling lightly, he said, "I suppose I should try it again?" Hopefully she'd be forgiving.

As Cassia was practicing she watched how the other students were preforming the spell and no disastrous outcomes have happened......at least yet. So it was reassuring to go ahead and get done with spell and try it out. And actually it excited Cassia as she had short hair it'd be nice to try have long one.And because she wanted Kat to feel safe letting Cassia practice on her hair, the second-year decided to practice the movement and the incantation once more. For good measures.

"Cresco Capillus." She uttered waving with her quill instead of wand. Once she was satisfied with the practicing she nodded at Kat. "Yes I guess it's enough practicing." She then sat before Kat with her back to the older girl. "Okay, go ahead and preform it on my hair..." She said more confident than she sounded earlier. "I trust you." She didn't want to push it and stress Kat out or anything but the girl surely knew the importance of hair.

Styling time...

Gulp. Kat had to make the first try. She was older and she needed to demonstrate Cassia. It was easy since Cassia has short hair, so it wouldn't feel too weird with the thought of overgrowing it. The older Slytherin sighed. "Alright, I'll do my best to get the spell right," she assured that. It was obvious that she didn't want to mess the spell up. It would be horrible if she did and she would probably go hide herself in the Girls' Dormitory and never show her face again. Well, that was over-reacting.

"I'd suggest you turn around so that I know where I'm casting my spell on. She didn't want Cassia's eyebrow hair or nose hair to grow rapidly. That would have been even MORE horrid. Kat took a deep breath before finally convincing herself to get to the point. "Cresco Capillus," Kat said and did the ripple hand movement. Kat smiled when she saw the younger girl's hair starting to grow. Working out the length was easy, as Kat stopped rippling her wand around once Cassia's hair grew until her back. Maybe that was a bit too long... but, hey, Cassia looked good with long hair.

Kat is an older student and good one.Cassia kept reminding herself while she sat waiting for Kat to work on her hair. She didn't want to like freak out and make a run while Kat was performing. Overreacting? Well, you couldn't possibly blame a twelve-years old who is attached to her hair…..emotionally. And so Kat started……

Cassia automatically closed her eyes. Not that she could see what Kat was doing but still it felt more safe with eyes closed. After hearing Kat say the incantation Cassia braced herself. Good until now she didn't feel any breeze on her scalp meaning her hair was still here. Instead she felt something on her back.

Opening her eyes, Cassia shook her head and felt hair rippling on her back. She had never experienced the feeling of long hair. Cassia flashed Kat a huge grin. "I love it!" She touched her new long hair and twisted it in a ponytail. She let it then ripple on her shoulder. She really liked it and wished to have a mirror right now to see how did she look with long hair. The Slytherin looked around her just in case a mirror represent itself. Well, it didn't happen.

"Okay turn around I do it now," She said excitedly now that she saw the spell is easy and doable. Maybe once Cassia was done with Kat's hair they'd search for a mirror? Eh…Maybe.

Laura looked at the girl and smiled. "I'd love to be partners." Laura just hoped that the girl would know what he is doing. "Hi Eliza." Laura smiled as she looked at the girl. "I'm Laura." She was sure she had never meet this girl before so she had decided it would be nice to give the girl her name. "Want to go first them?"

Kat grinned when Cassia looked very pleased with her spellwork. She must say, the older Slytherin did a good job too. But the over-all spell wasn't that easy to perfect. "I'm glad you like it," she said. What's that? Kat examined Cassia first. Oh, the younger girl wanted to check herself if Kat wasn't mistaken? "I have a mirror here if you want," Kat said as she rummaged inside her sling bag to retrieve it. Once she found it, she offered the small mirror to Cassia. "I apologize if it is small, but I hope it works for you." A small mirror is better than nothing. They didn't have an available mirror right now.

Oh right, it was Cassia's turn. Kat faced the opposite of her direction, looking backwards. I hope Cassia gets this right, Kat thought to herself. Despite her being fourteen, she cared for her hair because West likes it. Nothing, or nobody will be able to ruin it without her permission. Yeah, like she'd even give anyone permission to ruin her hair. Kat, though, had a right length of hair, but she wouldn't mind having it longer. She stills likes her hair just the way it was.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooow!

Kurumi was sort of in a trance as she watched Vivi's hair grow and grow and grow and groooooooooow while she continued to wiggle her wand over the Ravenclaw's head. That is until she felt her friend's hand grip her wrist. "Oh, um, sorry Vivi," she laughed as she lowered her wand. "You look like Rapunzel, by the way." Just because she felt that it needed to actually be said out loud instead of just thoughts. It was true. She was even blonde. Rapunzel was blonde, right? At least she was in the fairy tale books she had read when she was able to sneak peeks at them in the library when she was younger.

Kurumi stood back and watched Vivi perform the spell, stepping to the side as more hair came cascading down the girl's back and to the floor. That was...a lot of hair did it glow when she sang?. "You know...I think using the Severing Charm first and then Trimming Charm might be a good idea...since there is SO much hair. Maybe we can use it for something. Make wigs," Kurumi mused as she lifted some of the blonde locks. "Or there are some spells we learned in Transfiguration in the past that can turn your hair back..."

"Bald?" Kurumi almost snorted. "We could do that the second go around." Oh, see, Kurumi was trying to use sarcasm and make a bad joke. A joke that probably didn't sound nor look like one since she was already wigglnig her wand between her fingers again.

Cassia smiled when Kat handed her the mirror and took it from her. She untwisted the lock and peered at her own reflection. It was weird at first seeing her hair reaching below her shoulders. Usually she'd be able to see her strands of hair's endings. Now she couldn't. Cassia moved the mirror up and down also to examine how she looked from all angles. It was interesting to see her look change unexpectedly.
Though she was still examining and devouring the sensation, she closed the mirror and put it on the desk. She had to perform the spell on Kat now. "Okay, my turn." She said trying to sound confident though her voice showed a bit of doubt that she'd be able to perform it so correctly just like Kat did. But she was going to make sure she did.

Once, Kat turned around. Cassia reached for her wand and pointed it at Kat's head. However, before she said anything she looked closely at Kat's hair. It was long that reached below her shoulder blades. Cassia was so not going to damage her friend's hair. Taking a deep breath in, the second-year concentrated and with a ripple move of her wand she uttered," Cresco Capillus." She so waned to cover her eyes and ask Kat how it turned out. But she was supposed to gain confidence in her own self this year. A goal she hadn't yet achieved.

Kat's hair did get longer however it wasn't accurately level. Cassia looked more closely and noticed that the right strands of her got longer than the left ones of Kat's hair. "Errr….wait a moment I can fix that." She said trying not to freak out. Reaching her wand again Cassia pointed it at the shorter strands and pulled the others aside. "Cresco Capillus," She said making ripple shape. Once Kat's hair reached the same length Cassia stopped the spell flickering her wand like the professor showed them.

She double-checked the length and nodded approvingly at Kat's hair. "Okay,I'm finished." She said smiling. She didn't cause any permanent damage.

Kat gulped. There were so many thoughts running in her mind. What if Cassia got it wrong? What if she gets bald? What if West would think less of her for having bad hair after this class?! The last part, well, was what Kat was panicking more of. She's been a bit too insane about the boy. But whatever, Kat knew too well there was no chance between them. It's not likely that West would reciprocate feelings for a loser of a girl. Thinking of that made Kat's small smile drop. Sighs.

Oh no, Cassia was casting the spell. Kat took a deep breath and waited patiently for her younger partner to finish. When Cassia stopped, Kat was about to get her small pocket mirror until Cassia held her back with "Wait a moment, I can fix that."

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Did Cassia do something wrong?! Kat gripped the cloth of her skirt. Oh gosh, what happened?! Okay, I'm finished. Another gulp. Kat opened her mirror to see what had happened to her hair. Seeing her reflection, Kat looked immediately at her hair. It was now waist-length. Despite the change, Kat still liked her hair. "Good job for a beginner," Kat smiled at Cassia's reflection on the mirror. If Kat only had a fish tail, she'd pass for a mermaid. Except Kat was kinder than a mermaid... or eviler.

She wasn't freaking out. The boy was lucky she didn't find this jungle of hair horrifying, just uncomfortable. "I'd rather you fix it, yeah.." But.. he didn't really hit her as the excellent charmer (literally charm not the other kind of charming), so she was about to protest and just fix it herself when he seemed pretty focused. Besides, she ruined his hair and he continued to trust her, right? Louisa refused to believe it was just because she was a head girl. So yeah, she was going to trust him on this one too.

Her face was hidden behind her hands again and she muttered, "pleasedon'tmakemebald, pleasedon'tmakemebald, pleasedon'tmakemebald.." What? She did trust him kind of but that didn't mean she wasn't going to be VERY anxious while she did. Oh! Her ears weren't blocked anymore! Her hands moved to her hair and savoured the normal length and feeling of it. "Oh phew. I didn't know how much attached I was to my hair." She snort!chuckled.

Another...try...

Well, he did give her another chance so. "Yeah, sure. Just focus and.. don't wave your wand for too long." She eyed the wand in his hand before straightening up and throwing her head backward so that her hair was all out for him to use the spell on it.