Alyssa quickly picked up the umbrellas she had transfigured, picked up her backpack before walking up to Professor Magnus. "Thank you for allowing me to help with the drying spell. I need to practice my charms and spells as much as possible. Thank you for another interesting lesson too." Alyssa told her Transfiguration Professor before making her way out of the class.

Lex beamed up at her. She had a point you know. Anything they made would automatically be good. Well, actually she could think of a few other people who could be added to this but she didn't feel like bringing that up. Nah. Not now anyway because this was about them being awesome; which they totally were.

The girl earned herself another nod and a wide smile for everything she said but just as she agreed to go first she heard the Professor telling them to wrap up then pack up. She scowled just slightly. It was all that extra time she wasted making that bloody umbrella that did this. Now only one of them would get soaked.

...

Lex looked over at Kat.

She really wanted to get soaked again but when she thought about it...she already got a chance so it made more sense to let Kat go ahead and take her turn. Yup. She would be all sacrificial for her pseudo!sister because that's the kinds of things that happened.

She waited until Kat was inside and ready then got her wand nicely aimed at an angle that wouldn't make the water go knocking her umbrella away or hitting her unnecessarily...you know, just in case she didn't want to get wet. Heh. Not like that matter. "Aguamenti!" Something she'd learnt through watching in last term's Potions class. Immediately a jet a water shot towards Kat. Lex watched to see just how the umbrella was holding up. "How is it????" Because there were no re-dos; the class was over.

a song bird? I do like to sing. I sing especially when my heart sings, like it gets overpowered with emotion so I make songs up!" she said to Eliza.

"Its a pleasure- glad to be of use!" she told Eliza referring to the umbrella, "I hope it works."

Then Eliza went in and Sarah cast the water spell and the 'rain' came down. After some time her arm began to ache yet she knew that she was lion and lions were tough. Yet after some time she decided to finish the spell and soon Eliza emerged. Sarah was slightly discontent with the report, she liked perfection and as an over achiever, a job with a fail was not nice to her, yet she was okay. It was only an umbrella after all.

"thanks for trying it, i am sorry you got wet.. though. Sure I will try..." yet she then looked at her watch time was nearly up she had about thirty seconds left..." actuallyt there is not time to do it in class, yet I can help you test it out out of class if you want!" Sarah offered.

The lesson then officially ended, She then casted the drying charm on herself and went to collect her things. Before she left, one more thing
"thank you for the lesson, proffessor!" she said, "and thank you for anwering all my questions.. just one more, are these umbrellas strong and how can we make them strong enough to withstand wind?" Sarah asked.

Minerva heard the water hit her umbrella, but it seemed to be keeping her dry. She smiled and twirled around a bit. It worked, that was great. She laughed a bit and then looked at Ethan. "Guess it's your turn now. You ready to play in the rain a bit?"

Just as she said these words she heard Professor Magnus end class and she turned and frowned at Ethan, "I'm sorry, I must have taken to long... I guess we could try out your umbrella somewhere else." She smiled at him, but felt bad for not letting him try out his umbrella.

Kat could hear the patter on her umbrella when Lex cast Aguamenti on her umbrella. It was quite successful at first but when she looked up, she saw that it was kind of soaking up. MERLIN had she made a cotton umbrella?! That was... ew. "Yikes. Lex, you can stop now," she said and then jumped off the cubicle and shook her umbrella dry. Hmph. Cotton. Lame.

Now it was Lex's turn. "You ready?" she asked. Yeah she was, no time to lose because they were going to be LEAVING in a while already. Kat was checking her watch occasionally. "Aguamenti." And a jet of water on Lex and her umbrella. Okay maybe that was enough water... "You okay, sister?" she asked because she cared. Enough said, yes?

And then it WAS time now. Boo! Kat kind of pouted and all before looking at Lex. "Hey, thanks for being a good partner," she smiled at her and shoved a chocolate frog on the Gryffindor's palm. "You've been awarded accordingly for your efforts." BEAM. Now this was pseudo sisterhood.

The Slytherin went to dry herself up with the spell that Hufflepuff was using on almost everyone, then she packed her things. "Thanks for the cool lesson, Professor Magnus," Kat nodded and smiled at the woman before leaving. Well... she won't be testing her cocktail umbrella at all. Not even thinking about it. SNORT.

Something was wrong. Something was very wrong. She was no umbrella expert...yeah, she didn't sell 'em and she didn't professionally manufacture 'em either, but she knew for a fact that umbrellas themselves never got soaked. Nope. It just never happened. They were supposed to be made of the stuff that keeps water away not holds onto it til it starts dripping through. ""Finite." The water stopped gushing and she took a better look at the soaked umbrella her pseudo!sister was holding.

She was so distracted by the curious umbrella that she almost never heard Kat saying that she could have a chance to go. SHE COULD?! There was enough time?????

Lex looked to Professor Magnus once more. The woman hadn't started ushering them out exactly so she figured it'd be okay! EEEeeep! Leave it to Kat to find a way to make sure she was happy too!! This was one of the many reasons why she loved her! "Okie dokes!" She grabbed her blue umbrella and hopped into the cubicle. After setting the umbrella right she gave the go ahead and grinned as the water started hitting against the surface of her umbrella. "Hey this thing actually works!" She said, shifting slightly so she could get a better look at Kat but in that second the water began rushing against her face, quickly soaking her again before Kat had a chance to stop it.

Her grin got wider as a result of this. "Yeah, I'm fine and I'll be your partner anytime, sister." BEAM.

WAIT! Le Gasp! Lex squealed when she was handed the chocolate frog. "ThankYouThankYouThankYou!!!" Once she was all dried up she'd devour it like the others. Heh. For now she grabbed her things then turned to the Professor. "Interesting Lesson Professor. Thanks for not having anything potentially man-eating!" She beamed up at the woman as well before leaving the room. There were towels in her dorm. She'd dry off when she got there.

"Oh it's all right. I didn't get VERY wet, just a few drips here and there," she encouraged Sarah with a smile. "Thanks for partnering with me! Yeah we could try more out sometime after class if you want," she added as she packed her bags. She wasn't really sure what to do with the floral umbrella, so she turned it back into a shoelace with a simple reverto. The red umbrella she tucked under her arm as she left the room.

"Bye Professor Magnus. Thanks for the umbrella!" She was pretty certain they could keep them, right? She doubted the professor would want them since a lot of them probably weren't very functional.

He was going to try TWO umbrellas?

Peyton stifled a giggle, though, a bit of amusement shown in her eyes. Okay, if West wanted to be devoured by two umbrellas fine by her. Of course she'd be there to help, though. She absentmindedly combed her hair with the fingers of her left hand, feeling it already getting puffy. Ugghhh...

Oh, right!

West was waiting for her! She withdrew her wand, got on her tip toes so she wouldn't splash West in the face, and mimicked the way his hand had held his wand, upward. "Aguamenti!" she chirped. Charms was her thing so West didn't need to worry about her messing this up, hehe.

Upon hearing Professor Magnus' voice, Peyton turned her head in her direction. Aww, they were done? But she was barely having fun despite having been eaten by an umbrella. She pouted in Magnus' direction, forgetting about the small jet of water over West...

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Oichi held her umbrella steady and soon Kendall performed augmenti. Oichi cringed not knowing what may happen. She smiled as she felt the water hit the umbrella and not her. "I did it, my umbrella successfully gaurded the water. And you did great too Kendall. Want me to perform aguamenti so you can give you're umbrella a go before class ends?".

He couldn't help but griiiiiin broadly at Alice's perplexed face. Y'see that, Your Highness? She wasn't the ONLY one allowed to be totally confusing. He did his patented victory dance on her behalf as her second umbrella worked perfectly. And yes, so she got a face full of water... so what? He'd gotten one too, and it didn't kill a kid or anything, right?

Mo was still dancing as Alice was dried and solicited the same help for him. He sobered and stepped forward to allow Alyssa to dry him as well. "I'm Cactus. I have a prickly personality and my patronus will probably be a porcupine sitting on a pin cushion." Or something. He still wasn't sure about the nickname, but it meant something to Alice.

"What's that incantation? Sic...?" So next time, when Alice asked for help, he could actually help.

Mo turned his head to the professor, noting they were dismissed for the day. But fiiiiiirst, he needed to be dried off.

He held the umbrellas up and closed his eyes, and then when the water hit the umbrellas, something WEIRD happened. The umbrellas flew UP. UPPPPPPPPPPPP. Stretching his arms out high but not enough to Mary Poppins him entirely. The water from Peyton's wand was still hitting him -him, not the umbrellas-- but West was unbothered, looking up at the umbrellas....

....

what happened if he let them go? He decided to experiment and he let go and....

... they flew up to the ceiling like helium balloons and just stayed there, drifting gently against the ceiling itself.

Um.

He watched them suspiciously and then got out of the cubicle, dodging aside from Peyton's continuous jet of water.

"You can.... stop now." He said, still looking UP with interest. "I lost my umbrellas."

"Professor.... can you dry me?" He hadn't looked at her while asking, his eyes were still UP on the umbrellas floating up there. Errrr.

And he was leaving a puddle from the water dripping off him.

She had noticed the cringe. In fact, that had caused Kendall’s wand hand to slip a little, altering the curve of the jet of water, and she had cringed as well, hurriedly trying to re-adjust so she didn’t completely miss the cubicle and Oichi’s umbrella, which was patiently waiting to be tested. Actually, it was only the tension of the handle of the umbrella on her arm that brought her focus back, and soon enough the water was dropping onto the umbrella instead of the floor, which had been in danger of getting drenched seconds earlier. She let the charm continue for several more moments, too, just to make sure. Maybe any holes would take some time to start leaking after all, and she didn’t think the ten minutes were up yet. Either way, she’d figure out how to test her own umbrellas one way or another, but it would be easier if the time in the lesson didn’t run out.

Easier, but not happening. She cut the charm off when she’d heard Professor Magnus announce that time had run out. Of course, she had still left time open for finishing up their testing, but Kendall knew there was no way she was going to be able to test both umbrellas and be able to ask the professor if there was a way she could rescue her limp one before she’d have to literally run to make it to her next class. She’d just have to trust that she’d been successful, or find a way to test them later on. Maybe the professor could help her with that too, but her train of thought was interrupted as the Gryffindor had stepped over to join her. “Okay good. I was worried for a minute there that I was going to miss your umbrella entirely,” she said, turning to the girl with a shrug. “Looks like class already ended, so probably not. I think I checked mine for holes pretty good, so I’ll just trust that the spell worked. I have a couple questions to ask Professor Magnus before next class anyway,” she continued, giving her a smile. It wasn’t her fault they’d gotten started late with their testing. Plus, she didn’t have to worry about drying off.

Alice shuffled her feet nervously, hiding more towards the back of the room. If only she wasn't so gosh darn shy! Well, it's not so much that she's shy; she's just thinking of others! I mean, she doesn't want to bother anyone with her meaningless requests, people have better things to do with their lives. Or maybe that was just the inferiority complex acting up again.

Alice sighed softly, resting her head against the table.

Oh well, it's not gonna matter soon enough. She can just spend her free-time out in the grounds, learn a duplication spell, make a clone of herself and test her umbrella out with the clone. Simple. She doesn't have to bother anyone and she still gets the work done! Though, shy did she still feel a bit disheartened at the idea of once again working by herself?

"Curse you human emotions," she grumbled.