Class was moving fast and Maddie had gotten distracted so it was no surprise she had NO idea what was going on when Professor Romanos posed the question: Are there any other uses one can think of for this spell?

Oh. Uh. Um... WHAT spell were they even talking about, again?

Something that allows you to be lazy, catch your rogue Kneazle, and get an object to take out an opponent. OKAY then.

"You could use the spell to GET your Kneazle from, like, your bed, and pull it towards you. That'd PROBABLY tick the thing off enough that it'd claw anything in it's path so it TOTALLY could get some creepy lurker so you could escape."

And yeah, she STILL wasn't exactly sure what they were talking about but she DID know that if she made Zeus mad, he'd gladly attack so she was SET in that regard.

Oh boy, did Toby had an answer. It was more about Accio than that other one, but seeing as they were techincally the same spell but with different ranges, he was sure it wouldn't matter and so raised his hand.

"Well, if you're short-" Ahem. "It's good for getting things that are way out of reach. Like things on shelves."

Toby was a really good authority on that. The amount of times he'd had to ask other people to grab books and stuff for him that were on higher shelves was phenomenal. It was why he'd made super sure to learn the Summoning Charm as soon as he could.

Oh, yes. This made a lot of sense. Lux could definitely see the logic in using whatever you could as a shield. Making notes, she tried to keep up with everything that was being discussed. This review might not be as fun as a practical by any means, but at least it was giving her a good refresher of things.

Raising her hand, she said, "It's good for when your kitten decides to go and explore a place she shouldn't be. Gets her out of harm easily." Amused eyeroll. That had happened a few times. Arya sure was a curious kitten, much like her owner.

Couldn't they just get on with the invasion already?! Was Romanos really just going to butter them up this much!! It was obvious that everyone was already sufficiently distracted. This was awful. No one had any clue that they were about to be Cold One dinner! Zander could hardly even focus on the questions at this point, his eyes were still darting about as he was the only who had enough common sense to be a look out!

And don't think he doesn't notice the staring Sophie Brown. Because he totally did. He just wasn't prepared to say anything about it because he couldn't just let up. He had to protect the class! He had to protect Hogwarts! Right. The Gryffindor decided to tune in- only for a second- to figure out how far into the lesson they were. You know... To gage how much time he had left before the attack. At Lex's response to the question, Zander lifted an eyebrow. It can be used to tie people up? HM. Interesting! MAYBE Romanos was giving them a hint! Maybe they were learning about this tug of whatever Simon had said spell so that they could have a chance against the Cold One army!!!

This was the perfect time to bring everyone's attention to what truly was going on here. So for the first time during the entire lesson thus far, Zander lifted his hand in the air. Eager, eager. "If Lex used the spell to tie up a Ravenclaw.... Can the spell be used to tie up Cold Ones?" Ha. Zander Adiar will not be out smarted, Professor Romanos. If that is even your real name.

Whoa.

That was a lot of information--a whole lot of information. Sophie just blinked ever so often as she tried to let everything sink in at once. She was sure she missed a few things here and there, but she got the gist of it.

"What about the story of Harry Potter getting Hufflepuff's cup from Gringott's?" she asked, raising her hand. "I read that spells and curses were going on left and right, and he had seconds to get that cup. I think the charm would have been good to use then...and in situations like that one."

The first thing that popped into Ascanius' mind at the mention of the spell was not safe for Hogwarts' younger ears. But, the spell, well, it had loads of uses. TONS, actually.

Instead of making a comment, though, he kept himself quiet and quite amused.

Lots of smirking over in the corner here.

"Perfectly thought, Mister Mordaunt." All the smiles and nods and beams! And then somewhat serious face back. "Although that renders you defenseless for a moment in time if you're out in the open, but the trick of surprise could save you in the long run. Very effective."

Uh huuuuh. Well, at least that sounded better than what she'd originally thought was happening.

But then again...

Huh? "Glad to hear." No dead pets. Good. "Good idea too. Vith keeping others, or in this case pets, safe."

"Correct. One of the many uses of the spell during urgent times." she nodded slowly, somewhat aware that she mentioned this aspect already, but it was good that he was thinking of it. Or re-thinking it. Just keeping it in mind was a good thing.

"Let's try to avoid the 'lazy' answers, shall ve?" Because...yes. Lets.

Wasn't quite the point she was trying to make.

Oh? Kneazles were becoming the topic to talk about, so it seemed. "That's...actually a very good use, yes." She herself has had many times where her cats had fixated themselves in hard to reach places. On purpose. Always on purpose. Although, would one really want to set their kitty upon a stranger? Poor creature. And stranger. One fate she would not condemn someone to.


Oh dear.

Chuckling under her breath, she nodded. "Quite right."

Wonder where he got that idea from?
Kittens. One of the number one problems here from the sound of it. "Right." she nodded slowly in reply, though a smile graced her face. "Helps a bit ven they're older too."

Tilting her head to the side a little, she took a moment to find the correct words. Although, she was pretty certain she'd mentioned they wouldn't want to use this particular spell upon the Cold Ones. "You can...though I vouldn't encourage you to do so. If you vont to tie up a Cold One, I'd suggest using the ligatenous or incarcerous spells. The rope that appears with Carpe Retractum is still attached to your vand, so, essentially...you'd just haff a Cold One on a leash."

Oh, creating ideas from history? Medea approoooved. "I vould agree so. Although, vith vot ve also know about the vault in vhich the cup was situated in, I believe it was said the vault vos bevitched...do you believe Harry vould haff been successful in retrieving the cup vith this spell?"

Use for the spell? Adi had the perfect one! He raised his hand. Like some of the others, his answer dealt with pets. His toad, in fact.

"We can use it to grab your toad when it decides to hop off under some furniture and refuses to come back out.'' Mmhmmm. Gus had given him enough of that already and so he would be keeping this spell in mind from now on. Too bad he couldn't use it at home though.

Lex had used it... to tie up Ravenclaws? Or the KING of Ravenclaw house - Mo? There was lots of baffled staring from Sophie at that, wondering how Mo would have liked Lex sharing this story with the class. Funny, it was, but Soph would've loved to see Mo's face and what he would've had to say on the matter just then.

Her baffled gaze turned to Zander soon enough, who outright had a question about the Cold Ones - she smirked over at him and looked curiously between the Gryffindor and the professor, observing both of their mannerisms carefully. Zander looked suspicious, as always, and Romanos was calm and cool in her reply. See, Zander? If Romanos was behind the blizzard and had a plot to sick the Cold Ones on the people of Hogwarts, would she really give practical advice on how to defeat them efficiently time and time again?

Sophie doubted it. Romanos was an odd one sometimes, but this Ravenclaw felt pretty confident that the woman was not out to get them all, and she shook her head at Zander.

Was he going to give it up yet?

What could they use Carpe Retractum for? Well, lots of things! The possibilities were really endless. Caleb was picturing using it to lasso someone to you if they were walking away when you were talking, but you weren't done talking yet and wanted to make sure they heard what you had to say...but that might be a little extreme. And mean. He didn't think it was, but who knew what those Puffers were thinking.

He raised his hand. "Well if a bridge wasn't lowered and you needed to get across a moat or something, you could use the spell to pull the bridge down to you. Super useful in attacking rival feudal lords," he pointed out. He bet the medieval wizards totally did that.

Lux beamed as Professor Romanos agreed with her application of the spell, but Zander's suggestion for usage was downright bizarre.

What on earth was wrong with that boy? Romanos was one of the nicest Professors in this school, which was saying something. Her friend was acting as if the woman was evil. Head shake. Capturing Cold Ones. Having a Cold One on a leash wasn't the best idea, so hopefully that would keep Zander from trying it. Though she was much more sure that it was a Chort invasion after the library meeting if she was being honest. Her poor Bay being hurt by a Chort.

Okay. Now he was really confused. How come she didn’t even flinch at the question?! He basically told the woman that HE KNEW what she was and what she was doing. He handed her his theory on a silver plater! It was there. He had said Cold Ones. And she didn’t even looked panicked or anything! Actually… The third year- who was still lying on the ground in position- was the only one who looked panicked here. And then she outright gave him information on how to actually stop them. Okay. So yes, she had taught them spells in the previous lessons, but weren’t those just to throw them off her trail? Why would she do that this time, if she knew that he knew that she knew that there was going to be a Cold One attack.

Okay. Now he was super confused. The Gryffindor looked away from Romanos (because it was starting to get really uncomfortable okay?) and instead looked at the ground. What was going on?? He thought he had this whole thing worked out, but this-this was not making any sense. Just then, he made eye contact with Sophie. Was she trying to tell him something, like that Romanos was lying and that the Cold Ones were still on their way!!

……

Was she shaking her head!? Zander just returned her look with one of his own. One of his own, super confused ‘Watchuuu talking bout’ looks. Was Sophie falling under Romanos’ spell!? This is just what the Professor would want!!

Or…. Maybe HE was wrong about Romanos this whole time…

They were learning about the seize and pull charm. That was interesting. He heard what it was and the professor wondered how they could use it. He heard other classmates answers and some of them were creative. Especially the ravenclaw prefect's Nigels answer. He would use it if he were lazy. But he heard the bridge answer and that seemed clever. Kace thought about it and raised his hand, "Professor I think I would use the charm when I need to reach for something really high like on the top shelf of my room?"

He just threw out a suggestion there. He could be wrong. Who know?

Lazy answers were the BEST.

Proof? Hippie Nigel's answer. Which received a snort from the Slytherin.

But Romanos had said to be creative and think outside the box for this one. Grayson furrowed his eyebrows a little, trying to think of the right situation he, and other people, could use this spell in. The only thing that seemed to come to mind was the idea of being lazy; the idea of being sprawled out on the sofa or bed and not wanting to move to reach your phone or anything else that was way over there.

Think............ THINK.

"Can't you pull yourself towards something?" he asked, his hand raised again, "I mean, if you're facing an evil creature or whatever, you could cast this spell on, say, a tree that's preferably behind the creature an then pull yourself towards it. THEN, you could fly across the space towards the tree, throwing whatever you have -- rocks, dangerous plants -- at the creature too. Maybe even kick them while you're at it. Very Tarzan." Uh huh.

And what did she mean that magical shields won't protect them against certain spells? Protego was his go-to spell! The back up. His back up couldn't fail HIM.

So, this tug-of-war seize-and-pull charm. Carpe Retractum. That made it sound kind of vicious, but it could do so many things! Maybe it could summon heat… Hazel raised her hand.

"Could you use it to bring heat here since you're seizing the heat and pulling it to freezing children? Or is it just for material things?" Because that would be a very useful spell right now.

Marigold frowned at her notes, pausing her scribbling of her quill. She definitely wrote something down wrong... This spell couldn't grab people, could it?

Or could it just... Poke people? Or do something with a smaller object on a person? "Could it be used in a very specific detailed situation, like to grab, I dunno, a piece. Of fuzz off someone's robes?" She was talking about someone ahem in this room.

And there they went with the repetitive answers.

"Could be used to pull someone's wand out of their hand, when they're not casting, of course. Or to pull them off balance or to the ground altogether." This was defense class, after all. And most of her classmates weren't even thinking of defense. Shameful.

Noel felt clever. Thank you professor Romanos. If it wasn't showing already, it probably would - if came up with something much more clever than a grappling hook.

When the professor fullly revealed how using the spell as the grappling hook could have more possibilities than he could imagine, Noel's head was running WILD. Even though the dinner table thing sounded fabulous, Noel was thinking how awesome would it be if could something like cliff diving.

Could they do something dangerous by the end of the term?

"I suppose you can do the spell and seize your opponents wand OR any of their weapon really" he said, after a moment of thinking.

Professor Romanos had a follow up question for Jasmine. What other color could appear when the spell was cast? "It could also be gold", she replied. Were there other colors? Those were the only two she knew. As for more uses of the Seize and Pull charm, Jasmine was drawing a blank. Plenty of good answers had already been given. She decided to remain silent about that one, for now.

Angel listed to everyone else and took all the notes down that she needed too, she wasn't really sure about this spell because it was weird, why would she want to siege an object from someone else and surely if they did it in a duel they would see what she was doing, so she just stayed quiet and waited for the Professor to speak.

Lucy thought...other uses...
Then she said:"maybe pulling you towards an object you can get into places that oterwise could not be achieved"...

Leah listened to Professor Romanos and the other students. She was kind of getting the hang of understanding this spell. There were too many uses, she could not write everything down on her notes, so she gave that up, her quill lying on her laps.

She was lacking ideas of uses by now, as many and many creative people started speaking up. Instead she had a question. "Professor, what exactly is the difference between the summoning charm and this? Other than that Accio requires more concentration?" Their uses seemed pretty much the same. Because you could summon things to use as shields too and such.

The professor actually appreciated her answer so maybe it wasn't so lame after all. AJ knew first hand that you needed to speak properly because THINGS could happen when you didn't. Her thoughts went to the huge puddle/lake that she created on the fifth floor. A giggle escaped her lips. Good times, good times.

She had already contributed her information so she decided instead of giving any more information that she would just jot down some of what everybody else was saying. Look at her being all resourceful. She MIGHT even go back and read over her notes sometime. It was too early to tell if that would happen or not.

Pets were indeed the main topic on the student's minds here.

Not that she could complain. Quite a useful spell with pets. "Good idea."

Oh? Battle strategies were on the table now! "I vould agree so." she nodded. "Although, I believe the physical strength needed to pull down the bridge may be a bit of an obstacle, depending on how many people vere assisting." Totally doable though!

"I vould imagine that'd be quite useful." she smiled. "Although, I'd be careful if it vere something rather heavy. The Seize and Pull charm does not exclude the object in question from the laws of gravity."

Meaning you better be prepared for that object to collapse on you.

Her reply was cut short as he continued with an explanation. One she wasn't quite expecting. Oh! She knew who Tarzan was! "I don't see vhy not?" she grinned, gleeful that she understood a student's reference to something for once. "Plus, moving around is a very good defensive move in certain situations."

Oh my...

"As vonderful as that thought is, Miss Rawthorne..." Really was a nice idea. "...this spell only applies to material objects. Ve're going to be moving around in just a moment however. Heat vill be the least of our vorries."

Taking a deep breath, the small smile upon her face that was present for most of the lesson was still...somehow present. She couldn't deny that even the unproductive suggestions were creative. "You know, I'm not so sure. I don't think anyvon has ever tried that before."

Ahem.

Happy to nod at the topic that was brought up, her smile widened. "I think it'd be a very vise idea to disarm your opponent of any veapon, if not vith the disarming charm, then the seize and pull charm could vork vonders. It should be one of your top priorities during an encounter. Keeping them off their feet is another fantastic move as vell. Haffing them disoriented in any vay gives you the upper hand and even just the slightest of advantage can mean the difference between a loss and a vin."

Two down, one to go. "Right. There's one more color though. Do you know it?"

"It vould be very useful, yes." she nodded. "Good, Miss Petersfield."

"The difference between Accio and the Seize and Pull charm." she repeated, just in case those students who possibly weren't paying attention heard it. Or at least had a second chance to hear it. In fact, this was a good opportunity to see who was remembering what they were talking about.



"Does anyone know the answer for Miss Abbott? Vot is the difference between Accio and the Seize and Pull Charm?"

The difference between Accio and the Seize and Pull Charm....?

Accio was the Summoning Charm, and the Seize and Pull Charm was the... Seize and Pull Charm. That was a difference, wasn't it? Instead of trying to be a smart mouth as he was tired (and when Simon got tired, he became a smart mouth), he decided to try to remember what they had been discussing.

Uhhh... Good question, Professor. Simon wracked his brains trying to remember the difference when he realized that he could just look at his notebook to find it out. Oh, right. He had been taking notes. He began flipping the pages of his notebook to find an answer. Didn't the Tug of War Charm have a rope that sprung out from the top of the wand? he thought. His blue eyes widened when he found it.

AHA!

Simon raised his hand up into the air. "Well the Seize and Pull Charm creates a magical rope made of orangey gold light that can be retracted. Meanwhile, the Summoning Charm just causes an object far away from the caster to fly towards them. There is no light or rope created when using the Summoning charm," he explained before adding his two cents on the situation. "So if you want to be more subtle about getting something, use the Summoning Charm." Except that charm didn't always work so being subtle didn't always work out either. Oh well.

And there they all had it. The physical difference between the two charms described by Simon Holden.