Making that up? Noooo. "I am not,'' Adi reassured the younger Gryffindor. Poor Kevin probably was used to hearing negative comments that it was understandable why he thought Adi was making stuff up.

Looked like Tria was a difficult spell for most if not all students. "Glacius Tria!'' Adi made the appropriate wand movement but still...NOTHING. Intent. He needed more intent.

FOCUS, Adi! "Glacius Tria!" Cue the wand movement. Light shot form his wand, towards the targeted salamander annnnnnd IT FROZE! Eeep! It was the first time he had gotten that particular spell to work and the boy was ecstatic.

Dumbo? WHY was Kevin still calling him a dumbo? Ugh! No time to dwell on that now though. "Glacius Tria!'' Nothing. "Glacius Tria!'' Another frozen Salamander in a flash of light. He quickly found another target. "Glacius Tria!'' Frozen Salamander! Woot!

He was going to win this. Oh yeah!

Two salamanders down, a few more to go. At least she figured that a few more would adequately prove that she could handle the spell. As for its variations, Maddie wasn't ready just yet to test those out in front of an audience. She would practice THOSE in private and then present them when ready.

Waiting by the container, the second year was slightly distracted by the others in the room. The slytherin boy and her fellow ravenclaw were having what SEEMED like a friendly-enough exchange but Maddie knew better and was intrigued. She wanted to know who would break the friendly facade first but she couldn't watch until she'd completed her own task. So averting her eyes, she focused on the salamanders once more.

After a few minutes, the brunette spotted movement and took a few quiet steps back so the salamander could move onto the floor in front of her. She then aimed her wand and took a minute to watch the creature with mild interest. When she felt the time was right, she jabbed her wand and said clearly, "Glacius!"

The salamander was frozen, much like the castle last term. The second year bent down to poke gently at its form and wondered what it was feeling, if anything.

Angel walked into the room she knew she had some spells to practice but what was she supposed to practice on this was totally confusing. "Help?" Angel decided she might as well ask around. "I've forgot what I'm supposed to do." Maybe she should have written it down on her hand but she had been so concerned about Benny she hadn't thought about that okay.

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Angel walked into the room she knew she had some spells to practice but what was she supposed to practice on this was totally confusing. "Help?" Angel decided she might as well ask around. "I've forgot what I'm supposed to do." Maybe she should have written it down on her hand but she had been so concerned about Benny she hadn't thought about that okay.

Ugg he felt like he was behind.

Ben had thought he had had a bit more time to complete the defense homework, but when he had double checked both the current date and the due date it seemed so little. So when he found some free time, he headed with his wand and notes to the dueling area so he could get his practice in. Fire salamanders and the freezing charm. It was bound to be a bit more complicated than using the charm on the stationary objects they had done in class.

Stepping inside the room, he noticed Professor Romanos was standing near a box he supposed was where his targets were. The fourth year also saw that Angel had the same idea about doing the work yet she seemed a bit lost. Forgot what they were supposed to do?

"Freeze the salamanders." he answered her as he approached his girlfriend. Maybe they should work together to see what they could do. "Using any of the three spells we learned in class." Benny personally was going to work with the easier ones of the three since he still had to work duo out. Tria might be a little too complicated for what they were doing.

"Glacius!" he cast after he focused to try it out the way he remembered, the result, a frozen spot on the floor like expected. So far so good. Now they just had to keep an eye out for any salamanders.

Angel smiled as she heard her boyfriend come into the room. "Hi Ben." Angel listened to what her BF had to say and was going along until.

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"WHAT HAVE THE SALAMANDERS EVER DONE TO YOU?" Angel was in hysterics now. "WHY DO THEY DESERVE TO BE FROZEN?" Angel didn't know she felt this strongly about animals being frozen. "WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I FREEZED YOU!!" Angel just stared at her BF surely Ben was an animal lover or did he just like dragons and cool animals and forget the little guys, they could fight their own battles, was that it?

Angel looked at her wand and then decided to practice on the floor like Ben did. "Glacius!" Angel smiled as she concentrated so hard. She just stared at the floor when a little spot formed next to Benny's now where to practice... did she really have to freeze the poor creatures?

At least Angel was to see him...until she registered what he had said about what they were doing. Ben winced as she yelled about freezing them and him and harming the salamanders by their spellwork, the older lion letting her rant before he even tried to get a word in in defense of the activity. "Relax Angel...would I do it if it harmed the salamanders?" Surely she knew he was a creature lover who took care of them instead of endangering them.

"It doesn't fully freeze them...just cools them and keeps them from moving so you can handle them," he tried to assure her. At least that was what he figured they did as much. Romanos wasn't having them kill them and they were supposed to add them back to the fire once they were frozen so they could return to their former selves. Benny watches as she practiced on the floor, breaking off his gaze when he noticed movement finally come from the box.

"Glacius!" he cast at the creature, the spell only half working as the salamander moved slowing it down slightly. "Glacius!" the Gryffindor cast again with a bit more force and determination making it work.

"Its kinda how ashwinder eggs are frozen before they're used in potions," he mused as he tentatively moved closer to retrieve his quarry. Ben freezing in place halfway there when he registered how he himself had used a potions reference. Geez...he was still crazy and off, he mused to himself as he carefully picked the creature up to return to the fire.

Kace wanted to try and practice the Glacius Tria spell before he left. He wanted to try this on his own. He remembered what the professor said before he left the class, "You may notice a slight tvist in your vrist... But keep it simple and precise. You'll vont to haff the tip of your vand aiming precisely at vot you vont to cast at by the time you finish the incantation. Being off a beat or so von't do much harm, though you'll be surprised at how far off a spell can go from it's target if cast an inch too far to the right." He nodded and then tried to do the wand movement. It was slash and a clockwise movement. He got that down. He said the spell, "Glacius Tria!" and then he got that down from class. Time to put it to the test.

He faced the Salamander and aimed his wand and said, "Glacius Tria!" and did his slash with a clockwise movement and kept his wrist simple and precise and he aimed it precisely at the creature. He noticed the freezing charm working and it froze the salamander. Well would you look at that! He smiled and he was glad his work. His Professor's advice worked!

Puck just couldn’t she didn’t want to fail at this. That was what her thing was she didn’t want to fail, she wanted him to be proud – but he couldn’t be proud that was impossible for him wasn’t it? Still, she was doing this for herself.

She tried to think about the charms needed and chewed on the edge of her lip as she tried to remember the spell and wand work. Point for Glacius, forward slash for Glacius Duo, side slash for Glacius Tria, right? She bit down on her lip as she jabbed her wand forward then moved and did a side slash and a forward slash. Heck it looked like she was having a sword fight using her wand.

So....

She was a little late and a tiny bit sick. BUT SHE WAS HERE, SOPHIE BROWN. 'Cause she said she would be. And she didn't back down on her words after she gave them. No way.

The brunette inched into the room, still a little nauseous but she was fine, okay? Fine. Yep. And no one needed the gross details. Probably a little paler than normal, she spotted Soph and did her best to bound over toward her as normal as possible. She wasn't sick. No. And she was going to get her homework done if she kept saying that and convinced her brain that it was true.

"Heya, Soph."

Was that Cutty Mordaunt?

So she had to do this. Puck thought as she faced the salamander and watched it move slightly. She breathed in and out and tried to calm her nerves and clear her mind as she prepared to cast the spell. Really, she wanted to be good at this but doing that for him, for someone who couldn’t even care if she did a perfect pirouette as a child or even if she did any other positive thing in her life.

She was pushing that negative thought away as she sat there, trying to calm herself. “Lets do this Sally” she smirked at the little salamander as she raised her wand and pointed it at the salamander. “Glacius” she cast pointed her wand at the little salamander and watched as it was suddenly icy.

"It worked!" She cheered happily and grinned to herself.

Okay, so maaaaybe she should have come here for the practical portion of the homework sooner, but no matter because Lux was here now and ready to freeze some salamanders.

The warmth was an added bonus, because it was nice and TOASTY in the arena. Aaaaah. Smiling to herself, Lux saw Puck and sent her friend a friendly wave. Usually she would walk over and chat, but the older girl seemed quite busy practicing the wand movements. A snort DID escape, as it seemed like Puck was having a sword fight with an invisible person.

Taking her own wand out, Lux jabbed it at the air a few times for the sake of it before spotting a salamander scampering its way across the floor. "GLACIUS!" She spell struck an inch from the small creature. "Rats."

Angel just stared at her boyfriend... yeah that was right she was still not sure about all this but at least she had calmed down a bit from just a few minutes ago. "If your lying to me, I'll... I'll freeze you Benjamin to see how you like it." Angel had used her boyfriends full name to show she meant business.

Angel then watched as Benny did the spell and she looked around as she saw movement coming towards her, okay now to do the spell or not she wanted to practice. "If this hurts them, I'll be doing a protest tomorrow." Angel said truthfully before she pointed her wand at the creature. "Sorry Professor's orders." Angel sighed as she concentrated on the spell. "Glacius Duo." Angel did the wand movement and was happy when the spell worked... she went over to the salamander and put it back where she had been told to by Benny.

She hoped that the salamander would unfreeze maybe she should watch and make sure.

Dropping the salamander back inside the box, Ben couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. His WHOLE name? Now that was a new one and he inwardly shivered at the thought of being frozen himself. Not that he had to risk it since he wasn't lying or thought Angel could actually do it. No spell could totally freeze a human...right? Or at least she cared too much for him to punish if he didn't know the whole truth.

He didn't doubt she'd protest though, given she was very clear about speaking her mind. Both sisters were but Angel had that certain crazy edge to it. The older lion weakly smiled as she apologized to her target, the boy moving away from the fire-proof box to add some distance. Guarding it wasn't fair to the salamanders' chances. Give them a little space and then try his luck. Which was why he had nearly returned to his starting point before turning back around.

Was that? Nope, not a creature. And Angel was returning her own to the box. But then there was another one trying to sneak past him. Oh no it didn't. "GLACIUS!" he cast with surprising conviction, the spell working on the first try for once catch Benny of guard. Maybe it was time to move on to the harder spell finally, he mused to himself as he picked up his second salamander.

Angel was totally angry about the whole situation and she hoped her Boyfriend wasn't lying to her... though since she loved Ben she wouldn't hurt him. "I'm sorry Ben." Angel was calming down now since she loved him so much. "They seem to be doing okay."

Angel looked at her boyfriend and moved back to where she had started... she had got there when she saw something coming towards her, there was a sneaky Salamander coming towards her. ""GLACIUS!" Angel did the wand movement and smiled as the spell worked. She then went and picked it up and put it back into the box. "Okay so they seem to be fine Ben." Angel said truthfully.

So, the sneaky little salamander had managed to escape her latest ambush, but that wasn't going to throw AJ off. Nope, she was determined, and that meant that she wouldn't be stopping until she had her desired results.

She was still chasing after the salamander that she wanted. At this point just any ol' one wouldn't do. Gaining momentum, she had a clear shot. "Glacius." Missed. Dangit. Her aim was usually on point. What was going on?

"Glacius," she cried when another opportunity presented itself. And yet she still wasn't getting results. Maybe it was her intent that was off? Adi was always reminding her of that little bit when he helped her out.

Another clear shot. "Glacius." The salamander froze on the spot. Success. AJ reached down and picked the frozen guy up. "Told you I would have my way." She gently put him back with the other salamanders so he could go back to his normal self.

Even with the fire...er...done away with for a lack of better description, she wouldn't let her guard down. All about her, little salamanders were scampering around. She knew she didn't have to freeze them all but a decent amount would leave her feeling satisfied. Lots to catch up on given her lack of memory where this class was concerned.

Aside from the fire, she didn't see much need to stray from the average glacius because they were just salamanders and they didn't really require much else.

Out of pure reflex, she hopped out of the way as another scampered her way before remembering she was actually meant to be freezing these things. Merlin they were quick too. Lex spotted two that had bumped into each other in their haste, watching as they struggled to right themselves but she didn't wait too long before giving a jab in their direction.

"Glacius!"

Direct hit! They froze over in no time at all, one even freezing on its back but that wasn't her problem, it'd thaw and be back in the fire in no time.

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Okay, so maaaaybe she should have come here for the practical portion of the homework sooner, but no matter because Lux was here now and ready to freeze some salamanders.

The warmth was an added bonus, because it was nice and TOASTY in the arena. Aaaaah. Smiling to herself, Lux saw Puck and sent her friend a friendly wave. Usually she would walk over and chat, but the older girl seemed quite busy practicing the wand movements. A snort DID escape, as it seemed like Puck was having a sword fight with an invisible person.

Taking her own wand out, Lux jabbed it at the air a few times for the sake of it before spotting a salamander scampering its way across the floor. "GLACIUS!" She spell struck an inch from the small creature. "Rats."

Puck grinned and waved over to Lux as she saw her wave and couldn’t help but chuckle at the little snort of a laugh that Lux made. She was cute, really cute. “Hey Lux” she grinned before turning her attention to the salamanders and tried to focus on her next spell.

Pointing her wand toward the Salamander she carefully made a forward slash movement with her wand as she cast the spell. “Glacius Duo” she grinned as she watched the little Salamander was suddenly quite icy.

Benny waved off the apology sent his way. "Its okay," he assure her. He wasn't put off by her words and threat, if anything it proved she cared strongly for the well-being of creatures both magical and mundane. Something they both shared. And they did seem to be perfectly fine so all was good, especially since she was calming down and giving into the assignment. The sooner it was done by all the students, including them, the sooner the salamanders could get on with their lives.

While Angel went for her next salamander, the older lion tried to focus on the second of the three spells. "Glacius Duo...Glacius Duo...Glacius Duo...Glacius Duo" he practiced over and over again without a wand movement to get the incantation and visualization down first. So when the next creature tried to escape past them he was ready.

"Glacius Duo!!" he cast with the different wand movement. But it didn't work so he tried again. "Glacius Duo!" This time was of partial effect and the salamander moved away from where he had hit.

"Hey, Puck!" Lux said to her friend conversationally as it seemed her wave had been noticed after all. Maybe they could chat a little as they worked.

Noticing her friend freeze a salamander, she gave a thumbs up. "Good job!" Maybe she would be able to catch one the second go around. Eyeing the arena, she kept her eyes peeled for any of the little creatures who might wander her way. When she spotted one a few minutes later, Lux screwed her brows together in concentration. Timing in the key since she was aiming for a moving target. Pointing her wand at where she guessed the salamander would be in a moment, she called out, "Glacius!" It was a miss, but on her second attempt she managed to make a hit.

Angel smiled at Benny as he said that it was okay... this was why she was in love with him, he didn't mind her taking her argue out on him though she was trying to stop that because she didn't want to lose him after all the hard work of getting him to agree to be her boyfriend.

"Try and concentrate." Angel smiled as she looked at Ben. "GLACIUS DUO!!" Angel did the wand movement and concentrated on her target the salamander that was coming her way and she smiled when the spell hit, she then went and put him back and went back to Ben. "Did you get that?" Angel asked him. "All you have to do is concentrate really hard on the spell and the object you are aiming at.

Yet again Cinna was waiting until last minute to do her homework.Yeah this was becoming a very bad habit. One that she would try to break on her next assignment. She was here and ready to freeze some Fire salamanders.

As she made her way into the room she seen Lux and Puck. She gave them approving smiles as she walked into the area. "Hey, Lux, Puck." She was glad to see that she wasn't the only one to get a late start on this assignme Phew! It was nice to and toasty in here. Nice though.

There were fire salamanders popping up everywhere. She had her wand already and was alert and ready. "Glacius!" She pointed her wand at the approaching Salamander. It fell short of hitting the salamander. Well she was going to try this again.

She pointed her wand at the same salamander that she barely missed. "Glacius!" Yes, she got it. It frozen over but she knew that it would be back to its firey ways, and soon.

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"Hey, Puck!" Lux said to her friend conversationally as it seemed her wave had been noticed after all. Maybe they could chat a little as they worked.

Noticing her friend freeze a salamander, she gave a thumbs up. "Good job!" Maybe she would be able to catch one the second go around. Eyeing the arena, she kept her eyes peeled for any of the little creatures who might wander her way. When she spotted one a few minutes later, Lux screwed her brows together in concentration. Timing in the key since she was aiming for a moving target. Pointing her wand at where she guessed the salamander would be in a moment, she called out, "Glacius!" It was a miss, but on her second attempt she managed to make a hit.

Lux was sweet and she was doing so well with her spellwork! Puck gave her two thumbs up and grinned at her friend. Now, she had to get back to work on the whole casting ice at the very hot salamanders.

“Thanks you as well” she grinned as she turned her attention to the moving Salamanders. “Glacius Tria” she said as she slashed her wand in the clockwise movement shown in class. IT WORKED okay so she had completely hit the wrong Salamander but she had frozen one and that was BIG for her. “Good job with the casting” she grinned at her friend as she backed away from the toasty little arena area.

Awww, Puck was so sweet. She was also really good at freezing salamanders, because she got another one right away. "Awesome job!" she said as she applauded her friend. If only she could catch a salamander on the first try. Glacius was the easiest spell to cast since it consisted of pointing; she didn't even want to imagine how she'd do with the other two spells.

Spotting another salamander, she sent a forward slash towards it with her wand. "Glacius Duo!" Another miss that ended up hitting the wall by mistake. "Oops!"

Giggling, she heard Cinna's voice. "Hey!" She sent her best friend a wave before applauding again as she managed to freeze her first salamander. "Way to go! We are on fire!" She gave a snort because the salamanders were on fire themselves and she was so very funny.

Now that was a switch, Angel helping him out with a spell. It tended to be he and Adi helping out the younger lions aka their other halves. Not that Benny minded the switch, for he was well aware that DADA wasn't his strong suit. And it kept her distracted from being upset about the care of the salamanders.

He simply nodded as she told him to concentrate, taking a stance so he was ready. Then he watched her demonstrate on her own catch, the spell working for her. "Yeah...I did," he assured her. As the fourth year tried to emulate her movements in practice, Ben realized where he went wrong and tightened it up. There...should work better next time. Now he just had to wait.

Concentrate...and wand movement....concentrate and wand movement.

"Glacius duo!" he cast when the next salamander made his appearance. The boy following through the entire spell. It was a little off shot as the creature moved but it had worked. Just had to give way for movement. "Glacius duo!" Benny tried again and this time he froze his third salamander.

"Woot...that's it I believe," he said as he went to retrieve it, returning the salamander to his warm home.

Adi supposed with that last go at the Salamanders, the thirty seconds were up. ''Who won?'' he asked Kevin as he went about rounding up all the salamanders he had frozen- Five in total. Two before his and Kevin's little competition and three afterwards.

"I froze three in total,'' he told Kevin as he replaced the salamander in their container. Had the younger Lion frozen more? Adi wouldn't be surprised if he did. Anyway. He was pleased with being able to cast the Tria variation. Duo as well since there hadn't been much progress with that in class on his part.