Angel listened to the Professor and raised her hand, this was going to be an awesome lesson judging by what the Professor was say, anyway it was time to answer the question. "How about when you have been naughty and taken some cake or something like that without your mothers permission?" Angel thought that it might come in handy to know you could get rid of the evidence quickly.

Muggles were brilliant, Noel thought and lifted himself up in a sitting position. He wanted to take notes but he was too tired from the all running and felt icky under his arms and what not. So no.

... He wondered if Ronan would be amused if the spell was used to levitate him up and down. It was a weird train of thought, so he didn't raise his hand until a proper answer came to him.

"I think it would help in construction stuff - lifting heavy blocks and all that" It was not a very exciting as his train of thought but it was something.

She was beginning to worry if Quigley momentarily forgot that this was a Charms lesson, not Muggle Studies. Fortunately, he quickly introduced the spell they were learning. She took notes on the incantation and what it does, glancing up at the board every now and then because she kept spelling stuff wrong. The wand movement was easy enough. hehe.

Applicability though. Leah thought of several possible uses, but some of them did not make much sense and the others were already mentioned by her classmates. Finally, she raised her hand and said, "when you are in danger? You could shoot something into the air as a signal." And then hopefully somebody would come save you.

Sending objects into the air? Oh MAN, this sounded like such a great idea. How freaking cool would it be to have an air sword fight or an air table fight or whatever? Grayson sat back, a small smirk on his face at the possibilities and which enemy of his he could torture in this way. Or which of his friends would be cool and chill enough to take part in this activity.

But, unfortunately, he needed to be thinking of a use for this spell other than a freaking fight, no matter how cool that sounded. SIGH. Why was school ruining his fun all the time? Something needed to be done about that.

"If something's about to fall on you, you could use the spell to save yourself from being squashed, dying and ruining that beautiful face of yours." Obviously, he was talking about himself. Obviously. "Send it back up in the air and then let it land somewhere else that's not on you. Brilliant defence plan."

Although coming from an adopted pureblooded family, Yoongi did know that the “magical door” as a young girl was saying was an elevator. Many had given the answer already so he didn’t raise his hand. He actually wondered what all of this had to do with Charms. From the running and jumping and crawling on and over desks to this seemingly unrelated question about an elevator. Whatever it was, he was sure the man had his reasons and he silently thought that Leah had been right. This was…interesting? Also, was it just him or did the Professor have something against their Gryffindor Prefect? Mweh, not that it was his problem but he was simply curious because he could feel some kind of tension between the two as they spoke.

He took out his notebook and scribbled the incantation down. He was pleased that this was an spell that he had not learned in Charms School yet. And here he had been afraid that he would get bored practising the same spell over and over. He drew an little arrow next to the incantation pointing right and added the wand movement. At the question, the Gryffindor decided to answer this one so he raised his hand in the air. “Apart from being useful, you can make a game out of it right? Like challenging someone to see who can shoot a ball further in the air. The stronger the charm , the higher it would go plus its a good way to practise" Probably not what the Professor looked for in an answer but hey.

Oh. The Professor was talking...and at him...and something about lifts. Thumbs up. He could do that. It would take all of the energy he currently had because his tummy was OUT right now. Not out-out, like, he had it covered, yo, but it was awful round right about now and facing the world without shame. In his shirt. Important thing to clarify.

Weakly, he lifted his thumb. All good here, yo.

Once he felt aware enough to participate, Hugh leaned his head back to watch. Quigley was upside down but Hugh was paying attention now. He just didn't have an answer as to why you would need to throw things up in the air.

That felt like a Gryffindor question. They could handle that.

It was time for class with the catman. He definitely was easy on the eyes and this was a good thing considering she had yawned all the way over. AJ was usually full of energy, but mornings were not her friend by any means. It seemed as if she wasn't the only one who felt this way because the professor was telling them to get up and.... what?

Yawn.

Oh, well, this actually sounded like fun. AJ rubbed her sleepy eyes and shook her feet and hands a few times. She needed her body to fully wake up because action was happening and that made her blood start pumping.

It was go time. AJ crawled like a pro baby on her knees underneath the first desk in front of her. She quickly scrambled to her feet and climbed over the next desk. Was she winning? Because that was pretty important to her. She wanted to be the first person done.

Down she went to crawl underneath another desk. She was up in record time and went to climb over the next desk. Apparently AJ was a little too excited for this little activity because she tripped over the desk and went full spread eagle on to the floor. This was what happened when you got all super excited. The lion didn't even miss a beat though. She pulled herself up and was underneath the next desk. On her feet again, she half jumped, half climbed over the next desk.

One row down. AJ crawled under the next desk and almost broke her pinky on the leg of a desk. No pain was felt because she was so in the moment. Climbing and crawling kept happening until she had cleared the next two rows.

Phew. She was done and had only smashed her finger and fell flat on her face. She had made pretty good time and that was what truly mattered after all.



Oh. She knew this one. Being muggleborn sure did have its advantages sometimes. It was nice to know things that others didn't every once in awhile. AJ raised her hand. "That's an elevator, professor. If you keep walking around in circles while it's moving when it finally does stop it will feel like you are floating." Fun facts. She was full of them.



Okay. So, she was taking some notes. They were sloppy, unorganized and down right confusing, but she was taking them. That counted for something, right? By the sound of the charm they were learning it was looking like the activity could be lots of fun... you know, if the professor let them do cool things.

AJ thought about what she would use the spell for and raised her hand when she had something. "You could zap your younger sibling up to the top shelf to grab the cookie jar for everybody when your mom tries to hide it from you." Yup. That was exactly what she would do.

Wow, how so very useful.








Not.

Agatha looked unamused as the lessons continued, starting to kick one of her legs as she stared at the wall nearest her, arms still crossed. She was actually listening, though, as her classmates gave oh-so-brilliant ideas of how to use the spell they were learning that day.

She did agree with that one Gryffindor who said the spell was good for when you were angry and wanted something out of your way. Certainly this spell would hurt whoever was tossed into the air, since what went up always had to come back down...

Hm... interesting. Very interesting.

Hady kept up with her note taking while her fellow classmates continued to give out answers to the next question. Some replies were rather useful ideas...others well erm probably not so much but still funny. Making sure to copy down the new charm they'd be learning today first she then set her quill down and raised her hand.

"Maybe when setting off fireworks? Especially the ones that can go off really quickly, it would give time to get it away from people that could end up getting hurt?" Just a thought really. She knew with muggle fireworks that tons of people got hurt all the time.

Echo was thinking, how would you use this spell.. and the first thing that came to mind was to save some one so she put her hand up real quick like. "Professor what if someone was like not paying attention to what they were doing and they were going to fall, would this spell come in handy then?" she gave the cleaner version, she didn't want to say that they were going to be seriously hurt in any way.

Exercise completed, it was time to get down to business. The Professor directed everyone to look at a poster and identify the mystery object. Janelle's hand shot into the air. "I know what that is. It's an elevator." Remembering where she was Janelle amended her answer. "I mean it's a lift. I got stuck in one once......for quite a long time, with way too many people. Fortunately we were rescued, but I haven't been very fond of riding in one since then." Definitely not the best of memories.

Janelle listened to her classmates give their answers and before she knew it, they had moved on to the next question. Why would you need to shoot something into the air? Janelle was less sure about this answer, but she raised her hand anyway. "Well......maybe if someone was flying on a broom and they forgot something on the ground........you could send it up to them. That is, if they didn't know the proper spell to get it. It could happen, no? Maybe?

That spell sounded simple enough to do and that question was one where Dante would actually answer. You probably would never need to do this. But Dante wanted to shoot someone/something into mid air.

"For Fun"

It did sound like fun. Like if if you had a pit of foam and someone what to be shot into it. This spell would be perfect instead of just levitating them over it. Or you know into water.

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Abby thought and thought and raised her hand and said "Well the only time you would need to shoot something into the air is if it is something that can be caught at the other end and you would never shoot anything dangerous into the air cause it could spell trouble" Abby wasn't sure if she was correct but it was worth a try

"I wouldn't say that's the only time, Miss Valentine." There were several occasions in which one would need to send something skyward but the young Ravenclaw received a small nod nonetheless. "And in certain other cases the item being shot into the air might not be something you want caught." Was she seeing the bigger picture? If so, the Professor turned to the next hand that was raised.

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The only thing she could actually come up with… she raised her hand and waited to be called upon. "Fireworks might be okay, if they were the kind you couldn't set up before hand. If you had to light them, then send them up into the air. In which case, as long as the path is clear and you know that the fireworks will go off before they come back down, the speed might be a good thing. Get it as high into the sky as possible, so more people can see them." Yep, she knew it was silly, but it was all she had. Well, that and cannons.

"I like the way you're thinking, Miss Burton." It almost had him smiling but the man was now helping himself to one of his many apples. "If there was no other way to get them up there, this spell is perfect for propelling them high enough to be seen by others." Which was, in essence, the point of fireworks, no?

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Adi thought about the question posed before them. His mind instantly wandered to Hippogriffs... and so his answer naturally had something to do with his favourite creatures. His hand shot into the air. "If your Hippogriffs are flying and you want to feed them, you can use that spell to shoot their food in the air. That way you'll be feeding them AND they'll have a sort of game and exercise combination with catching their food. I would do that with my future Hippogriffs anyway.'' Because Adi was fun like that! He'd make sure his Griffs would be fuuuun too.

Maddox mulled over this response for a moment before finally giving the Hufflepuff a nod. "A creative way of thinking, Mister Rehman. It would prove to be a good exercise for the Hippogriffs as well. A little hunting practice so to speak." Although why anyone would want to sharpen the hunting skills of those winged monsters was beyond him, the answer was right all the same.

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Once she'd spent a sufficient amount of time trying to pronounce the incantation in her head, she straightened up with one hand on her lower back and put the other one in the air. "Well if you used it on a person I'd bet it'd be all sorts of fun, but only if you made sure they landed on something soft." Breaking a limb would be highly unpleasant, she should know. It'd be a fun activity, though, 'cause it seemed like they wouldn't be riding in any lifts during this lesson. "But maybe you could shoot actual stuff into the air if you wanted to get it over something tall. Like a fence. Or a mountain." He hadn't really said how high the thing would go, y'know. Who said you couldn't shoot stuff all the way over a mountain?

With all the bouncing excitement going on with Miss Kittredge today, he was pleased she actually remembered caution. The man might have told her there was nothing 'fun' about being shot into the air but children were weird and might have actually liked the idea. "A very good point, thank you. Trampolines work best I suppose, or extra fluffy pillows. Shooting something across a fence, though would take a bit more calculation as items are shot directly upward." For future reference.

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"What about rockets sir?! Toy ones, for kids to play with and then it makes them look REAL!"

How cool would THAT be?!!! Rowan didn't know much about rockets and space travel, but she'd seen a few in her books and she thought it would be totally awesome to have toy ones that actually worked.

This one looked like she was burst any minute and the Professor found himself hoping she wouldn't until class was over. In case it was messy and required attention...because if class ended he could, with a clear conscience, palm her off to someone else. He did like the way she was thinking however. "Yes, it would do wonders with toy rockets. Muggles make them go pretty high but no doubt this spell could propel them even higher."

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"To get the quaffle in the air if the referee can't throw during the beginning of a quidditch match?" he raised his hand, feeling decidedly uncreative as he jotted down the spell and some further notes. The beginning bit was as far as Benzi could go in Quidditch games. He just didn't find it all that interesting, much to his family's chagrin.

"Another excellent point, thank you Mister Rider; tossing the quaffle should the Referee find him or herself with a bad case of neck strain all of a sudden." No doubt it was painful and it took a lot of dedication to keep looking UP until you threw your neck out of sorts. Something Maddox was not prepared to do. Another reason to avoid Quidditch.

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LIFTS! Eden knew what it was immediately and wondered why they were pertinent for the lesson--OH OH OH. MADE SENSE NOW.

She raised her hand at Professor Quiggles' question. "When you're making pancakes. This spell would be PERFECT!" It was true. And she thought her answer was literally the best answer ever. And totally practical..."Who needs a SPATULA?"

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"Well...yes....yes you could find use when making pancakes. You would have to be careful though. This spell is typically a strong one. It would take concentration to ensure it doesn't send the pancake through the roof and into the street." So maybe the spatula wasn't such a bad idea afterall, eh? Who was he kidding, he'd use the spell. Flipping was a lot of work for those who didn't know. Still, the point needed making and he'd just made it. Control. It was important.

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Henric thought for a moment, what would he do with the spell...hmmm. Well when he was a wee boy, he used to love cookies his mother made but she always put the cookie jar onto the most highest place possible so he couldn't reach it. Ohhh he tried using magic...yes he did...yet it never worked.Then again, shooting himself into the air just to reach for the cookie jar...wouldn't it be a disastrous outcome?
He raised his hand," Maybe this spell is good for reaching high places,"he answered.
"Like she said,"pointed to the girl who had the similar answer as him,"getting over a fence or a high wall?"he added.

"I wouldn't consider it very good for reaching high places, not unless you mean to shoot someone else up and even then their reflexes would have to be fast enough to grab whatever it is you want before gravity starts yanking them back to the ground."

The levitating spell might have done a better job in truth. "And as I just said, it would be tricky getting things over a fence as the objects are shot directly upward." no diagonal motion, just up.

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Michael proceeded to write down some of the things the Professor was saying. He didn't need to really because he already knew this charm, but just in case this Professor had a different way of doing things. He raised his hand to answer the question. "When you need to get rid of something in a hurry."

Maddox paused for a moment, considering the suggestion offered. It was true to some extent that it made getting rid of evidence easier but..."Whatever you shoot up would simply fall back to the floor. I'd go for another method of concealment if getting rid of it is that important." Incendio was always a nice alternative depending.

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Natalia couldn't think of any practical use of the spell on the top her head. Personally, for Nat, she would very much like to use it to propel her younger brother up in the air every time he pestered her. Yes, that kind of punishment would definitely be necessary to teach that little jerk a lesson.

"When you're angry." Natalia suggested plainly. Anything else? "When you want something out of your way. When you don't want to see something ever again." Was that good enough? Yes, Natalia was satisfied.

WELL it wasn't to say she was incorrect but rather now Maddox was staring at the young Gryffindor obviously....Gryffindoring in her response. "It could be a brilliant way to get out some frustration, yes." He conceded. "Though do keep in mind that whatever you shoot up will come barreling right back down afterwards." So...not in the case of not wanting to see something again. That just wouldn't work.

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"Yourself!" But, uh... now he had to think of a solid reason as to why. "Because... fun?" Uh, wait, no. That wasn't his final answer. He wasn't locking that in. Think, Toby, think. "... Like... if you needed to catch a bludger... and all the brooms have been stolen... and no other spells worked... and you didn't have a... net." Um. Okay, that could have been better thought through. "Or maybe you're just a daredevil, wanting to try a the ultimate parkour."

Yeah? Yeah.

What was he even saying? [b]"Maddox stared, apple still lodged between sharp canines and tried to make sense of the Hufflepuff's ramblings. They made sense...or well they were supposed to and as Professor it was his job to see the sense...yeah?

"I...uh....trust you would find it a little hard to...launch yourself, Mister Fuller-Thompson as the wand movement requires brandishing the wand at the target." Was it possible to brandish toward oneself successfully? How did that sort of thing even work? Not even getting into the fact that if anyone found themselves in the situation the Hufflepuff just described they should just pack it in for the day and take a nap.

That just sounded rough.

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Marsha’s hand shot up in the air. ”Sir? Could I use it to levitate myself higher so that I don’t need to ask everyone else to get things off the highest shelves?” The girl frowned a little bit, as if she knew that wasn’t going to be the answer that he was looking for. ”Or maybe I could even just use it to put things on the top shelf so that I don’t need to ask them to put things away for me either?”

Well, it might not be the correct answer, but it certainly seemed like a good idea to her. Hehe.

"Neither." He informed the First Year, though not unkindly but with a matter of fact tone. "You see, it would be a bit difficult to shoot yourself in the air as you would have to detach your arm in order to brandish the wand at yourself." Which was a little more painful than the whole thing was worth if she was being honest with herself. "And this spell has very rapid movements. It would shoot whatever it is up then back onto the shelf. I would suggest the levitating charm 'Wingardium Leviosa' instead." A girl of her height might very well need a spell like that one.

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As for the potential uses, several examples popped into her mind, but she wasn't sure if any of them would really be necessary, or if they would even work. She raised her hand to ask a question. "How big of an object does this work on? Could you levitate a house?"

Hayden thought again about applications for the spell. She had to think carefully before raising her hand to give her answer. "You could use it for fishing," she suggested. "If you saw a fish near the surface of the water, or if one jumped, you could levitate it up to be able to catch it. In a net or something." There were probably several spells that also could be used in that situation. Even a simple summoning spell would probably suffice.

By now, the Professor was used to the Hufflepuff that had a million questions. Curiosity wasn't something she'd been short of and it wasn't to say he minded. What WOULD bother him would be having questions but not asking and subsequently messing up because you never got the answers you needed. "The size of the object doesn't usually matter depending on your own strength of casting and whether or not you have help. It goes without saying however that the exceptionally massive things may not budge when this spell is cast on them." Such as your mountains, your skyscrappers, the works but to answer her question about the house.

"If you had enough help then yes, I suppose you could but it's not levitation, Miss Malone. This spell causes things to sky rocket into the sky then come crashing right back down. Unless you've grown tired of the house, I wouldn't suggest ever launching it with Alarte Ascendare." By the sounds of these answers, a few of them were under the impression it was levitation, something he would no doubt have to clarify later.

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Why would you need to shoot something into the air?.................Ilia had been nothing but silent and obedient so far, but her mind was musing. Shooting things into the air........"For self defense, potentially. Or in some cases, as it has been said, to launch yourself possibly?" That was the behaved answer........"Or for anger management some days....." She murmured mostly to herself. That was the less behaved answer but closer to her real answer. Shooting things into the air sounded like a lot of fun and fun was a stress reliever. She wrote the charm down so that she could memorize and practice it, hopefully they would get to use it today.

Another with the idea to launch herself into the air. Maddox gave a small shake of his head, wondering if none had bothered to question the logistics of that response. "You cannot successfully launch yourself into the air with this spell." As he'd just explained. "It requires brandishing the wand at the target. Your arm won't bend that far and maintain the wand movement at the same time." Just so they were clear on that.

"It would be of some use with self defense though I'm afraid not much. It will buy you some time to re-think your strategy but keep in mind that your target will fall back to the ground eventually and if they haven't broken a bone, they'll be set to cast at you again." Or attack...in the case of wild beasts. you just never knew these days.

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"Actually, she (littledhampir) brings up a good point! How big can the item be? Because if there's a fallen tree trunk in your way, or some kind of debris, can you lift it up? It would be good for emergency situations, yes? Just..." And she mimicked lifting up a tree from the road and driving a car under. And then there was another question she wanted to ask that she just thought of. The third year was obviously feeling talkative today.

HAND RAISE, AGAIN!

"And do you have to be standing in a certain place to lift the object? Can you move around and have the spell still work? Say I lift up something like a fish, can I walk around and keep the fish in the air? Cause that would be cool." Hey, she asked the important -albeit kind of stupid- questions. It was just who she was. Even though the Ravenclaw wasn't really sure if she answered the first question he asked, but she tried. And that was what mattered, right?

"That all depends on your skill level and how much help you have at your disposal. I wouldn't suggest anything much heavier than yourself to be sure unless you can pool some help from others." It was a general rule of thumb as he liked to believe, it saved you from the embarrassment of a failed spell.

"And you are not lifting, Miss Clarke. The spell shoots objects into the air. If you cast on a fish that's it. The fish rockets into the air then it will fall. This is not a levitation spell."

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But soon they were done with that exercise. THANKFULLY. And they were even about to learn something cool. He grinned when the Professor asked what it would be needed for. Mitchell wasn't sure about needed... but he knew what he planned to use it for.

Hello endless hours of future fun.

Well didn't he seem happy enough with himself. The Professor couldn't help but feel he was missing out on some sort of inside joke but as Mister Phillips didn't feel like sharing, the man would have to move on. Just...so long as he was getting it...yeah?

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They were going to learn a spell to make things go up. Penelope wrote the incantation on her notes parchment and jotted down a few things about what the charm did. Why would they need to make things shoot up? This charm sounded much more dangerous than basic levitation spells. Why would you need to shoot anything into the air? "To reach things that are too high up to get?" Maybe? Penelope needed some time to think about the possible uses of the charm.

Another with the idea for reaching things that are too high. Again Maddox shook his head. "I wouldn't recommend this particular spell for that purpose. What it does is propel things into the sky then they typically fall where they were before. Depending on what the item is, all you might accomplish is breaking it." Which...would have been rather counter-productive. "I'd suggest the levitation charm instead."

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”If something is falling and you don’t want it to hit the ground.” HA. That was probably the most intelligent answer Zander could ever come up with. He thought about it SO hard. There was NO way that Professor Q could shut him down again. No way. HA.

Oh so now he was going to try to be funny? Was that it? This time the Professor didn't even bother with the unimpressed scowl. The boy had enough of those and should replay one in his head right now because Maddox was giving him one in spirit.

"I suppose you'll be prepared to keep casting all day then?" Serious serious question, in fact, the man almost looked more curious than disappointed. "You do recall the spell shoots things into the air but doesn't keep them there, yes?" But if he REALLY had all that energy to waste then....all the power to him?

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He raised his hand to contribute an idea, "Professor I think I would use that spell to perfect my dunk shot when I shot hoops. You need a little air to dunk the basketball." He shrugged and waited to see his reaction.

"I'm not sure I follow, Mister Lecium." Dunk shot? What? Huh? "But if you're suggesting using the spell to make you go higher I don't recommend it as it will simply shoot you into the air then you come hurtling back to the ground. If the surface isn't soft enough you'll actually break something." So yeah....he would have to be against this idea for sure.

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A LOT of people were mentioning blasting THEMSELVES into the air, and Lux sure hoped that was not what they would be doing today because she'd have a panic attack right there in the classroom. Just thinking about it made her feel faint...

It seemed Miss Carrington was opting for silence this round. He spared her a glance nonetheless before moving on to the next person ready to give an answer. She must simply still have been thinking it over. Nothing wrong with that.

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Shooting things in the air sounded promising, and a particular image came to mind.

Hand up, Zeke inquired, "Professor, if you have enough power or enough people do the charm all at once, could it be used to launch people into space? I know Professor Airey's always wanted to be an astronaut." Or he was one, or something... but it WAS a thing.

"I'm not all that sure. It's not something I know of being attempted before but I do know Airey wouldn't appreciate much being launched into an environment with no oxygen. It's...definitely something to look into." And something he would no doubt be suggesting to Airey the next time he ran into him, just for the reaction.

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When would you ever need to shoot something into the air."

"Well uh... Like flying a kite. Maybe I can use the spell to make my kite flying high and also... hot air balloon?" He answered hesitantly.

Hmmmmm.

"I think that might work...propelling the kite high enough for it to catch wind but I do wonder if the force of the spell won't cause the kite to rip as it makes its ascent." He would imagine the same for the hot air balloon, suddenly being shoved through the air like that couldn't have been very goof for it.

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Angel listened to the Professor and raised her hand, this was going to be an awesome lesson judging by what the Professor was say, anyway it was time to answer the question. "How about when you have been naughty and taken some cake or something like that without your mothers permission?" Angel thought that it might come in handy to know you could get rid of the evidence quickly.

Oh dear, why did this sound suspiciously like a confession? Whatever it was, Maddox shook his head. "I'm afraid not, Miss Valentine. The cake would splat into the ceiling making your mother even angrier. Eating it would be far easier." Not to mention an all around better idea. Why steal the cake then miss the opportunity to eat it afterwards?

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... He wondered if Ronan would be amused if the spell was used to levitate him up and down. It was a weird train of thought, so he didn't raise his hand until a proper answer came to him.

"I think it would help in construction stuff - lifting heavy blocks and all that" It was not a very exciting as his train of thought but it was something.

"I share the exact opposite sentiment, Mister Wallace. Given the fact this spell launches things into the air at great speeds, I don't think it would be wise to shoot heavy objects about a construction site. People are bound to get hurt." And outright go SPLAT. Yikes. "The Levitation Charm would choose better for something like that."

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Applicability though. Leah thought of several possible uses, but some of them did not make much sense and the others were already mentioned by her classmates. Finally, she raised her hand and said, "when you are in danger? You could shoot something into the air as a signal." And then hopefully somebody would come save you.

"And excellent suggestion Miss Abbott. If you found something that would make enough of an impression you could shoot it skyward to send a signal. I would only suggest this during the day though and even then, it might be more efficient to simply shoot red sparks from your wand. Those can be seen night and day." Finished with his latest apple, he vanished the core and began searching for another.

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"If something's about to fall on you, you could use the spell to save yourself from being squashed, dying and ruining that beautiful face of yours." Obviously, he was talking about himself. Obviously. "Send it back up in the air and then let it land somewhere else that's not on you. Brilliant defence plan."

"You're right, it is a brilliant defense plan, so long as you angle it right" It was the same idea as getting something off a shelf or over a fence. "as the spell shoots things directly upward, you would have to find a way to ensure it doesn't simply come right back down at you again."

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He took out his notebook and scribbled the incantation down. He was pleased that this was an spell that he had not learned in Charms School yet. And here he had been afraid that he would get bored practising the same spell over and over. He drew an little arrow next to the incantation pointing right and added the wand movement. At the question, the Gryffindor decided to answer this one so he raised his hand in the air. “Apart from being useful, you can make a game out of it right? Like challenging someone to see who can shoot a ball further in the air. The stronger the charm , the higher it would go plus its a good way to practise" Probably not what the Professor looked for in an answer but hey.

"I like the way you're thinking, Mister Hyland." Nothing overly complicated, just a bit of leisure. "It would be a brilliant way to pass the time while getting in some spell practice." So in the end they would even be productive. That was a win-win right there.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Weakly, he lifted his thumb. All good here, yo.

Once he felt aware enough to participate, Hugh leaned his head back to watch. Quigley was upside down but Hugh was paying attention now. He just didn't have an answer as to why you would need to throw things up in the air.

That felt like a Gryffindor question. They could handle that.

There was movement....there was a thumbs up and some head movement. The Professor gave an almost audible sigh of relief. It didn't matter that the boy still hadn't answered the question, so long as he was still breathing. That was all he asked right now.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Okay. So, she was taking some notes. They were sloppy, unorganized and down right confusing, but she was taking them. That counted for something, right? By the sound of the charm they were learning it was looking like the activity could be lots of fun... you know, if the professor let them do cool things.

AJ thought about what she would use the spell for and raised her hand when she had something. "You could zap your younger sibling up to the top shelf to grab the cookie jar for everybody when your mom tries to hide it from you." Yup. That was exactly what she would do.

"A very practical approach, yes. It would work so long as you don't apply too much power and send your sister's head through the ceiling." It was like the suggestion to flip pancakes only this time instead of the pancakes going through the roof it was possibly the poor, defenseless little sister. Probably meant he shouldn't be condoning something like this but the girl hasn't been wrong...."The Levitation Charm might work out better for you." Just saying.

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She did agree with that one Gryffindor who said the spell was good for when you were angry and wanted something out of your way. Certainly this spell would hurt whoever was tossed into the air, since what went up always had to come back down...

Hm... interesting. Very interesting.

Still not saying anything , eh? He would be more surprised but he'd grown accustomed to the silence of this one in his lessons while she looked on as if bothered by the fact half her classmates were breathing. You could never be too sure what was going on in a snake's head and he wouldn't put the behaviour pass her. Not at all.

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

"Maybe when setting off fireworks? Especially the ones that can go off really quickly, it would give time to get it away from people that could end up getting hurt?" Just a thought really. She knew with muggle fireworks that tons of people got hurt all the time.

"I think if the fireworks are already fast enough then there's no need to urge them into the sky any faster. The pressure might cause them to suddenly erupt before they get high enough and that might cause injury to those who can't get away fast enough." So maybe...just let the fireworks do their job...

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Echo was thinking, how would you use this spell.. and the first thing that came to mind was to save some one so she put her hand up real quick like. "Professor what if someone was like not paying attention to what they were doing and they were going to fall, would this spell come in handy then?" she gave the cleaner version, she didn't want to say that they were going to be seriously hurt in any way.

"I don't think it would." He said, a little concerned that was the first spell she would cast at someone falling. "This spell would only shoot them into the air then they would fall regardless. Levitation Charms would work better--even Levicorpus would work better as they would actually keep the person suspended and you can control their movement while they're levitated."

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Janelle listened to her classmates give their answers and before she knew it, they had moved on to the next question. Why would you need to shoot something into the air? Janelle was less sure about this answer, but she raised her hand anyway. "Well......maybe if someone was flying on a broom and they forgot something on the ground........you could send it up to them. That is, if they didn't know the proper spell to get it. It could happen, no? Maybe?

"I believe that would be an excellent use for the spell, thank you Miss Guidry. It would prevent the person from having to land if they happen to be in the middle of something or in a hurry."

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"For Fun"

It did sound like fun. Like if if you had a pit of foam and someone what to be shot into it. This spell would be perfect instead of just levitating them over it. Or you know into water.

"Essentially. Yes." Not every spell was crucial to survival. Life was meant to be enjoyed and magic was vastly enjoyable.



If that was the last of them, then it was time to address the class and set them to their task...but first, he would have to clear a few things up. "A few important things to remember about this spell are that it is not a levitation charm and will not keep things suspended midair, it shoots things into the sky at high speeds and you cannot control the object once you have shot it into the air. Typically the target shot flies straight upward so unless there's wind interference or interference of other sorts it will likely fall back to roughly the same place it started out."

Just something he really felt he should clarify way before they got into the main activity of the morning.

"Now that we've cleared that up, I need each of you to get a blank sheet of parchment and crumple it up." He had mentioned they would need parchment this class. No one said they would be writing on it all. Ahem.

"This is where we'll begin practising the spell. Remember, brandish the wand and speak clearly. A-lar-te As-cen-da-re." Not that he expected them to be speaking all exaggeratedly like THAT but it was emphasis for them to grasp the pronunciation. "If you have questions you may ask them, other than that, get practising until you're satisfied with how high the parchment flies." While he helped himself to yet another apple. Mmm.

Crunch.

You guys will need 3 posts of shooting the crumpled parchment into the air. How high the parchment flies is up to you just keep it realistic. You guys will have 36 hrs to get this completed before we move to the final activity <3

When Kace heard the professor's reaction, he nodded and thought it was a cool idea at first but when he heard Maddox's reasoning he understood. He shrugged and let him move onto Lux who looked a little faint. He gave her a quizzical look and mouthed, "Are you alright?" I mean she looked pale. I mean he would also get a really big pad to lad on. They must surely have some in his gym. He might try it at home. Back onto the lesson. He needed to crumple up paper? Don't mind if I do. He got some paper from his bag and began to crumple it up.

CRUNCH.....CRUNCH.....CRUNCH.......

Then he needed to practice a spell. He saw Maddox write it on the board and he copied it down into his notebook. He saw it was pronounced, "A-lar-te As-cen-da-re."Alright easy enough and it was a brandishing of the wand. He nodded and now time to practice.

So honestly, Tia had NO idea when or WHY she would need to shoot something into the air, so she just listened to her classmate's ideas. Benzi's thoughts about the quaffle sounded pretty reasonable, as did fireworks. Tia jotted a few of the thoughts down - just cause practical knowledge MIGHT be needed for OWLs and then listened as Quigley continued the lesson.

More information about the spell. It's not a levitation charm, which made sense, because they had Wingardium Leviosa. Strong spell though, required control in terms of how high or fast. Okay, she got that. Now time to practice, with a crumpled piece of parchment no less. She could handle that. Taking a blank sheet with hearts doodled on it with the initials ZA of parchment from her notebook, Tia crumpled it up and then set it aside next to her pet rock whilst she practiced reciting the incantation.

"A-lert As-cend-da" Tia said aloud. "A-lert As-cend-da"

The reply given to her answer wasn't exactly what she had expected but when she thought about it she had to agree. However she hadn't meant her answer the way she had said it so it was her own fault for bad wording and not being clear about it. She more was thinking of if the firework had been light wrong or it was being held improperly. Mhmm. Cause she had actually seen someone hold one wrong once and it was light backwards. Needless to say the result wasn't good. Anyhow she nodded in agreement and was ready to move on with the task.

Parchment. Reaching into her bag she pulled out a blank sheet of parchment and crumpled it up into a ball. Step one done.

Now to practice saying this spell. "A-lar-te As-cen-da-re," She whispered quietly to herself before repeating it again a few more times just to be sure. Also best to be safe then sorry with this stuff. While continuing to mumble the spell under her breath she quickly made sure to take a moment and jot down the spell onto the parchment with the rest of her notes from the lesson.

Even through the delicious crunching sound his latest apple was making, that sound couldn't be ignored.What sound you ask? The sound of Miss Mancini butchering the incantation with her mispronunciation. Huh. You think she'd have gotten it when he slowed it down just now. It didn't even sound the same.

Maddox waited, in case she would correct herself but when she got it around a second time the man had to clear his throat. That was a disaster in the making once the real activity rolled around.

"I believe you mean Alarte Ascendare, Miss Mancini. A-lar-te As-cen-da-re." Otherwise that parchment was going no where.

...they had to crumble paper up? And...just for the purpose of getting it to shoot up into the air? Eden raised her hand. "Professor--are we going to recycle this parchment? I'd hate to waste all of it--and we're not even using it?" she was a bit CONCERNED okay? It kinda' bothered her. "You could set up a box up front and we could throw in the crumbled parchments--I'm sure I could find a way to use them all!"

But nonetheless, she took a spare piece and crumbled it up. SHE'D be recycling her piece regardless.

But first, she'd practice saying the spell.

Ahem.

"Alerta...no. Alerte...alerte...Ascendare....Alerte Ascendare..." it flowed really well. Eden liiiiiiked the way this sounded, mhmm. She was scribbling it down in her notebook while she repeatedly said it aloud.

Now time to get practicing. Kace already crumpled his piece of paper. Check. Now onto getting spell right. He got his wand from the side of his desk and then pointed at it and remember hearing the Professor speaking it in front of Tia. Geez Maddox calm down she can make a mistake. No need to have an attitude. Kace began to take a deep breath and said, the spell..."A-lar-te As-cen-da-re!" and then he did his wand movement and nothing happened.

Hmmmmmm......

Maybe he took too long pronouncing it? That could be it. He began to try it again. He concentrated and said, "Alarte Ascendare!" and still nothing even though he did brandish his wand. Hmm...he will try again. It was normal though maybe his wand didn't wanna work for him today. He was having an off day.

And just when he thought he'd heard it all....

...

Maddox blinked at Eden for a moment, not sure whether she was being serious or not. Wasn't caring about the Earth a Puffer's job? Merlin. The Professor looked from her to his desk then back to her. Wait, she was being serious, wasn't she? "Er....sure thing." It was no skin off his back.

The Charms Professor conjured a box at his table but he would wait til they were through before giving instructions. In the mean time. "The incantation is Alarte Ascendare, Miss McGee, not Alerte."

Eden positively BEAMED at him. HOORAY! He was actually LISTENING TO HER? That was always COOL of professors. She wiggled happily and...oh.

"OOOOOPS. Thanks, Professor Quiggles--" and it slipped out. She had called him QUIGGLES. How....awkward. HOW AWKWARD. But she just flushed and cleared her throat before standing up to make the ANNOUNCEMENT about recycling.

"If anyone wants to recycle their parchment--there's a BOX up there--PLEASE BE AWARE, PEOPLE!" And she sat her little butt back down to continue practicing. The one and only EMMALEE QUINN was probably a bit of an influence on her...spending a good bit of time with the department head over the summer was...nice. It was almost like having a big sister.

MAYBE she should talk to Truebridge about THAT too, when she finally decided to make it over to her office. HMPH. It was...an idea, for sure.

"Alarte...Alarte..." There! "Alarte Ascendare..." how cool. HOW COOL. She thought she was ready to try it on the crumbled parchment. Giving her wand a little flourish, pointed at the ball, and said, clearly, "Alarte Ascendare!"

The parchment!ball lifted sliiiightly into the air but came back down fairly quickly.

Welp.

Alright, practical magic time! Natalia was ready.

When the professor first told them to use crumpled by parchment paper to for the propelling object, Natalia was sort of disappointed. She had somewhat hoped to use something slightly more...exciting, and risky, and fun. Like, a chair! Yeah, that didn't happen, unfortunately.

Natalia did as she was told like a good girl. She grabbed a piece of scrap parchment and rolled it into a decent-sized ball. But before that, Natalia had to practice saying the incantation out loud, the first step in learning every new spell.

A-laaar-te As-cen-da-re. Natalia sounded out the syllables in her mind first.

"A-laaar-te As-cen-daaa-re. Elongating the 'a' sound was fun! But it probably wouldn't serve very practically in actually performing the spell.

"A-lar-te As-cen-da-re." How boring. "A-lar-te As-cen-da-re." Was that good enough? Natalia was eager to shoot that crumpled up parchment into the air.

Philipe looked up, crumbling the paper but not ready to practice the spell quite yet. He sighed, wanting to say it right first, "Alert..." He paused, geez, these things were hard to pronounce for him! He sighed, trying again, "A...lar...te... Alar...te... A... larte... Alarte!" He smiled slightly getting the first word down... Okay, now the other one, "As...cen...da...re... Ascen...dare.... Ascendare." He smiled slightly.

Now just together, "Alerte Ascentdare! ... No, no... That was wrong. The first year sighed, having difficulties with this one, "Alarte Ascendare!" He smiled, "Alarte Ascendare, Alarte Ascendare, Alarte Ascendare!" Philipe smiled, Okay, saying it was down now for the movement.

Brandish the wand... He paused, "Professor." Philipe looked up, "This might sound silly but how do you 'brandish' a wand? Also, what's a brandish?" The young boy was clearly puzzled, not knowing what he was supposed to be doing.

Ohhh her guess was wrong, oh well as long as she gave an answer and wasnt completely quite she would fee better about herself. well now it was time for her to start practicing the spell "Alarte Ascendare". Looking around she saw the other students and even [color]Hady[/color] crumple up her paper.. she smiled over at the girl and did the same...

Looking at her little ball of paper she smirked. "Al-art-e A-scen-dare" she said to herself, while she kept practicing for the spell. Echo always had to try to get the words correctly for she knew it was one of the main key things in a spell, that and intent and concentration. "Al-art-e A-scen-dare", she kept saying over and over again... for about a good 10 minutes or so before even thinking about trying it on her paper...

Henric nodded at the professor's answer to him. Nope, it wouldn't be very good at all to use the spell on someone or himself. If he did, he would unintentionally cause an accident, breaking a leg or an arm in the process.

Time to get started with the practicing. He took a piece of parchment provided and crumpled it as instructed. He turned in alarm when an older girl suddenly shouted her big announcement. Oooh...she had quite a big voice for a little body. Of course, he wasn't looking at her body or anything...he blushed, he quickly glanced away and returned to the matter at hand. Right...back to memorising the spell.

"Alarte Ascendare,"he recited non-verbally, holding up his wand to practise with the wand movement as well. "Alarte..." A-Latte? As in the coffee drink? Why did everything sound so muggle to him?

...~~Concentrate~~...

"Er-LAR-Teh-Accent-Darehh!"he pronounced, pointing the wand at the crumpled paper. Nope...it wasn't flying up in the sky like he wanted to.