Aurora preferred the anchor explanation that Zara had given, however it did make her wonder how exactly the Professor had got ahold of so many in the first place. “How many pirate ships do you think are under the lake?” She knew that sailing a ship on the lake was possible (although the logistics of that were lost on the Ravenclaw) as the Durmstrang students had once brought their ship but she hadn’t heard of that many pirate invasions at the school. Zara being a Slytherin would have the perfect view from her common room window if there were shipwrecks beneath the surface though. If the answer was that they did exist, she couldn’t wait to tell Anna later and plan their attempt at descending to explore.

She was disappointed to learn that there wasn’t an anchor weighing down her box however what WAS hidden underneath was a rather cute unicorn plushie that would find its way onto her pillow tonight. As tempting as it was to reach her way in and grab it out, the blonde managed to restrain herself enough to perform the spell albeit a little over-eagerly. “Plumavis.” Her wand waved in that little bump of a wave pattern Feirgrund had demonstrated. Quickly followed by the next spell. “Wingardium Leviosa.” And a swish and a flick as the chubby little plushy floated into the air with ease.

A little too much ease as it levitated continuously up to the ceiling.

Hope tried to follow the logic of all that Professor Feirgrund said. It was hard, because she wasn't in the mood to concentrate today, but the idea of getting a prize was appealing. Then she just had to try the Levitation spell on the box, to see if the professor was right and if it really was difficult to make it float.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" she said, swishing and flicking her wand confidently. And sure enough, the box began to slowly rise. But also sure enough, it was very slow indeed, and began wobbling alarmingly as it rose to the level of her desk. So Hope returned it to the floor. It was indeed heavier than it looked.

All right, so now to try this new charm. "Plumavis!" Hope chanted, moving her wand in the little tilde with care over the box. Then she sat and looked at it for a few minutes. It didn't look any different. "I suppose the best way to test it is to levitate it again," she said to herself, talking out loud without even realizing it. She raised her wand and repeated the Levitation Charm, and the box almost shot into the air this time. Hope was afraid for a few minutes it would hit the ceiling, and was desperately trying to remember how to counteract Wingardium Leviosa when the box slowed in its ascent and then began to float gently downward until it landed with a soft bump on her desk.

Did Emma totally have to fight to keep a straight face when she heard Charlie's answer? Yes, yes, she did. There was also something to be told about the way he spoke so seriously that made it all the more difficult to keep from laughing that Emma totally had to bite down hard on her lower lip. Fortunately they were moving along with the lesson and Professor Feirgrund had good control of the class.

The featherlight charm would certainly be useful, although she did have to wonder now what was in the box. Was it one of the items mentioned and thereby too heavy to lift? Or were the boxes in actuality quite light and so using them was fruitless anyway? Ploo-mah-viss, she mouthed silently. The levitation charm wasn't entirely new, having learned that last year, but a refresher was always a good idea. Win-Gar-Dee-Um. Leh-Vee-Oh-Sa

And time to actually put their pronunciations to the test? She frowned when she opened and saw one of the squishy blue unicorns. That wasn't heavy? Well that was Emma's first thought until Feirgrund went on to elaborate that there were stones weighing it down. "Ploo-mah-viss" the blond said, making the tilde shape.

"Professor, if we successfully lighten the box and its contents, does that mean we get to keep the plush?" she asked curiously, raising her hand.

Mitsuki made no movements towards her box just yet, instead electing to take a moment and look around at her peers to observe their enthusiasm in juxtaposition with their ability to focus. A room full of young witches and wizards levitating heavy objects all about the space was moderately concerning though not nearly as concerning as their professor providing these prizes. A prize for what, exactly? There was much uncertainty shrouding this particular activity, but one aspect outside of that shadow was her confidence in performing both of the charms they were tasked with today.

Shifting her seat a bit to one side, out of any foreseeable trajectory of falling objects that had managed to float all the way up to the ceiling, Mitsuki finally turned her attention to her box and removed the lid to reveal a very vibrantly colored stuffed animal within. The neon coloring was far from her aesthetic and the Ravenclaw was soon tickled by disappointment as she examined was was the top of the creature's head. The blinding bright green was most certainly the shape of leaves and a stem, the two electric magenta ears pointy enough to eliminate several species in the animal kingdom. Her sigh was surprisingly audible as she readied her wand and performed a tight but elegant wiggle above the mystery creature in her box while her thoughts focused on holding the incantation of Plumavis in her mind and heart. Shifting for a second time, the seventh year's foot accidentally nudged the box and pushed it across the classroom floor in an unnatural way for something that was meant to be unbearably heavy. It was all the confirmation she required to continue alone with her fine-tuning these two particular nonverbals and with a casual roll of the wrist she had performed a swish and flick above her lambent companion. Ever so slightly flicking her wrist upwards, the neon monstrosity rose from the box with ease. Mitsuki's eyes narrowed as it did, the magenta color being quite jarring and more something one might expect to find on Yukie's bed, and her head tilted upon noticing a tag attached to it. "Oh...you have a face," she said to herself and twisted her wand a bit to turn the misunderstood magenta blob around. Admittedly, it was quite cute and she reached forward to read the label properly. "Congratulations to Gwendolyn! This batty just earned her PhD in Mad Science. While the rest of her class hopes to use their degree to create monsters or travel back in time, Gwendolyn has a different dream in mind—to glow in the dark! Think she can do it?" The Ravenclaw leaned back a bit and stared into the unblinking black eyes of her fruit bat. "No."

How could any stuffed animal do anything on its own accord?

Etta was thoroughly enjoying the lesson as she closely studied the Professor’s demonstrations. The youngling continued to practice the Plumavis charm until she felt confident in her ability to perform it along with Wingardium Leviosa.

”Ploo-ma-vis!” Etta followed with the appropriate tilde/wave movement.

There was a lot going on around her with classmates practicing and mingling amongst each other. Tunnel focused on mastering (or to the best of her ability) the charm she moved to the box and alas seeing what prize lied inside. Etta beamed! It was the cutest pastel green dragon she's seen! It reminded her of a plushie she once saw at a carnival back home but did not win.

”Hehehe!” Etta excitedly tapped her fingertips together. Applauding would be too loud.

Okay. Okay. Okay. Go time!

Clearing her throat and taking a deep breath, Etta made with the tilde/wave movement over the dragon and in clear voice chanted, "Plumavis"

Crossing her fingers the charmed worked.

Be confident Etta, you got this!

”Wingardium Leviosa” Etta chanted the levitating charm and in no time the dragon shot up into the air! ”Oh!” Henrietta jumped a bit before the dragon slowly landed on the desk.

Etta's eyes widened as she stilled and stared at the plushie for what seemed like an eternity. Shocked and surprised to the say the least.

It worked...she did it!

The youngling curiously studied the dragon and gave it a few light pokes before quickly stepping away incase anything shot out of it.

Emmie paused her own practicing to see how Emma was faring beside her as well as Aryan and Bryony some desks away. All three of them seemed to have good hangs of both the lessons charms, and she hoped that she had practiced enough to be able to lift the box. Emmie really wanted to succed when she learned that there was a quite plushie dragon unicorn inside waiting inside as her prize for completing the task.

Taking a steadying breath she watched very closely how Professor Feirgrund lightened the box, and then made it float in the air before he put it down with ease. Emmie had a very bad feeling that she wouldn't be able to manage that at all. She knew the spells now, but was she going to make the box lift, float, and then descend slowly down onto her desk?

There was no use worrying, she just had to try. Grasping her wand Emmie preformed the tilde flick movement over her box chanting "Plumavis!" with a clear, and firm voice. Next she swish and flicked her wand casting "Wingardium Leviosaaaaaaaaa! ATCHOOOOOOOO! Atchooooooooooo!" suddenly sneezing at the end as something came into her nose as she made her box float up towards, the ceiling but without control making it ascend in a weird wobbly fashion before it suddenly started to ascend downward towards Emmie. With snoot running down her face, her eyes tearfilled from several sneezes Emmie did her best to concentrate, and make the box ascend towards her desk like Professor F wanted. However another strong "Atchoooooooooo!" sneeze caused her to loose the grasp on her wand which made the box fall down hard on her foot. "Ouwwwwwwwwie!" Emmie cried out as a sharp pain started in her toes. Would she still get a plushie?

“Sorry Professor. I’ll get right onto it.” He might have been a little bored but he wasn’t the openly rebellious type and he did after all, want to do well on his exams at the end of the year. Sitting up a little straighter, the seventh year relaxed his arm for a moment before he practiced the wand movement for Plumavis.

Some of the wand movements they’d had to practice as seventh years had been beyond complicated so in comparison, this one was relatively easy as song as you went from left to right and not right to left.

For the most part, Hooper found the instructions rather easy to follow. Following the instructions that the Professor have, he first tried to levitate the squishy toy with little to no success before moving his wand in an elegant, tilde shaped movement and uttering the incantation.

“Plumavis!”

Needless to say, the unicorn toy in his box floated out of the box as if it was lighter than air, although he had spoken both spells out loud. “Where did you get these from Professor? They’re kind of cute,” a small smile across his lips as he eyed the soft, fluffy unicorn. It didn’t quite resemble the real thing but then again, it was a kids toy.

Done with his so quickly and not quite fancying challenge of trying it non verbally straight away, Hooper cast a quick glance around the room at the other students who all seemed to be having a variety of success. As his eyes scanned the room, they eventually fell on one of the younger Ravenclaw (Emmie) who’d managed to somehow make the box land on her foot. Quickly, the seventh year rushed over, just to make sure that she was okay.

“Are you okay?” he asked, a look of slight concern on his face as he eyed her foot curiously. The book shouldn’t have been too heavy if she’d cast the Plumavis spell correctly but he knew that wasn’t a guarantee. With a swish and flick of his own wand, the seventh year levitated the box away, casting non verbally without a second thought. “You’ve uh…” he couldn’t quite find the right word to describe the snotty mess that had found its way out of her nose so instead, simply gestured to it quietly so as not to draw everyone elses attention to the situation.

Let him be warned that when this hug happened later, Bryony was likely to give him a true and proper ‘squish’ in real Bry fashion. It wouldn’t be long and dragged out, as some of her hugs could be but simply enough to show him that she cared deeply for him, always and that all was well between them. Couldn’t help it, always gets herself all up in her head whenever she thinks that she upset Ary. Is already feeling better though knowing that he’s not actually upset or angry with her. And with their truly sincere apology to their professor out of the way she was able to focus better on the tasks at hand.

Being watched didn’t at all bother Bry. This was a normal thing for them whenever Ary was helping her with anything so she thought nothing at all of it. Perhaps if she wasn’t paying such close attention to what she was doing she may have noticed that how he was looking at her was a bit different than usual, but luckily for him she was very focused on practicing. ”With your help. That’s how I did it. If he hadn't explained it to her she would’ve continued to pronounce it wrong. They both were going to do great and get to keep the prize!

”Togethers,” The young snakette repeated, a little smile on her face now. Bry reached over to open the box that was sitting on the floor beside her desk and peered down inside it. ”Oh, my gosh! Aren’t you the cutest most sweetest little one! I gots to be able to keeps you!” She had to make sure she got both charms to work for her today! She HAD to!

Nod nod. ”Uh-huh! I’m ready.” She did everything she knew she was supposed to do. Clear her mind. Focus on the charm. Make sure she had the pronunciation correction and the wand movement. ”Three, two, one… Plumavis!” Bry spoke clearly and confidently as she moved her wand in the tilde shape as practiced, aimed at the stuffie in the box. ”Countdown agains? Three, two, one… Wingardium Leviosa!” And this was where her charm casting faltered a little bit. At first nothing at all happened, not a thing. So without getting frustrated or upset, she tried once again casting BOTH charms and this time… very very slowly and with quite a bit of wobbling and swaying back and forth the stuffed toy rose upwards a few feet trying to make its way onto her desk.

Desiree kept practicing the Levitation Charm nonverbally until time ran out. Ending her spell, the textbook landed on her desk with a soft thud, and she listened to the next set of instructions. Prizes? Ooh, fun! She wondered if they were allowed to keep the prizes when class was over. She’d have to remember to ask later. For now, the spell practice was her primary focus.

She opened the box beside her desk to find a plush of a blue and purple creature. Oh, he was so cute! She was going to call him Sulley, after the furry blue and purple Disney monster who the plush sort of resembled. Desiree was so distracted by Sulley’s cuteness that she nearly forgot he was full of stones, on which she was supposed to practice the Featherlight Charm. Luckily, she caught herself before trying to pick up the plush. Right, spell first, hug later!

She aimed her wand, making the tilde shape left to right over Sulley. “Plumavis!” she cast clearly and firmly. Did that work? There was only one way to find out! With a swish and a flick, she cast, “Wingardium Leviosa!”

Sulley hovered over the box, but Desiree was having trouble guiding him over to her desk. Hmm… that wasn’t right. She was confident enough in her levitation abilities to know that spell wasn’t faulty. It must’ve been the Featherlight Charm. She must’ve got some of the stones (otherwise she couldn’t have levitated Sulley at all, but not all of them. Let’s try that again!

Desiree brandished her wand, making the tilde shape again. “Plumavis!” she cast, a little louder this time. When that was finished, she cast another Wingardium Leviosa, this time nonverbally. Once again, Sulley hovered in the air, but this time, Desiree successfully levitated him onto her desk. Yay, she did it!

In a moment, she’d try practicing the Featherlight charm nonverbally, but first she had an important question. Her hand went up, and she said, “Professor, are we allowed to keep the prizes?”

He wouldn’t mind if the hug got long and dragged out. In fact, he wouldn’t mind it at all if it did. Ary knew that Bry fully cared for him; she reminded him everyday. But yes, he wasn’t mad at her. He was just eager to master this charm. Thankfully all the stares he had been given Bry could be neglected for now and thankfully, those stares hadn’t been noticed. Ary silently congratulated himself on his continued subtlety. “You’re welcome,’’ he told Bry quietly. This guys was there to help whenever he could!

Ary was very certain that the cute prizes would be enough motivation for Bry as well to master the charm. On his end, with the first charm cast, he gave a nod to his friend to confirm that another countdown would suffice. “Wingardium Leviosa.’’ This was said with the same degree of confidence as the first and the appropriate swish-and-flick movement was done.

To his delight, the prize rose quickly from the ground before slowly and smoothly taking a spot on his desk, exactly as Feirgrund had said. And Bry had done it as well, even if she had taken some more time than he did! “You dids it!’’ Ary cheered quietly, giving her arm an affectionate squeeze. He was pleased for them both!

But… but was Emmie okay? Ary was concerned for his other friend though he wasn’t about to crowd her since Hooper was already checking on her.

The Professor did continue going around to make sure everyone was handling the charm nicely. So far, so good. Then he saw hands raised,

SPOILER!!: Can we keep them?

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Did Emma totally have to fight to keep a straight face when she heard Charlie's answer? Yes, yes, she did. There was also something to be told about the way he spoke so seriously that made it all the more difficult to keep from laughing that Emma totally had to bite down hard on her lower lip. Fortunately they were moving along with the lesson and Professor Feirgrund had good control of the class.

The featherlight charm would certainly be useful, although she did have to wonder now what was in the box. Was it one of the items mentioned and thereby too heavy to lift? Or were the boxes in actuality quite light and so using them was fruitless anyway? Ploo-mah-viss, she mouthed silently. The levitation charm wasn't entirely new, having learned that last year, but a refresher was always a good idea. Win-Gar-Dee-Um. Leh-Vee-Oh-Sa

And time to actually put their pronunciations to the test? She frowned when she opened and saw one of the squishy blue unicorns. That wasn't heavy? Well that was Emma's first thought until Feirgrund went on to elaborate that there were stones weighing it down. "Ploo-mah-viss" the blond said, making the tilde shape.

"Professor, if we successfully lighten the box and its contents, does that mean we get to keep the plush?" she asked curiously, raising her hand.

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Desiree kept practicing the Levitation Charm nonverbally until time ran out. Ending her spell, the textbook landed on her desk with a soft thud, and she listened to the next set of instructions. Prizes? Ooh, fun! She wondered if they were allowed to keep the prizes when class was over. She’d have to remember to ask later. For now, the spell practice was her primary focus.

She opened the box beside her desk to find a plush of a blue and purple creature. Oh, he was so cute! She was going to call him Sulley, after the furry blue and purple Disney monster who the plush sort of resembled. Desiree was so distracted by Sulley’s cuteness that she nearly forgot he was full of stones, on which she was supposed to practice the Featherlight Charm. Luckily, she caught herself before trying to pick up the plush. Right, spell first, hug later!

She aimed her wand, making the tilde shape left to right over Sulley. “Plumavis!” she cast clearly and firmly. Did that work? There was only one way to find out! With a swish and a flick, she cast, “Wingardium Leviosa!”

Sulley hovered over the box, but Desiree was having trouble guiding him over to her desk. Hmm… that wasn’t right. She was confident enough in her levitation abilities to know that spell wasn’t faulty. It must’ve been the Featherlight Charm. She must’ve got some of the stones (otherwise she couldn’t have levitated Sulley at all, but not all of them. Let’s try that again!

Desiree brandished her wand, making the tilde shape again. “Plumavis!” she cast, a little louder this time. When that was finished, she cast another Wingardium Leviosa, this time nonverbally. Once again, Sulley hovered in the air, but this time, Desiree successfully levitated him onto her desk. Yay, she did it!

In a moment, she’d try practicing the Featherlight charm nonverbally, but first she had an important question. Her hand went up, and she said, “Professor, are we allowed to keep the prizes?”

It shouldn't have been surprising for one if not more to be attached to them, smiling, "Ah, yes, of course you can keep them if you'd like," Feirgrund said, "Once class is over, you can bring them over and I'll have the stones replaced with stuffing," No use increasing the weight of their school trunks by the time the charms wore off.

SPOILER!!: Injury

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Emmie paused her own practicing to see how Emma was faring beside her as well as Aryan and Bryony some desks away. All three of them seemed to have good hangs of both the lessons charms, and she hoped that she had practiced enough to be able to lift the box. Emmie really wanted to succed when she learned that there was a quite plushie dragon unicorn inside waiting inside as her prize for completing the task.

Taking a steadying breath she watched very closely how Professor Feirgrund lightened the box, and then made it float in the air before he put it down with ease. Emmie had a very bad feeling that she wouldn't be able to manage that at all. She knew the spells now, but was she going to make the box lift, float, and then descend slowly down onto her desk?

There was no use worrying, she just had to try. Grasping her wand Emmie preformed the tilde flick movement over her box chanting "Plumavis!" with a clear, and firm voice. Next she swish and flicked her wand casting "Wingardium Leviosaaaaaaaaa! ATCHOOOOOOOO! Atchooooooooooo!" suddenly sneezing at the end as something came into her nose as she made her box float up towards, the ceiling but without control making it ascend in a weird wobbly fashion before it suddenly started to ascend downward towards Emmie. With snoot running down her face, her eyes tearfilled from several sneezes Emmie did her best to concentrate, and make the box ascend towards her desk like Professor F wanted. However another strong "Atchoooooooooo!" sneeze caused her to loose the grasp on her wand which made the box fall down hard on her foot. "Ouwwwwwwwwie!" Emmie cried out as a sharp pain started in her toes. Would she still get a plushie?

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“Sorry Professor. I’ll get right onto it.” He might have been a little bored but he wasn’t the openly rebellious type and he did after all, want to do well on his exams at the end of the year. Sitting up a little straighter, the seventh year relaxed his arm for a moment before he practiced the wand movement for Plumavis.

Some of the wand movements they’d had to practice as seventh years had been beyond complicated so in comparison, this one was relatively easy as song as you went from left to right and not right to left.

For the most part, Hooper found the instructions rather easy to follow. Following the instructions that the Professor have, he first tried to levitate the squishy toy with little to no success before moving his wand in an elegant, tilde shaped movement and uttering the incantation.

“Plumavis!”

Needless to say, the unicorn toy in his box floated out of the box as if it was lighter than air, although he had spoken both spells out loud. “Where did you get these from Professor? They’re kind of cute,” a small smile across his lips as he eyed the soft, fluffy unicorn. It didn’t quite resemble the real thing but then again, it was a kids toy.

Done with his so quickly and not quite fancying challenge of trying it non verbally straight away, Hooper cast a quick glance around the room at the other students who all seemed to be having a variety of success. As his eyes scanned the room, they eventually fell on one of the younger Ravenclaw (Emmie) who’d managed to somehow make the box land on her foot. Quickly, the seventh year rushed over, just to make sure that she was okay.

“Are you okay?” he asked, a look of slight concern on his face as he eyed her foot curiously. The book shouldn’t have been too heavy if she’d cast the Plumavis spell correctly but he knew that wasn’t a guarantee. With a swish and flick of his own wand, the seventh year levitated the box away, casting non verbally without a second thought. “You’ve uh…” he couldn’t quite find the right word to describe the snotty mess that had found its way out of her nose so instead, simply gestured to it quietly so as not to draw everyone elses attention to the situation.

Another question followed, "Ah, these were gifted to my own kids, and naturally I had them duplicated for the class-" Before he could continue on further the audible sneezing sounds followed by the scream quickly got Feirgrund's attention. In Healer mode, he walked over to the two. Before he could do so, the younger Gryffindor had already moved the box.

Without a word, Feirgrund used his wand to silently vacuum up the snot remnants from the young Ravenclaw. "Are you able to move your toes, Miss Vance?" Chances were them experiencing shock and numbness from the drop. "Hold her steady Master Ridley-Rush, this won't hurt anymore Miss Vance," Tracing his wand over her shoes to where the object was likely injured, wordlessly using Ferula to relieve the pain. "Is that better, Miss Vance?"

Afterward, Feirgrund stood back up to address the class during the audible thumps from objects reaching the ceiling, "Excellent work everyone! You have just enough time to keep practicing or mastering the charm if need be." Though the class wasn't quite over yet, "As some have asked, yes, you're allowed to keep the plushies. Once class is over, you can come up with them and I'll have the stones replaced in each."


OOC: You're doing great, everyone. Class is nearly over, but you have at least 24 hours left from now to complete the charms. If you have any questions feel to ask.

Eliza peered deep into her box. Oh! She was actually excited about this one! A closer look showed up that she had a light blue...cat? It looked like a cat from here, at least. Okay, so first she had to cast Plumavis, right? She gripped her wand and pointed it toward the little cat. With a wave of her wand from left to right, she said, "Plumavis!" She looked down at the little cat to see if it had, in fact, gotten lighter. She had no clue. There was no way to tell unless she did the last spell.

With a swish and a flick, she added, "Wingardium Leviosa!" She guided the little cat out of the box and into the air. SUCCESS! She fought the urge to do a fist pump seeing as it'd probably cause her to lose her precious prize. So what now? Was she supposed to just let it go and catch it? Narrowing her eyes ever so slightly as if to brace herself for whatever was about to happened, she lowered her wand.

...and down came the little plush cat, too. Eliza moved from left to right to position herself under the cat, and it fell effortlessly into her arms. Class wasn't over yet, but as soon as it was, she was going to get the stones removed. Cute little pet. Even if it was just a plushie...

Phoebe, not listening the most well, was halfway through levitating her box into the air when she realized there was something IN the box. Losing concentration, the box fell down to the table with a SLAM. She opened it eagerly. THE PROFESSOR WAS GIVING THEM A PRESENT!!! "You're my most favorite, Professor Feirgrund!" She really didn't get presents that often, so she was thrilled about getting a new plushie. But it was so HEAVY that she couldn't lift it. Oh yeah... the lesson was about that.

"Plumvis. Wait- wait- no. Plumavis! Plumavis." With that, her stuffie became a lot lighter, though it still felt like it was filled with rocks. "Wingardium Leviosa!" It barely lifted off the ground, then shot like 5 feet into the air, then fell back down onto the desk with a very gentle SLAM. So... um... she needed a little bit more practice with control of the spell, but she had at least managed to make the stuffed animal float. She worked for a while longer until she was managing to make it rise and descend slowly. "Professor! Look at how good I'm doing!" Tadaaa!

"Can I keep some rocks after you fix the stuffies? I have a friend who likes rocks and might like them. Or they could be useful for something."

She could keep the plushie? AHHHHHH!

The young girl was VERY happy about that. She’d become quite fond of the dragon, which she named Bul. It meant ‘fire’ in her native language.

Taking it from the top, Etta first made the corresponding movement over the Bul and then chanted, ”Plumavis!” Once the dragon was lighter in weight, she moved to the levitation charm. Swish and flick, ”Wingardium Leiviosa!”

Like clockwork Bul went shooting for the stars before she slowly brought it down to on her desk. Nailed it!

Aww, the plushies were much cuter than anchors or anvils, even though those would have been cool to see.

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Aurora preferred the anchor explanation that Zara had given, however it did make her wonder how exactly the Professor had got ahold of so many in the first place. “How many pirate ships do you think are under the lake?” She knew that sailing a ship on the lake was possible (although the logistics of that were lost on the Ravenclaw) as the Durmstrang students had once brought their ship but she hadn’t heard of that many pirate invasions at the school. Zara being a Slytherin would have the perfect view from her common room window if there were shipwrecks beneath the surface though. If the answer was that they did exist, she couldn’t wait to tell Anna later and plan their attempt at descending to explore.

She was disappointed to learn that there wasn’t an anchor weighing down her box however what WAS hidden underneath was a rather cute unicorn plushie that would find its way onto her pillow tonight. As tempting as it was to reach her way in and grab it out, the blonde managed to restrain herself enough to perform the spell albeit a little over-eagerly. “Plumavis.” Her wand waved in that little bump of a wave pattern Feirgrund had demonstrated. Quickly followed by the next spell. “Wingardium Leviosa.” And a swish and a flick as the chubby little plushy floated into the air with ease.

A little too much ease as it levitated continuously up to the ceiling.

"Well there's at least one," Zara explained while opening her box to see her plushie. "And if there's one with one anchor, all you'd have to do would be to copy--- er, duplicate it, I think there's a spell for that?" Didn't they use magic-made items in class all the time?

Except these plushies. These looked legitimately soft, once she made hers light. "Plumavis," she continued, waving her wand in the tilde motion, then concentrating and applying, "Wingardium Leviosa!" Nice and gentle now, nice and gentle, anddddd guide it to the desk...

Perfect! She stuck the landing. She was so smart. Now, back to her friend and their question. "Hello professor," Zara popped her hand in the air with the enthusiasm usually only reserved for nerds, "is it true that there's a sunken pirate ship at the bottom of the Black Lake? Can you see it from the Slytherin Common Room?"

Please confirm, thank you.

Desiree beamed, pleased to hear that she could keep Sulley when class was over. Now she just needed to find a Mike for him… but that would have to wait. She wondered which spell Professor Feirgrund was going to use to replace the stones with stuffing. Probably a transformation spell, if she had to guess. More to the point, could she try it herself?

While she was pondering the stones to stuffing spell, she overheard the professor say the plushies were duplicates of some his kids owned. Wait, didn’t duplication charms wear off after time? How long were these plushies going to last? She didn’t want to randomly find Sulley gone someday! That thought made her sad, so much so that she had a hard time focusing on the task at hand.

Desiree took a deep breath. She’d cast the Featherlight Charm successfully once. Time to try it nonverbally! She levitated Sulley back into the box, ending her spells with a nonverbal Finite. A look of intense concentration crossed her face. Plumavis, she thought, focusing all her attention on Sulley. Now for the real test!

Wingardium Leviosa, she thought, making the swish and flick wand movement. Although she was concentrating as hard as she could, she could only make Sulley hover an inch or two. Okay, so she still couldn’t do the Featherlight Charm nonverbally but at least she did it when speaking the incantation. That was still a win, right?

Emmie hadn't intended to cry out so loudly, but her toes really hurt. Within minutes a senior lion boy; Hooper she thought it was had rushed over to her side. Slightly shocked that he cared about her well being since she had expected either Aryan or Emma to beeline over, but she was happy somebody had. Shaking her head, trying her best not to grimace in pain she murmured "No I'm not. My toes on both my feet hurt pretty badly. I hope they aren't broken." When Hopper lifted the box away from her foot Emmie mustered up a weak smile. "Thanks Hopper, it was really nice of you to come over." Remembering all the snoot that probably was a green and icky mess all over her face she looked around for a handkerchief. Now she really wished she had thought to keep an extra handkerchief in her bag, up in her dorm they were of no use.

Emmie didn't need to think about the snoot problem very long before Professor Feirgrund had come over to her too and swiftly took care of the snot problem. Nodding she affirmed as she tried moving her toes inside her shoe."Yes, i can move my toes inside the shoes, but they hurt even more then." With Hopper holding her steady Prof Feirgrund performed a magic healing spell and the pain just up and dissapeared from her toes. Relieved she said numbly "Yes, my toes feel all better now. Thank you Professor Feirgrund. Can I still get a plushie even though i messed up the activity?"

He might not want to let her know about that. If he did, those hugs she tended to give him might get long and dragged out more often than not. In fact she might even start to give him more of them, randomly for no good reason at all. Fair point, she did tell him so everyday but this was because she felt that he needed the reminder. Annnnnnd she should’ve known that. It was such an Ary thing. Him wanting to master a charm right away, that is. Not him staring at her because she was doing something crazy or whatever. Cue a beaming smile at him as always!
The adorableness of the prize was epic motivation! If there was something like this in every lesson, she would ace them all! However that was unrealistic, she knew that. But it would be cool if it were possible. Perhaps she could mention it to the professors. It couldn’t hurt to try?

Now, there was never any doubt in Bry’s mind that Ary would have any issues at all in his success with mastering the charms on his first try. Even though it took her a little bit to get it right and it was shaky at best she had managed too. ”So did you! We dids it! Bry cheered softly along with him, grinning widely. It hadn’t been easy but she was really proud of herself and it honestly helped that she had worked on the levitation charm last year!

Oh, my! Hearing someone cry out in pain like that during a lesson wasn't something that normally happened and when it did, it was cause for attention! Bry couldn't help but look around to see who it was that had gotten injured. To see it was someone in her own year really didn't surprise her (on the account that these were tough charms is all!). It was a good thing Emmie got help so quickly in the forms of both a much older student and their Professor who also happened to be the Healer! She hoped she was alright though and got to keep that plushie!

SPOILER!!: Responses

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Aww, the plushies were much cuter than anchors or anvils, even though those would have been cool to see.



"Well there's at least one," Zara explained while opening her box to see her plushie. "And if there's one with one anchor, all you'd have to do would be to copy--- er, duplicate it, I think there's a spell for that?" Didn't they use magic-made items in class all the time?

Except these plushies. These looked legitimately soft, once she made hers light. "Plumavis," she continued, waving her wand in the tilde motion, then concentrating and applying, "Wingardium Leviosa!" Nice and gentle now, nice and gentle, anddddd guide it to the desk...

Perfect! She stuck the landing. She was so smart. Now, back to her friend and their question. "Hello professor," Zara popped her hand in the air with the enthusiasm usually only reserved for nerds, "is it true that there's a sunken pirate ship at the bottom of the Black Lake? Can you see it from the Slytherin Common Room?"

Please confirm, thank you.

Not quite a question he was expecting as he did a single blink. Maybe she was pulling his leg or not, he answered, "There's said to be much more than that at the bottom of the Lake," Adding on a more serious note, "I believe the Giant Squid knows more about the treasures beneath if he were asked."

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Phoebe, not listening the most well, was halfway through levitating her box into the air when she realized there was something IN the box. Losing concentration, the box fell down to the table with a SLAM. She opened it eagerly. THE PROFESSOR WAS GIVING THEM A PRESENT!!! "You're my most favorite, Professor Feirgrund!" She really didn't get presents that often, so she was thrilled about getting a new plushie. But it was so HEAVY that she couldn't lift it. Oh yeah... the lesson was about that.

"Plumvis. Wait- wait- no. Plumavis! Plumavis." With that, her stuffie became a lot lighter, though it still felt like it was filled with rocks. "Wingardium Leviosa!" It barely lifted off the ground, then shot like 5 feet into the air, then fell back down onto the desk with a very gentle SLAM. So... um... she needed a little bit more practice with control of the spell, but she had at least managed to make the stuffed animal float. She worked for a while longer until she was managing to make it rise and descend slowly. "Professor! Look at how good I'm doing!" Tadaaa!

"Can I keep some rocks after you fix the stuffies? I have a friend who likes rocks and might like them. Or they could be useful for something."

"Of course, you can let me know which ones you want to keep," Was less transporting for Feirgrund to do in the end.

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SPOILER!!: Hooper & Professor Feirgrund

Emmie hadn't intended to cry out so loudly, but her toes really hurt. Within minutes a senior lion boy; Hooper she thought it was had rushed over to her side. Slightly shocked that he cared about her well being since she had expected either Aryan or Emma to beeline over, but she was happy somebody had. Shaking her head, trying her best not to grimace in pain she murmured "No I'm not. My toes on both my feet hurt pretty badly. I hope they aren't broken." When Hopper lifted the box away from her foot Emmie mustered up a weak smile. "Thanks Hopper, it was really nice of you to come over." Remembering all the snoot that probably was a green and icky mess all over her face she looked around for a handkerchief. Now she really wished she had thought to keep an extra handkerchief in her bag, up in her dorm they were of no use.

Emmie didn't need to think about the snoot problem very long before Professor Feirgrund had come over to her too and swiftly took care of the snot problem. Nodding she affirmed as she tried moving her toes inside her shoe."Yes, i can move my toes inside the shoes, but they hurt even more then." With Hopper holding her steady Prof Feirgrund performed a magic healing spell and the pain just up and dissapeared from her toes. Relieved she said numbly "Yes, my toes feel all better now. Thank you Professor Feirgrund. Can I still get a plushie even though i messed up the activity?"

Thankfully, the result of the accident wasn't too serious as the young Ravenclaw was fine now, "Good," For her question, " Of course, everyone's allowed a plushie just for participating," He said with a kind smile.

Turning to the Gryffindor who was first to help her out who might've been stunned by the ordeal after moving the box, "Master Ridley-Rush, when you have the time after your other classes, feel free to stop by either of my offices," Though the way he requested it might have came off serious, surely the priority of his classes would signify that it wasn't much to worry over.

Now the class was winding up to a close now when Feirgrund checked the clock to see less than a few minutes left when he addressed the class again, "Alright everyone, you did great today. Now it's time to wrap things up." Well, not literally. "If you still wanted to keep the plushies, you can bring them up to my desk and I'll have them sorted out for each of you," Otherwise, if they didn't want them. "You can leave everything as is and I'll take care of it." Making it easier for those who have to rush to their next lesson.

"For those who were still working out the charm, that'll be your homework this evening. Give it a try on some of your possessions until you've gotten the hang of it." With that said, "Class dismissed!"


OOC: Thank you everyone for stopping by! Class is over, the thread will remain open another day for those needing to wrap up or posting their departure.

As if Bry didn’t give him loads of hugs anyway. She might not realise it but she did; not that Ary was ever going to complain about it. When it came to Charms, yes. He was always determined to do his best, not just because Charms came almost naturally to him, but because he was also genuinely in love with the subject. But having Bry succeed as well today was a win! A double win, that is! “We dids it!” Ary corrected himself, grinning rather broadly.

And now they got to keep these cute little prizes. Yay!

The boy started repacking his belongings. “Ready to take the plushies to the professor?” he asked Bry as he slung his bag over his left shoulder. When his friend was, he and his plushie made their way over to the man.

Desiree was about to give the nonverbal spell another try when Professor Feirgrund called time. She listened to the instructions, jotting down the homework assignment in her day planner. The professor needn’t worry; she’d already planned to keep practicing the Featherlight Charm until she could do it nonverbally, homework or not.

She cast a quick Plumavis (verbally this time) on Sulley before packing her things back into her bag. Tucking the blue and plushie under her arm, she made her way to the professor’s desk to get its stones replaced with stuffing. “Thank you for the plushie, Professor!” she said. “If I may ask, what spell are you using to replace the stones with stuffing?” She’d love to know so she could try it herself someday!

She wouldn't give him all of those hugs if she didn't think he could handle it. Aryan was a strong boy, did he know that? There was so much that he dealt with when it came to her and she knew it. Most of the time anyhow. She wasn't being a lot right now though. Everything had been reined in and she calm now. Excited they both got to keep their plushie but still calmer than she had been earlier.

Bryony smiled brightly at Aryan. Seeing him putting his things away into his bag reminded her that she needed to do the same. Quickly packing away all of her own belongings, she slung her bag over her shoulder and her wand was stored away in it's holster. [B]"Yep! I'm all ready."[B] Falling into step at Ary's side, she followed him over to their professors desk before they left to get their plushies fixed up. "Thank you, Professor. I'd like to keep mine please." Stuffies were really nice. And now her Falcor would have a friend.