Just as Aisling thought nothing was going to happen, her wand went flying, as if she'd flung it across the room. Her hand hand hadn't moved! Cheshire had successfully expelled her wand from her hand. When she looked to see where her wand had landed, her face fell into one of total horror as she saw Harry Potter turning to see what had hit him on the shoulder. Aisling knew that he'd been hit with her wand because it was lying at this heels. Reactively she ran over to retrieve it before he might step on it and slip as it rolled under his feet. She'd -never- recover from the embarrassment of being the one who's wand had caused Harry Potter to hit his bum in a class full of students! plus, she couldn't afford to buy a new wand if this one got broken. As she grabbed her wand from the floor, she noticed his toes were now facing her and once she stood, she'd be looking him straight in the face. She froze for a moment, not daring to move. ( )

as class is coming to a close we try again. Determination, right. "Expelliarmus!" Officer's wand drops to the floor. Yes!

(Done) Nicola Stromwing, Hufflepuff

"Is something wrong, Miss?", Mr. Potter asked the young Ravenclaw student. "Do you need any help?", he added and then smiled. "That was quite a nice Expelliarmus your partner used.", he added, praising Fade ().

Fade was confident that his entire body was glowing red, his face felt so warm it was practically feverish. Unusually however his hair and complexion had gone a bit white. “T-thanks.” He said as he approached the two. “Sorry about that, I mean.” He smiled nervously and nudged Aisling with his elbow, she seemed like she was in a state of shock or something. “Guess you have to aim where it’s going to go too, huh? We’ll just get back to practice now.” He nudged Aisling again and half bowed to Harry. “Sorry again. Really.”

Once they were a safe distance away, Fade let out a breath and sort of shook it off. “That. Was. Embarrassing.” His hair had begun gradually returning to normal. “You wana give it another go?" He asked Aisling "Think I’ve had enough practice.”

(Fade, Ravenclaw)

((ooc - Sorry for the delay. I went on an adventure today and realized I forgot to post before I left))

Millie laughed at Magnus's () comment. "I feel the same way. I thought I was going to have to slip out and hide in the prefect bathroom till the next class". She smiled at Sauvage (). "Well done. Are you ready?"

"Expelliarmus" she said and flicked her wand, knocking Sauvage's wand out of her hand. "I forgot to mention. Emmett and I practice dueling all the time." She smiled while biting her lower lip when she saw Mr. Potter () nod in her direction. She could feel her face turning red again. "Okay Magnus. I'm ready when you are."

"Nice job Millie. Still going for Curse breaking?" Magnus asked. He nodded. "I guess I can go again. Lemme try to speak more clearly." He knew his accent was thick after all. "Expelliarmus," he said waving his wand. This time her wand lifted up a little and wobbled but didn't leave her hand. He sighed. "Sauvage, your go." He stood waiting for her to try.

"Zat was amazing, Millie!" Sauvage clapped her hands together for her friend after retrieving her wand from the floor. "And zat was so much better, Magnus!" She was happy her friends were doing so well - and Fade, too! She saw him fling that other girl's wand right over to Mr. Potter. "Okay, ready yourself." Sauvage felt confident this time. Her movements were fluid and sturdy. "Expelliarmus," she said. The next moment was not at all what she expected. It was like her spell punched Magnus in the gut, knocking the wind out of him, but the sound that came out was not human. In fact, it sounded like...a moose? Sauvage blushed in embarassment, but could not help but giggle at the outcome. "Sorry," she whispered.

((In case you need help hearing the moose ))

Aurora Flynn, Hufflepuff

Aurora excitedly beamed at her classmate, letting out a piercing squeal - only to abruptly shrink back into their corner upon realising the attention her outburst had attracted. With a giggle, she eagerly darted back to where her wand lay and whipped it in the direction of her opponent.

"EXPELLIARMUS!"

Nicola's wand gave a gentle twitch before falling to the ground - almost as if it had been purposely dropped out of kindness...

"Success!.. kinda"

(OOC so so sorry I haven't been on to continue this! university doesnt want me to have fun)

It seemed to Aisling that time was standing still. She couldn't think. She felt both star-struck and terrified at the same time. Thanks to Fade's elbow nudges she hadn't been one hundred percent unresponsive. With his first nudge she managed a nervous smile and with the second she was able to turn with Fade and walk away. She mimicked Fade's half bow and turned quickly on her heels.

Once she was able to respond to Fade's question she replied, "omgomgomg, I'm so sorry I was no help back there! You handled it way better than I did though. I couldn't do a thing!! seriously! He's just a person, right? Why do I react that way.. ugh.." she was really beating herself up. Luckily she was conscious of keeping her voice down. Once she was able to gather herself, once again. This was turning out to be a very emotional class for her, she nodded at Fade. "Yes. I would like to try again." She gathered her thoughts, decided to be completely committed to knocking his wand out of his hand and making it fall just slightly behind him to his left, remembering that he'd mentioned to Harry that we needed to decide which direction we were going to expel the wand towards. With a deep breath, she inhaled and on the exhale said, "Expelliarmus." This time with perfect success, the wand seemed to flip out of Fade's hand and fall to the left of his hand. It didn't really move with force but just enough to be pulled out of his hand. She exclaimed and jumped around in place in a little circle gaining attention from those closest to her in class. She quickly gathered herself and cleared her throat, embarrassed yet again. (( - Man this turned out to be a really fun one! Thanks for being my partner. :) ))

"Thanks Magnus () and Sauvage ( ). I am. I love both charms and traveling. I'll be taking my OWLS soon. I hope I can get an O in Arithmancy."

She stood to the side for Sauvage to take her turn. As she did, she sent Magnus across the room. She gasped and put her hands to her mouth and ran to help him. "Are you okay?" she asked as she helped him up. He nodded and grunted and she started laughing. Hard. "I'm sorry but that noise you made. You sounded like a warthog. Or a moose." She looked him over and started laughing again, even harder. Tears started streaming from her eyes and she snorted, which made her laugh even more. "I'm sorry. It's not funny but it is. Just give me a moment." She wiped the tears from her cheeks. "Okay, just for the laughing, I don't blame you if you send me flying when it's your turn."

She took her position, trying not to start laughing again but finding it difficult. She lifted her wand and said, "Expelliarmus" and her wand flew into Sauvage's forehead and bounced off. She started laughing again. "I'm sorry!" she said through the gasps. "I didn't mean for it to hit you in the face."

((I thought Millie was taking her NEWTs?))

Magnus laid on the ground for several moments, the wind knocked out of him. He was bright red with the sound he'd made. Millie helped him up and he was still blushing. "'S'll right," he said quietly.

(( - Nope. I have her starting her 6th year next term. Emmett is taking his NEWTs. I was going to mention it but I reworded my last post))

Once Millie had finally regained her composure, she helped Magnus back over. "I think a butterbeer would be a great treat after this. My treat. You too, Sauvage" ()

"Sounds good. I could go for a butterbeer. Who's turn is it?"

"I believe it's yours, Magnus (). I'm ready when you are"

"Oh," Magnus said still blushing, "okay..." He waved his wand at Millie and shouted, "Expelliarmus!" Millie flew off her feet, back about 6 feet. "You okay?"

Sauvage was caught in a fit of giggling. First the noise that had come from Magnus and then Millie made Sauvage's wand go into her own face. She rubbed the spot on her forehead where her wand had whacked her in the face, but she was not even mad. She, like Millie, just could not stop laughing. And it seemed to be affecting the focus of the whole group as Magus, too, made a very awkward attempt at the spell, which forced Millie off her feet. Sauvage, giggling though concerned for her friend despite that, ran over to help Millie up. "We are a mess!" Was the first thing she said since she began laughing.

"Shall I try again on Magnus?" She took a few moments to calm her mind, making sure all the giggles left her body first. Finally, she fell into rhythm: "Expelliarmus!" This time the spell was successfull, mostly. Magnus's wand shot out from his hand and went straight up into the air. After a few seconds, gravity kicked in and forced the wand back down, making hit Magnus on the head with a soft [i]thunk[i]. "Oh, we all see to be getting beat up during zis lesson. We will definitely need more zen one round of butterbeers."

Fade’s expression broke into another smile. “It’s OK, the guy makes me nervous too.” He chanced a glance over his shoulder back at Harry Potter, got a slight chill, and turned back around. When Aisling was ready, Fade stood in position and waited. Sure enough Aisling cast the spell with enough attention to detail that Fade’s wand did a graceful flip out of his hand and clattered softly to the floor beside him. “Hey, great job!”

Fade retrieved his wand and went in to give Aisling a high-five. At that moment Magnus made a ridiculous sound and Fade looked over to see Millie attending him on the ground. It didn’t seem to be full-moon related so Fade relaxed a little. Standing back he watched the antics of the three person group very amusedly. ( I had fun! Thank YOU!)

Niamh stared Mr Potter with a combination of awe and a slight wariness. After all, she'd heard so much about him, it seemed strange for him to actually be here, let alone taking a lesson.

She looked around the room, wondering if anyone was looking for a partner still. To her dismay, a lot of the students had already paired up, and she hated feeling she was the last person - the one who never got picked.

Niamh Doyle, Gryffindor (currently waiting for a partner)

"Oomph" Millie said as she got knocked back 6 feet. "I'm good" she told Magnus (). She straighten her hair and smoothed her skirt. "Good thing I wore tights today. Otherwise I'd be the The One Who Showed Harry Potter Her Underwear." Her face turned red at the thought. "We're definitely going to need more than one round of butterbeers" agreeing with Sauvage (). "And a plate of fries or something".

Millie started laughing again when Magnus's wand bounced off the top of his head. "If this continues, we may need a trip to the hospital wing before those butterbeers."

"Ok. Let's try this again." She lifted her wand and said, "Expelliarmus". This time, Sauvage got knocked back several feet. "Oh no. I'm sorry!" She rushed over and helped her friend up, trying not to laugh but couldn't help it. "We're a bunch, aren't we?" between gasps

"Soon we'll be band from this," Magnus said with a light chuckle. "We are chaos." He prepared himself to try again on Millie. He said the spell with a little less force and BINGO, Millie's wand flipped out of her hand and he caught it. Now he was beaming.

-Ravenclaw.