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Chell: hell entered the classroom and listened very carefully to Mr. Potter. After all, it was THE Harry Potter! Expelliarmus was such a simple, yet effective spell, and she couldn't wait to start practicing. Once the initial demonstration was over, she looked around the room and spotted her friend Lysandra. "Hello, Lys!" she said enthusiastically, "Would you like to be partners?" she asked, smiling brightly.

Lysandra: "Absolutely!" Lysandra replied, grinning. She waved a red apple around before Chell. "Would you like to have a bite? Go get it!" she encouraged her friend.

Chell: "Sure! I could use a snack," Chell teased. Acting quickly, she pulled out her wand, took aim at the apple in Lys' ) hand, and exclaimed, "Expelliarmus!"

Chell must have fumbled in her haste to surprise her friend, because the spell backfired and sent Chell flying several feet away from her partner. She sat up quickly and brushed herself off - hoping no one had noticed. 'That's going to leave a bruise' she thought. Seeing that the apple remained unmoved in Lys' hand, Chell giggled in embarrassment. "Oops!" she said sheepishly, blushing just as red as the fruit, "That didn't quite go as planned..."

Chell held her hands open for Lys to toss her the apple, "Your turn!" She cheered.

Lysandra: Giggling, Lysandra tossed the apple over to Chell. „Too bad we can´t do it like Wilhelm Tell!“ she exclaimed, „shooting the apple off the head in a single attempt!“ Would be fitting, Lys thought, Tell also sparked a rebellion like Dumbledore´s Army….

Concentrate! she reminded herself, looking around if their exhilaration had gone unnoticed, yet all students seem to be engrossed in either making a good impression or putting on airs in the presence of famous Mister Harry James Potter.

Lysandra pointed her wand in the direction of the the apple in Chell´s hand and noticed that her friend had taken a bite meanwhile, in the shape of a heart. How did she do that, the young witch wondered, and so quickly?

Slightly distracted, she shook her head and tried to utter a determined and clear „Expelliarmus“ yet somehow only a croak came out and her wand showered a bickering golden light which came out slowly and faltering.

Blushing like her friend before, Lysandra came down to earth. That won´t quite cut it, she thought.

Chell: "Hmm...," Chell pondered out loud, "Maybe it's the apple that's interfering with the spell," she took two more bites, turning the heart into a simple clover, then placed it next to her bag.

"Let's try this instead, Lys!" Chell beamed. She stood in her best duel-position and held her wand in front of her like Mr. Potter had demonstrated, "Give it your best shot! Knock my wand out of my hand!" She was suddenly very nervous, but hid it well and smiled encouragingly to Lysandra.

Lysandra: Determined and holding her stance, Lysandra eyed Chell´s beautiful holly wood wand and extended her own wand in the direction of her friend. „Exp……“ she began yet then, a smell like burning hair reached her nostrils and she had to sneeze.

She wondered if one of her classmates had scorched the inner core of a wand by chance during their attempt. Intent on doing the charm right this time yet slightly distracted, Lys exclaimed „Explaudarmus!“ and instantly realized she had failed again.

Chell´s wand made some wiggling movements, then there was a loud clapping to hear which muted down to a silent cackle after some painful seconds. Finally, some orange sprinkles flew out of her wand when the noise had died down and the wand pointed downwards which looked kind of sad.

Embarassed, Lysandra was knocked out of the skies, blushing a deep red. „Chell, your turn!“ she offered, „I am sure you´ll do better! Charms is your favorite class after all!“ Lys encouraged.

Chell: "Bless you, Lys!" Chell smiled and retrieved a tissue from her bag and offered it to her friend.

After a small break, she took a deep breath to re-focus herself, Okay! This time, for real, you can do this! she silently told herself. She centered herself and held out her wand, "Expelliarmus!" she said confidently as she gave her wand a solid swish and flick. Just as the last syllable came from her mouth, Lysandra's English Oak wand wiggled for a moment then leaped from her hand.

Chell couldn't believe it, "Oh!" she gasped in surprise. I did it! she cheered internally, Did Mr. Potter see that? she hoped.

She ran over and picked up Lys' wand and returned it to its rightful owner, "Here you go. Your turn! You can do it!" she beamed as she returned to her spot opposite her friend and stood, ready for the charm.

Lysandra: Lysandra was hopeful and the cheering of Chell helped, too. She did all the things right this time, "Expelliarmus" came out clear and loud and Chell´s wand flew in Lys` direction. Lys beamed at her friend, relieved. Nobody important besides themselves had seen the improvement, Professor Valdez and Mister Potter seemed engrossed in an interesting conversation and all their classmates trained. The main point was to feel elated after a well done exercise, Lysandra pondered. "Shall we try it again?" she asked Chell "or are we going to take five?" "I think we earned it!" the young witch added, smiling.

Chell: "Yes! Terrific job Lys!" Chell clapped in excitement. "A snack break sounds about right!" she joked, tossing the apple from before up and down in her hand.

Lysandra: "One cannot think well and work well if one has not dined well, they say!" Lysandra laughed. "Let´s go!"