❝ 𝘽𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙋𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. ❞
Calysta Potter had it all; the looks, the fame, the brain, the popularity... And so did Draco Malfoy. When you combine two o...
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On Halloween morning they woke to the delicious smell of baking pumpkin wafting through the corridors. Even better, Professor Flitwick announced in Charms that he thought they were ready to start making objects fly, something they had all been dying to try since they'd seen him make Neville's toad zoom around the classroom.
Professor Flitwick put the class into pairs to practice. Harry's partner was Seamus Finnigan (which was a relief, because Neville had been trying to catch his eye). Ron, however, was to be working with Hermione Granger. It was hard to tell whether Ron or Hermione was angrier about this.
Calysta was partnered up with Raymond, and she didn't mind this as much as she would have before she got to know him. Jeff was working with Regulus, and they were both already arguing before the lesson had already started. Felix was stuck with Neville, which he didn't mind. As he'd put it earlier, "at least I'm not working with Hermione."
"Now, don't forget that nice wrist movement we've been practicing!" squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual. "Swish and flick, remember, swish and flick. And saying the magic words properly is very important, too — never forget Wizard Baruffio, who said 's' instead of 'f' and found himself on the floor with a buffalo on his chest."
It was fairly easy for Calysta, but Harry was finding it more difficult. Harry and Seamus swished and flicked, but the feather they were supposed to be sending skyward just lay on the desktop. Until Seamus prodded it with his wand and ended up setting fire to it.
Calysta first practiced her swish and flick movement, without saying the words. When Professor Flitwick approved of her wand movement, she said the words, loud and clear, and the feather levitated a few inches off the table. Professor Flitwick was very pleased, but deemed that she needed to concentrate harder to actually control the feather's movement. So she was still practicing.
Ron, at the opposite table, wasn't having much more luck.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" he shouted, waving his long arms like a windmill.
"You're saying it wrong," Harry heard Hermione snap. "It's Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the 'gar' nice and long."
"Golly gosh, I'm glad I'm not working with her," sighed Felix, who was still struggling with his wrist movements. "I'd have lost it by now."
"You do it, then, if you're so clever," Ron snarled at Hermione.
Hermione rolled up the sleeves of her gown, flicked her wand, and said,"Wingardium Leviosa!"
Their feather rose off the desk and hovered about four feet above their heads.
"Oh, well done!" cried Professor Flitwick, clapping. "Everyone see here, Miss Granger's done it! Miss Potter did it first, but it wasn't nearly as perfect... Keep practicing, everyone."
