N.E.W.T. Class 2nd

Gabrielle looked as the satisfying number of students filled the empty seats in her classroom so she stood up and decided to start. "Good afternoon everyone i hope you had a nice weekend. Pay attention now please especially those who weren't present on the previous class." she called out and even though it was nice and gentle it was very well known she had alot of authority. After all without it she would never become head of aurors.

"Now one of you will tell me what were we talking about on the last class from the beggining. Oh and i almost forgat i award 10 points to each student that came on the class. 20 for Gryffindor and Rawenclaw and 30 for Slytherin i believe." she said and leaned her backside onto her desk to have a better view of the classroom.

Ash had missed the class before, but thanks to the professor she had been able to catch up and learn what they had missed. She looked around at who walked in the classroom. She noticed several of the slytherins and some from her own house as well as some ravenclaws, the only house that was missing was Hufflepuff. She turned her attention hoping she wasn't going to be called on because she really didn't want to answer in case she hadn't taught her everything from the previous lesson. She winced a little at the mention on the need to pay attention since she missed the class before...

Brienne scowled. That Slytherin boy called her out on being a werewolf, making her feel a bit miserable because she was a werewolf. She thought of a nonverbal jinx, and sent it to Ariel. An itching spell, designed to not only make the receiving entity itchy, but to create raised bumps on their skin. She wanted to make him ugly for a change, irritably so. She didn't smirk or anything, because that would give it away. She didn't get mad, she got even, and made sure she got even. Of course, she had to use a wand, but she tucked it under something to hide it, then promptly put it away once she finished.

She heard the question posed by the teacher and raised her hand, "We were talking of non-verbal spellcasting, filling up barrels with water which we froze. All without saying a word".

The ladies were most perturbed by Ariel’s comments, it seemed. The Professor was either deaf or she was ignoring him. The latter was unlikely. People had to listen to him. He often had important things to say when he wasn’t commenting on other people. Ariel had no desire to bond with his peers over his words of wisdom, however. They could grow their brains in Herbology if they really wanted to.

Ariel turned to the desk and leaned down. He opened his bag up and plucked the dog-eared Charms book out of his bag. He flipped his bag closed and sat up again. He placed the book on the table and pulled it open at the largest dog-ear which he’d folded over multiple times the night before so he re-read it while in class. An itching sensation began to make its way up Ariel’s leg, prompting him to trail his hand down to his calf. He looked down, his eyebrows coming together in confusion, and pulled up the trouser leg. Angry red bumps had formed on his skin, prompting Ariel to look around for an environmental element that would have caused it. Then his eyes fell on ‘puppy’.

The Slytherin’s eyes narrowed and he took his wand out of his pocket. With a quick flick Ariel halted the spell, preventing it from travelling elsewhere. Thankfully it hadn’t gotten any further than his mid-thigh. Ariel bit down on his bottom lip, preventing himself from retaliating. He put his wand on the table and lifted his trouser leg again. He touched the raised skin and nothing happened. They weren’t irritable but they were ugly. Ariel sighed and dropped the material back down. Stupid dog.

As hypocritical as he was, he wasn’t stupid enough to cross a werewolf whose dog had a temper as bad as his. Ariel shook his head and leaned forward in his seat. He dropped his arms so they were either side of the text book and he fingered his wand which lay beside it. Ariel decided that perhaps it would be a good idea to retaliate and sent a simple transfiguration spell which would change the nature of puppy’s features. She was going to get a pig’s tail and some pigs ears. She’d look lovely, perfect for the male pigs.

Gabrielle nodded to Brienne "That would be correct Miss Ravenquist. So what was the point of reminding you of those spells? These two spells were just something we would need today. Today we will learn about the bubble-head charm. Someone might be able to tell me what does it do, what's the incantation?" she asked flipping her wand to make barrels appear around the classroom again. Today's class was something they would require for their NEWT exams so she waited.

Brienne didn't notice as the pig spell hit her. Instead, she was too preoccupied with what the teacher was saying. She raised her hand once more, "The bubble-head charm creates an air-bubble around a person's head to prevent them from drowning in water. Just in case they need to dive or something. It may also protect against falling objects such as stalactites from over the water formations". Brienne was a wealth of information in this class, it was a definite favorite of hers. She smiled softly. She noted a strange feeling in her ears and went to scratch them. Somehow, they were...floppy. She pulled one down easily to take a look, and was greeted by a pig's ear. She looked back at Ariel, that's who did it. She knew it. However, she didn't let it bother her, instead she showed no sign of being mad or concerned. That was the inverse of what she was actually feeling but that was about it.

"Precisely Brienne that is 5 points for Rawenclaw. Yes last class was just a little entrance to this. This is a new spell you are learning so i don't expect you all to successed from the first try. But like i said try again and again and once it will work. First i want you to try using your voice." Gabrielle said satisfied with the answer once again. "So you will create water in your barrels again like on the last class using non-verbal spells. Obviously you won't freeze it or at least i hope you don't want to put your head in ice because i would have to call my friend Robert Lupin to heal you. After you make sure there's water in your barrel you will use the bubble-head charm verbally. Anless in water the bubble is green so i would advise you to stay close to your barrel anless you want to break something. If any questions ask if not you may start." she explained hopefully detailed enough. What she was asking was not that hard.

Class had begun after a few of the stragglers arrived, and Amelia put her book back in her bag when the professor called the class to attention. Although the lesson had begun, it seemed that the Ariel’s words toward Brienne had caused a spat that wasn’t ending just because the professor was speaking. Amelia didn’t see the original jinx, but she did notice when Ariel began fidgeting in his desk, reaching down and itching the lower part of his leg. Although Amelia would have regarded this merely as restlessness, it seemed Ariel was more aware of the situation than Amelia, because he looked menacingly at Brienne and, out of view of the professor but not of Amelia, the Slytherin boy flicked his wand and Brienne found herself with a new set of features, these more befitting of a farm creature than a wolf.

Brienne seemed unaware of her transformation, which was likely why she volunteered yet another answer to the professor. She was always so over-eager to supply the answers, so although Amelia knew them, she wasn’t going to take away Brienne’s spotlight. The other Ravenclaw girl seemed to want the attention, and Amelia had no desire for it. The brunette Ravenclaw figured out her transfiguration a few seconds later, however, but instead of reacting hotly, as Amelia likely would have, Brienne merely shrugged off the spell and ignored Ariel.

Rather mature of her… Amelia thought to herself while simultaneously following along with what the professor was saying. It seemed the subject of today’s class would be the bubblehead charm, which Amelia thought was rather rudimentary for N.E.W.T. levels, especially if they were going to be performing it verbally, but she made no attempt to voice these feelings aloud. Instead, when the class was given free reign to complete the task of the day, Amelia stood up from her desk and, moving away from Ariel, approached her currently-empty barrel.

With a flick of her wand, the barrel in front of her was shortly filled with clear, colorless water. At this point, Amelia ceased the aguamenti charm and took a few deep breaths, careful this time not to look into the water lest she get caught in the same introspection she had felt last time.

Raising her wand, Amelia said the words to cast the bubble-head charm, loudly enough that only she could hear them, but enough to produce the desired effect. Almost immediately, Amelia felt the air around her head pushing against her facial features, and a clear sheen somewhat like a window had been placed between herself and everything around her. Both of these were clear signs that the charm had worked, but Amelia found her hands reaching up to touch the solid sphere anyway, if only to reassure herself that it was correct.

There was really only one way to know for sure, though, that she had performed the charm exactly, and thus Amelia turned slowly toward the barrel once more. She was not overly fond of the idea of having to put her head into the barrel, but as it was part of an academic task, Amelia couldn’t exactly put up a fight about it. Instead, she planted her feet firmly and leaned forward toward the barrel, closing her eyes as the bubble around her head submerged itself underwater, though her skin and hair stayed thankfully dry.

Brienne took a look at the barrel before her. This required a whole lot of concentration that she probably didn't have. Or did she? She probably did but it'd require her undivided attention to harness. Undivided attention in and of itself may not be possible. She sighed softly, then tapped the barrel while she thought of the Aguamenti charm. The barrel started filling with water. It rushed in so much so that it only took a couple minutes to get halfway. She stopped the charm after a couple more minutes just before the barrel would overflow to make sure that there was enough there that she could submerge but not enough to spill out due to displacement. She did her best to nonverbally cast the bubble-head charm. Even though it probably wasn't necessary to do it non-verbally, she did so anyway.

Alright, the next task. She felt the bubble around her head. Everything looked a tad-bit distorted from the bubble. The sheer shape of it doing that. She stuck her head within the cold, freezing water. The coldness was a bit much to bare, but was something that was necessary. Her head, surprisingly, was dry. Dry and safe, while her neck that was uncovered suffered the full coldness of the water.

Ash moved to her barrel and pulled out her wand. The non verbal spells seemed to take a good bit of concentration from her. Of course up until she had found out what she had been learning she really hadn't tried non verbal spells before so she really had to concentrate her hardest to make sure she could do it. She tapped the barrel shakily at first concentrating and found it came easier this time than it did the time before, although perhaps filling up a bit slower. She stopped when it there was enough water to attempt what the professor wanted but not full enough to over flow. That would have been the greatest thing in the world.

She then began to concentrate on performing the bubble head charm. That came rather easily although she had said the spell quietly and all too seriously for her. The bubble wrapped around her head and then again it didn't completely cover her long hair, as she stuck her head in the water. She hated being in enclosed spaces and the bubble and the barrel just made it terribly uncomfortable for her although she did remain dry. She closed her eyes in thought, Alright you can do this, the worst that can happen is you will get wet. she thought to herself .