Prodigal Charms Learner

Spell ~ Wind Charm [Ventus]
Incarnation ~ VEN-tuss
Wand Movement ~ Twirl
Date ~ September 30th, 2020
Time ~ 12:00
Word Count ~ 602

From all the extra time Henry was spending in the charms classroom it was no wonder that was becoming his favorite class as the last day of September he found himself on the path to the charms classroom but not to catch up on homework or practice a second year charm, he was headed there to learn a third year charm; specially Ventus which is the wind charm. Henry has always admired how many ususes the charm can have, from everyday use like drying something or someone off to dueling uses which was definitely in Henry's opinion way cooler but the reason why he's learning the charm is because Henry found himself in a situation with an girl who fell into the black lake and not knowing the spell but of the spell made him feel extremely useless in the situation so Henry was determined to learn it so next time he could help.

Entering the charms classroom, the second test couldn't help but to close his eyes for a minute or two and take a deep breath as he let his nostrils fill with the smell of parchment and ink. When Henry opened his eyes he was a bit too happy to find himself completely alone in the classroom before he walked to the closet desk and laid his messager type bag on it. Henry then took out his charms book, well more technically it was his older brother's old third year textbook that Henry had to learn from which explained why the spine was battered and the cover was stained along with the pages but they were still readable so Henry didn't care as he turned to the page that mentioned the wind charm.

Henry traced his finger along the line that states the wind charm or ventus as he spoke to himself " VEN-tuss," he thought he pronounced it correctly but figured he should say it again so he spoke again " VEN-tuss," Henry then pronounced it a few more times before reading the latin and greek root of the word and charm. When he was finished he took his wand out from his faded greenish jacket and held it out before tracing it in the incantation proper moment which was a spiral, Henry smiled to himself as he traced his wand in the moment of a spiral again. He got the pronunciation and moment down but would he able to cast it, Henry looked at his opened bag filled with papers and books so he decided to close it before he attempted the spell.

Henry then taking a few steps away from his stuff so he stood in the middle of the room, held his wand out and traced it in a spiral movement as he spoke " VEN-tuss," which produced a stream of wind to come from his wand which allowed Henry to smiled. When the wind stopped or when he rather lost focus of the spell, Henry pointed his wand in front of him rather again as he traced his wand in a spiral movement and said " VEN-tuss," which again caused wind to eject from his wand but this time his wand seemed to be directed at a desk covered with papers and so the wind he created blew the papers everyone around the room.

Henry lowered his wand and gulped a bit as he figured he should clean up before stuffing his wand back in his jacket and beginning to clean the mess but was also thrilled that he cast the spell, that last time he need to help he will be able to.

Status: Approved. I do wonder why it is my classroom that is always damaged in the process of these spell practices.

Singing Jinx - Cantis

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Spell: Singing Jinx
Incarnation: Cantis
Wand Movement: move your wand in a
Word Count: 604

Henry felt like he's been spending to much time in the charms classroom. It was definitely becoming his favorite room besides from the library and also maybe besides from the library Henry could be found there all the time now learning advanced spells. That day was no different as the twelve year old stepped inside the classroom and almost breath a sigh of relief as no matter what was going on in his life or what was on his mind whenever he stepped into the charms classroom everything felt perfect or peaceful at least for the few movements he was there learning an charm.

That day was at a first glance like any other day but to Henry that day was special, he recently made the slytherin dueling team and was now a dueler at Hogwarts for slytherin. So the pressure to learn new spells and charms was on for the twelve year old geek especially since what he lacked in strength he had to make up for in intelligence if he wished to keep up with his fellow duelers and help lead slytherin to glory in dueling by winning the dueling cup. Henry never shown house pride before but now being on the dueling team and being a part of something, he wanted to do as much as he can to contribute to the success of the slytherin dueling team so what better way then for the miniature know it all to do then learn some new charms that can be used for dueling.

The charm he's learning is the singing jinx or Cantis which not only had it's benefits in dueling but was also special to the twelve year old slytherin. For the jinx was one of the first that his older brother taught him back and once he turned 17, it was the first he casted on their father to show Henry a example. Henry has loved it ever since his brother casted the charm when he younger and made a promise with his brother that he will learn it before his third year which is what he's doing.

Henry took his wand out from his messager type bag before putting his bag on a empty desk and taking out his brother's old third year charm book, as he flipped to the page that the singing jinx was one. He read the summary of the jinx before saying the incarnation out loud, " Cantis," Henry wasn't sure if he said it correctly so he said it again " Cantis," thinking he got it, Henry the moved on to the wand movement as he held his wand up and traced it in the shape of a musical note while keeping it pointed at his made up target. Henry smiled before tracing his wand again in the shape of a music note while keeping it pointing in front of him.

After a few more times, Henry was pretty confident that he got it as he held his wand up and spoke " Cantis," while tracing his wand in the shape of a music note. Henry wasn't quite sure if it did anything and with no one else there, he decided to cast it on himself as he pointed his wand at himself and spoke " Cantis," while tracing his wand in the movement of a music note and before he knew it, the twelve year old started to sing. It lasted for quite a while which made Henry glad that no one was there to witnessed it but when he finished, Henry just smiled that he was able to cast it.

Status:

Lumos Maximum/Lumos duo

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Incarnation: Lumos Maximum
Wand Movement: Flick your wand forward, pull it back to you slightly then flick it forward again
Spell: Lumos duo
Incarnation: Lumos
Wand Movement: quick horizontal slash then point your wand forward
Word Count: 783

Another day of dwelling on his hidden family and life in classes past by and Henry once again found himself in the charms classroom, he started not only feel like that was where he belonged but also that was the classroom where he could be himself and not need to worry about anyone judging him or bullying him which made more sense why the anxious and worried twelve year old was found there on most day's off or after class.

Henry just stepped into the charms classroom when he took a breath of relief as he stood at the entrance of the classroom and close his eyes for a moment before reopening then and finding all his worries disappear at least for the time he would spend in the classroom practicing charms. Henry walked to the closet desk as he took his messager type bag off his shoulder and place it on the desk before taking out his older brother's old third year textbook. That day was different since he would be learning two charms that day, Henry remembered the owl from Professor Vernatis about how he had to learn both Lumos duo and Lumos Maximum together not that it would be a problem since he already spent more than enough time in the charms classroom.

Henry decided to start with Lumos duo as he flipped to the correct page and read about the spell before reading the latin terminology, Henry was definitely a odd boy since he enjoyed reading and learning about both Latin and Greek roots and meanings. Henry then spoke very loudly " Lumos," not sure if he said it correctly he decided to say it again as he spoke loudly " Lumos," alright not that bad not Henry took his wand out from a pocket on the inside of his robes to practice the wand movement. Henry pointed his wand in front of him as he then made a quick horizontal slash in the air then pointing it forward. Smiling at the movement, Henry decided to practice it again as he made another quick horizontal slash in the air before pointing it forward. Believing he did both the movement and pronunciation correctly, Henry spoke " Lumos," while making a quick horizontal slash in the air then pointing it forward. A glow of light was then produced from his wand which allowed the boy to feel accomplished that he actually did the spell.

Henry then watched the light from his wand go out as he lost focus before turning a page in his older brother's textbook to now learn Lumos Maximum.
Henry placed his wand on the table as he read a few facts and the Latin terminology of the charm before saying very loudly " Lumos Maximum," Henry listened to his pronunciation of the spell but decided to say it again as he spoke loudly " Lumos Maximum," after saying the charm a few more times, Henry then picked up his wand to practice the wand movement for lumos maximum. Henry held his wand in front of him as he flick his wand forward before bringing it back slightly to himself and flicking it forward again. That had to be the most complicated wand movement that Henry did it yet but no worries he was determined to get this spell as he practice the movement again; Henry held his wand in front of him then flick it forward before bringing it back slightly and flicking it forward again.

Henry thought he got both the incarnation and wand movement down separately so he held his wand at and flick his wand forward then bought it back slightly and flick his wand forward again while he spoke " Lumos Maximum," which created a small glow of light from his wand before going out. Determine to get the charm, Henry held his wand in front of him as he again flick it forward then bought it back slightly and flick his wand forward again as he spoke " Lumos Maximum," and again a small light appeared at the tip of his wand before going out. A bit frustrated and more determined than ever, Henry held his wand in front of him as he flick it forward then pull it back to himself slightly before flicking it forward again while shouting " Lumos Maximum!" His wand then produced a large light that grew to fill the whole room and almost blinded him as he squinted at the light a bit before it went away. Henry smiled at his accomplishments and now couldn't wait to use that spell either in his common room or in his next duel as he begun to pack up.

Status:

It felt like it had been ages since Ross had learned a new spell; however, it'd only been a couple months since Summer had arrived and left him. Re-entering the Charms room with Knox's charm notes in hand was an almost nostalgic experience. The room was practically empty, as he had expected. He always made sure to do his new spells on the warm weekends during lunch for the sake of his own sanity. His growling stomach was a large motivator for him at all times, after all. Besides, too many people and too many loud noises could get... overwhelming, for him. He had trouble focusing on just one person. Too many could be emotionally exhausting.

Originally, he was not exactly sure what spell to learn first; however, as soon as he read of the bandaging spell in the book only one thing had entered his mind.

He wanted to be a mummy

Sure, it was a healing spell. Sure it was supposed to be a 'tight bandage' in order to keep people in place. He could absolutely have a bit of fun with it if he wanted to, right? Charms could be fun too, though he supposed it was a careful experience. One miss of a flick and everything could go horribly array- or nothing could happen. It was truly up to the pronunciation he supposed. It'd be rather inconvenient if there was a spell with the same pronunciation with just a slightly different wand movement. He supposed he would likely not be quite as interested as he was in charms if that was the case. Besides, mummies were fascinating. They always showed up in detective novels. If he could be an alive mummy, he could only imagine how ready he would be for winter.

He set down Knox's book on the ground and leaned down. He flipped to the third year notes page. The first one written was Ferula, making it rather convenient for him. He skimmed the page, attempting to decode the exact information he needed. Knox tended to be blunt, yet coat his words with fancy sayings that Ross could hardly figure out at times. The etymology was all fine and dandy to read, but it truly was not his cup of tea. In fact, he would stick to just blunt, regular coffee if he could help it. He had considered rewriting parts of Knox's book on multiple occasions. As soon as he felt he registered the majority of the information, a smile crossed his lips. Mummification, here he came!

He took his wand out of his pocket before he sat down on the ground next to the book, putting his left leg forward- It would be easier to become a mummy if both of his hands were free after all.

With a deep breath, he managed to get out "FURR-OO-LA!" he shouted, tapping his leg with his wand.

Nothing happened, of course. With how loud he shouted, he was rather grateful that he had chosen a time when the room was practically empty. He nearly congratulated himself on escaping an uncomfortable memory that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

He looked back at the book in order to check what he did wrong. He skimmed the page, only to find himself facepalming at his own forgetfulness.

"fer-ROOL-lah, not FURR-OO-LA! What was I thinkin'?" he mumbled to himself, but he still found himself laughing at his mistake.

He had difficulty beating himself up over charms. On page two it quite literally informed him that it was the work ethic that counted, though he supposed it was likely meant to remind Knox to not lose motivation. As he regained his seriousness and motivation, he directed his attention back to his leg.

"fer-ROOL-lah" he stated, sounding far more concentrated and calm than in his prior attempt.

He gently tapped his leg with old reliable- his wand of course, and suddenly felt the tight bindings of bandages tie tightly around his leg. If it had been around his stomach, he could have sworn he would not have ever been able to breathe again. Now, the only question to test out now was one thing: Could he walk?

As he attempted to push himself up, he found himself falling right back down onto his butt. Perhaps limited movement and tight pressure in the lower leg really was something that Ross would need a moment to adjust to for a bit. Now there were only two options- figure out how to get off the bandages or figure out how to walk. Ross was certain both would take quite a bit of time.

Third Year Spell - Ventus
Incantation -VEN-tuss
Wand Movement - Twirl Wand
Word Count - 643

Despite his miserable attempt to become a mummy the day prior (he truly wished scissors were more common within the wizarding world), he was back and ready for more. He had been so ready and excited to get back into doing spells, he had practically read Knox's book every day back at home. Ventus was one of the spells he felt were likely meant for combat, but while Ross aspired to be a good detective he was not much of combat's biggest fan. It just seemed too dangerous. Ross loved mysteries- hated danger. He felt the best mysteries were when it was entirely within the rules to solve the mystery and look into the mystery. Sure that did not leave many options, but it did force one to search outside of the box. One of Ross' best options were people. They were mysteries in a human vessel in general! Communicating with them was an entirely new story.

So Ross had tossed and turned at night in order to figure out what else Ventus could possibly be used for. His first consideration was flying, but then it hit him he would likely either be found naked or with brain damage if enough wind was used in order to fly. The next thought was to perhaps use it for party tricks, but then he realized that wind was not exactly the most controllable source. It had taken him ages to consider what to do, until it dawned upon him. He was a GENIUS.

Hot Summer Days were the bane of his existence, but he could absolutely defeat them now. Ventus was just a portable fan with extra steps!

He walked to a far corner of the room, flipping to the second page of the third year chapter. It was Ventus, of course. He had read it many times the night prior, as he knew he had to have this memorized. After all, he was not about to put the crusty old book in danger. He would be devastated if he accidentally blew the crinkled pages out of the book. Then he would be forced to rewrite it, and while he frequently considered doing so he had absolutely decided that was not exactly what he wanted to do with the rest of his Sunday evening.

"VEN-tuss, VEN-tuss, VEN-tuss..." he repeated to himself, though at this point it would be practically impossible to forget for him.

Certain he had it down, he gently put the book on the ground. He patted it gently, as if it was some form of cat of sorts.

"I'll be right back for ya, okay? he reassured the book.

Walking to the opposite side of the room, he took a deep breath and pointed his wand directly at his face. He closed his eyes in concentration.

"VEN-tuss. he stated firmly.

He twirled his wand, and suddenly a large gust of wind came flying out of the wand at his face. If his eyes had not been closed prior, they certainly were now. His hair went flying, glasses pressed against his face. He could swear the wind ironically nearly got knocked out of himself. He had practically been sent into fight or flight due to how much wind there was. He dropped the wand out of shock at how intense the force had been. Luckily for him, the wand stopped blowing the wind as soon as he had dropped it.

He put his hands on his knees as what had just happened caught up to him. His breaths were unsteady for a solid minute until he was able to get them back into regular motion. Deep breaths, deep breaths.

Perhaps he would let the combat kids keep the wind spell, and he could just consistently recast the snowflake spell whenever he got too hot.

Third Year Spell - Summoning Charm
Incantation - AH-kee-oh
Wand Movement - Frown
Word Count - 517

Ross had been stuck on the summoning charm for what had felt like ages. He had practiced it time and time again within his dorm, yet he could never seem to get it. There was something about it that just made it increasingly difficult despite the fact it was a rather simple spell. Sure he was a second year- there was no need to be worrying about a third year spell yet; however, it just felt so frustrating being incapable of figuring out how to accomplish it. It would make being a lazy person far easier if he could only figure out what he was doing wrong.

Determined to solve this problem of his once and for all, he had set apart an entire day to figure out how to do the summoning charm. Ross was never an organized person; however, he would prefer to get through the book he had found in order of the pages that he needed to. It would make it far easier for him to figure out what and what not he had completed due to the fact he had the memory of a goldfish.

Letting out a sigh, he gently removed the ring from his finger and placed it on a table. He walked to the opposite side of the room as the thoughts of the uncomfortable cycle that would be possibly walking back and fourth to check if his incantation had succeeded flooded his mind.

He gently put the book he used as reference on the ground and flipped to the page once more. He had practiced the incantation and the wand movement multiple times on his own, yet he could never seem to get it.

"AH-kee-oh, AH-kee-oh, AH-kee-oh" he mumbled to himself as he 'read' the book, though he truly was only going off of memory.

He closed the book and pointed his wand at the ring on the table, though he could hardly see it. He attempted to picture it in his mind. It was silver and round, making it a wonderful conductor when it warm or cold. It truly could be a nuisance due to it, as it only got colder when he wanted it to be warmer. It was rather small considering he could not see it and it fit well around his finger. It had a sheep head at the top of the ring.

Carefully, he drew the frown of a face in the air with his wand as he had practiced all those times prior.

"AH-kee-oh!" he shouted, clenching his eyes shut so he could concentrate on how the ring would feel in his hand.

He opened one eye as he felt nothing, until he realized that the ring was hurdling at him. He let out a squeak as he went to duck, but he was too late. The ring bounced against his left hand with a tiny bonk.

It worked
It had worked
A grin crossed his face as it dawned upon him he would not have to spend the rest of the day trapped in the classroom like he had planned.

Third Year Spell - Banishing Charm
Incantation - de-PUHL-so
Wand Movement - sweep of wand
Word Count - 456

With a sudden, large amount of time on his hands Ross knelt down to pick up his book and ring. He put the ring back on his finger and adjusted his hands so he could look at the book. With so many free moments, he supposed he should not waste a second of them. He flipped to the next page.

The Banishing Charm

Ross' eyes lit up. He had seen it while flipping through the book prior; however, he had never quite looked into it. perhaps he would be banishing demons, which could certainly be an interesting experience. On the other hand, he was not quite sure if demons were real. To put the cherry on top of that, he was not exactly sure if he would like to meet a demon. In fact, that seemed like it was possibly the last thing on his agenda. Still, he supposed he needed to protect himself.

As he skimmed the page, it became increasingly clear it was not about demons and instead about being practically the opposite of the summoning charm. He supposed he should have known due to the name, but it would have been nice to do something a bit more along the lines of defense of the dark arts. Once he finished, he came out realizing three things.

First of all, the incantation had latin roots.
Second of all, the wand movement was the sweep of a wand
Third of all, the pronunciation was de-PUHL-so, which was quite the silly pronunciation if he could say so himself.

Still, it seemed far easier than the one he had struggled to learn before. He practically had everything he needed set up for the spell itself, so there was certainly no reason to not do it. Placing the book that was nearly falling apart at his side, he could not help but wonder why 'a sweep of a wand' was so vague. Would any sweep of a wand do it? It seemed like a rather odd spell to begin with, but the book claimed it was rather old for a spell. He wondered if there were birthdays for spells. He wondered how many must have gone uncelebrated. Being a spell seemed like a hard life.

Either way, he walked back to the table where he had put the ring with his original learning mission and backed up.

"de-PUHL-so!" he exclaimed with a sweep of his wand, his ring going flying and crashing against the wall.

Ross rushed over to the ring as a sudden wave of regret hit him. What if it got dented? He knelt down to the ring and picked it up, only to find there was not a single dent. he sighed with relief.

Status: Approved for Accio and Depulso!