I lay sprawled on my bed during a bright afternoon in May, staring at the ceiling above me. Blowing an auburn curl out of my face, I raised my wand.

"Passercre." I whispered, and suddenly, there was a sparrow flying around the dormitory. Smiling, I decided to experiment a little and pointed my wand at the sparrow, which had settled on a bedpost.

"Accendi."

Yes, now there was a glowing sparrow flying around the dormitory. Wow! Immediately, I snatched up a piece of parchment and jotted down, 'Accendi- glowing. Non-living or living objects.'

I already had a long list of spells on the parchment, and kept adding more every hour.

Now what would happen if I just tweaked the spell a little…

This time I focused on my bed curtains that had always annoyed me, clashing horribly with my hair.

"Accendo."

The curtains burst into flames. Yelping, I jumped up and put out the inferno before it could harm my bed. I didn't care about the curtains; it was better to me if they burned, I'd like to keep my bed though.

As I beheld the charred remains of my curtains, I considered tearing them down but then thinking,

'You know, they kind of look better this way.'