Chapter 9
"Now, there is no need to feel nervous" tiny, little professor Flitwick told them from the stack of books that he was standing on, "Charms are really, rather simple. Today we are going to do a rather simple charm called 'Wingardium Leviosa', now, who can take a guess at what this spell does?" Three hands shot straight into the air. Those hands belonged to Armand, Daniel and Harry.
"Yes, Mr... Thorn?"
"It causes an item to levitate; it's derived from the word Levio, which means to levitate" (Side note: I just made that up so Harry would sound smart like Hermione)
"Excellent, 10 points to Gryffindor!" The other Gryffindors were all quite happy about that
"Would you happen to know how to move your wand in the right movement and, if you can, try performing the spell?"
Harry readied his wand, took a deep breath and said, while using the movement of swish and flick that his grandmother had taught him, "Wingardium Leviosa!" and then his book floated into the air while the other Gryffindors, along with quite a few Hufflepuffs, including Armand and Cedric, applauded.
"Well Done! 20 points to Gryffindor! Now everyone else try" in the end, they all, including Tom after a bit of help from Harry and Lilly, got the charm rather easily.
"Thank god, lunch!" Angel said as he plunked down into his seat in the great hall.
"Tough time, eh?" Tempest asked as she sat across from him and started putting stuff on her plate and Harry's, reminding him of his grandmother
"Err, yes, I'm afraid that I'm not all that good with either potions or Charms, I believe that I will be more of a Runes, Astronomy or History of magic type person" He said while looking suave once again and blocking the hateful thoughts towards Lupin and Black.
"Well, I'm more of a transfigurations gal myself. But it's nice to know that whenever I have a problem with any of that, there will be someone else that I can ask besides Louis"
"Whenever you have a problem, don't even bother hesitating to ask me!" he said rather enthusiastically, ecstatic that he would have a reason to talk to her
"Well, it would appear that you will be able to show us your skills in transfiguration after lunch, we have it with the Ravenclaws" Lilly told them as she ate and she noticed that Tempest, Spike and Angel all looked rather happy about that and she had a feeling that with Tempest, it was more that simply being in the subject that she planned to major in.
"Okay, her I kind of understand, but why are you two so happy?" Harry asked, a little befuddled
"Well, our brother, Lestat, Fred, and George (the last two are twins) are all in Ravenclaw!" Spike explained "and we better warn you now, all three of them are pranksters"
"It sounds like they will be right up your street, James" Lilly said with a bit of venom, she really hated that streak in James
"Don't worry, they are all rather nice, and if they decide that you're worthy to at least be an ally, they will protect you in case anybody ever picks on you" Angel said, his eyes never leaving Tempest
"They sound like good friends, I can't wait to meet them" Tempest said
"I'm sure they will be happy to meet you, who wouldn't?" he spoke again with a charming smile 'This should be fun' Harry thought to himself as he started eating his lunch.
