After the first few days time passed quickly and soon it was Halloween, the feast was going to be extra special tonight and everyone was excited. It was now lunch and after that we had charms with Professor Flitwick, I liked the short charms professor and respected him so charms was usually enjoyable.
'What are we doing in charms today?' Harry asked, I shrugged.
'Dunno.' I replied.
'The levitation charm, remember? We've been practicing the movement for weeks.' Hermione reminded us.
'Yeah guys, even I remembered that.' Ron said between mouthfuls of pasta.
'That's a first.' I winked at Hermione.
'Hey!' Ron replied defensively.
'We should probably get going, we don't want to be late.' Hermione led Harry and me out of the hall, without waiting for Ron to follow us. We arrived at the classroom early before many of the other students were there and soon Ron joined us.
'Great we're early, so tell me why I couldn't have stayed to finish me food?' He asked annoyed.
'You could have, we didn't force you to come Ronald.' Hermione stated flatly.
It wasn't long ,however, before the rest of the class showed up and Professor Flitwick invited us into the classroom. We took our seats and Professor Flitwick stood on a large pile of books so that he had a good view of everyone, then the lesson began.
'Hello everyone, I hope you've all been practicing the nice wrist movement I taught you because today we are going to have a go at casting the levitating charm or the charm to make things fly. Now have you all got your feathers?' We all nodded looking at the large white feather on the desk in front of us. 'Good, so the incantation for this charm is wingardium leviosa. So let's practice that movement before we say it, everyone grab your wand and it's swish and flick your wrist.' We all did it with him, the action was quiet easy to do. 'Now you may try to make your feathers fly.' He said. 'The first person to do it earns their house ten points.'
I waved my wand over the feather, determined to earn back more of the points I had lost on the first day, so far I had only earned five from Professor McGonagall in transfiguration.
'Wingardium leviosa.' I said, but nothing happened so I tried again. By the third time I was starting to get distracted especially when I saw Ron start waving his wand up and down like he was killing a persistent bug. Hermione put her arm in front of him to stop it and reprimanded him.
'Stop, stop. You're going to take someone's eye out and besides you're saying it wrong it's leviOsa not leviosA.'
'Fine if you're so smart let's see you do it. Go on.' He demanded. Hermione took a deep breath to calm herself then waved her wand over the feather in the way way we were taught and said:
'Wingardium leviosa.' And the feather lifted off the table and gently floated toward the ceiling going wherever Hermione's wand directed it. I copied the incantation with emphasis on the "o" instead of the "a" and soon my feather joined hers high above our heads.
'Miss Granger's done it and with Miss Partridge a close second so I award Gryffindor house twenty points.' Professor Flitwick smiled happily.
'Yes!' Hermione and I hi-fived each other, grinning madly. I had now earned fifteen house points, just five more to go. When the lesson ended Hermione stayed behind for a few seconds to ask Professor Flitwick something and suggested that we go on ahead and she would catch up. As we walked across the courtyard Ron started complaining and mocking Hermione.
'It's leviOsa, not leviosAA!' He quoted in a stupid voice. 'She's a nightmare, honestly! No wonder she hasn't got any friends!' Then Hermione shoved past him and speed walked ahead.
'I think she heard you.' Harry said quietly. I was walking just behind the two boys so I bolted forward knocking Harry out of the way and Ronald to the ground.
'What was that for?' Ron asked confused.
'Ignorant slug.' I spat and ran to find Hermione.