“Dear Janet,
Happy Halloween! This is one of the biggest celebrations in
Hogwarts. There will be a Halloween Feast to enjoy later; I’ve always looked
forward to those during my Hogwarts days.
Everything back home is great. Tell you some good news, we saw
Anna the other day and she asked about you so I think she has forgiven you for
not going to Queen Anne’s. We shall go visit her when you’re back for Christmas, I
am sure the both of you are still best friends.
P.S: Have you checked your mom’s
notebook about the spell that could the change the colour of clothes? The spell
is multicorfors but I remember your mom could mix 2 colours at once but I don’t
remember how she does it. Check your mom’s notebook, she have some really good
guides for your reference.
Love
Mom and Dad”
Janet put her letter down on her bed and
reached for her trunk, she could not believe that she actually forgot about her
mother’s notebook. The notebook that she has been flipping enthusiastically
before she started in Hogwarts was kept untouched in the side compartment
of her trunk since she started school. She pulled out the notebook and flipped through the pages filled
with her mother’s neat handwriting. The notes now made more sense to her after 2
months of classes. Janet browse through lists of spells, her eyes lingered at
the word “Adlevo”, the featherweight charm that will reduce the weight of an object. She glanced
at the stack of textbooks beside her bed, carrying those around to class has
always been tiring. Plus, those books are not feather weight. She picks up her “The
Standard Book of Spells Grade 1” on top of the stack, weighs it on her hand and
points her wand at it, “Adlevo,” she whispered. Instantly, she felt the weight
of the book and reducing from its initial weight until it weighs the same as
her pillow. Feeling excited, Janet leaves the book on her bedside cabinet, picks
up the rest of her textbooks and practices the spell on them.
“What are you doing?” Lisa pokes her head
over towards Janet’s four posters.
“I am testing out this new charm,” Janet
points to the pile of textbooks scattered on her bed.
“Ooh, what charm is that?” Lisa asked
excitedly.
“It reduces the weight of an object. I am
testing it on my books to make them lighter so that they will be easier to
carry around,” Janet explained enthusiastically. It was her first time trying a
spell that was not taught by the teachers. “Do you want to try? You can make
your books lighter too!”
“I think I will try it after class. We are
having Transfiguration at 9 o’clock, you’d better get ready,” Lisa replied
while packing her with her books and quills.
“Well, after I made everything light
enough, I could just bring everything around without having to pack and unpack
before classes,” Janet said while tossing all her books into her bag.
“I wouldn’t have done that if I were you. Don’t
you reckon that the weight of books gives you assurance?” Lisa advised. “Are
you ready?”
“Yes, I have everything in the bag.” Janet
answered proudly.
In the Transfiguration classroom, Lisa and
Janet settled down on their desk. Lisa took out her Standard Book of Spells
Grade 1 and Janet opened her bag to follow suite, only to realise that her book
was not in her bag!
“Oh no!” Janet flips her books around in
her bag trying to locate her Standard Book of Spells Grade 1.
“What?” Lisa asked without looking up, she
was reading about the Levitation Spell they had learnt during Charms yesterday.
“I think I left my book in the dormitory,”
Janet moaned helplessly.
“I thought you packed all your books into
your bag?” Lisa asked, remembering that Janet was stuffing all her books into
her bag before they came to class.
“I know, but it’s not here,” Janet poured
out all her books to check if she missed it when they were in her bag.
“I told you it wasn’t a good idea to change
the weight of all your books. You will not realise if you don’t have them,”
Lisa said in an I-told-you-so tone.
A vision of a Standard Book of Spells Grade
1 lying on her bedside cabinet appeared in Janet’s mind, “Oh no, I left it on
my bedside cabinet. I need to go back and get it. Professor McGonagall does not
like it if we come to class unprepared, what more without the textbook?”
“But class is starting soon, if you were to
go now, you will not be able to make it in time. You will be late for class.”
Lisa reminded Janet.
“I will try to run as fast as I can,” Janet
rushes out of the classroom.
“What’s the matter?” Su asked from behind
Lisa.
“She forgot her book and went back to get
it,” Lisa explained.
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