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It was the warmest day of the year they'd had so far, and a lot of the students were heading outside to the grounds and lake for some much needed sunlight. Atticus had got up early and woke up his dorm mates, asking them if they wanted to go fishing. He'd managed to find an old fishing rod from the muggle studies classroom and had been reading up on the practice, now raring to go while it was still early.

After a lack of response, he'd gone to the lake by himself. Later on, after being completely unsuccessful in catching anything, he was sat by the lake flicking through a fishing book. He'd been joined by Wade who was practicing his swinging technique, and had dug up some worms in the vegetable patches. Then Lien had come along and sat by him, reading a book of his own: for once it seemed to be a fiction book, and nothing to do with studying for the exams.

"You should know the most about this Wade, you've got muggle parents. Don't they go fishing?"

"Meteolojinx is the incantation, so it's quite simple to remember."

As the small, steady shower continued, Thius gazed at her profile desiring to feel how soft her face was for himself. His cheeks reddened as his eyes went further down. He needed to keep his composure and remain professional for the moment...

"Why don't you give it a try?"

@Bellona Lestrange

"Would you like some tea? I can make you a cup in my office and bring it down to you."

She looked towards Lien.

"Would you also like a cup of tea?"

@Atticus Nott

"If there was, I'd just punch it in the face."

He laughed and cuddled her to him, resting his chin on her arm.

"Yeah, I reckon. There's man eatin' everythin' down under. That's why everyone lives up 'ere. Only weirdos live down there."

@Marilyn Grayson

"You'd punch one for me?!"

Marilyn swooned in excitement. "Would you use your beaters bat against those man eating creatures?!"

Wade was her knight in shining armor! Just like in her girlish daydreams!

@Wade MacKenna

"Oh," she said, flushing, "I thought that was just the name of the spell! What a strange incantation."

So much for being the first in class...

Nodding to him, she stood and angled her shoulders as Ptolemy had instructed her to. Line down your back, she recalled, and smiled slightly. But not chest out, like a quidditch player. "So it was up... down, flick? Up..."

She was just trying the wand movement to start off with.

@Melanthius Burke

"Yeah..."

He pushed some hair back from her face, and his features actually softened slightly as he considered her's.

"What's that that smells proper nice?" he asked, in a great display of spoken word as usual. He sniffed around her neck playfully.

@Marilyn Grayson

There was something about Mrs Granger and suddenly gushing out all your worries, anxieties and frustration. She was very good at her job, but she was also the sort of Mother figure he'd probably needed growing up.

"Are you sure...?" he asked, blinking hard to get rid of the water in his eyes.

@Hermione Granger

"I'd like that, thank-you," he replied to her, smiling.

Then he glanced at Atticus and refrained from rolling his eyes. He was so sensitive sometimes.

@Hermione Granger

"It's one of those spells where it's both the name and incantation."

Some of the other meteorological spells had rather complicated incantations that it was easier to start with this one and move up.

Thius frowned slightly seeing the way she was posturing herself from Ptolemy's advice; it didn't seem entirely natural, and he worried that following that type of a stance to a T would distract her from focusing on the spells themselves.

"Actually, it's more like this..." He went towards her wand arm and lightly took a hold of her wrist to demonstrate the movement more gracefully.

@Bellona Lestrange

He'd punch a shark for her?! Oh wow, she felt like the luckiest girl at Hogwarts right now! Marilyn was giggling away just thinking about it.

"It's the Peony Princess body spray from Madam Primpernelle's!"

@Wade MacKenna

She nodded, smiling at Atticus warmly. "Which kind would you boys like? I have herbal, green, black, and Earl Grey."

@Atticus Nott @Lien Chang

She felt the familiar sensation emanating from her palms and trickling down her wrist where his hand made contact. Although it was gentle and he wasn't tugging her about like a rag doll or anything, shards of ice were crackling between his fingers by the time the demonstration was over.

"Sorry."

She blushed, moving her arm away so that he wouldn't have to endure it for any longer.

"I just wasn't expecting you to do that. Anyway..." She followed his demonstration for a while, looking to him to confirm it was okay, then tried it a few times with the incantation under her breath. "Metelojinx!" Something was forming above the trees, but she could hardly see it. A slight shimmer about the air told her that some sort of water was coming out of it though. Not so bad for a first try, she thought.

@Melanthius Burke

"Smells good. I like it."

He brushed the tip of his nose against her neck, and settled with her there. It just felt nice, and he could feel himself calming down. Usually there was something on the inside of him that felt tightly wound up, but it was loosening: possibly to the point where he wasn't thinking about anyone or anything that annoyed him.

"I feel so fuckin' chilled out right now..."

@Marilyn Grayson

"Black--" Atticus said, just as Lien said Green. "Yuck. Black!"

Green!

"Black!"

Atticus sighed, and they both apologised to her. "Green will be fine, Mrs Granger. Thank you..."

@Hermione Granger

The sensation of the crispy, cold ice between his fingers felt satisfying; something about her ability got him excited, it was sort of odd to think about. It always ended up making some sort of appearance in his various dreams...

"I really don't mind it."

He figured the majority of people would be annoyed by it, but to him, it was comforting, gratifying. Tucking his hands behind his back, Thius' legs shook slightly as he watched Bellona get used to the spell.

"This is one of those spells where visualizing is most effective at raising the intensity. If you're going for a mist, you're doing wonderfully."

@Bellona Lestrange

Hermione chuckled at the two and exclaimed, "Green it is! I will be back in a few minutes!"

She started to head back towards the castle.

@Atticus Nott

Yay! Wade liked the scent! She was definitely wearing it to the formal then! Her cheeks were a vibrant red as her stomach fluttered in excitement.

"I'm glad those snakes went away! You should've thrown fatso's hat into the lake!"

@Wade MacKenna

"No I bloody wasn't going for a mist..." she muttered, narrowing her eyes. "I was trying to do exactly as you did."

This was actually, ironically, pretty good for her to start visualising stormy weather, as she was getting aggitated again. Gritting her teeth together, she tried once more, but nothing happened.

Closing her eyes, she tried to focus for a moment, before trying again. That time, she heard someone gasp from inside where she'd cast the spell over.

"You can cast a Weather-Modifying Charm non-verbally, Rowle?!"

Bellona giggled. Apparently they were still duelling closer by than she'd thought.

"Oops," she sang innocently.

@Melanthius Burke

"Atticus... you know that James will probably want you to live with him, don't you?" he asked, when Mrs Granger departed. Atticus looked at him, didn't say anything for a while, but then dropped down to the ground and was suddenly hugging him.

Lien uneasily patted his back. What was he like?

He nodded before cracking up at what was transpiring where his brother and Rowle were.

"Perhaps it initially looked mistier from where we are. Congratulations on catching them completely off-guard, Bellona."

Staring down at her hands, Thius began to wonder how it'd feel if they were encased in ice and feeling up and down his body.

"Let's be nice and give them a good snow shower to cool them down..."

@Bellona Lestrange

"How do I..."

Of course, she supposed he wouldn't know. This was where her powers came in. Nodding, she ran her tongue along her top lip, rubbed them together and pursed them, concentrating on the cloud. Raising her hands, she urged for the frost to climb over the tips of her fingers. Then, in a burst of pressure that almost caught her off guard, a flurry whirled from her hands up towards the cloud.

It took some time, but soon enough the sleet started - the the flakes, falling down, gently: not so much a snow storm, but at least there was some body to the flakes rather than being tiny flecks.

She looked rather impressed with herself as both Ptolemy and Hector emerged with snow-clung hair and shivering.

"What? I like snow in March."

@Melanthius Burke

Wade shrugged, still resting his head against her.

"I dunno. Maybe that blonde chick? The one who hangs 'round Alayna and that? Karen? Kareen?"

@Marilyn Grayson

His jaw slowly dropped as he watched Bellona's power transfer into the clouds; it was truly a stupendous sight to witness. "Merlin, you're absolutely marvelous..."

As Hector and Ptolemy emerged from the trees, he applauded her in a rather extravagant way. "Woo! Excellent job, Bellona, excellent!"

"How was the duel?" Thius inquired, unable to stop himself from chuckling.

@Bellona Lestrange