Apparation Lesson #2

[Irene Finch]

Irene found it unfortunate that she could not meet with the sixth years every single week to prepare them for their apparation exam, but her schedule would simply not allow it. The woman entered the castle, her heels clicking along the floor as she made her way to the Great Hall. Pushing up the sleeves of her Ministry robes, she pulled out her wand and made quick work of moving the tables along the walls. The students would need space today, though she doubted any of them would make much headway today. Today would be the first day for them to actually practice apparating, so her hopes weren't too high.

"Come in, Come in" she began by way of greeting the students as she saw the first of them peek their heads inside. She motioned impatiently for the students to come forward. The woman's blue eyes scanned the group before she reached for her wand once more. "Space yourselves out...there's plenty of room." There certainly was plenty of room since the Great Hall was meant to accommodate the entire school and she had only a small portion of the student body in front of her. Once they were finished rearranging themselves, Irene gave her wand a small flourish and a wooden hoop appeared in front of each student.

As she looked around at the student's faces, Irene's expression remained stern as usual. She gave them no expression of hope or encouragement. It was up to them to work hard and create their own hope. Her blue eyes stared at each student for the briefest of moments, making judgments about their ability to succeed at the task before them. "Alright. Don't forget the three D's that we discussed last week. Destination. Determination. Deliberation" she stated clearly. "And, if you feel as if you're suddenly being pulled through a tube, don't worry. It means you're doing something right." She looked around the room, wondering if any of them were familiar with the sensation from side-along apparition. She figured that those who had grown up in wizarding families were. It was definitely something to get used to and any of the students who had never done it were in for a huge surprise.

"I'll be walking around in case any of you get splinched and I've asked one of the nurses to join us as well" Irene began, wondering how many of the students knew the term. She hoped that there wouldn't be a live example for the class to see. Irene knew that there was always one person who rushed and ended up leaving a portion of themselves behind. She looked around, wondering who that person would be today. "Not that I expect any of you to" she added hastily as she noticed a few horrified looks from the group, "but just in case. You'll have nothing to worry about if you concentrate."

Irene crossed her arms and stood waiting for the students to begin. When they didn't right away, Irene rolled her blue eyes. "Whenever you're ready" she added a beat later in a droll tone. She didn't expect them to do anything much for at least the first little while. Irene allowed the students a few moments before she began pacing around the group, stopping to offer a suggestion here and there and demonstrating when she needed to.
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[Yerik Rhys Price]

Luckily for Yerik Rhys Price, he wanted to learn all what it is about Apparation. The convenience of apparating could diminish his transportation problems in the future. Making his way for class, Yerik Rhys stopped by the library to return a book he just borrowed yesterday, it was something about the History of Magic, just so he could look further into it. Once he was done, the prefect continued on to his next destination, the Great Hall for apparation. To his surprise he's the first one to arrive, well not a big thing of a surprise really. He noticed their instructor and made his way, trying to smile at her as soon as he showed himself to the lady. It made him wonder what it's like to work in the Ministry, though he never imagined himself working in the Ministry other than being an auror, perhaps an official doesn't really suit him well. Yerik sighed and focused his attention to class, while waiting for the rest of the sixth years to arrive as well. In a few minutes before starting their session, again he wondered if they'll be actually apparating, he didn't want toget his hopes up as it's only their second meeting, not of a big deal. As the lecture began, the claw took his position and motioned away from the rest to get the space he would need, the others did the same. Waiting for further instructions, Yerik Rhys focused his attention to their instructor, preparing himself for the next step. "Right. The Three D's. Destination. Determination. Deliberation he repeated in his head. So that's how it's like apparating, feeling like you're pulled into a tube and in minutes you're in a different location.

He felt that once, being pulled into a big massive tube. Just like during History of Magic or Herbelogy when they would apparate to go on a field trip or something. Though this time he'll be apparating alone, which makes him really anxious at the same time excited to do so. "Splinched?" he thought to himself. How he hoped that it would not be him today who gets splinched. Yerik Rhys did his utmost best and practiced to apparate, hoping not to get splinced at all cost. The first try failed as expected, he didn't got splinched but nothing happened. Concetration, he needed all the concentration he could get. "Focus, even though it's only a practice. Focus." he reminded himself. Thinking of a cetrain destination, the sixth year tried again, this time focusing on everything. Just like that he was sucked into a tube sensation, it took him a minute or two but he didn't really arrived. With his third try he accomplished his apparation and went somewhere but it didn't last as he wished but it was worth the try. He looked around and wondered if there were any student who got splinched, hopefully someone who's careless. Yerik couldn't be bothered by it, when he was done. The pureblodd waited for their signal to leave, while wondering what can happen on their next session for apparation.

 

[Hades Styx II]

Hades Styx the Second was looking forward to another lesson of Apparation. That would be really fun, the closest thing he could find as fun anyway in school. Hades never enjoyed school like others could anyway. He was not being taught what he really needed to be taught, something that could only come from Durmstrang, and something that could only come from his family as well. It was not something that he wanted to do, which was stay here. But he had to in order to be with Mylie, and to complete his Animagus training. He did not really care much about Quidditch but he did enjoy the fact that he with his team led everyone to victory. Hades walked toward the Great Hall, which was surrounded by other sixth years that needed to learn how to apparate. It was good for others to learn. They needed to learn how to go back and forth through others. Soon enough they were free to go into the Great Hall.

Hades heard that Irene Finch told them to space themselves out, and Hades had already done that since he did not stand near anyone else in the Great Hall. He looked down at the wooden hoop that was in front of him. He knew that he would be able to get this done easily, and he hoped that he could do it on the first try. However he knew better than that. They were told on how to do it once more and what it felt like. He had apparated with his father before so he knew what it felt like. He just never knew what it felt like to do it himself. He looked at the destination, and then he was determined as ever to get there. Hades now had to do it. Hades closed his eyes and he tried and tried to get there but for some reason just could not pull it off. What was he doing wrong? He saw the destination in his mind’s eye, then was determined more than ever to get there. Finally, he got the bad feeling of feeling through the tube. He opened his eyes and found himself inside of the wooden hoop. It made him feel weird so he did not try again. He left with a headache after they were free to go.​

 

[Zayne Baros]

Zayne Baros made sure that he was dressed enough to attend an apparition lesson. That was great! Zayne made sure that his Prefect badge was pinned to his robes. And he did not bring anything with him like instructed. He could even remember the three words that were taught as well, and Zayne was really excited about learning something like this. He wanted to be sure that he could apparate to Kaia’s place whenever he wanted to. The Slytherin approached the Great Hall, and he wondered who else would be able to apparate today. He knew that they were going to be actually apparating today. Zayne knew that he was nervous too, and he would have to calm down in order to focus, and learn to apparate. He was smart enough to know that he was going to have to get rid of that nervousness, and then he would be able to start with his apparating today. He walked into the Great Hall for the second time for the class.

Zayne made sure that he gave himself and others around him plenty of space when Ms. Finch told them to. He did not want to hinder anyone at all. They were reminded of the three D’s, and he remembered them very well. Destination, determination and deliberation. He remembered the feeling of being pulled through a tube, and he did not want to have to feel that, but Zayne knew that he would have to. They were given a wooden hoop to be able to apparate into. He did not want to have to be splinched. At all. Zayne made sure to try to do this the right way. He knew the destination. Now he was going to find all the determination within him to get to the hoop. He wanted it more than anything, and now for the final word, and then that sensation. Zayne felt like he was being pulled through a tube, and when he looked around, he was inside the hoops. What he did not noticed was that he was splinched. Some of his hair did not make it and it was a fraction shorter. He made sure to practice some more before he started feeling sick. He left the great hall feeling rather proud of himself.​

 

[Samual Kaster]

Samual entered the Great Hall excitedly. He remembered what Ms. Finch had said and made sure he didn't bring anything he didn't need with him. He had been thinking about last lesson for quite some time and was sure that he could recall everything perfectly. It was a little freaky. Never before had he focused so much, but then again, if he failed a spell in Transfiguration or something, he wouldn't wind up being splinched, now would he? It was a similar thing with Potions, he focused there too, just in case a potion managed to blow up in his face. It had yet to happen, but it was still possible. The Great hall was once again virtually empty, the tables by the sides and just Sixth years and Ms. Finch. He was sure he'd never get used to it. But even with all the space, he found himself gravitating to the students, and Ms. Finch seemed to realise, because she instructed for them to give each other some room. Samual took a few steps to the right and suddenly felt very alone, even though there were several students around him, it just felt strange not being crowded and cluttered into one space. He titled his head when a wooden hoop appeared in front of him. That was certainly odd.

Samual heard Ms. Finch remind them about the three Ds and how important they are to this exercise. She mentioned the weird feeling that happened when apparating and Sammy nodded. He was familiar with such a feeling, but sometimes it still made him feel uncomfortable. Now that he had to rely on his own expertise for this spell, he was worried. Considering Samual had no 'expertise' to fall back on to get this done, it made his brain think up several gruesome endings to this exercise. Ms. finch mentioning that she had a nurse with her didn't make Samual feel better. that basically meant that she pretty much expected something to go wrong. She said they were to begin, and even though Samual's mind was telling him to go right ahead and do it, his body wasn't really responding. He shook his head and started at his desired destination. It was too far, surely he could apparate that far and not manage to kill himself. Other student have done this, the students around him were doing this. He nodded, closed hsi eyes and thought about the destination carefully. Once he was sure that was set, he worked on really wanting to get there. He ignored the sick feeling in his stomach and concentrated on getting to that spot. He felt the feeling of going through a tube, and for some strange reason he actually found it comforting right now. It meant that he was actually doing it! He opened his eyes and smiled brightly. He'd done it. He'd actually done it. He felt completely there too! Sammy left when dismissed, still excited over his accomplishment.
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