Apparation Lesson #3

[Irene Finch]

Irene Finch stood in the front of the room, her ministry robes neatly pressed and hair hanging perfectly, waiting for the students to arrive. Today, she was in a fairly good mood and wore a natural smile on her face. The last lesson had gone about how she expected it would. Sure, some of the students were having a bit of trouble with their aim, but she was just grateful that some had succeeded in apparating. Usually, by this point, she would have more students still unable to apparate. The students weren't without hope though and that was what mattered most. She hoped that before the end of today all of the students would succeed in apparating directly to their target, especially since this would be the last practice they would have before the exam took place.

As the last student arrived, Irene waited a moment for them to gather closer and then spoke. "Hello. Today, we will resume practicing" she began, her face growing more serious. "I am hopeful that those of you who weren't able to apparate last week will do so this week. Next week will be your exam and you will only get one shot to succeed or fail. Your test will require you to be accurate when you apparate, so today, I'd like everyone to line up beside me." Irene gestured for the students to begin lining up next to her.

By now, she knew that the students must know the three D's, so she didn't feel it was worth repeating. If they didn't, that was their problem. "Alright...I'd like you all to attempt apparating from this end of the Great Hall to that end" she said, pointing towards the doors of the Great Hall.

"The X marks the spot" she added, knowing that if they really looked over to the other end, they would notice an X etched onto the floor with magic. Glancing at all the students beside her, she only hoped there would be few splinchings today. "You can begin whenever you're ready" she said to the student who was first in line.
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You can practice attempting to apparate one by one.

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar was in the great hall early for the Apparation class as she hadn't left since breakfast. the moon was almost full and she was starting to feel a little low on energy. she had moved as the tables had been removed for the sixth years and was ready to have another go at apparating, she sat on the floor at the edge of the room practising a few spells for defence against the dark arts as she watched as the ministry witch arrive. when most of the students came she got up and joined the group. she wanted to aparate. as she already had pans that revolved around her passing the exam. and she didn't want to have to cancel them.
She listened as they were told that in the exam they would have to apparate to a specific spot, slightly different from the previous week when they just had to cross the hall.
lined up with the other students and waited until her turn she looked at the big cross on the floor. some kind of target. when it was her turn she focused on the middle of the cross, it was easer than the previous week else, like she was aiming at something not just shooting fir the sake of shooting. she closed her eyes and turned purposefully on the spot. she felt an unnatural pressure on her pushing in on her. a moment later it was over and she opened her eyes looking around she saw she was on the other side of the hall, and she looked down and saw she was on the cross, a little to the left of the centre bit pretty close to her target. she looked down to check that she had everything and she was pretty sure she felt all her fingers and toes attached so that was good. she moved off the cross and watched as everyone else had a go, some people were more successful than others which was obvious. once the lesson was over she took her bag and headed towards the grounds. she would do her homework for herbology and care of magical creatures on the lawn, the fresh air and sun were good for her and she wouldn't be out for a run for a few days so studying outside was a good way to make sure she didnt go without.