Fifth Year, Lesson Four

"Good morning fifth years," He greeted with the usual smile at his students. Like all the previous classes this term in front of them sat a test. He hoped that they had all studied. Because this would be more difficult than the last one. They were stepping it up, slightly. "Now class, in front you sits another quiz, this is a closed book test, so I don't want to see any books open. Get started," He took a sip of his tea as the class got started on the test.

1. What charm causes things to swell/become larger?
2. What does Incendio do?
3. What does Locomotor do?

"Right, today, fifth years we will be learning the Reductor Curse." He paused, stepping to the board, and writing upon it the word, Reducto, he looked back to the class, "Reducto, as it is incanted, causes the caster to blasts objects out of their path. You may find this to be quite useful if there is something in your way. When in a cluttered room and trying not to trip, Reducto would be the more convenient solution to moving everything by hand or with a summoning or locomotor charm, but can also be immensely destructive. Which makes it a lot more fun" Smiling to the class, Misha turned to the side of the room, and from their conjured a spare desk.

He stood back, and cast the Reducto spell at the desk with a very small flick of his wand. The desk was obliterated in its place, the pieces of wood splintering and crumbling into a pile of dust. Using Scourgify the Professor cleaned up the mess, facing his students once more. That was the best way of showing the spell. "This spell can be a little dangerous, so we will be heading outside to practice so that no one gets hurt." With that he ushered the class out, and down to the lawn outside. Taking them to a row of hedges that he had created for exactly this purpose. "Reducto might take you a while to get right, but, I know all of you are capable, so just practice. Once you feel confident in the spell, you may leave." Misha helped the odd student, but was mostly there to be sure no one got hurt.

RP the lesson (attendance post is fine)
Quiz is once again, just extra credit!

 

[Hinata Edogawa]

Hinata did not feel any better about the quiz this week than she did the last. She never feels like she knows what she's doing, and even though the quizzes are so far things that she's been capable of answering, she never feels like she knows enough to get through OWLs. Even if these little quizzes were supposed to help. Still, there was no other way but to just get through them, so she scribbled answer after answer until she put her quill down and it was time to hand them over.

Their spell today looked pretty interesting and watching Professor Haden demonstrate Reducto was perhaps a little awesome. The way the desk shattered into dust left her both fascinated and slightly anxious about the power required. Did she even have enough magic for that? What if she doesn't put enough power into the spell? Or what if she puts too much power when she's not supposed to? Does she have enough control? She’d have to be really careful with a spell like this. Perhaps, a practice session with the Slytherins and Elio would not be amiss. But she dismissed the thought as she focused on the task at hand. She stepped up to a hedge similar to the others, yelling of the spell surrounding her. She grips her wand tightly before she attempts to mimic the small, deliberate flick that the professor did. "Reducto!"

At first, her spell barely shook the leaves, and she frowned, adjusting her stance and squaring her shoulders. "Reducto!" she repeated, and this time a section of the hedge crumbled into smaller pieces. She practiced several more times, each attempt better than the last until she felt tired enough to call it a day.​

Spoiler: Quiz

1. What charm causes things to swell/become larger? Engorgio
2. What does Incendio do? Set things on fire
3. What does Locomotor do? Moves an object