Fourth Years Lesson Four

Mallory smiled as the last of her students walked in. She stood up, readjusting her soft red robes, rose petals interwoven into her elegant, braided chignon. “Good morning, everyone,” she greeted. When they were all seated, she began to move slowly across the front of the room. “Today we’ll be doing the Muffliato Charm and the Silencing Charm. What does the Muffliato charm do?” She asked, calling on a student with their hand raised. “Very good, dorogoy, five points. The Muffliato Charm creates an unidentifiable buzzing noise which stops anyone being able to overhear your conversations that they’re not supposed to hear,” she reiterated, walking slowly.

“Now, can anyone tell me the difference between the Silencing Charm and the Quietening Charm?” she asked, her hands clasped in front of her. “Exactly right! Five points, dorogoy,” she smiled warmly before continuing on. “The Quietening Charm reduces noise, but the Silencing Charm will stop all sound,” she repeated, stopping by her desk to rub Amara’s ears, the Sphynx having popped her head up to blink lazily at the woman.

“There’s no movement for this beyond just pointing at your target, and the incantations are as follows,” she motioned for everyone to repeat after her. “Muffliato, muff-LEE-ato, is for the first spell of course, and si-LEN-see-oh is Silencio, our second spell.” She ran over the pronunciation a few more times, making sure the students understood, before moving on. “Pair up, everyone, and practice these for the rest of the lesson. I am right here if you need any assistance.” She promised.​

 

[Magne Kleos]

Magne walked into the charms classroom and took his usual spot in the room. His gaze moved to the professor at the front of the room and he shook his head lightly, he had done a little of the reading but couldn’t remember it well enough to answer the question. He just listened to someone else do so, and then listened to the explanation for how it was different from the spells they’d learnt in the previous week. Magne then practiced the incantations that the professor told then and then partnered up with someone else in the room to actually be able to do it.