repulso, depulso - does it make a difference?

Lena's eyes were drooping when she got to class. Her hands were shaking, because her fatigue was overwhelming her and she needed to breathe. She rested her head on the first desk she saw, and closed her eyes, still alert.

"Sleepy, are we?" Paloma asked, grinning, as she walked into Charms and saw the other Uchitel resting her head on the desk.

She frowned and took a seat next to her, "Are you alright, Lena?"

"Hmmm?" Lena asked, looking up to find Paloma sitting next to her. She then remembered that she ha asked her how she was doing. "I'm just peachy," she muttered, a small smile on her face, "anyway, how are you?"

Adele came into the classroom screaming like a maniac. She had seen the armour move, not like she knew it was supposed to do that. "The armour moved!" she shrieked, "the armour... it moved!"

"Oh, I'm doing alright," Paloma said and smiled at the girl sympathetically, looking at the door. "Maybe you can get some sleep before class if you're tired," she suggested, turning back to Lena, "I didn't see the professor anywhere while coming here and she doesn't seem to be near, looking from here. . ."

Startled when a girl ran in, screaming, Paloma turned to face her and asked what had happened. When she said the armour had moved, the Uchitel frowned and cocked her head to the side. "I thought they were. . . supposed to do that?" she said, uncertain and glanced at Lena to see if she knew anything about that, "I mean, it's a magical school, I thought the armours were magical as well, no?"

Thomas walked in and saw girls there again. Was today not his day or something. Thomas shook his head. "Hello ladies" Thomas greeted. He took a seat and he waited for professor Malfoy to come in and put him out of his misery.

Caleb ran into class and sat next to Thomas. "Hey dude, man I thought I was late for a second" Caleb looked around to see no professor. Caleb looked at Thomas. "So how was your holidays and did you get my book I sent. I remember you reading it in the library once" Caleb chuckled at the thought of his friend reading a book.

Adele waved to the two Slytherins that came back into the classroom before continuing her rant. "B-But whenever I pass them... they never move!" she squealed, flailing her arms around. She then sat next to the girl who had spoken to her and clung onto her, shuddering. "Why must this happen to me? Whywhywhy?"

Riley walked quietly into Charms, keeping her head down. She sat and rested her hands around her neck. Damn poison ivy, of course. She didn't scratch it-she still had scars from it on her legs from when she'd got it when she was younger, in Seattle. Riley was sick, truly. Maybe she was allergic. But she'd hauled her ass out of the dorms and got here. So she sat up a little, keeping her arms around the ugly rash.

Hades walked into the classroom and waved to the ladies then took a seat by Caleb and Thomas. "Dude, why the hell were you running" Hades looked at Caleb with a smirk. "Did you get in trouble... Again" Hades asked.

Paloma looked as the two Slytherins came in and said a quick hello before turning back to the girl. Her eyes widened as the girl clung to her and she patted the girl's shoulder awkwardly.

"It's okay," she tried to calm her down, "I get that you must have been pretty freaked out. They never moved when you passed and then, suddenly, they do. But they're not going to hurt you."

The Uchitel waved at Riley, but then frowned. "What's wrong?" she asked her.

Lenora walked in and went to her desk. She took a seat on her chair and looked to her students. "Welcome back, this lesson will be based on the spell Depulso. Can any of you tell me what that spell does" Lenora asked her students.

Lena raised both of her eyebrows. Frankly, she was bored already. The Gryffindor girl was so darned annoying... not like it mattered. After all, she was just another piece of the never-ending puzzle that was the Hogwartian Fourth Years.

"Depulso is Latin for to push aside," she explained, "like Flipendo, it is used to push things aside, but Depulso usually works better with magical levers and switches."

Pandora entered the classroom after the Professor and quickly sat in a seat. She got her things out on the desk and waited. She looked around the room.

"Depulso sends objects away. Unlike the Summoning Charm, which can summon specific objects from anywhere, the banishing charm banishes whatever the wand is aimed at." Pandora said as her asnwer.

Lenora nodded to both of the girls. "5 points off your house for being late. 15 points rewarded for the both of you since you both got it right. Today we will be learning this spell. Last lesson was on accio and this is the twin of that spell. So I will partner you up with someone and you will summon your charm book to you then send it away" Lenora looked at her students. She grabbed a quill and wrote down who would be with who.

"Okay, Miss Vorstenbach and Miss Skander, Miss Reikhman and Mr. Gilbert, Miss Poots and Mr. List, Miss Bass and Mr. Andrews. now get with your parents and do these spells" Lenora told her students.

Caleb grabbed his things and went over to where Paloma was sitting. "Sup Paloma, you want to go first or do you want me to go first" Caleb gave her his signature smirk. Caleb grabbed her hand and pulled her up. "Caleb List, I no you're Paloma Poots" Caleb smirked. He pulled her over to the one part of the room. Caleb got out his wand and waited for her. Caleb placed one of his books on the ground.

Paloma nodded mentally at what the girls said and waited for further instructions, listening carefully to the professor.

She heard she was being partnered with Caleb List, a boy that had been in a few of her classes, and was pulled up as he came over to where she was sitting.

"Hello," she greeted with a smile and shrugged, "You can start, I don't really care for being the first."

Caleb looked at her and nodded. He pointed his wand at his book. "Accio book" Caleb said. The book was then in his hand. Caleb smirked. He then pointed again. "Depulso" Caleb said. Soon the book was out of his hand and he chuckled a little bit. "I'm good" Caleb then summoned his book back over. He placed it on the ground. "After you" Caleb looked at her.

Hades gave Thomas a look and got up and went over to his partner. "Hello Jodie, I'm Hades" Hades told the girl. He grabbed a quill from his bag and placed it in front of them. "Would you like to go first" Hades asked her.

Adele eeped when a housemate came over to her, claiming to be her partner. So this was who Mr. Andrews was? She thought he was some sort of insane boy or something. Or at least a gentleman from one of Jane Austen's books. She stared at the quill, her eyes flickering at the boy. "Reaaaaaally?" she asked. She shrugged her shoulders and prepared herself.

She focused her wand on the quill, screaming, "Depulso!" The quill flew towards the boy's face, and Adele shrieked, hoping the quill didn't hit him.

Paloma watched as the boy cast both spells and smiled. "Great job," she said, though it wasn't a very difficult spell to perform. She grabbed the book and threw it farther away from her, and raised her wand, concentrating on the object and said, "Accio!"

The book flew to her left hand - her wand hand - and she then conentrated on sending it away. "Depulso," she muttered, flicking the wand with her right. The book flew away from her, but only a small distance, until it fell. She sighed and grabbed it again, holding it with the right hand this time. "Depulso!" she exclaimed, and the book was out of her hand in a second, flying quickly until it hit the wall and fell.

The Uchitel turned to the Slytherin, "So, what are we supposed to do now?"