Think of a happy little thought...

[justicelobster]

Who: Stannis Baratheon, his Defence Against Dark Creatures class, any anyone else who feels like dropping by.
Where: The usual classroom. Where it is, I do not know
When: Tuesday, November 29th
What: Expecto Patronum!
Rating: I'm guessing no higher than PG/PG-13.

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[justicelobster]

[ Meanwhile, their professor had been observing the scene, frowning more and more by the moment. This was hardly the time or the place for such frivolity.

He clears his throat. ]

You may proceed once again, my lady.

[notearformagic]

Yes, Professor. [Akako looked at the rose for a moment more before putting it in her hair, so it's out of the way. She could do this. Just...showing off wasn't the way. Besides, it was Kaito. There was no reason to feel that happy to maybe impress him. She didn't have to prove anything to anyone, let alone him.]

[Yes, that's it. Being in the place she belongs, in the center of attention. Like when she first arrived in Ekoda and immediately had all the boys eating out of the palm of her hand. Save for Kaito. But that didn't matter. All the attention, all the compliments, the love letters, the gifts. She would focus on that.]

[She raised her wand to cast, thinking of all the attention and gifts, the feelings those gave her. And yet, her mind strayed to that flower in her hair as she thought to cast, the feeling of the one person she could never control encouraging her.]

Expecto Patronum! [There was some advantage to frivolity as the difference was obvious. The white vapor came, strong and distinct in it's color. It wasn't a corporeal

[justicelobster]

Perhaps. But it is a start, compared to some of the other students. Five points to Slytherin.

[ He does not smile, nor offer much more encouragment. ]

I will remind you to place your focus solely on that memory when you cast the spell. The moment you lose the concentration, is the moment the spell fails.

You do not need me to tell you what happens when such a spell fails against a true opponent.

[notearformagic]

Thank you, Professor. [The response was polite, but automatic.]

Understood, Professor. [In truth, she wasn't surprised about the concentration. It had been deliberate. She saw how the spell was going and knew it wasn't going to get stronger, so she didn't force it. She wouldn't accept a spell that was half done. Especially not to these creatures that were starting to get even through her walls.]

[She didn't need encouragement or a smile. When Akako decided to do something, she followed through on it with a single minded obsession. She would get the spell, one way or another. She just had to keep trying.]

[justicelobster]

May I see it one last time?