After class Defrost PV Millie Ann

@Millie Ann

Emmanuel smiled widely, as his fellow Ravenclaw called in response. Em thought she seemed like she was leaving a potentially deep thought. He took a few steps forward, slipping briefly on a larger round stone submerged in the freezing lake. Steadying himself, he took his wand from between his teeth, and tried to subtly flatten his hair.

"Well, to be honest, I just thought it could be a bit of fun!" Em smiled, scanning the clear water around his feet. "I had hoped to maybe find a few frogs, or a toad or something. I've been working on a color changing spell, and the idea of vividly colored frogs in the lake just seems..." his sentence trailed off. A few inches away from his left foot, he saw a round looking shape begin to swim away. Acting on instinct, Em lurched forward, submerging both of his forearms into the cold water; his effort to spare his uniform from being soaked were completely abandoned.

He closed his free hand around the squishy, slimy form of a common toad. Em pulled himself up out of the lake, his pant legs and shirt cuffs dripping with the icy water. Clutched in his hands, gingerly as to not hurt the animal, was a grey-green toad. He held it up, toward Millie; a prize well caught.

"Seems you're my lucky charm, Millie Ann!" He smirked, wading out of the cold water toward the other Ravenclaw. "Might be worth it to try and scrape some slime off this bugger, good stabilizer for some potion ingredients."

Em made his way over to where his stuff laid haphazardly on the ground. He sat down on his bundles up robe, and with one hand started looking through his rucksack for something.

@Millie Ann

Emmanuel laughed as Millie remarked about the sopping wet common room, and appreciation flooded through him as his cold, wet clothes were warmly aired out by the witch's spell. He was much more comfortable (he wanted to put on a brave face, but the second he came out of the water, he could feel his lips turning blue), and became able to focus on the task at hand: changing the toad's color.

"Thanks for drying me off! You're right, if a prefect caught me soaking another arm chair, I'd be doing lines for sure," He shrugged, moving the toad into a more comfortable position on a nearby stone. It seems a bit too afraid to try running away, just yet. He grabbed his aspen wand, and prodded the toad with the tip, muttering the incantation Colorvaria! As he did so, the toad gave a quick shimmer, before it's color changed into a grey-brown like Millie's eyes. Em smirked, and allowed the toad to hop away; a little bit of new color in the surrounding lakeside.

"I can't imagine you were only coming down here to save me from freezing," Em stated, looking at the other Ravenclaw, while leaning himself back into a more comfortable position. "Anything you need to talk about? Need to practice a hex? I guess I'm a willing recipient, in your debt at least..." He poked his tongue out at her.

@Millie Ann

Emmanuel watched as Millie's softening charm took effect, and his hands gave a strange lurch, and a jiggle, before collapsing like a melted ice cream cone. Initially, shock surged through him, but it was quickly replaced with laughter. He had asked for it, after all. Em's laugh rolled out of his chest jubilantly, as he raised up the spongy mass at the end of his arms, and wiggled them in the air for Millie to see.

"Well, now! You are quite adept at that charm!" He said, letting what was once a solid hand slosh about in his fair skin. "I certainly hope something like Finite Incantatem would work, I am actually quite handy at the spell, though I wont be able to cast it on myself right now..."

Em looked pleadingly into the other Ravenclaw's eyes, hoping she would settle on pity and counter her own jinx. The alternative would be visiting the Hogwarts Matron, and coming up with a clever story to avoid getting his classmate in trouble; or worse, losing a few house points. Though, it wouldn't have been his first trip to the hospital wing; he briefly remembered the first time he cast Diffendo, a slightly advanced spell for a second year. The spell rebounded, and gave him a nasty gash on his arm. Luckily, that injury was quickly tended to. A spell like this would surely mean a dosing of Skele-gro.

@Millie Ann

Em felt his arms and hands be released from the girl's spell. The jell-o that became of his hands re-solidified. The small bones and tendons in his hands arranged themselves back into their natural order, and Em flexed his fingers. Good as new. However, his chestnut eyes lingered on Millie. Her eyes carried a certain mischief in them; like she new she could easily continue. That her magical arsenal was easily more expansive than his own, despite being in the same year. It was true, Em kept good marks in his classes; but he spent his free time usually researching about different beasts, or wand lore in the library.

He grabbed his wand, subtly trying to keep it at the ready, incase Millie decided to take advantage of his offer to practice a spell on him. He stood up form the ground, and dusted his dry clothes. "Appreciate that, my hands feel loads better." He gave the girl a soft smile. "Unfortunately, I'm not very practiced in dueling, so I hope your not expecting me to return fire. I'd much rather make a friend, than another bully today," Em attempted to inject his words with a wavering bravery. He had always had a gentle nature; something his cousins were happy to exploit over the summer holidays. Yet, the difference here at school was that Emmanuel could have his teeth growing hex at the ready; should she decide to try and jinx him again.

"You'll clearly be top of the class in Defense Against the Dark Arts; you've always seems to pick up the lessons quickly in class," he complimented her, hoping to dissuade aggressive action.