Hex The Sneezing Hex old

Professor Edit: Aoi watched as a young Ravenclaw quickly managed the hex, leaving her partner in a sneezing fit. She raised an eyebrow. Quite impressive. "Well done Miss Windstone. You managed the hex gracefully."
Steleus learned

Professor Edit: Aoi listened with interest as another young Ravenclaw girl spoke unknown words to remember the incantation. How interesting. Perhaps a different language. Regardless the girl had successfully cast the hex. "Fantastic work Miss Addington. Keep up the hard work." Steleus learned.

Cecily smiled as she entered the History of Magic classroom. There were always new and exciting things to learn, and she always enjoyed it.

She became serious as she listened to Professor Risa's words, but then frowned in her mind as the professor explained that they would be learning a Sneezing Hex.

Cecily never knew there was a spell that could make other people sneeze. It definitely seemed very cruel to have to do that to someone, but Cecily understood if it was meant for a very evil person. She became even more alarmed, however, when she heard that they would have to split up and practice on each other.

They usually did this when practicing a new spell, but against other people, this just seemed mean.

Cecily paired up with someone and went to the corner of the room. As she walked over there, she repeated the incantation in her head like she always did.

STE-lee-us. STE-lee-us. Steleus. Come on, Cecily.

The incantation was not very hard to say, which Cecily was thankful for. There were other spells like the Dancing Feet Spell that had confusing and hard incantations, as least for her.

Cecily had been closing her eyes all this time, and so when she opened them her partner stood across from her, ready.

"Steleus!" Cecily cried at her parnter. Nothing happened. Cecily rolled her eyes. She rarely never got a spell on the first try.

Like always. I never concentrate hard enough. Cecily thought. She tried again, this time focusing as hard as she could.

"Steleus," Cecily said. She flicked her wand a downward motion and then towards her partner. Green rings errupted from her wand and immediately her partner started sneezing.

"I'm so sorry. It will be over soon. Oh. Eek. Ouch," Cecily commented as her partner continued to sneeze. Like the professor said, the sneezing went on for about five seconds, although it seemed like ages.

Cecily continued to aplogize to her partner, but then, to her much surprise, smiled on the inside. This would be a neat and helpful spell in a duel.

Professor Edit: Aoi was impressed with Ravenclaw house today. So many from the house of wit were mastering the basics of the hex rapidly. She frowned at the apologies for casting the spell though. These kids needed to have resolve. "Amazing effort Miss Queen. No need to apologize. After all they get to cast it on you as well. Remember that intent is important in spell casting. Don't let trepidation or hesitation stop you." 
Steleus Learned

Professor Edit: (Will insert RP response at a later date, but I am simply validating this so you have the spell.) Steleus learned.

Dmitri Kazimir Jones dumped his heavy knapsack onto the desk and sat down heavily, not at all happy at the fact that he was currently in the History of Magic classroom right then. 

Don't get him wrong, he did find the subject quite interesting, actually. The Slytherin boy's dreams of becoming a spellcrafter stemmed from his interest in the written accounts of mischief and happy accidents of countless wizards and witches when it came to the magic involved in inventing potions and spells; potions and spells everyone in the Magical world used in their households and taught in their educational institutions to this very day.

No. Dmitri was upset by the fact that he had to work beside other houses. Much worse: the First Years.

On his way to the classroom, he has bumped into so many loud, obnoxious, giddy eleven year-olds gawping at the talking paintings or gasping at the moving staircases that he couldn't stomach even one more breath, much less one more excitable squeal from said children (the Slytherin first years were more civilized but quite a bit sonorous, still). Granted, Dmitri was only a year older (many more years wiser, he'd like to think), but he never could find a time in the past where he was that... grating. 

Maybe it was the conspicuous lack of coffee in his system or the lack of pumpkin pasties in the breakfast table this morning that was talking, but he was done with it all.

Dmitri's one reprieve was the spell they were going to be taught. He hadn't been able to attend this one class when he was in his first year.

Not his fault.

Peeves and sewer-water-balloons should never be mixed.

He would have studied and practiced the spell alone and bloody did well for himself then, but he quite forgot said spell existed when term finals were a looming threat a few months ago. He could never accept getting Es or he'll quite frankly hang himself from the Gryffindor tower. Maybe too dramatic, but that's how he feels.

Will he ever do it? No. But will he consider it? Absolutely. 

So now he's excited, and getting ever closer to First-Year-giddy territory. That was a scary thought.

Finally getting to practice the spell after the short discussion and demonstration by Professor Risa, Dmitri immediately jumped up and grabbed the first First Year he could get his hands on.

"Hello. I'm Dmitri." The second year smirked. "Let's dance." Dmitri adjusted his position to the standard duelling stance and pointed his chestnut wand at his target. Steleus. Emphasis on the STE and a crisp pronunciation of LEUS. He had done quite a reading on the spell beforehand, thus the heavy knapsack. 

"If you want to impress the professor, you'd want to know that Steleus protected a small village of wizards from a bandit caravan raid back in the 1500s. The thieves were keeping a herd of tamed Blast-Ended Skrewts to lay siege to any town or village, but that ended up backfiring when a lucky sneezing hex hit said creatures; creatures that promptly ended up turning the bandit caravan into smoldering ashes even before they entered the village gates. 

"So just remember to watch your... other end when you sneeze too hard or you might end up..." Dmitri coughed, "...blasting, just like those poor, hilarious Skrewts." He snickered before saying the incantation firmly.

"Steleus." Downward flick on the STE, quick forward stab at the LEUS. If the spell wouldn't succeed, he would continue until he finally got the hang of it and could cast it 100% of the time.

Ellara sat at one of the desks near the front of the room, parchment, quill, and a pot of ink neatly laid out before her at the start of class. Though she wouldn’t verbally admit it to anyone, the young Hufflepuff student was a bit nervous about performing charms. She could survive most of the other classes with simple knowledge and study about the various topics, which usually made History of Magic one of her favorites, but executing spells required actual magical talent, something she often feared she did not possess. Still, she’d do her best to fake it until she made it, and perhaps there’d be a change of plans and the lesson would be kept to simple note-taking for the day.

Of course, when Professor Risa, entered the classroom and announced they’d be working on spell casting for the day, she knew the simple “note-taking” task would not be taking place today. Quite frankly, all of Ellara’s preferences had been turned around since she’d arrived at Hogwarts. The eleven-year-old girl had always hated taking notes, and she usually loved projects and hands-on activities. She hoped her anxiety wouldn’t ruin her fun forever.

The young Hufflepuff quietly slipped her parchment, quill, and pot of ink back into her satchel back while the Professor spoke, explaining that they’d be working on the sneezing hex today. Her interest was sparked at the mention of duels - though Ellara had never participated in one herself (duh!), she hoped to join the club once it had been opened up to the general public. She figured the whole point was to make the opponent sneeze, which she guessed would distract them from the battle itself. It made enough sense to her!

Ellara silently practiced the wand movement with her hand underneath her desk as Professor Risa demonstrated the motion, a quick downward flick reaching outward towards the target. The incantation was something else entirely. While most sounded vaguely familiar to the name, the word Steleus was a bit of a stretch for her. Still, she repeated it with the rest of the class, trying to grasp the unfamiliar word on her tongue. ”Steleus. STE-lee-us…”

She regarded the Professor’s example closely, trying to memorize her exact moments. Naturally, she was a bit surprised when the green light emitting from her wand caused nothing to happen, but it made sense that a dummy couldn’t sneeze! She shared a silent laugh with herself and listened to the Professor’s final instructions before moving to practice on herself. Ellara stood up carefully, pronouncing ”Steleus… Steleus… Steleus…” a few times, until she was satisfied with her work.

Once done, she lifted her wand and said, ”Steleus!”, flicking her wand toward herself, as demonstrated by the Professor’s instruction. A flash of green light emitted from the end of her wand, and she began to break out into uncontrollable sneezes. Achoo! After what seemed like an eternity, it finally stopped, and she managed to gasp in a good breath of air.

Professor Edit: (Will insert RP response at a later date, but I am simply validating this so you have the spell.) Steleus learned.

Professor Edit: (Will insert RP response at a later date, but I am simply validating this so you have the spell.) Steleus learned.