Mystique watched the demonstration and decided that she needed to practice the spin before she even did anything else. She knew that she had to spin the wand just right or the wind might go rogue which meant a lot of mess to clean up. She finally got the spin down pretty much so she tried to put her magic to work and pulled a piece of wind towards her. She slowly made it move from side to side until suddenly it died.....
Lady Violetta allowed her students practice in their own way for each of them did things slightly differently. After a while she clapped her hands sharply which made all of the breezes die.
"That is your task for the week. Of course I will be here but you will keep working on making a small devil and so forth until you have made a tornado and can hold the tornado for at least an hour. This will take time.
Now we shall start Secondary Elements. The first one is Cold. We will learn how to pull the cold out of and towards your target as well as forming snow and hail. This will take more imagination than what one would think and a lot of belief in your own ability. I shall show you the technique." She spoke as she returned to the front of the room.
The room became cold and Lady Violetta raised her wand in the upright position and slowly moved the wand towards her body. One could see a blueish mist move towards her. She then circled her wand in front of her and the cold swirled into flakes in front of her. She then flunged her arm towards the girls and snowflakes flew over them and gently fell on their heads.
Next Lady Violetta gathered more cold air towards her and filled an area in front of her with more and more cold air.
"When you make hail you must pack the air in a small space like a box and keep packing it until you can not pack any more into the space. More that you can pack in a space, the larger hail balls you will make..... Once you have as much as you want or can pack into a confined space..." she spoke then raised her wand up into the air and very quickly slashed her hand down on the dark blue square in front of her.
The square broke into small balls which Lady Violetta allowed to drop onto the floor.
"Like the last class you will be practicing this for the week."
"Ok that is enough practicing today. Don't worry about not being able to do the candle today. We will be working on this all week. Leave the kit on your desk.
Please follow me to the roof where we will have Plantology." Thomas spoke.
Once we are up there, Thomas went to the podium and looked at the two students. There were three carts next to him.
"Each of you pick a cart. Each of you will have a greenhouse of your very own. I will read the first chapter of the book which you will find on your cart." he spoke. After Nova and Jack chose their carts, Thomas took the last one. He picked up the book and began reading.
"Basic Potions and to Grow, Harvest, Store and Brew Them
By Rosewoode Cara deforest
Introduction
I have revised my Original Book, Potions into this newer and more up to date version. Rarely is anything worth redoing over but I did not have the foresight of an older person who sees the whole process. The process should start with the selection of seeds, soil and how to grow your Basic Potions.
Indeed the quality of seeds and soil are very important. Just as important is the amount of sunshine at the right time and the rain at the right time. Loosening the soil and making sure that the garden is weed free are important. Like I have been known to say, first things first.
We will be using these seeds and saplings:
Seeds
1) Black Pekoe Tea
2) Nightshade Vines
3) Peppermint Tea
4) Ice Rose
5) Forget-me-not Vines
6) Dipsy
7) Bleeding Heart Vine
8) Sweet Pink Clover
9) Ginger
10) Gingseng
11) Chamomile
12) Blood Cluster Vines
Saplings
1) Sassafras Tree
2) Sploosh Willow
The saplings will be here tomorrow so all we will be doing today is preparing the soil. We will plant everything this week. I will be working on my plots in my greenhouse.
Nova will have greenhouse 9, Jack will have greenhouse 10 and I have greenhouse 8.
Will either of you be taking the Dracology Courses?" Thomas asked