The travel agent 6/21

The teacher grinned. “May I remind you that every spell has a counter spell,” she twiddled her fingers, at the same time making a sweeping motion that took in the whole classroom.

Nothing happened!

“Oh well, I’ll just have to use one of the more advanced defence methods and reverse the spell.”

Once again nothing appeared to happen for a second or two and then the whole class burst out laughing. So far as the teacher was concerned, the spell had again been unsuccessful, then she noticed the direction in which all the class were looking.

Jennifer Jane was sitting quietly above her head in mid air, with her arms folded and a big grin on her face. Once she’d been seen, she floated down gently and went back to her place in the classroom.

The teacher joined in the laughter and then waited until everyone had quietened down. “That just shows the advantage of doing the unexpected. We’ve just seen two new defence methods today. This doesn’t mean that the more usual ways are no good, but it does prove the point about trying to be one step ahead of your opponent all the time.”

After the class had finished, Jennifer Jane stayed behind for a moment or two, while she showed some of the girls the swiss roll spell and how to float in mid air. Then she ran off quickly to try and have a word with Abigail before her next class.