Charms is a gentler chaos. Flitwick stands on his stack of books, teaching Wingardium Leviosa with a flick and a swish. Feathers drift upward like dandelion ghosts. A Hufflepuff’s quill spins lazily; a Ravenclaw’s shoots to the ceiling. Theory whispers in the margins: intention is half the spell.
All first-year students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are required to take seven core subjects: