b: A Grievous Crime
Thank goodness!
Before the Halloween feast began, Annie had finally made it back to the Great Hall.
Then Professor Flitwick, who had been suspended in midair in the Charms classroom, weightless for two whole classes, along with the first-years from both houses, was finally brought back down.
Annie wasn't reprimanded, either. Professor Flitwick had told her to cast the spell, and he'd allowed her to leave class early. She really hadn't expected the spell to last so long, so no matter how you looked at it, none of it was her fault.
Besides, hanging in midair, weightless for two classes hadn't done them any harm. In fact, it had been pretty fun. Other than feeling a little wobbly when they landed, the students were mostly excitedly discussing why Annie's Levitation Charm was so powerful that not even the professors, including Headmaster Dumbledore, could break it.
Dumbledore and the others were just as curious. They'd even kept Annie behind in the Charms classroom to question her thoroughly.
But after Annie played cute and acted clueless, and Dumbledore checked her wand again without finding anything wrong, the matter was left unresolved.
Of course!
It wasn't entirely unresolved. In response to the students' and professors' questions, Dumbledore said he'd invite old Mr. Ollivander to Hogwarts in a while to inspect Annie's wand and see if anything was wrong with it.
That was right!
After McGonagall, Flitwick, and a few other professors had briefly studied and discussed why no one could break the spells Annie cast—including her Transfiguration spells—they were all stumped. They agreed that it might have something to do with the wand she carried.
After all, they'd heard that when Annie had chosen a wand in Diagon Alley, she'd blown up dozens of them, leaving Ollivander so heartbroken