<b><u><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(44, 130, 201)">Ran Archet</span></u></b><br/><br/>After a few minutes of attempting, he was finally getting a hang of it.  At first the small pebble sized bit of magic was, well, pebble sized.  However, after a little bit, he managed to increase the size to about the size of a softball.   As he works on keeping the ball from disappearing, he begins concentrating on manipulating it into light.  At first, it was spotty, small beams of light shooting out of a small blue ball of energy, but it slowly chips away.<br/><br/>It only took a few more minutes for him to get it to light up all the way.  Whew- two thirds done!  Licking his lips, Ran now had to try to make it float.  Of course, this was, strangely enough, the easiest part.  It was a small ball full of magic power, his own magic power at that.  It had no weight, no mass- So it didn't really need much magic power to make it sit still in the air in front of him, then sat back to look at it.<br/><br/>It was only then he started to get giddy, he had actually cast magic.  Of course, it was a stupidly basic spell almost any wizard would know, being a manifested ball of light that only illuminated a small area, but he gave a short cheer to himself before he realized that- Hey, dumbass, you're not exactly doing too hot on the magic energy after manifesting as a Human and simulating clothing at the same time.  It was then the light tingle of 'I need to eat' started to fill the back of his mind.  It wasn't much, just a soft tickle.  However, he immediately knew that was not good.  He had forgotten about it in his focus on making a floating light.  At the very least, he reached forward and 'ate' the clump of magic energy that he had made into the light spell.  It assuaged his 'hunger' slightly.  He had some time.  He reverted to his slime form, quickly going back to the sections and laying the two Ectoplast books he had picked out on the floor- untouched.  Then he made sure to keep in mind where he had found the Natural Magic Beginner Guide before starting towards the exit of the library.<br/><br/>It was then he calmed down a bit- he had to feed, not a huge feed at least, it could have been a small meal.  However, he wasn't sure if he could last until he reaches the House room- figuring it was past 11 by now.  It was then he realized, the Headmistress did say to tell her if he needed something.  ...But to feed off of the Headmistress on the first day...?  That was a bit risky, but...He probably couldn't wait.  He didn't entirely know the way back to the Great Hall.  So, he figured it didn't hurt to ask.  If he really needed to, he could lightly bug a passing witch if push came to shove.<br/><br/>And so, Ran slowly started to move towards where he had last seen the Headmistress, starting at the door he had come into the library from, then remembering where she walked off with the 'magic through the ages' book and headed that way.