James started to feel his body stiffen very suddenly. His hands, one of which was tantalisingly close to reaching his penis for another much needed scratch suddenly froze in place. He was panicking mentally but his body could no longer communicate that in any way. He couldn't speak or move a muscle. Though he was very much alive he wasn't even breathing. But the awful itching sensation remained.
"Petrification? Very impressive Morgan" Eslpeth praised her protege "you can remove your spell now"
"Actually, can we take a break first" Morgan asked in her most innocent voice "I'd like to recharge my magic"
"Ok, fair enough" Elspeth nodded towards the stone statue sitting in an awkward pose on the desk at the front of the class "I don't think James is going anywhere"
Morgan nodded and shot James a vety deliberate smirk as she and the other girls left the room. The next few minutes were unbearable, and he felt sure the unpleasant but talented young sorceress had added a twist to the spell to make his itching even more unbearable.
Close to the end of the quarter of an hour break period (it had felt much longer to James) Elspeth approached him.
"You're doing wonderfully" she smiled at the statue "only five hours to go"
With a wave of her hand James was relieved to feel himself able to move again. Not only that but the itching was gone! And the monkey tail had vanished too!
He could have jumped for joy if it weren't for the fact that there was still so much of this class to go. Sure enough before long he was facing a sea of raised hands belonging to young witches wanting to test their magic on him. And next up was..