Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris looked up as the Slytherin gave him the correct way to say it. He nodded to her with a smile and said, "Thanks." with a tiny wave he turned back to Kade.

"Ok ready." he pointed his wand at the pink thing, and took a deep breath to calm his nerves. 'Please tell me its not going to explode while everyone is watching!' he worried in his head. 'Ok one more time Chris, Jeh-MIN-ee-oh.'

Ok thinking of a second one he tapped his wand onto the item Professor Kade was holding and spoke clearly. "Geminio."

He he hoped it worked out right. He watched as a second one popped into view. He looked at it excitedly and his eyes widened. But his excitement was short-lived as the spell flickered for a second, came back, and then disappeared.

Ohh.

Originally Posted by Celandine

Cela, even though the question was directed directly at her, raised her hand all the same.

"Duplicates are, by nature, inherently flawed. Even the best duplicate is often flawed on a microscopic level. If you put muggle science stuff to it, its like some of the... atoms? Those things, shift the tiniest bit out of alignment. Mostly to the naked eye, those flaws aren't noticeable unless you use a charm to identify the copy in the first place. But if you duplicate from a duplicate, the flaws become more and more pronounced. The more copies you make from copies, the less like the original thing they'll be." Cela began cheerfully.

"Also they'll last for even less time; like the strength of the spell will change the percentage of time that the copy will last, based off the original item, which is in theory everlasting or at least it lasts for the lifetime of itself. Each successive copy of a copy will result in percentage of a percentage and so on in regards to time. A copy from a duplicate, lasts for less time than a duplicate from an original." She smiled at Professor Kade.

"Of course its only a copy in appearances, not in behaviour. You cant duplicate magical things of course, well you could make a timeturner, say, but it wouldn't actually work as one. Also any charms or curses on an item aren't duplicated. Magical effect can't be duplicated."