He felt sadly vindicated in his self-deprecatory prediction, once he'd managed to set fire to a feather in his attempt to cast a Levitation Charm. At least he was with Seamus, who had exactly the same problem. They went through three feathers before anyone else so much as dropped theirs, although Zacharias Smith - across the room - did manage to snap his in half quite soon after the third feather burned scorch marks into Neville and Seamus" table. Ron, who also couldn't do it properly, had gotten stuck with Hermione, who had done the Charm perfectly on her first try. When Neville, waiting for a new (fireproofed) feather, glanced over, she was lecturing the irritated redhead on his pronunciation.