A short gap between classes had Vickers deciding to try another spell out, and he positioned himself on one of the benches in the Courtyard. He opened his book up and the dueling dummies leapt out again. He aimed at one of the dummies and uttered ” Torparticus!”

…. And he missed. By a wide side of the barn. Maybe it was because of the fact that the dummy was only about a foot tall and was moving.

He heard the clocktower ring for the next class. Seizing the book he slammed it shut and raced back towards the castle.