The shield was still up...but not for long. Not if he could help it!! Cris watched as the others bombarded the last shield over and over again with their reductor spells. With Professor Romanos' reminder still fresh in his mind, Cris took the time to prepare himself before launching another assault on the shield.

Taking a deep breath and slowly releasing it, he closed his eyes and emptied his mind of everything except the image of the shied splintering into tiny pieces. So he concentrated.

He concentrated on keeping that image in his head. This is what he wanted his spell to do. Bringing down that last shield. His intentions were clear. His mind just focussed on pooling all his energy into that one burst of blueish light. He was ready!

Opening his eyes, Cris moved a little to the right and then raised his wand, pointing up at the pinata's shield. With gritted teeth, he slashed his wand first to the right and then to the left in a sideways V formation, and with determination, called out loudly and clearly, the incantion, "REDUCTO!!".

A blueish beam of light burst forth from his wand and hit the shield right in the center.