Sophie looked toward her wand with a frown, as if the whole purple rope fizzling episode had been all its fault. It was all her fault, though. Not a fault, really, but she just...well, didn't do the spell right. Had the dummy been her only hope against one of those creepy Skygge, Sophie would have been toast.

She sighed to herself and positioned herself in front of the dummy a second time. This time, she focused on that purple rope going even further, snagging the dummy, and roping it on in. She could do this! "Carpe Retractum!" she called out. She moved her wand in a tight, whiplike motion.

A second purple rope sprang to life and leaped from her wand. It was almost all the way to the dummy before it, too, fizzled out. Well, at least she'd had better results this time.