Jasmine figured she'd give it a go one more time and if she was successful, she could try the spell nonverbally. Taking a deep breath, she faced the practice dummy and tried to focus her mind. She pictured the purple rope wrapping around the dummy and the dummy being pulled back to her.

Ready to try again, Jasmine pointed her wand at the dummy. Then she made the whip-like motion and said, "Carpe Retractum". She watched as the purple light/rope shot from her wand and lassoed the dummy. It was pulled back in the direction of Jasmine and she was very pleased with the results of her work.....so far. Now it was time for the really hard part. She was going to attempt to cast the spell nonverbally.