Maddie had only felt comfortable enough to practice the incantations and wand movements separately, so as of right now, she'd actually conjured a whole bunch of nothing from her wand. Now she felt like she could at least give it a try, even if she still didn't manage to conjure anything. She stepped back up to face the statues.

She stared at the first statue and tried to picture a fiery rope springing from her wand. She made a whip-like motion with her wand. "Ignisio Funem!" she called out. A think stream of fire made its way out her wand tip, but the fire died down shortly afterward. Maddie frowned. Thank goodness this hadn't been a real duel! That would have allowed way too much room for her opponent to defeat her!

Facing the same statue, who was still unharmed, Maddie tried the spell a second time. If she even wanted some kind of success with the second spell, she had to get the first spell down pat beforehand. She pictured that same fiery rope coming from her wand. "Ignisio Funem!" she said again, making the whip-like motion a second time. Another stream of fire made its way out her wand again. This stream was longer and looked more like a rope of fire. She even managed to hold it for a few seconds before it went away.

Awesome!