Oh......the door was shut. It was showtime. Wait, they were going to do exercises? Well Naya supposed that made sense. Wouldn’t want to pull a muscle, or worse, while dueling. The fifth year was all for it. Naya followed directions and moved away from her classmates. The only thing worse than a dueling injury would be a warm up injury.

Naya stood up tall and rolled her head around in a circle. Time to stretch. She put her arms out and began to move them in clockwise circles. 1, 2, 3.............15. And she reversed the motion, counting as she went, until she reached 15 again. Once that was done, she shook out her hands.

Time for the next stretch. Naya bent forward and alternated touching each arm to the opposite leg. When she had finished her required twenty, she bent one knee, stretching it behind her. Then she repeated the stretch with the other leg. Just thought she would try a little extra. Now she was ready, more or less. If she could get her mind right, all would be well.