"Yes," nodded Andi tersely. "Of course there is." She took her photo out, placing it neatly on her desk. "Now pay attention, the wand movement is extremely important to this particular spell." Andi could do it in her sleep, but for beginners, and even intermediate, the complicated, sudden jerk of the handmovements were difficult.

Lightly, her wand traced what seemed like a rune over the photo, "Alacer!" she said, making a triangle in the air, and then crossing it with a five-pointed star. The pattern gleamed in the air for a moment, before disappearing completely. The figures began to move...

The Professor laughed suddenly. Three-year-old Andi Mao-Macdougal Zizhen was trying to beat Karl Redde-Macdougal over the head with the bunch of peonies because he had pulled her hair.