Ari had certainly done this before. Although she knew that nearly none of the teachers trusted a blind girl with fire, she was glad that she had the chance to prove that she was a competant witch. Turning her head from side to side, she determined that she was a safe distance away, and knew that accidents always happened.

She had done this before, and, as her spells usually required, without the visual image in her head, she had to remember the texture and smell of dry wood. Pulling out her wand, and pressing her dark glasses closer to her eyes, she made the X motion smoothly and uttered "Focalia". She waited a moment, before extending a hand. She felt three reasonably-sized pieces of wood--dry wood. So far, so good.

Remembering exactly where the wood was--Ari was quite good at remembering things--she took one step back, lightly jerked her wand up, then down twice, and said "Incendio". After maybe three seconds, she heard the quiet crackle of the wood, which grew louder after a few moments. She smiled to herself and slowly walked around the fire, feeling for any places where the flame should not have spread. But nothing felt out of place.