Aurora walked closer to the dummy and inspected the mark. It wasn't so mug burned onto it as burned out. As though the hex had stung all the colour from the dummy. That's pretty cool. Aurora thought to herself. Then she stood back again and tried again. Concentration: check. Pronunciation: check. Wand movement: check. Loose grip: check. She took another breath and held her wand in front of her. "Urticate." she let out the breath as she said the spell and felt it leave her wand. She saw it hit the dummy; not quite where she had been aiming but she was getting the hang of it. She grinned to herself, she had been worried that she'd find the DADA stuff as difficult as flying or arithmancy but she seemed to be getting there with it. She wondered how painful the hex was, it didn't look particularly pleasant. Note to self: try it on Kryspin... when out of hospital... her face fell, she had been trying not to think about her brother and now she did she felt guilty. She tried (badly) to avoid looking miserable and reminded herself that she was getting good at this whole not-home-school thing and that he would be proud of her. Maybe.