Jasmine stifled a smile at Cris' little ahem performance. Losing her focus now would not be a good idea when she was going up against the master. Jasmine turned her back to Cris and took several steps away from him.. Turning around, she prepared her wand and listened to him count one, two, three........ Wow, he really was fast. Almost before she could initiate the spell, Cris had sent a beam of light in her direction. She was almost too slow, almost. Just in the nick of time, Jasmine was able to say, "Protego", and barely block his spell. She immediately countered with a spell of her own. "Rictusempra", Jasmine shouted. She tried to prepare herself because she knew that Cris would likely be sending a spell right back at her. This was not going to be easy.