Having successfully cast the Reductor Curse twice, Cris decided that he would make his next attempt a little more difficult. He was going to try casting the spell non-verbally.

He waited for his dummy to self heal itself and when it did so, Cris resumed his dueling stance position. Standing sideways, away from the dummy, he planted his left foot in front of him, and his right foot, pointed towards the dummy, forming an L formation with his feet. He then distributed his weight equally on the balls of his feet to ensure proper balance.

As he prepared to cast the spell, he noticed Jasmine enter the dueling arena and he waved a hello to her before turning back to the dummy.

Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and slowly released it. Cris then tried to empty his mind of everything...even the presence of Jasmine...which was a hard thing to do...but he tried his best. Next he brought up the image of his spell as it hit the dummy and turned it into flying stuffing, and began concentrating hard to making what he had visualized become a reality.

Opening his eyes, Cris pointed his wand at the dummy and with a quick slash of his wand, first to the right and then the left, he non-verbally cast the spell, mentally saying, 'REDUCTO' in his mind.

He watched a blue beam of light shoot out from his wand and fly towards the dummy.

Pffft...Cris watched in dismay as the spell hit the dummy but instead of blowing it up, it just bounced off it! Cris ended his spell and walked over to examine the dummy. Just a singe mark but nothing else.

He had failed on his first attempt at casting the Reductor curse non-verbally, but Cris wasn't one to give up. He would try and try again, until he was successful.

But that would have to be another day. It was time for him to head off to class. So Cris packed his things and left the Dueling Arena.