Ariadne gave one last look at her owl from an eye-level perspective and then stood to her full height. She felt so confident in this! She had the incantation and wand movement down pat, and she and her modeling clay owl had had a little pep talk seconds before. She was still holding on to the fact that the pep talk REALLY sealed the deal as far as meaning and emotions were concerned. YES, she really meant this. YES, she had her whole heart into it. YES, she wanted owl very, very badly!

Ariadne mentally reviewed the incantation and wand movement. Piertotum Locomotor Annexus...a point and a flourish of the wand. There was no way she could mess up now! She was just THAT confident! She didn't want to waste any more time getting prepared for this. She pointed her wand toward the modeling clay owl. "Piertotum Locomotor Annexus!" she called out. She gave her wand a nice flourish, causing a slight blue glow to come from the owl but nothing else. It had almost worked! IT HAD!

She would just have to try it again and again! She would get this!