It didn't matter if Maddie preferred being in the air or on the ground. For the next activity, she absolutely had to be on the ground. She steered her broom downward and made a pretty smooth landing. As she gathered in a group with the rest of the class, she found they were doing a series of stretches. The third year made a letter T with her body and began circling her arms forward. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10," she whispered to herself. It still amazed her that she, Maddie Kemp, was organizing her energy into a routine. Heh.

On the tenth forward circle, she stopped and started moving her arms backward instead. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10," she said again, but this time counting off the circles going in the opposite direction. There. All done. Well, with the arm circles, at least. She wasn't as good with the Bows and Bends as she was with the arm circles. "1...," she counted, but it took her a few seconds to go down, come up, and then move her hips forward. "2...," she counted. MERLIN. Almost ten minutes had passed before she finally said, "10!"

Only one more stretch, and she'd be through with what had already been assigned!