 Constant Vigilance! O_O AWAKE!
Right. She had time to try again. And now that her eyes were open, she remembered she was supposed to get a bird cage. And conjure the birds into there. She went to the front, fetched a bird cage, and returned to her spot.
Barn owl.
She could definitely do this. She closed her eyes, picturing the barn owl again. It had been quite a while since she had seen a barn owl, so she hoped she was picturing it correctly. How awful would it be if she successfully conjured something, but it was unrecognizable because they hadn't let them see any birds? No. Positive thoughts only. Mamie opened her eyes. She knew what a barn owl looked like, she could do this.
"Avis!" she said, making the funky "V" bird shape with her wand and trying to block out all the bird and magic related commotion around her. Barn owl thoughts only.
Mamie flinched and covered her eyes as the bang returned, this time with some smoke that she didn't see. When she opened her eyes again, there was a tiny, awkwardly proportioned but clearly meant to be a barn owl sitting at the bottom of her bird cage and flapping its too-big wings. "Awwwwww," she said, moving closer to take a look at it. "It's so small!" |