target that had materialized.

A hissing started up as Omorose lifted her head from her comfortable position on the windowsill. : Stupid woman. I was sleeping! : she said contemptuously to thin air.

Lady Ravenclaw shimmered into existence to the surprise of the six students. She smiled at the trainees and tossed them each a bow, which they caught with speed. "Now, I'm just going to jump right into it and start you each out with test dummies to aim for. Don't disappoint me. If there are any problems, just let me know and I'll help as best I can. Archery is not too difficult, but it requires good eye-hand coordination."

The group understood what she wanted them to do, but each and every one of them tried and failed to load their arrow properly. Rowena laughed at their attempts and then showed the correct format. It was relatively simple and they caught the hang of it after a few blunders. The next step was aiming for the dummies that Lady Ravenclaw had summoned from a storage