Ariena drew her arrow and tapped into the river of celestial essence within her being. She sucked in a breath and opened her eyes. She could feel her hair and eyes illuminate the bright shade of orange light it did when she used magic. She could hear the magic sparking and humming at her fingertips and within her. She could almost taste the raw power emanating from her being.
She aimed at the bullseye several meters away from her and imagined four other ones behind it. She discarded the nerves that began to build and took a deep breath once again. For she knew the power that ran through her veins.
And then with one quick release of her fingers, the arrow sliced through the air, orange magic swirling around it as it went through the first bullseye. Ariena was just about to jump in joy when she heard it go through the second.
The third.
The fourth.
And the fifth.
Ariena was too shocked too rejoice. She had broken a record. It was said that no student had ever shot through all five targets. The gasps were followed by whispers.
And then silence.
And then cheers. Before she could turn back to look at the crowd, she was swept up into the air by it. A wide smile appeared on her features. She had never felt so appreciated before in her life. And then she caught the headmaster's steel eyes looking at her and the smile vanished. The chants of her name from the crowd throwing her up and catching her blended with the huming of traces of her magic that still floated around the target invaded her ears as the crowd celebrated her for that marvelling burst of magic.