Penny worked out her frustrations with a round of target practice, levitating large rocks onto the ledge on the other side of the creek and blasting them with her wand. She was getting good too, hitting her targets almost every time. Of course, she was getting a lot of practice, much more than Zoe and Katie. It wasn’t fair to them, her easier access to the hollow and its secrets. She wished there was something she could do to help them.
She avoided opening The Secrets of The Phoenix Girls. She thought the next time should be an occasion for all of them, not just her.
When pummeling unoffending rocks grew boring, she sat on one of the big ash’s large, arching roots, kicked off her shoes, and cooled her feet in the water. She thought about the day before, Katie’s revelation of and vi
