"Incendio!"
The straw dummy burst into flame. Another voice roared "Mobilus!" and the dummy began moving. The young woman dove out of the way. The dummy tried to lumber in a circle, but the woman yelled, "Finite aquaticus!" The flaming bundle of straw went out as though doused with water. The straw collapsed into a sodden pile of ash. The woman took a deep, shaky breath, and reached with her wand hand to wipe sweat off her brow.
"EXPELLIARMUS!"
She ducked the spell and threw herself into a roll, jumping to her feet with a cry of "IMPEDIMENTA!"
The room fell silent. The woman scanned the room, wand at the ready, before finally pointing it at her attacker and saying "Finite incantatum."
Alastor Moody stretched. A flash of a smile twisted his scarred face. "Not bad, Shwartz. Nearly got you with that last one."
"But you didn't, did you?" replied Hilary Schwartz, pushing sweat-soaked hair off her forehead. "And that's the important point."
"It is. But you need to be more careful. When you're in the field, you can't afford to lose your wand. Losing you wand means death. Got that?"
Hilary nodded. "Yessir."
Alastor held her eyes for a long moment. Hilary always felt like he was staring straight into her brain, burning his words into its surface. Finally the senior Auror nodded briskly. "Right. Off you go."
Hilary swept a low bow, then held out her hand. They shook warmly before they parted. Hilary left for her Ministry-provided rooms, while Moody stayed behind to clean up the training room. Hilary was left with the last image of Moody casually waving his wand towards the pile of ash, which reformed into a dummy.
Once in her rooms, Hilary stripped out of her sweating clothes and got into the shower. The hot water stung her arm, and she examined a singe she had gotten from the flaming dummy. She placed one hand over the burn and concentrated hard. Her eyes unfocused, and she seemed to be someplace entirely different for a moment. Then it passed, and when she removed her hand, the burn had disappeared.
Hilary Schwartz, 21, late of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, was training to be an Auror.