[Hogwarts Between] Amber gets to the train.

[Patrick McCartney]

--- Tashayar McCarthy <wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> 
> 
> Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com> wrote: 
>   
> --- Tashayar McCarthy 
> wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > The sudden brightness of the sunlight, after the
> > > time
> > > walking through the dark train station, hurt
> > Amber’s
> > > eyes. As her vision adjusted she looked out onto
> a
> > > wide platform made of planks of wood painted
> blue.
> > 
> > > The platform extended about twelve feet in front
> > of
> > > her and ended with a drop-off. The railroad
> tracks
> > > emerged from the left corner of the platform and
> > > trailed off into the distant green hills. Beyond
> > the
> > > platform the shadows of cumulus clouds moved
> > across
> > > a
> > > field of grass and trees.
> > > 
> > > The air smelled of currants and honey. It was
> very
> > > quiet. Only the sounds of the nearby birds could
> > be
> > > heard.
> > > 
> > > To her right the platform ended less than a
> couple
> > > of
> > > yards away. Beyond that was a tall wooden fence
> > > painted black with bright orange stars. She
> could
> > > not
> > > tell how tall the fence was since she could not
> > see
> > > how far off the ground the platform was, but the
> > top
> > > of the fence was well over the height of her
> > > grandfather. The space between the platform and
> > the
> > > fence was filled in with overgrown bushes and
> > weeds.
> > > 
> > > The leaves were green, silver, yellow, purple,
> and
> > > red. It was hard to tell if the wind was
> whipping
> > > the
> > > leaves around or they were constantly beating
> each
> > > other on their own.
> > > 
> > > To her left the platform continued about
> > twenty-five
> > > feet beyond where she stood. There were two
> large
> > > square wooden beams, in a row, painted red,
> > holding
> > > up
> > > the right end of a small roof over the edge of
> the
> > > platform. The shading roof had blue trim and
> > yellow
> > > roofing tiles. It extended to back beyond the
> > corner
> > > of a building that was behind her.
> > > 
> > > Behind her was the red brick side wall of a
> > building
> > > that was twenty-five feet wide. On it were many
> > > extremely old faded and broken signs for things
> > such
> > > as a tea company from India, a cruise liner, and
> a
> > > London insurance company. Newer posters existed
> > for
> > > Ollivander’s Wands, a Zonko’s joke shop, and a
> > > Honeyduke’s candy shop. There were also layers
> of
> > > schedules pasted on top of each other. The wall
> > > above
> > > her was almost two stories high ending in a flat
> > > roof.
> > > 
> > > Other than her grandfather she could only see
> one
> > > other person – a boy maybe a little older than
> she
> > > was. He was standing at the edge of the
> platform,
> > to
> > > the left, holding the end of his trunk and
> moving
> > > his
> > > head back and forth as if he was looking for
> > > something.
> > > 
> > > A train could not be seen.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Amber looked back and fourth many times then
> waved
> > > her hand threw the air to see if the train was
> > > invisible. The wizarding world holds many things
> > she
> > > had never heard before, so she was just checking
> > to
> > > see if invisiblity was one of them. She turned
> to
> > > the boy on the other end of the platform and
> > called
> > > out "Oi! Are we late or something!?"
> > 
> > 
> > The boy responds: "Unheard of! Where is it?"
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "Why do you think I asked you?" replied Amber
> 
> 
> 
> "That's rude!" the boy response with a sneer back to
> Amber. "The train is not here. What is going on?"
> 
> The boy stomps off to the far end of the train
> station
> draging his trunk behind him.
> 
> 
> 
>    
>    
>    
>   "Last time I checked that wasn't rude!" Amber
> shouted across the station, hands on hips, "what's
> wrong with you!?"
> 


[ This is now continued in "Train Hopping".

  -- EOT
]