[Hogwarts Between] Exploring the Train

[Patrick McCartney]

> > > > > > The cabin Paloma just exited was close
> > to the
> > > > > > train
> > > > > > carriage door on
> > > > > > her left.  In that direction was the
> > rear of the
> > > > > > train.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To her right, through the small window
> > in the
> > > > > > train
> > > > > > carriage door,
> > > > > > there looked like there was movement,
> > but no way
> > > > > > to be
> > > > > > sure.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Paloma walked towards the window where
> > she
> > > > thought she
> > > > > > saw movement, she
> > > > > > tip-toed sideways against the wall
> > until she got
> > > > to
> > > > > > the window, then she
> > > > > > slowly peeked out the window.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "What are you doing?" Seluna
> > asked,
> > > > poping
> > > > > > up
> > > > > > behind her. *sees the startled
> > > > > > look on her face* "What. Did you
> > realy think
> > > > that
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > would let you be out her
> > > > > > alone with something supernatural going
> > on?"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Paloma opened the door and walked into
> > the
> > > > hallway.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The hallway before her looked exactly
> > like the
> > > > hallway she
> > > > > > just left.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Paloma walked firther down the hallway.
> > > > >
> > > > > Still, no one moved on the train's
> > hallway.  Out
> > > > the side windows the
> > > > > scenery was still.  Behind the closed cabin
> > doors she
> > > > could hear the
> > > > > muffled voices of students.
> > >
> > > > "..."Seluna just follows her.
> > > >  
> > > Paloma kept walking down the hallway.
> > 
> > Ahead of her was the next door at the end of the train car.
> >  She
> > thought she could hear a rhythmic thumping through the
> > door, but it was
> > so faint she could't be sure.  It may have been her
> > heart beating so
> > loud from the excitement.
> 
> Paloma ran quietly down the hallway to the door and peeked through
> the window.

The muffled thumping stopped as she peered through the window.

All she could see was a purple curtain hanging on the other side of the
window.  It effectively blocked any view into the next car, no matter
what angle she tried.