[Hogwarts Between] Fw: Re: Exploring the Train

[Patrick McCartney]

> 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.
> 
> So Paloma opened the door.
> 


The door slid open and the curtain in the window slid with it to reveal
the inside of the next train car.  It was dark.  The windows were
covered with curtains, so no outside light was getting in.  The car
seemed to be longer than the other train cars, and it seemed twice as
wide; however this may have been just the dim light playing tricks with
her eyes.  In each of the train car corners next to her were large
puffy chairs.  She could see the outlines of stuff along the sides of
the car.  In the distance was something tall and shaped like a thin
pyramid.  Nothing beyond that could be seen.

Behind her, from the train car she was leaving, she could hear a
muffled voice of a student from inside one of the cabins say:  "Look! 
It’s gone again."