[Hogwarts Between] Fw: Re: Exploring the Train

[Patrick McCartney]

> > From: Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Fw: Re:  Exploring the Train
> > To: inuyash8 at yahoo.com, "Hogwarts Between Game List"
> <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> > Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 6:27 PM
> > > 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."
> 
> 
> paloma quickly turned around to see what they were talking about.

The hallway of the traincar was empty.  The doors to each of the cabins
was closed.  She had heard the student's voice come from behind one of
the doors.