[Hogwarts Between] Heath Arrives at Platform 9 3/4

[Patrick McCartney]

--- Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Karen Klutzke <kklutzke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > [OOC: written by Brandon, but sent to the list by
> > Mom.]
> > 
> > "And we dub thee, Heath Johnson, knight of Camelot!"
> > cried King Arthur
> > knighting Heath as he kneeled before Arthur. A
> > thunderous applause
> > went up from the audience. Heath waved at the
> > bystanders when a large
> > gray dragon shoved its massive scaled head into the
> > throne room.
> > Instinctively Heath drew his sword and charged at
> > the great beast.
> > The monster saw Heath and reared back its head and
> > bellowed,
> > 
> >
>
"BBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!"
> > 
> > Groggily Heath wiped the sleep from his eyes,
> > mumbling something not
> > even he fully understood. Reaching to turn off the
> > alarm clock Heath
> > instead accidentally knocked it to the ground where
> > it started to
> > vibrate across the floor. His dad couldn't just get
> > him a normal alarm
> > clock, noooooo, Heath had to use his old man's old
> > alarm clock; the
> > one three feet tall and three feet wide and bell
> > loud enough to wake
> > the dead on the other side of the planet. Sliding
> > the covers off,
> > Heath reached down to pick up the clock, only to
> > slide off the bed and
> > bang his head on the nearby wall. Upon closer
> > investigation Heath
> > realized that his feet were some how tied up in the
> > sheets. He tried
> > to squirm his feet free but to no avail. Sighing he
> > tried to reach for
> > his clock. His fingers just barely touch it, and
> > then the clock
> > vibrated out of reach and got stuck on the floor
> > vent. Infernal rings
> > could be heard echoing through out the house. Just
> > when Heath was sure
> > things couldn't get any worse Cinrus, his barn owl,
> > fluttered down and
> > landed on Heath's head. "How the bloody heck did you
> > get out of your
> > cage?" questioned Heath. Cinrus just looked down at
> > her owner with an
> > expression in which to say, "You actually thought
> > that stupid cage
> > could hold me?" and hooted what was most likely the
> > owl equivalent.
> > She then bent over and started pecking his head.
> > 
> > Needless to say the rest of the morning didn't go
> > much better. First
> > off breakfast was burnt, which was amazing
> > considering it was cold
> > cereal. Both Samantha and Collin refused to shed
> > light on the subject.
> > Afterwards it turned out that Cinrus had found her
> > way in through a
> > neighbor's open window and made a late night snack
> > of one of their
> > gerbil pets. The pellet was found by Heath when he
> > stepped on it while
> > taking a shower. Later an animate andmalevolent
> > suitcase was created
> > by Samantha when she messed up her charm because of
> > Heath's bathroom
> > finding. The suitcase managed to take out a vase and
> > trample the
> > flowers inside, rip its way through Collin's
> > favorite jacket, and bash
> > into the families' computer, knocking it onto the
> > floor; and that was
> > only the tip of the iceberg. The Johnsons finally
> > cornered it in the
> > laundry room where it was tipping over the trash can
> > and mixing the
> > clean clothes with the dirty ones. A few smashes
> > from a baseball bat
> > that Collin was holding took out the demonic cargo
> > carrier once and
> > for all.
> > 
> > About an hour later the Johnsons packed Heath's
> > school supplies
> > (robes, cauldrons, books, etc.) into Heath's
> > suitcase. When Samantha
> > found her son staring intently at the bag she
> > explained her family's
> > legacy. The Makars, Samantha's side of the family,
> > came from a long
> > line of wand makers, artificers, and the magical
> > equivalent of
> > scientists. Samantha herself was planning on being
> > an enchantress
> > before she met Collin. Of course such lines of work
> > come with their
> > own dangers. One mispronunciation could lead to a
> > disaster, as
> > demonstrated by the previous suitcase. She was
> > trying to charm a
> > suitcase into a bag of holding, which would allow it
> > to hold anything
> > that could fit through its opening. The down side
> > was that even though
> > an infinite amount of things could fit inside, their
> > weight didn't
> > diminish.
> > 
> > About another two hours after that (traffic was a
> > pain) the Johnsons
> > arrived at the train station. It was full of people
> > bustling this way
> > or hustling that way. More than once Heath almost
> > lost sight of his
> > parents. Then one time he did. Standing near a wall
> > Heath scanned the
> > crowd for his parents, but it was like they fell off
> > the face of the
> > earth. Suddenly a hand reached out through the wall
> > and pulled Heath
> > through. Stumbling through Heath rubbed his eyes and
> > reoriented
> > himself. He was in another train platform. "Behind
> > you," said a voice.
> > Turning around Heath saw his mom with a beaming grin
> > on her face and
> > his father who looked a little more white than
> > shaken. "Welcome to
> > platform 9 and 3/4. This is where young witches and
> > wizards take the
> > train to Hogwarts," explained Samantha. Heath looked
> > puzzled at the
> > wall he just passed through. Glancing at where Heath
> > was looking
> > Samantha chuckled and said, "Oh that. Yeah, that
> > wall can give you
> > quite a scare if you don't know what it is. It's
> > mainly just an
> > illusion to make sure that muggles don't stumble
> > in."
> > 
> > Looking around Heath did in fact prove his mom
> > right--there was no
> > train. A few people stood around with worried looks
> > on their faces.
> > One was a girl with a woman. A little ways off Heath
> > could see a
> > different girl arguing with a boy. An old man stood
> > nearby looking at
> > one of the many moving posters. Finally Heath found
> > what he had been
> > looking for, a train schedule.
> > 
> 
> [OOC:  I am assuming that you are looking for the
> Hogwarts Express on the schedule.]
> 
> As Heath scanned the train schedule the crowd became
> very excited.  Everyone was suddenly moving around
> very quickly.  He was bumped into over and over again,
> which made scanning the schedule very difficult.
> 
> There it was:
> 
> Hogwarts Express - Sept. 1 - Departure 11:00 AM
> 


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