[Hogwarts Between] Crossing the Lake

[Paloma McFei]

--- On Sun, 8/31/08, Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com> wrote:

> From: Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Crossing the Lake
> To: wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com, "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> Date: Sunday, August 31, 2008, 2:20 PM
> >     With a quiet 'slush' all the boats left the
> > shore under their own
> >     power.  They quickly formed themselves into a
> > triangular pattern
> >     with
> >     Hagrid's boat at the leading point.
> > 
> >     Hagrid sat in the bow holding out his lantern. 
> Except
> > for the
> >     windows
> >     of the Hogwarts castle and the crescent moon it
> was the
> > only
> >     light.
> > 
> >   Kadyn's mouth gaped open, as the castle looked
> more
> > majestic then
> >   ever. He had seen it before, but it looked more
> awesome
> > than ever.
> >   Cyrus, too, looked up in awe at Hogwarts. It was
> nothing
> > like
> >   Blackmare castle where his aunt and uncle lived. It
> was
> > huge, with
> >   tall towers sticking up everywhere. The pinpoints of
> > light that were
> >   the windows seemed to fill its shadowy outline.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "Now, that," said Amber pointing at
> Hogwarts, "is amazing."
> 
> Outside of the wake caused by the boats, the water was
> almost
> completely still and flat.  Reflected in it were the lights
> from the
> tall towers.  They shimmered here and there as small
> ripples appeared
> and went across the water's surface.

All Paloma could do is look up at hogwarts and say, "Wow..."