[Hogwarts Between] Crossing the Lake

[Paloma McFei]

--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com> wrote:

> From: Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Crossing the Lake
> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 4:45 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..."
> > Seluna watched the oncoming castle, still wondering
> why her life
> > was so
> > messed up at the moment. all the magic, and giants,
> and strange
> > things that
> > were happening.
> >
> > Heath too stared at the majesty of Hogwarts, in
> between moments
> > staring over the edge of his boat. It was as though
> his stomach
> > couldn't decide if it wanted to throw out his
> lunch or not. He only
> > felt a little nausous, but since the way his day had
> been going it
> > never hurt to be to careful.
> 
> Their steady approach to the far shore was almost at an
> end.  As Heath
> looked down into the water, favoring his stomach, he
> spotted what
> looked like eyes -- human eyes -- staring up at him from
> below the
> surface.  The boat floated past them; but another pair of
> eyes
> followed, and this time he could just make out long hair
> flowing around
> them.  His boat slowly glided by.  The light from
> Hagrid's torch, the
> Hogwarts windows, and the crescent moon were not enough to
> see much
> more.

Paloma quickly broke her trance at hogwarts and stuck a couple of fingers in the water, Paloma wanted to do that her whole life (and she did not look at the water so she did not see the eyes.).