[Hogwarts Between] Crossing the Lake

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>     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's fingers made their own wake, unseen by anyone.
 
 The water started to feel odd.  It seemed to be pressing
 firmer against
 the tips of her fingers.  It also felt bumpy -- and
 slimy!!!
 
 "Eww!" Paloma shriked and quickly pulled her fingers out of the water
 and shook her hand in the air to try to get the water off.


Hagrid's boat was the first to reach land, and he stepped out.  As he
turned around to face the students the small boats arranged themselves
into a line.  The scraping of wood on gravel was heard as they
simultaneously landed on the shore.

[OOC:  This thread ends.  The next thread is "First Year's Entrance." ]

[OOC:  Sorry this is late.  The Paloma email is again having problems
that messes up the reply system.  I didn't notice it until just now. 
Her email will need to change to fix this. ]



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