<BR><BR><B><I>Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade@squaredbee.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div><BR>--- Tashayar McCarthy <WOW_ITS_TASHAYAR@YAHOO.COM><BR>wrote:<BR><BR>> > <BR>> > The sudden brightness of the sunlight, after the<BR>> > time<BR>> > walking through the dark train station, hurt<BR>> Amber’s<BR>> > eyes. As her vision adjusted she looked out onto a<BR>> > wide platform made of planks of wood painted blue.<BR>> <BR>> > The platform extended about twelve feet in front<BR>> of<BR>> > her and ended with a drop-off. The railroad tracks<BR>> > emerged from the left corner of the platform and<BR>> > trailed off into the distant green hills. Beyond<BR>> the<BR>> > platform the shadows of cumulus clouds moved<BR>> across<BR>> > a<BR>> > field of grass and trees.<BR>> > <BR>>
> The air smelled of currants and honey. It was very<BR>> > quiet. Only the sounds of the nearby birds could<BR>> be<BR>> > heard.<BR>> > <BR>> > To her right the platform ended less than a couple<BR>> > of<BR>> > yards away. Beyond that was a tall wooden fence<BR>> > painted black with bright orange stars. She could<BR>> > not<BR>> > tell how tall the fence was since she could not<BR>> see<BR>> > how far off the ground the platform was, but the<BR>> top<BR>> > of the fence was well over the height of her<BR>> > grandfather. The space between the platform and<BR>> the<BR>> > fence was filled in with overgrown bushes and<BR>> weeds.<BR>> > <BR>> > The leaves were green, silver, yellow, purple, and<BR>> > red. It was hard to tell if the wind was whipping<BR>> > the<BR>> > leaves around or they were constantly beating each<BR>> > other on their
own.<BR>> > <BR>> > To her left the platform continued about<BR>> twenty-five<BR>> > feet beyond where she stood. There were two large<BR>> > square wooden beams, in a row, painted red,<BR>> holding<BR>> > up<BR>> > the right end of a small roof over the edge of the<BR>> > platform. The shading roof had blue trim and<BR>> yellow<BR>> > roofing tiles. It extended to back beyond the<BR>> corner<BR>> > of a building that was behind her.<BR>> > <BR>> > Behind her was the red brick side wall of a<BR>> building<BR>> > that was twenty-five feet wide. On it were many<BR>> > extremely old faded and broken signs for things<BR>> such<BR>> > as a tea company from India, a cruise liner, and a<BR>> > London insurance company. Newer posters existed<BR>> for<BR>> > Ollivander’s Wands, a Zonko’s joke shop, and a<BR>> > Honeyduke’s candy shop. There were also layers
of<BR>> > schedules pasted on top of each other. The wall<BR>> > above<BR>> > her was almost two stories high ending in a flat<BR>> > roof.<BR>> > <BR>> > Other than her grandfather she could only see one<BR>> > other person – a boy maybe a little older than she<BR>> > was. He was standing at the edge of the platform,<BR>> to<BR>> > the left, holding the end of his trunk and moving<BR>> > his<BR>> > head back and forth as if he was looking for<BR>> > something.<BR>> > <BR>> > A train could not be seen.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Amber looked back and fourth many times then waved<BR>> > her hand threw the air to see if the train was<BR>> > invisible. The wizarding world holds many things<BR>> she<BR>> > had never heard before, so she was just checking<BR>> to<BR>> > see if invisiblity was one of them.
She turned to<BR>> > the boy on the other end of the platform and<BR>> called<BR>> > out "Oi! Are we late or something!?"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> The boy responds: "Unheard of! Where is it?"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "Why do you think I asked you?" replied Amber<BR><BR><BR><BR>"That's rude!" the boy response with a sneer back to<BR>Amber. "The train is not here. What is going on?"<BR><BR>The boy stomps off to the far end of the train station<BR>draging his trunk behind him.<BR><BR><BR></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>"Last time I checked that wasn't rude!" Amber shouted across the station, hands on hips, "what's wrong with <EM>you</EM>!?"<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>HogwartsBetween mailing list<BR>HogwartsBetween@gamera.cc<BR>http://gamera.cc/mailman/listinfo/hogwartsbetween_gamera.cc<BR></div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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