<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>> ( Sorry, a correction was made to what Amber saw. )<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> The sudden brightness of the sunlight, after the<BR>> time<BR>> walking through the dark train station, hurt Amber’s<BR>> eyes. As her vision adjusted she looked out onto a<BR>> wide platform made of planks of wood painted blue. <BR>> The platform extended about twelve feet in front 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 the<BR>> platform the shadows of cumulus clouds moved 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 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 see<BR>> how far off the ground the platform was, but the top<BR>> of the fence was well over the height of her<BR>> grandfather. The space between the platform and the<BR>> fence was filled in with overgrown bushes and 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 twenty-five<BR>> feet beyond where she stood. There were two large<BR>> square wooden beams, in a row, painted
red, 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 yellow<BR>> roofing tiles. It extended to back beyond the corner<BR>> of a building that was behind her.<BR>> <BR>> Behind her was the red brick side wall of a building<BR>> that was twenty-five feet wide. On it were many<BR>> extremely old faded and broken signs for things such<BR>> as a tea company from India, a cruise liner, and a<BR>> London insurance company. Newer posters existed 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, 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 she<BR>> had never heard before, so she was just checking to<BR>> see if invisiblity was one of them. She turned to<BR>> the boy on the other end of the platform and called<BR>> out "Oi! Are we late or something!?"<BR><BR><BR>The boy responds: "Unheard of! Where is it?"<BR></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>"Why do you think I asked you?" replied Amber<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> 
<hr size=1>Be a better friend, newshound, and
know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ "> Try it now.</a>