<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><BR><BR><BR>--- On Thu, 8/28/08, William Dean <wsdean@operamail.com> wrote:<BR><BR>> From: William Dean <wsdean@operamail.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Hagrid Gathers the First Years<BR>> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><BR>> Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 3:32 PM<BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: "Zack Kunkel"<BR>> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List"<BR>> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Hagrid Gathers the First<BR>> Years<BR>> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:13:24 -0400<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Margaret Dean<BR>> <margdean@erols.com><BR>> wrote:<BR>> <BR>> Brandon Klutzke wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > >> > > > Another whistle blast<BR>> sounded. The wheels screeched<BR>> as the<BR>>
> >> > > > <SPAN>train's</SPAN> brakes slowed<BR>> the train. Outside the windows<BR>> the<BR>> > >> > > > movement of the scenery<BR>> slowed almost to a stop.<BR>> Those<BR>> > >> > > > lucky enough to have a<BR>> view out of some windows could<BR>> > >> > > > glimpse the highest tower<BR>> of Hogwarts through the<BR>> > >> > > > tops of the trees.<BR>> > >> > > ><BR>> > >> > > > The Hogwarts train station<BR>> suddenly filled the windows<BR>> on<BR>> > >> > > > one side of the train. <BR>> The features of the platform<BR>> slowly<BR>> > >> > > > moved from left to right. <BR>> Finally, with a final<BR>> screech<BR>> > >> > > > and a jolt, the movement<BR>> of the station stopped.<BR>> > >> >
> ><BR>> > >> > > > A final blast announced<BR>> that the Hogwarts Express had<BR>> > >> > > > arrived.<BR>> > >> > ><BR>> > >> > > Paloma found a door and slowly<BR>> walked down the stairs<BR>> once the<BR>> > >> > > train stoped, she looked around<BR>> to see what the train<BR>> station<BR>> > >> > > looked like.<BR>> > >> ><BR>> > >> > At one end of the platform stood a<BR>> man with long, shaggy<BR>> black<BR>> > >> > hair and beard. Several sizes<BR>> larger than anyone else and<BR>> draped<BR>> > >> > in a long overcoat, he looked just<BR>> too big to be allowed;<BR>> but<BR>> > >> > what could be seen of his face wore<BR>> a broad grin, and his<BR>> black<BR>> > >> > eyes twinkled. Waving a hand
the<BR>> size of a truck tire, he<BR>> called<BR>> > >> > out, "Firs' years! <BR>> Firs' years this way!"<BR>> > >><BR>> > >> Seluna and Koramori both looked at<BR>> eachother with a strange<BR>> > >> expression. The man who was yelling for<BR>> first years for<BR>> Hogwarts<BR>> > >> was huge. They were only about half his<BR>> height, That they<BR>> could<BR>> > >> tell from far away. But he seemed<BR>> friendly and they doubted<BR>> that<BR>> > >> a magic school would send someone who<BR>> could hurt them to<BR>> bring in<BR>> > >> new kids. Seluna walked over to the man,<BR>> carrying her<BR>> suitcase<BR>> > >> behind her. Mori right behind her as<BR>> well. She carried Lucky<BR>> in<BR>> > >> her arms and looked up at the man. Her<BR>> parents had never<BR>> kept<BR>>
> >> books on magical creatures or fairy tales<BR>> in the house, but<BR>> Seluna<BR>> > >> read about them at the library and at<BR>> school. This man isn't<BR>> big<BR>> > >> enough to be a giant, and he didn't<BR>> look like an ogre, even<BR>> though<BR>> > >> they were about his size, so maybe he<BR>> wasn't a magical<BR>> creature.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > [OOC: sorry Iforgot to say that Paloma got<BR>> her robs on and<BR>> grabed<BR>> > > what ever she needed and Luna (her cat) then<BR>> went out to the<BR>> station]<BR>> > > Paloma followed the mans command and went<BR>> over to him and<BR>> waited for<BR>> > > everyone else to get off the train.<BR>> ><BR>> > Gathering up his stuff Heath squeezed off the<BR>> train. In<BR>> retrospect he<BR>> > decided it was much like being toothpaste being<BR>>
squeezed out of<BR>> it's<BR>> > bottle. After being jostled along Heath finally<BR>> got a good look<BR>> at<BR>> > Hogwarts Castle. Shocked by the spectacle, Heath<BR>> made the<BR>> mistake of<BR>> > standing still. Less than a second later he was<BR>> shoved from<BR>> behind<BR>> > into another kid who shoved him into another kid<BR>> and so on much<BR>> like a<BR>> > pinball bouncing off bumpers. This went on for a<BR>> few more times<BR>> until<BR>> > Heath was shoved into the legs of the biggest man<BR>> Heath had<BR>> ever seen.<BR>> > In fact, Heath's head just barely surpassed<BR>> the man's pelvis.<BR>> Looking<BR>> > up Heath saw that the man was wearing a heavy<BR>> overcoat and had<BR>> beard<BR>> > that would make a lion's mane look tame.<BR>> <BR>> "Steady on, there, mate," said the big man as<BR>> Heath collided with<BR>>
him, and he reached out a hand to keep Heath from<BR>> falling over.<BR>> <BR>> Raising his voice again, he called out, "Just<BR>> leave yer stuff on<BR>> the platform, it'll be taken up ter the school. <BR>> Firs' years,<BR>> this way!"<BR>> <BR>> Kadyn stumbled his way off the train, his luggage, being<BR>> repeatedly<BR>> battered back and forth. He chuckled slightly, as most of<BR>> the first<BR>> years seemed to be in awe, at least to him. He waved to a<BR>> friend of<BR>> his parents, who had just been passing through the<BR>> station. He began<BR>> to move towards the groundskeeper, who he had seen once<BR>> or twice<BR>> before out on the grounds of the school, and quickly<BR>> stopped and<BR>> called back. "Amber, Cyrus, you coming?" Cyrus<BR>> had grabbed his<BR>> belongings and been sucked into the swirling mass of<BR>> people. With<BR>> Kadyn's call, he finally
managed to get his bearings,<BR>> and attempted<BR>> to wade through the crowd to Kadyn and the huge man<BR>> standing behind<BR>> him.<BR>> <BR>> <BR><BR>Amber <SPAN>grabbed</SPAN> her stuff and cat and leaped into the crowd. She was bashed between kids, each time she hit one she let out a little "ahh!" and the occasional "Sorry." In all the moving, pushing kids she lost sight of Kadyn and Cyrus."Kad- OOF!" she called as she got shoved by a large passing child. "Grr..." Then she heard Kadyn. "Yes!" and ran over.</td></tr></table><br>