<div dir="ltr">"I don't know." Seluna whispered back, watching as everyone else followed the lady.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Paloma McFei <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:inuyash8@yahoo.com">inuyash8@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Margaret Dean <<a href="mailto:margdean@erols.com">margdean@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: Margaret Dean <<a href="mailto:margdean@erols.com">margdean@erols.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] First Year's Entrance<br>
> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br>
> Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 6:57 PM<br>
> Patrick McCartney wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > Hagrid held his lantern up high to signal where<br>
> the students<br>
> > > should gather. He patiently waited without<br>
> saying a word until<br>
> > > everyone left their boats and gathered in front<br>
> of him.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > He kept his lantern raised as he turned and lead<br>
> the students<br>
> > > up a passageway in the rocks. The rocks on the<br>
> floor of the<br>
> > > passageway were worn smooth with hundreds of<br>
> years of First<br>
> > > Years' arrivals.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > They reached a flat grassy area with the walls of<br>
> the Hogwarts<br>
> > > castle rising into the air next to them. Hagrid<br>
> led them up a<br>
> > > flight of wide stone steps.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > He stopped in front of huge oak doors and turned<br>
> to view the<br>
> > > progress of the students. Once everyone was<br>
> gathered at the<br>
> > > top landing of the stairs he turned and gave<br>
> three booming<br>
> > > knocks on the oak doors.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > He then stood there and waited.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Amber looked around as if she was missing<br>
> something, then<br>
> > > turned to Kadyn and whispered, "What are we<br>
> supposed to<br>
> > > do...?"<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Glad to be off the boat, Heath looked around. He<br>
> couldn't see<br>
> > > much besides other kids quietly whispering to<br>
> each other and<br>
> > > looking as confused as Heath was. Glad that he<br>
> hadn't missed<br>
> > > anything Heath thought reassuringly to himself,<br>
> "If your as<br>
> > > confused as everyone else, you probably<br>
> haven't done something<br>
> > > wrong."<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Cyrus looked upwards in fresh awe at the castle<br>
> rising in front of<br>
> > > him.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Kadyn spoke up, to his friends as well as to the<br>
> boy who had spoken<br>
> > > to Amber. "I suppose we wait... Not much<br>
> else we can do..."<br>
> ><br>
> > The students did not wait long. The door opened and a<br>
> tall, black<br>
> > haired witch walked out. She wore a flowing emerald<br>
> green robe. Her<br>
> > face was stern with no sign of levity. She stood<br>
> there lookout out<br>
> > over the flock of students.<br>
><br>
> "Here's the First Years, Professor<br>
> McGonagall," said Hagrid.<br>
><br>
> "Very good, Hagrid," said the tall witch. She<br>
> swept her gaze<br>
> over the group of eleven-year-olds and then said,<br>
> "Follow me,<br>
> please."<br>
<br>
Paloma turned to Seluna and Mori and wispered in confusion, "Who is this lady?"<br>
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