A Trip to the Castle (First Years)

[Pontifex Maximus]

Hagrid walked over in great strides, up and down the platform shouting "Firs' years over 'ere! Don't worry 'bout yer bags, they'll be sorted! Firs' years follow me!"

ooc: going to have some exclusively first year RP here, so don't go straight to the sorting.

[Pinkerton]

Lyonel quickly followed the voice, and found an enormous man, of at least three times the size of a regular adult,

[Pontifex Maximus]

Lyonel quickly followed the voice, and found an enormous man, of at least three times the size of a regular adult,

Hagrid turned to see the progress. He chuckled under his breath to witness the chaos before him that was the first night at Hogwarts.

"Come on then, move along!"

He looked down his broad nose at the small student in front of him

"Well hullo there. Excited?"

[Pinkerton]

Indeed!,

Lio's smile was so big that almost didn't fit his face

How are we going to the castle? He asked curiously to the half-giant

[Pontifex Maximus]

Hagrid shifted his eyes about playfully

Well, I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise now, would I?

He once again raised his shaggy head and bellowed across the platform

"Firs' years over here! Merlin's beard what's takin' em so long?"

[Trot]

Demetri nervously follows Lio intimidated by the giant of a man

[Dirty Chai]

Ralph plops off the train with his unwieldy luggage weighing him down, and goes to place his belongings in the growing pile of suitcases and cages. He worries for a second that he'll never see his trusty magical knapsack again,
but reassures himself that the school knows what it's doing.

He then meanders over to stand by Hagrid and the growing crowd of first years.

[Pyrrhus the Molossian]

Lance quickly follows the giant and follows his directions.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Hagrid did a quick head count

"Aright' I think that's all a'ya. Any stragglers'll find their way, no problem. Right then! Let's get down to the docks! The rest o' the students will be gettin' to the feast a bit earlier to watch you all make your special entrance. An' don't you worry, you're in good hands ya are."

Hagrid waved for the students to follow him and began walking down a slight incline, the opposite direction of the other students. After several minutes of walking along a lamp-lit path, the students came to a small dock. Hagrid produced a crumby looking umbrella with what appeared to be a snapped wand on the end. He tapped a dozen or so small dingies tied to the dock and turned to face the students.

"Aright, two to a boat, no more. We'll be gettin' to the castle across the lake today. Keep yer arms and legs inside the boat at all times, there's creatures beneath the surface, mostly friendly mind, but we wouldn't want anyone fallin' in. Had a student fall in a year or two ago, Atticus Prince, had to go to the sorting soaking wet, the poor lad. Right then, in ya go."

Hagrid planked himself down in his own boat and gave it a tap. It began to float on its own into the mist.

[Pyrrhus the Molossian]

Lance quickly finds a boat and climbs in. The lake is choppy and he waits for a companion.

[Trot]

Demetri boards a boat to shy to sit with the other boy he hopes someone would sit with him oh who is he kidding no one ever likes him

[Lucius Malfoy]

Geoffrey moves trough the crowd and gets into his boat as well. He sits down in the boat, trying not to fall out of it.

[Pinkerton]

Geoffrey moves trough the crowd and gets into his boat as well. He sits down in the boat, trying not to fall out of it.

Lio walked, without much caution till he found one boat; He sit and for his surprise he saw another boy at the other end of the boat,

Oh, hello, I hadn't see you, He smiled,

My name is Lio, what's yours?

[Dirty Chai]

Ralph hesitantly gets into a boat near the far end of the dock, but after standing in it for a moment and getting used to its stability, motions at his new friend Henry to come and sit with him.

[M. Laveur]

Ralph hesitantly gets into a boat near the far end of the dock, but after standing in it for a moment and getting used to its stability, motions at his new friend Henry to come and sit with him.

Henry followed Ralph closely from the start. The sheer size of Hagrid intinidated him, and the idea of sitting in a small boat during the night made him dizzy, yet, after he managed to secure his seat, he took some deep breaths and started to calm down.

"Don't move the boat to much, Ralph, ok? I don't want us to turn over and drown!"

[Lucius Malfoy]

Lio walked, without much caution till he found one boat; He sit and for his surprise he saw another boy at the other end of the boat,

Oh, hello, I hadn't see you, He smiled,

My name is Lio, what's yours?

Geoffrey held a finger to his nose, preventing him from sneezing. He hears someone call to him as the eleven year old looks at the person known as Lio.

Name is Geoffrey, Geoffrey Cleaver.

[Zeus Almighty]

Dom looks at the boat curiously he wants me to get in that thing? Here goes nun

[Pontifex Maximus]

As each student settled into a boat, it began to move forward, torches in front flickered revealing the dark waters of the lake. They continued en masse across the water.

[Zeus Almighty]

This is beautiful Dominick thought in awe as the moved along the water in the self propelled boats.

[Zeus Almighty]

OOC- ML and BF you guys mind if I hopped in the same boat as y'all?