Departing Hogwarts

[sky]

Elizabeth woke up to the sun shining in her face through the window by her bed. She looked at her watch. "Oh shoot! It's 9:45!" Elizabeth hurridley scrambled to her feet and stuffed the last of her belongings into her suitcase. She made sure she had her journal and her cat Spooky. Elizabeth put on the robes that lay on the floor by her bed, ready to go. She checked her watch again. It read 9:55. Elizabeth hurried down to the common room, out the door, and into the corridors, her cat running at her heels. "I'm going to be late!" Elizabeth checked her watch again and it read 10:05.

Elizabeth finnally found everyone. They were already leaving. She grabbed one of the last boxes and the parchment and ran to the line of dissapearing people. At last it was her turn. Elizabeth had never flown by floo powder, but she watched the other girl and Elizabth understood what to do.

She grabbed some floo powder and uncertainly stuck her head into the flames. Elizabeth held her cat tighter as she inserted her whole body into the fireplace. "Weinig Zug!" shouted Elizabeth, and almost instantly she was spinning around and around. She hunched her shoulders and tucked her head, while her cat scratched and clawed in fright.

At last the spinning stopped. Elizabeth stumbled out of the fireplace into a magnificent room that could only be in the castle that they were supposed to stay in. Elizabeth trid to pt her cat down, but the cat clung to her robes, refusing to budge. "I should've known better than ro bring you along." She looked up from the cat to survey the scene and saw her friends Katie and Brooke standing there together, evidentley waiting for her and possibly Justin, for she saw no sign of him any where. Elizabeth walked over to Katie and Brooke. "Hey guys! how was the ride?" Elizabeth's smile turned into a frown as she once again looked down at her cat, still managing to keep her claws firmly attached to Elizabeth's leg and robes.

[Copenhagen]

Justin woke up on the chilly morning and jumped out of his bed and got dressed quickly. Maybe a little to quickly as when he was hopping on one foot trying to put on a sock he tripped and fell. He got up disoriented and waited until his head stopped spinning. He then got fully dressed and packed his trunk. Before he headed down stairs he looked out the window and smiled. His brother was waiting for him in Weinig Zug. His brother had rented a cabin for them right beside the slopes. He then headed down stairs and into the common room ,then down stairs torwards the Great Hall.

Upon enteringh he saw that there were boxes on the tables and that there was a short line. Guess he was late ,because most of the boxes were missing. He waited in line. When it was his turn he grabbed some floo powder and said " Weinig Zug!!!" in a loud clear voice. He stepped in with his trunk and spun around until he stopped spinning and he had reached his destination. He saw many kids around him and finally spotted his brother waiting for him. He ran over to his brother Jay and said " Hey big bro ,lets get a move on ,because i'm ready to shred out there." His brother laughed and said "Hi." then took him out to the car and loaded his trunk. They took off and headed torwards the cabin.

[Zara Phoenix]

Zara groaned as her alarm clock went off. The shrill sound pierced the quiet air of the Gryffindor dorm. Turning over, she checked her watch. It was 9.30 am. "Plenty of time," she thought, momentarily forgetting what time they were supposed to gather at the Great Hall, as she closed her eyes again.

A few minutes later, as another Gryyfindor burst into the dorm, she woke up with a start. The other girl was searching frantically for something, looking under her covers and then kneeling down to peer under her bed. Glancing at the clock, she realised she had twenty-five minutes to get ready. Qucikly jumping out of bed, she ran to the basin and spalshed some water over her face. All her packing had been done the night before, and her trunk now lay next to her bed, ready for the trip. She had stayed up till 1 am last night, packing everything. Now she stood in front of the mirror, staring at her relection. She looked a lot more fresh after washing her face. She then proceeded to brush her teeth and have a shower.

As she put on her light orange jumper, she glanced at her watch. She had five minutes. "Just nice," she thought as she picked up her trunk and went down the staris. There was no time for breakfast but Zara wasn't bothered as she wasn't in the least bit hungry. She was too excited thinking about the trip. This was the first time that she and her twin sister, Sapphire were to spend Christmas together, without the rest of their family. "We're going to have loads of fun," she thought excitedly, as she walked into the Great Hall. Not spotting Sapphire anywhere, she walked to the front. Moments later she was joined by her sister. "Hey, all excited about this, eh?" she said, with a grin.

Professor Sprout then began speaking. Zara listened intently. Taking the black box, she stuffed it into her sling bag. She then grabbed the parchment, opened it and glanced through briefly. There was always time to go through it properly later.

As the students got into a line, Zara joined in right behind Sapphire. As soon as Sapphire had disappeared into the flames, Zara walked forward, a rush of excitement filling her. The time had come. She took some floo powder, thre it into the flames and said,"Weinig Zug!"

The next thing she knew, she was standing in the lobby of the Enchanted Castle, as it was called. It was a large and magnificent-looking room, with a high ceiling from which huge, glamourous chandeliers hung. There was a large fountain right in the middle, water sprouting from a silver angel, with a blue crown. Sapphire was standing right in front of her. "Wow, this is amazing," she whispered, awestruck.