Hermione looked out to the west across the Lake. The crescentmoon hung low in the sky, a red Cheshire Cat's smile hoveringover the hills that surrounded Loch Nevis. She wrapped her cloak
around herself more tightly and turned away from the cold wind
that whipped across the top of the Astronomy Tower. How anyone
could snog out here for more than thirty seconds without becoming
an icicle completely escaped her.
Then again, wasn't that what warming charms were for? Among
other things, that is.
She stood looking out over the waters of the Lake, as black as
the night sky above, for almost a minute more before nodding
briskly to herself and pushing forward with her purpose here
tonight. Stepping up to the battlement which ringed the top of
the tower, Hermione firmly grasped two of the merlons and pulled
herself up into the crenel between them. She glanced down and a
moment of vertigo seized her.
Tearing her eyes away from the distant ground, she looked up tothe sky once more. "Too late for second-guessing," she
whispered, and the words were torn away by the wind, never to beheard. "Too late to go back to sleep. It's time to trust my
instincts, close my eyes, and leap..." Murmuring a single word,she tapped her breastbone with her wand.
And then Hermione Granger stepped off the top of the AstronomyTower.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
around herself more tightly and turned away from the cold wind
that whipped across the top of the Astronomy Tower. How anyone
could snog out here for more than thirty seconds without becoming
an icicle completely escaped her.
Then again, wasn't that what warming charms were for? Among
other things, that is.
She stood looking out over the waters of the Lake, as black as
the night sky above, for almost a minute more before nodding
briskly to herself and pushing forward with her purpose here
tonight. Stepping up to the battlement which ringed the top of
the tower, Hermione firmly grasped two of the merlons and pulled
herself up into the crenel between them. She glanced down and a
moment of vertigo seized her.
Tearing her eyes away from the distant ground, she looked up tothe sky once more. "Too late for second-guessing," she
whispered, and the words were torn away by the wind, never to beheard. "Too late to go back to sleep. It's time to trust my
instincts, close my eyes, and leap..." Murmuring a single word,she tapped her breastbone with her wand.
And then Hermione Granger stepped off the top of the AstronomyTower.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.