Hogsmeade Platform
 

Chooooo choooo! The Hogwarts Express has arrived at last (or has it???). Either way, you're almost to Hogwarts, so get off the train and get going to the school!

First years, follow the groundskeeper to the lake. Second years and up, go for the horseless (thestral-led) carriages. Don't forget anything on the train, because you won't see it for another 9 months!

Elliot felt her feet hit the ground...she stumbled a bit, but kept her footing and remained standing. Good job, Elliot. She knew Lottie was around here...poor girl...although, the little girl seemed to be excited about all this...Elliot, however, was a bit...worried. Why in the world had the train stopped? It was weird.

The blonde grasped her school bag a bit harder, and her knuckled whitened as she squeezed the handle of her bag harder..

She wondered where Ezra was. Where was Hannah as well? Hmph. She just really wanted to eat, now. And drink...and just sit down. Because she wasn't comfortable right now...and she wanted to be comfortable.

Whatever.

Sebastian stood on the platform of Hogsmeade station with a very excited Pepper who was bouncing around and trying to get off her lead. While Millie kept close to Sebastian's feet trying to keep out of Pepper's way. He had the feeling that when the students arrived that he was going to end up carrying the young wombat.

He checked his watch and the train should be arriving at any moment. He lent back against the sign that he had erected while quietly pleading for Pepper to behave herself.

Quote:

FIRST YEARS PLEASE GATHER YOURSELVES IN AN ORDERLY FASHION WITH THE GROUNDSKEEPER.

He was almost as excited as Pepper was.



ooc: Okies I need to head to bed. I'll be back in about six or so hours. Please have your charrie make their way over to the Groundskeeper.

That was an... experience.

Theodore landed on his knees, and he let out a loud yelp of agony. Of course, he wouldn't land on his feet. This was Theodore Kinsley, after all. Scrambling to his feet, the boy gave his knees a small rub, then instinctively went to follow the groundskeeper. But, oh wait... he was a second year now, HEHE. Adding a strut to his walk, Theo made his way to the carriages.

BUT - where was Blue? And where was his mummy to fix his poorly knees? He looked down, noticing a blood mark showing through his trousers. OH, nawt blood...

Don't cry, man. You're twelve now.

For Baguette, Nomsy, Lamey, and Jacqui, and Kath :3
 

Alice felt her head hit the ground as she popped into Hogsmeade, along with the teddy bear portkey and the others hanging on to it. She immediately released the thing, and lowered herself to the floor again. She still couldn't walk, so she decided just to sit on the platform until she figured out someway to get to the carriage. Yeah. She would definitely have to visit the Infirmary before getting to the Feast. Her chocolate frog was safely in her pocket. Her broken leg was stretched out in front of her, the other crossed under it, slightly propping it up. Did anyone here know any healing spells?

And so, the lioness sat, helpless on the ground, waiting for someone to come help her. 'Cause if no one would, she needed a heads up so she could start crawling to school.

As soon as his feet had hit the ground, Patrick looked around to see that he was off the train safely and also that Orion had stayed with him; at least he had his bag of chocolate and his owl so that was a good start. Now what happens? That really was the question. He hadn't been used to this after all seeing as he had thought that train was to take the students to Hogwarts and not just break down half way through the trip, at least it looked like people had arrived safely; which had brought about the question of where Kendall was, he hadn't seen his friend since he left the compartment and wandered the train which made him wonder if she had got through safely. It wasn't going to be entirely worried about now as he had approached a carriage that seemed to be led by nothing, hmm.. perhaps it was something that not everyone could see which could have explained everything. But, now it was a matter of waiting to find out what was next.

Everybody, but especially Theo!!
 

Feeling her body getting thrown roughly on the ground, Cassia opened her eyes as she fell on her knees failing to gain her balance. Aside from the nausea sensation she was feeling , her throbbing knees and the ringing in her ears….She was alright. She had used a portkey before and sadly it wasn't any better. Probably because was worried about what happened at the train and it was so unexpected that they would continue their journey via portkeys.

The second year rose up slowly ,looking around her. Few students were already here. Good then she didn't end up alone in a far dimension! She tried to straighten but her shoulders hunched down right away again. She hated how she felt worried and a bit afraid. This wasn't how she planned for herself to be in her second year. But the train wasn't supposed to stop suddenly as well! Cassia felt annoyed, it was all the train's fault.

Cassia walked closer to the bunch of students who landed here. She felt better being around people. She looked at the faces, seeing familiar faces would help to raise her spirit. You're ok Cassia, they have everything under control, She tried to convince herself.

You know who you are. ;)
 

Elise gasped as she landed on her feet, very much off balance. Stumbling a little, she reached for the nearest things she could to stead herself. "OW!" she winced, pulling her arm back and using the other arm. Chancing a look at her arm, she shuddered to see a little bulge thing. Turning away, she decided she'd look for help.

Yeah. Help'd be nice.

So wandering around aimlessly, Elise tried not to look at her broken arm and focus on finding Healer Tillstorm. Or the pink headlady. Someone who'd help her with her arm, at least.

Adding a very obvious limp to his step, Theo continued to walk to the carriages. His knees didn't hurt THAT bad, but a little attention seeking wasn't so bad, right? His heart skipped a beat when something held him on the shoulder. Was it one of those imaginary horses that people were always on about?!

After hearing a question hovering over him, the boy looked up at an older girl, who was touching him. Don't. Touch. But, she looked WAY old, so he wouldn't tell her off just yet.

"I-I'm okay... I just banged my knees on the floor." Not to even mention his foot injury from earlier today. Which actually had nothing to do with the train shenanigans - just plain Theo being a klutz. "I don't wanna look but I think they're bleeding..." Did Reparo work on this type of injury?

James landed with a heavy 'OOF' on the platform floor and found himself looking across at Alice. His eyes widened when he saw her leg and dragged his body towards her, not paying attention to his arm or ribs, which were both in a lot of pain.

"Alice...are you....are you okay?" he managed to say, out of breath and all. And breathing hurt because of his ribs.

James let his head drop to the ground and he groaned in pain. "Owww..."

She could almost feel the boy go rigid under her touch. Right, she should have known better than to walk up behind someone and touch them. After all that had gone on on the train, she would probably stun the first person to touch her. Em nodded. "Mine too. The ground's not very soft is it?" Too bad someone hadn't placed a cushioning charm on the landing pad. "You want me to take a look? I've got a first aid kit."

As soon as the world stopped spinning, Presley let og of the Portkey and stepped away looking for someone she knew. Elliot. Presley walked over to her and bluntly asked "What the hell was that? The train doesn't just break down!" If any student knew, it would be Elliot Morganzo.

THUMP.

"Uggh, that was not how I was planning to land..." Ariella groaned as she picked up her acking body off the the cobblestone platform which was quickly filling up with kids left and right via portkey. And yes she did say her body was acking, after all, this had to be the fifth time she had fallen in the last 24 hours, and the ground was not soft.

Brushing herself off, she looked around for any familair faces, but found none. She must have made it hear before them then. Ari continued to stand around until she spotted it. A Man leaning against a huge sign...

This was obviously where Ari needed to go so she skipped over and stopped right in front of the man. There was still no sign of her friends so she sighed and looked up at the man, "I'm assuming your the groundskeeper? I'm Ari!" And then she noticed the small-ish black dog.

"Oh how cute!" Ari said as her voice got higher as she spoke to the doggy with her 'puppy voice', she ruffled his fur affectionatly, "And what's your name sweety?"

Bliss crashed down and fell forward again, she reached out her hands again without thinking and her possibly broken wrist collapsed under her weight. She cursed under her breath and promptly got up. She checked over Twitch, who was angrily hooting in her cage and she was ignoring the pain in her wrist all the while. Maybe it would be a good idea to try and find some help she thought, making her way around the platform. No one but students were here, the teacher must be somewhere else. Then she noticed a girl who looked lost...and in pain. "Hey," she said, approaching the girl slowly. "Are you okay?" She asked worriedly.

Stumbling a bit when her feet hit the ground, Penelope landed on the platform relatively unhurt. Her knee was still a bit sore and probably starting to bruise, but it wasn't as painful to bend as when she'd first hit it. But it seemed not just Alice was hurt now, but James also. Merlin.

"You alright?" Penelope asked, directing the question at both of them though her eyes were scanning around the platform for a prefect or an adult to help them. Like that redheaded lady or the Ministry man. She hadn't seen them since the brief appearance on the train though. Were they even here? Hm.

"No, it's not." He said, sniffing a little. The more he spoke about the hard ground, and his bleeding knees, the more they hurt. Maybe it was just his imagination playing tricks on him. He hoped so, anyway. He narrowed his eyes on the girl when she mentioned a first aid kit. That did NOT sound legit.

Who carried a first aid kit around with them?

Theo didn't. Were people supposed to? "Sure..." He said, beginning to roll up one of his trouser legs. The most painful one, that is. Theo winced at the blood that was stuck to the fabric, but he yanked it free to reveal a lovely big wound. "Just don't touch unless you are a doctor." Otherwise, he would do it himself thank you.

Elise winced as she brushed against someone but continued looking. And practicing her speech in her head. Healer Tillstorm? I'm sorry I'm such a softie, and I get hurt so easily and I complain too much, but cold you please help me fix my arm? No, that just sounded wrong.

Hearing an angry hoot and a concerned voice, Elise looked up, wincing a little at the movement. "Hi," she smiled. "I'm okay. I guess. My arm seriously hurts tho-" she said casually before noticing the girl's purpling wrist.

"What happened?" she gasped. The last and only time her wrist was like that was when they were wrestling with Snargaluffs. And that was really painful. So... Maybe they could get help together?

Bliss waited for the girl to react as she seemed to be in deep thought, perhaps wondering how to fix, well whatever was hurting her. Bliss knew she wanted, really wanted, to fix her wrist as soon as possible. She smiled as the girl looked up at her, but her smile was replaced by a look of worry as she saw that the girl winced at the movement. "Hey," she replied quietly and coughed trying trying to make her voice the normal volume again, but in reality she had been shook by the incident on the train. "That looks...bad. Did you do that on the train?" She asked, looking at the girl with concern. She probably got the injury on the train, just like Bliss did.

Bliss looked down at her wrist and gave a small gasp, she could've sworn it hadn't looked that bad when she'd last looked at it. It was now large and purple, in fact it had almost double in width. "I..ermm, well..when the train stopped, I fell forward and.." She gestured to her swollen wrist. It was obvious enough, right? "I don't know what to do know though," she said and sighed. She wasn't looking forward to being stuck with a probably broken wrist for ages.

anyone, but special nods to Elodie & Alice :3
 

*thud*

Kurumi. HATED. Portkeys.

She had traveled by them enough times that one would imagine she should be able to land properly on her feet by now, but that wasn't the case. At least she didn't roll to a stop like she had done when she had arrived at Lewis' home over the summer. Especially when one considered that she was clutching a very VERY puffy and displeased Walnut right now.

Ears down, eyes the size of saucers, Walnut let out an exasperated meow that sounded more like a balloon deflating than anything else. "It's alright, Walnut, we made it," Kurumi said as she let go of the hula hoop and pushed herself up off the ground again.

Looking around the platform and seeing who all was there, Kurumi noticed the new groundskeeper who looked...a little more focused than the previous. Kurumi herded a few first years towards the man when she noticed Elodie on the platform looking...well...frightened. "Hey, you okay?" she asked, bending over and offering the young Hufflepuff her hand. Yes, she could latch on to it if she wanted. "How is Gemini holding up?"

Which was when she also noticed a small crowd gathered around someone...someone who looked like Alice. "Alice?! What happened to you?!" Kurumi exclaimed as she got a little closer. Oh...that...that did not look so good. "Alice, we need to get you to the Healer." There was no way Kurumi was capable enough to handle these sorts of injuries. "Here, take one of these. The sugar might help you feel better."

Theo, and a mention of Kurumi
 

Okay.

Tiffany and him had touched the portkey. "Don't worry, everything is gonna be okay." said him to her. His face still looked calm, Gary had experienced travelling with portkey and he admitted that wasn't nice. But they HAD to due the situation. Some people believed that portkey is the best choice in emergency. No longer after they touched it, the remote had dissapeared and sent them to the Hogsmeade station

BAM!

Ouch..

The blonde guy landed at the station. He was settled at the ground. Fiuh. Then he checked at himself if there was injury or something. Luckily he was okay, one thing that made him a bit scared was his left shoulder started to injured again. Then he grabbed his backpack who was not too far from his position and decided to walk to the carriages. But wait... he almost forgot something..

WHERE WAS TIFFANY?

"Tiffany!" Gary shouted and his blue eyes kept searching of that girl. Then suddenly he saw her was lying down at the ground, not too far from him. "You okay?" asked him. He extended his hand in order to help her.

plus a bit of Lottie
 

After what felt like being spun around with an invisible hook attached to his torso Vickers finally felt something solid slam against his feet, causing him to buckle on his knees. With the pet carrier under one arm and the bird cage in the other he completely lost his balance and toppled towards the ground.

So not thrilled getting re-acquainted with the ground so soon....

Amidst the angry squawking from the cockatoo and the anxious bark-whining of the dog the Ravenclaw pushed himself off the ground and dusted himself off. He looked around-- yup they were on the platform alright. This time of course without the usual organized chaos of disembarking from the train with their luggage and stuff. This was just chaos of people falling from the sky.

With a huff he picked up the bird cage and the pup buggy, peering to make sure his pets survived the trip with nothing worse but frayed nerves. When he stood up again he spotted the banner that directed First years in that direction, with a man standing beside it. Hmm, the new Groundskeeper perhaps?

He looked around and spotted Lottie "Train ride may have been interrupted but at least you still get your boat ride." he said as he passed by the young girl, trying to muster an encourage smile despite feeling all out of sorts so early in the term.

Guh, now where are those carriages?...