Gloria in the Potterverse
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She leads him back to the compartment.

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And there are chocolate frogs! He gets Agrippa and Ron is all over him for her.

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And soon they can hear the train whistle. "We should probably put our robes on."

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"Yeah..." she glances at the three boys.

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And Dayo marches the other two outside.

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She giggles and changes and then comes out to let the other three do so.

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And soon a crowd starts forming outside their compartment.

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"Almost done?" she calls inside.

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"Done!"

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She comes back in and grabs her trunk and Albia's cage. "People are starting to line up to get off the train."

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"Then out we go."

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The crowd slowly goes through the door and onto a tiny, dark platform. Then a lamp comes bobbing over the heads of the students, and Sarah can hear a familiar voice:

"Firs' years! Firs' years over here! All right there, Dorea?"

Hagrid's big hairy face beams over the sea of heads.

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She beams back. "Just fine!"

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"C'mon, follow me—any more firs' years? Mind yer step, now! Firs' years follow me!"

Slipping and stumbling, they follow Hagrid down what seems to be a steep, narrow path. It's dark enough on either side of them that there must be thick trees there.

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Almost nobody speaks much, with Dayo the exception that chatters on and on about how cool it all is.

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Neville sniffles once or twice.

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Dorea gives him a few comforting pats.

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"Ye' all get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," Hagrid calls over his shoulder, "jus' round this bend here."

And indeed, there it is, its glittering lights reflecting over the lake and dancing in the distance, hinting at an enormity and opulence that will probably only become greater in the light of day, when they can appreciate it in its entirety.

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There's a loud "Ooooooh!" as the other students glimpse the castle for the first time. On the lake rest several small canoes next (but not in any way attached) to a wooden pier which seems to be their destination.

"No more'n four to a boat!" Hagrid calls and the students start boarding.

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Dorea climbs carefully into one.

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Dayo, Ron, and Neville follow her into it.

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"Everyone in?" shouts Hagrid, who has a boat to himself. "Right then—FORWARD!"

And the fleet of little boats moves off all at once, gliding across the lake, which is as smooth as glass. Everyone is silent, staring up at the great castle overhead. It towers over them as they sail nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stands.

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