paper chasing (watchfuleye) wrote in from_the_ashes, @ 2009-08-02 23:37:00 |
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Entry tags: | char: gabe, char: william |
Who: Gabe and William
Where: The lake
When: Mid-morning
What: Welcoming the new Potions Master back to Hogwarts. Oh, and a bloody great boat.
The arrival of a magical galleon surfacing in the lake on its way across the ocean from Spain wasn't exactly something you could pinpoint, so William had settled on the shore with a book on Tasmanian Devils (the evil spirits, not the furry animals) just after breakfast and morning tea to wait for the inimitable Gabriel Saporta.
He'd finished two chapters and experienced one false alarm due to the giant squid when he felt the rumble of the earth beneath him and saw ripples dart hastily across the surface of the lake like fish escaping a whale. He closed his book and was preparing to stand and dust the grass off his robe when a sudden quake knocked him off-balance. There was a roar from the center of the lake, and then a tremendous ship broke the surface, easily the size of a giant with broad sails that snapped into the wind with a wet slap, the bow pushing a wall of water ahead as it emerged.
William's eyes widened. He had just enough time to draw his wand and get out, "Imper-" before the tidal wave crashed down over him and lake water choked the rest of the spell.
He coughed a few times, spitting out water and a slimy strand of something that he sincerely hoped was seaweed, and wiped his drenched hair out of his eyes. Well. With a grand entrance like that, hopefully Gabe didn't mind too much being greeted by a drowned rat.