[Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train

[Patrick McCartney]

> Amber sat in the cabin chair and listened to the
> boys talk. Amber
> could onlyhear short bits of the boy's story.
> "Funny... Mates...
> Levitation... Dead" Atthe word
> "dead" Amber shot up and looked out
> the window with Kadyn.
>
> "What's wrong with you?" Kadyn
> looked at Amber, then went back to
> his seat. "Seems as though something's
> gone wrong with the train.
> It seems to have gone dead."
>
> "Ohhh..." said Amber, the events
> clicked in her head. "What do you
> think happened?"
>
> "I dunno," said Cyrus. He sounded worried.
> "This has never happened before,
> that I've ever heard of."
>
>
> "Maybe it's a new way of doing things,
> because of
> the down fall of...
> You-Know-Who..." Kadyn trembled slightly.
> "They
> might just have it for
> security reasons, or something."
>
> "Maybe." said Cyrus.
>
> "I do know You-Know-Who." said Amber,
> "He's an evil guy. My
> parents
> told me about him before they left."
>
> "My dad's told me about You-Know-Who."
> Cyrus shuddered. "He sounds
> really
> evil."
>
>
> "He's as dark as they come, that's for
> sure. So it probably is just
> some
> security measure, a stop half way there to make sure
> there aren't any
> stowaways." Kadyn smiled in spite of himself,
> because he only half
> believed
> what he was saying.
>
> Just as Kadyn finished, three soft taps came from the
> closed
> compartment door.
>
>
>
> Amber jumped. She wasn't expecting that. Her head turned to the
> door.
>
> It was difficult to see anything outside of the dingy cabin
> window.
> All Amber could see was the shadow of someone standing outside,
> just to
> the left staying out of view.
>
> "Should be open the door?" whispered Cyrus. His voice trembled
> slightly.
>
> 
> Kadyn sighed. "Of course! They did say someone would be coming around
> to
> check on us." Kadyn shook his head, and opened the door to the
> compartment.

Standing on the other side of the door was a stout man standing a few
inches short of six feet tall.  He had a round head with hair cut very
short and even all around.  His sideburns were shaved above and around
his ears.  He wore glasses that were round and thick.  His nose seemed
rather large for his face, and his ears stuck out.  A straight
expression was on his face showing that he was calm, concerned, and
patient.

"I was wonderin' if y'all are a'needin' any help."

He spoke in a slow deep kindly drawl which gave the feeling of laziness
but, more strongly, a sense that he had a serious distaste for fooling
around.