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

[Tashayar McCarthy]

--- On Wed, 7/9/08, Zack Kunkel <outcast.zeta at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Zack Kunkel <outcast.zeta at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 1:25 PM
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Patrick McCartney
> <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >  > 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.
> >
> > "No, I think I'm alright. What about you
> two?" Kadyn looked to his to
> > friends.
> >
> >
Amber raised her hand slightly but started talking anyway, "Can you tell us why the train stopped?"