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

[Tashayar McCarthy]

--- On Sat, 7/12/08, Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com> wrote:

> From: Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 1:30 PM
> > 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?"
> >
> > The man looked directly at her through his glasses.
> >
> > "Set back some," he drawled, "Magic
> > keeps it going, so I reckon
> > somethin' happened there."
> >
> > Kadyn nodded, slightly worried now that something
> > actually had gone wrong,
> > and that it wasn't just a security measure.
> >
> >
> > "So," said Amber, "What do you mean by
> that?"
> >
> > The corners of his mouth bent upwards giving a slight
> smile.
> >
> > "I apologize," he responded, "for
> talking like country folk."
> >
> > "The spell that keeps the train a'goin'
> was interrupted.  I've
> > been
> > told that it's needin' a refesh, but that plow
> don't scour.  It's
> > the
> > reason the train was late."
> >
> > "So, is anyone needin' any help?"
> >
> > "No, I don't think so," said Cyrus.
> > 
> > 
> > "I think we're okay..." Kadyn looked
> around. "Thank you."
> 
> "Good," the man said as he looked at Kadyn,
> "I'll be moving on, then."
> 
> As he started to walk away they could see that he was
> loosely wearing
> his robes.  Beneath he was wearing a red plaid shirt, blue
> overalls,
> and large brown boots.
> 
> The boots gave muffled clunks as he walked down the hall
> and knocked on
> the next cabin door.  There was a quick yelp heard through
> the cabin
> wall.
> 
> 
> 
Amber jumped again. "What? What happened?" She shouted out after the man.