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

[Tashayar McCarthy]

--- On Sat, 7/12/08, 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: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 7:20 PM
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:40 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?"
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > The man turned and looked back to where he had come
> from.
> >
> > "You kids are so edgy!"
> >
> > He turned back to wait for the person he had startled
> to open the cabin
> > door.
> 
> 
> Kadyn laughed, agreeing with what the man had said in
> regards to Amber.
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
Amber side-glanced to Kadyn but smiled slightly at what she did.