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

[Zack Kunkel]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com>
wrote:

>  While they were discussing money, there came a loud clattering noise in
> the corridor outside.  The door of their compartment slid open and a
> plump, kindly-looking witch peeked in.
>
> "Anything off the trolley, ducks?" she asked the three children.
>
> "uhm... can you give me costs for "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans",
> and chocolate frogs?"  Kadyn had a fairly large collection of Chocolate
> frog cards at home, but was still missing quite a few. He turned back
> to Amber and Cyrus.  "Do either of you need anything?"
>
> "Yes." said Amber. She got up from her seat and looked at the trolley.
> Colorful wrappers overloaded the cart. Packages marked 'Cauldron Cakes'
> and 'Peppermint Patties', 'Birdie Bots Every Flavoured Beans" and small
> cases of 'Chocolate Frogs'.  Amber ordered all mentioned, getting an
> extra frog for Kayden, a small payment for the lost tips.
>
> "Anything for you, love?" the witch asked Cyrus.
>
> "Um, sure," said Cyrus. He purchased several Cauldron Cakes and
> Chocolate frogs, and put down his book to eat.
>
> The treats were priced so as not to break the budgets of
> schoolchildren, so they didn't deplete the children's spending money
> too alarmingly.  Most of Kadyn's Chocolate Frog cards turned out to be
> ones he had already, as usual, but there were a couple of new ones.
> One of these was a witch with a mane of black hair, wearing a blue
> velvet gown that matched her eyes.
>
> "Winifred of West-Mere-Land," the text read, "also called the Witch of
> the West-Mere-Land, was a well-known healer and Animagus of the 13th
> Century.  Her animal form was
> a black mare. The venerable wizarding family of Windermere claims her
> as an ancestress."
>
> "Blimey, I've never even heard of her before..." He turned the card
> over, seeing that the witch had disapeared.  "I'll look her up in a
> 'History of Magic' book, see if it says
> anything more." He opened a box of "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans"
> and dug in
> his bags for his "History of Magic" book, and then swallowed what he
> thought was a cherry bean.
>
> Amber looked at the card. Nothing. All there was was a dark black
> background. "So, what's so special about this?  It's just...blank."
>
> "Well of course its blank, you can't expect her to wait around all day?
> she's got places to go, just like any portrait." Kadyn popped another
> bean in his mouth, then spit it out.
> "ugh...jalapeno..."
>
> Her eyes widened. She grabbed her suitcase and rummaged through it,
> scattering clothes and nick-nacks all around the compartment, until she
> reached a glossy piece of paper.  Amber stared at her young face and
> the faces of two adults.  One had long red
> hair and green eyes, the other blond hair and glasses. They were still.
> Amber sighed. She knew in the back of her mind they wouldn't move,
> they're a muggle picture. She put them back and started to clean up her
> stuff.
>
> Just then the witch on the card popped into view again, as if coming to
> look out a window.  She waved and smiled...but she didn't seem to be
> looking at Amber or Kadyn.  She
> seemed to be waving in Cyrus' direction.
>
> Cyrus happened to glance up at that moment. His face flushed scarlet
> when he saw the Chocolate Frog card, and he reached for his book again.
>
> "Do you know her, Cyrus? She certainly seems to know you..." Kadyn bit
> into
> another Berties Bott's Bean, and gagged.
>
> "Umm... yeah. She's a distant ancestor of mine." said Cyrus.
>
> "Ancestor?" Kadyn exclaimed. "Wow, all my family is Muggles." Kadyn
> knew that this was only mostly true, but he thought it was close
> enough.
>
> "My family is Muggles also. Well, my grandparents are." said Amber.
>
> "My mum's a muggle," said Cyrus. "All my dad's family are purebloods
> though. They were kind of angry with him for marrying a muggle." Kadyn
> shook his head. "My parents are both wizards. They are just both muggle
> born wizards."
>
> "Purebloods are...?" asked Amber.
>
> "They're wizards with no muggle blood," Cyrus replied. "A lot of the
> older wizarding families pride themselves on being pureblooded."
>
> Kadyn nodded "Almost all purebloods are related though, due to their
> being fewer of them then their were years ago."
>
>
> The cabin door suddenly slid open with a slap and was replaced by a 14
> year old girl.  She was wearing her school robes and holding a blue
> balloon by a string.  The balloon kept floating in and out of the
> doorway.
>
> "Oh, excuse me.  I am looking for my friend Dagobert, have you seen
> him?"


"No, I don't think anyones been in here, besides the trolley lady..." Kadyn
shook his head. "Sorry."

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