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

[Patrick McCartney]

--- Tashayar McCarthy <wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Zack Kunkel <outcast.zeta at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
>  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."
>  
>   
> 
> 
> "What's he look like?" asked Amber, "Maybe if he shows up we can tell
> him your looking for him."


She looked up trying to envision him in her mind.  One foot went up
onto its toes.

"He has very dark straight hair, parted on the side.  His eyes are a
deep brown, and he has the cutest little bump on his right ear."  She
paused and then looked down at them.  "Perhaps you have seen his
younger brother, Childeric?  He’s about your age."