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

[Patrick McCartney]

--- Zack Kunkel <outcast.zeta at gmail.com> wrote:

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> From: Tashayar McCarthy <wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
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> *Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com>* wrote:
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> --- Tashayar McCarthy wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Zack Kunkel wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Patrick McCartney
>  > 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."
> 
> Amber thought. She could have sworn she had seen him before. He was
> the boy
> she had fought with at the station. When she remembered her face went
> bright
> scarlet, "No, I don't think I've seen him before."
> 
> Kadyn thought too. "hmm..." He thought that was who Amber had been
> fighting
> with, but he couldn't remember. He assumed Amber would have remebered
> if so,
> so he said nothing.

"Thank you."  She slid the door shut catching a part of the balloon,
making it look as if she had caught it on a nose.  She slid the door
open and pulled the balloon free.  As she re-closed the door they could
hear out in the hallway, "Sorry about that."