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

[Tashayar McCarthy]

--- On Sat, 6/14/08, William Dean <wsdean at operamail.com> wrote:

From: William Dean <wsdean at operamail.com>
Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 10:26 AM





----- Original Message -----
From: "Zack Kunkel" 
To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" 
Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:10:35 -0400




On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Tashayar McCarthy <wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com> wrote:




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






On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 6:30 PM, William Dean <wsdean at operamail.com> wrote:



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tashayar McCarthy" <wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com>

> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train



> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:24:53 -0700 (PDT)
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> Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com> wrote:
> --- Zack Kunkel wrote:
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> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Tashayar McCarthy Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
> > To: Hogwarts Between Game List *Patrick McCartney * wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- Tashayar McCarthy wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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."
>
 Amber was so embarrassed that she had just met, what could have
> been, the boy's girlfriend that she stole the book Cyrus had been
> reading and turned to a random page hiding her face behind it.
>
Cyrus noticed this, but chose not to comment. He had been silently watching the interplay, eating his Cauldron Cakes. Having not seen Amber at the station, he was unsure why she was suddenly so embarressed.
 
Kadyn saw Amber blush, and tried to figure out why. After a sudden revelation, he exclaimed "I was right! The boy she was looking for was that boy you were fighting with, back on the platform!" Kadyn smiled, then began to think of why she was blushing over this.


 
 

Amber shot Kadyn a dark glance then started to actually read the book Cyrus had been reading both to distract her mind and also to lose some redness of her face. 
"What?" Kadyn frowned. "What did I say?" Kadyn shook his head. "Girls" he thought silently to himself. He looked at the book. " What are you reading? "Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them". Where did you pick that up, Cyrus?"





 
[OOC: What's in the book?]

"Flourish and Blott's, in Diagon Alley." Cyrus replied.

 
 
 
"This is brilliant!" said Amber "It's called a 'Thestral'. It says, 'you can only see them when you've looked into the face of death. From those who've see this strange but terrible beast have said that it resembles a bony horse with black bat wings.' Also there's a rectangle that looks like a picture should be there. Is this one of those strange pictures where they walk in?" 
 
[OOC: It is there but Amber can't see it. She hasn't seen death.]


      
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