<br><br><b><i>Brenda McCartney <brenda.mccartney@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> ><br>> On 10/17/07, Tara Kunkel <tara.kunkel@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> > > Amber's grandfather Phil seemed almost as excited at she was as he led<br>> > > her through the streets of London toward what was to be her first real<br>> > > encounter with the wizarding world. He chattered on about how it was<br>> > > when he took Jason, Amber's father, to find the elusive Diagon Alley.<br>> > > He was quite confident in his ability to find the place again - until<br>> > > he got into the vicinity. Then he began to doubt himself. He slowed<br>> > > his pace, muttering, "That blasted door is down this way somewhere. I<br>> > > think."<br>> ><br>> > > "What!? You don't remember?" screamed Amber so loud,
people seemed to<br>> avoid<br>> > > them as they swept by. She had gotten real exited after all the<br>> wounderful<br>> > > things her grandfather had told her just two minutes before. "What did<br>> the<br>> > > place look like?"<br><br>"Well... there was a black door... or was it blue?" Phil said<br>hesitantly, looking up and down the street.<br><br>> > A few yards away, a woman turned to look in their direction. She<br>> > gestured to her family to wait for a moment then walked towards Amber<br>> > and her grandfather. "Can I help you with something?" she asked<br>> > tentatively. The woman looked a bit odd standing there in a bright<br>> > purple mini-dress that had a pattern of tiny green and orange<br>> > elephants covering it and white knee-high boots but she smiled kindly<br>> > at the pair.<br>> ><br>> > The man she was smiled as well then gave a shrug that was
clearly<br>> > directed towards his son. "He looks familiar," he whispered to Kadyn.<br>> > "The gentleman I mean. I think they may be headed to the same place we<br>> > are."<br><br>[OOC: It's possible there's a strong family resemblance between Phil<br>and his son, Jason McFuller, who also attended Hogwarts. Maybe<br>Kadyn's father knew Jason from school. Would that work for you,<br>Tasha?]<br><br><br>> Kadyn looked at them, and he was almost as sure as his parents. "You look a<br>> little lost." He looks towards the girl. "But i think i know where your<br>> going. Not that I know how to get there but..." He grinned. "I'm sure we can<br>> find our way."<br><br>Phil smiled at the lady gratefully, recognizing the unusual garb from<br>his dealings with witches a generation before. "That would be mighty<br>kind of you, miss. We're looking for a little place called the Leaky<br>Cauldron. S'posed to be the entrance to..." He lowered his
voice to<br>what he considered a whisper, but which was still loud enough for<br>everyone to hear. "...Diagon Alley."<br><br>Amber looked at the boy about her height and tilted her head as if to say "are you going?"<br>_______________________________________________<br>HogwartsBetween mailing list<br>HogwartsBetween@gamera.cc<br>http://gamera.cc/mailman/listinfo/hogwartsbetween_gamera.cc<br></tara.kunkel@gmail.com></blockquote><br><p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com