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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Margaret Dean <<a href="mailto:margdean@erols.com">margdean@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>William Dean wrote:<br>><br>> > ----- Original Message -----<br>> > From: "Margaret Dean" <<a href="mailto:margdean@erols.com">margdean@erols.com</a>><br>> > To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br>
> > Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train<br>> > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 16:41:36 -0400<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Zack Kunkel wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Tashayar McCarthy<br>
> > > <<a href="mailto:wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com">wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > Zack Kunkel <<a href="mailto:outcast.zeta@gmail.com">outcast.zeta@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>> > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:52 PM, William<br>> > > Dean <<a href="mailto:wsdean@operamail.com">wsdean@operamail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > > ----- Original Message -----<br>
> > > > From: "Margaret Dean"<br>> ><br>> > > > > While they were discussing money, there came a loud<br>> > > > > clattering noise in the corridor outside. The door of their<br>
> > > > > compartment slid open and a plump, kindly-looking witch peeked<br>> > > > > in.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > "Anything off the trolley, ducks?" she asked the three children.<br>
> > > > ><br>> > > > > "uhm... can you give me costs for "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor<br>> > > > > Beans", and chocolate frogs?" Kadyn had a fairly large<br>
> > > > > collection of Chocolate frog cards at home, but was still<br>> > > > > missing quite a few. He turned back to Amber and Cyrus. "Do<br>> > > > > either of you need anything?"<br>
> > > > ><br>> > > > > "Yes." said Amber. She got up from her seat and looked at the<br>> > > > > trolley. Colorful wrappers overloaded the cart. Packages<br>> > > > > marked 'Cauldron Cakes' and 'Peppermint Patties', 'Birdie Bots<br>
> > > > > Every Flavoured Beans" and small cases of 'Chocolate Frogs'.<br>> > > > > Amber ordered all mentioned, getting an extra frog for<br>> > > > > Kayden, a small payment for the lost tips.<br>
> > > ><br>> > > > "Anything for you, love?" the witch asked Cyrus.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "Um, sure," said Cyrus. He purchased several Cauldron Cakes<br>
> > > > and Chocolate frogs, and put down his book to eat.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > The treats were priced so as not to break the budgets of<br>> > > > schoolchildren, so they didn't deplete the children's spending<br>
> > > > money too alarmingly. Most of Kadyn's Chocolate Frog cards<br>> > > > turned out to be ones he had already, as usual, but there were<br>> > > > a couple of new ones. One of these was a witch with a mane of<br>
> > > > black hair, wearing a blue velvet gown that matched her eyes.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "Winifred of West-Mere-Land," the text read, "also called the<br>> > > > Witch of the West-Mere-Land, was a well-known healer and<br>
> > > > Animagus of the 13th Century. Her animal form was a black mare.<br>> > > > The venerable wizarding family of Windermere claims her as an<br>> > > > ancestress."<br>> > ><br>
> > > "Blimey, I've never even heard of her before..." He turned the<br>> > > card over, seeing that the witch had disapeared. "I'll look<br>> > > her up in a 'History of Magic' book, see if it says anything<br>
> > > more." He opened a box of "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans" and<br>> > > dug in<br>> > > his bags for his "History of Magic" book, and then swallowed what<br>
> > > he thought was a cherry bean.<br>> > ><br>> > > Amber looked at the card. Nothing. All there was was a dark<br>> > > black background. "So, what's so special about this? It's just...<br>
> > > blank."<br>> > ><br>> > > "Well of course its blank, you can't expect her to wait around<br>> > > all day? she's got places to go, just like any portrait." Kadyn<br>
> > > popped another bean in his mouth, then spit it out. "ugh...<br>> > > jalapeno..."<br><br></div></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d">Her eyes widened. She grabbed her suitcase and rummaged through<br>it, scattering clothes and nick-nacks all around the compartment,<br>until she reached a glossy piece of paper. Amber stared at her<br>
young face and the faces of two adults. One had long red hair<br></div>and green eyes, the other blond hair and glasses. They were<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">still. Amber sighed. She knew in the back of her mind they<br>wouldn't move, they're a muggle picture. She put them back and<br>started to clean up her stuff.<br><br></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> > Just then the witch on the card popped into view again, as if<br>> > coming to look out a window. She waved and smiled... but she<br>> > didn't seem to be looking at Amber or Kadyn. She seemed to be<br>
> > waving in Cyrus' direction.<br>><br>> Cyrus happened to glance up at that moment. His face flushed scarlet<br>> when he saw the Chocolate Frog card, and he reached for his book again.</div></blockquote>
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<div>"Do you know her, Cyrus? She certainly seems to know you..." Kadyn bit into another Berties Bott's Bean, and gagged.</div>
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