<BR><BR><B><I>Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade@squaredbee.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>--- Zack Kunkel <OUTCAST.ZETA@GMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR><BR>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR>> From: Tashayar McCarthy <WOW_ITS_TASHAYAR@YAHOO.COM><BR>> Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:16 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train<BR>> To: Hogwarts Between Game List <HOGWARTSBETWEEN@GAMERA.CC><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> *Patrick McCartney <HOGSMEADE@SQUAREDBEE.COM>* wrote:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --- Tashayar McCarthy wrote:<BR>> <BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Zack Kunkel wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Patrick McCartney<BR>> > wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > While they were discussing money, there came a loud clattering<BR>> noise<BR>> > in<BR>> > the
corridor outside. The door of their compartment slid open and a<BR>> > plump, kindly-looking witch peeked 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",<BR>> > and chocolate frogs?" Kadyn had a fairly large collection of<BR>> > Chocolate<BR>> > frog cards at home, but was still missing quite a few. He turned<BR>> back<BR>> > to Amber and Cyrus. "Do either of you need anything?"<BR>> ><BR>> > "Yes." said Amber. She got up from her seat and looked at the<BR>> > trolley.<BR>> > Colorful wrappers overloaded the cart. Packages marked 'Cauldron<BR>> > Cakes'<BR>> > and 'Peppermint Patties', 'Birdie Bots Every Flavoured Beans" and<BR>> > small<BR>> > cases of 'Chocolate Frogs'. Amber ordered all mentioned, getting an<BR>> > extra frog for
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 and<BR>> > 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<BR>> > too alarmingly. Most of Kadyn's Chocolate Frog cards turned out to<BR>> > be<BR>> > ones he had already, as usual, but there were a couple of new ones.<BR>> > One of these was a witch with a mane of black hair, wearing a blue<BR>> > velvet gown that matched her eyes.<BR>> ><BR>> > "Winifred of West-Mere-Land," the text read, "also called the Witch<BR>> > of<BR>> > the West-Mere-Land, was a well-known healer and Animagus of the<BR>> 13th<BR>> > Century. Her animal form
was<BR>> > a black mare. The venerable wizarding family of Windermere claims<BR>> her<BR>> > as an ancestress."<BR>> ><BR>> > "Blimey, I've never even heard of her before..." He turned the card<BR>> > over, seeing that the witch had disapeared. "I'll look her up in a<BR>> > 'History of Magic' book, see if it says<BR>> > anything more." He opened a box of "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor<BR>> Beans"<BR>> > and dug in<BR>> > his bags for his "History of Magic" book, and then swallowed what<BR>> he<BR>> > thought was a cherry bean.<BR>> ><BR>> > Amber looked at the card. Nothing. All there was was a dark black<BR>> > background. "So, what's so special about this? It's just...blank."<BR>> ><BR>> > "Well of course its blank, you can't expect her to wait around all<BR>> > day?<BR>> > she's got places to go, just like any portrait." Kadyn popped<BR>> another<BR>> >
bean in his mouth, then spit it out.<BR>> > "ugh...jalapeno..."<BR>> ><BR>> > Her eyes widened. She grabbed her suitcase and rummaged through it,<BR>> > scattering clothes and nick-nacks all around the compartment, until<BR>> > she<BR>> > reached a glossy piece of paper. Amber stared at her young face and<BR>> > the faces of two adults. One had long red<BR>> > hair and green eyes, the other blond hair and glasses. They were<BR>> > still.<BR>> > Amber sighed. She knew in the back of her mind they wouldn't move,<BR>> > they're a muggle picture. She put them back and started to clean up<BR>> > her<BR>> > stuff.<BR>> ><BR>> > Just then the witch on the card popped into view again, as if<BR>> coming<BR>> > to<BR>> > look out a window. She waved and smiled...but she didn't seem to be<BR>> > looking at Amber or Kadyn. She<BR>> > seemed to be waving in Cyrus'
direction.<BR>> ><BR>> > Cyrus happened to glance up at that moment. His face flushed<BR>> scarlet<BR>> > when he saw the Chocolate Frog card, and he reached for his book<BR>> > again.<BR>> ><BR>> > "Do you know her, Cyrus? She certainly seems to know you..." Kadyn<BR>> > bit<BR>> > into<BR>> > another Berties Bott's Bean, and gagged.<BR>> ><BR>> > "Umm... yeah. She's a distant ancestor of mine." said Cyrus.<BR>> ><BR>> > "Ancestor?" Kadyn exclaimed. "Wow, all my family is Muggles." Kadyn<BR>> > knew that this was only mostly true, but he thought it was close<BR>> > enough.<BR>> ><BR>> > "My family is Muggles also. Well, my grandparents are." said Amber.<BR>> ><BR>> > "My mum's a muggle," said Cyrus. "All my dad's family are<BR>> purebloods<BR>> > though. They were kind of angry with him for marrying a muggle."<BR>> > Kadyn<BR>> > shook
his head. "My parents are both wizards. They are just both<BR>> > muggle<BR>> > born wizards."<BR>> ><BR>> > "Purebloods are...?" asked Amber.<BR>> ><BR>> > "They're wizards with no muggle blood," Cyrus replied. "A lot of<BR>> the<BR>> > older wizarding families pride themselves on being pureblooded."<BR>> ><BR>> > Kadyn nodded "Almost all purebloods are related though, due to<BR>> their<BR>> > being fewer of them then their were years ago."<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > The cabin door suddenly slid open with a slap and was replaced by a<BR>> > 14<BR>> > year old girl. She was wearing her school robes and holding a blue<BR>> > balloon by a string. The balloon kept floating in and out of the<BR>> > doorway.<BR>> ><BR>> > "Oh, excuse me. I am looking for my friend Dagobert, have you seen<BR>> > him?"<BR>> > "No, I don't think
anyones been in here, besides the trolley<BR>> > lady..." Kadyn shook his head. "Sorry."<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > "What's he look like?" asked Amber, "Maybe if he shows up we can<BR>> tell<BR>> > him your looking for him."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> She looked up trying to envision him in her mind. One foot went up<BR>> onto its toes.<BR>> <BR>> "He has very dark straight hair, parted on the side. His eyes are a<BR>> deep brown, and he has the cutest little bump on his right ear." She<BR>> paused and then looked down at them. "Perhaps you have seen his<BR>> younger brother, Childeric? He's about your age."<BR>> <BR>> Amber thought. She could have sworn she had seen him before. He was<BR>> the boy<BR>> she had fought with at the station. When she remembered her face went<BR>> bright<BR>> scarlet, "No, I don't think I've seen him before."<BR>> <BR>> Kadyn thought too. "hmm..." He
thought that was who Amber had been<BR>> fighting<BR>> with, but he couldn't remember. He assumed Amber would have remebered<BR>> if so,<BR>> so he said nothing.<BR><BR>"Thank you." She slid the door shut catching a part of the balloon,<BR>making it look as if she had caught it on a nose. She slid the door<BR>open and pulled the balloon free. As she re-closed the door they could<BR>hear out in the hallway, "Sorry about that."<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">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. </SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>