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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:05 AM, William Dean <<a href="mailto:wsdean@operamail.com">wsdean@operamail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Patrick McCartney" <<a href="mailto:hogsmeade@squaredbee.com">hogsmeade@squaredbee.com</a>><br></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> To: <a href="mailto:wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com">wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com</a>, "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br>> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c">> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:06:46 -0700 (PDT)<br>><br>><br>> > Amber sat in the cabin chair and listened to the<br>> > boys talk. Amber<br>> > could onlyhear short bits of the boy's story.<br>
> > "Funny... Mates...<br>> > Levitation... Dead" Atthe word<br>> > "dead" Amber shot up and looked out<br>> > the window with Kadyn.<br>> ><br>> > "What's wrong with you?" Kadyn<br>
> > looked at Amber, then went back to<br>> > his seat. "Seems as though something's<br>> > gone wrong with the train.<br>> > It seems to have gone dead."<br>> ><br>> > "Ohhh..." said Amber, the events<br>
> > clicked in her head. "What do you<br>> > think happened?"<br>> ><br>> > "I dunno," said Cyrus. He sounded<br>> > worried.<br>> > "This has never happened before,<br>
> > that I've ever heard of."<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > "Maybe it's a new way of doing things,<br>> > because of<br>> > the down fall of...<br>> > You-Know-Who..." Kadyn trembled slightly.<br>
> > "They<br>> > might just have it for<br>> > security reasons, or something."<br>> ><br>> > "Maybe." said Cyrus.<br>> ><br>> > "I do know You-Know-Who." said Amber,<br>
> > "He's an evil guy. My<br>> > parents<br>> > told me about him before they left."<br>> ><br>> > "My dad's told me about<br>> > You-Know-Who."<br>> > Cyrus shuddered. "He sounds<br>
> > really<br>> > evil."<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > "He's as dark as they come, that's<br>> > for<br>> > sure. So it probably is just<br>> > some<br>> > security measure, a stop half way there to make<br>
> > sure<br>> > there aren't any<br>> > stowaways." Kadyn smiled in spite of<br>> > himself,<br>> > because he only half<br>> > believed<br>> > what he was saying.<br>> ><br>
> > Just as Kadyn finished, three soft taps came from<br>> > the<br>> > closed<br>> > compartment door.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Amber jumped. She wasn't expecting that. Her<br>
> > head turned to the<br>> > door.<br>> ><br>> > It was difficult to see anything outside of the<br>> > dingy cabin<br>> > window.<br>> > All Amber could see was the shadow of someone<br>
> > standing outside,<br>> > just to<br>> > the left staying out of view.<br>> ><br>> > "Should be open the door?" whispered<br>> > Cyrus. His voice trembled<br>> > slightly.<br>
> ><br>> ><br>> > Kadyn sighed. "Of course! They did say<br>> > someone would be coming around<br>> > to<br>> > check on us." Kadyn shook his head, and<br>> > opened the door to the<br>
> > compartment.<br>> ><br>> > Standing on the other side of the door was a<br>> > stout man<br>> > standing a few<br>> > inches short of six feet tall. He had a round<br>> > head<br>
> > with hair cut very<br>> > short and even all around. His sideburns were<br>> > shaved<br>> > above and around<br>> > his ears. He wore glasses that were round and<br>> > thick.<br>
> > His nose seemed<br>> > rather large for his face, and his ears stuck<br>> > out. A<br>> > straight<br>> > expression was on his face showing that he was<br>> > calm,<br>> > concerned, and<br>
> > patient.<br>> ><br>> > "I was wonderin' if y'all are<br>> > a'needin' any help."<br>> ><br>> > He spoke in a slow deep kindly drawl which gave<br>> > the<br>
> > feeling of laziness<br>> > but, more strongly, a sense that he had a serious<br>> > distaste for fooling<br>> > around.<br>> ><br>> > "No, I think I'm alright. What about you<br>
> > two?" Kadyn looked to his to<br>> > friends.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Amber raised her hand slightly but started<br>> > talking anyway, "Can you<br>> > tell us why the train stopped?"<br>
> ><br>> > The man looked directly at her through his glasses.<br>> ><br>> > "Set back some," he drawled, "Magic<br>> > keeps it going, so I reckon<br>> > somethin' happened there."<br>
> ><br>> > Kadyn nodded, slightly worried now that something<br>> > actually had gone wrong,<br>> > and that it wasn't just a security measure.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > "So," said Amber, "What do you mean by that?"<br>
><br>> The corners of his mouth bent upwards giving a slight smile.<br>><br>> "I apologize," he responded, "for talking like country folk."<br>><br>> "The spell that keeps the train a'goin' was interrupted. I've been<br>
> told that it's needin' a refesh, but that plow don't scour. It's the<br>> reason the train was late."<br>><br>> "So, is anyone needin' any help?"<br>><br></div></div>"No, I don't think so," said Cyrus.</blockquote>
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<div>"I think we're okay..." Kadyn looked around. "Thank you."</div>
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