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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Tashayar McCarthy <<a href="mailto:wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com">wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><br><br>--- On Sat, 7/12/08, Zack Kunkel <<a href="mailto:outcast.zeta@gmail.com">outcast.zeta@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>> From: Zack Kunkel <<a href="mailto:outcast.zeta@gmail.com">outcast.zeta@gmail.com</a>><br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train<br>> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br></div>> Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 7:20 PM<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c">> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Patrick McCartney<br>> <<a href="mailto:hogsmeade@squaredbee.com">hogsmeade@squaredbee.com</a>><br>> wrote:<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<br>
> glasses.<br>> > ><br>> > > "Set back some," he drawled,<br>> "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<br>
> mean by<br>> > > that?"<br>> > ><br>> > > The corners of his mouth bent upwards giving a<br>> slight<br>> > > smile.<br>> > ><br>> > > "I apologize," he responded, "for<br>
> > > talking like country folk."<br>> > ><br>> > > "The spell that keeps the train<br>> a'goin'<br>> > > was interrupted. I've<br>> > > been<br>> > > told that it's needin' a refesh, but that<br>
> plow<br>> > > don't scour. It's<br>> > > the<br>> > > reason the train was late."<br>> > ><br>> > > "So, is anyone needin' any help?"<br>> > ><br>
> > > "No, I don't think so," said Cyrus.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > "I think we're okay..." Kadyn<br>> looked<br>> > > around. "Thank you."<br>
> > ><br>> > > "Good," the man said as he looked at<br>> Kadyn,<br>> > > "I'll be moving on, then."<br>> > ><br>> > > As he started to walk away they could see that he<br>
> was<br>> > > loosely wearing<br>> > > his robes. Beneath he was wearing a red plaid<br>> shirt, blue<br>> > > overalls,<br>> > > and large brown boots.<br>> > ><br>> > > The boots gave muffled clunks as he walked down<br>
> the hall<br>> > > and knocked on<br>> > > the next cabin door. There was a quick yelp<br>> heard through<br>> > > the cabin<br>> > > wall.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>
> > ><br>> > > Amber jumped again. "What? What<br>> happened?" She shouted out after the<br>> > > man.<br>> ><br>> > The man turned and looked back to where he had come<br>
> from.<br>> ><br>> > "You kids are so edgy!"<br>> ><br>> > He turned back to wait for the person he had startled<br>> to open the cabin<br>> > door.<br>><br>><br>> Kadyn laughed, agreeing with what the man had said in<br>
> regards to Amber.<br>><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br></div></div>Amber side-glanced to Kadyn but smiled slightly at what she did.<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><span id=""></span>"He's right, you know. You panic way to fast." Kadyn chuckled a little, then smiled at her.<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>HogwartsBetween mailing list<br>
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