@Amarate Rogers: He smiled at the compliment and sat as she did and saw her looking upon him with curiosity on her face, he tried to think of what she may be contemplating but there were too many possibilities.He listened to her sad story, really feeling for her, he could relate to what had happened to her. But he smiled and went on to answer her question as truthfully as she did. Ah you've seemed to have been through quite a time. I can relate to that. As you seemed to have cunningly deducted, fame and fortune is not always what it's cracked up to be. I've had some duelings with death myself, firstly I've never met my grandparents, as they died in a magical war before my time, nor have I met my aunt Gabrielle, and as of late there have been more losses in this new war of magic, my cousins Septimus and Cedric, then of course my butler and good friend Albert, but more recently the loss of two wives in quick succession, of course that stirred a lot of press, but as always, from death comes life and I can praise in the glory of my two baby girls. He said proud of their memory
(aye you should :D i need readers before i can post again)
@Amarate Rogers: He gazed intently as she told the tale of how her name came to be and he listened taking in every word as he always did when talking to a pretty lady, but he wondered if she was different. Sure there was fame and money but that did not bring happiness. As his father said, 'keep the cracks on the inside because when they come out the whole place comes tumbling and that was the rich man's tale'. As always the show must go on. Ah what a wonderful story, your mother sounds like a dashing lady, what it is to be named after a soap opera character, Spanish much the less. Well its a beauty of a name and might I say beauty does suit you. Have you had a hard life? Was there anything of yet you had to rise above?
(poor you, hope you get better :) I'm fine just editing the Next Gen :D)
@Amarate Rogers: His heart was warmed by her smile. The pleasure is all mine Amarate, and might I say what an interesting and beautiful name... well I guess a beautiful name for a beautiful lady, is there a story behind it? his charming smile never wavering
They were on a beach, or more precisely, sitting on a blanket that had been laid down on a bit of grass just before the beach. Alexander was not quite sure which beach it was but it seemed familiar. Then again all the places Xander and Kiara went picnicking were familiar. This time it was different, baby Annabelle sat on Kiara's lap, this was the first time they had been out on a family picnic, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, together again. Even though there hands were touching, Alexander felt like they were distant, as though she had been away a while, Xander turned his head and looked at their daughters angelic face she resembled her mother a lot even at this early stage he knew how beautiful she would be. Then he looked to Kiara who smiled and got up, she headed to her car and Xander stood up too, baby Annabelle now in his possession. Together him and his daughter were following Kiara, they were in the car and pulled up at an apparent car crash, Xander got out and headed towards it, Belle was with Xander's parents. As he approached he caught sight of an overturned red car which he recognised and feared the worst. He pushed past the crowd and was pushing off the police who were trying to hold everyone behind the line. Xander collapsed next to Kiara's body and screamed to the heavens as he cradled her body.
He awoke with a thud, the room was blurry and he could feel warm tears on his cheeks. With the sleeve of his jacket he quickly wiped them from his face and rubbed his eyes, as his vision cleared he could see he was now accompanied by four people, three he recognised and an unconscious man he didn't. Seventh year Slytherin Danielle Max, X's cousin Izzy and best friend Angie, all stood around a man wrapped in dark robes, at first glance he appeared death eater like, but it came apparent that he was an Auror, a badly injured one at that. The three prefect girls had dragged him all the way here from the last carriage, being watched by all cabins on the way up. They had accidentally dropped him as they stumbled into the cabin. It hadn't phased the sleeping man though. Xander adjusted himself into an upright position and watched bewildered as the three girls tried to regain their composure as they sat down to catch their breath. "What the ruddy 'ell happened?" Xander asked. It was Izzy to reply first as always, "we don't know," she said brushing her silky brown hair out of her face, "he just fell out of the sky".
Xander gave her a quizzical look, as to say that sounded crazy, which was ironic as for all the things X had heard or seen that was one of the least craziest, but Izzy rephrased it nonetheless "well he didn't just fall out of the sky. He crashed," behind Izzy Danielle lifted up a broom that had split in two, "we think he was attacked" said Danielle from behind in a strong London accent. X thought for a moment, "so he definitely aimed to land on the train?" he asked looking at the girls, "yes" said Angie, "and he survived the attack, so it is most likely the attackers did not succeed in their mission, which means possible danger for all of us," the girls had not thought that the attackers may still be out there and after him, "maybe we should wake him" Xander said, and the girls nodded. Danielle bent over him and slapped his face rather aggressively and said "dude, get up!" after a couple of minutes Izzy stopped her, "no need to be so rough Danielle" Danielle scoffed, "the guys don't normally complain" she said making Angie laugh. Izzy, who was now crouching beside the man as Danielle stepped back, didn't seem as amused.
Isabella held his hand and put her other to his cheek to see if he had a temperature, she caressed his cheek and shook him lightly to try and get a response, whilst X was sitting down he picked up a bottle of water from the table and tapped his wand against it, the liquid turned icy, he stood up, "you might want to move your had cuz" he said as he tilted the bottle and poured the freezing water onto his face, he awoke with a jump, spluttering and shivering, as the coughing died down the man wiped his face clean to get a better look of where he was and his eyes locked with Izzy's, "whoa, is this heaven? cause you look like an angel" Izzy smiled and giggled as the others shook their heads, Danielle very slyly pressed her foot against his broken and bloody leg, causing the man to scream and shout out in pain, "holy fuck! ahhh god, that fucking hurts" this made the other three smile whilst a slightly dazed Izzy, tried to calm him down. Xander sat down again, "who are you?" he asked the man, "I'm an Auror" he said, "we gathered that much" said Xander, "what's your name?" Xander asked whilst Izzy fixed his broken leg with her wand, "thanks darlin'" he said to her as he went on to reply to Xander's question, "my name is Toby, but that's not important, what is is that I get to your engine room immediately" there was a crunch and another cussing word from Toby as his broken bone and torn skin fixed.
"oh god, someone help me up please" Izzy was already there pulling him to his feet, and he immediately headed for the door, "wait a minute," said X, "what's happening?" Toby reluctantly turned, "listen, we may be in immediate danger, we may not, but either I need to go warn the crew, It's a long story, which I'm sure you'll all find out at some point but for now I really have to go" and with that he limped on to the engine room leaving everyone rather disappointed, with a resounding clunk they heard him reach his destination. They sat in silence for a few minutes, only the roar of the engine breaking the silence, none of the four saying a word, all just thinking about what they may be about to face, undoubtedly everyone had the same thought, Death Eaters. They all looked at each other, Izzy still slightly dazed, thinking about the mysterious man. Then there was a thud and the sound of a heavy door opening, followed by foot steps, everyone in the cabin looked up to see four new Aurors pass outside their cabin, maybe they had been expecting an attack, Xander recognised one as Alan Brody and another as Terrence Flask, the other two he didn't know. Shortly behind them came limping Auror Toby, Xander jumped out of his seat and headed to the door, "Toby!" his attention was grabbed, "this doesn't make sense, they have never attacked the train before, what are they doing?" Toby sighed, "look they aren't after the train and any of the students on it, they're going after this..." and Toby pulled from his jacket an old rolled up piece of parchment, which looked like it had the markings of an unfinished map upon it.
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