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I knew this place was full of some kind of magic. People acted like I was crazy.

Memory loss? And trees and plants everywhere. Magic always causes problems. We're all lucky it wasn't something much worse.

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It can be dangerous. But I'd not show you anything like that.

If you want, I can be right next to you in a moment. I apparate.

[His eyes widen, slightly.]

Apparate? Like teleport?

Erm.

Never heard about teleporting before. What I do is go from one play to the other?

... yeah. Then it's the same.

So where are you at?

... I'm at the park. In town.

I like it here. Not too many people.

I can imagine. I'll be there in a moment.

[Not one for empty promises, he is there in, well, a moment.]

There I am. Do you want to see some good magic?

[His sudden appearance actively startles Connor, and the boy quickly scrambles backwards, putting distance between them.]

How do you do that?!

Apparating. I have the license, don't worry!

[But he does realize that it's not a common thing, at least.]

It's a matter of Destination, Determination and Deliberation. If you want I can take you along some time?

[He eyes Sirius suspiciously.]

... where would you take me? Will it hurt?

Not far, just to let you see. It doesn't hurt, but it's not very comfortable either. Most vomit after their first time.

You know, on second thought, maybe we should start with something else.

[He nods slowly, liking the second suggestion better.]

... yeah. I want to stay here for now.

What else can you do?

All sorts of things, really. I'm pretty good at transfiguration.

[Sirius took out his wand and looked around until he saw a stone nearby. With a spell and a flick of his hand, he turned it into a chicken.]

See?

[Connor watches intently, again looking startled when the chicken appears.]

That's amazing. I've never seen magic like that. Just demon portals and rituals.

You should try it some time! Not sure if you could actually do anything, though...

But this place works different than where I'm from, so who knows.

I wouldn't even know how to start. How did you learn?

The talent is inherent and I grew up in a wizarding family, so I saw a lot even before I got my own wand. And then I went to school.

Oh. Well... I probably can't do it, then. My parents aren't wizards. They're vampires.

Wizards come up in muggle families all the time. Vampires, huh?

Interesting.

[No judging, mostly.]

Anyway, magic works in strange ways here at times.

[He turns the chicken back and arches his eyebrows at Connor.]

See? Not all magic is bad.

[He has to stare for just a moment, considering Sirius' extremely cavalier reaction.]

You're not afraid of me?

[He blinks a few times in rapid succession once the chicken has been turned back.]

Yeah... I guess that isn't so bad.

You don't seem like you'd want to hurt me.

[Seems kind of adorable, really.]

I can conjure things, too. Do you drink? Eat?

... I don't want to hurt anyone. But most people think I do.

Yeah. I eat. I don't have to drink blood.

If you say you don't want to hurt anyone and I don't see you hurting anyone, there's no reason to be wary of you.

What do you like to eat? What's your name, anyway? I'm Sirius.

[He nods stiffly. He'll accept that, for now. It's not an attitude he's used to. People at home were always assuming the worst of him. Of course, he'd done things to encourage it, but it wasn't as black and white as all that. Nothing was.]

I'm Connor.

[The other question catches him off-guard, and he looks down at his shoes for a moment.]

It used to be whatever food I could get. It was kind of a luxury. I didn't know food could taste good until recently. ... I like chocolate. And pizza.

Nice to meet you, Connor. Let's see, chocolate I should be able to do.

[A few moments, words and movements later and there is a bar of chocolate on the ground. Sirius picks it up and holds it out for Connor.]

There you go. Good magic.

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