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[The communicator turns on with a click, revealing an image of a young man with long hair that’s falling into his eyes, staring around him with a confused expression on his face.

He’s surrounded by tall hedges, and he’s looking around him curiously.]

All right, so I haven’t the foggiest idea where I’ve turned up, but I’m pretty sure James is behind this somehow. He’s just hiding from me, and I’m going to have to find him.

Except I don’t fancy getting more lost than I think I already am.

[He’s thinks he’s talking to himself at this point, since he hasn’t figured out that the communicator, which he is ignoring, is on and broadcasting. He keeps looking around, finally calling out in case anyone happens to be nearby. And yes, he’s still ignoring the communicator in his hand, until, hello, he realizes there's something there.

At which point he addresses... someone. Anyone, really.]

Unless there’s no one who lives here but gnomes or something… Can anyone hear me? I need you to tell me where I am so I can get back to Hogwarts.

[Of course, there’s no answer. Sirius sighs, and he lets his shoulders slump forward.]

This is definitely not the best day ever.

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[He's on to you, James.]

Fine. Stingy.

Chummy, eh? Forgotten about Lily already?

[He's only joking. There's no way James would ever forget Lily, and Sirius knows that.]

A muggle who knows about Hogwarts?

[He looks questioningly at James, but he also knows that he wouldn't lie about this.]

Very odd, I'd say. Dodgy, even. You think she's just messing with you?

Not that kind of chummy.

[James rolls his eyes and laughs a little. If Sirius saw Beiste, he would laugh - she was at least old enough to be one of their professors. It would be akin to getting that kind of chummy with McGonagall, and that's just hilarious to think about.]

I don't think she was messing with me though. She said she'd read about it in some series of books. I dunno, she sounded like she was telling the truth. It seemed sort of like she knew something she thought I wouldn't want to hear...

Silly her though! All that's going to do is make me wonder about it, and she hasn't known me long enough yet to know that I probably won't stop bothering her about it until I figure it out.

[He looks over at Sirius with That Face. You know That Face. It's that face James has whenever he's plotting something, or stumbled on a mystery, or come up with something fun and dangerous to do.]

Are you in? She might know something about you too - I can't imagine our futures not having anything to do with each other.

All right, all right. I was only asking.

[He rolls his eyes right back before moving along.]

So, she definitely said she came across it (whatever "it" is) in a book, then?

[That definitely sounds dodgy to him, but Sirius is not the type to pass up something like this, especially when James gets That Face. That Face means there's something worth checking out.]

But, you know, this does sound fascinating, and well, dodgy or not, I'd want to figure out what she's on about too. So yes, I am most definitely in.

When can we have a chat with this Shannon Beiste? With both of us having a go at it, she can't hold out for long.

Absolutely. Apparently it's several books, because all I could get out of her was that it's called the Harry Potter series, and that only raised more questions.

[After all, James can't think of anyone in his family named Harry.]

It's definitely a good mystery, and it'll give us something to do while we're here, even if it winds up being complete rubbish.

[His face curls into a smile at the mention of chatting with Beiste. That's going to be fun.]

Are you kidding? It's us. She'd love our company any time. Anyone would. I'm sure she'd be just delighted to meet you.

[Plus, between the two of them, they could probably charm her into telling them a little more. ...You know, in the non-magical way, since they are the most charming people in existence, obviously.]

Harry Potter? Doesn't ring a bell. Rubbish or not, I'm interested now, and I honestly haven't anything better to do.

So, what do you say, James? You up for a little chat with this friend of yours?

[Judging by the expression on Sirius's face, it can be assumed that he's thinking charming the information out of Beiste will be the easiest thing ever, and they won't have to resort to magic to do it.]

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