Chapter 16

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Sirius held tightly to his mate's arm as they stepped through the floo. Even after years of practice, he was unable to retain his balance and stumbled constantly. The support allowed him to remain standing for once, though slightly unsteady, and after he stopped feeling dizzy, Sirius looked around. A very tall and recognisable tower could be spotted in the distance, towering above trees and buildings with arches and decorated sides.

It was a very exciting experience for him, as he hadn't been out of the country before. He glanced over at Remus, tearing his eyes away from the captivating sights of the city. "Is this Paris?"

Remus nodded, smiling at his enthusiastic mate. "Yes, little one. We're going to have lunch here. I thought of going somewhere fancy, but I don't think you would enjoy it as much, so we're going to eat in the Eiffel Tower instead." Remus replied.

Sirius practically bounced in excitement, holding onto the werewolf's hand as the brunette led him through the busy streets. He'd always wanted to go explore another country, but the Blacks had always left him behind with their neighbour Mrs Clisit, who hated him and asked him weird questions, when they went on vacation. He'd mentioned her once in conversation with hope and apparently she worked for Voldemort, so he felt uncomfortable now realising that she had most likely been trying to figure out how much abuse he'd been put through at the time to report back to her master about his little weapon.

Sirius was pulled out of his thoughts as someone almost ran into him, and shrank into himself, tucking his small frame closer to Remus, who was careful to make sure no one else got so close to him.

They made it to the Eiffel Tower soon after, and went up the stairs to the second floor, where they found their reserved table and sat down. Remus helped Sirius with the menu, as it was in French, and they ordered a variety of different foods Sirius wanted to try. They also received a complimentary plate of macaroons from a kind waiter who had overheard them talking about Sirius' birthday.

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When they were finished eating, Remus took Sirius up to the top and they looked out quietly at the sprawling streets of Paris below. They were in the non-magical area, so that was why Remus had insisted Sirius wear clothes that could pass as muggle, as best as he could without ruining the surprise.

He was interrupted from his thoughts when Sirius said, "This has been a lovely summer, Remus. Thank you so much for rescuing me from my horrible relatives. I just wish it didn't have to end. I... I'm planning on asking Dumbledore for a resort when we return to school, because the Gringotts goblins sent me a letter saying the magic of Hogwarts itself had made a request for me to do so, because of Walburga's compulsion spells." The black heir looked anxiously at him, as if he was concerned Remus would be upset.

"No matter what house you are in, it doesn't change how I feel about you, little one. It would be lovely if you were in Gryffindor, though." Remus replied, wanting to soothe his mate's doubts and worries.

"The hat wanted to sort me into Gryffindor the first time, but I argued with it to put me in Slytherin, I'm assuming because of the compulsions. I'm sure the hat will be only too happy to sort me as a lion this time." Sirius gave a laugh.

Remus smiled, hugging Sirius briefly. "Well, let's head back, Sirius. I'm sure Vanadi wants to spend some time with you today as well." Neither of the two noticed was that there were two suspiciously familiar owls wearing trench coats and dark as death sunglasses following them and had been the entire time. The aforementioned dark as Death sunglasses had in fact been made for them by a certain bored deity, who wanted the challenge of trying to create sunglasses for owls.

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The two were laying on their bed, with Vanandi draped lazily over Sirius' lap, when Lynal came into their room. He had been writing letters to various creatures and water elves he knew, trying to find a mentor for Sirius, and had just received a reply back from one.

"Sirius, one of the water elves I owled has agreed to be your mentor. It all works out rather nicely as well, as she lives at Hogwarts. Her name is Darya and she is the mate of Felix, who is a vampire. It will be up to you two to figure out where and when you would like to meet." The older brunette said, passing a piece of parchment to Sirius.

The dark-haired elf looked down at it, seeing that it was a letter written to him by Darya. Her handwriting was neat and elegant. In the letter, she told him some basic information about herself and also wrote that she had sent a two-way notebook for them to communicate in.

Sirius looked up from the paper and asked, "Darya said she sent a notebook?"

Lynal nodded and handed him a forest green coloured book. "It should only open for you once you key it to your magic. Darya already did the linking magic so all you have to do is push some magic through your finger when you touch the lock."

Examining the notebook closer, Sirius spotted a small blue-green circle on the front and placed his thumb on top, sending a small surge of power through it and into the book. There was a chime and then the book glowed gold and blue for a moment before fading.

"All set." Remus said, leaning curiously on Sirius' shoulder to look down at the book. "I have one like that, you know. It's not connected though, just a private journal." The brunette pokes his mate's shoulder playfully. "Darya's cool. I've met her a couple of times when Felix came for holidays and such. I think you'll get along well."

Sirius hummed in agreement, thanking Lynal before placing the book on the table by the bed. He turned towards his mate and pouted. "Cuddles?"

Remus laughed, dying a little at how adorable his little elf was. "Cuddles." He briefly kissed Sirius before wrapping his arms around the elf like a cuddly octopus. 

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