Outside Cafe Diem
Sirius Black groaned as he woke up. The first thing he noticed was that he was outside, and it was fairly warm.
The Second thing he noticed was that there were several people around him, which made him worried, mostly because they were all dressed like Muggles.
As he carefully began to stand up, a larger man rushed out of a nearby door. "Are you okay?"
Sirius shook his head to clear it. "I seem to be all here. I think."
The man nodded and said, "Where did you come from?"
Sirius looked around. He saw a large hole in the side of the building the man had come out of. "What happened there?"
The large man glanced over. "Well, we've had things popping up all over town, things from Eureka's past it seemed. Sheriff Carter and the people at Global seem to have fixed the problem – except now you just appeared even as the rest of the things disappeared. Where are you from?" the man asked again.
"I don't know. I was in England, London specifically, and then suddenly I'm here." He refused to tell more until he knew more. "Er. What's the date?" he asked.
The man said uncertainly, "June 20, 2010?"
Sirius' eyes widened. "What in Merlin's name …." He caught himself as he saw the man's face look confused. "Sorry. Last I looked it was 1995. How the hell did I end up 15 years later and in a place I've never been?"
"Oh, Dear. I probably should call Dr. Blake. If you've time traveled, it's got to have something to do with Global Dynamics."
Sirius was surprised at the tone. "You don't seem that shocked that I might have traveled in time."
The man waved his hand. "Compared to some things that happen in Eureka? Not that strange. By the way, I'm Vincent."
Sirius nodded. "I'm Sirius." He thought it unlikely that a Muggle American would know who he was. Unfortunately, the man's eyes widened.
Sirius tensed as Vincent spoke. "Sirius Black, innocent escapee from Azkaban? Marauder known as Padfoot because of your animagus form, godfather of Harry Potter?"
Sirius realized that the man had included innocent. "Yes? I guess my name got cleared after I fell through the Veil."
Vincent's eyes widened. "Actually …." He glanced around and saw an empty alley nearby. "Come over here."
Once they were alone and unseen, Vincent said, "Prove you're Sirius Black. Turn into Padfoot."
Sirius was confused by shrugged. After a moment, he was looking up at the large man and barked. After changing back he said, "Good enough?"
"Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear." Vincent looked like he was going to pass out.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
Vincent said with shock, "In this world you're part of a story. Somehow you've landed in world where Harry Potter was a series of books written about a fictional world."
Sirius said loudly, "WHAT?"
Vincent winced at the tone. "I really think we need to talk to Sheriff Carter and Dr. Blake." Vincent looked around, ensuring they were alone. "Tell no one. If you claimed to be Sirius to most people they would assume you were crazy. Better to say nothing."
Sirius shrugged. "I can do that."
"Come back over with me to Café Diam. You look a bit hungry and I can feed you while we wait for Dr. Blake and Sheriff Carter." He shook his head. "This is completely strange."
Sirius decided that the man was being honest and helpful. He would go along with him.
Inside, Sirius noticed the damage in the wall was much greater than it looked like from the outside. "Are you sure it's safe?" he asked Vincent.
The man waved his hand. "Around this place, it's a normal day." He pulled a small device out of his pocket and hit a few buttons. "Deputy Andy? Can you contact Sheriff Carter and ask him to come by Café Diam and to bring Dr. Blake?" After a pause, "It's about the recent happenings, and it needs to be soon, but I don't think it's life and death." "Dr. Blake and Sheriff Carter. Yes. Thank you."
Vincent turned and said, "Deputy Andy, Sheriff Carter's Deputy, will call and ask them to come here. Now, what can I get you?"
"What do you have?" he asked.
The man smirked. "Anything. Just ask for it. No charge."
Sirius said in a cheeky voice, "Shepherd's pie, a bit of Blood pudding on the side and spotted dick for afters."
Vincent nodded, "No problem. Coming right up."
From what Sirius knew, blood pudding and spotted dick were British. That was why had jokingly added those, to be a bit cheeky. He really liked a good shepherd's pie, though.
After Sirius' meal was delivered – to his utter shock – he heard Vincent say toward the door, "Sheriff. Dr. Blake. Thank you for coming."
The friendly looking man in uniform replied in a friendly voice, "Andy said you needed us both?"
"Yes." Vincent looked around and dropped his voice. "After all of the extra things disappeared, this man appeared out of no where. I thought I would bring it to your attention."
The woman, quite attractive, asked in a more urgent tone, "You didn't think to call us directly? With the Quantum displacement from the other timeline, this could be a sign of disaster. We thought he cleaned it all up."
Vincent shook his head. "He didn't come from Eureka. Though it was quantum displacement of a type." Vincent looked around to see that no one was close by and listening and spoke in a quieter voice. "He actually is a character from a work of fiction turned flesh. I thought I should bring it to your attention."
The man, the Sheriff, scoffed. "Oh really? Who are you then?" he asked in a joking manner.
Sirius looked up from his dick, "Sirius Black, at your service."
The man laughed. "Oh yeah? Then why don't you do that thing where you change into a dog? I remember that from the movies."
Sirius said, "Vincent didn't want me to show anyone but if you don't mind …."
Sheriff Carter was about to tell him to go ahead but the woman, Dr. Blake, said, "Not here." She looked over. "Anyone back there?"
"No," Vincent replied.
"Why don't you show us in the kitchen?"
Sirius shrugged and did as asked.
Needless to say, Carter and Blake were completely floored. "Woah," Jack said.
Sirius gave a barking laugh. "Believe it now?"