"How many Sera Angles do you have in your deck?" asked Harry as Hedwig placed down her third on the table. Harry's life points were about shot and his only creatures were a couple of goblins.

"I brought you some tea, Harold," a voice called from behind. Siegfried walked in and set the tray down on Harry's desk. "Are you okay, dear boy? You've been a bit mopey since Princess Alexandrina spoke with you. Are you mooning over the one who got away?"

"No, the Fire Witch was beautiful, but we really couldn't have had a lasting relationship. When I'm forty and she still looks fourteen someone is going to call the police," replied Harry as he shrugged his shoulder.

"Quite true, plus she's a bit moody."

"That's putting in mildly," Harry said with a smile. "I'm okay with Alexandrina but I think I'm feeling down because I've completed an adventure, though one without he-who-shall-not-be-named and I don't have Dumbledore to tell me what it all means."

"Well, I'm not as old as Dumbledore, by quite a bit, Harold, but perhaps I can help. What did you think or America?"

"It's nice, but different from England with all the immigrant wizards here like you and Roy and the Armenians and the Black Queen. You don't seem half as hung up on blood purity or anything like that."

"For the most part, no," agreed Harry, "Though you'll find some of the worst bigots here. Certain wizards call themselves Imperial Wizard and are the most vocal advocates of blood purity; though they tend to live in rural areas."

"I'm surprised wizards like that can support themselves. In the UK it's either the bureaucracy or teaching; here you have more options."

"Yes, Americans tend not to trust the bureaucracies. Though Britain's is very well run; now the European one in Brussels seems, to an outsider, to be hideously inefficient."

"A lot of British wizards think so too," Harry said as he nodded. "That's why we're hesitant to joint them further. One thing I was surprised with was the lack of following of Quidditch; it's a rollicking good sport."

"I read once that 'Sport,' as the English mean it, is a foreign word in every other language. All the English speaking countries have their own sports for non-magic users; so there's Gaelic Football, American Football, Canadian Football, Australian Football as well as association football. Naturally their wizards came up with their own sports too. The rest of the world adopted Quidditch, but that doesn't mean the former colonies don't love their sport less than you love Quidditch.

"I suppose not, but I'll be glad to go back to England," said Harry. "Though I can see why you and Roy would prefer to live here."

"Perhaps that's the lesson you should learn then," said Siegfried.

"It does make me feel better," agreed Harry.

"Then come on, let's get ready for the show," both men stood up.

Harry noticed Hedwig glaring at him. "Okay, I'll yield," Harry sighed.

The End