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[Draco Malfoy has absolutely no reason to be outside right now. His hands are both still cut up pretty badly, he's fighting off a cold, and to top things off…

…well. He lost Jade Harley. Sort of. Jade sort of lost herself by leaving her bracelet on his bathroom counter. So today Draco's out and flying around the city of Asgard, Jade's bracelet in his pocket and bundled up against the cold. It's only when he's outside of his room that he really notices all of the lights going off in the city, twinkling against the darkness. He stops long enough to examine a few displays of light, raising an eyebrow.

It really must be close to Christmas then. Fantastic. Just one more thing to remind him of things he doesn't want to think about. Christmas reminds him of home, and lights remind him of a certain girl with long blond hair that he can't seem to stop thinking about. Ridiculous. After a few hours of flying back and forth hoping for some sign of Jade, anything that might indicate she's around, he gives up and lands to head into the Great Library if only for a distraction and maybe to pick up a few books to help with his current research for potions.

…and thus he finds himself curled up in a chair fifteen minutes later, trying to warm up and staring at a book in his hands. It's a small book, worn out and old in appearance. It's also a book he most certainly wasn't expecting to find here in Asgard, but then again it made sense. Why wouldn't the gods pull things from their own worlds to entertain them? When he turns on the bracelet's video feed, he's casually flipping through the book, reading and mumbling to himself. He's holding the book gingerly as though it's hard to bend his hands around it, but his eyes are narrowed in concentration.]

Babbity Rabbitty will never not be a strange name, and that's saying something [Flip. Flip. Flip.]

Granted, this shouldn't be a surprise. [And he looks up then, facing the camera.]

Here's a new question for anyone awake, something a bit lighter than the last. [Which he's still pondering on, thank you. His wall of notes may be folded up and in a box under his bed, but he still references them quite a bit.]

With the lights all around the city and with the discovery of this book--[He lifts it up, revealing the title to be the Tales of Beedle the Bard]--do you believe that something as simplistic as a fairy tale can actually have some truth behind it? Or, in other words, what determines if they're made up or if they're based on real people and real events?

And before anyone asks, no, there's no motive behind this question. Just genuine curiosity. [Which as we all know is the biggest lie of them all.]

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If there is anything I learned in this city is that one's life can easily become a legend, mostly without their knowledge. Many people in this city knew me and my friends even before we arrived. They knew our kingdom and our stories.

Or at the very least, they thought they did.

Really. [He's not sure how that's possible, but he's intrigued nevertheless.]

And what makes you and your kingdom so important that it can be considered legendary? [...well, Draco, if you just look at the name and see that it says 'Morgana' you might eat your own words.]

People from realms I never heard of knowing who Merlin, Arthur and I were before we could tell them more of us was a subtle hint.

[ just this face, Draco. You have a chocolate frog card of her at home, likely. ]

[...annnnd 5, 4, 3, 2...it clicks.

Oh.

...well, damnit. She's got a very, very good point and now that he's realized that this is the Morgana...

...well, it's almost laughable. And he feels quite stupid even questioning things now.]

Well yes. The stories of Camelot are quite famous in our world. But those are different. Those aren't fairy tales and they're hardly legends. That's basic history.

Are we?

[ There's a smile on her lips, as if finding this out pleases her and probably it does. ]

Your realm is well different than others in that. Some had told me we are names from a legend they heard as children.

Of course you are. [Spoken in a tone of scoff as if it's ridiculous to suggest otherwise. Considering that his world's version of Morgana is highly accomplished not only in the Dark Arts but also in Transfiguration (a subject Draco actually likes and is good at), he's grown up more or less admiring the witch's magic work. It also helps that his world's version of Merlin was sorted into Slytherin even if he wanted to help Muggles. Either way, he's sort of a fan on both accounts.]

In a sense, yes, I suppose you two are legendary but you're also both very well known in our history of magic. It's one of the first things we're taught about. It wouldn't make any sense for us to learn how to use our own magic without knowledge of those before us.

This city would change this history, I reckon. Taking away that which made us so well known to begin with.

[ nevermind that she couldn't control her magic, she would still like it back. ]

Then you know us to have existed, it is more than the others.

[ and then, with a smug little smile. ]

They taught you about me and Merlin, truly?

It can't have changed it too terribly much if we're all still aware of you in my time. But then again, I still haven't exactly figured out all of the innerworkings of the city and how the loss of our powers changes everything.

[He quirks his lips into a slightly lopsided grin. This is still sort of bizarre, speaking to people that are, essentially, major historical figures. He could hardly contain himself when Merlin started speaking to him, but Morgana as well...very few people know this, but Draco? He's actually a fan of history and studies it for the facts and techniques of wizards and witches past. But this is much, much better than research in old library books.]

Truly. You're both quite famous in our world...you've both even got your pictures on chocolate frog trading cards. I mean the frogs aren't that delicious, but it's still one of the highest honors. They reserve those slots for only the most famous and accomplished witches and wizards.

[ that's a huge ego boost right there, Draco and most people would say Morgana's ego is already fluffed enough but she, of course, would claim otherwise. She grins, inclines her head. ]

Then I suppose there is no merit in introducing myself.

[It's okay, Morgana. Draco understands the need to have a fluffed up ego.]

Absolutely not. It's a pleasure to actually meet you. I mean really, really meet you versus just reading about your history. [And he doesn't dare call her either Lady Pendragon or otherwise just so he doesn't offend her. That's how high-ranking you are, Morgana. Be proud.]

[ She is oh so proud and he is in her list of favorite people. She smiles, a bit too proud of herself. ]

And your name?

Draco. Draco Malfoy. You may have heard of me already.

Not yet, I fear and I shall ask for your forgiveness for such, Draco Malfoy. I made an attempt to know all those who knew magic in their own realms.

[ she smiles, inclines her head. ]

A pleasure to meet you. Am I called Morgana at your books? Some said their realms named me Morgan.

I'll forgive you this time, if only because I'm sure you wouldn't let such a slip occur if it was easier to identify magic users. Unfortunately the card says Morgan, but we all know you as Morgana.

Indeed. The theft of our magic by the Nine who control this city makes such alliances harder to form.

[ a face. ]

Travesty. I doubt they call Merlin or Arthur anything else.

Arthur's hardly of any real importance to us, actually.

Because he does not possess magic?

[ this must be her birthday and she forgot, oh the joy. Joy of joys. ]

I admit, I would not mind reading your realm's version of the story if that is so.

Precisely because he does not possess magic. He's just King Arthur, whatever. He's still a Muggle, and it's still you and Merlin that we focus on. I wish I could find one of our texts about it, but alas. I'm lucky I found what I've found.

A Muggle? What does that mean? I never heard this word before.

[ and if she'll use it to insult Arthur, which she will, she wants to know the meaning. ]

It's a word our kind use to describe those who aren't wizards or witches. Non-magical people.

They are all called the same, Muggles?

And do your people hide from them? Hide their magic?

Yes, unless it's a person who's born into a magical family and doesn't have magic at all. That's a Squib.

[Ah. Yes. The Statute.] We have for centuries, yes. If we're in the presence of Muggles we have to keep everything to a minimum, if only because it's a right pain in the arse to try and modify everyone's memories so that they don't realize magic's real. [And other reasons, but those are more complicated.]

They do not know there are those with magic among them?

[ How curious. ]

Those in my realm know there are those of magic but since it is outlawed, they do not speak of it much.

They don't know. We don't want them to know just in case things go as badly as they did centuries ago...

Centuries ago - what happened?

[ she wonders, she has to wonder, if he is speaking of the Great Purge. ]

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