Author's notes: Alright, lets see what I can do . . . . . . . . . .. it's my birthday, and on Moonlight Chocolatry, I promised to update my different stories. . . . . . . . it's sort of like in Lord of the Rings, where the hobbits give other people presents for their birthdays!! That's sort of a fun tradition, don't you think?

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Sirius expected the hearing to be sort of like what a trial was down on Earth. However, he was surprised to see only two people show up: a little, red-haired girl, and a black man with corn-rows.

"Hello," said the man. "I am the Smiter. I will be deciding what will happen to you."

This took Sirius as a surprise, also. He expected the Great Smiter to be big and old and scary. But instead, he seemed to be around twenty-three, with a rather soothing voice and nice smile.

"Now, I was alive once too, so I understand what people's minds work like. I've decided against my previous decision to send you into Hell to punish people, despite your many promises to see different people there. Instead, you're heading back down to Earth to take care of business there."

Sirius stood with his mouth open for a moment. "Well, like what?" he said.

"Your first assiginment," the Smiter said. "is to take this girl here to her mother. She's due to be born in two hours, which is more than enough time."

"What's her name?" Sirius asked.

"Anna," the Smiter said. "She must get there safely and on time. Our last guy was a complete mess-up. He kept on going to late and they babies were born dead, or too early and they were born pre-maturely."

All Sirius could say was: "Woah."

"I'll see you 'round," the Smiter said. "Take care o' yourself, or I might just re-assign you."

"Right!" Sirius said, giving a small salute. "Come on, Anna. Let's go find your mother."

"By the way, James," the Smiter said. "You can't keep cutting work. This was a special occasion, considering it was your best friend you were going to meet."

"Right," James said, looking slightly annoyed.

That was the last Sirius saw of them before drifting down through the crowds.

"Do you have any idea where your mother lives?" Sirius asked, looking at the little girl.

"I think it was in Albuqurque," she said. (By the way, if you live there, and know that I spelled that wrong, please correct me, so I can fix it. Wrong spelling is dispicable, in my opinion.)

"Come on," Sirius said, and he found himself speeding over the Atlantic Ocean, pulling Anna along behind him. When he looked back to see if she was scared or uncomfortable, he saw her laughing.

They ended up in a hospital room with a mother in labor. For a moment Sirius was sure he blushed, but lead Anna over.

"Um," he said, unsure of what to do.

However, Anna's grip drifted from his own, and she sort of melted into the woman's stomach. Sirius left the ward, sure that the lady wouldn't be too happy to know that dead people were watching her give birth. Sirius waited out there until he was sure that everything had gone right. When he heard the father shouting in happiness for having a little girl, Sirius headed back out of the ward.

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