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Chapter 3
Retrieval
"Father?" Amira asked, "I, ah, have some pets. Is that okay with you?"
"Yes, dear. What do you have?"
"I have a black lab and a kitten. The lab is a guard dog, though, and she can't be in the middle of a lot of people without me. The kitten is a holy terror. And we need to explore the house to make sure that there's nothing either one's going to get into and get hurt. And everyone needs to be introduced to the lab. If not, she's liable to go on a murderous rampage," Amira said seriously.
Sirius clearly wanted to ask her if she was kidding, but by the look on her face she was dead serious.
"Father, she and I have been through things that would make your blood run cold. We've had to kill others of my kind, we've had to battle dark wizards, we've even had to go into some pretty unscrupulous undercover assignments to complete the mission. All I can say is, I trained her beginning when she was old enough to safely take from her mother. We lived in the desert for three days as our coming of age ceremony, as both of us became adults in the eyes of the Maji. She will protect me at all costs," Amira said, trying to explain what the lab meant to her.
"Okay, if there's something that needs to be done, we'll just start as soon as we can. Where are they?" Sirius asked.
"I left them with Professor Dumbledore. I was planning to Apparate to his residence and retrieve them. He's okayed that plan. He's busy, but not so busy that he can't take care of two animals," Amira told him.
"Well, go off and get them, then. We'll have something to eat when you get back, seeing as Harry's gotten back," Sirius told her, shooing her out the door.
"I'll be right back, Papa. Papa's okay, isn't it?" She asked.
"Of course. It sounds wonderful," Sirius said with a smile.
Author's Note: Sorry the story is so short and it took so long to update, but I got to Uni and I had a computer crash! After two days and many tears, I'm back up and running. Classes start soon, so updates will be even slower, but they'll be there, just please be patient!
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