"Oh my God…"
Jack grinned, unable to hide his amusement at Janet's shock.
Daniel was a little nicer.
"Doctor Janet Fraiser, meet Sirius Black."
Sirius smiled, holding his hand out to the woman, who was still staring at him. When she didn't react immediately to take his hand, he simply reached down and took her hand, shaking it like Muggles do, and then releasing it.
"My pleasure."
"How did you do that?" Janet asked, finding her voice once more.
"I'm an animagus."
As if that explained everything.
"He's a wizard," Daniel said. "One who can change forms."
"A what?"
"A wizard."
She glared at Daniel, obviously thinking that he was messing with her, but Jack stepped in.
"He is a wizard, Doc."
"A wizard?" Her voice clearly said that she wasn't buying any of it.
"Change again, Sirius," Jack suggested.
An instant later the dog was back, wagging his tail cheerfully.
Janet simply stared.
"I know it's hard to believe," Daniel said, sympathetically. He'd had more time to get used to it, after all, and even he was still amazed every time he saw it. "It's true, though."
"Where'd you find him?" Janet asked. "Offworld?"
"Seattle." Jack told her, still smiling slightly.
"What?"
"Remember when you sent us off to Seattle to prove to Teal'c that the whole Harry Potter thing wasn't real?"
"I didn't send you…"
"It was your idea, though."
Janet shrugged. She'd thought it had been a good one, but she hadn't been aware that O'Neill knew it had originated with her.
"Anyways…?" She wanted to know where he was going with it.
"Well, we found out it wasn't fake at all."
"What?"
"We even met Harry Potter," Daniel added.
"And wizards," Jack agreed.
"What?"
The dog changed back into man form, and Janet sat down in the chair by O'Neill's desk, feeling like something had turned her world upside down without explaining to her that it was going to happen.
"Sirius here is one of the wizards," Jack said.
"It's nice to meet you," Sirius said, again.
"Uh…"
"She's normally more articulate," Daniel said to the wizard.
Janet scowled.
"A real wizard?"
Jack nodded.
"Do something magical, Sirius."
"What?"
"I don't know… pull a rabbit out of your hat."
"I don't have a hat, Jack."
Instead, the wizard pulled out his wand, and with a wave towards Jack's desk, muttered something under his breath. An instant later there was a pizza box sitting there, and the room was suddenly filled with the aroma of cheese and pepperoni.
"How did you do that?" Janet asked, staring at the box.
"He's a wizard," Jack answered before Sirius could. "It's what he does."
The colonel opened the box and pulled out a slice of pizza, watching as Janet tried to get her mind wrapped around what she was seeing.
"What's he doing here?" She finally asked.
"Field trip."
"Colonel…"
Jack smiled.
"We're kind of hiding him."
"Hiding?"
"The other wizards think he's dead," Daniel said. "We need to keep it that way. So he asked if he could hide, and General Hammond said yes."
"Does General Hammond know you're a… wizard…?" she asked Sirius.
"Yes."
"There are others?"
Sirius smiled.
"Lots."
"And they can all turn into animals?"
"No."
"Why can you?"
"Because I'm-"
"Colonel O'Neill, report to the command center. Repeat, Colonel O'Neill, report to the command center…"
Jack looked annoyed at having his impromptu breakfast interrupted, but he shoved the last of the pizza slice into his mouth, and headed for the door, gesturing for Sirius to join him. The others would probably follow as well, but Sirius was Jack's responsibility, and needed to stay close.
The wizard slipped back into dog form and as soon as he had changed, Jack opened the door and headed down the hall, Spot trotting beside him and Daniel and Janet trailing curiously behind them.
When he reached the command center they stopped, and Daniel and Fraiser stopped as well.
Hammond looked over at him, a slightly annoyed but also baffled expression on his face.
"Well?"
There was no need to ask what he meant. Perched on one of the rails heading up to the gate was a snowy white owl, who was watching them all with wide eyes and an expectant look. Jack had never even seen an owl before. Not in real life, anyways, and he simply shrugged.
"I don't-"
"That's gotta be Hedwig," Daniel said, excitedly. "Harry's owl."
Jack looked down at Sirius, who wagged his tail so hard Jack thought it was going to fly off. That had to be a yes.
"Okay… why would Harry's owl be here?" Jack asked, looking at Daniel since Sirius wouldn't be able to answer.
"The same reason Fawkes was earlier," Daniel said, walking over to the owl "Look! I'm right! He's got a piece of paper tied to his leg."
Daniel started to reach for it, but the owl flared her wings, hooting reproachfully, and the archeologist moved his hand back, mindful of the wicked beak on the otherwise pretty bird.
"It's probably for you, Jack," Daniel said, looking at O'Neill. "You take it off."
"And get bitten? Not likely."
"I want that bird out of my gate room, Colonel," Hammond said, sharply.
Jack sighed.
"Yes, sir."
He walked over to stand in front of the owl, ready to see her flare her wings again, but the owl simply hooted a greeting and put her leg out to him, clearly an invitation for him to take the message.
Lovely.
Jack pulled off the string that held the message to her leg and unrolled the tightly folded parchment, and then read the note. It was pretty short.
Dear Jack,
I hope I'm not bothering you. I need to talk to you, in person. I think I have a way I can get there, if you send a message with Hedwig and let me know when would be a good time.
Yours, Harry.