Chapter Three; The Rescue
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Just as Hermione entered the living room and headed towards the fireplace she caught a glimpse out the window and widened her eyes and dropped her jaw. "Oh my God!" she cried in a horrified gasp while clasping her hands over her mouth as she quickly rushed over to the window just as Heather and Eve were coming through the front door.
"Wow! What a rush! I can't wait until I have my own broomstick!" Heather exclaimed excitedly but Eve wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention to her little sister.
"What is it Hermione?" she questioned as she walked over to the window where Hermione was standing and saw a tiny fluffy orange stripped kitten stuck in the tree. "Oh my God, the poor little thing. How did he get all the way up there?" she wondered.
"I'm not sure, but I have to get him down." Hermione said as she quickly turned around.
"Don't worry, I'll get him down for you. After all, I already have my broomstick out." Eve told her as she quickly raced back towards the front door and then sat back down on the broom before soaring outside up high into the air. A few seconds later Snape came inside with Teddy by his side.
"What's going on?" Teddy wondered as he spotted the two other girls standing by the window.
"There's a kitten stuck up in the tree and Eve just went back outside to go and get him." Heather told him as he hurriedly ran over to the window to go and watch. Sure enough all three of them watched as Eve hovered her broom up to the tree and halted it when she reached the branch that the kitten was stuck on. Then while she steadied her broom with one hand, she reached over and swooped the kitten up inside her arms with the other hand before slowly guiding the broomstick back down on the ground using her body weight.
Hermione and both of the twins turned to watch as Eve came back through the front door a few minutes later holding the tiny crying kitten inside her arms. Angel and Zip didn't know what to make of the tiny creature but Precious started meowing back at him and rubbing up against Hermione's legs while glancing up at her. "Here he is, safe and sound." Eve said with a proud grin.
"Aww,.. he's so cute! I wonder what his name is!" Heather exclaimed.
"I'm not sure, I just hope that he isn't lost and that somebody isn't out there missing him and looking for him." Hermione said.
'Well that isn't a safe bet because he doesn't have a collar or tags and Heather and I were just flying around the neighborhood and we didn't see any flyers for him either." Eve told her.
"So,.. can we keep him?" Heather wondered but her father just simply shook his head at her.
"Oh no, we already have too many animals and people living here already." He told her.
"So then what's going to happen to him?" she wondered while the tiny kitten continued to cry.
"I think I have an idea." Hermione said as she suddenly felt as if an imaginary lightbulb lit up over her head.
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Luna smiled down at the tiny kitten that snuggled up to her chest while she held him inside her arms before planting a kiss on the top of his head. "Oh he's so beautiful and adorable. I love him already. I think I'll name him Tigger since he's my favorite Disney character and I love Winnie the Pooh." She said.
"Well I'm glad that you like him." Hermione told her while she smiled over at them. "And it's good to know that Tigger has found himself a new home. I'm so glad that I saw that he was stuck in the tree and that Eve was able to rescue him. Otherwise you guys wouldn't have been able to find each other." She said.
"Hey wait a minute! That's it!" she exclaimed excitedly. "I suddenly know what else I can do with my life! I can run a pet rescue center!" she cried as Luna grinned.
"That's a good idea. Harry's got his own dragon business so you can run a business for domesticated animals. That way if somebody ever finds some abandoned puppies or kittens again or something like that they'll know where to take them." She told her.
"Yeah but the only problem is that I can't run it by myself though." Hermione said heaving a deep and heavy sad sigh while resting her head on the palm of her hand. "And Harry, Ron, and Ginny are gone on their music tour." She said while letting out another deep breath of frustration.
"Well, what if I helped you out?" Luna suggested.
"You mean that you would do that for me?" Hermione questioned her with uncertainty while she tilted her head back up and turned to look at her.
"Sure, that's the least I can do for you after you've just given me Tigger. Besides, I think that it sounds like a lot of fun. And I'm sure that we could find somebody else to hire to help us out." Luna said while she smiled warmly and brightly at her.
"I think I know somebody. Eve told me that Jerry told her that he has an older sister named Julie. She has a seven month old son named Andrew and she just lost her husband and career at the same time. Even though she's a muggle, I'm sure that she would be willing to help us out since she loves animals and I know that she would do anything to help support her son." Hermione told her.
"It's a deal then. That way it'll help Neville and I out with our honeymoon fund." Luna said.
"Alright then, I'll go home and talk to Eve and see if she can get Jerry to give her Julie's number." Hermione told her as she stood up and disapparated just as soon as she had made it out the door.