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went mental. She had been in the Muggle system for a few years before Aurors caught
wind, and Weasley brought her here."
"Poor thing." Mia frowned, clutching her hand to her chest. "What can we do? Is
she injured? Does she need a Healer?"
Draco shook his head as he opened his office door. "Just... I thought of you.. ."
Astoria smiled at Mia and Sirius and whispered to a small girl who had her head
buried in her arms. "Sweetie, I want you to meet some friends of ours. This is Mr and Mrs
Black. They're Draco's cousins."
Mia knelt down to get on the girl's level and Sirius was right behind her. When the
child turned around, she struggled to contain a gasp as she was met with a pair of grey eyes
and a head full of long black hair. "It's nice to meet you."
The girl frowned nervously at Mia before her focus fell on Sirius. He smiled at her
and then stepped out of the room quickly only to return moments later as Padfoot, large
tongue lolling out of the side of his mouth.
"Puppy!" the girl squealed with delight, all signs of worry gone from her face as she
wrapped her arms around the dog—like most children did at the sight of Padfoot—and
giggled when he licked her face.
Mia stood and looked from Draco to Astoria. "I take it you're suggesting
something?"
"She would fit in with little Regulus," Astoria whispered. "I think it would be good
for her to not stand out."
Draco smirked at Mia. "And no one's more familiar with magical adoption than
you, Granger."
"Black," she corrected him out of habit.
"Potter," he said, settling on one of her many names.
"What's her name?" she asked impatiently.
Astoria grinned excitedly. "That's the best part. It's like fate."
Pursing her lips, Mia sighed. "Fate and I have an on again off again kind of
relationship."
"Carina," Draco said to the little girl, "do you want to take the dog downstairs and
see if he'll play fetch outside? I bet Scorpius would like to play, too."