Chapter Five, Reuniting with Dadfoot

~ Private Ward, St. Mungo's ~

A few weeks after Sirius had been admitted into St. Mungo's, he was finally fully recovered and could return home to Potter Manor and see his daughter. The moment he was cleared he left the room he had been confined to, he spotted Monty and Mia waiting for him with wide beaming smiles upon their faces in the hall just outside of his room.
"Monty! Mia!" Sirius cried happily, hugging them tightly and relishing the tight hug they gave to him in return.
"Let's get you home." Mia smiled tearfully, her brown eyes shining with tears as a few escaped down her elegant cheeks.

"Morgause. How is she? How's my daughter?" Sirius questioned frantically, running his hands through his black curls that now sat at his shoulders neat and clean.
"She's doing okay." Monty assured Sirius. "She's been asking for you, James and Lily but that is to be expected."
"I can't believe he would lock away half of her magic and her wonderful gifts..... actually, I can." Sirius scoffed, rolling his eyes.
"Are you ready to see your daughter?" Mia asked, a smile upon her lips as she already knew the answer.
"YES!!!" Sirius exclaimed loudly, excitedly, before quickly lowering his voice with a sheepish smile as they made for the Floo Network.

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~ Potter Manor ~

The moment they exit the Floo Network located in the foyer of the manor, they are greeted to the glorious sound of a baby's laughter - Morgause's laughter.
"There's two more things Sirius." Monty said hurriedly, egged on by his wife's glare. "When we took Morgan to Gringotts we found out she has three mates in Heirs Malfoy, Zabini and Nott. According to the inheritance test the Malfoy Heir is a Veela and the Alpha, the Zabini Heir a born vampire and the warrior and the Nott Heir is a True Werewolf and her protector. I know you don't like it," Monty said hurriedly when Sirius started shaking his head in denial, "Charlus, Lyle and myself didn't like it -"

"- and you were all made to sleep on the sofa in our chambers until you realised that Mother Magic picked them for a reason to be Morgause's mates, so therefore, they are who are best for her. Didn't you?" Mia asked sweetly but her eyes blazed with a fire causing Sirius to laugh. Oh how he had missed them!
"Yes dear." Monty agreed. "Also Sirius, a few days ago I took Morgause into the Sanctuary -"
"I bet she loved that." Sirius beamed, remembering how sweet, thoughtful and attached she was to all animals.
"She did." Monty agreed. "All of the creatures, including the skittish ones came to her craving her attention. She hugged a Thestral calf and kissed her head, calling her cute." Monty revealed with a sad smile. "And she also found two familiars: a newly hatched Runespoor and a Nemean Lion Cub."

"Siriusly?" Sirius asked, shocked but still using his stupid pun that not only made the elder Potter's heart clench as they were reminded of simpler and happier times but also rolled their eyes at the joke that had worn thin when he was sixteen. "You say, 'two of' like you think she's going to get another one."
"It's a thought. Especially as she has three mates she could have three Familiars as her power level, Sirius, is that of Merlin." Mia revealed to the shocked but extremely proud father.
"Oh my wonderful girl is going to go on and do amazing things I just know it!" Sirius crowed delighted, when suddenly a small hand was clutching his pant leg as they cried loudly with mixed emotions.
"DADFOOT!!" Morgause sobbed into Sirius's trouser leg clutching tightly as her legs shook with the effort to remain standing.

In one swift movement Sirius had her up into his arms clutching her tightly to his chest, tears running down Sirius's own cheeks, as running feet, and growls were heading towards them while a hissing sound came from around Morgause's wrist. Looking down Sirius spotted the tiny orange and black striped Runespoor with a yellow underbelly wrapped around Morgause's tiny wrist with all three heads hissing at him until it noticed how Morgause was happily snuggling into his chest and calmed down returning to looking like a weird docile bracelet.
"Morgause!" Roxanne sighed in relief, noticing she was in Sirius's arms while the cub stood before the four adults looking similar to a normal lion with sapphire blue eyes as it let out a cute little growl.

"What's wrong?" Monty asked suddenly on alert, noticing his brother's Lord of the Forest attributes before he quickly turned to Sirius assessing his granddaughter in Sirius's arms with his sharp hazel eyes.
"We were playing with her when you arrived until she heard Sirius speak and she suddenly disappeared." Lyle explained, worry and relief clear in his visage.
"She Apparated?" Mia asked sharply, becoming more alert than her husband if that were possible.
"Yes." Charlus revealed, letting out a calming breath as his attributes suddenly melded beneath his skin once again.
"We need to be careful then." Dorea stated, thinking over possibilities. "I also think we should introduce her to children her age so she can play and learn social skills."

"I agree Auntie, but for now I just want time with my daughter before that happens and before I vehemently contemplate speaking to Remus." Sirius said, rubbing Morgause's back soothingly as she slowly calmed down following everyone back to the family parlour where he sat on the sofa with his daughter held tightly in his arms and the cub curling up beside him. "He wrote to me while I was in St. Mungo's, and he asked if we could talk. He said he doesn't know why he threw away eleven years of friendship and a seven year relationship or ignored Morgause as she's his cub, and after what you told me you found on my Bambi at Gringotts, and the Compulsion that was on myself that broke once I was arrested, I suggested he get checked as well. That was the last correspondence I had with him."

"Dadfoot." Morgause whimpered, tightening her hold on his shirt in her tiny fists and burying her head into his neck.
"Shh Bambi. Dadfoot is here and I promise I'm never leaving you ever again. I love you my little pup." Sirius whispered soothingly to her, kissing her forehead lovingly as she fought against sleep. Her little body tired over her emotional turmoil and the relief she felt having one of her parents returned to her. "Shh Princess. It's okay to sleep, Dadfoot will still be here when you wake up. I'll always be here." He continued to whisper as he carded his hand through her hair as she drifted off feeling safe in his arms as soft conversations of her family flowed around lulling her further into the Land of Morpheus.

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Morgause's familiars:

The Runespoor hatchling:

The Nemean Lion cub: