Daughter of Padfoot

Chapter XIV

'Dear Dad,' I wrote

'The article you sent me really caused a stir at school. The reason the army was able to find the school was because the wizard Voldemort's attacking the school. He's lowering our defenses, so the castle showed up on radar, but now onto other things. We need your help. The head master of the school Dumbledore runs a league called the league against Voldemort. Since Voldemort is surely soon to start attacking non-witches and wizards the league would like to alert the most powerful countries, this of course includes the US. They were planning to just walk in and tell the pentagon. I told them that they couldn't do it that way, that they needed connections. You and mom are the connections. We need you to please help two people Victoria and Shea get in to see some kind of head of state. I know you can help, so please do. It might just save the muggle world.

Love Forever,

Aphi Black'

I looked over the letter twice before I gave it to a school owl to take over the ocean.

I got a reply back three weeks later.

'Dear Aphi,

Your mother and will of course help your cause. Tell Victoria and Shea to board a plane on February 12 to come to Washington DC. They should get hotel reservations at the Radisson hotel across from the White House. Tell them they'll be seeing the Vice President of the United States. I wish you good luck.

Love,

Dad'

I smiled and immediately wrote to Vic and Shea who were back in Australia.

'Dear Vic and Shea,

My dad came through. You'll need tickets to Newark airport in New Jersey. Then you'll travel by cab to Penn Station in New York, and take a train down to Washington DC. The hotel you'll be at is a Radisson. You'll be speaking to the Vice President.

Good Luck,

Aphi Black'

I got a letter back from them about three weeks later.

'Dear Aphi,

Thanks for the info. You've been a big help. We sent this just before we left, so we're probably there already (just in-case you need to write us). Now you can have a normal life again, I bet you're glad. Good luck through out the rest of the school year.

Your Friends,

Vic and Shea'

I smiled to myself. My job was done and knew that I had done it well.