The Great Familiar Audition
[The little bat who is officially his familiar is tucked away under the spikey-haired young man's hood, hidden from the daylight, but there's another familiar of sorts (is it a familiar? Erik's not really sure it qualifies, or if it's just a stray dog)--a moderately sized white, brown, and black dog with a fluffy coat--who has suddenly become his new best friend, circling him and keeping pace beside him. And yeah, alright, maybe he brought it on himself by feeding the dang thing, but there were food carts right there and who could really resist?[

I can't taken you home with me, really. Who do you belong to, because you've got to belong to someone else. I don't know where you think you're going to live in the school.

Hey, pal, are you missing a dog?