The Magic of Find Familiar

With Find Familiar, you gain the service of a spirit that takes an animal form. A familiar can't attack, but it can take other actions as normal. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn. You can cast the spell again later to make it reappear. It's just like a big bag of flour that I'm going to have to carry around with me at all times. But also does the magic.