Of Magic, Fire, Blood and Ice

6

Rayne moves downstairs and finds her family seated on the table. She washes her hand moves towards the dining table. With a quick Good Morning she picks a plate and piles pancakes drowned in syrup for her. Quickly finishing her breakfast and she puts her plate in the sink.

'Will you please get the mail, Rayne?' asks Petunia.

With a quick nod Rayne moves to the door and picks up the stack of envelopes from the floor. Not seeing any letter for her she hands them to her Aunt.

Dudley was watching the television with superhuman concentration. He does not even notice her as she sits beside him. Rayne soon got lost in the world of Ducktales that she does not notice the pecking sound that is coming from the window.

Petunia opens the latch and suddenly two owls come into the room and land in front of the television, making sure that the attention of all four inhabitants of the house is on them. The owls both have letters tied to their right feet.

'Go on, untie it Rayne.' Petunia says softly.

Rayne unites both letters and read the address on the envelope.

She lets out a gasp and says, 'These are the Hogwarts letters. One of them is for me and the other is for Dudley.'

Dudley takes his letter from her and opens it.

'I am a wizard! Cool!' he exclaims.

Rayne reads her letter that states that she has been admitted to Hogwarts. She goes through the requirement list and finds that she has almost all the books needed for her first year.

Vernon on the other hand was shocked to see that his son is a wizard. He never noticed any odd things happening around him, and even anything had happened he had assumed that Rayne was the cause for it. Seeing the delighted look on the faces of the children he decided that they would support them in any way possible.

Petunia on the other hand had been more observant. She could see the subtle things that gave her a hint that her son was a wizard. He could always predict the score of his favorite football team. His drinks would automatically refill themselves so would his plates. She had hoped he too was a wizard as she did not want him to resent Rayne and get jealous as she did when Lily went to Hogwarts. Seeing him happy made her fears melt away.

'Okay kids let me read It.' says Petunia.

Rayne hands her letter to her aunt while Dudley hands his letter to his father. They both look at each other and grin. They discuss which pet they would take, the different books that sounded exciting. The discussed the possibility of broomsticks and what their purpose would be, they thought a flying broomstick would be incredibly cool.

'You have to send a reply with the owls saying that you accept your place at Hogwarts'. Says Vernon.

Rayne and Dudley quickly get a pen and paper and scribble their acceptance and tie it to the owl's feet. The owls give a hoot and take off.

'Do you know where we can buy our things from?' Dudley asks.

'Yes. I know where to go we will go after Rayne's birthday.' Petunia says as she moves into the kitchen.

Rayne take Dudley to her room and shows him her mother's books. They read them all day excited to learn magic.

When Rayne meets Jon that night she tells him how her cousin would also go to the Wizarding School with her and how they got their letters today. The people in Westeros used ravens and wizards used owls.

Jon and Rayne spent days trying to find more information about dragons and learning more about politics. Rayne gave Jon books about ancient empires and warfare techniques and learned about new agricultural innovations that would help them in the future.