Prologue
I love getting mail. Mostly because I never get any, but when I do get any it always holds something of interest. My most recent letter was probably the most exciting one of all. The unusual part wasn't that I had actually gotten mail; it was that it came in parchment paper, yes parchment paper, not that cheap stuff you can get at the nearest stationary store, but the real deal. Plus if that's not crazy enough for you it had a wax seal with a large "H" decorated with a badger, a raven, a lion and snake coiled around it. That's not the worst of it, when I opened it, it held the most life changing thing possible. Think of the most insane thing that could ever happen to you and times it by like 30 and you get what happened to me.
I opened the letter saw the green scrawl, and started reading. "Kyra Sparkle, you have been accepted to the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry." First thought, YA RIGHT! Then I started thinking about it, it would explain some things. I remember when I was in fourth grade I was ice skating and broke my wrist. I had a cast and everything, but I also had a gymnastics competition in two days. Half way through the second day my arm didn't hurt anymore and when we went to the doctor, my wrist was fine, completely healed. We just thought I had really strong bones and healed fast. Maybe it was magic. Who knows. Suddenly I realized what I was talking to myself about. Magic, witchcraft, wizardry. There is no way this is happening.
