"Dear Ms. Fletcher,

We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Fillius Flitwick

Deputy Headmaster"

What?

Is this some sort of joke?

Emily Fletcher sat on the edge of her bed, staring, flabbergasted, at the letter written in emerald green ink that she held her hands. She had just gone out with some visiting friends from the pet palace to check the mail, and was surprised to see that along with the bills and medical analysis' for her mother, there was a letter for her. She ripped it open excitedly it to find that, apparently, she had a place at Hogwarts. Emily suddenly snorted. "What bull," she said to herself, laughing. A place for her at Hogwarts, the fantasy, imaginary, school. Right. Sure.

Emily had grown up with the Harry Potter series, and loved it. First it was her dad reading it to her late into the night, then, when she got old enough, she started to read it for herself. She had always fantasized about something like that really happening to her. She was fascinated by the whole idea of magic, and of using it. It had become common knowledge among her friends and family that she was a complete Harry Potter addict.

"I guess someone finally decided to pull a joke on me about it," Emily sighed. She stared down at her rainbow jewel that adorned her wrist, and it flashed blue-green. Well, anything was possible, she reminded herself. She had just come to discover that. In the past few weeks, Emily and her friends, Adriane and Kara, had just come to discover that they were mages, or in other words, magic masters. Adriane, the warrior, found a sparkling tiger-eye jewel that she called her wolf stone. She was bonded to a mystical mistwolf, and together they fought like soldiers.

Kara was the blazing star, although they hadn't quite discovered what that was yet. She acted as sort of a charger for the other two girls, magnifying their magic whenever she was near.

Emily, on the other hand, was the healer. She had found a beautiful rainbow jewel, and soon learned to use it to heal and calm all sorts of animals.

Well, Emily already had magic, and didn't think she needed another type along with that. Suddenly, she laughed out loud. Stop being so juvenile, she thought to herself. This is obviously a fake.

Emily walked into the large library at Ravenswood Manor to find Ozzie typing away at the keyboard, Kara frowning at some printouts and Adriane writing something.

"Hey!" Emily walked in and plopped herself onto a large green leather couch.

"Hey," Kara returned, not looking up from her paper, still frowning. Suddenly, she bursted out, "Mrs.Windor!"

"What about her?" asked Adriane.

"After all the work I put into the tours and website, she's STILL not satisfied. With anything!" Kara crossed her arms and pouted.

"Easy, Barbie, you weren't the only one who has done work on all this, you know," Replied Adriane. "Besides, Mrs.Windor just has to suck it up; she's the only one who isn't happy with everything."

"Whatever, still." Kara fumed. "This is suppose to be my chance to shine, but all I'm doing is working, and it hasn't even payed off yet!"

"Hasn't even payed off?" Adriane spat back. "Are you retarded? We've secured all the animals a home, and not to mention the fact that I won't be kicked out of this place!"

"Easy, Xena, I meant payed off for ME." Kara rolled her sparkling blue eyes and examined her perfectly manicured nails. Adriane was about to shoot back, when Emily intervened. "Can we all just breathe?"

Kara sat back and sighed, then flipped open her pink powerbook. Adriane went back to writing. Emily continued. "We should be focusing on the task at hand: The Fairimentals."

Kara scoffed and said, "Uh huh. There's just one little problem. We don't even know what that task it!"

"Find Avalon," Adriane declared.

"And how to you propose we do that, miss know it all?" Kara demanded. "We'll just have to wait. Meanwhile, we can go back to our normal and old lives."

"Whatever."

The girls sat in silence for a while, the only sound coming from the computer, with Ozzie typing away.

"Hey, you guys want to see something funny?" Emily asked.

"Sure!"

"Whatever."

Emily pulled out the 'Hogwarts' letter from her blue and grey backpack. "Look at this," she said, handing it to Adriane.

"What is it?" Kara asked, as Adriane's eyes went wide.

"Y-you got one too?" Adriane asked Emily, wonder in her eyes.

"What?" Kara demanded.

"Wait, you got one? I-I thought it was a joke!" Emily exclaimed.

"WHAT?"

"If we both got one…"

"That means…"

"WHAT IS IT??"

"HERE!" Adriane shoved Emily's letter under Kara's face, which lit up when she saw it. "THAT! How could I be so stupid?" Kara asked, gasping.

"That's not a surprise," Adriane muttered.

Emily nudged her friend, and asked, "Kara, you got one too?"

"YES! But I totally thought it was one of Kyle's pranks. You know."

Emily frowned. It seemed way too surreal for it to be true.

"I know what you're thinking," Adriane said. "Not possible. But can you honestly say that after all of this?" She lifted up her blazing gold gemstone.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's all possible," Kara rolled her eyes. "But seriously. Think about it. First of all, Hogwarts is supposed to be in like, England. Second of all, if Harry Potter world is all true, there are definitely more magical schools in other countries. Third of all, like how come it didn't come by owl?"

Adriane looked at her skeptically, but Emily thought Kara had a point. "She's right. Why would we be called to specifically Hogwarts?"

"Maybe we're needed there for the magic and stuff," Adriane suggested.

"Good point, but wouldn't they not be tied together?" Kara asked. "The types of magic, I mean."

"I really don't know. What you're saying makes sense," Emily frowned. "Because there's wands and stuff in Hogwarts, whereas with us, we're using jewels to channel our magic."

"Maybe there's a way for them to combine?" Adriane suggested tentatively.

"Maybe."

"Hey," Adriane's eyes sparkled. "Maybe it's all connected, and we just didn't know it."

"Are you saying that the Fairimentals are friendly with Dumbledore, or something?" Kara scoffed.

"Funny," Adriane cracked. "You forgot that old Dumby died in the 6th."

"Seriously, guys…" Emily said. "What are we going to do?"

"Send a reply with Ariel?" Kara joked, indicating the beautiful and magical snowy owl that lived on the preserve.

"Well, we could…" Emily replied doubtfully.

"Forget it," Kara said, sighing. "I'm out."

"No you are not, and we're going to figure this out!" Adriane snapped at Kara, firing up.

"Well, did you guys read the whole letter?" Emily asked.

"No. I thought it was a joke and ignored it."

"I chucked it in the bin."

"Nice one," Emily commented. "We could start by doing that."

Emily took out her letter and read through the first paper, which was exactly as she had read it in the books. She noticed that there were two other papers. The first was telling her what she needed to buy and where, and the third, was addressed to all three girls. Weird, Emily thought.

"Dear Ms. Fletcher, Ms. Charday, and Ms. Davies,

You might be wondering why you were invited to Hogwarts, out of all magical schools in the world. You see, the Fairimentals requested that we bring you here. They say that you three will be needed here.

We know that the Fairimentals have a mission for you, and they think it's only appropriate that you get as much training as possible. That is why you are accepted into the schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

You already have one way of controlling magic, with your stones, so you might be confused between that and a wand. Your stones control the magic, and your wands will harness that magic and amplify it.

Emily, you will continue your usual healing with your stone, but with your wand, you will perform extremely powerful healing spells.

Kara, your wand is especially important to you. Having no gemstone, your wand is your key. Being the blazing star, you know how other magical things work better when you're around. This is the case with your wand. Your magic will amplify the magic of the wand, and you will release immense power.

Adriane, your wolf stone and wand will create intense fighting magic. You can fight with your regular techniques, but you will also use your wand to create powerful jinxes. Your stone amplifies them.

The Fairimentals request that:

You are permitted to access the forest and leave the school grounds when needed

You are permitted to leave the castle at night when needed

We grant you permission to access the forest and leave the grounds when needed, and to leave the castle at night only in extreme need.

Concerning your transportation, you will be arriving to Hogwarts on the Hogwarts express. But you will need to be transported to London, beforehand. Therefore, some Ministry of Magic employees will be arriving at each of your houses to apparate you to the Leaky Cauldron. When you arrive there, you can decide whether or not to have to employees accompany you through Diagon Alley and to Platform 9 and ¾.

Please send your owl no later then 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Headmistress

"Wow," Kara breathed.

"Wow," Emily agreed.

"WOW!" exclaimed Ozzie. "Hogwarts, are you serious?"

Ozzie was on the computer, researching Hogwarts and the Harry Potter series. Emily made a mental note to bring the series along with her for him to read.

"What about the preserver?" asked Adriane.

"I'm sure Gran would cover it, wouldn't she?" Kara asked.

"Yeah, I suppose she's been doing it for all these years."

Emily frowned. "What about the animals? That includes Storm, Lyra, Ariel and Ozzie."

"Gran can take care of them. She knows about the magic, anyway," Adriane said.

"And as for Ariel and Ozzie," Emily said, "They can come with us. You can bring owls and rodents to Hogwarts, anyway."

"And I'm sure we can Apparate Storm and Lyra with us. We'll just have to get the permission from McGonagall to give to those Ministry employees."

"Perfect!" Kara said.

The girls wrote a letter back to Professor McGonagall, saying that they understand and agree to come to Hogwarts. They also included that the Ministry of Magic employee will most likely need to talk to their parents about Hogwarts and magic.

After explaining to Ariel, the girls attached the letter to Ariel's leg.

"Be safe!" Emily nuzzled the beautiful snowy owl.

"I will try not to be long," replied Ariel, before soaring out the open window of the Manor's Library.

The girls looked at each other with a mixture of nervousness and excitement. "It's sure going to be one hell of a year," smiled Adriane.