.:Dream:.

"Pyper, get your brothers and sister out of here!" Dad told me. I nodded and grabbed Sammy, while Shay grabbed Dean, and the four of us ran out of the house. By the time we got to the opposite side of the house, the neighbors were outside and we could hear police sirens. Later on after Dad had finished talking to the police, he took us to a hotel and we were going to spend the night there. I kept myself busy with taking care of Sammy, Shay was crying but she also comforted Dean at the same time. Dad had left awhile ago to get us something to eat.

"What are we going to do, Pyper?" Shay asked after both boys fell asleep on one of the beds. I sighed.

"I don't know." I said as few tears escaped. I wiped them away with my shirt. "I don't know," Shay hugged me and I hugged her back. Dad came back some time later with food.

"Did the boys fall asleep?" He asked, sitting the food down on the table. I nodded.

"Yeah, Shay and I got them to sleep. They were tired." He smiled at us and held out his arms. Shay and I both hugged him.

"There's my strong girls. You two did a good job." He said hugging us tightly.

"What was that thing?" I mumbled. I'm pretty sure he was frowning, but he didn't let us go.

"A demon. I don't know what it wants from me, but I swear I'll track it down and kill the son of a bitch." Dad's voice had an edge to it.

"Daddy, please don't leave us." Shay mumbled. He chuckled, letting us go.

"You don't have to worry, princess. Daddy's not going anywhere tonight." Yeah, tonight... I thought as we sat down on the bed the boys weren't sleeping in. "I bet you're both hungry. Have some food and get some rest. I know you're both tired." We nodded and did as he said. I hope he doesn't leave us...

.:Dream:.

I hear noises all around me. It sounded like people talking and was that a car noise? What am I laying on that hurts my back? And where's Shay? Someone's calling out to us. I opened my eyes and I see an elderly looking lady. She was wearing a green tartan dress and her hair was pulled back into a bun. She looked concerned, but if she didn't, she looked like someone who didn't take anyone's crap. "Are you feeling alright?" She asks. I try to sit up and she moves to help me. "What's your name?"

"Pyper, where's my sister?"

"She's laying right next to you." I look over and she was there as the lady had said.

"This is Shay." I said, as I tried to wake Shay up. "Come on, wake up." I mumbled.

"I'm Minerva McGonagall. How did you end up here?" I looked around at the unfamiliar scene.

"I don't know. I don't even know where we are." I muttered as Shay finally started to wake up. She sat up after a few minutes, looking confused.

"You're in London."

"You mean, as in the UK?" I asked shocked. She nodded, holding out both of her hands. We took her hands and she helped us stand up.

"Yes. From your accent, I assume you're from the United States."

"Yes, ma'am." I said nodding.

"How old are you two?" Minerva asks.

"I'm 11 and Pyper is 12." Shay answered, still looking confused.

"Come with me. We can talk somewhere more private." She said smiling. Shay and I shared a look before nodding and following Minerva. She brought us to a nice looking home. It was light blue on the outside and there was a small garden out in the front. She went inside and had us follow her. "This is my home."

"It's really nice." Shay said as we looked around. It looked like your typical grandma's house, only she had a lot of book shelves filled with books.

"Thank you. Make yourselves at home. I'll go make us some tea." We nodded and sat down on her sofa. How did we end up here? It wasn't long before Minerva came back with a tea tray and joined us on the couch.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Minerva asks as she prepares us a cup of tea.

"I don't remember anything." I said feeling confused. I feel like I should know something that has to do with how Shay and I got here, but I can't remember anything.

"Me either," Shay said frowning. "I feel like there's a chunk of my memory that's just gone missing." I nodded. Minerva handed both of us a cup of tea. We took a small sip of it and it wasn't really our 'cup of tea' but we politely kept drinking it.

"I feel the same way, it's really irritating." I said sighing.

"I see. Do you two have anywhere to stay?" I shook my head, frowning. That was a good question. She smiled. "Then you can stay with me." We looked at her shocked.

"Really?" Shay and I ask her.

"We're not going to bother you?" I asked. She chuckled.

"Of course not. I have a spare room that you two can have." I smiled. I really like Minerva, she's very nice.

"Thank you," Shay said beaming at her. "We really appreciate it."

"Nonsense, now then, how about I show you up to your room?" She said standing up. The two of us set our cups down and followed her as she led us up some stairs. "Now then, your room is here on the left. There's a bathroom down the hall to the right and my room is just the opposite of it." She said as we walked into our room. It had a full sized bed, a dresser, and a small desk that was shoved into the corner of the room. The window was covered with light blue curtains. The view from the window allowed us to see the street from down below. "It's not much, but that's all I can give you for now."

"That's okay, we don't mind." I said smiling at her. I wonder what she does for a living. I thought as Shay looked around the room some more.

"Do you have any questions?"

"Do we have any rules to go by?" Shay asked randomly. "Like is there certain time we're supposed to eat or go to bed?" Minerva looked thoughtful.

"No, but I can make some if you'd like." Minerva said finally. "Although, I would like it if you were in bed by 9."

"Okay, I was just curious." Shay said smiling.

"What do you do for a living?" I asked hesitantly. I didn't know if that was okay to ask. Minerva smiled.

"I'm a teacher." She says.

"What are we going to do about clothes?" Shay asked. I was wearing blue pajama pants and a white shirt and I didn't have any shoes or socks on. Shay was bare foot too and she was wearing purple pajama pants and a purple shirt. My long, ginger hair was definitely a mess and so was Shay's.

"I'll go buy you some clothes and the essential toiletries." She said before going to the door. "You'll be okay by yourselves for an hour right? It shouldn't take me very long to get these things." We nodded and she smiled. "You two are really good girls. I'll be back soon."

"Hurry back." We mumbled and she was gone.

"She's not going to just leave us is she?" Shay asked frowning.

"No, I don't believe she will. Let's explore the house." I said smiling at her. She nodded, grinning. The two of us checked every room and every nook and cranny of this house. We found 7 books that were different colors and looked like they were supposed to be a series. We took those and put them in our room for reading later. Hopefully Minerva won't mind that we're reading them. They sounded really good from the synopsis. Plus we found something that looked like a stick, but we felt like we shouldn't touch it, so we left it alone. I did found a book called Hogwarts, A History. I wonder what that is.

"Is it a fantasy book?" Shay asked curiously.

"I don't think so," I said as we were sitting on our bed and skimming through the book. "It looks like a history textbook about some place called Hogwarts." I said making a face. Shay giggled.

"That's a funny name."

"Girls, I'm back!" Minerva yelled from downstairs. Shay and I both jumped. "What are you two doing?" She asks walking into the room. She spots the book and frowns. "Where did you find that?"

"I hope you don't mind. We were looking for something to read." I said hoping we didn't find something we weren't supposed to find. She smiles.

"It's alright. Do you like that book?"

"It's got a lot of interesting things in it." Shay said excitedly. Minerva chuckled.

"I'm glad you like it. You two can have it." I was shocked.

"Really?" I asked her wide eyed.

"Yes, I don't mind. There's something I would like to discuss with you girls after you get cleaned up." She said looking a little troubled. "So if you would, please get cleaned up and meet me in the kitchen. In the mean time, I'll make us some lunch."

"Okay," Shay and I said feeling a little confused. Shay and I ended up taking turns in the shower. We sorted through the clothes and Shay found a white sun dress and some black flats. I braided her hair into two parts and put rainbow ribbons at the bottom of them to keep the braids together. I found myself a pair of jeans, some white tennis shoes, socks, and a light blue tee shirt. I just left my hair down since I hate doing anything to it. We went to the kitchen and Minerva had bologna sandwiches sitting on plate and three glasses of milk sitting on the table.

"What did you want to talk about?" I asked as we took a seat at the table and started eating. She pulled out the stick that we saw earlier. "What are you going to do with that?" She smiles and points the stick at the dishes in the drying rack and suddenly they were floating in the air and then they all zoomed into the cabinets, whose doors opened on their own and shut. It all happened in a mere few seconds.

"Whoa..." Shay and I said feeling speechless.

"How'd you do that?" Shay asked wide-eyed.

"That was magic," Minerva explained. "I'm a witch and I teach at a magic school called Hogwarts."

"That school in that book you let us have?" I asked wide-eyed too. She nodded.

"Can I do that?" Shay asked excitedly. Minerva chuckled.

"Not quite. I only told you this because I can tell that you two have the potential to perform magic. Now, I would ask you if strange things ever happened to you when you're angry or upset, but you don't remember anything." She said sighing. "Well, it doesn't matter. I know a few things I can do to test you both."

"Test us? How?" I asked curiously. I wasn't sure if I really bought into this stuff yet. That would be awesome if I could do magic.

"You'll have to give a few days to get everything ready," She said smiling.

"Will it hurt?" Shay asked looking a little scared.

"No, I promise you it's painless." This is going to be interesting.