Henry had a little trouble believing what he just read. In fact if it wasn't for the adventures he had in Joey Drew Studios, he would have ignored it as just a prank. The idea of a magical school located in a magical castle for magical children was absurd. He also was wary about anything not normal. While he was unsure just what the ink machine was, he knew it wasn't normal. Demonic, alien, or magic, he wasn't sure which one the ink machine fell into. Hearing footstep behind him, Henry turned to see his wife. "Hey, Linda"

"Is everything okay?" asked Linda, earning a chuckle from Henry.

"Can't hide anything from you, can I?" Henry joked, getting a nod from his wife. "Just this letter". Handing the letter to his wife, he grabbed a pen and some paper and began writing a brief response.

"If it wasn't for the ink machine you told me about," Linda said placing the letter down, "I would throw this away, thinking it was just prank mail"

"I thought the same," Henry told her as he finish the short response. "It does explain the odd stuff that occurs around Harry, though".

"I thought that was because of him being the new bendy?" asked Linda, looking over her husband's shoulder. "So what are you telling them?"

"Here, I'll read it," Henry said before clearing his throat. "Dear Hogwarts, due to recent events, I have trouble trusting things like magic. If you want my son, Harrison Benjamin Stein, to attend your school, please send a representive to ease our worries. Sincerely. Henry Stein."

"Did you really have to embolden his name?" asked Linda.

"I want to make sure that they know that his name have changed," defended Henry as he stood up. Walking to the front door, he noticed Tom sitting on the couch. "Hey, Tom, didn't hear you come in". Tom raised his hand in greeting. "So how was work today?" Surprising, Tom was able to find work as a mechanic. While his appearance cause some issues at first, he quickly became the go to guy for repairs. A groan was heard from Tom. Chuckling, Henry nodded. "I guess every business have at least one of those people". While Tom still didn't talk much, Henry and the other learned what the different noises, like groans, growls and sighs, meant. "Well, I need to mail this letter," I heard Tom give a curious hum, but didn't pushed the subject. Walking out, he noticed that the owl was still there. Remembering what the letter said about awaiting Harry's owl, he figure that they must use owls like carrier pigeons. Holding out the letter toward the owl, he was a bit surprised when the owl swooped down and landed on his mail box. "Can you take this to Hogwarts?" Henry swore the owl nodded at his question before taking the letter in its talons. Standing there as the owl flew away, Henry shook his head when he heard his name.

"Is everything okay, Henry?" asked Alice as she arrived home with Harry and Mary.

"Yeah, it's nothing to worry about," said Henry before kneeling. "Did you two have fun at the arcade?" he got two excited nods from his kids. Chuckling, he stood up and said, "Now I don't know about you, but I'm hungry". as if magic, Mary and Harry's stomach growled. "Now, why don't we do something simple?" Henry paused here to build suspension. "Something like, I don't know, pizza". This got two excited cheers from the two children as they ran inside.

"something is bothering you," stated Alice.

"Can't hide anything from you, can I?" said Henry. Seeing Alice's unamused gaze, Henry decided to tell her the news. "We might be having company. This company might know something about the ink machine".

"Why do you say that?" asked Alice as she followed Henry into the house. She smiled when she saw Harry and Mary talking to Tom about the arcade. While they were both wary of Harry, due to him being Bendy, they both warmed up to the young ink child after some time. She was brought out of her memory when Henry spoke.

"If what the letter said was true, they are magic users," said Henry. "They sent a letter to Harry," Henry chuckled when he saw his son's head perk up, "using his birth name of Harry Potter."

"Can I see it?" asked Harry, curious.

"Why not?" said Henry, not seeing the harm. "It should be in my office". Henry and Harry left to his office, leaving Alice with Tom and Mary.

"Is brother going to leave?" asked Mary, her tone showing how sad the thought made her. Alice, bending down to hug her, reassured the young girl that nothing will change.

"Harry will always be your brother, no matter where he is". Alice felt the young girl's tears fall on her shoulder.

"I don't want him to leave," cried Mary. Alice was amazed when she saw the nearby plants start to float. Alice tried to calm Mary down, but to no avail. Surprisingly, it was Tom that calm her down. With a pat on her head and a few growls, she begin calming down. The plants begin lowering themselves as she calmed down.

"We should probably tell Henry about this," Alice said, looking up at Tom. Tom just stared at her as if saying, 'no shit, sherlock'. As she stood up, The doorbell rang. "Tom, go bring Mary to Henry. I'll get the door". Tom nodded before taking Mary's hand and leading her to her father's office. Opening the door, she asked the person, a man with greasy hair and a stern, no nonsense expression, just what did he want.

The man answer her question with a question, "Is this the resident of Harry James Potter?". Alice was about to answer, but Henry spoke from behind her.

"My son's name is Harrison Benjamin Stein," Henry said without room for arguement.

"Noted," the man said. "I am Severus Snape, potion teacher at Hogwarts and current head of Slytherin. I'm here to ease any worry you might have." Snape stared at the gathered people, pausing briefly at Harry, Mary, and Tom. "I'm guessing your friend is part of the reason you don't trust magic".

"Yeah, you could say that," said Henry.

"Well, I wasn't expecting to see a witch in this house," said Snape, staring at Mary.

"What do you mean?" asked Henry, hugging his daughter.

"You didn't tell him?" asked Alice. Tom just shrug in response. "Before Mr. Snape arrive, Mary got emotional and caused the nearby plant to float."

"A typical case of accidental magic," said Snape, getting everyone's attention. "Often, magical children will display magic during bouts of emotions. Most commonly, it's making something that they want float toward them". Snape paused a bit to let the group absorb what he just said. "What I don't understand is why this is so surprising to you. Usually by this age, a magical child will have shown several cases of accidental magic."

"Harry and Mary were normally together when weird stuff happened," explained Henry. "We thought it was all because of Harry".

"So you knew that Harry was a wizard?" asked Snape, raising his eyebrow.

"Not exactly," said Linda. "Why don't you come in and enjoy some tea while my husband explain?"


Next chapter: Snape is told the story of the Ink Machine and learn just what Harry is.

the middle name of Benjamin does have a reason. in this story, Mary and some others would call Harry Bendy. To defend it, Henry could say that Bendy was an abbreviation of his middle name. so people think that Mary is calling her brother Benji, which sound similar to Bendy.

You can thank Bendy Toon for the idea to make Mary a witch.