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Blaine Anderson was a very happy boy, thank you very much. He was about to become eleven years old in a few minutes and he was so excited to get his Hogwarts letter. Yes, he was a wizard, with wands and spells and potions and what not. Well, not yet. His parents were both brought up in the Wizarding World and they knew how difficult it was for them to assimilate in the normal world, so they had brought Blaine up in the Muggle world, while teaching him about Wizarding rules at the same time. He knew almost all about Hogwarts at least the parts that Mum and Dad had disguised as bedtime stories to him. He still remembered the excitement that had filled him when he realized that all his dreams about wanting to live in those stories would come true. It was certainly proved when he started dancing on the table as usual, but fell down from it once to land on a cushiony landing instead of the hard floor. His Mum was certainly mad when she found out she couldn't reverse the cushioning magic and that table became his standard place for his furniture dancing from that day forward.
As he sat in front of the only big window in their living room, he saw the clock needles read "11.30". His Mum stood in front of him and said, "Baby, you know the letter will only come at breakfast. Why do you want to sit up till twelve? You won't be able to get up in the morning, honey. Shouldn't you go to sleep now, so you can wake up just in time to get your letter and start dancing?" Blaine shook his head stubbornly as he said, "It's going to be a ritual of passage for me." His mum giggled as she corrected him, "It's rite of passage, dear." He just continued shaking his head as he said, "Didn't you and dad tell me how you stayed up till midnight because you turned 17 and you could do magic? Well, this is mine. Since I can legally prove to anyone that I can do magic now." She gave him a stern look as she warned, "Don't go telling all your school friends about this. Remember, the..." Blaine rolled his eyes as he completed, "Statue of Secrecy is to be upheld. I remember!" She said, "Don't sass me now, Blainey. Or I might just send Professor Longbottom an owl telling him that you prefer normal school to Hogwarts and not to send you the letter."
He literally got onto his feet as he begged, "C'mon mum, I'm so sososo sorry! I promise I won't do it again. I'll go to bed also now, I won't wait till midnight." She waited till he left the room and let the grin show on her face. About twenty-five minutes later, she kissed Blaine on the forehead, who had fallen asleep despite his excitement and whispered, "Happy birthday, Sweetheart!"
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The next morning, Maggie Anderson flipped the pancake on the pan as her husband cut the fruits to use them as toppings. She told him, "Get out the chocolate syrup. You know how cranky he gets when we don't heat it up for him." Cooper walked out of his bedroom, scratching his stomach as he did so. Maggie reprimanded him, "Sweetie, I really don't wanna see your tummy in the morning. It reminds me of all the tickles I used to give you. Do you want me to repeat that?" A scowl appeared on his face as he grumbled, "I'm not awake enough to shout at you, Mum. Please give me my coffee, make it black today, I don't want my usual."
Dan said, "She made me froth up that coffee powder to make your usual cappuccino and you don't want it? No way, Coop. You're having it, because we had our usual and Blainey is too young to have coffee, before you offer him up as bait." Just then, the aforementioned boy walked in, rubbing his eyes trying to get out the sleep from them. Brushing his teeth hadn't done much difference, nor had washing his face. He looked at the kitchen to find all of his family looking at him with wide smiles and cheering together, "Happy Birthday, Blaine!"
He smiled, all sleep gone and excitedly screeched, "Where are my birthday pancakes?" Maggie showed him the plate, but as he greedily ran towards it, she held it high over his head, saying, "I want my usual before you get this." He gestured for her to put down the plate, and then hugged her hard and kissed her cheek as she bent down. Dan pouted as he said, "No love for me?" Blaine ran to him and hugged him too. He looked expectantly at Cooper who brandished his coffee mug in front of him like a shield. But he didn't care as he ran around and hugged him from behind. He cheered, "I'll go with you to Hogwarts this year!" Cooper just had a dull look as he looked at his now empty mug and some dregs fell down onto the ground. Maggie looked at her elder sternly as she said, "After you've woken up properly, I need you to wipe that up." As he started to make puppy-dog eyes at Blaine, she warned, "Uh-uh! He's the birthday boy. House rules apply. People don't do work on their birthday." He just grumbled as he walked back into his bedroom.
Blaine took the plate of pancakes to the table and gave an inquisitive look to his Dad who just shook his head. Blaine started gobbling up the pancakes with an energized vigour, wanting to finish his breakfast before the owl arrived so he could untie his Hogwarts letter himself. He knew that the owl would definitely not allow chocolate syrup stains on its feet. He started humming a random tune as he started on his last pancake. There was a small part left when Cooper shouted, "Blaine's letter is coming!" Cooper knew that his would come later in the month seeing how he was a seventh year this year. He thought he could spoil Blaine's mood by untying the letters himself, but then remembered the excitement from when he was eleven, and decided not to pester him.
Blaine got up excitedly, but Maggie told him, "Wash your hands. Did you pick up the pancake with your mouth? Your whole face is stained with chocolate syrup." He hated the reprimands but knew that retorting back would only lead to consequences. Mum wasn't that lenient, even if it was his birthday. He went to the bathroom and came running back where a tawny owl waited for him. He knew it was his imagination, or maybe not, but it was like the owl was laughing inwardly at his excitement for a piece of parchment put in an envelope and wrapped in twine.
He untied the letter and saw his name written in that special emerald green ink no one else could access except Hogwarts and squeed as he opened the letter. He then threw it in the air as he started jumping around like on a trampoline and his Dad had to beg him to stop jumping before all his pancakes came up the same way they had gone down. Cooper stood in the hallway and commented, "If you've finished making a scene, I'm going back to sleep." But everyone could see that even he was happy for Blaine and his excitement at officially getting a letter. Blaine said to himself, "Life is going to be so brilliant at Hogwarts."