Disclaimer: I not own Harry Potter, or anything from his world, nor do I own Inkheart or anything from that world...credit goes to J.K Rowling and Cornelia Funke.

. Dearest Fiona

Mum, and I have gone out town, and we plan to return in months from now if all goes planned with my company's client. We have gone to Switzerland, and left the number for the hotel on the bottom of this letter. Dinah has agreed to look after while were gone. Please be good, and stay out of trouble.

Love Mum and Dad

Fione crumpled up the note and threw it into the waste bin. This was how her summer vacation always began, with a note from her parents telling her that they went to some fun, and exciting new place. She was growing tired of being left behind, she was fourteen now, and not baby who needed to be baby sat. Of course, Dinah, was not your typical babysitter. Dinah never made her clean, and do work, no she lets Fiona do as she pleases, as long as it doen't do harm to her books, or infringe on her reading time. She just wished the for once her parents would take her along, she'd do anything to go some place exciting, and new.

Now she liked Dinah's cottage, but it was exteremly boring, the woman doesn't even own a televison. She always glad she didn't have to stay there the whole time, no Fiona was free to come and go between the cottage and her parents mansion. Wondering if her parents had even mention to Dinah they were leaving, she stepped out the door, and headed towards the cottage.

The cottage reminded her of somthing out Hansel and Gretall, it roof was dark brown shingles with rounded edges, and the walls were off white with brown trim around the old glass windows. The front door was hand carved wood as dark as the roof with a small square window for looking out. She reached the door, and knocked with the little brass knocker. She could hear movment, and voices inside, no doubt she has just disturbed Dinah's reading. After a moment or too Dinah answer the door, and with a bright smile, let her in.

"Did mum and dad tell you that your keeping an eye me?" Fiona asked.

"No, so where are they this time?" Dinah asked.

"Switzerland."

"Hmm, well you know your always welcome here, after all your parents are my landlords, plus I like ya."

"Whatcha reading Dinah?" Fiona asked.

"The fourth Harry Potter book."

"Your so funny, your like thirty somthing, and you still read childrens stories." Fiona chuckled.

As Fiona made her way over to where Dinah had lefted her book, she stumbled over somthing, and nearly fell. After catching herself, she bent down and retieve a mankey old boot from the floor.

"Whats this, ewww."

"Its an old boot, I..um..found it out back." Dinah replied.

"Where's Whiskers?"

"Oh you know him, he's probably got some girl friend in the neighbors yard." Dinah laughed.

Fiona gave her an odd look, first off she was Dinah's only neighbor, and second she owned no pets of any kind. Dinah snitched the boot from her hand, and shoved it into the closet.

"Ok Dinah what's going on?" Fiona asked.

Dinah was dying to tell her, but she knew that Fiona would only beg her to do it again and again. She had already sworen to herself never to read out loud from any book ever again. She bit her lip watching Fiona standing their with her hands on her hips. She grabbed up the book from the table she always left it on when not reading it, and dragged Fiona into the kitchen.

"Alright, Whiskers is in the book, along with my goldfish, and that boot came out, along with Hedwig." She blurted out.

"What!"

"I know, it sounds crazy, but it did happen, but I don't why..or..or how." Dinah said as she paced in circles.

Of course Fiona did not believe her, no she simply thought Dinah had read one to many books, but then Hedwig came flying threw the open into the kitchen. Fiona jumped, and gave a little shriek. Dinah placed a bit of bird seed out for her, and she was happily pecking away at.

"I can't get her to leave, I guess I own her now." Dinah shrugged.

"Oh my gosh, you really, show me, oh please show me!" Fiona begged.

"No, no absolutly not. When ever somthing comes out, somthing from here goes in, it could be us next, no!"

"Oh come, just a small demonstration, please!" Fiona begged again.

Dinah knew this was going to happen, and now Fiona was giving her the pout, the pout that always won her over. She took in a deep breath, and then exhaled.

"Alright, but just us, tonight, got it?"

"YES!" Fiona shouted, "I promise just us, see you tonight!"

Somehow as she watched Fiona leave, she knew she had just made one of the biggest mistakes she would ever make in her life.

A/N: Please read and review...thanks! Sorry for the short chapters, I promise they will get longer as the story progresses, and I get more reviews, good reviews!