* The "unfair" letter *

"It's not fair!" The complaint from 7-year-old Lizzie welcomed Ron and Hermione to the little house in the outskirts of London.

"Lizzie..." Her mother warned her.

"But it is! So, so unfair!" Lizzie kept whining.

"What is so, so unfair?" Ron asked making the little girl turn around and run to him. Ron smiled and put his arms around her. 1-year-old Meg walked to them clumsily with a big, toothless smile on her face and her 11-year-old sister following her closely.

"Amy got her letter." Belle announced, proudly. Hermione and Ron went and hugged their eldest granddaughter. Lizzie huffed, annoyed, and her mother gave her a severe look.

"So unfair!" Lizzie said dramatically.

"Elizabeth!" Belle warned her a second time.

"Stop it!" Amelia told her sister.

"But it IS unfair! You get one and I DON'T!" Lizzie shouted.

"Because you're little!" Amelia exclaimed.

"I'm turning 8 in three months! I'm not little." Lizzie retorted.

"You're still little to get a letter to Hogwarts." Amelia said matter-of-factly. Belle sighed, throwing her arms in the air in defeat. The same argument has been going on and on since the tawny owl had arrived earlier that morning.

"But it's still not fair! I want to get one too!" Lizzie moaned.

"You'll get one in a few years, sweetheart. You'll see." Hermione intervened in a calm way.

"Why can't I get one now, nana?" Lizzie asked.

"Because rules say you have to be 11 to start at Hogwarts." Hermione answered. Lizzie sighed.

"Think about it this way: Amy leaves for Hogwarts, and that means you're the oldest sister in the house!" Ron added cheerfully. Everyone looked at him, even baby Meg who had been very little intrigued about her sisters' argument. Lizzie thought about it for a minute.

"I'll still write to you a million letters about Hogwarts, so you won't feel like you're missing out things." Amelia comforted her. Lizzie sighed and nodded in agreement.

"I still think it's unfair I didn't get a letter too, you know. At least to tell me I'll get mine soon." Lizzie said.

Amelia rolled her eyes and the adults laughed a bit. If Lizzie already thought her sister getting the letter was unfair to her now, they didn't want to know what Meg would think when it was her turn to see her eldest sister getting one.