A/N: Two chapters in one day?! What is the world coming to?! Haha. I just couldn't stop once I got started. Who knows, maybe I'll even upload another chapter tomorrow.

Spinning the Hourglass

Chapter Three: Bibbity Bobbity Boo!

After that Heavenly meeting with Hermione and a good hour of trying to find my way home, we hung out all the time. We were almost inseparable.

Almost.

Sometimes I just wanted to strangle her with my shoelace. She could be such an annoying know-it-all. It came in handy at times though.

I was at home lounging on the couch, clicking through the channels when it came. It was one of those days that I just couldn't stand to be around her because I just wanted to be a bum rather than be intelligent. I had just paused at a morning cartoon that had caught my interest when I heard the mail flap on the door click.

But it was Sunday.

Curious, I walked over to the door where a letter lay face down on the doormat. A purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms was stamped onto the back of the yellowish parchment. Figuring it was probably one of those junk letters offering a special prize for my mom, I bent to pick it up and turned the thick envelope over in my hands and was a bit shocked that the letter was addressed to me.

I ran my finger along the perfect edges of the letter and traced the intricate letters of my name emblazoned across the front with emerald-green ink as I sat cross-legged on the floor. I slowly tore the letter open, careful not to ruin the envelope.

I unfolded the papers from inside and gasped at what I read. I had been accepted at a school of witchcraft and wizardry? This was impossible, magic isn't real. There's no way. But where have I heard the name Hogwarts before? My mind reeled at what the letter had just told me. Surely it was a prank.

I read and re-read the letter, my heart racing as excitement swam wildly through my veins, filling even my toes. It seemed so impossible that it was probable. I wanted so much for it to be true that my mind started dancing wildly around the idea, tasting it, embracing it. I couldn't contain it.

"Mom!" I screamed at the top of my lungs sprinted up the stairs screaming her name over and over. "Mom! Mom! Mom!"

I collided with her as I turned to burst into her office where she had been working.

"Mom, Mom, look! Read it!" I panted excitedly, shoving the letter in her face. "Isn't it amazing?"

She seemed to whither as she read the letter. Her eyes swam with tears when she looked up and she pulled me to her chest, hugging me tightly.

"Oh, Anak, I was hoping for this to happen. Your father would be so happy," she sniffed and held onto me even tighter.

Slightly confused, I hugged her back, wondering what was going on. She went on blabbering about how she'd always hoped this would happen and how she was so proud.

"Mom, what are you talking about?" I asked, freeing myself from her suffocating grip.

"Oh, Anak," she looked at me, wiping a tear from her eye. "Your father was a wizard, too."

The world felt like it had fallen out from underneath me.

"What?"