Saturday, the day of the meeting with McGonagall.

I heard the doorbell ring around 9am.

"Hunny get the door will you I'm busy cleaning up."

"Yes mom."

When I got to the front I unlocked it and standing in the door way in an old fashioned women's business suit was I am guessing professor McGonagall. The reason I say guessing is because she looks 40 and nothing like the actress. She looks to me like she would be a MILF if I had an older body to appreciate it. I am so not going to be able to concentrate in her class in 4 years. After giving her a once over to see if I noticed anything else I did see a wand holster on the right arm.

"Hi."

"Hello young man, I'm professor McGonagall. Are your parents here like I asked in your letter?"

"Wow that was real? I didn't think it was, so I never told my mom. I'll go get her"

"Mom I have someone here who came to meet you."

"Ok Hun I'm coming, I'll be there in a bit." I heard from the kitchen.

I turned to McGonagall and told her to come inside and have a seat. She came in with a large purse and sat in the chair closest to the window leaving the couch for me and my mom.

When mom finally came in McGonagall rose and offered her hand.

"I'm professor McGonagall, and I came to see you about Mark."

"Are you from Princeton? I clearly remember getting a letter from all the schools saying they would be happy to receive him on his own schedule."

"Princeton? No I'm from Hogwarts."

"I'm sorry Miss McGonagall I have never heard of it, and I'm sure Mark will choose a school appropriate for him when he decides to go with Hermione."

"Wait what? No I'm here to introduce you two about Marks magical ability and to tell you he's a wizard. Also he has been accepted into Hogwarts this year. And what do you mean him choosing an appropriate school?"

"Wizard? Umm ma'am I don't know what you are talking about and I feel you should leave."

"Wait I'm sorry this has gotten off on the wrong foot. Normally the parents already realize there is something different with their child and it's easy to explain to them its magic."

"The only thing different about Mark is how smart he is. That's why he's been invited to any university he wants any time he chooses to go. Now as this has gone on long enough I will ask you to leave."

My mom was starting to get up to show McGonagall the door when she pulled out her wand and transfigured the table into a pig. At the sight of the pig my mom just stopped dead and looked at me as if silently asking if I'm seeing this to.

"Oh my god!" I yelled. I had to keep up appearances for appearance sake.

My mom sat back down and McGonagall had a self-satisfied smirk on her face.

"Now as I was saying, Mark here has been invited to go to Hogwarts and has accepted by letter, that he received this week."

"You did what?"

"I thought it was a joke. Mark you're a wizard and you get to come to this school just say yes and go buy a pointed hat, cauldron etc etc. no way you would believe a letter like that either."

"You have a point there."

"Also Hermione and Halley got one too."

"Why are you talking to people about magic? It's against the law to talk to anyone who doesn't know about it" said McGonagall. She was very worried who I had talked to.

"Are you crazy why wouldn't I talk to people about a letter saying I am going to a wizard school? Especially to my best friends? And who said it was illegal? You didn't send me a law book with your made up laws when I got this letter, so how would I know?"

"Be that the case you are no allowed to tell anyone about magic or you will lose your wand and be tossed out of school and have your memories of magic removed."

"Umm how's that a threat I don't go to your school yet, I don't have a wand and you just told me about magic. I don't see how I'm losing anything?"

McGonagall just massaged the bridge of her nose and muttered "Ravenclaws" with a sigh.

"Be that as it may Mr. Holding you must not speak of this to others who don't know about magic once I leave if you want to go to our school."

"Ok I guess, it's not like I have any more people to talk to then Hermione and Halley and they got the same letter."

McGonagall then proceeded to tell us all about the magical world and the work I will be able to get once I graduate with my NEWT's. She then said she would take us to Diagon Alley tomorrow with 2 other parents. She also told us that it would cost 4000g for a year of schooling and had to be paid before sept 1st. But that we shouldn't worry because we can get a loan from the bank. I asked if it was Hermione and Halley and she said yes and was going to see them after here. She then left the house and my mom just looked at me.

"What."

"Is there something you want to tell me?"

"Nope."

"Are you sure? Nothing to do with the fact that I have caught you moving the remote close to you when you thought no one was around?"

FUCK!

"Umm I may have some powers and I thought I had telekinesis so I practiced it a lot. Now I guess I do it automatically."

"And when were you going to tell me this?"

"Never? I didn't want you to think I was a freak and be scared of me."

"Oh hunny" and she proceeded to wrap me in a giant hug.

"I would never think bad or be scared of you. Your my baby boy and always will be."

"I know that now but not then mom"

"It's ok hunny, can Hermione and Halley do this? Does this have to do with magic?"

"Yea they can. I guess it must be magic because no one else can seem to do it. I only knew they could because I asked if weird things happened to either of them and they said yes and I showed them how I had used TK so we all three use it now."

"Now that I know about it you can use it more around the house and show me ok. And about the schooling are you sure you want to go? She said that it will take 7 years, wont that stop you from self-studying like you and Hermione wanted to do? Who knows what you will miss out on by being in that world for 10months a year. And I'll miss you so much; I thought I had you till you where at least 18. You're growing up to fast."

"Don't worry mom I will try and find a way to come home as often as I can to see you."

"But you can't there are only a few times a year you can come home and the school is in Scotland and the train ride there that McGonagall talked about will take seven hours to get there from here."

"Don't worry mom I'll find a way."

"Oh Mark I will miss you so much." She then proceeded to hug me non-stop for 5min before calming down. We talked some more and since the girls would be busy till after diner with McGonagall I showed my mom some stuff I could do with TK. It made her happy that I could show her this and we could talk about it and not just to the girls. I think my mom was feeling lonely since we are always at the house. I decided from now till school we would practice TK here to show her our flying. I want her comfortable with it till I get around telling her about that house. No mom would agree that its ok that there son took an abandoned house and fixed it and now travels around the world at 11. No matter how smart I am, I'm still in my mom's words "her baby boy."

Later that night when the girls came to bed we talked about what happened at their house. For them it seemed to be a typical reaction afterword's with the parents asking how long they have known. They both gave my prepared answer. They then asked if all 3 of us were magical. And they both told them yes because we all 3 got letters. This calmed down the parents because they knew how long we have been best friends. They were worried about Halley's schooling but then told them me and Hermione would tutor her and like that all reservations where gone. It must help parents deal with it when their kids aren't worried and 2 of 3 of them are "Geniuses" and still are friends even still. We then decided it would be best to go to sleep because it was going to be a long day tomorrow. We need to figure out what happens when they ask for the money for schooling. Also trying to not let them come in for a wand.

Next morning after everyone has been picked up and taken to the Leaky.

After our parents have all driven to the parking area across the street from The Leaky Cauldron (because they can't see it) McGonagall took us in. Each of us had to hold their parents hands to let them see the pub. After we got in she took us to the back of the pub. When we looked at our parents it didn't seem they were impressed with it so far. When asked why it was so dirty and dark we were told for ambiance by Tom behind the bar. I can't believe gloomy is and depressing is an ambiance you want to cultivate.

Finally when the pathway to the Alley was opened our parents were amazed. We also tried to act as kids who had just seen this now for the first time. The first step was to go to Gringotts and get money. After we got in McGonagall wanted us to set up accounts with them so we could have vaults so we could transfer money from them to Hogwarts to pay for school. But I asked for a copy of the contract for if we loaned money from them. They were a little leery of giving us a copy to look over and wanted us to sign away for a loan for school. Since us three had to sign it because we were the magicals we let the parents know that we will wait and we should change our money into galleons. Our parents asked why we didn't just use our money to galleons to pay for school. McGonagall said it was just done this way and the loans where reasonable so all muggle born were brought here to do this.

After finally receiving a copy grudgingly, after explaining we wouldn't sign at all if we couldn't read it. Our parents took out some money to change to galleons and got 50g. After that we went to Flourish and Blotts to get our first year books. We didn't spend a lot of time in there and our parents were looking at us a little funny. All we said was that we wanted to see what Hogwarts library had first as to not waste money. They nodded and understood our reasoning. After that it was Madam Malkin's and then to the apothecary and getting us regents and a telescope.

Finally after all that we went to Magical Menagerie to get us an owl to split between the families and also a pet for each of us. Our parents felt that an owl wasn't a pet it was just a service animal like a seeing eye dog so we could split it between us and that we should get us something that we can get comfort and as a friend. After looking through the store Hermione got this big kitten that was almost pure black that had leopard spots almost visible in its black coat. Halley got tan kitten the same size with giant paws. And finally I got a kitten that looked like a snow leopard. We all got kittens, because we wanted them to bond with us as we and they grew up. Also the reason for the kittens was because we need an animal that was fine with being alone for most of the day. We would feel bad for anything else. Plus the letter said only cats, owls or toads. And who in their right mind would choose a toad, not even Neville got to choose it. Plus with all the cats around it would get eaten so fast. When we were going to exit the store I noticed all the cat carriers they had and some were 1000g. I asked why it was like that and the store owner asked us if we had heard of expanded trunks and we said yes. He then said this is an expanded carrier it is a giant room in there for your cat. It has a litter box area that is charmed to clean it self once a day, and a fake sun in the sky that produces heat so the cat can sit under it. A sun to sun itself. Also an area where it can eat that is filled from the outside to keep it preserved until eaten. This means you can buy food in bulk and go away for a month and not have to worry about food or water for your animal. We asked how large it was in there and he said 15m x 15m x 30m. I and all the rest of us where flabbergasted. We took a normal carrier and some treats and care books on cats because our parents aren't going to spend $5,000 on a cat luxury. I on the other hand was coming back here with the girls and getting ourselves 3 of them, they even where charmed to have the opening enlarge so we could go in to arrange things and to get our cats if they didn't want to come out. I now know where we can put a box for our return home and not have it found.

Finally we ended up at Ollivanders and we asked our parents if we could do this ourselves and then look around the alley some more and they can go get something to snack on at Fortescue's and we would meet them there. So we ended up going to Ollivanders and getting a wand holster that we forgot last time, we got the ones with concealing charms and wand quick return and releases on it. We did this so that if the parents were watching they would see us go in.

We then went back to Flourish and Blotts and looked for an Animagus book. We were not going to do that with McGonagall here. But we found nothing about it; I guess we will have to get Maggie to go hunting again. She did such a great job with the mining spell book I hope she can find something that is different from the one serious used that took a few years.

Finally we went home with everyone when McGonagall left us at the Alley. When we got home me and my mom sat down and went over the contract. When we had finished the contract my mom was outraged and said she would get a schooling loan from the regular bank and convert it to galleons even with the fees involved. The part she was enraged about was that the goblins said, for the following years after school they would take 50% of your pay to clear the loan. But after it's payed they would still collect 20% for as long as you're alive to pay for the investment they made in you. It was in her eyes that all muggle borns where slaves in the system. Because no matter how much they made they will always lose 20% of their wealth. I then told my mom not to worry about it and we would find a way. Secretly I was going to find a way for her to "win" some money to pay for school. After this my mom called every one of the parents and let them know what the goblins where trying to do to everyone without the money needed. Later that night before bed we let Maggie know about the books we wanted found. We then went to bed that night all content because of what we accomplished by fooling everyone.