Magic
Last time she heard those words, she was being told that the family that was meant to adopt her, cancelled on her and chose little baby Mikey instead. “Alright” she says, trying to make her voice sound as calm as possible, but she was panicking inside. “We are magical, I know it seems like a lot, but let us explain. Witches and wizards do exist, and many years ago, before you were even born, there was a huge war that resulted in witches and wizards going into hiding. Our whole family is magic, and when we were looking for another child, we knew we had to tell them, I’ll give you a minute to take it all in.” Sapphire had so many questions, but the first thing she said was “Wow… ok, I don’t know what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. That’s really cool! Could I maybe see some magic?” “When we get home dear, we can’t do magic just in case someone sees us.” Molly says kindly, Sapphire knew she would like her. “Oh that’s ok!” Sapphire said, trying to sound happy, although she was really nervous and confused about this whole situation. Clearly she did ok as her new mother says “Here’s the car, dear.” The car she is pointing to is a, very small, bluish teal Ford Anglia, that had seemed to appear out nowhere. When she steps inside it, it suddenly grows up to twice it’s size, but stays the same size on the outside. “This must be magic!” she thought. Arthur starts the car and Sapphire starts thinking “What if my new siblings don’t like me? What if I have to sleep outside? No that sounds stupid. Oh my god no just stop thinking.” “Kids! Come downstairs!” Molly calls to her children when she steps inside the door. The first child Sapphire sees is a girl who looks to be about her own age. “Hi, my name is Ginevra, but you can just call me Ginny, it’s nice to meet you,” she says very confidently, as though she had practiced this many times before. “Hi Ginny, I’m Sapphire. It’s nice to meet you too,” Sapphire says, smiling. Ginny smiles back, “You’re sharing my room, do you want to put your stuff in?” “That’s an excellent idea Ginny, do you know where your brothers are?” Molly said, looking around the house for her sons. “Ron, Fred and George went to play Quidditch in the field and Percy is in his bedroom, I said I’d wait here,” Ginny said to her mother “C’mon Sapphire, follow me to our room.” Ginny tried to make small talk on their way upstairs “Mum said it’s your birthday today, Happy Birthday!” Sapphire smiled, “Thanks” “You know, it’s like we’re twins, it’s our birthday too, me and Ron, we’re twins” Ginny said, laughing. “Oh my goodness! What a coincidence! Well happy birthday to you too!” Sapphire laughed. When they reach Ginny’s room, Sapphire asked “So, are you turning eleven too?” “Merlins pants we really are like twins, yes I am!” Ginny exclaimed. “Merlins pants?” Sapphire asked confusedly. “Oh, crap.” Ginny whispered under her breath. “Oh, it’s a magical saying isn’t it?” Sapphire asked, “Oh good Mum and Dad told you about magic, and, yeah, yeah it is.” Ginny said, sighing a breath of relief. “You thought you let something slip didn’t you?” Sapphire laughed. “Yeah, yeah I did” Ginny laughed too. “Sapphire! Ginny! Come downstairs!” Arthur called up the stairs. “Coming Dad!” Ginny called back. When the girls got downstairs, Sapphire saw four boys sitting at the very large dining table, fitting for such a large family, plus her new parents. She sat down on a chair in between Ginny and a boy, who Ginny had told her, was Ginny’s twin brother. “Hey, I’m Ronald, but you can just call me Ron” the boy, Ron said, holding his hand out for her to shake. “Hi, I’m Sapphire” she said, shaking his hand. This same process repeated itself three more times with Fred, George and Percy. Soon after this, the family had dinner (delicious tomato soup and bread) and Sapphire was happy to see that they treated her like she had always been a part of the family. In the evening, the twins, Fred and George pulled there first prank on her. “Hey Fred, can you please turn on the lamp?” Sapphire asked. “He’s not Fred I am! Honestly you should know that by now!” called, who she thought was George, from the other end of the room. “Oh sorry George!” said Sapphire, blushing from embarrassment. “We’re just joking, I am Fred,” laughed Fred. Ginny and Molly scolded the boys, while Sapphire just laughed “If I’m honest I’d do that exact thing if I had a twin,” she turned to the twins “So you play pranks do you?” Sapphire asked. “Yup” said the boys in unison. “I’ll bear that in mind” Sapphire laughed. By bedtime, Sapphire was exhausted from her busy day. She had a chat with Ginny, read her book for a while, and then fell asleep.