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Description “I would offer for you to come in, but you won’t fit in the house.” Finn spoke firmly to the human woman before him.

She was an older woman. Her gray hair was just visible under the pointed green hat she was wearing. She was also dressed in emerald robes.

“That can be fixed.” The woman said. Finn could tell that the woman was just as stern and disciplined as he himself was. She reached into one of her sleeves and pulled out what looked like a dark wood stick with a handle.

She turned the stick so that it was pointing at herself and flicked the stick in a ‘V’ shape while she said, “Reducio.”

There was a flash of light that made Finn blink his eyes rapidly. When Finn’s vision cleared, the woman was standing before him looking at him expectantly. She was now borrower size.

“What are you?” Finn asked.

“I am a witch.” The woman answered easily. “And I would prefer to have this conversation somewhere where we don’t run the risk of getting stepped on.”

“I’m not so sure that I want to let you into my house.”

The woman sighed.

“Very well.”

She reached into her sleeve again, and this time pulled out an envelope. “You’ll find everything you need to know in here. The short story though is that your son is a wizard. You’ll probably start noticing things happening around him that shouldn’t be possible. It’s normal, and they usually aren’t dangerous. He’ll receive another letter on his eleventh birthday inviting him to my school. If you have any questions, the letter lets you know how to get a hold of me. Have a nice day.”

With that she vanished with a slight popping sound. Finn looked down and realized that at some point the letter had entered his hand. He frowned to himself and looked around the room. It was empty and dark, which made sense considering how late it was. Still it was better to get back inside. He and his wife would look at this strange letter from the strange woman.

She had appeared in the room, and called out Finn’s name. Finn wouldn’t have talked to her if he hadn’t already been outside and clearly visible. At that point, it became a matter of protecting his family. So he had spoken with her.

He closed the hidden door his wife had installed behind him, knowing that it was completely undetectable from the inside of the room. Maybe this strange letter would explain why his son seemed to be able to speak with cats. It was really quite impressive considering that he still hadn’t spoken a word to his parents yet.
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Comments: 10

djangobb [2016-06-09 06:59:24 +0000 UTC]

Um ... YES
I was actually thinking about this sort of thing the other day — been in a sort of Potter revival of late.

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Firenze11 In reply to djangobb [2016-06-09 14:54:51 +0000 UTC]

Well its a good year to be in that fandom. The Cursed Child coming out in July, and Fantastic Beasts later in the year ought to make it a good year.

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YalnaoNonentity [2016-06-09 05:43:41 +0000 UTC]

This sounds so fun!

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Firenze11 In reply to YalnaoNonentity [2016-06-09 14:55:08 +0000 UTC]

I think it will be.

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CDupre [2016-06-09 04:08:53 +0000 UTC]

Mary Norton is the creator of the borrowers.

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Firenze11 In reply to CDupre [2016-06-09 04:34:40 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but I'm not sure if she still holds the copyright or not. She is probably my best bet as far as credit goes though.

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CDupre In reply to Firenze11 [2016-06-09 05:07:31 +0000 UTC]

If copyright for novels is anything like music, she (her estate) holds it until a certain amount of time after her death, which I believe to be at least 75 years.  And with the way copyright is now, someone will probably buy out the rights once it expires, but currently, as far as I can tell, she/her estate holds it.

I could be wrong though.  Copyright laws are ridiculously confusing.  I didn't even fill out all the forms correctly when I copyrighted my first piece of music...

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Firenze11 In reply to CDupre [2016-06-09 18:37:49 +0000 UTC]

They are a bit ridiculous. Plus I don't know if it works differently because they were published in England.

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CDupre In reply to Firenze11 [2016-06-09 18:51:56 +0000 UTC]

Valid point.  I'm pretty sure it's mostly the same, especially at the time of publishing.  Also, it depends in what country you might be accessing the content.  (This confusion is mostly why from now on I want to just send pieces to a publisher and have them deal with the copyright shenanigans...)

And I just looked it up: in the UK, the author holds the rights until 70 years after his/her death.  So, Mary Norton's estate will hold the rights until August 29, 2062.  Thank you, Wikipedia.  XD

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Firenze11 In reply to CDupre [2016-06-09 18:52:47 +0000 UTC]

Yay wikipedia!!!

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