James and Bonnie had not imagined the transfiguration into mint ice cream; it truly had happened. James and Bonnie should expect Penny to do similar things in the future. Penny was not an alien, or a mutant, and Her Majesty’s government would not kidnap Penny to experiment on her. Magic was real, and Penny could do magic—just as Miney and Harry could do magic. The existence of magic was super-secret, so James and Bonnie could not tell anyone who did not already know; fortunately, Miney’s parents and Granny Connie were in the know. Aunt Emma and Uncle Dan had been in James’ and Bonnie’s situation, beginning in 1984. (In 1984, four-year-old Miney had called a book to her hand from a high bookshelf. Little Miney had thought this was brilliant; Miney’s mum had freaked out.)