I honestly don't know where this came from. I was happy working on "CLUES" and the translation, when I looked at the bookshelf trying to choose a last name for a character, and remembered today was going to start airing the new season of the BBT, something between looking at my Harry Potter books and that crashed with "The magicians" book (by Lev Grossman, if you haven't you should read it) and boom: this fic.

I may add one or two more chapters, not really sure when (or how many more chapters) since I'm currently working on Sherlock's story, but still I would like to know if you like it. Please R&R.

1.-A big secret.

Sheldon Cooper was a wizard.

Ever since his parents discovered his genius mind, and after his mother took him to a certain test he knew he was special. Soon when he was about to turn eleven a few universities were looking for him to study abroad, it was a surprise for him that during that same week a few other letters arrived in one of the most weird ways he had ever seen.

He had been at his Mewmaw's house when not less that 5 owls entered the room, startled he had hurried to look for the elder woman, less surprised that what he had thought his grandmother would be, she went to the birds and took the letter that each one of them were carrying. It wasn't the first time he had saw that kind of birds arrive to his grandmother's house, and of course he knew they were carrying messages, but they had never been for him. After the birds had gone away his grandmother turned around to look at him.

"I think you have some big decisions to make Moon pie."

Sheldon had already been talking to his parents about what his future studies would take him to. His grandmother was a witch, he had know for a long while and was the only secret until then that he had ever needed to keep, for some reason she had always hidden that little peace of information from her family, or at least from his mother since the moment she knew her daughter in law was such a religious fanatic, his father had promised never to reveal the secret. His brother and sister had no magic powers, and Mewmaw told him that every time he had shown his powers she had made quick job so his parents wouldn't suspect.

And now that he had less time to choose what college to assist, he had to make also the decision of what magic school to go. Hogwarts seemed like the best choice, but it was too far from Germany for him to make the trip even via the flu network, and he was too young to attempt apparition just yet. So he settled for Durmstrang, the magic school was near the muggle College he had chosen, and that way he would be able to put his brilliant mind to work on both things. With his IQ it was hardly impossible for anybody else to do what he did.

The moment he sent his study plans to the Headmaster of Durmstrang a letter came back with a special schedule for him and a time-turner, making his days impossibly long from that moment on.

It took him four years to get his first PhD; by that moment at Durmstrang he was making early attempts at his O.W.L.S. It was lucky to get called to another college as an invited professor, giving him time to get his second PhD and finally leave Durmstrang. Those 6 years of studying at a muggle school along with the magic school had given him problems with social interactions due to his restricted schedules, but at the same time it had open the opportunity to try and unravel the mysteries of the universe using both points of view. His magic knowledge, combined with his physics studies made him the most impressive Physicist in the world.

In the magic world he had already made huge breakthroughs, but most of his findings he was still trying to translate to something muggles could comprehend, and that required time.

And when he came back to his country there were some things he had to solve before attempting to gain the respect of the muggles in the science world. So he took the exam to enter one of the only specialty magic schools in the country: Brakebills. There he improved quite a lot. His ability to make magic without speaking became better, and soon he was using his wand in less things that he had ever thought he will.

Of course while being in Brakebills he had already taken his job at Cal Tech, he had gotten himself a new time-turner after leaving Durmstrang, and that way his schedule was never disturbed.

A while later he met Leonard, and with him Howard and Raj. By then he was already recognized in both worlds as a great wizard, and one of the greatest mind of the century. The amount of secrets he was already concealing made it difficult for him to be able to keep "secrets" that were less important than those he had.

So far he had modified his personality so that no one in the muggle community would ever find out his secret; the infamous room-mate agreement had a magic clause that authorized him to delete his room-mate's memory if he ever found out, Leonard had become oblivious to that clause the moment he had signed it. His phobia to germs was something he had developed due to a sickness he had had at Durmstrang that got worse because of a combination of a muggle virus with a magic one. His dislike for birds came from a very upset owl, not a chicken. And althought his room was surrounded by many spells to keep muggles away he still made sure that no one would go in there.

In there he had his collection of cards from the Chocolate frogs, his magic chess, the gobstones and those figures from his favorite comic books that had been modified, either to move or to fly if they were ships.

With all that said it wasn't difficult to figure out why he was so surprised right now. Leonard was away, visiting his parents at New Jersey, Raj and Howard never visited him if his room mate wasn't there. But that neighbor of them… Not even placing a good muggle repellent in the door had stopped Penny to come into his apartment the only day he was allowing himself to do some magic.

He had stopped in the middle of making the tea pot fly to the coffee table while he was looking at the movies floating in front of him to find an acceptable one to watch. The silence that followed the moment Penny took in what she was seeing and Sheldon reaction was unreal. When Sheldon's brain processed what had happened, the implications and what he needed to do, he finally moved. The tea pot finished its way to the coffee table, and the movies placed themselves over Leonard's chair.

Penny was still standing by the door, her mouth and eyes wide open in surprise, he stood up, moving confidently to where she was and making her walk in the apartment and closing the door behind her.

"What the hell was that Sheldon?" Said Penny, finally snapping out of her shock.

"What do you think it was Penny?" Sheldon crossed his arms, frowning at Penny. "You know I never make mistakes, and I'm sure my repellent was so good that no one in this building would even come near my door. So I think you are the one who has some explaining to do." He looked at her lifting his eyebrow in his signature inquisitive look.

When she didn't answer he started to pace in front of her, not sure if he should tell her.

"I am a wizard" he finally said "what you saw was magic, if you're a witch yourself you should tell me right now, or else I'm thinking seriously on deleting your memory, you shouldn't had seen that, I'm giving you just one chance, you cannot afford to loose your memory, you attention to anything is already weak."

"Yes, you're right" Penny's gaze dropped to the floor, and this time it was Sheldon the one to look at her in surprise. "I'm a witch too, but unlike you I was never able to attend any magic school, my parents thought it was all a joke. Some teachers even came to our house and tried to explain, but after being threatened by my father's gun they never came back. I made my own research of course, I wrote to the Headmaster, and I got to know what all this was about, but I've never learned to control my powers. You're amazing by the way."

Sheldon thought of what he just heard, he had never heard of a similar case in his life. It explained of course why his muggle repellent hadn't worked, and why she was always able to sneak into his room.

"What was the name of the school that accepted you?"

"Hogwarts. But after just a few letters the Headmaster stopped answering, so I forgot about it. Until now, I never thought I was going to meet someone from the Wizard community, to be honest I never thought it would be you of all people, always talking about physics laws and logical stuff, even dismissing my believing in the horoscope, I'm fearing this is just a dream and not something actually happening."

Sheldon went to sit to his spot, thinking about what Penny had just said. He saw the steaming tea pot still over the coffee table and he took his wand from his pocket, flicked it a little and another cup appeared next to his. He then pointed at the tea pot and the warm infusion was poured in the cups. Penny looked at him in awe.

"Have some tea Penny, there's no need to letting it cool down. I'm still thinking of what you told me. For some reason I'm considering letting you go with you memory intact. But I think I might need to consult somebody."

Penny took the cup of tea and remained silent, as if by doing so somehow he would make up his mind and let her keep the memory, or maybe just wondering if the tea had some magical property.

Sheldon took his own cup, and started sipping it while looking puzzled at Penny. When he finished, he made some movements with his right hand and the movies on Leonard's chair, the tea pot and the cups disappeared, a quick glace told Penny they had got back to their place. Sheldon then stood up again and walked towards the window, this time he moved both of his hands while mumbling something that sounded like a song, and to Penny's surprise a fireplace started "growing" from the floor. With another flick of his wand fire started to crept inside.

"I think I can help you, come on." He said taking a something from a bowl over the recently 'grown' fireplace and throwing it in the fireplace, making the fire grow and turn green.

Penny almost jumped from the couch in excitement, moving faster until she was standing next to Sheldon. He smiled at her amazed expression, and then pulled her wrist and jumped with her into the fire.