"Naruto! You better clean up this mess!"

"Naruto!! Don't forget to cook dinner!!"

"Naruto!! Help Dudley with his studies!!"

Goodness, he wasn't getting a break today. On his own birthday none the less.

Naruto refused to let this get him down, after all he had planned something special. After saving up some money, he had managed to buy a cupcake. Oh, but not just any cupcake, it was a chocolate fudge cupcake. The best cupcake in existence. He only had to get through today, and then he could celebrate.

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Night couldn't come fast enough. It seemed to want to take its sweet time, but finally the Dursleys had gone to sleep., saying how tired they were. Naruto scoffed, tired? He did all the work! Grumbling he went to his closet and got out his cupcake. Treats like this were an extreme rarity, since Dudley ate all the sweets Naruto had, or had hidden. It seemed as though his pig of a cousin had quite the nose for sugar.

Regretting that he couldn't have gotten a candle, much less light it, he began to sing the birthday song. After he was finished he began his wish. There wasn't a candle, but it was still his birthday dammit, and felt he deserved a wish. 'I wish for someone, anyone to take me away from here.' He ate his cake, and promptly fell asleep.

And maybe the entity that grants wishes had taken sympathy on the boy, or maybe it was some coincidence.

But his wish had come true, just as soon as it was wished.

The door had been knocked off its hinges with a loud crack. Naruto jumped, startled, 'what the hell?'

Cautiously he slowly opened his closet door, thinking that maybe aliens had finally decided to invade earth, only to be shocked as a lone woman was standing in the doorway. She was looking at the house with distaste, and Naruto had to agree, this house was ridiculously clean.

"Man I almost didn't make it, got to lay off the sake." she muttered. Brushing off the rumble from the door, she bellowed, "NARUTO!!"

Now this scared the shit out of him, did he know this woman?? How?

Deciding that he might as well meet this woman, even though she was potentially dangerous (she did break through the door) he got out of his closet, and expecting the worse, faced her.

What Naruto didn't expect was for her to smile at him. "Well, hello Naruto."

Naruto could have answered in many other responses, but the only one that stuck to his mind was, "Do I know you?"(1)(AN: HE SPEAKS!!)

The woman then laughed, "Right, you were only a baby when I last saw you, I'm Anko. Oh! I almost forgot, Happy Birthday Naruto."

Naruto blinked well that was certainly surprising, if she knew him since he was little why didn't she come earlier. I mean, sure he was enthusiastic that someone came, if only to wish him happy birthday, but he wonders where she had been this whole time, and why now.

He voiced his confusion, and Anko looked dispirited. "We felt you would like to grow up normal."

Naruto had to look at the irony of it all, normal? Ha! I bet normal 11 year olds don't cook, and clean, for their abusive relatives. If this was normal, it was a wonder the generation kept going.

"Are you some wrestler or something?"

"Uh, no...why do you ask?"

"Well you kinda broke down my door, so you must be insanely strong…"

He was interrupted by laughter, as Anko sputtered, "Y-you think I broke it-haha- down physically?!"

She seemed to try to get a hold of herself, seeing that Naruto looked even more confused.

"I'm strong, but not that strong kid."

"Then..then how?"

"Magic of course."

And of course just when the conversation had just gotten interesting his 'family' came down the stairs. Vernon looked pissed, Petunia looked petrified, and Dudley looked…well lets just say he had no expression, he probably thought this was a dream. Naruto had to wonder, 'What took them so damn long? Either I underestimated their sleeping ability or they just waited for the possible serial killer to get me and go back to sleep.'

His Uncle, then bellowed, "DON'T SAY THAT WORD!!"

Anko didn't look alarmed, she looked rather mad in fact, "Oh, its the Muggles, geez and they tell me I'm loud…"

Naruto looked confused at this, "Muggles?" , he questioned. Anko quickly explained, "Oh Muggles are people without mag--" "DON'T SAY IT!!"--without 'special' powers."

"So am I a Muggle?"

"Ha, no you're a wizard, as sure as the sky is blue."

Naruto now had to wonder at this, was this some kind of weird dream? Did cupcakes do that to you? When you look at it rationally surely this isn't real. A woman in her 20's couldn't break down his door, with magic claiming she was coming to say happy birthday, and then telling him he was a wizard. Stuff like this didn't happen, or if they did, it didn't happen to him.

"So, what your telling me is…I'm a wizard? You're a …witch? And the people I live with are called Muggles? Right…you expect me to believe this…because….?"

Anko gave him an exasperated look, "You should probably read the letter…"

"Letter? What letter?"

"Your welcoming letter of course…now where did I put it?"

Anko pulled out an old looking envelope with a seal he had never seen before, and handed it to him. Opening it, he read,

Dear Naruto Uzumaki,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Konoha School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins September 1. We await your response no later than July 31st.

Yours Sincerely,

Iruka Umino

Deputy Headmaster

There was then a list of books Naruto have never heard of, and ridiculous things like pets, and cauldrons,…dragon skin gloves? 'Ok, Naruto your DEFINITELY dreaming, I mean this cant possible be real. I wish it was, broomsticks?….what an imagination I have. Who knew cupcakes can give you such weird dreams.' And because thought this was a dream, he did things he normally never even attempted to do. To the shock of Anko, and the Dursleys, Naruto had begun to attempt flying. 'Aw, come on, you mean I can dream about magic…but not FLY? How lame is that?'

It was finally Anko that spoke up, "Naruto, what are you doing?"

Naruto looked up from activities and simply said, "Trying to fly."

"Why?"

Naruto looked at her blankly, "Well 'dream person', isn't that people try to generally do in dreams? I mean I always wanted to fly."

Anko began to laugh, "Kid, you can fly, but not that way, you at least a broomstick to get you off a few feet off the ground, and no offense but this isn't a dream.

"Right…broomstick…why didn't I think that?" This make perfect sense, he was dreaming about magic and witches and wizards, of course there had to be broomsticks. 'Ha, not a dream, that's what they all say.'

"So now that you have said Happy Birthday or whatever do you just poof away or something?"

"Not quite, I still need to take you shopping for supplies. You can't go to school without your equipment (2)."

"Oh, no Naruto is enough of a freak, without your influence, no way is he ever going to that blasted school!" Vernon huffed.

Anko smiled deviously, "I'd like to see your try to stop me, pity there isn't much you can do…." She looked mockingly sorrowful.

Vernon, as always, turned purple (big surprise )

Anko then seized Naruto and took off on the biggest motorcycle he as ever seen and left the Dursleys house, Naruto could only hope this dream lasted for the rest of his life.

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1- Yeah, This is the first time Naruto has dialogue, lets just pretend he's quiet until he gets confidence.

2- yeah to me that sounds super nerdy, god school has gone to my head!