Love, Artemis Solo

02 September 2023

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Dear mother To Mama and Popo,

Hey, it’s me, Artemis! Please don’t be scared when the owl comes, they don’t have normal postmen here. (Can you believe it?? OWLS!!!) I tried calling you once I got off the train, I promise, but I just couldn’t get any cell service, and then I accidentally dropped my phone into the lake (there’s a whole lake here!!) and now I don’t know what to do. Maybe I’ll try getting a bag of rice from the kitchens to put my phone in.

It’s beautiful here, Mama. We’re in Scotland now, and the mornings are so foggy and the forests look so green. Hogwarts is this big, giant, humongous stone castle with towers that reach high up into the sky, and I get to stay in one! The Ravenclaw dorms and common rooms are in the West Tower, and I ended up in the Steppe Eagle dorm. The dorms here are bonkers!! When I get the chance, I’m going to climb all over the walls Oh wait, I should probably talk about the sorting ceremony first! There were four houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. Gryffindors are brave red lions, Slytherin are cunning green snakes, Ravenclaws are wise blue eagles, and Hufflepuffs are loyal yellow badgers. We had to wear this talking hat (bonkers!!!) and it read our minds and assigned us our houses!

Are you proud that I ended up in Ravenclaw? You always talked about how important education is for the future. Maybe this isn’t really what you meant though. Ever since I got that acceptance letter, I was a little worried. Does this mean I won’t ever be able to go to a normal college and get a normal job? We don’t even know anyone here. Still, I’m super excited to start my wizard classes!! We even get to take broom flying lessons! Whoosh!

Don’t worry too much about me- I’m eleven now (double digits, remember?), and I’ll try to stay out of too much trouble. And I’ll write a lot of letters, I promise! At least until I get my phone fixed (sorry about that Mama). Help Popo read this letter and give her a kiss for me, please?

Love,
Artemis

P.S.
I pet the owl who will be delivering this letter!!! Its feathers are soooo soft, even if the Owlery smells kind of funky. I’m going to nickname it Athena, because I think you’d like that name, Mama. Please be nice to Athena and give her a pat too, okay?