Perissa Trotter and the Game of Truths

Chapter 3: A Satyr Breaks a Rented Front Door

Dear Ms Trotter,

We are pleased to inform you that, as you have now turned eleven years of age and have the necessary talents, you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Half-Bloods and Mythology. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on September 1. We await your confirmation owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Chiron

Activities Director

Hogwarts School of Half-Bloods and Mythology

Uniform

Optional and Provided

Course Books

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory

by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration

by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi

by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions

by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection

by Quentin Trimble

Other Equipment

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring and owl OR a cat OR a toad.

Donald put down the letter after reading it to me. He registered my facial expression and he handed it to me to scan.

Now, I'm dyslexic. Those birthday cards were written in great font by my friends so I could read them and even then I struggle sometimes. But this letter was the first thing I read with clarity in my life. And I still couldn't believe a word of it.

"Half-Bloods?" I finally said after minutes of stunned silence. "What's a half-blood?"

"No clue," admitted Donald. "I don't... I don't think that that's real, Perissa. It can't be."

I agreed but the truth was the letters had appeared from absolute everywhere, as if someone knew they hadn't been read and didn't stop until one had been. If that wasn't supernatural my life was completely normal.

But what did it all mean

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Fortunately, we didn't find out for about two months. Donald and I went back to our school, Yancey Academy, and nothing strange happened. No more letters from the so-called department of Olympus, no more strange occurrences of unexplained events, except for my friend Jove Proudfoot and I being water bombed by Jake Trench and me staying completely dry, and no more mental breakdowns from Aunt Prudence.