Standard Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING.
Percy's POV
Someone started to shake me, in an attempt to wake me. I just groaned and rolled over. "Percy!" someone cried exasperatedly. I blearily opened one eye. "Annabeth?"
Even half-awake, I could still see Annabeth rolling her eyes at my antics. "PERCY!" she snapped.
"Imma wake, i'mma wa- ow! What was that for?" nursing the irritated area after a sharp slap was delivered to my arm. Annabeth crossed her arms, bearing a smug expression on her face. "What can I say? You so had that coming. Now get up!"
"Geez, ok fine I'm getting up. No harming the Percy now." I swung my legs over my bed and stood up, stretching my arms.
Annabeth blushed and averted her gray eyes. "What?" Still flushing a deep red, she gestured towards me. I looked down. Oh. I quickly threw a CHB shirt over my abdomen.
"Am I okay now?" She quickly nodded and we headed out the door.
I squinted in the sunlight. Was I asleep for that long? As if she could read my mind, Annabeth said, "It's 11:00 am. Most people wake up at 8:00 or 9:00."
I retorted, "In my defense, most people go to sleep at 10:00. However, I am no ordinary person." Annabeth rolled her eyes a second time that day. "Anyone could see that." "Hey!"
Laughing, she poked at my chest. "C'mon, Chiron's got a mission for us." She marched ahead of me A mission? I'm intrigued. Then another thought came to mind. "Wait! What about breakfast?" I yelped. Without turning her head, Annabeth yelled, "I think it's a little too late for breakfast."
I sighed. Well if I want to make it in time for lunch then I better hurry up with the mission briefing. I started jogging to keep up with Annabeth's brisk walk.
Third Person POV
Percy and Annabeth finally reached the Big House. Percy followed Annabeth up the porch stairs. There, Chiron was waiting for them, along with the rest of the Seven plus Nico.
Jason and Piper were talking to each other in hushed whispers while Leo fiddled around with a small bronze object in his hand. Probably something he'll scrap later. Hazel was fussing over Frank's shirt, both acting like an old, married couple. Nico just sat at the corner of the table, brooding, though a bit happier than usual, now that he was with Will.
Everyone's face looked towards Percabeth and conversations were stilted the moment they came into the room.
"So Chiron, why did you want us here?" The old centaur looked a bit apprehensive.
Piper chimed in, "I'm sure we can handle it." Jason, Hazel, and Frank nodded in agreement. Annabeth, Percy and Nico didn't look too sure though.
"Well, get on with it. What's the big news, Chiron?" Nico asked.
A little taken back by Nico's sudden chattiness, Chiron raised an eyebrow. And so did everyone else in the room.
Nico just sank deeper into his seat until barely his eyebrows were visible.
Turning his attention away from the emo teenager, Chiron focused on the main matter. "All of you are going to school."
"SCHOOL?!" Leo exclaimed, "AW HECK NO!" Piper reached over and slapped him in the arm. "Ouch, beauty queen. For a girl, you sure hit-." Leo cut off his statement when the glares of Hazel, Piper, and Annabeth hit him. Were they taking lessons from Hera? wondered Leo with an audible gulp.
The girls sighed, resisting the urge to smack Leo. It was no easy feat.
Chiron looked a bit impatient now with all the interruptions. "May I get back to the subject at hand?" "You may." snickered Leo.
Now Chiron looked like he wanted to smack Leo. He took a deep breath and continued, "Like I had said before, you all are going to a school. In Scotland. You will all be studying subjects that you may have never heard before."
Curious, Annabeth asked, "What kind of subjects?" Chiron smiled warmly at the wondrous daughter of Athena.
"Um, Potions, Transfiguration, other school subjects like that." hedged Chiron. "So we're going to learn how to witches and wizards?" asked Hazel.
More giggles erupted from around the room, thinking it was a joke. Because witches and wizards aren't real, right?
Chiron looked around uneasily. "Yes you are."
Everyone froze in their seats, except for Nico. He looked unsurprised.
"You're kidding." "I am not, Mr. Jackson."
"Why don't you looked shocked, Nico?" asked Jason. Nico gave a nonchalant shrug. "I help my father with affairs of the dead from… time to time. Things like "wizardry" and "magic" come up with peculiar spirits."
"And you never told us this?" wondered Frank out loud. "You never asked me." was Nico's cool response.
Forging on, Chiron resumed his earlier speech, "Hecate will come by later to gift you with magic and she will explain to you more of magic's origin. She'll brief you more on the mission Remember to not give away your identities unless absolutely necessary. Come back an hour before dinner today. You all are dismissed." With a flick of his hand, we all left the Big House.
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