The Wizarding World of a Demigod year 1
This is my first story. I have written quite alot. I hope if anyone reads this, they will like it. When I get my first good review, I will post my next chapter. This is a Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and the Olympians related story. But mostly Harry Potter. I hope you enjoy. Please Review! Thanks!
Chapter 1
My name is Noelle Ann Thomas. And this is a story about my hectic life as a demigod… and a witch.
A little history about myself. Number 1 thing I hate: my name. Noelle is way to girly and has no intelligence to it. So I go by Nat (spelt by my initials). You are probably wondering how someone can be a witch and a demigod. Its simple. My mom and dad are both like me. It is their parents (my grandparents) who are different. On my mom side my grandfathers name is Icarus Hood, a pure blood wizard, and my grandmother is Aphrodite, goddess of Love, desire and beauty. On my dads side his father is Alistair Weil, also a pure blood wizard and my dads mom is Athena, goddess of wisdom. So, with that it is obvious I am pretty powerful in both worlds.
Being related to the goddess of beauty, I obviously have the looks, even for eleven years old. I am slightly taller then most people my age, and I'm already getting curves in all the right places. I have shoulder length blonde hair with, believe it or not, natural purple highlights, and shockingly blue eyes.
Also having the goddess of wisdom as my grandmother, I am highly intelligent. Most demigods have dyslexia because their brain is wired to read ancient Greek, being at camp for 5 years, I have been studying ancient Greek and English so the dyslexia doesn't affect me as much. So I am the full package: beauty and brains.
I don't see my parents all that much. When I was 6, we were at Grand Central Park enjoying a picnic, when a Hydra, a giant serpent with many heads attacked us. Since I was so young I was terrified and didn't know what to do. So my parents fought it off. After that they looked at each other and had a silent agreement. That agreement was to send me off to camp half-blood and begin my training. They knew I would need it a lot since I would be going to Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and I would need to know how to protect myself if monsters got into the grounds of the school.
I know what your thinking, why would you need to protect yourself when there are hundreds of wizards that can fight off the monster. The answer is: magic can't do anything to monsters. The only way to kill one is with celestial bronze medal. It is a medal of the gods and is harmless against humans, but not demigods and monsters.
Now five years later, I am going to Hogwarts to start my wizard training. Thankfully I'm not going alone. The camp director assigned me a satyr as a protector. His name is Falilimos, and probably the funniest person at camp. He makes everyone laugh so thankfully I will have someone to be with if I don't make any friends at Hogwarts. But, obviously he isn't a wizard so he cant do magic. So the Mist will trick everyone into thinking he is a caretaker for the school.
It is now June, term starts in September, that gives me three months to prepare, get all of my school supplies, and relax and enjoy the summer. My parents are picking me up so I can spend some time with them. I haven't seen them since Christmas about six months ago.
*2 months later*
One month left! So excited! I got my first Hogwarts letter and soon we will be getting on a plane to London. I wonder why there isn't a wizarding school in America? hmm….
The afternoon we were suppose to leave, you could say it was total chaos. My mom was hurrying around making sure I wasn't forgetting anything, my dad kept telling me all the facts about Hogwarts and what books I should read, and hoping I would get into the house he was in (Ravenclaw). I was so thankful when we walked out the door, until I saw what was standing right next to our car. A full grown hell hound. It was huge! I took out the barrette in my hair and it quickly turned into my celestial sword that I have used since I was 7 to fight. My mom and dad quickly got out their weapons too. As a team effort it wasn't hard to defeat a monster. We always had this plan, and it always worked. My dad would distract it and get its back turned to us, then my mom would go on its side and help distract and I would go in for the kill. It was easy for me to hide being so small, but it is also super scary. There is still a chance that it would spot me and kill me right then. But luckily this one didn't, and it was an easy kill.
After the shock of what happened we got in the car and headed off towards the airport. Falilimos would be meeting us at the airport. The flight felt like it took forever. It was fun though because Falilimos was making fun of everyone. But, I was just so excited to get to London and see everything and get all my school supplies. Eventually we got there and it was beautiful. We didn't do much though, we had to get to the hotel and check in.
The next day we went to Diagon Alley, which is a secret wizarding place in London, only wizards can get it, and when we got there it was AWESOME! Stores with so many different things it was crazy! First we went to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, where I got some dress robes for any formal occasion, and some normal school robes, blank ones though since I didn't know what house I was in. Then we went to Olivanders' to get my wand. He got the one for me right away. It was 11 inches Elm wood with unicorn hair core. Then we were off to Flourish & Blotts to get all my books.
We were allowed to bring one pet: either a toad, a cat, or an owl. I decided to go with the owl since it is the symbol of Athena. I just thought it would be right. With that, my parents already got me money out of their fault from Gringotts, we were done. So we had the rest of the time to goof around and look in different shops. I really wanted to go into Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, the best joke shop in town. The owners of the shop are very close to The Harry Potter. The Chosen One. The one who defeated You-Know-Who! I have always wanted to meet him, and I hear he comes to this store a lot, and hopefully it will be my lucky day and he will be there.
My dad knows The Harry Potter. They went to school together, but never really talked to each other since my dad was two years ahead of him and in a different house. But my dad is an Auror so when Harry Potter defeated You-Know-Who, He worked side by side rounding up the remaining death eaters. I have heard so many stories about The Harry Potter and I really want to meet him.
When we entered the shop, I could not believe my eyes. It was huge, full of so many things. It was so crowded and loud, and I knew that there was no way I would see Harry Potter. Until I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and for the second time in the past five minutes, I could not believe my eyes. Standing right there looking down at me was The Harry Potter.
"Hi", he said. "I just saw your dad, and he told me you were a big fan and that you wanted to meet me. Your name is Noelle, right?"
For a second I was speechless, staring into those bright green eyes of his. I'm telling you, if he was my age, I would so make him my first boyfriend, and first kiss. But no, he had to be close to my dads age… EW…
I quickly snapped out of my little fantasy world and so he wouldn't think I was a freak I replied. "Yeah. I go by Nat though." Then I couldn't contain myself, so the Aphrodite came out of me and screamed, "Oh My Gosh! I Can't Believe I Am Meeting The Harry Potter!" Following that I let out the girliest scream ever. And I was totally embarrassed.
But he just had a little grin on his face and said "I get that a lot. Listen, you will be starting school with my son, James. And I was wondering that maybe you two can keep each other company, since this is your first time here and you don't really know anyone it would be nice to have someone to talk to, and I know James wouldn't mind talking to a pretty girl like you."
In my head I was still screaming. AHHHHHH! HARRY POTTER JUST COMPLIMENTED ME! AHHH! But I just kept it cool and said, "sure. Is he here? Can I meet him now so I know who to look for later?"
"Yeah, hold on." He walked off and less then a minute later, he came back, but with someone following him. It was a mini him but with chocolate brown eyes instead of green. And again I was almost shocked out of speech. But luckily his father saved the day once again.
"James, this is Noelle.. oops.. sorry, Nat. This is Nat. Nat this is James."
"Hi," was all I said. Way to go. I thought. He probably thinks your stupid now.
"Hi," he said back.
"Okay, well Nat, I'm going to catch up with your father. Why don't you two talk and get to know each other."
And with that he was off, leaving me and James in awkward silence. Until he got up the courage and asked, "So… Why do you go by Nat, instead of Noelle?"
I was super nervous, but I'm good at faking it so calmly I said, "I never really liked the name Noelle."
"Where did you get the name Nat?"
"Its my initials. Noelle Ann Thomas. N-A-T. Nat."
"Oh. That cool." Then another pause of awkward silence, but I was the one who broke it this time.
" What house are you hoping to get into."
That got his attention, "Gryffindor!" he said standing in a heroic stance that I see many people at camp do. "The Brave and Strong Hearted! How about you?"
"Not sure. Gryffindor sounds cool. My dad wants me to be in Ravenclaw."
"Well as long as you not in Slytherin house we are cool."
"James," said his dad from behind him. "You know that the Slytherin house has changed and not everyone is bad in that house."
"Yeah, sorry dad." He said.
"Nat, your dad is looking for you, he said it was time to go."
"Ok. Thank you Mr. Potter. Bye James. See you later."
"Bye Nat." Said James.
As I walked off. I thought I heard James say 'Dad, she's pretty.'