The Years of Change

A/N: Welcome to the first chapter in the sequel ;) I managed to get it up today! Thank you all for sticking with me throughout the first book and coming here, you are much appreciated :) For all newcomers, please look at book one, 'Love and Hate's Daughter,' before coming here and reading the sequel. I'm sure you'll love it! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Percy Jackson, they belong to JK Rowling and Rick Riordan. Seeing as I am not a British lady or a middle aged man, I am neither.

Table of Contents:

Goblet of Fire Arc: Chapters 1 through 9, and Chapters 12 through 17

Miscellaneous/Lost Hero Arc: Chapters 10 through 11

Heroes of Olympus Arc/Time Skip: Chapters 18 through 26

Order of the Phoenix Arc: Chapters 27 and onward

Character Profile:

Name: Alina (Lina) Ruby Quimby

Age: 14 (going into fourth year, right after the Titan War)

Parents: Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, and Lord Voldemort

Guardian: Chiron

Appearance: Long wavy brown hair and brown eyes, never takes off the charm necklace given to her by Harry in third year

Half Siblings: Aphrodite Cabin (mother's side) (sisterly relationship with Anne Prior—surrogate little sister), Brooke Smith-Riddle (father's side)

Weapon: Short silver knife

Wand: Yew and Dragon Heartstring, twelve inches, unyielding

Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

Best Friends: (not in order): Hermione Granger, Annabeth Chase (sisterly relationship), Thalia Grace (sisterly relationship), Grover Underwood, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley. More to come this year...

Uncertain/Frenemy/Simply Annoying: Draco Malfoy

Enemies: Brooke Smith-Riddle, Pansy Parkinson, Professor Snape, a lot of Slytherin House, Cho Chang, her Father, Drew Tanaka, monsters, Gaea and the Giants.

Favorite Subjects: Charms, Defense against the Dark Arts

Grades: mostly A's (acceptable), a couple E's (exceeds expectations) here and there, and O's (outstanding) in her best subjects

Crush: Harry Potter (will NEVER, EVER admit it until Cho comes along)

Boyfriend: TBA in later chapters

Powers: an average witch, can also charmspeak and control fire, can wield a weapon well (due to years of training)

Strengths: (personality) Courageous, loyal, determined, strong, bold, very daring,

Flaws: Short temper and a major hot-head, stubborn, impulsive, quick to judge people, impatient,

A Portkey and a Rivalry

Lina

I hadn't realized during the next day after I got the letter from Harry, if I wanted to make it to the Burrow in time for the Cup, I had to leave now.

I also noticed how much the Camp was changing. New demigods kept coming, minor gods had Cabins, and there were actually people even younger than Anne attending now.

I send my owl Midnight with a letter saying, 'I'm coming.'

"Don't bother coming back here to Camp." I tell her. "Just wait for me there. I'll be there shortly."

So, I was trying to make the good-byes quick. I said bye to Anne, and was now trying to look for the new couple. I find them in the Poseidon cabin kissing. I clear my throat a couple times, smirking.

They look at me, irritated. "Uh, sorry to cut this short, but I have to leave." I gesture to my packed trunk.

Annabeth frowns. "What do you mean, you have to leave? We still have a couple days left."

"I know, but I got a letter from Harry." Annabeth smirks when she sees the blush on my face. "I'm going to something called the Quidditch World Cup."

Annabeth rushes up to hug me. "Be careful. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about your fourth year."

"Oh, don't worry; I'm pretty sure it will be like all the other years." I wave a hand dismissively.

"That alone is a reason to worry." Annabeth says seriously.

"I'll be fine." I assure her. "See you next summer, Kelp Head."

Percy pulls me into a hug. "I agree with her, you need to be careful. You have to promise us."

I sigh, "I promise I'll be careful."

"Good," he says.

"Bye Percabeth!" I call out as I close the door. "Try not to swallow each other while I'm gone! I'll send you Iris Messages!"

"See you, Fire Girl!" They call in unison.

Little did I know I won't be seeing Percy for a while...

I run to the Big House with all my stuff. "Chiron, I have to leave early for a friend's." I say.

"Wait a second," Chiron says. He hands me the summer bead for the necklace first. It was black with the Empire State Building, indicating our war and fight. "Lina dear, I want you to take your knife with you this year. I have a feeling you may need it."

"Really?" I ask hopefully. I could already imagine threatening people with it.

"I know what you're thinking." He says. "You can't let anyone see it. What would it look like to your Professors if you were wielding a knife in the corridor? Only use it during emergencies, like an attack."

I nod, "Alright." Then, I say goodbye to him and say, "The Burrow!" and I was off.

When I get there, it was already evening, I'd say 10pm, and people were probably asleep.

Mrs. Weasley, however, was still in the kitchen. "Lina, dear, what a lovely surprise! Harry told me you were coming."

"Is he here?" I ask.

Mrs. Weasley nods. "Do you want me to whip you up something to eat, I mean, you're probably hungry."

"Oh, no, Mrs. Weasley. I'm fine. I've just eaten lunch." I assure her.

She nods. "You'll be in Hermione and Ginny's room. I suggest you get some sleep. You'll leave very early tomorrow."

I nod, "Thank you, Mrs. Weasley." Then I tiptoe upstairs and I find Hermione and Ginny asleep in Ginny's room and smile. I creep into the extra bed and fall asleep.

I was in a dark cavern. I see a lady. She looked to be asleep. "Your time is coming, little hero," the lady purrs.

"What time?" I ask.

"You see, dearest Alina," the woman says, making me shudder. "My sons want to wake. They want to wake me up as well. But that might not happen. You are going to try and stop us, and I don't want that to happen."

"Who are you?" I ask.

The woman smirks. "I am Gaea. The Earth Mother."

Suddenly, I collapse, shrieking in agony. It was like your average headache...a million times worse. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I yell.

"Showing you what will happen if you dare try to put me to sleep, Alina." She growls. "I should just kill you now in your sleep, it'd be easier. But I can't. Your little mortal friend's trying to wake you." She sneers.

I feel hands grabbing me. "Lina! Wake up! You're having a horrible nightmare!"

I jolt awake. "Evil Earth Mother—told me to make a choice—threatened me—" I gasp.

"Shh," Hermione says soothingly. "You're alright, Lina. It was just a bad dream. We have to get going, anyway. I'm surprised Ginny slept through that." Hermione moves to attempt to wake up Ginny.

I look at the clock. 5am. I dig out some clothes from my trunk and get dressed. Then I stuff things into a backpack.

Mrs. Weasley's head pokes in the door. "Girls, we have to get going soon, hurry up."

Hermione, Ginny, and I appear in the kitchen, all three of us looking pale and drowsy.

"Lina," Harry says, pulling me in for a hug as I sit down next to him. "When did you get here?"

"Just last night, you?" I ask, my face turning red.

"Yesterday afternoon," Harry says. "You should have seen it, Lina! Fred 'accidentally' gave my cousin..."

"You mean the bully fat lump you told me about, Dudley?" I ask.

"Yeah, him, a Ton-Tongue Toffee, which made his tongue grow four feet tall!" Harry says.

I start laughing, "What the Hades! Fred, George, you don't happen to have more of those, do you?"

Fred grins. "Oh, yes we do, Lina. We also have—"

"OH, NO YOU DON'T!" Mrs. Weasley yells from nowhere. "George!"

"What's that, in your pocket?" Mrs. Weasley asks.

"It's nothing!" George exclaims.

"Accio!" Mrs. Weasley yells. "Accio! Accio! Accio!"

Objects—which I assumed were the Toffees—flew from all sorts of unlikely places around Fred and George.

"We spent six months developing those!" Fred exclaims.

"Oh, a fine way to spend six months! She shrieks. "No wonder you didn't get more O.W.L.s!"

The atmosphere was tense as we leave the Burrow.

"Please tell me you don't have any more dangerous quests, Lina," Harry begs, taking my hand as we walk.

"Mm, I told you, no clue." I say. "Hopefully not, you don't know how much I want the year to be normal."

"But that's never the case, is it?" Harry sighs.

I sigh. "Never. Hopefully this year will be different."

"When do you think they'll get together?" Ron asks Hermione.

"Who?" I ask, turning back towards Ron. "Who'll get together?"

"You, and Harry," Ron says.

"What?" I say, blushing. "It's not like that!"

"You have to admit," Hermione says with a grin. "The two of you have been acting like an unofficial couple this past year."

"Holding hands all the time," Ron grins. I instantly let go of his hand.

"Acting all protective of you," Ron says to me. I instantly take one step away from Harry.

"The way Lina blushes like a tomato around you," Ron says to Harry, grinning evilly. He gasps. "We can call the two of you Harralina!"

"Ron, you are one of my best friends," I tell him seriously. "But I really would like to kill you right now. Oh, and for your information, Chiron let me bring my knife this year. Want me to get it out? Besides, what about Romione?" I technically wasn't supposed to make threats with my knife, but they already know about my secret. Plus...it's fun!

"N—no. I didn't mean anything. You don't have to get out a sharp knife," Ron shudders. "And Hermione and I are not happening, that's as likely as you and Malfoy."

We both shudder. "Ron, don't say that! That means it's very likely, ugh!" I shudder.

"Don't worry. You and Malfoy will never happen. There'll be some sort of Earth Mother out to destroy the world, then that will happen. Git." Ron laughs.

I face palm. "Ron. Just stop talking. Things will be much easier that way." I stride forward before he could say anything else.

I notice Harry stayed silent as he looks at me. What was on his mind?

We climb a large hill. It was pretty easy for me, but I just fought in a War. What do you expect? I end up helping Hermione up instead.

"Okay, now we just need the Portkey." Mr. Weasley says.

"The what?" I ask him.

"The Portkey. They're objects used to transport wizards from one spot to another at a prearranged time." Mr. Weasley explains.

"Like Apparition?" I ask.

"Well, sort of. But you can Apparate at any given time. This is prearranged, and, you all are underage anyway." Mr. Weasley says.

I nod in understanding.

"Over here, we've got it!" I look over to see a man and his son. His son was pretty cute. Cedric Diggory was Captain and Seeker of the Hufflepuff team. I hear he's also pretty kind as well.

"This is Amos Diggory, everyone," Mr. Weasley says. "I think you know his son, Cedric?"

"Hi," Cedric says, looking around at us all.

"Hi," we all chorus except for Fred and George, who nodded.

"What's up with you?" I ask them.

"They beat Gryffindor in one of the matches simply because of Harry's Dementor incident, completely unfair, if you ask me." Fred mutters.

"Yeah, but I heard Cedric even tried to give up the winning place," I say.

Fred grumbles something under his breath.

"Are all these yours, Arthur?" He asks.

"Oh, no, only the redheads." Mr. Weasley says. "These are Hermione, Lina, and "Harry, all friends of Ron's."

"Merlin's beard! Harry Potter?" Amos Diggory says. "Ced's talked about you of course. Told us all about playing against you last year, that'll be something to tell your grandchildren that will...you beat Harry Potter!"

"Harry fell off his broom, dad..." Cedric mutters. "I told you...it was an accident..." I give Cedric a sympathetic look and start scowling at his father.

"Are we waiting for any more?" Mr. Weasley asks.

"No, the Lovegoods and Fawcetts have been taken care of. Are there any more of us?" Mr. Diggory asks.

Mr. Weasley shakes his head. "We'd better get ready. You just need to touch the Portkey, that's all, a finger will do." We all crowded around the old boot and touch it.

What if a normal muggle came up here right now? Oh, we're just ten people touching an old boot. Keep walking; we're alright, nothing to see here!

But then I was jerked forward, off the ground and into the air. I could feel Harry wrap his arm around my waist as we're pushed magnetically onward.

We do not land gracefully. "Ow, Hermione, I think you're on top of me! Wait, or is it you, Ginny? I think it's both of you!" I exclaim.

"Lina and Hermione and Ginny are on top of me," Harry groans.

"Well, you're ALL on top of me!" Ron groans from beneath.

"Sorry," Hermione and Ginny blush as they tumble over us and the five of us are able to get out from our tight knot. Fred and George also landed on top of each other a distance away from us.

Mr. Weasley, Mr. Diggory, and Cedric were still standing.

"H—How?" I manage to get out.

We manage to get into the camp site, but it was pretty hard due to the fact that Mr. Weasley kept asking Harry, Hermione, and I for money help, and because of that, the muggle at the gate got suspicious, and was obliviated by a wizard in plus fours.

We reach the edge of the wood, in which there were two small tents with a sign reading, 'WEEZLY.'

"Yeah...they spelt that wrong." I mutter.

"Well, we'd better put these up. Where do you reckon we start?" Mr. Weasley asks.

Harry and I look at each other. "Um..."

I go to Camp Half Blood. There are Cabins there. There was no need for tents. It's not like I went camping as a little girl either, but I'd like to forget that horrible life. Imagine what would've happened if I never ran away. Just staying there, with that awful man Robert...ugh. The scars from when I was young healed, but I think they would have gotten worse over time...

Eventually, we figure out where they all go though.

"We'll be a bit cramped, but I think we can all fit." Mr. Weasley says.

HOW? Those things could be big enough for two people each, and I think Ron's older brothers are joining us as well...

But when we go in, it was pretty cool. Three room, with a bathroom and a kitchen. I love magic! However, there was a strong cat smell.

Mr. Weasley turns to Ron. "Why don't you, Harry, Hermione, and Lina go and get us some water and the rest of us will find some firewood?"

I frown. "Mr. Weasley...you have an oven in here..."

"I know, but Anti-Muggle security!" Mr. Weasley insists. "Real Muggles cook on fires outdoors! Haven't you seen them, Lina?"

I pause. Okay, who are the Weasleys that know my secret? Ron, obviously, and he 'let slip' my secret to Fred and George, so they know too.

As far as I know, no other Weasley knows.

I nod. "I've seen them." A complete lie.

We looked inside the girls' tent. It was slightly smaller, but in a way we had more space than the guys because there were only three of us, and there are like eight of them. And there was no cat smell.

So the four of us set off across the campsite. There were so many people, parents with small children, wizards of different ethnicities.

Suddenly, everything went green.

"Ron, I know I sound stupid. Who's against whom?" I ask sheepishly.

"Ireland vs. Bulgaria," Ron says. "I think Bulgaria will win, if you ask me. They have Viktor Krum."

I was about to ask him who Viktor Krum was when a voice calls, "Harry! Ron! Lina! Hermione!"

It was Seamus Finnegan, a boy in our year. His best friend, Dean Thomas, was with him as well. "Like the decorations?" Seamus grins. "The Ministry's not too happy."

"Ah, why shouldn't we show our colors?" Mrs. Finnegan says. "You should see what the Bulgarians have. You'll all be supporting Ireland?" She stares at us beadily, daring us to say anything else.

We all say that we're supporting Ireland before going on our way. "Like we'd say anything else surrounded by them. What were you saying, Lina?"

"Who's Viktor Krum?" I ask him.

"Only the best seeker in the world!" Ron says.

"How good are the other players of Bulgaria?" I ask Ron.

"Not really that good. But they have Krum, so they have to win!" Ron insists.

"The Ireland players?" I ask him.

"Pretty good. They're no Viktor Krum though." Ron says.

"Ron," I look him in the eye. "I support Ireland. You can't have one good player and expect to win. But if Krum's that good of a seeker, maybe he'll catch the Snitch."

"So you're saying, that you think Ireland will win, but Krum will catch the snitch?" Ron says, disbelievingly.

"That's exactly what I'm saying." I say.

"Okay, then, I'm in need of some extra Galleons. We'll wager ten?" Ron says.

"Yep," I say, popping the p.

We see the Bulgarian tents, and they all had a poster of what looked like a grumpy guy.

"Let me guess, the all too amazing Viktor Krum?" I roll my eyes.

Ron nods. "The Bulgarian Seeker, he's amazing."

"Am I the only one who thinks he looks grumpy?" Hermione asks.

"No, Hermione. No you're not." I say.

"Who cares? He's a genius! You two will see, just wait until tonight." Ron says.

We had filled our cartons with water, whilst seeing familiar faces. Oliver Wood, the former Captain of the House Quidditch team. Ernie Macmillan, a fourth year Hufflepuff both greeted us.

Then, to my displeasure, that Cho Chang girl. I don't know why I don't like her. I haven't even had a conversation with her, and I still hate her. It's wrong of me. It did NOT help that she was pretty. It really DID NOT help that she liked Harry Potter and caught his attention. But I'M the Daughter of Aphrodite here, NOT HER! He kissed me in third year. Twice. Not her. I was and still am his best friend for three years and counting. NOT. HER.

She waves and smiles at Harry. Harry waves back, dropping water all over his front. I snarl.

"Jealous, much?" Ron snickers. "I can't wait to see how this goes down. Lina vs. Cho: fight for Harry's love."

"Shut up," I growl at him.

"You've been ages," George says.

"Met a few people," Ron says. "Did you get the fire started?"

"Dad's having fun with the matches," Fred says.

Mr. Weasley was having no success. "Wait a second," Harry whispers in my ear. "Can't you conjure fire?"

I roll my eyes. "Harry, how'd it look to the wizards if I just sprouted out a fireball?"

"Right..." He trails off.

Hermione eventually shows him how to do it properly, and when we started cooking eggs and sausages, Percy, and his two older brothers, Bill, and Charlie appear.

"Just Apparated, Dad," Percy says loudly. "Ah, excellent, lunch!"

"Aha!" Mr. Weasley says. "The man of the moment! Ludo!"

Mr. Weasley introduces us to Bagman, and Fred and George decided to bet all their money that Ireland will win and Krum will catch the Snitch.

I gasp. "If that works, then Ron will also owe me ten galleons." I smirk. Fred and George high five me.

"You might as well pay the girl ten galleons right now, Ronniekins." George says.

Fred, George, and I started laughing when Percy offers Barty Crouch tea, but he says, "Thank you, Weatherby."

Then Bagman and Crouch start to talk about this thing happening at Hogwarts.

"What's happening at Hogwarts, Dad?" Fred asks. "What were they talking about?"

"You'll all find out soon enough," Mr. Weasley smiles.

"It's classified," Percy Weasley says stiffly. "Mr. Crouch was quite right not to disclose it." How in Hades, can two people share the same name, yet act so freaking different?

"Oh shut up, Weatherby," Fred says, and I snicker.

Everyone was getting anticipated as the afternoon went on. Salesmen were carrying carts full of merchandise. I had gotten a green Irish hat and rosette. No, nothing I got was Bulgarian. I still believed Ireland was going to win. Seven good players are better than one good player.

"Wow, look at these!" Harry says.

"Wish I hadn't bought this now," Ron says.

"Three pairs," Harry says firmly.

"No—I can't! I have money, I'll pay for myself," I insist.

"Lina, just enjoy, my treat," Harry smiles. I can't help blushing.

"You too, Ron, but keep in mind, you're not getting any presents for the next ten years." Harry adds to Ron.

"Fair enough," Ron grins.

"It's time!" Mr. Weasley says. "Come on, let's go!"

We find our seats. The stadium was huge. What I meant was, one hundred Camp Half Bloods could go in there. There were so many people.

"Did sir just call me Dobby?" I hear a voice say. I turn around.

"Sorry, I thought you were someone I knew." Harry says.

I turn back around to face Hermione.

"So, Lina, how'd it go?" Hermione says tentatively.

"The Battle?" I ask. "Never want to go through it again, really." I tell her. "Too many losses..."

"I'm sorry," Hermione attempts to console.

"No, no, it's alright..."

"Ah...here's Lucius!" I hear a voice shout. I turn around from Hermione to see the Minister talking with Harry, and I see a family, one I didn't want to see at all.

The Malfoys.

I have unfortunately see Lucius and Draco Malfoy before. I had not seen Draco's mother.

That brings me to the topic of Draco Malfoy. Yeah...I hate him. But he knows my demigod secret, ugh! Yeah, apparently he had been 'observing me.' Couldn't he just mind his own business? Apparently not. Ugh.

"Good lord, Arthur," Lucius says. "What did you have to sell for Top Box tickets, your house?"

Mr. Weasley glares at him.

"Lucius has just given a very generous contribution to St. Mungo's. He's here as my guest." Fudge says.

"How nice," Mr. Weasley says, with clenched teeth and a strained smile.

Mr. Malfoy's lip curls when he sees Hermione, and I knew exactly why. I glower at him. You see, the Malfoy's are a 'pureblooded family' and hated anyone with muggle parents, 'mudblood,' like Hermione. Gits.

"Lina," He greets me, ignoring my friends. Harry notices the casual use of my first name and starts to give Malfoy a death glare. I have no sympathy for him. He was giving googly eyes to Cho Chang earlier.

'Malfoy," I spit.

"I must ask you, why would you be staying with these blood traitors?" Malfoy drawls.

Ron growls at him, and I put a hand on his shoulder. "Ron, don't do something you wouldn't regret." Ron looks at me in surprise. Well, usually, they're trying to stop me.

"Malfoy's right. I wouldn't be staying with blood traitors." All of the Weasleys gape at me, until I lean close to Malfoy's face, and hiss:

"If I wanted to do that, I'd be staying with your family."

"Burn!" Fred, George, and Ron shout in unison. Harry smirks at Malfoy and squeezes my hand.

The Malfoys look at me in surprise, Draco Malfoy, in shock, then anger.

The rivalry's so on, Draco Malfoy. You want to play? Let's play.

A/N: Okay, so that's the first chapter of 'The Years of Change!' I worked super hard on it so you could have the chapter by today, so here you go! I hoped you liked it so far :) Next chapter there MIGHT be someone else's POV, but no promises.

Please R&R and tell me what you think :)

-Ana