Chapter 1

Hugo POV

"Mum, are we there yet?" Hugo Weasley sat next to his cousin, Lilly Potter. "Hugo, I told you already that we still have an hour till we get off the plane." His mother called from a few rows ahead of them. Hugo and his huge family had gone to New York for Winter Break and the plane ride back was taking forever. They had flown all the way from New York to London and Hugo was tired, but the plane was too uncomfortable to sleep in.

"Hugo be patient," Rose complained, "You've been asking that question for the last two hours." She sat in the row across from Hugo. Roses red hair fell in her freckled covered face. She had chocolate eyes and pale skin. She was holding hands with Scorpius Malfoy, a tall skinny blond with pale skin. The Malfoys had let him come after Hugo's mother invited him and Hugo's father was still upset. "Anyways," Dominique started, "are next stop is a connection, so we still have one more flight till we get to home." Dominique was Hugo's cousin. Hugo's whole family had come on this trip.

See you haven't met a big family till you've met Hugo's. First there was Lily, Hugo's favorite cousin. She looked a lot like Rose, but she had green eyes instead of brown. She was Hugo's age, 13. Her parents are Harry and Ginny. She has two brothers, James and Albus. James is 16 and has brownish blackish hair. He has green eyes and fair skin. Not only is he super annoying, he is also the biggest trouble maker in the family, right up there with Fred Jr. Albus has black hair and green eyes. He's 15, the same age as Rose. He is a little more shy, but don't mistake him for a pushover.

Then their was Dominique and Louis. Dominique has blond hair, like her sister Victoria (who decided not to come). She is skilled in transfiguration and charms. She has blue eyes and fair skin, just like her mum. She is 19 and very shy. Louis looks like his dad. He has his red hair and freckles. He, like Dominique, has blue eyes and fair skin. He is one year younger than Dominique and is also very good at charms.

Next is Molly and Lucy. They both have red hair and green eyes and are fair skinned with freckles. Lucy is the youngest. She is 9 years-old. Molly is 14, a year older than Hugo. Her best friend is Roxanne, another one of Hugo's cousins. She has red hair and tan skin. She is 14, just like Molly. She and her brother, Fred Jr., both have blue eyes. Fred looks a lot like Roxanne, but his skin is a little lighter. Fred is 2 years older than Roxanne, the same age as James. Finally there is Hugo. He doesn't looks a lot like Rose, with the brown hair and green eyes. He is 13.

And those are all the cousins that came on the trip. Don't even get started on the ones who stayed home. Hugo's parents had an important 'mission (thats what they called it since they refused to tell the kids what is was about). All their aunts and uncles had come for the same reason, so the Potter's and Weasley's almost took up the whole plane.

Hugo was so bored. They had been on the plane for ages and they still had one more hour and another flight. Lily and he had played every game. They weren't even allowed to do magic, since there were Muggles aboard the plane. See Hugo and his family are wizards. Like Harry Potter. Well technically Hugo's uncle was Harry Potter. All his cousins and aunts and uncles are wizards too.

Hugo opened his little window and peered into the clouds. Hugo was excited to go to New York and America. He had heard a lot about it and it was super fun. He got to go to the empire state building and the statue of liberty. All of Hugo's friends were jealous and they had all wanted to come instead of staying in London for Winter Break. But why did New York have to be so far away?

The first couple of hours had been okay. Lily had played Tic-Tac-Toe and Hangman with him. They she had gotten bored and started to read her book, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters. Why was she so into that book? They were just fiction. Then Hugo had played every game on his phone. He had watched every movie. Hugo was so lost in thought he almost didn't notice the huge bronze dragon riding along side the plane.

Hugo had seen dragon. His uncle worked with dragons for a living. He knew all about them and all the kinds of dragons, but he had never seen or heard of one like this. It was probably 60 feet long. It was made of bronze and glinted in the sun. It was so beautiful and terrifying all at the same time. It looked like someone had made armor for it by melting bronzed onto it.

Hugo noticed gears turning beneath a part of exposed skin. Hugo's jaw dropped. The dragon was a machine. Someone had made a giant mechanical dragon. Hugo looks up and down the dragon's sleek body. That's when he noticed that something was on it's back. Well more like someone.

Honestly, he looked like a scrawny, Latino elf. He had tan skin and wild, curly, brown hair. He's ears were at somewhat of a point. He wore a tattered white shirt, simple jeans, and a pair of black overalls. He smiled wickedly, like a mad scientist. He look about 16 or 17. Hanging onto his waist was a girl. She had tan skin and brown almond shaped eyes. She had hazel hair, which was pulled back in a ponytail that whipped in the wind. She wore a white Greek style dress. She was probably the same age as the boy in front.

Nobody else on the plane seemed to notice the bronze dragon's or it's riders. Hugo wasn't sure how they stayed on it. "Lily! Lily, look!" Hugo said as he shook her arm. "One sec, Hugo." Hugo looked out the window again and this time the rider noticed him. He waved at Hugo and grinned a crazy grin. The girl behind him slapped him on the arm playfully, laughing the whole time. Then the boy spurred the dragon into a decent and they disappeared bellow the clouds.

"Hugo, what?" Lily noticed Hugo gawking out the window and looked too,

"Hugo, there's nothing out there. What are you looking at?" Hugo starred dumbly out the window a little bit longer then turned to Lily, "Lily, tell me you saw that." Hugo could see the confused look on Lily's face. "The giant bronze dragon. You saw it, right?" Hugo heard snickering from the row in front of them. Fred Jr. and James turned to Hugo and Lily. "Lily," James mocked,"there was a huge metal dragon and I'm a unicorn." Fred snickered.

"There was." Hugo complained. "Yeah right," James snickered, "There was a huge dragon along side the plane and nobody but you saw it. Your mental Hugo." "James!" James's mother, Ginny Weasley, chided, "Leave your cousin alone. Fred and James turned around and left them alone, but Hugo could still hear them laughing. "Lily, you believe me, right?" He asked. "Well Hugo, it seems highly unlikely that you and nobody else saw a huge metal dragon. But…" Hugo turned away from her and looked out the windowing the dragon-less sky.

The next flight was a little less boring. Hugo's mom had gotten them the inflight television and Hugo was watching some show called Marvel Agents of Shield. He was somewhere in the middle of the season, so the show made no sense. There was someone named Fitz and someone named Simmons, and it was all just confusing.

Hugo took off his headphones and Hugo gave up on trying to understand it. He opened his window again. He looked out and imagined the bronze dragon. It's sleek, 60-foot body and the way it glistened in the sun. Then Hugo noticed the grey storm clouds gathering. Something was weird about them. Hugo could swear he saw a face in the clouds.

Then Hugo saw it, the dragon. The wind was stronger now, so the riders kept their heads low. The girl's hair whipped around in the was no-longer in a greek dress, but a simple grey t-shirt and blue jeans. Jain started to come down and had begun to pelt the Hugo caught the girl's eyes and she looked terrified, no-longer light and laughing.

Hugo noticed a figure forming in the clouds. He looked like a man made of smoke and he was coming toward the girl. Hugo pointed to the smoke man, trying to convey the urgency and danger. To late did she realize what he meant. She started to turn and say something, just in time to get knocked of the dragon. Hugo could have sworn he heard the boy scream. Then the dragon dove into the dark clouds. Hugo so shocked and he didn't know what today. "Hugo?" Dominique asked in a small voice. Hugo turned toward her and imminently knew she had seen the same thing.

That's when Lily started to scream. Hugo whipped his head toward her. She was curled into a ball and covering her ears. A few passengers turned and stared, but Hugo didn't care. "Lily, what wrong?" Hugo asked' setting his hand on her leg. She was as cold as ice. "There in my head, Hugo. There in-" She was cut off by James, who had turned around. "Oh, did Hugo see another dragon?" James mocked. Then he saw Lily and his expression softened. "Lily, what wrong?" he asked, his voice full of concern. "James, there in my head. I can't get them out. Help me! Help-"

A jolt went through Lily's body and she collapsed. But just as quickly as it happened, Lily opened her eyes, but they weren't their usual green. They were pure gold. Lily stood up in a trance. "The son of Jupiter must pay. The son of Jupiter must pay." Lily repeated it, but is wasn't Lily's voice. It was heavy and raspy and very masculine.

"The son of Jupiter must die." Not-Lily said. Lily pulled out her wand. 'Lily, stop!" Hugo said as he put his hand on her shoulder. She was so cold, Hugo retreated in surprise She started to move towards Hugo. "James, what's going on?" Hugo said trying to keep the panic out of his voice. "I don't know," James said, obviously frightened, "Lily, snap out of it. Lily!" Lily turned towards James. "The son of Jupiter must die. You cannot stop me, nobody can."

Lily pointed the wand at a blond-haired boy in the back. "Lily, what are you doing?" Hugo yelled. The boy acknowledged Lily, and he seemed to notice the severity of the situation. "Lily, stop!" Hugo yelled in desperation. "Avad-" Lily started the curse. "Leave her." A voice commanded from behind Lily. Lily turned toward the voice. "Leave her!" the voice repeated with force. Another shudder went through Lily's body. Then she collapsed into Hugo's arms.