Authors note: Hey guys, so as most of you know this is the rewritten version of my other story "Who's the New Guy?". Most of the things will stay the same, but it will hopefully be written better with more depth and description. Also, feel free to add suggestions and ideas in the reviews; I will take them into consideration. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the story.
Parings: All canon and one-sided Percy/Hermione.
*Important* So, as some of you know "Blood of Olympus" was not what I was expecting…in other words, I ABSOLUTELY HATED IT! It was just a colossal disappointment; therefore I will continue to pretend that I didn't read it (I'm just not a fan of Reyna and Nico to begin with and since 98% of the book was about them I couldn't get behind it). Hence things that happen in my fiction story happened in my original version and not in the actual book. Sorry if I offended some of you but that's just my thoughts on the matter. For me there is no "Blood of Olympus" the series ended with "House of Hades". Also, I will never write Nico/Will as a couple, I'm actually not a fan of Nico being with anyone at his age (Again, just my opinion) so please don't ask. I have nothing against the ship I just want nothing to do with it.
Chapter One:
Who Thought the Name Hogwarts Sounded Good Anyways?
"Do you give up yet, Jackson?" Jason taunted as his sword clashed against Percy's in a brilliant spark of bronze and gold.
"Do I look like the type to just 'give up', Grace?" Percy retorted back. The two of them had been heavily engaged in a sword dance for close to an hour, and both were eagerly battling for the kill.
"Honestly? Yes." Jason smirked, pulling his sword back to spring for another attack.
"As I strongly recall, the score is 55-34," Percy huffed as he swung his sword towards Jason, hoping to knock the boy's weapon away.
Jason laughed as he sidestepped the strike, "More like 55-53. I knew you were dyslexic Percy, but I had no idea you couldn't count either." Jason responded, but he was too busy with his semi clever remark to pay attention to Percy's fast wielding arm. In a matter of seconds, Jason's golden sword clattered to the ground with a small cloud of dirt following it.
Percy laughed as he raised his sword up to Jason's chest. "I win. 56-30" the black hair boy grinned playfully.
With a roll of his eyes and a grumble of "whatever" Jason picked up his dusty sword from the ground while Percy recapped Riptide.
"Hey, idiots!" a surly voice called from behind the boys.
"What?" Jason and Percy questioned at the same time while they spun on their heels to see who called them. Unfortunately the voice belonged to the burly daughter of Ares, Clarisse La rue. Percy sighed at the unwelcomed sight.
She chuckled at the pair of friends, "Nice, you both looked."
"Hello Clarisse, beat up any twelve year olds today?" Percy questioned her, although he knew his comment would get no reaction from the girl. For a while Percy and Clarisse had a unique understanding. They didn't hate each other but they weren't friends either. They both found joy in teasing and fighting with each other. However, that all changed after Percy returned to camp after the war. Clarisse acted as though Percy wasn't even worth her time to beat up anymore. Maybe she thought she was doing Percy a favor or maybe she was scared of him. Percy had no idea which one it was, but both made him feel terrible.
"Clever, did your girlfriend write that one down for you?" She half snorted at him. Well at least it was some sort of reaction Percy thought sullenly.
"Speaking of your girlfriend, she's looking for both of you two." Clarisse said vaguely before she brushed passed both boys and headed towards the practice dummies.
As the war god daughter walked away Percy felt the familiar twist of sadness and confusion in his gut, but he quickly brushed it off when Jason nudged him to leave.
"Come on, let's go find her." Jason said, leading the way out of the arena.
Percy quietly sighed and followed after his friend, turning his back on Clarisse stabbing a dummy to a fluffy death.
OOooOO
It only took the boys a few minutes to locate Annabeth who was tied up in talking to her half-brother Malcolm. Once she saw Percy and Jason she smiled and waved for them to stop and wait.
Percy watched his blond curly headed girlfriend make a few wild hand gestures before she said goodbye to Malcolm and walked over to them.
"Hey," she smiled, "I was just looking for you guys."
Percy wrapped his arm in a natural reaction around her and said "we know, Clarissa told us. What did you need from us?"
"Well I don't need anything from you," She smirked a bit as Percy gave her a playful shoved, "but Chiron needs to see you Percy and Piper's been looking for you, Jason." Annabeth informed them, while taking Percy's hand and pulling him towards the Big House.
"You can find Piper near the stables, Jason. Last I saw she was having an argument with Drew about riding lessons." Annabeth called back to him, while continuing to drag Percy behind her.
Percy heard Jason quietly curse before he dashed off towards the stables. The green eyed hero laughed a bit at his friend and raced to catch up with his fast paced girlfriend.
"Slowdown" he whined, yanking her back a bit, "I'm tired."
Annabeth laughed and rolled her eyes at him, "Well, you're awfully whiny today. Did Jason end up winning?"
"No. For your information he didn't." Percy said proudly.
Annabeth smiled up at him "So, what's the score at now?" she asked as they neared the steps of the Big House.
"56-28. I'm winning of course." He told her happily as they ascended the steps.
She laughed, "You seem like you're in a good mood today."
And just like that the air around Percy seemed to grow thicker. Maybe he was reading too much into Annabeth's comment but Percy started to question every word he said that week. Had he been in a foul mood yesterday? The day before? Or maybe it was…He stopped and decided to let it go.
"Yeah" He laughed a bit. "I beat Jason, got around three hours of sleep, and I'm getting hauled to the Big House by you. Who wouldn't be in a good mood?" He grinned, hoping to keep the conversation light. However, his plan had clearly failed because once Annabeth's foot hit the top step she whirled around and crossed her arms at him.
"Three hours? That's it?" She questioned him sternly. On instinct Percy gulped with a little fear.
"Yeah, about that" he said quietly. Percy really hoped that Annabeth would let this topic go. He really didn't want to go into detail about why he didn't get that much sleep last night.
"Why didn't you tell me? You can't keep going on like this Percy. You need to sleep." Annabeth told him in a matter-of-fact tone.
Percy nodded at her, "I know." He said in a small voice.
Annabeth softened a bit and uncrossed her arms. "Was it nightmares?" she asked.
"No," Percy answered honestly, "I was woken up."
Annabeth's expression became unreadable and her voice became softer, "by whom?" she asked.
Percy shifted from foot to foot awkwardly, "it doesn't matter."
"Percy. Who woke you up?" Annabeth asked again, this time a little more forcefully.
"Malcolm did." Percy told her while he reached for her dangling hands.
There was a brief flash of confusion on Annabeth's face, "Why would he…" she trailed off and thought for a moment, "but I don't remember anything."
Percy shrugged and grabbed her hands, "you weren't really fully awake."
Annabeth's eyes got a little watery but she fought back the tears, "but I asked him to stop doing that." She said in a very small voice.
"And I asked him to keep doing it." Percy smiled at her.
Annabeth sighed and grabbed his shoulders, "you're an idiot."
Percy laughed and wrapped his arms around her waist, "correction. I'm your idiot."
"But you need to sleep, Percy. It's not healthy." She scolded him half-heartedly.
Percy nodded in agreement, "Okay, how about after I'm done with Chiron I'll take a nap. We'll sleep in shifts." He smiled up at her.
"Alright, now you need to get going. I'll see you later." She gave him a quick hug and trudged down the steps away from him.
Percy watched as her blond curls bounced as she walked, he sighed and pushed open the door to the Big House.
OOooOO
The wooden door creaked loudly as Percy pushed it open. As he walked into the room he saw the half stallion hero trainer shuffling some papers at his desk.
"Hello?" Percy called as he entered the room.
Chiron's head shot up at Percy's voice. He smiled kindly and said, "Ah Percy, I'm glad you're here. Please come and sit."
As Percy walked across the squeaky wooden floor he started to have some serious Déjà vu. He felt as though he was twelve years old again and he was being called into Mr. Brunner's office to talk about a Latin assignment. Percy passively wondered if he should start apologizing now or after he sat down.
"What's up, Chiron?" Percy asked as he sat down, "anything wrong?"
Chiron's ancient eyes looked the seventeen year old over with some hidden gloom.
"So, I heard that you have been spending some nights in the Athena cabin." He said firmly.
Percy awkwardly shifted in his seat and rubbed his left hand on the back of his neck. "Um, yeah about that…it's not what you think… I was only…"
Chiron gave a small chuckle and raised his hand to cut Percy off, "I understand why you have been in their cabin Percy, I just hope that you are also looking after yourself. I know that it has been a hard few weeks and with your announcement that you're staying year round, I just hope everything is okay."
Percy smiled at his concern, but the boy really didn't want to talk about his troubles to anyone for a while.
"I'm doing fine Chiron, I just need more sleep. I'll take a nap later." Percy said as convincingly as possible.
Chiron nodded and said "good, good." But he didn't seem convinced in the slightest.
"Was that all you needed?" Percy asked starting to get up from his high back chair.
The hero trainer shook his head and waved for Percy to stay sitting, "Regrettably no. There's something very important I need to speak to you about." Chiron said apprehensively as he slowly folded his hands on the scrap paper covered desk. Percy started to become very nervous, he had never seen Chiron tiptoe around a topic like this before.
"Percy, what I'm about to say may be difficult to hear, but I need you to save your questions in till I'm done with my explanation, okay?" Percy said nothing and nodded for Chiron to continue.
"Now," Chiron started, "centuries ago, our world discovered another race of mythical beings known as wizards or mages. They are beings of incredible power with a rich culture that is spread all over the world. Although both our worlds lived in a healthy harmony of separation there were times when we needed to come together to deal with problems too big to handle alone. You see, both the wizarding world and the demigod world are interconnected to each other, like pieces in a puzzle. If one piece is missing, then the larger picture will always be incomplete."
"Wait, but I don't…?" Percy interrupted, but Chiron silenced him with a wave of his hand.
"Please, I understand your confusion but wait until I'm done." Chiron smiled slightly before he continued. "Now, for a while, both worlds kept their distance from each other. They didn't need our help and we didn't need theirs, until a few days ago when I received a message from an old friend of mine. He spoke to me about an evil power arising in their world which is slowly becoming too much for them to handle. My friend is a headmaster at a wizarding school in Scotland called Hogwarts, and he has asked for some help with their problem, which is where you come in, Percy." Chiron said slowly and gently, almost like he was talking to a wild animal that was about to attack.
"Wait," Percy said as his mind raced, "you want me to help the wizard world?"
"Ideally, yes. My friend would like me to send a hero over to his school to get an idea about what's going on in their world. Whoever I send over needs to be able to hide their demigod identity and befriend the wizards. I would that to be you, Percy. I know things have been hard and you deserve a much needed break but you're my first choice for this." Chiron explained to Percy,
"Why me? I can barely sleep for two hours without waking up screaming, you said so yourself. I'm a mess. Why not send someone from Hecate's cabin? I can't even perform magic. I assume "hiding your identity" means fake becoming a wizard. "
"Be that as it may, you're still my first choice to send over. You'll be able to befriend the wizards the best, just like the Romans. And as for the wizarding part, my friend has created a wand that you'll be able to use, converting your godly powers into magic. He has also arranged for one of their best teachers to spend August with you, dedicated to teaching you all about their spells and traditions." Chiron enlightened Percy.
Percy sat staring at Chiron slack jawed for a few seconds before he asked, "would I be gone all year?"
Chiron solemnly nodded, "Yes, and I should tell you that you will be going there alone. It'll be hard enough for you to convince them that you're one of them, sending more would be too risky."
"But would I have to stay hidden all year?" the messy haired boy asked, "Would I ever be able to tell the wizards who I really am?"
Chiron thought for a moment, "You will be able to tell them, when the time is right."
Percy didn't know what to say. He was just so tired. He was tired of getting drag away from his life to clean up someone else's mess, but he was also tired of seeing everyone prance around him like he was a time bomb ready to explode at anything. Percy also knew that Annabeth was not going to be happy about this. She was already worried about him enough and if he was away it would be much harder on her. But on the other hand, if he was gone she would be free of a useless responsibility.
"Alright," he said slowly, "I'm not happy to be shipped off to some Pigpimple school, but I owe you for a lot and if you think I need to go then I'll go."
Chiron smiled proudly at Percy, "Thank you," he said, "I know how hard this is for you."
Percy nodded and stood up, "Can I head out? I should tell Annabeth and get it out of the way."
"Of course, but please get some sleep, your teacher will come tomorrow.
