Chiron had called me and Annabeth into the war council room. I just hoped that this wasn't a quest.
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but I have another quest for just you two," Chiron told us.
We both groaned. Ignoring us Chiron continued.
"You will have to travel back in time to 1991. You will be helping a boy named Harry Potter,"
Why did that name sound so familiar? Unless he was in a history book and Annabeth brought him up I didn't think I had ever heard his name.
"You will also be eleven. And you will have temporary magic that involves a wand," Chiron explained to us.
Temporary magic that involves a wand? This was weird. Time travel, too? This was even weirder.
"How are we going to time travel?" Annabeth asked.
"We are going to use some of my temporary magic," Chiron explained.
Chiron is going to have temporary magic, too? This was getting weirder and weirder.
"You guys are going to a school called Hogwarts. You are going to be 11 again and have an accent because Hogwarts is in Britain. You cannot act like you are dating because 11 year olds didn't date at that time," Chiron explained a little more. "You must befriend Harry Potter and help him to defeat Voldemort. Voldemort is more commonly known as You-know-who."
"But, why do they call him that?" I asked.
"You of all people, Percy, should know that names have power," he explained.
What was going on? Was this a prank planned by Annabeth because she seemed so normal, like she had done this before. I wondered if Chiron could be kidding.
"Annabeth, Percy, take my hand," Chiron said.
We grabbed his hand and I felt like I was going to throw up. Everything was a blur of light. When we were out of the blur I doubled over and threw up. Only, I felt shorter.
"What's going on?" I asked and laughed at my own voice.
"Percy why do you have an accent?" Annabeth asked me, laughing at her own voice.
I got up and looked at Annabeth. She was shorter.
"Where are we and how long are we going to be here?" I asked. "Also Annabeth, Chiron said we were going to have accents,"
"We are at a place called Diagon Alley," Chiron told us. "Although, you'll be here for 7 years, you will go back to the same time you left,"
"Ok, that's just weird even for us," I said still laughing at my voice.
"Oh I almost forgot," Chiron said pulling something out of a bag. "Your school lists. Oh, and here is some money. The gold ones are galleons, the silver ones are sickles and the bronze ones are knuts."
Chiron gave us the lists and in the wave of a hand he was gone. The school lists were weird. It said:
First-year students will require:
Uniform
Three Sets of Plain Work Robes (Black)
One Plain Pointed Hat (Black) for day wear
One Pair of Protective Gloves (dragon hide or similar)
One Winter Cloak (Black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all student's clothes should carry name-tags at all times.
Books
The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
Other Equipment
1 Wand
1 Cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set of glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set of brass scales
Students may also bring an Owl, a Cat or a Toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS.
The list was really weird. I mean a cauldron? Wait, I want an owl!
"Annabeth, we have to get owls!" I said.
"Percy, that's last on our list," she said. "We'll get those last,"
"Fine."
First on our list was uniforms. We asked a kid with a scar like a lightening bolt if he knew where to get uniforms.
"No," he said. "But, me and Hagrid are going to get some now, if you want to come."
"Sure," I said. "I'm Percy and this is Annabeth,"
"Nice to meet you, Percy," he reached out to shake my hand. "And Annabeth. My name's Harry."
After we both shook his hand we started to walk.
"Percy," Annabeth whispered to me. "This is Harry Potter."
"I know," I whispered back.
When we got to where we were heading I saw a giant. He was buying ice cream.
"Here you go, Harry," the giant said handing Harry ice cream. "Oh, and I see you found some friends."
"Yes," he replied. "This is Percy and Annabeth, Percy, Annabeth, this is Hagrid."
"Well, how do you do?" asked Hagrid chuckling.
"Good." me and Annabeth both said shaking his hand.
"Hagrid, they need to get to Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions," Harry told him. "Can we show them the way?"
"Yeah come along," he said still chuckling.
We walked and turned a bunch of corners.
"Here we are. Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions." Hagrid said.
The outside was nice with a glass window displaying some robes for Hogwarts. We walked inside and there was a boy being fitted for his robes. He fixed us with a cold, dark glare. The boy was so pale he looked like he had never seen the light of day. His eyes were dark they looked almost black. His hair was so blonde it was almost white.
They took us to the back to get fitted for our robes. That's when I saw someone who looked oddly familiar.
"Jason?" I asked.
He looked at me for a second, then laughed.
"Percy! Nice to see you again," he said laughing. "See Camp Half-Blood sent you guys here, too."
"Yeah," Annabeth said.
"Annabeth?" he asked
"That's me." she replied proudly.
We talked and we told Jason what Chiron told us.
"Wow," he said. "Camp Jupiter didn't even tell me anything, they just sent me here and told me to find you guys."
"How long have you been looking for us?" Annabeth asked.
"A couple of days now." he answered.
"They should've sent you at least on the same day as us," I said frowning. "But, I guess they wanted you to get to know the wizarding world first."
"Yeah, I guess so." He said.