Disclaimer: I, AmbushImagine, hereby claim that do not own the Harry Potter/Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus series, and they belong to authors Joanne Rowling and Rick Rordan,
Story setting: The second book of the triology, takes place during 'Half-Blood Prince'. The Second Giant War has already been won.
Things you must expect: This story is Nico-centric, although several demgod appearances will take place as well. The plot of the Harry Potter series is followed in basis of character death and injury. In this series, Nico and the demigods will have to interaction nor intention of killing Tom Riddle- anything that Harry does will reman the same, and he won't loose any limelight. I have no personal intention of making the demgods seem more heroic than wizards.
Update schedule: About once every week, or every other week.
Full Summary: With the Hecate kids gone on a quest to search for their missing mother, Camp Half-Blood has n headstart on the magical monsters that seemed to attack them- the protective boarders are weakening, and the Golden Fleece can only hold it together for so long. Nico, however, has more problems as he heads for his second year at Hogwarts. A poisoning, a death, and strangely new-found talent. But thing only get out of hand even more when a demigod at Camp Half-Blood gets poisoned by a particularly nasty magical creature- the last one Nico expected. And what's worse? With the Hecate campers gone, no one but Nico's capable of making a cure.
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FOLLOWING FIVE CHAPTERS:
Prologue
Chapter 1- An Ideal Birthday Present
Chapter 2-Summer at Privet Drive
Chapter 3-The Sixth Year Prefect
Chapter 4-Watch out Diagon Alley- here come the Stolls!
Chapter 5- Return to Hogwarts
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'Nico at Hogwarts (Year 6): More Than a Half-Blood Prince'
Chapter 1: And Ideal Birthday Present
Nico felt very, very misplaced in a crowded shop. With the Stoll brothers, no less. It wasn't anything personal, really, Nico even kinda liked Travis and Connor, but there was no doubt they weren't the best company to have around. One of the reasons why, was their discreet prank scheming, which unnerved Nico to no small amount, but besides that and a few natural flaws, they were not too bad. Although he would have picked someone else out of the demigods of Camp Half-Blood/Jupiter- Reyna, Percy, Annabeth, most of the seven (Hazel was still his little sister, no matter how many goddesses she'd fought...he just liked thinking of it that way. It wasn't like shopping was dangerous, but she was spending time with Frank anyway, so that kind of ruled out both options) or even Thalia if she was around. Will was a definite option, too, but Chiron had insisted on two more campers that wouldn't have too strong of a scent and end up attracting a swarm of monsters. And from that category, Aphrodite, Hermes, and Hypnos were the only cabins that fit. As much as Nico was on good terms with Clovis and his cabin-mates at the Hypnos cabin, he wasn't keen on having a 'quest mate' (if this even counted as a quest) literally asleep on their feet, which was a habit most of the Hypnos kids had come into. He didn't think a snoring demigod would be much help during an ambush, either. Aphrodite was not even an option. He didn't trust any of them to not squeal or not stop by any corner shop for new shoes or such besides Piper. So Nico was left with the Hermes cabin- after making sure he had no other choice, the son of Hades had taken the Stoll brothers. Partly because they had begged him to- Travis and Connor had been pen-pals with Fred and George Weasley since last year's November (the Stolls would be accompanying him to Diagon Alley, too) , and they were quite keen to meet them, and partly because he'd gotten the Stolls to swear on the Styx they would leave Nico and the Hades cabin out of their pranks for the next decade (if he lived that long).
Travis and Connor had exchanged looks, then looked at Nico.
"Half a decade." Travis had said, his eyes narrowed.
"Three-quarters of it!" Nico shot back, quite desperate at that time.
"Third of a decade, then." Connor had added. "Two years...I'm not even sure that's considered third a decade, but Travis and I aren't concerned for our math. Wait...yep, that'd be fifth a decade. You're lucky." Nico had raised a challenging eyebrow, then shrugged. It was better than no deal at all. At least he knew he wouldn't be part of next Christmas' prank-wave.
So that was why Nico and the Stolls were walking through a crowded gift shop called 'Buyin' All the Odds' which had about everything 'odd' you could think of. There was a collection of polished Ferris wheels in miniature structures, tiny statues of everything from the Statue of Liberty to one of SpongeBob in an batman suit. There was a Bill Gates figurine, like the kind with large, nodding heads, right above the shelves that had a variety of all-occasion candles- birthday ones with numbers, Valentine's Day ones heart-shaped or with couples, and even one candle that for some reason said, 'I SCHOOLED THE NOOBS'. Nico didn't know if gift-shops were supposed to look like that, but when he turned to a corner with wedge-shape punching gloves hung on it, he was beginning to have doubts about coming there. Nico didn't know why, but he felt obliged to pick Harry's gift himself rather than order it or ask someone else. It was time to put himself to the challenge- he knew what all his friends liked. Will would love one of "Simple Plan's" many albums (Nico had figured that out after getting Will to stop denying it furiously). Percy definitely wouldn't say no to any candy product that was blue, although half the entire Camp knew he was 'not-secretly-anymore' obsessed with the classic James Bond films. Piper liked anything that her siblings hated, and Nico knew for a fact Jason would be over the moon if he somehow managed to get him a flying broom (not that he needed it, but it would probably be fun for him to fly without having to exhaust himself). Leo was a fan of the flaming chili Cheetos, only second to his the infamous Fonzies, and Nico also heard him say a flaming electric saw would be ideal, though he was sure Leo wasn't exactly serious about that. At least he hoped so. Frank was one for simple gifts that took effort to be made- a carved fluted out of wood, or a put-together amulet- anything hand-made and special. To him, it didn't matter what the gift was- it mattered how much work the person who'd given it to him put into it. Hazel had a pretty unhealthy love for chicken nuggets, but since she could have them anytime she wanted, Nico thought she'd much prefer some quiet family get together, like how they'd watched that holographic-movie of the Man in The Iron Mask last Christmas with mugs of hot chocolate. Annabeth's gift was simple- books, books, and anything having to do with books. Although those construction structures for famous building weren't bad ideas, too. Reyna was much harder, but in the end, the praetor of New Rome wanted nothing but the feeling of normality Nico felt she truly deserved- she would accept anything, really, but Nico found that she was fond of German chocolate cakes. Grover was a big fan of Jessie McCartney, while Thalia rivaled him by her love for Green Day- a few top-hit songs from each band, and both them would be Hedge? Give him anything sharp and he'll gladly accept. These were pretty much the only demigods/satyrs he bothered to gift much- he'd be damned if he ever thought of giving the Stolls anymore Weasley products, he didn't think the camps would stay standing.
All in all, Nico felt really proud of himself for putting together what his friends liked, it make him feel like he knew them well. He had a pretty good idea what his magical friends liked as well...Hermione liked pretty much the same things as Annabeth, expect instead of a rebellious head-dive into architecture, Hermione was headed for the more logical and witty-worded path of politics- the girl could easily persuade people. Anything (unless it had to do with Quidditch) would catch Hermione's interest as long as it captured true facts and strayed away from scandals and lies. Like Annabeth, she was a strict calculator and looked ahead, but unlike the daughter of Athena, she was not the strategic one, but rather simply steady-minded and ready for what was to come by taking precautions- yes, Hermione was definitely going to make a home in the area of law and politics in general some day. Ron was perhaps the easiest to gift- just give him anything related to Quidditch- but Ron, Nico knew, was also an amazing strategist. He was smart- but just not where he most needed his wit to be. Although Quidditch equipment would be an ideal present, a new wizarding-chess set, say, would be welcome, too. Luna, whom Nico only really got to know during the end of last year, was the complete opposite of Hermione in most things- she was quite ready to believe the unbelievable,which proved both useful and endearing at times, but her love for exotic creatures made Nico know for a fact that she would enjoy theories and sightings of magical creatures throughout the ages. Neville was easy- that boy was a Herbology prodigy, and anything related to the subject would lighten him up. Nico's ADHD brain wandered off and he imagined sending Draco Malfoy a box of especially poisonous Doxy's that year for Christmas. He smiled, but reminded himself to continue his train of thought. Yes, Harry was the difficulty- Nico thought he had a pretty good idea what to give him, but he wanted to be original.
Half the Hecate campers had stacked gifts for the Boy-Who-Lived before leaving (they were probably looking ahead because they were gone about an hour after Nico, Percy, and Jason's arrival) and some of the campers did, too. Percy got him his mom's famous blue cookies when Nico told him about Harry's cousin having a strict diet (a piece of information he'd gained from Ron), reflecting sympathy. Jason, who was at the moment sharing Percy's OCD (Obsessive Competitive Disorder) didn't like his cousin beating him at anything, and had heard Harry was nice, so he sent him a coat literally made of non-condensed rain-water.
"What's the point of wearing it?" Nico remembered asking him with a raised eyebrow. "If it's made on rain drops, I mean. Wouldn't that make him cold?" Jason had just shrugged.
"It's supposed to have the opposite function." he said nonchalantly. "You know, instead of warming you in the winter, it cools you in the summer." Jason paused to grin proudly. "Get it?"
"Uh, huh..."
Leo had thrown in a pair of fire-proof gloves that Calypso helped him weave, but he whispered that it was pretty much anything-proof since Leo had covered the palm-area with rare Nemean-Lion hide.
The Hecate cabin sent good-luck notes, telling Harry they expected the best and knew he could do it, and Nico had to shake his head. He knew that would only probably make Harry feel worse. Half the other gifts were late-valentines from Aphrodite kids which Leo helped him burn. No one would no why the bonfire was abnormally larger that day when they were sitting around the camp-fire, roasting s'mores.
Nico was pondering on this, trying to think of a good gift as he eyed the Ferris wheels carefully- the Stolls were looking at the confetti-cylinders with mischievous grins, probably too busy to offer Nico any help in gift choice. Not that he'd expected them to be any help, anyway. He was distracted by the sound of a feminine voice scolding someone in an exasperated tone.
Nico, out of curiously, moved his heard toward the sort of a sound- a mother was chiding her son, who looked close to tears, severely. He couldn't make everything she said out, exactly, but she was going on about growing up and not being immature. As she walked away, Nico saw two sets of something he'd never thought about since forever. He felt hs face heat over suddenly- loathe as he may admit it, he'd just found what he thought was a perfect birthday present.
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"Wow," Frank breathed. "I can't believe you're giving him...that."
Nico had to stop the blush from creeping into his face- he knew it was childish, really, but the second he saw it, he knew it was the perfect present, and he realized what Harry wanted- something of a childhood. A memory. Something hard to obtain. And Nico had gotten it.
"That's just...hypocritical." Frank said bluntly, shaking his head and folding his arms disapprovingly. Hazel giggled. "Just last year you were going on about how stupid it was, and now you buy Harry a set for his birthday?!" the son of Mars said disbelievingly, his face screwed up, making him seem remarkably immature for his age.
"Things have changed," Nico muttered. Will sarcastically patted him on the shoulder.
"I'm sure they have." he said, though he looked like he was suppressing laughter. Annabeth rolled her eyes at them, while Percy had a small smile on his face- for once, it looked sincere rather than sarcastic.
"We're not having a council meeting to argue about birthday presents you're all giving to a kid most you don't know." Annabeth snapped, standing up abruptly- her blonde was a little more ruffled than usual, and there were dark lines under her eyes- she looked like she hadn't slept well, and Nico might had been imagining it, but her arm was squeezing around Percy's waist a tad more tighter than necessary, too.
"I must agree with Annabeth," came Chiron's reply- but his eyes lingered on Annabeth in worry. "We have come here to discuss what we are to do about the boarders of camp- the Fleece can only protect us so much."
Annabeth let out a breath and threw Chiron a grateful look as she sat back down. The other cabin counselors were a little too scared to say anything, until Will cleared his throat.
"Well, we know that the Hecate kids have gone to look for their missing mother, Hecate, but what we don't know is where she is. And according to Nico, the last order Hecate gave them was apparently, to go fixing stuff in the British Monarchy of Magic."
"Ministry." Nico corrected. "And I've done my research- I'd consider myself average at Care of Magical Creatures, but I don't know half of these things- they must be either illegal cross-breeds no one knew existed, or creatures so dangers that they're not studied."
"Both of the options awfully stink, for the record." Travis Stoll supplied helpfully.
"And we have not idea at all how to fight and kill them, as Celestial Bronze and Imperial Gold are about as damaging as Percy's panda pillow-pet-"
Percy, aghast, opened his mouth to protest, but Connor just continued-
"-and Nico's made it clear we can't get Stygian Iron-" Nico nodded firmly-
"-so weapons aren't really useful. So. Anyone have any ideas?" Connor completed. The Big House was in complete silence for a few moments.
"You stole my pillow-pet! I-I mean, it's not mine- I-I gave it to Annabeth and- and-..." Percy trailed off. He dropped the accusing finger he had been pointing at the Stolls, ad his face heated up. A series of snorts and groans escaped the campers as Percy reluctantly sat down.
"That's beside the point, bro." Jason said, patting Percy's shoulder sympathetically. "Where's Pipes when we need her...That girl can really hit well."
"She's locked herself in the Aphrodite Cabin." Lacy said cheerfully, hopping up and down. For some reason, since Piper and everyone else in Aphrodite refused to show up, Lacy volunteered.
"Why?" Mirinda Gardiner asked curiously.
"Oh, her sixteenth birthday's next week, you know?" she said rather conversationally. "Mum charmed her into a Victoria's Secret swim-suit, and she can't get it off, so now she's too embarrassed to go out!" She said that with a crazy smile on her face, as if Piper in a Victoria's Secret suit was the weirdest thing she had even heard of.
The guys around the table started sputtering and blinking while the girls looked up at the ceiling- whether trying to imagine Piper in such clothing, or evading Jason's eyes, Nico couldn't tell.
"TMI, Lacy." Pollux said, shaking his head. "TMI." Lacy was oblivious to his words. Reyna, who looked annoyed at Lacy's lack of respect for privacy, cleared her throat.
"If I may," she began."I don't want to interrupt this very important conversation about panda plushies and Aphrodite's clothing choice, but if I remember right, we were previously discussing how to stop the monster which are currently trying to slay everybody in Camp Half-Blood as we sit back defenseless."
Nico couldn't help but feel impressed at Reyna's ability to shut everyone up- it was quite effective, really. He wondered if the praetor could teach him.
"Eh, right." Pollux said sheepishly. "Sorry. But-but I was thinking, well, we could maybe...maybe have, like, a few people keeping guard by the boundaries- take it in shifts, you know? And then we can have the tree nymphs alert us if they sense any monsters near by."
Reyna blinked, her angry reigning itself slowly. She sat down. "That...that's actually not a bad idea. I guess that's all we've got, for now."
Chiron sighed through his nose. "Indeed. That does seem like an appropriate choice. Good job, Pollux." Pollux grinned smugly- it was hard to smuggle a praise past Chiron.
The old centaur continued speaking. "But you must know something else- I ask you not to give this away to the rest, since it will cause panic, but it is not only our Camps that are targeted- my...Relatives have also been having trouble."
"Who? The Party Ponies?" Percy asked.
Chiron raised an eyebrow, but did not deny it. "It appears that the entire Greek and Roman worlds are clashing with the Magical ones. The- ah, Party Ponies, as you call them, are away in Hawaii to evade the monsters."
"How does being in Hawaii stop monsters?" Annabeth asked, raising in eyebrows.
"I don't think it does," Jason reasoned. "But think about it- Hawaii. Those parties in grass skirts around the fire, the juices they have in sliced coconut shells and there's not problem in staying up late."
"Point taken, bro." Percy said, nodding. Nico, however, felt a sort of bell ringing in his head, but he couldn't make a connection to the Party Ponies going to Hawaii.
Chiron pursed his lips, the way he would when he knew something dangerous. "The venti are sheltering near Nepal, too. The presence of magical creatures disturbs their atmosphere. It is very worrying."
"Well, don't wizards have some sort of equivalent to the mist?" Hazel asked. "It won't affect mortals, will it?"
"No," Chiron agreed. "It will not. But it will affect us and the way we live."
"But why?" Leo, who had been surprisingly silent, asked. It was as if he was thinking the conversation through."Why us? I mean, why do those hocus-pocus thingies drive us and pretty much everything Greek and Roman coo-coo, but we can't drive them off the hammer, too?"
"You know, that's a good question." Nico admitted. "I haven't seen any Greek- or Roman monster outside of Hogwarts, and I had been to their Forbidden Forest."
"We...need to look into that." said Frank, swallowing.
An uncomfortable silence had suddenly enveloped the room.
RRs:
Kerowyn: Thanks! Well...I don't know. Maybe I have less obligations cause I'm younger, or maybe I like to write a lot and type really quick (a con and pro, considering I tend to make mistakes as I type). *Gasp* Once a month?! How do your poor readers manage?
Sure! Oh, btw, I'm not really gonna make it OC free, I just mean OCs won't be much of a presence this time...so you'll get a little chapter with Tskia, just for you. And, sure I'll write a one-shot for you once I get the chance to. And oh, I replied to your other review- added another Chap. to NAH:Year 5 just for review replies. I'd love to have some fanart, too! I'm a terrible artist myself- part of the reason why I'm glad there's more to art than just drawing! Hehee...You didn't have to wait for long, did you?
-Ambs.
-About 7 mins later-
Hi! Just caught your other review:
Ooh, you get sun burns? I tan. But I really hate the sun sometimes- here in Egypt, the whether changes so abruptly it's ridiculous!
When you talk like that, you make me even more jealous of my dad, who's in America, the paradise of books. I wish I could follow him already- living in Egypt is so weird. I've only been here since last August. I've tried getting books here, trust me, I did, but half of their books are in Arabic, which I got better at reading, but not really. It hurts my eyes sometimes- the words are so close together! And the only library which has a fair chance of having decent books is far from where we live, and I don't think mom would agree to a three-hour or so drive just to buy me books
Well, Lord of the Rings sure does sound good...my friends had me try to watch the Hobbit, but I got bored after five minutes. It's not fun when you don't know what's going on. Yeah...I don't know anyone of those, but Sean Bean has a cool name, so the movies are probably good!
Is it that weird to update on time? *Blink* Weird...I admit I slouch off sometimes, and I get more than a little lazy now and then, but I always manage to update on, or before due time. Just a habit, really. And..Wyn. *Wince* Well, there are better name choices, I'll go with that!
Hehehehe. You're really funny. I mean it. No, as far as I know, Tskia hasn't been eating ice cream out of bins or reading Harry/Hermione fanfics. And...I don't know if he killed people, but you can ask the ghost of that guy over there- I think I saw a suspiciously familiar red head accidentally kill him. You know, if Discworld is as awesome as you say it is, then I might give it a try! I know how awesome it would be to feel that way, really. If it means anything to you, then it does to me!
Anime...Hmm, I miss it. But I only watch a bit- One Piece, Connan the Detective dude, and of course, Death Note (I'm a fan of anything that's got Alessandro Juliani in it...Expect maybe Transformers: Beast Machines. I honestly just don't get the point of that show) but nothing else. So, yeah, Hiakus! But I'm honestly too bothered to keep watching over the syllables.
Oooh... good idea! Or just use a Homeno Revelio (I think that's the incantation) or actually use the flour idea, and then just Scourgify it or...Why does the book have to be invisible anyway? Seriously! Wait, how are they even supposed to read it? That's too complicated. I guess they just thought it was ironic- I bet the authors of the IBOI and MBOM are best buddies.
Cool! I'm a Ravenclaw! At least that's what Pottermore said. Get me a new house mate, will you?
Thanks for reviewing!
-Ambs.