Sorry about the (slightly) late update, and about how short the chapter is. I wasn't really sure how to write this chapter, so its kinda a filler. The next is going to be much longer, and it will hopefully be out before the First of September. No guarantees, but thats my goal. Hope you like it!

- To Anomaly: Thank you for your awesome review! I do plan on spreading them out in the houses, as well as Ron commenting about Nico. I see what you mean for the demigods already at Hogwarts, and I like that too, though I don't know if I am going to have all the ones you suggested be demigods. And I'm probably going to have them be unaware that they are Demigods, until someone points it out, 'cause i think it works a little better in the story.

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Percy POV

I woke up before my alarm went off that morning. I sat up in bed and yawned, before checking the time. 6:54, the clock read. I sighed at it tiredly before kicking off the covers and hopping out of bed. I scrounged my cabin for a clean camp T-shirt and headed down to the dining pavilion, grabbing a piece of toast and then heading of to the arena.

When I arrived, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, and surprisingly Leo were already there. While we waited for the others to arrive, I did somewhat of a mental recap.

Okay, I thought, wizards. There are wizards. And they go to a school named after pigs' acne. Got it.

I hadn't gotten very far by the time the rest of the group had arrived. I was glad to note that I was not the only one who still looked half asleep. We stood there for a moment, not doing anything when a bright light flashed on the side of the arena. When the light died down, a woman was standing there.

As we all bowed, I took in her appearance. She had long, silky black hair, and eyes kind of like Piper's, ever-changing. She had porcelain skin and was wearing a long white Greek chiton. She gazed over each of us in turn, taking a long time on Hazel, before speaking.

"I am Hecate," she said as we rose. "I have come to bless and train you in magic."

We all nodded, waiting to be told what to do.

"Line up, and I will bless you. Single file, please." She said calmly as she watched us scurry into a line. When we had finished, she walked up to Hazel, who happened to be first in line.

"It is good to see you again Hazel," Hecate said to her.

"It is an honor seeing you again as well." Hazel squeaked out. "Umm…can I ask a question?" she asked meekly.

"Yes?" Hecate said, a slight smile on her face.

"Will this magic be anything like what I learned to do with the mist?" she asked.

"I'm afraid not." Hecate replied. "The type of magic you are going to learn now, takes on many different forms, and is channeled with a wand."

Hazel nodded in response as she tried not to look down at her shoes. Hecate then stepped forward and laid a finger on Hazel's forehead. It glowed for a second, before Hecate pulled it away. Hazel closed her eyes and shuddered, and then stepped out of the line as Jason stepped forward to receive his blessing.

When I reached the front of the line, I took a deep breath and waited for Hecate's blessing to come. I felt her finger touch the center of my forehead, and a strange sensation went through my body. It was like my body was completely numb, but was being poked by thousands of tiny needles. I shivered.

Once everyone had received their blessing, we looked to Hecate for more instruction.

"Now as I mentioned before, for this magic you will need a wand. I have asked each of your parents for a little help creating all of yours," she said, snapping her fingers. A stick, which I assumed to be my wand, appeared in my hands. I turned it over, running my fingers along the smooth wood before I noticed a tag.

It read '11 ¾ in., Beechwood, hippocampi hair core'. I figured that the others had read the tags as well seeing as Thalia had yelled out "Pine, really!" getting the ones who knew of her transformation to snigger.

Hecate made a slight cough and we all looked back to her.

"Each of your wands is different from one another, and using one not your own will prohibit your spell casting from its full potential. While at Hogwarts, they are your most valuable weapons. Now, before I start with basic spells, are there any questions?" she asked

Leo, to all our surprise, raised his hand. Hecate nodded for him to speak.

"Ummm…yeah, does this thing catch on fire?" he asked, his tone ever so slightly nervous. Hecate's mouth quirked into a small smile.

"See for yourself." She said.

Leo took a deep breath and set his hand ablaze, screwing his eyes shut and expecting the worst. However, when he didn't hear the sound of crackling wood, he opened a curious eye and looked at the wand. When it didn't burn, his eyes widened to the size of saucers. He excitedly turned to Frank.

"You should turn your life stick into one of these!" he exclaimed.

Frank looked shocked for a moment as the rest of us (well, the rest of us minus Nico and Annabeth) collapsed into silent giggles. After a moment we composed ourselves, and stared straight at Hecate, awaiting instructions on how to actually cast a spell.

"To cast a spell, you must wave the wand in the correct motion as well as saying the spell. The first spell I will teach you is lumos, which is a spell that brings light."

She waved her wand and said 'lumos', causing the end of her wand to light up. I shrugged and tried it myself. On the third try, the end of my wand light up and I had to stop myself from dropping it in surprise. I looked around to see how the others were handling magic.

Annabeth already had a bright glow coming from the tip of her wand, to no ones surprise, as well as Hazel, Piper, and Leo. Jason seemed to be having trouble and kept muttering to himself in between tries. Nico and Frank seemed to have faint glows coming from their wands, though Thalia's wand did not seem to want to cooperate. She could get it to light up, but after a few seconds it would fizzle out, leaving a very annoyed Thalia.

Once we had all for the most part mastered lumos, we moved on to spells like wingardium leviosa, alohamora and lacarnum inflamarae. By the end of the day, all of us were exhausted, but we had all gotten pretty good at all the first year spells. We all said thank you to Hecate and went back to our cabins.

I flopped on my bed, not bothering to change my clothes and quickly sunk into a dreamless sleep.


Hecate looked different in Son of Magic (from the demigod diaries) and House of Hades, so I just went with the HoH look. If you liked it please tell me what you thought in a review!

-TC