The Twin Brothers of Power

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Chapter 2: "I'm not actually going to wear this."

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"Now, I assume that you know enough to continue. Hestia and I were just summoned to Olympus. I will be transporting you to a magical shopping place in London, England. It is called Diagon Alley. Once there find Rubeus Hagrid. He knows who and what you are. Do not worry about finding him. He is a rather large man and you notice him." Hecate summoned a bag and reached into it. She pulled out three rings.

"Now to help you on this quest. I had Hephaestus make these rings for me. They are made of mortal gold. They are to be used when one of you is in the face of danger and require assistance. It will drag the others toward your location. Well, I must leave now, so, good luck on your quest." She handed each of them a ring and flashed them away to London.

Now:

Upon arriving in Diagon Alley, Percy looked around for the man who was supposed to come retrieve them. His name was Rubeus Hagrid and Hecate had said that he would be easy to spot in the crowd. He noticed a rather large man with kind eyes looking into the crowd. He seemed to meet Percy's eyes and he tilted his head toward a pub. Percy didn't know if this was Hagrid. But the man's eyes seemed to display a person who was not capable of purposefully causing harm to an innocent person. He had the size, but that their only clue as to whom he might be. And even if he wasn't Hagrid, This man might know how to find Hagrid.

Percy turned to his right to see that Harry and Annabeth had also noticed the man. They all nodded in unison and began to move toward the pub. They moved their way through the wizards and witches.

When they got to their destination, Harry turned to the man. He was probably going to ask who the man was. But Annabeth beat him to the punch.

"Excuse me, sir, would you happen to know where we would be able to find Rubeus Hagrid? " Annabeth asked pointedly. The man's faced seemed to light up at the name.

"Well, I'm Hagrid. So you three must be," he reached into his jacket pocket and fished out a piece of paper, "Percy, Harry, and Annabeth. I'm glad to meet you. The only other demigod I have ever met was the former Potions professor Severus Snape. His father was Hades. Fairly frightening man if you ask me. But he was a great man. He sacrificed his own life to keep Neville safe. I feel bad now for all of those years of hearing people speak terribly of him and not defending him. I think that I'm getting far off topic. I have been known to blabber on when I am feeling nervous. Now, I have the list of your names, but I still don't know which of you is which. Would you mind introducing yourselves before we begin shopping for your supplies?"

Annabeth stepped up and shook his hand. "Mr. Hagrid, I am Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena."

He frowned for a second and that unnerved the trio a bit. "Now don't go saying that kind of thing. I never liked being referred to as Mr. Hagrid. Please just call me Hagrid." His face grew a smile that seemed to have completely erased the memory of the frown.

Harry and Percy stepped up and introduced themselves.

"Well, now that that is taken care of, we should probably move on to getting your supplies. You will each need a wand, a cauldron, plain robes, a plain pointed hat, dragon hide gloves, and a winter cloak. You will also need your books. Of course, I will have your books translated to ancient Greek. A broomstick and a pet are allowed, as you are sixth years."

The trio had varied reactions to the list. Annabeth just seemed to love the opportunity to go to a school, shown by her alarmingly huge smile at the word books. Percy had become appalled at the mention of robes. And Harry was just happy as always. He was glad to be on a quest with his Percy and Annabeth. Well, mainly Annabeth.

Hagrid continued, "Before we can get any of those things we must visit Gringrotts Wizarding Bank. I was told that all of your funds would be held. To insure that you will have a continuous amount for your quest, Percy's pay as a professor will be added to the account when he is paid. Now follow me to the bank and try to not look like it's your first time here. We are taking a shortcut through an alley not far off."

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As they walked, they came upon a tall building with white stairs leading to bronze doors. Hagrid led them up the stairs and there in front of the door was a goblin. The goblin ushered them through the doors. They went through a hallway and arrived at a set of silver doors. On the doors were inscribed these words:

Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.

After reading the inscription, they pushed past the door. Inside there was a large reception area with multitudes of goblins and desks. They went up to a desk and waited for the goblin's attention. His suit had the word Prennet on it. It was possibly his name. He soon noticed them.

The goblin greeted them. "Greetings, sirs and madam, what will be your business with our prestigious bank today?"

Hagrid responded. "We are here to make a withdrawal from an account opened yesterday. The number is 771." Hagrid handed him a key made of gold with a ruby engraved into it.

The goblin rang a bell on his desk and another goblin soon appeared. He handed Prennet a large bowl.

He looked back to the waiting group and began to speak. "I am sorry, but in the case of withdrawing from a vault, I must ask for a blood sample from all four of you."

Prennet handed Hagrid a pin. He pricked his pointer finger and dabbed the blood tipped pin into the bowl, which was now full of a mysterious purple fluid. The liquid turned green and that seemed to be the good response as Prennet nodded as it changed. He dumped the liquid into a wastebasket next to him and handed the pin to Annabeth. Annabeth pricked herself with the pin as Hagrid had. When she dabbed the liquid it again became a green color. After emptying the bowl again, Prennet handed the pin to Harry. Harry went through the observed steps; the liquid became a green color and was dumped into the wastebasket which looked to be bottomless.

Percy received the pin last. He pricked his finger and dabbed the liquid with the pin. But instead of becoming green, the liquid became pure white and began to shine. After it dimmed down, in the middle of the bowl was the word Riddle and the number 121. They recognized it as the name of their supposed grandfather.

Prennet began to cower away from Percy as if he had contracted a deathly plague. Prennet then owed to Percy while trembling possibly in fear. "Lord Riddle." That was all he said before all action within the bank stopped. Everyone in the bank including Hagrid himself moved away from Percy.

The demigods were confused for as to why everyone was acting like they were afraid of Percy.

Prennet moved toward the trio, still in fear. He cleared his throat while thinking of the proper way to approach the situation ahead of him.

"Lord Riddle-", he began, but was cut off by Percy.

My name is Percy. Riddle is the name of my grandfather." He took this moment to explain himself. "The only thing I have received since finding out is pure confusion at what exactly he did. Lady Hec-. My aunt Hecate was never able to inform me of his crimes. I insure you that my brother Harry and I are not bad people." We even saved the world on a couple of occasions, he thought.

Prennet moved closer to Percy again. "I truly apologize Lord Riddle, err, I mean Lord Jackson. We have never been able to prepare for the moment that we would deal with a descendent of Tom Marvolo Riddle. Again I apologize for the actions of my fellow goblins. Now if you will excuse me, I will go grab the keys. Mr. Hagrid had said that you four were here for vault 771. After the visit to that vault, I can personally take you and your brother to vault 121." Prennet stalked away to table and held out in front of it. A small hole appeared in the table. After a few seconds had passed, five keys flew out. Three of the keys were gold with a ruby engraved into it and the other two were silver with an emerald. He handed the three gold keys to Percy, Harry, and Annabeth. He then handed Percy and Harry the silver keys.

Prennet walked toward an elevator and motioned for them to follow. As soon as they were all in Prennet pressed a button on a control panel, and instead of moving, the floor opened up and they fell through. After about a minute, their descent began to slow down and they landed a mining cart. It was large as it was able to hold the five of them securely. Prennet pulled a lever and the cart started to move down a tunnel into a cave. In the huge cave were other carts whizzing past and vaults, some being opened by wizards accompanied by goblins. The cart picked up its pace and proceeded downward. When they got to vault 771, Prennet handed Hagrid back his key. Hagrid went into the vault and came back out a few seconds later with three sacks filled with coins. Prennet pushed the lever again and cart began to go farther down.

Prennet cleared his throat. "The more ancient wizarding houses or those with bountiful riches are held at lower levels with higher security protocols. When they arrived at vault 121, Prennet brought Percy and Harry toward the door. He motioned for Percy's key and opened tried to open the door. It pushed him away with a powerful force that blew right by Percy and Harry. He stood up, unshaken, and straightened out his suit. "As you can see, this particular vault can only be opened by those of the bloodline of the current head of the house of Riddle. That means people who have married into the family will not be allowed in. But your children will one day be allowed access." Prennet handed the key back to Percy.

Harry went forward and opened it. The door opened, and the twins almost fainted. Inside the vault was at least three times the size as it seemed to be from the inside. There were three huge piles of coins. There were also random skeletons that hung from the wall. There were scattered books thrown about the floor. Prennet was lurking about the doorway with a look of déjà vu plastered firmly on his face. Harry and Percy looked around with pure astonishment at the vault. Harry decided to take some of the gold coins. He handed half to Percy and they exited the vault as it magically locked itself from the inside. When they had gotten back into the cart Prennet cleared his throat as a sign that he had something to say. They all turned to him.

"Years ago, many years ago, there was a young woman who had also been allowed into this vault claiming to be the previous lord Riddle's daughter. She must be your mother. Her name was Sally. She had been going by the name of her stepfather at the time. Which is why it was very confusing to the goblins that had worked here then. She was listed under the family of Cantwell but only allowed into this vault."

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When they arrived back in Diagon Alley, Hagrid took them to a bookstore for the sixth year essentials. They already had all of the books there in Greek for Annabeth and Harry. Percy was also given copies in Latin so that he would be able to follow the studies of the other two. They went to another shop and bought cauldrons, quills, inkwells, and the other necessary tools.

Then Hagrid took them to a store to called Madam Makin's Robes for All Occasions. Harry and Annabeth specially picked out ten robes each. Percy just picked out the cheapest ones he could find. They were all multicolored and it even seemed to make Harry ill just from looking at it.

Before they could confirm their purchases, Harry pulled Percy aside. He put his hand on Percy's shoulder and solemnly looked him in the eye. "Okay now, I don't know if you've noticed, but those robes look like shit. Now please just pick out something else out. Aphrodite would have a mental breakdown if she saw you."

"I don't know if you've noticed, but you're acting like your one of her kids. Piper would die if she heard you speaking like this. And just so you know, I'm not actually going to wear this. Robes aren't my thing. These are souvenirs for when we go back to camp."

"But you have to wear a robe. Do you want us to look like outsiders?"

"Did you forget that we do not have British accents? We were raised in America and there is no possible way for us to change ourselves completely before we go to that school tomorrow. Now let's go we have more stuff to buy." Harry decided that it wouldn't be best to press his brother any further. He just groaned deeply in disgust as Percy payed for the robes.

After getting the robes, they went to a pet store. Hagrid said that he would wait outside for them Annabeth got a black cat that she named Minerva. Harry picked a grey owl who he named Optimus Prime. Then when Annabeth told him how stupid that was, he named the owl Achilles. Percy was not sure what he should get. He didn't even know if he wanted a pet. Then he saw her, a Python, her scales were a beautiful shade of blue that really pulled Percy to her. That, and the fact that she was actually talking to him.

"Hey, you there, come to me. Come to me. Come to me! I will make a valuable ally, trust me" He edged closer to her and saw Harry doing the same both in a small trance. She was speaking in low hisses. She was

"Harry, you can hear her too right?" Harry didn't respond but kept walking to her.

"Hey, girl, what's your name?" Harry asked, kind of creepily. He reached for her cage but the store clerk stopped him.

"Excuse me, young man, but she is not to be touched." said the clerk. He seemed to not have noticed the fact that the twins could speak with the snake. "She was found in Arabia last month and she will one day fetch for a high price. But until she is sold she is not to be touched."

Percy stepped up to the cage. He moved to open it and the clerk tried to stop him, but Percy shoved I back. He opened the cage and put his hand out for the snake. She slithered up out her cage and straight to his hand and then to his shoulders and wrapped herself around him. "Okay, now, what is your name?"

Annabeth came to the back to store to check on the two as they were gone for a while. What she saw unnerved her deeply. The clerk was on the floor staring up at Percy with a dumbfound look on his face. Percy had a snake wrapped around his shoulders and was speaking some weird language. And it kind of looked like he was speaking to the snake. And Harry. Harry was just standing there, staring at a cage on the floor. It looked large enough to probably be for the snake.

Percy began to walk to the front of the store as Harry helped the still shocked clerk up to his feet. The clerk shook himself for a second and ran up to Percy. Percy stopped at the register.

The clerk cleared his throat, not to help is speech, but merely to alert Percy of his presence. "Excuse me, but did you not hear me speak to your companion there? That snake there is not for sale. Would you kindly hand it over?" At that Percy snapped. He turned to the salesman and gave him a glare that would truly scare Tartarus.

"She is not an it!" thundered Percy. "Her name is Laura!" Percy looked to the newly named Laura for approval on the given name.

After a heartfelt speech on the humane treatment of animals and how it would pay off in the long run, Percy, Harry, and Annabeth left the pet store. It would be many days later that the clerk would come to the realization, that they did not pay for Laura. As they went outside, Hagrid greeted them and told them that there was one final stop to make.

It was called Ollivanders (I honestly thought that it would be spelled with an apostrophe, but from what I've found, it's not). Upon entering the store, the quartet glanced at the far wall blocked by a mountain of boxes, presumably filled with wands. Then there was a rather loud cough and an aging man jumped through the mountain. He saw the three demigods with Hagrid and squealed in delight, slightly unnerving them. He strolled to them very hastily and giddily.

"It has been oh so long since I have had demigods in my store. It is a pleasure to meet you, I am Garrick (Yeah, I didn't know that) Ollivander. But I am called Mr. Ollivander. And hello Hagrid, it seems this is the second time that you have brought some special people here." Before Hagrid could say anything in response, Ollivander continued. "If you don't mind I would love to guess your parentage."

He stepped near Annabeth and she instinctually stepped back from the creepy old man. He saw that and smiled and she just took two steps back this time.

"Young lady, there is no reason to feel uneasy. Oh, I see now. Greek, daughter of Athena, Those calculating grey eyes are merciless in their gaze. I should be the one backing away from you. I got just the wand for you."

He stalked back toward his destroyed makeshift mountain and shuffled around it and one point it seemed that his hand had been consumed by the boxes. After a few seconds of agonizing waiting, not something done often when you have ADHD, he pulled a box out and walked over and handed it to Annabeth. She opened the box, was a pure white wand.

"This one is extremely special; it is one of the few in stock not made of wood. This is made of a Drakon bone that one your half-siblings defeated forty years ago. He left this for me in his will and I worked six straight days to enchant it. I used an enchanted piece of metal from Talos as the core. I sincerely hope that you find it acceptable. And since I frightened you with my appearance, it will be discounted in price."

Annabeth moved the wand a bit, as instructed by Hecate. The wand emitted a bright white light and shrunk and curled into a ring on her finger. The diamonds on the ring were in the shape of an owl.

"Oh, this very wonderful, thank you, mister Ollivander."

"You are very welcome. It is the least I could do for my fellow demigods. Now, I'm not the direct child of a god, but I am a legacy of Isis. The Egyptian goddess of magic, very ironic, so to say."

He then rapidly turned to Percy and Harry. "Also Greek. Sons of Poseidon. You have that mischievous look to you and not only brothers but twins. Extraordinary! Truly extraordinary! Oh well wait here" he went off behind a few shelves and came back with a blue box. He handed it to Percy first. Percy waved the wand and his pants spontaneously combusted. As he put it out, Ollivander handed the wand to Harry.

Harry waved the wand and water poured from the tip and the wand began to glow. Harry was chosen by the wand. "What's it made of, Mr. Ollivander?"

"It is Atlantean marble, created by your father and given to my family many years ago. I believe that makes two woodless wands sold today. The core is made of a Pegasus feather."

Then he looked back at Percy as if studying him. He poked Percy's shoulder and even rolled up his pants leg. And then he jumped up in apparent delight. He ran, or more like quickly paced, to the back and came out with another box. He handed the box to Percy.

Percy waved the wand and his pants were fixed as if they weren't just recently on fire. And then the wand glowed like Harry's. Percy looked to Ollivander. The look itself, asked his question.

"It is made of yew and it has a phoenix feather core. This wand was once held by a vile man. He has been vanquished and the boy who defeated him holds the twin of this wand."

Annabeth stepped up to Ollivander. "Sir, is this Voldemort's wand? Or actually, was this Voldemort's wand?" She asked while pointing at the wand.

"Yes, it was his."

Now it was Percy's chance to speak. "Well, Mr. Ollivander, Tom Marvolo Riddle was my grandfather. And even though I never met him, all I hear is speak of his evil. But I ask out of respect that you consider dearly what you say of him next. Because, any person who created my mother could not have been completely evil. And as such, I again ask that you do not speak ill of him. I will do my research and determine myself if he is everything people put him out to be."

Instead of the contempt or fear Percy expected of Ollivander, he just smiled. "Very well. You are a customer. And as misguided as your attempts to find goodness in him will be, I will refrain from saying anything else. And if that is all, I believe that I am owed 21 galleons."

Percy handed him the 21 galleons and a few extra for his special work. They left and went on to a place Hagrid called the Leaky Cauldron. On the way, Harry saw some brooms through some windows. Percy pulled him away with the fear that their uncle Zeus would kill them just for thinking of flying.

When they arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, Hagrid guided them each to their rooms.

Author's Note:

Now I'm sorry for uploading five months later. I've been stuck with work then school and my girlfriend. I'm only 17 and I'm just not used to the responsibility. But to add more problems, I'm going to be uploading shorter chapters. But I promise the next one won't be too far away. Maybe mid-January. I'll try for the end of the month but I am slowly dying away. It's 12:56 AM. And there is an extra note to read under the recommendations.

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Extra Author's Note:

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