Half Blood Exchange Program
A/N: I forgot my disclaimer… so here it is. I own nothing except Sophia and the plot.
Bearer Of Secrets- They are my two favorite series too! Have you read the Heroes of Olympus yet by Rick Riordan? Ugh. Sooo good.
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To the person who said "wow… THALIA CANNOT BE REPLACED"… Do not worry! Thalia can not, and will not ever be replaced! This is just an addition to the Zeus family.
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Chapter Two
SPOV
The doors opened and an older lady stepped out. She was wearing tall, dark robes and a dark hat that stuck up with a feather on the top. I sheepishly looked down at my own clothing, a pair of dark skinny jeans, gladiators, and a form fitting blue T-shirt. Annabeth was wearing almost the same thing. I wondered if I would have to dress like her. Good gods, I hoped not.
"Good evening." She began her voice low and slightly rough. "I am Professor McGonagall. I am the assistant headmistress here at Hogwarts and I am also head of the Gryffindor house." And we all looked at each other. Gryffa-what?
At our confused faces, she shook her head. "Hagrid. I'm sure he explained all about Harry Potter, correct?"-Cue nods from us-"That's because they are very good friends. What Hagrid was supposed to explain is how things work around here. Our school is divided into four houses. There are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each student is sorted into their houses by a hat, that puts them into their houses based on their entire being. My students, the Gryffindors, tend to be brave of heart. If you do not mind, you will be staying with some of my sixth years, who are your age. In a few moments, you will walk through these doors and stand with our headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, who will introduce you. Then, the annual first of the year feast will begin. Any questions?" She finished her speech.
I think everyone but Annabeth was in shock, trying to absorb the information. Professor McGonagall looked at us, a small smile on her face. "Wonderful. The doors will open momentarily, and that is when you will walk up to the Headmaster, who will be waiting for you. Good luck." With a swish of her robes, she walked away down a corridor.
I turned to my friends. "So. Our quest is to be ourselves, without revealing who our mother or father is, or in Grover's case, what we truly are. We will be with some students that are our age… and that's it?" My friends nodded.
Grover sniffled. "I smell… sweet sweet tin." He bleated and Nico rolled his eyes.
"Let's just get this over with." Nico pulled on his leather jacket, puffing it out more, enhancing his bad boy look. It was a Hades thing.
The doors began to creak and my palms began to sweat, my heart increasing in rate. The doors were fully open and I could see over a thousand students.
Oh gods! I thought to myself. Dear Zeus, give me strength to make it through this year. I am your daughter… you owe me that much for making me live at camp my whole life! My hands were shaking.
We began inching our way forward, very much aware of the many eyes upon us. I heard lightning and thunder outside and I realized my father must have heard my prayer. I looked up to thank him and I saw the ceiling was see-through. I saw the lightning striking here and there and I smiled.
When I looked at my friends, I caught Percy's eye. He winked at me and grabbed Annabeth's hand. He knew it was both of our fathers saying they were watching us, to not worry.
It was a long journey to the end of the dining room, but we finally made it and were met with a much wrinkled, but very kind face. He had a long white hair and a long white beard but that made him all the more charming. He smiled at us as he began to speak.
"Welcome! To Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students of Hogwarts, may I present to you; Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Nico di Angelo, Sophia Johnson and Grover Underwood. To all sixth years, there is something quite special about each and every one of these students before you. Your mission is to figure it out. Professor Snape has decided this is a vital part of your education and upcoming exams. Meanwhile, Professor McGongall has decided that these students will being staying with her house until the end of the year." Dumbledore smiled fondly at one of the four tables, one where children were dressed in black robes with red and yellow ties. I turned and scanned each of the tables.
The farthest to the left were children who almost all had sneers on their faces, their ties were dressed in silver and green. The next table was black and blue The following were the Gryffindors, in red and gold. And farthest to the right were yellow and black.
All eyes were on us and I shuffled my feet uncomfortably. Dumbledore cleared his throat and gestured to the Gryffindor table, who all scooted down to make room for all of us. We all walked over and on one side sat Annabeth, Percy and I, while Nico and Grover sat across from us. Well, Grover limped over. He sat his crutches on the bench beside him.
"Let the feast… begin!" Dumbledore boomed. We gasped as the table in front of us instantly filled with food of all kinds. Even Grover had metal and aluminum in front of him. He quietly bleated happily and began chowing down, as did the other boys. Annabeth and I gingerly took from the selection in front of us.
"Hi!" A girl came up behind us. She had frizzy hair and slightly protruding teeth, but she managed to make it look quite pretty. I waved shakily, clearly the only one willing to converse with her.
"Hi. My name's Sophia. This is Annabeth, Percy, Grover, and Nico." I gestured to everyone as I said their name.
"Pleasure! I'm Hermione Granger. My best friends Ron Weasley and Harry Potter are sixth year Gryffindors. You will be following us, so I figured you would want to get to know us before being bombarded by people." I smiled appreciatively.
I made room between Annabeth and me for Hermione to slid in. A plate magically appeared in front of her and chills ran up and down my spine. It's like there was someone always watching. I felt my ADHD kick in and began looking around nervously. I could tell the others felt the same.
Hermione described to us the classes we would be going to, and who to stay away from. I knew it would be a lot harder for us to participate in the classes due to our dyslexia.
"Generally, everyone in the Gryffindor house is nice. Well, everyone is nice except for those in the Slytherin house. The people in that house generally are pure bloods. That means everyone who was ever in their family was a witch or wizard. They are extremely proud of that fact as well." She glanced over her shoulder, looking two tables away at the green and silver table. I turned as well and locked eyes with a pair of icy blue ones. He had sleek blonde hair, it was extremely blonde, but the kind you can't get from dying. It was all natural. His mouth turned into a sneer when he realized Hermione was looking at him too.
"That's Draco Malfoy. He is the worst of the worst. He's a pureblood and doesn't like anyone who isn't like him. It's repulsive. He especially can't stand muggle-born witches or wizards."
"What's a muggle?" I questioned, fighting the urge to turn and look at the beautiful boy behind me.
"Non-magical person. You see, I am muggle-born, so I am the very first witch in my family. The Gryffindors are also extremely kind to people of all kinds, that's what irks the Slytherins so." She had a depressed look on her face. I congratulated her on being the first witch in her family and turned to lock eyes with Draco. I glared at him, feeling a rush of power in my body. I could hear the thunder and lightning rumbling above me.
"Sophia!" Nico hissed. I whipped around and felt the rush disappear. The storm let up and opened to a brilliant night sky. I smiled at my friends sheepishly.
Hermione watched our interaction carefully, calculating. I looked around and saw Annabeth looking around the architecture in awe. Percy was making a swirling motion with his finger and the liquid in his goblet obeyed, swirling in a circle. Grover and Nico were discussing something quietly.
I sighed, missing Camp Half-Blood already. My palms were itching to do some archery. That gave me an idea.
"Hermione?" She turned as I said her name. "Is there any training facilities around her? For example, archery ranges maybe?" I caught Annabeth's attention at the word training.
Hermione tapped her chin thoughtfully. "I don't believe there is. I've been here so long I do believe I would have noticed it, but maybe Professor McGongall can whip up something." I grinned widely at that. What other way to show off and give some clues by doing what I do best? Granted, I was no Apollo child, but I was pretty darn good.
A/N: So we've met Hermione and next chapter is Harry, Ron and first day of classes! Woo hoo! By the way thanks to:
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