Chapter 2: Diagon Alley

Percy's POV

I had left the meeting to go back to my cabin to pack up for this journey. After maybe an hour or two, I was ready. I left my cabin and went to find Annabeth, so that we could go to this Hogwarts or whatever. I found her in the Athena cabin, just finishing her packing. "Hey Wise Girl, you ready?" I asked her. "Seaweed Brain, do you even know where we're going?" she asked me.

"Uh, maybe the Big House?" I said.

"No Seaweed Brain, we're going to where we started our first quest." she said.

"Oh, okay." I replied. We both lifted up our suitcases and left the Athena cabin to our destination. When we got there, everyone else was already there. "Finally you two show up." said Thalia.

"So Chiron…" Jason said. "How are we getting to this school?" he asked.

"The school sent someone to pick us up." Chiron replied.

"But I thought that you said no one knew about us." Nico said, confused.

"Not the students, but the teachers." Amos said. "They knew about us, and we knew about them. Just don't tell the kids and you're fine."

"Wait, how are we getting there? We could use the Argo III, I've finished building it." Leo said excitedly. He hadn't been listening, which is typical Leo of course.

"No, one of the teachers off the school is coming to bring us there." Chiron said. Suddenly, I could hear a loud rumbling, like a motorcycle or car. I looked up, where I could see a large van flying above us.

"What the- how can a van be flying?!" Carter said in shock.

"These are truly wizards, I guess." replied Piper. The van landed on top of the hill and a man stepped out. He was huge, and when I mean huge I really mean it. The dude looked like he was related to giants, with his size. He was wearing this large trench coat and had a big, bushy black beard.

"Hello everybody! The name's Hagrid, and I'll be taking you to Hogwarts, with everyone being new, that's mah job! Now, everybody hop in, there's plenty of room. Oh, and leave your suitcases here, I'll shove them into the trunk."

We all left our trunks and got in the van. Like he said, there was plenty of room. I looked out the window to look at Camp Half-Blood one last time. But as I did, I noticed that Hagrid pulled out a pink umbrella, and he was waving it around, which made all the luggage float into the trunk all by itself. After it all went in, he climbed into the driver's seat and started the engine. He then flicked a bunch of switches and the van lifted itself into the air. He pressed a button and we were off.

As we flew, Hagrid started to talk to all of us. "So, I hear you fought many wars around your parts, eh?" he asked.

"Yeah, two to be exact." Reyna replied.

"And one for us." Walt put in.

"Yeah, we had a war on our hands as well. You see, a long time ago, one student at Hogwarts went bad, and he killed many people, until he was stopped by a baby. His name was Harry Potter. A prophecy foretold that he would defeat this man, and he did, but with heavy casualties in the war. Lucky he did, he's a nice guy, you'll meet him and his friends."

"Good to know." I replied, trying to be polite.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot. I've been told to bring you to buy your things, so we'll do that. To Diagon Alley!" He suddenly veered off towards this place he was talking about.

"Better sleep tight, this will be a long road trip." he said. So I did what he said. I went to sleep, for a long time actually. After maybe many hours, I was suddenly shook awake.

"Hey, wake up everybody! We're here!" I woke up groggily and realized we were in a parking lot for a mall. "Let's go everyone!" We all got out of the van and went to grab our things. After we all did, we followed Hagrid into the mall. When we were walking, I noticed that no one really paid any attention to us. After walking for awhile, we stopped at in the middle of two stores. I looked around for anything, but there was nothing there. But when I looked back, there it was. It was like some kind of bar, named the Leaky Cauldron. "Come on, everybody, let's go in!" Hagrid said. We all walked in, and I was shocked. The place was kind of rustic, but bustling with strange people with wizards hats and wands.

We walked up to the front, where the bartender was polishing a glass. Then he spotted us. "Hey Hagrid, what's going on here? Want the usual?" he asked.

"Not today Tom. Hogwarts business. Can you let me in?" he said.

"Oh sure." he replied. He gestured to a door with a lock on it, and it opened by itself.

"Thanks.' he said. We all walked through the door, to where we stood in front of a brick wall.

"Uh, how do we get through that?" I asked Hagrid.

"Well, you see-" he said. Suddenly, Leo threw a fireball at it. It exploded when it hit, but the wall took no damage.

"Stop that!" Hagrid yelled. He pushed himself to the front and pulled out his umbrella. He tapped some of the blocks, and suddenly they moved inwards, until they made a doorway. "Come everyone, let's go get your supplies."

We all walked through the doorway and followed Hagrid through the place. "Let's go get yer money at Gringotts, then we'll buy everything you need." Fifteen minutes later, we left the bank with sacks of coins, ready for buying whatever we needed. We ran around the place getting everything we needed, until we stopped at our last destination, to get a wand. "Let's go in. Ollivander's is the best place, so that where's will get your wands." Hagrid said. We all walked inside. The place was pretty dark, and there was only a counter and shelves, which were stacked with boxes. We were alone for a while until a voice suddenly said, "Ah, it's you."

I turned for a full circle looking for the person until he walked out of the shadows. The guy was old, and pretty thin, but his eyes were interesting. They had hundreds of years within them, giving wands to every generation. "So, you want your wands, correct? Those will be given to you in time, as of course the wand chooses the wizard." That was truly the case, as for some of us it was easy, and others hard. For example, Leo got his on the first try, but Nico took nearly five minutes to find his. Anyways, these were everyone's wands. (Carter, Sadie, Walt and Zia didn't need them as they use theirs.)

Me (Percy) - Birch, 7", Coral

Annabeth - Black Walnut, 8", Owl Feather

Jason - Oak, 6", Eagle Talon

Piper - Sequoia, 6", Dove Wing

Leo - Orchid, 9", Iron

Frank - Aspen, 8", Animal Blood

Hazel - Ash, 7", Ruby

Nico - Palm, 9", Shadow

Reyna - Cedar, 7", Gold

Thalia - Pine, 6", Silver

Will - Cypress, 8", Light

Grover - Locust, 9", Grass

We all paid for our wands and left. "So, what are we doing now with all of this?" Will asked, with a smirk on his face.

"Well, I believe you all know by now, right?" asked Hagrid. Grover smiled.

"Yep." he said. "To Hogwarts we go!" everyone shouted, except Amos and Chiron.

"Well, I've made the new joke." Chiron said.

"Good for you." replied Amos, patting him on the back.