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'I wonder if anybody is here except us' said Percy, glancing towards the deserted land they were in.

"I'm not entirely convinced that we're the only ones here. I mean, something's strange. I can't… OH GODs! I'm supposed to be Athena's most prized daughter and here I am not knowing anything except for a strange feeling in my gut which is anything but logical." Annabeth said bitterly.

"Annabeth, don't lose hope. We've only been here for an hour and forget Athena. Just because you're brainy doesn't mean that she should expect you to know everything 'coz that's not possible."

Annabeth never felt she could love him anymore. Always believing in her, making her feel like she belonged. Her heart longed to go and hug him but the stress of being somewhere she had no knowledge of restrained her. She would deserve a hug only if she found out something. Whatever Percy said, she had to prove herself. She WAS Athena's daughter and she would make her mother proud.

"Well, we have to explore this place first and find food and water. Let's go Seaweed Brain."

The cave in which they had found themselves was a small one. As soon as they came out of the dark and damp cave, they were dazzled by the bright sunlight. The cave was almost hidden by creepers, and covered with brambles so thickly not even a glimmer of light came in, which was probably the reason why the cave looked like a graveyard. At first sight it had seemed that they were in a forest, but as they got a good view they were proven wrong. The place did look like a forest but it was just a place surrounded by a number of shady trees which gave it a jungle –like look.
'We shouldn't have any problem with food. There are plenty of fruits here and they don't look poisonous.' said Annabeth as she turned around to see Percy digging at his pockets, not paying much attention to her.

"Percy please don't tell me that Riptide is gone!' cried Annabeth, her heart filling with dread.
'No, it's not Riptide. And anyways it always reappears in my pocket….. it's just that I thought that we could iris message Chiron or anybody…. but by the looks of it our enemy has gone to lengths to make sure we aren't able to contact anyone.' said Percy 'I don't have any drachmas but I'm pretty sure I had some in my pocket.' added Percy.
'Oh' said Annabeth, forlornly .
"Annabeth, listen to me. You said that something was strange. If our enemy wanted us dead he would have made sure, but he's not attacked. He wants something from us, I think. I don't care if you don't trust your guts but I do. If you have a strange feeling like someone's lurking around, then I trust you. We're not alone. We can't be!"

They had arrived at a clearing and had left behind the shadowy lane surrounded by trees.
Suddenly Percy turned right and exclaimed, 'There's a river here or a brook at least, I can sense it.'
'Are you sure?' asked Annabeth, 'I can't hear anything. Is it near?'
'Yeah, it's nearby, alright. Let's check it out' said Percy as he let his senses lead him to the source.
Sure enough as they made a turn, the swishing sound of water confirmed it. But as they came nearer and nearer the sound of water wasn't everything they heard. Voices. They heard voices.
Annabeth looked at Percy, startled. Percy silently pulled out Riptide and uncapped it- the sword gleaming in the sunlight -and gestured Annabeth to follow him.
Coming closer, they could see two red-heads bickering over something. The only thought Percy had was "Rachel" and he ran towards them.
-X-
'Is this the Forbidden Forest?' asked Hermione, though she knew very well what Harry's reply would be.
'No' replied Harry glancing around. 'If it had been we would sure have came across the centaurs or werewolves but it's completely deserted.
Harry and Hermione had been walking for the past hour in hope of coming across somebody, but they hadn't even met an animal let alone humans.
"Just when I thought we were free of all troubles" sighed Hermione. Harry glanced at her but didn't reply. They had just defeated the Dark Lord two months ago. He was finally at peace and so were his friends, and just when things seemed to be going in a normal direction, life had to make it all twisted.

"Let's camp here for a while. You put the protective spells, I'll just-" But Hermione never got to heard what he would do because just at that precise moment a knife whizzed past his ear missing him by just an inch.
'Now I'm pretty sure there are people here.' exclaimed Harry, breathing hard. He gripped his wand tighter in his hand and shouted; 'Whoever you are, show yourself, you coward!'
"You did NOT just call me a coward!" came a shout from the place from where the knife had been thrown. "Who do you think you're calling a coward?" and a boy of Harry's age emerged from the trees his eyes shining and his golden hair ablaze.

-X-

"JACE HERONDALE, you put that knife down right now", shouted Clary at her boyfriend. She had come running after him to see that he had nicked a knife at a skinny boy. Coming closer she thought she was looking at a mixture of Alec and Simon. He had dark messy, unruly hair and he wore round glasses. But he didn't look like a nerd…. No he was far away from being a nerd. He looked tough, like life had beaten him down but he had still stood firm. His eyes were green like hers and she saw his eyes soften as she stared at him. Beside him was a girl, about the same age, with bushy brown hair and intelligent brown eyes. The way she was holding her ….wand? or whatever it was gave Clary enough information to know that the girl had been in a battle before. Her eyes focused and hand steady.

"That twerp just called me a coward" said Jace "Can you believe him…. Me? A coward?"
"Well you just threw a knife at me without showing yourself, what was I supposed to call you…. Braveheart?" the boy said sarcastically. He had a British accent, Clary noticed.

Jace scowled. He aimed to throw a knife again but before he could do anything the girl with the bushy hair shouted "Expelliarmus" and the knives flew out of his hand and the other boy caught it."

Clary had never seen Jace looked so shocked before. "What are you… warlocks?" he asked hoarsely.

"What the hell are warlocks? We're wizards." The boy exclaimed, affronted.

"Time out" Clary said. "We have no clue where we are and we have no clue what you're talking about. Let's sit down and clear this… and no knives and…. Wands" added Clary seeing that the boys were eyeing each other suspiciously.

"She's right" The girl said. "Let's talk first." I'm Hermione Granger, a student of Hogwarts and this is Harry Potter my best friend and fellow classmate.

Harry held out his hand to Jace which he took reluctantly and shook it.

"Good" Clary exhaled a sigh of relief. "I'm Clarissa Fairchild but you can call me Clary and this is Jace Herondale, my boyfriend, we were-" But she couldn't finish her sentence because just at that moment two boys stumbled out of the bush, looking at them with bewildered and wide eyes.