A/N: Hey y'all! Here's the second chapter of my story, and I'm sorry if it's boring. I promise to start the action soon, but please review and tell me what you think of this! Reviews really motivate me to write more, and also tell me how to improve. So please feel free to drop one! I know it's more exciting to read a story with more chapters, so I'm trying to put them up as fast as I can. Hope you like it! :)
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Leo:
"DJ!" Percy yelled, his voice full of worry. I ran over to where she lay, now having fully recovered. I didn't know what had affected me, but now was not the time to worry about it. I pulled out a square of ambrosia from my pockets, and fed it to DJ.
Nothing happened. DJ's condition was worsening by the second, and it hurt me to even look at her. Her clothes were stained completely red from all the wounds, all of which seemed to be deep. More were appearing all over her, and she wouldn't stop coughing. Her lips were full of blood too, for she spurted out more blood with every cough. She was twitching violently on the ground, and Percy seemed to be panicking.
"She won't be healed by water! I don't know why the ambrosia didn't work! It's supposed to heal her!" He cried, clearly distressed. The two teenagers ran up to us. The boy knelt beside me, and looked at DJ's wounded form, his expression somewhat a mix of shock and horror.
"I didn't mean to! I swear, it was an accident! I just panicked, and-" The boy started, only to be cut off by Percy.
"It doesn't matter! Can you fix her?" He scowled at him, and the boy retreated. I could understand why. Percy was giving off an aura of strength so strong, that every instinct told me to bolt. There was no saying what he would do to the boy if anything happened to DJ. Not that I'd spare the boy either.
The boy shook his head. "I don't know a counter jinx. I'm so sorry!"
"You did this to her. NOW FIX IT!" Percy yelled. I flinched, but didn't say anything. The boy on the other hand, spoke in a shaky voice. "I don't know how…" his words died in his throat, as Percy got up and uncapped Riptide. His eyes were dangerously stormy, and I was worried he might have done something nasty, when the girl stepped up and put a hand on the boy's shoulder.
"We should take her to the castle, Madame Pomfrey will be able to help her." she said, clearly afraid of Percy. He stopped, and lowered Riptide. "What?"
The boy nodded vigorously. "Help me take her back to the castle, and Madame Pomfrey might be able to help out!"
Percy glanced at DJ, then at me. I nodded, seeing no other choice. If we didn't get DJ healed, she would die of blood loss, assuming the multiple wounds didn't kill her.
Percy slung one arm of DJ's around his neck, and I did the same with the other. We hoisted her up, and Percy glared at the boy.
"Lead the way." He ordered.
The boy and the girl turned and started walking away, with us on their heels. DJ's blood left a trail of red on the forest floor, and I yelled at the two to hurry up. They listened without arguing.
We couldn't have gone more than thirty yards, when I spotted the castle the two were talking about. It was huge, like something out of a fairytale. Towers stood at the corners, and the walls seemed to be made of ancient stone. I didn't bother admiring the entire structure; I had bigger problems at the moment.
"This way." The boy said, leading us towards a gate. Percy and I were half-dragging, half-carrying DJ, and her head slumped down. She seemed to have fallen unconscious, and that made us hurry even more. The boy pushed open the gate, and ran inside, only to bump into a young man in robes.
"James? What in devil's name are you doing out here at this hideous hour?" He inquired, looking surprised.
"Professor Neville! Oh thank god. We need to take this girl to the hospital!" The girl said, speaking up for the boy, who seemed shocked into silence, probably at what he'd done to DJ. The man, who seemed to be in his mid-thirties, looked at DJ, and his eyes widened, as if he hadn't noticed her before (though how you can miss a girl covered in blood supported by two sweaty, dirty boys, I don't know.)
"Yes yes, come right this way. It's not far." He started leading us, glancing back at DJ every now and then. My worry was increasing by the instant, and so was DJ's dripping blood. I didn't know how she could be alive at this point, but I hoped against hope that she'd make it.
We reached a door, and the man threw it open, to reveal a startled lady sipping on her tea. She noticed DJ immediately, and set her glass on the table, running over to us. "Set her here." She ordered, gesturing towards an empty bed. Percy and I set DJ down onto the bed. The lady, who looked to be around sixty or so, peered at her, and nodded.
"Sectumsempra wasn't it? I know just what to do." she walked over to a cupboard, and threw it open.
She glanced back at us, as if we were intruding something. "Well out with the lot of you, you can't expect me to fix her up with all of you staring!" she said. We didn't argue. DJ didn't seem to have much time left, and I didn't want to waste a single moment. The lady followed us, and began to shut the door, when she stopped, looking at Percy.
"You seem to be her brother." Percy nodded, and she smiled warmly at him. "Don't you worry dear, this isn't anything I can't fix. She'll be alright."
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James:
We sat outside the hospital, waiting for news on the girl. I didn't have words for how guilty I felt. Sure, I still didn't trust these people, especially not the brother of the girl. He seemed only too willing to gut me, after I hit the girl with my spell. But that didn't mean I could kill anyone. I had my head in my hands, while Rose sat beside me, rubbing my shoulder.
I heard people running up to us, and looked up. There stood at least five Hogwarts teachers, all the heads of the houses, and the headmistress herself. My heart sank. I would surely be punished now.
"I will guess it was you James." Headmistress McGonagall said, looking down at me. "I didn't mean it! I swear to god Professor! I was desperate, and this was the first spell that came to my mind! I thought these people wanted to attack us!" I said, in an attempt to explain myself.
"Attack you? Mate, we just fought a bloody Drakon and four hellhounds trying to protect your bottoms and you say we were trying to attack you?" The Latino boy said. The words 'hellhound' and 'Drakon' were foreign to me, but I didn't linger on it for long. I looked down, guilty.
"Wait a minute." Professor McGonagall said, "You said hellhounds?"
The green-eyed boy nodded, and the Professor sighed, as if she'd been expecting this.
"So you three are the brave heroes Chiron decided to send." She said, and both of the boys jumped up.
"You know Chiron?" the green-eyed one asked, looking incredulous. Professor McGonagall nodded, smiling softly. "I've been waiting for you." I was now officially confused, and judging by their expressions, the boys were too. Professor seemed like she was about to continue, but just then, the door swung open, and Madame Pomfrey stepped out, beaming.
"Come right in! She's awake."
The two boys looked torn between wanting to see the girl, and learning more from McGonagall, but she solved their dilemma. She put a hand on the Latino boy's shoulder, and smiled reassuringly.
"Let us go inside. There are many things we need to discuss."
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Leo:
Percy and I burst through the doors, and ran over to DJ's bed. I exhaled a sigh of relief, and Percy hugged her. She looked much better now; the wounds seemed to have disappeared, and the lady had cleaned her up nicely, for she wore new clothes, not her blood-stained ones. She grinned at us, then at the boy. "That was a real nasty thing you did there bro." She told him, but she somehow didn't seem angry. "I'm so sorry!" he cried, rushing over to her bed. "I didn't mean to hurt you so badly!" She nodded at him, showing her forgiveness, sitting up on her bed, as the teachers (that's what I assumed they were, judging by their attire) gathered round. Once everyone had confirmed she was okay, the lady with the pointy hat, who seemed to be in command over here, sat down on the other side of the bed, opposite where Percy and I were sitting. She stroked DJ's forehead and said, "I'm sorry about what happened, and I take up the responsibility of explaining."
"Oh yeah, 'cause y'all got a heck of a lot of explaining to do." DJ replied. "First things first. How do you know Chiron sent us?" Percy asked.
The lady stood up. "Perhaps I should start with introductions." She said, " I am Professor Minerva McGonagall, headmistress of The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
I probably would have laughed my intestines out on hearing the name, but something else caught my attention. "Witchcraft and wizardry?" I asked, confused.
She nodded. "Yes. You see, you are not the only magical folk there are. Our world is one of spells, enchantments, wands, and many more… magical things." She softened her gaze. "I know this must be a lot to take in, but I request you to co-operate. Time is not a luxury we have."
Before I could ask why, the boy spoke up. "What do you mean Professor? And who are these people really? I mean, they aren't wizards, I got that bit, but they aren't muggles either. And…" he looked at us before adding, "They don't seem to be monsters."
Before I could retort, Professor McGonagall answered him. "James, these people are demigods, children of gods and mortals. They're half-god, half-human, their parents being the Greek and Roman gods themselves."
James' (I assumed that was the boy's name) mouth dropped open. Even the girl seemed shocked. "How do you know all this?" Percy asked, narrowing his eyes.
The Professor smiled. "Chiron was a good friend of Professor Dumbledore's. He confided the existence of your world only with me, and a few other trusted teachers, all of whom are present here. Now, like I said. It would be better to start with names."
Percy spoke first. "I'm Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, God of the seas." He gestured to DJ. "This is my half-sister DJ McEllow. And that-" I cut him off, preferring to do my own introduction.
"I'm Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus, God of Blacksmiths and fire." I would have added some corny joke, but the teachers didn't seem to be ones who'd appreciate that, so I shut up.
The boy stood up, holding out his hand to Percy. "I'm James Sirius Potter, and this is my cousin, Rose Weasely." Percy shook his outstretched hand.
The teachers introduced themselves to be Professors Neville (who had met us first), Flitwick(who was a dwarf), Sprout, Dean(who seemed to be Professor Neville's age, younger than the rest), and Professor Hart.
"Well," Professor McGonaggall said, looking slightly worried, "Now that the names are over, let's get down to the problem at hand."
"What problem?" Percy asked. She smiled sadly in response. "Well, you didn't think Chiron would send you here without a quest, did you?"
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A/N: Sorry about the cliffhanger, and a bigger sorry if the chapter was boring! I'm trying my best to make it interesting, but we need to give them time for the introduction right? *weak smile*
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