AN: Yay for Chapter 3! So this chapter is kind of long. 12 pages! Anyways I realize that I made some mistakes in the last chapter.
Mistake 1: They have ADHD not ADD. I changed it in this chapter.
Mistake 2: I forgot to give a translation. Anytime you see and bolded number like this (1) it means the translation will be at the bottom. The word int he second chapter is monster.
theHuntress101: Thanks for the bird information. Honestly that little bit was added in last minute and I do not have any form of extensive bird knowledge. Oh and Hermione isn't going to figure it out. She does in all the other ones and I want mine to be different. and I am not sure if the borders will keep away monsters.
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Percy P.O.V
We pulled up to the Burrow as they called it and I was blown away.
"Wow!" I said, "Interesting place you got there." The house looked as though it would fall down at any second. I figured that seeing as they were wizards and witches, it was most likely magic. I knew Annabeth was lost for words.
"This house shouldn't be able to stand" she whispered to me.
"I know but we aren't supposed to exist so why can't an un-structurally sound house stand?" I countered. Annabeth pouted and I kissed her head.
"Come on in you guys" Mrs. Weasley said. We all walked into the house. It was nice and cozy. I could see them all living here. We were lead into the living room.
"So tomorrow we will head to Diagon Alley to pick up school supplies then the next day we are off to Hogwarts," Harry said.
"Sounds good," I replied. There was an awkward silence, thankfully Thalia broke it.
"Where are we sleeping?" she asked.
"You and Annabeth are with Ginny and Hermione and Percy and Nico are with me and Harry," Ron looked at Nico and I, "Hopefully you guys don't mind the floor," Ron said apologetically. I snorted.
"I've slept in worse places." I told him.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing," I said and shook my head. I noticed that Annabeth, Thalia and Nico were trying hard not to laugh. "Where are the rooms?"
"This way." Ginny said. We followed her. Nico, Ron, Harry and I were a level above the girls bedroom. We continued up another flight of staris and entered another room. There were two beds on either side of the window and two sleeping bags set out closer to the door. Nico and I immediately walked to the sleeping bags and positioned them so we had a good view of both the door and window. I noticed that Harry and Ron were staring.
"Is it okay if we move these?" I asked
"Yeah. Sure." Ron said then came into the room. Nico and I put our bags on top of our respective sleeping bags. Then we heard a voice from downstairs
"Dinner's ready!" Mrs. Weasley called out. I pulled out an extra shirt from my bag and slipped it on. I put the old shirt back in my bag. I'll use it for bandages I thought to myself. We all got up and started heading downstairs. We met the girls and I grabbed Annabeth's hand.
"How are we going to sacrifice to the Gods in front of everyone?" I asked her in a whisper voice.
"I don't think we are going to be able to. After dinner and before you sleep pray to them and ask them to bypass that" she suggested. I nodded. We got to the dinner table. It was set for 9.
"Okay everyone take a seat" Mr. Weasley said. We all sat down. Nico and Thalia caught my eye. I could tell they wanted to know about the sacrifice. I mouthed later. They nodded in understanding. We started to eat. The food was quite delicious. Mrs. Weasley was an excellent cook. Not as good as my mom though. When we were finished and we were sent upstairs to get ready for bed.
"Good night Wise Girl." I murmured to her in front of her door.
"Good night Seaweed Brain." She whispered back then kissed me. Thalia coughed loudly from the doorway and cut the kiss short. Annabeth sighed, and pulled away. "See you in the morning Seaweed Brain."
"You too Wise Girl." Then she slipped into her shared room. "Thalia, don't forget to…" I made a praying gesture with my hands. Thalia nodded then tapped her tiara. I nodded back then went to my room.
"Wow Percy," Nico said as I walked into the room. "That was the shortest goodnight you have ever said to Annabeth." He smirked.
"Shut it Death Breath," I retorted "Man am I tired."
"Like always." Nico muttered.
"What was that Nico?" I asked setting my full death glare on him. He gulped.
"Nothing, nothing at all!" he squeaked. I laughed.
"You are so easy to scare," I said. "Which is surprising seeing as where you live…" I shuddered remembering all the times I had been in the Underworld. I settled into my sleeping bag. Nico was glaring at me. Ron and Harry were talking quietly to each other then stopped when they noticed that were weren't talking anymore.
"Are you guys excited to go to Diagon Allay tomorrow?" Ron asked.
"Most defiantly." Nico answered.
"Yeah, it sounds like fun," I answered sleepily.
"Crap. He's falling asleep again. The only person who can wake him up is Annabeth, anyone else who tries either fails or ends up with a broken nose," Nico said.
"One time Death Breath" I mumbled.
"Go to sleep already Percy" Nico told me.
"Okay." I said, all too ready to comply, then drifted off to sleep. Just before I fell asleep I sent a silent prayer to my father about the offerings. I had a wonderful dreamless night. Well I had a dream but it was a good one. It was a reel of all the good times I had had with my friends. If anyone looked at me in my sleep I most likely would have been smiling.
Annabeth P.O.V
I had a wonderful sleep. The floor was actually quite comfortable, compared to other places that I have slept in, although nothing beats my bed back at camp. In the morning I got up with the sun, like always. I went in my backpack and pulled out Daedalus' laptop. I started flipping through the designs, which always calmed me down. I had gone through some of the designs when I noticed something, a holograph mode! I clicked it. The design came to life right in front of me. I was shocked. I was able to move the design around, zoom in or out, change the size and many more cool options. I was in heaven (figuratively speaking, technically I had been to heaven. Not a nice place). Then I heard a noise. I quickly put it away. Thalia was getting up.
"Morning Annabeth," she said.
"Morning," I replied.
"Excited?"
"Scared actually."
"Don't be. Everything will work out fine." Just then the other two girls woke up.
"You guys excited?" Ginny asked.
"Yup," I replied.
"Yeah" Thalia said.
"Great, let's get dressed then." Hermione suggested. We all got dressed. We could hear the boys doing the same upstairs. After we were dressed we heard a knock on the door. I answered.
"Annabeth," Nico whined, "come wake up your boyfriend. He sleeps like the dead," then he burst out laughing at his own joke. I silenced him with a look.
"Stupid curse." I mumbled as I walked upstairs following Nico. I walked into the room and straight up to Percy's sleeping bag.
"Harry and I tried everything" Ron stated, "He's a really heavy sleeper."
"You have no idea," I said then reached into his front pocket. I pulled out Riptide and moved my body so that I was blocking the view of his back from the other boys. I gently prodded him in the small of his back with his pen. He shot up.
"What? What is it? Who's dying…?" he trailed off, taking in his surroundings. He sighed in relief, then reached for his pockets "Hey where's…?" I showed him the pen. "Thanks Annabeth," he said.
"Hurry up Seaweed Brain. We're leaving soon" I told him and smacked him on the arm.
"Okay, okay. No need to start hitting me. Gods women!" he laughed.
"Seaweed Brain," I threatened and reached towards my stomach where I kept my dagger. Percy gulped.
"Forget I said anything," he said. "Now leave so I can get dressed in peace." As he shooed me out. I walked down stars to find everyone sitting at the table eating breakfast. Not two minutes later the boys came down the stairs. Percy sat next to me and Nico sat on his other side. We were in the middle of breakfast when the owl came in. Well actually it slammed into the window. Ron got up and grabbed it.
"Erol, not again." He groaned, and then looked at the letter "It's a letter for… I can't read what it says"
"Let me see" I said. I picked up the letter. It was in Ancient Greek. "It's for us." I opened it and read quickly. I nodded to myself and passed it to Percy. After he was finished he folded it up and put it in his pocket.
"How were you able to read it?" Ron asked.
"It was a code that we made up at school." Percy explained, bending the truth easily. "Basically it said that we will be meeting someone today who will help us get our supplies."
"Who?" Ron asked.
"Alison, my aunt," Nico said. That's when I noticed the owl staring at me.
Hello my lady it said. I gasped. Percy shot up. Looking around the room. Then he noticed me staring at the owl and started laughing.
"Why are you laughing?" Hermione asked
"It seems like dear Annabeth has the same problem I have with horses only with owls," Percy explained. Thalia and Nico burst out laughing. Once they had sort of sobered up the owl continued speaking.
It is so nice to meet you. My name is Erol.
"Hello Erol," I replied, "How are you?"
I am wonderful milady, how are you?"
"Incognito" I whispered to him.
"Oh I see. I will leave now. Good-bye milady. With that he flew back out the window and into the sky. I turned around. The British wizards were staring at me. My friends were eating. I shook my head. Typical I thought.
"How did you know his name?" Ron asked
"You called him Erol when he first flew in" I said, "I figured that was his name."
"Observant." Nico snorted. I glared at him. He winced.
"Never mind," He muttered, then went back to eating his toast.
"What problem do you have with horses?" Hermione asked.
"They love him." Nico said
"Yeah back at school he is one of the best equestrians," I gloated, proud of my boyfriend.
"Hey Butch is good as well," Percy said.
"Don't forget about Hazel and her horse," Nico put in.
"And so was Silena before she…" Percy trailed off. All our faces fell. Thankfully Mr. Weasley broke the silence.
"Okay everyone out to the car. Time to go to Diagon Alley."
"It's going to take a long time to drive there isn't it?" Ron asked.
"We are going to take the flying car." Mr. Weasley said.
"Flying… car?" Nico and Percy squeaked.
Harry P.O.V
"Flying… car?" Nico and Percy squeaked.
"Yup my dad charmed the car so that it could fly," Ron said. I noticed that Nico and Percy were shuddering. Annabeth went up to Percy and Thalia went up to Nico. The girls were murmuring to the guys. I couldn't quite make it out, but after a while their faces started to become normal again.
"Are they okay?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, they're fine." Thalia said in a voice that clearly said drop it. We all got into the car. Annabeth was sitting next to the window with Percy beside her. Nico was sitting next to Percy with Thalia between him and the window. Percy was leaning into Annabeth and she was stroking his head. Thalia was whispering to Nico again.
"Are you ready?" Mr. Weasley asked.
"Yup." We all said with the exception of Nico and Percy. We started moving and at the end of the driveway we lifted up into the air. Percy and Nico stiffened. Thalia and Annabeth continued to console them. We were almost to the spot outside London where we would set down the car when we hit some turbulence. Percy and Nico gasped and started muttering to themselves. Thunder boomed, which was weird because it wasn't raining. The Americans winced.
"Really? Right now? Can't you give us a break?" Thalia said quietly as if pleading with someone.
"I think he is Thals. Imagine if it was just Percy and Nico…" Annabeth shuddered and held onto Percy tighter. "We're almost there Seaweed Brain just a couple more minutes." she whispered to Percy.
"Come one Death Breath. You can make it." Thalia encouraged Nico. Finally we touched down. Nico and Percy let out a breath. We drove up to the Leaky Cauldron.
"Are we here?" Percy asked, he seemed to have recovered a little.
"Yup, welcome to the Leaky Cauldron!" I said. We all got out of the car. No one was there except Tom the bartender.
"Morning Arthur," Tom said.
"Morning Tom," Mr. Weasley answered.
"Last minute shopping?" He asked.
"Yes we are helping out some American exchange students," Mr. Weasley pointed to them. They smiled.
"Hello. My name is Percy Jackson," Percy introduced himself as he held out his hand which Tom. He looked as though he was looking at a ghost.
"Jackson you say? You don't, by any chance, go to the… school over in America run by Mr. D? Tom asked hesitantly.
"We do actually," Annabeth said, "Do you know him?"
"I have only seen him once or twice," Tom admitted, "He knew my mother better"
Tom smiled.
"Έχετε δει ο ένας τον άλλον πρόσφατα?" (1) Percy asked. I was confused. He had suddenly switched languages. Tom thought for a minute then said:
"Όχι Πατέρας και δεν έχω δει ο ένας τον άλλον σε έτη" (2) The Americans nodded. "Goodness it has been a long time since I spoke that way" he sighed. "Well I assume that you are on a αναζήτηση (3) … if you ever need me you know where to find me." Tom smiled at the Americans. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had not heard the exchange that just happened. Ron Hermione and I had however, I was wary. These Americans were starting to look very strange. We walked to the brick wall that concealed Diagon Alley. Mr. Weasley took out his wand and tapped the bricks in the right order. Annabeth gasped.
"Percy! It's just like the Marriott Hotel," She exclaimed.
"Yeah I wonder if they were ever connected?" he asked. We walked into Diagon Alley. It was sad. Usually it was filled with laughing witches and wizards, now it was empty. Stupid Death Eaters ruin my life in every possible way. We turned the corner that lead to Florish and Blotts. Standing outside the shop was a girl, about my age or a year older. She had black hair that was pulled into what I heard Ginny call a French braid. The end was looped up and held in place by a stick. She emanated a power stronger then Thalia's, if that was even possible. I knew that she might be dangerous. Just then I heard a yell.
"Aunty Alison!" Nico yelled as he ran towards the women. She opened her arms to accept his flying hug.
"Hello Nico" she said in an interesting accent. It wasn't quite American but it defiantly had something else there. "Long time no see," she said smiling.
Nico P.O.V
"Everyone this is Allásso̱n" I pronounced her name with the full force of my Greek accent. I saw the British wizards share a confused look.
"Nico, really," she scolded me, "I go by Alison"
"So you are the chaperone?" Mr. Weasley asked.
"Yes, you must be the Weasley's; Dumbledore has told me great things about your family." They all blushed the shade of their hair. "And of course, Miss Hermione Granger and Mr. Harry Potter. Again Dumbledore speaks very highly of you all." Hermione blushed, but Harry looked wary. He has good instincts, I thought. This could be a problem. I made eye contact with Percy and nodded toward Harry. Percy looked then nodded his head. He understood as well.
"You four," Alison said, turning to us "I have gotten your books and such all we need to do is get you some robes"
"Robes?" I asked
"Yes silly, it's the school uniform" she replied.
"Well, I'll leave you in Alison's capable hands." Mr. Weasley said "Why don't we meet in front of my sons' joke shop at two?"
"Perfect! See you there." Alison agreed smiling. The Weasley's, Harry and Hermione left.
"Gods that was the hardest twenty-four hours of my life!" Percy exclaimed.
"For once I agree with Kelp Head." Thalia stated.
"It was very difficult not to give anything away," Annabeth admitted.
"Well, you guys have been doing a good job at keeping the secret. I don't think that they suspect anything," Alison said.
"I think Harry does," I put in. Percy nodded his head in agreement.
"Really?" Annabeth asked, "He has good instincts".
"Yes," Alison mused. "He may pose some problems. Well, we will cross that bridge when we come to it".
"Now, about these robes?" I asked.
"Right," Alison said, "This schools uniform is very old fashioned. I have talked to the Headmaster and we have made some adjustments to the uniform for you four. Come, let us go to Madame Malkin's". She led us around the corner. We walked into a shop and an old lady came to meet us.
"Miss. Alison, come back for the fittings?"
"Yes. These are the students," she motioned to my friends and me.
"Humph. Yes I see." She was looking over all of us, "I can see that I will most likely need to extend the robes a little bit. You are all so tall".
"We get our height from our parents," Thalia said, trying to hold back laughter.
"Yes I can see that. Now if you would all follow me." We followed her to the back. It didn't take long for us to get the robes. Alison paid with weird looking money, and put the robes into her coat pocket. They seemed to just disappear. Once we were outside Percy asked,
"How are we supposed to move in those?"
"Well, hopefully, there won't be a need for you to move in them," Alison said "This was why I needed to make changes to the robes. If I didn't then the girls would be wearing skirts and the boys would be wearing itchy pants. This way you can wear armor under them if needed." Thalia and Annabeth shuddered at the thought of wearing skirts. Percy and I were both fidgeting.
"Itchy pants are not good for kids with ADHD," He said.
"Speaking of dyslexia…" I piped up.
"We weren't," Thalia whispered. I ignored her.
"How are we going to be able to read the textbooks?"
"Lady Hecate has charmed them into Ancient Greek." Alison explained. We sighed with relief. "Oh! Before I forget," she pulled out four sticks from her coat pocket, "these are your wands. Lady Hecate made them especially for you. They are each infused with a bit of your individual power. The wood is from the pine tree at camp," Thalia winced, "Don't worry Thalia, your tree is fine. This is yours," Alison handed her a stick. The air immediately smelled like burnt ozone. "It is infused with an eagle feather and bits of silver. Annabeth this is yours. It has an owl feather and a bit of marble from Mount Olympus," Annabeth smiled and took her wand. The air smelled like an old library. "Percy yours is infused with petrified sea shells and a feather from a Pegasus," Percy took his wand and it smelled like the ocean. "Finally, Nico yours is infused with pure shadows and some Stygian Iron," As I grabbed my wand, it seemed to get darker and it smelled like my Father's kingdom. "Now these wands will work on their own so there is no need to worry about not knowing a spell. They will work best with spells connected to your individual powers," We all grinned. "Right now is there anything that we are missing? Right, we need to get you an owl."
Annabeth P.O.V
"Right, we need to get you an owl" Alison said.
"An owl? We get an owl?" I asked.
"Well, technically you get an owl. Direct orders from Lady Athena herself. In this world they communicate with owls and seeing as you are a daughter of Athena, she wanted you to have one. Now it will be Annabeth's owl, but you are all permitted to use it to communicate." Alison finished. I was very happy; I looked over at Percy. He was scowling.
"Don't worry Seaweed Brain" I said "I'll protect you from the scary owls." He stuck his tongue out at me then grabbed my hand. We arrived at the Magical Menagerie. I rushed inside pulling Percy with me. As soon as I arrived I was bombarded with voices.
"Oh my Gods! So many voices!" I whispered.
"Now you know how I feel when I walk into the stables at camp," Percy said. He looked nervous, I squeezed his hand. We walked around the store. We were almost all the way around when I saw the perfect owl. She was the same shade of grey as my eyes and she was the only one who looked like she didn't belong. I walked up to her.
"Hello, my name is Annabeth" I said to the owl.
Hello milady, my name is Aleothea.
"Hello Aleothea" I said "Oh Percy, she's perfect," I gushed to my boyfriend.
Eww sea spawn.
"He is not sea spawn! He is my boyfriend. Do you think you could learn to tolerate him?"
If it means that I will be able to get out this place and if it would please you milady, then I will try.
"Thank you," I said and held out my arm. Aleothea hoped onto it. Percy was up at the front counter paying for the Aleothea.
"Annabeth do we need a cage?" Percy asked.
No thank you milady Aleothea said I will either stay on your shoulder or fly above you.
"No thank you," I told him. He finished paying, and then we went outside. "Everybody this is Aleothea. Aleothea this is Alison, Thalia and Nico" I introduced them all.
A daughter of Phylira, a son of Hades, a daughter of Zeus and a son of Poseidon. You keep interesting company, milady. I laughed.
"Yes I do. Although interesting is not the word that I would use to describe them," I told Aleothea.
"We should be off. It is almost two," Alison announced.
"Let's go," Percy said, grabbing my hand. Aleothea went over to him and tried to nip his ear.
"Achilles curse" I told her.
So I can peck him all I want and he won't feel a thing? Aleothea asked excitedly.
"I guess you could. But only if I say so or if he is being really idiotic," I said.
"Isn't he always?" Thalia asked.
"Hey, how many times have my 'idiotic' ideas gotten us out of trouble?" Percy defended himself.
"Never, they are usually the things that get us into trouble in the first place." Nico said laughing. Percy grumbled. I kissed him on the cheek. He brightened up a little. We turned a corner and found ourselves in front of a brightly coloured shop. It was filled with all kinds of things. Prank supplies mostly.
"Connor and Travis would really love this stuff," Percy said to no one in particular.
"I am pretty sure that they do orders" Alison said, "You can send them some stuff, right now though" she said, "We have to meet the Weasley's, look there they are." she pointed to the right of the shop. The Weasley's plus Harry and Hermione were standing waiting for us as we walked up to them.
"Find everything okay?' Mr. Weasley asked.
"Yup Annabeth even got an owl," Nico added. Aleothea fluttered excitedly at being mentioned.
"Oh, she's lovely!" Hermione cooed, "Hedwig and her will get along nicely."
Hedwig? Aleothea asked.
"Hedwig?" I voiced for her.
"My owl," Harry answered.
"Well, I must be off. I will see you guys at Hogwarts," Alison said pointing to us.
"Won't you come back for dinner dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"No thank you," Alison declined politely, "There are still a few things to take care of back at the school, rooms and such. I will see you four tomorrow at the Hogsmeade Station." With that she left us standing in front of the store. When she was a little ways away she melted into the shadows.
"Dad must be helping her," I heard Nico mumble.
"How did she do that?" Ron asked. We decided not to answer the question. We walked back to the car. Aleothea said she would meet us at the Borrow and took off. We got into the car and I prayed that we would not be blasted out of the sky.
(1) You've seen each other recently?
(2) No Father and I have not seen each other in years
(3) quest
Hope you enjoyed chapter 3! Silent Beta is currently working on chapter 4 and I am writing chapter 5. secretly I have random chapters from random parts of the tory done but I figured I would be nice and give them you my readers in chronological order :)
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