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Chapter 3:

Nico stared at the man that had made the light appear. He was looking at him suspiciously. "It's an advanced spell. You will probably learn it in a few years…" He waited for Nico to tell him his name. He didn't. "Let's go back to the compartment. You must be exhausted after facing a dementor." Nico followed him carefully.

"Here. Have some chocolate. Especially you and you." He gave especially big chunks to Nico and Harry. "What was that?" Ron shuddered. "A dementor. It sucks out happiness. I wonder what one was doing on the train…" Nico asked himself thoughtfully. If he had just talked a little longer, maybe he would have found out.

"Exactly right. They're the guards of Azkaban." The man said. "What?" Nico's head shot up. "Nico, Percy and Annabeth are new." Harry explained. "Azkaban is the wizard prison." Hermione added. Dementors were guarding wizard criminals? Hades is going to kill Hecate, Nico thought.

"I'm going to have a chat with the driver. I'll be right back." The man left. "How do you know about dementors and not about Azkaban?" Harry wondered. Percy, Annabeth and Nico exchanged looks. These three caught on pretty quick. "My dad told me about them." Nico excused himself.

Soon, they were getting very close to Hogwarts. "We should put our robes on now." Harry suggested. The demigods groaned. "Thalia and Clarisse will never let us forget this if they find out." Percy moaned. "No way! There is no way I'm putting on robes." Nico agreed.

Annabeth narrowed her eyes. "Oh, come on guys, it can't be that bad. I'll go first." Annabeth changed. The other two demigods shook their heads. "They look fine on you, but not on us." Percy said quickly, seeing Annabeth's glare.

The other three had already put on their robes. "Oh please!" Hermione rolled her eyes. Annabeth got really close to her friends. "This is an important quest. Hades gave it to us. Are you two really gonna screw up on a quest for Hades?" She whispered.

Nico and Percy grudgingly put on the robes.

When they looked at each other they continued to moan. "What the Ha- um… heck was your dad thinking?" Percy corrected himself quickly. "I don't know. Maybe this is all a joke. I bet Per- cy, my stepmother set this up." Nico had almost said Persephone.

"A stepmother? What happened to your mum?" Ron blurted out. "Ronald!" Hermione exclaimed. Nico glared at the redhead. "She died. So did my sister." He said gruffly. Percy saw that he was fighting grief, and hiding it as anger. "Oh… I have no idea how it might be to loose a sister… but I lost both my parents when I was little. Voldemort killed them." Harry commented.

Ron and Hermione winced at the name. The demigods stared at Harry. Percy suddenly grinned. "I guess we all have parental issues, don't we?" He relaxed. "What do you mean?" Harry wondered.

"I never see my dad. I live with my mom. They never got married. Annabeth never sees her mom, and her dad didn't want her, she ran away, but now she lives with her dad. Nico has the most mixed up story. He's lucky enough to see his dad, but his mom died. So did his sister. He the only… kid his dad has now." Percy finished awkwardly.

Nico and Annabeth glared at Percy. He grimaced. He was gonna get it. The train stopped. It was time to get off the train. After glaring at the robes they had on one more time, they all left the train.

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