Authors Note:

Damn, thanks for the reviews guys! Honestly, i didn't think I'd get any before at least three or so chapters where out. I'll answer to them individually at the bottom of the chapter.

Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not (throws books at the door) own (hits the desk) Percy Jackson or Harry Potter (breaks down in the corner, depressed)


The platform was not a surprise. The people were. While most students were dressed in normal clothes, their parents were not. They wore cloaks and capes of all colors. Of course, Nico had to point at the black and red one that looked like a vampire's. The wearer, a tall, pale man with long, blonde hair sneered at them. The red train was magnificent, even though Percy ruined the sight somewhat by comparing it to a certain body part. They boarded the train, trying to act as normal as possible, which was doomed to fail, with Nico's skull luggage, Percy's surfer look and the lack of owls or parents. But latest when Leo's hair caught fire, multiple students had seen them and were curious enough to come over.

"Aguamenti" a dreamy girl said, pointing her wand at Leo's hair and dosing him in cold water. The death glare that followed made the other three laugh.

"Thanks for saving our friend." Annabeth said, trying to act as if Leo catching fire was something unusual.

"No problem" the blonde girl replied. "So who are you? I've never seen you before." she said, speaking so slowly that it gave her an almost ghost like voice.

Percy jumped in at that, using the cover story Chiron had given them. "We are exchange students from the American School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and will be here at Hogwarts for one year."

"Cool! I always wanted to meet Ilvermorny students!" A boy exclaimed. Annabeth shot Percy a confused look. Could that be the name of the American Wizarding School?

"I am sorry to disappoint, but were actually from a less known one, right next to New York." a still wet Leo stated. The boy did not look any less interested though.

"Oh, so you're not from Massachusetts? Did you watch the Quidditch World Cup last year? I am Colin by the way. So how are wizards in North America?"

"Normal I guess" Percy said, not sure how to answer that many questions at once.

"Well, most of us anyways." a smirking Leo said, lightly punching Nico's shoulder.

"Hey!"

A deafening whistle shocked the four. Colin laughed at their reaction.

"We'd better get on the train." Luna lifted her suitcase into the wagon, stepping in and offering to help the others. Annabeth handed her bag up, and soon enough they were all on the train, Luna saying a quick goodbye to get her own compartment.

"Why didn't she sit with us? She seems lonely in there." Nico remarked.

"Oh, so you do have a heart?"

He sighed, annoyed. "No you punk, I was just wondering."

Percy was the one to reply. "She seemed scared of you. Your aura of death is working Neeks!"

"Neeks? That's a great nickname!" Colin exclaimed, laughing so loudly other students started to stare at him.

"Great. Thanks, Percy." Nico's I-will-stab-you glare told him that this was far from over.

The compartments they passed were all full. Thankfully, Colin's friend and his brother had reserved seats for them. It turned however out that they lacked one seat, so Annabeth sat on her boyfriends lap instead. The two Creevey's bombarded them with questions, many of which they did not dare to answer. Annabeth did most of the talking. She was the quickest on her feet, and the least likely to contradict herself. Luckily for her, talk quickly went to Nico. The Creevey's adored his suitcase.

"Wow and that jacket! What music do you listen to?"

"You definitely don't want to know." Leo answered for him, smirking.

The Creevey's looked so sad about that though that Nico told them "Everything from Five Finger Death Punch to Hollywood Undead" upon which the yaw of the brothers' friend dropped and both of the Creevey's called out "Cool!"

"Do you know what house you will be sorted in?" Colin's friend, who they called Kai, asked.

"House? What do you mean?"

"Well, there are four houses. The Slytherins, aka assholes, the Hufflepuffs, basically the dorks, Ravenclaws, the nerds of Hogwarts, as well as the best house, Gryffindor!"

"No idea." The four replied in union following that not so enlightening statement.

"We hope Gryffindor! Then you'll be with us!"

Soon the three were pulled away by another friend who had wanted to show them a new pet. The demigods sighed in relief. The magicians were funny in their own way, but it was exhausting to talk to them over any prolonged period of time. "God that was hilarious!" Leo curled up in laughter. "Nico, these two adore you!"

Nico smiled at that. "I wouldn't go that far."

"Wait, he's smiling!" Annabeth started laughing too. "That's a first this year."

"Hey, don't be mean, he smiles at least once a month." Percy corrected, chuckling.

"Okay, but fun and games over, there is some serious stuff to discuss."

"The monsters?"

"Yep, the monsters."

"I hope Mrs. O'Leary is alright." Percy was clearly uncomfortable with having left his pet behind.

Nico rolled his eyes. "She's a bloody hell hound. She'll be fine."

"Neeks, the way you reacted back there, you knew these creatures. What's up with them?"

"I don't know them. I've seen them, once. They are… I don't know what they are, honestly. I just know that they exist, and that they act as some sort of guard. And i've seen them fight. Trust me, you don't want to."

"But, what are they guarding?"

"I don't know. But they were around a mountain in Massachusetts. That's where I met them first."

"Well they won't be able to follow the train, so good on us!" Leo, stretching out his legs across two seats, said.

"Wait, didn't Colin say Ilvermorny was in Massachusetts? Could these be guarding the wizarding world from people like us?" Annabeth theorised.

"But why would magical mortals need protection from demigods?" Percy asked her.

Annabeth was staring out the window, her thoughts drifting.

"I don't know, but once we're in Hogwarts, I'll definitely need to visit the library."

"In that case, I bet you're a Ravenclaw, Chase." Percy teased her, kissing her neck.

"Get a room", was all Nico said.

"Oh, might us making out in front of you turn you on? Are you bisexual after all Neeks?" Percy asked, his eyebrow raised.

"Stop hallucinating. Your threesome fanfic is pathetic."

"Leo on the other hand," Nico shouldered Leo who was sitting next to him" "might be interested."

"Bet I am." Leo said, smirking.

"Dream on Valdez!" Annabeth snickered. "You don't have a chance."

In that moment, the two Creevey's returned, having left Kai behind with the other friends, bickering over something. Colin, snorting in anger, turned to them, asking: "Do you think that Harry might be related to Dumbledore?"
"Wait, what? You know that we are completely new to this school, right?" Percy frowned in disbelief of their forgetfulness.

"But you surely heard of Harry, right? The boy who lived? And Dumbledore is the greatest magician of this century. He defeated Grindelwald in Duel, stood up to Lord Voldemort! You must know him as well!"

Luckily, with that, Kai came into the room, telling them: "You'd better get dressed. We're arriving at Hogwarts soon." They changed into their school uniforms, the guys then leaving the compartment to let Annabeth get dressed.

"We'd better do some reading up on magical celebrities. Else we might lose our cover."

"We can do that in school. Let's see what this shithole looks like." Nico answered, glaring at a first grader that had been staring at him.

"Dam, tomorrow we probably have classes." Percy said regretfully.

"Schools always suck. But this one is magic, so it might be fun!" Leo tried to cheer up the others.

"Dream on!" They answered simultaneously.


Review replies:

Well, I'm not planning on writing about rape or real world racism, so I guess I'm all safe. Seriously tho, thanks for letting me know. Hope you enjoyed the banter in this chapter! Sorry, but the next few probably won't have any, too much important stuff will be going on.

Thanks for the compliment! Here's the update XD. With regards to the Harry x Percy pairing, actually great fan of the idea, but with this fanfic I'm trying to stick to full HP canon, so Harry stays seemingly straight. Doesn't mean that there won't be something hidden implicitly tho… And I can already spoil that there will be some bromance between the two, but thats still chapters ahead.

Both to the readers and the reviewers, thanks for sticking with me this far. If you have any idea of how and where I could improve, let me know! Longer chapters from now on, at least 2000 words each. Tomorrow chapter four, stay tuned for that, then mid week / weekly updates.