By the way, this part won't have a lot of Percy's POV in it, because not much is happening at Divitio. Don't worry, though. You'll get a lot of his POV later on.
This part is once again only to connect to the next part. Not all that interesting... but the next one will blow you away!
Disclaimer: HP and PJO do not belong to me, no matter how much I want to own them.
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Percy's POV
Fuego was gone.
But so was Harry.
I looked around. Time started moving again. The leaves in the trees rustled and the waterfall crashed gracefully into the lake. I turned and saw Ellie and Delian dizzily trying to keep their balance.
"What the-?" Delian said, rubbing his forehead.
"Ouch," Ellie groaned.
"We got Shadow Frozen," Delian said, shaking his arms. "We could see and hear, but we couldn't move. Those Flames... They were the Darkness Figures in disguise. You're Water Storm enchantment really improved, Perce."
Delian was smiling proudly at me, but Ellie was looking around, troubled.
"W-Where's Harry?" she asked shakily.
I shook my head miserably. I wasn't able to save him. Fuego took him, and it was all my fault. I couldn't even work up the courage to say that to Ellie.
Tears started collecting in her eyes. She sat down slowly, and Delian sat beside her, stroking her hair like the big brother he was.
"I should've taught him defensive moves," she said miserably. "It's my fault. I kept focusing on attacking Fuego. Now Harry is gone."
"It wasn't your fault, sister," Delian mumbled softly. "Listen. I'm sure wherever they are, Harry is putting up a fight. He's never going to join the dark side, okay?"
Ellie looked away to the horizon. "Mmhmm," she muttered.
A gentle breeze blew through my hair, and the air was peaceful and tranquil. As if Fuego didn't come. As if the Flames weren't Darkness Warriors. As if all was fine.
As if Harry was still here.
Where are you, Harry?
Harry's POV
Where was I?
Merlin's beard. What happened? Did I die? But could you feel pain if you were dead? Because I was definitely feeling pain. A lot of it actually.
I opened my eyes and tried to sit up, but immediately fell back down as pain erupted in my chest. When my vision blurred, I saw I was in a room that reminded me of the hospital wing back at Hogwarts.
"Are you okay?" a blonde girl sitting on the foot of my bed asked. She had stormy gray eyes that looked like they were calculating and sizing everything about me up.
"Hurrnurglesark," I mumbled. No, I don't know what that means neither. It sounds like something from the Quibbler that Luna would talk about.
Blondie giggled. "I'm Annabeth," she said. "I know who you are. Chiron told me. You were chosen, just like Percy was, to save the worlds. Harry Potter, wizard. Right?"
"Er, yeah," I answered. "So, this is Percy's world? Are you a demigod, too?"
"Yeah," she replied. "I'm the daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom."
I couldn't help but think of Hermione.
"Annabeth," I said, "How did I get here?"
"We were hoping you could tell us that," she shrugged. "We have no idea. You popped out of nowhere, actually. You had two broken ribs and a fractured leg bone."
I tried to remember what happened, but it was all a blur. The last thing I remembered was jumping down the waterfall. I don't even remember splashing into the lake.
"I can't remember," I mumbled.
"Thought so," she said. "Being under stress and pain like that... It'll come back to you. But you'll probably regret remembeing it when you do."
Suddenly, a tall centaur entered the room and nodded at Annabeth.
"Ah, Harry, I see you're awake," he said. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Chiron, trainor of heroes."
"I am Harry, eater of food," I mumbled. Hanging around with Percy got all his jokes rammed into my head.
Annabeth giggled again and Chiron smiled. "Percy's jokes have gotten to you too, huh?" Chiron chuckled. "Well, Mr. Potter, make yourself at home. We are trying to contact Divitio, but a tear in the harmonious dimension stream is stopping us. Don't worry, we'll get you back."
And with that, Chiron trotted out of the infirmary and a half goat, half boy walked in to take his place.
"Hey, Annabeth," he said, standing beside my bed. "Hello, Harry," he said to me. "I'm Grover. A satyr. Percy's best friend."
"Nice to meet you," I mumbled. I tried to sit up again, and this time I was able to do it without falling back down. "How's it been going in Divitio?" he asked. "Is Percy doing alright?"
"We've been training," I answered. "And, well, I think he's alright. I hope he is. I haven't seen him since... Um..."
"That's okay, Harry," Annabeth said. "You'll get your memory back. For now, make yourself at home, okay?"
I nodded and gave her a small, grateful smile.
"Grover, go get him a glass, will you?" she told the satyr.
"Ugh, I just came in," Grover grumbled.
"It's right over there," Annabeth goaned.
"I'll get it," I said. I recalled Delian telling me that after training in Divitio, I'd be able to do magic without a wand. "Accio glass."
The glass floated over to me. I grabbed the glass out of the air and it immediately filled up with my favorite beverage - Pumpkin Juice.
Annabeth's gray eyes glinted with excitement and Grover looked impressed. "Magic," Annabeth breathed.
The next day, I was ready to walk around. I walked along the shore early in the morning, trying to clear my mind and remember what happened. Annabeth and Grover went around with me, and they were a lot like Hermione and Ron. Annabeth, the smart one and Grover, the one that eats and makes me laugh. Some of the other campers hung around us, too. They seemed to be very interested in magic. That really befuddled me. I mean, they were children of the GREEK GODS.
Then, once, Grover, Annabeth and I were strolling around the forest when a boy randomly popped in front of us. Annabeth explained that he was the son of Hades, and he was Shadow traveling.
Well, I don't know why, but that triggered something in my mind.
Everything came flooding back to me. I was falling from the cliff, I hit the lake, I got up and dried myself off... darkness... Fuego... He was telling me about his life...
The next thing I know, I'm on the ground.
"Harry!" Annabeth and Grover rushed to my side and helped me up. "What's wrong?" The guy named Nico asked.
"Fuego," I mumbled. "He's dying tomorrow. First day of Salza... He's looking for people to take over his evil job..."
"Who?" Nico immediately asked.
"I don't know."
"What could Fuego have up his sleeve?" Annabeth pondered.
Well, she got her answer.
The sky turned pitch black and lightning lit up the sky... Fuego was here. He laughed like an evil maniac and lit up like a torch in front of us. Darkness Warriors floated all around us... I realized Annabeth, Nico and Grover were statues, and only Fuego and I moved in the forest.
"We meet again, Harry!" he said as if it was a jolly coincidental meeting. "How wonderful! Now, I believe you must come with me."
The world suddenly dislodged itself from me... I was being pulled through a vortex of pain... and I came out in a burning world in ruin, gasping for air.
"Welcome to Zalphia," Fuego said, as if destroying the place was a great achievement. "Do you like it? Do you think I should destroy it completely, and lessen the eight worlds into seven?"
Seven. Not a good number. I mean, I was Voldemort's seventh horcrux, after all. "Why did you take me here?" I asked bravely.
"Harry, I told you before, didn't I?" Fuego sneered. "I need a successor to continue my intricate work of evil."
"But who?" I demanded. Fuego just sneered at me. Then it hit me...
"I'll join you when hell freezes over!" I yelled, and I reminded myself of Neville. "Endura Senthis Armoure!"
My Essence exploded into life behind me, ten times bigger than it usually was. Fuego resized himself again, but he wasn't as big as my stag. I attacked and attacked and attacked out of pure rage and hatred, leaving no space for Fuego to shift from defense to offense mode.
But once, he lunged out at me... and I did the only thing I could... I used Storage on him.
Fuego was now locked in the Quidditch field in my mind. (?)
He was fighting to get out, and it used up a lot of my energy. I spat him out of my mind and he fell to the ground, barely taller than me again.
He stood up and sized me up.
"See? You're strong. But you can become stronger," he said. "Imagine having my army of Darkness Warriors at your command? Imagine being Ultima of all worlds!"
"I'd rather die," I said with pure venom in my voice.
Fuego laughed. "Well then, Plan B," he said. "I'll assign you only ONE task. My Darkness Warriors will do the rest."
"Never!" I protested.
"Oh?" he taunted. "Even if it means saving your friends?"
With a flick of his hand, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and Luna appeared at his feet. They were tied together by snakelike creatures...
"Harry, don't!" Hermione screamed.
"Do what's best, mate!" Ron yelled.
"Harry! We'll be fine," Ginny seemed to plead.
"Don't worry about us, mate!" Neville added.
"Save the worlds, Harry," Luna stated softly.
Fuego flicked his hand again and they disappeared. "What are you going to do about them?" Fuego said. "Abandon them? Lose them? Like Fred Weasley? Remus Lupin and Sirius Black? Lily and James Potter?"
He sneered. "You've lost enough, Harry," Fuego said.
I thought about all of them... Telling me to do what's right... Telling me to just let them be killed...
"What do you need me to do?" I asked, trembling with fury and pain.
"Kill Deliantex and company," Fuego said with an evil glint in his eyes.
Obi Wan's POV
I feel a disturbance in the force!
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OH NO HARRY WHAT EVER SHALL YOU DO?
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PROMISE.
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