CHAPTER 4:
STILL ANNABETH POV
We walked over to their joke shop. When we entered, we all froze.
"Oh my gods, if the Stolls were here, imagine the damage that they would cause!" Percy said.
"I am SO bringing stuff back for them!" Leo shouted gleefully.
Fred and George walked over to us, and smiled.
"You Americans all get 50% for one item each!" They said in unison.
Ron's jaw dropped. "I'm your BROTHER and you never do that for me!"
"All's fair in love and war, Ronniekins!" They answered.
We all wandered around. In the end, Leo used all of our 50% off discounts on everything that HE wanted because no one else wanted these things.
"On ONE condition, Valdez. If you ever use these on us-just know that you will die a painful death." I warned. He gulped and nodded.
After he made his many idiotic purchases, we all went back to Number 12 Grimmauld Place.
"Make sure that you are all ready for going to Hogwarts tomorrow!" Mrs. Weasley said, and we all went to bed.
TIME SKIP TO MORNING
I woke up early, thanks to Apollo. I got up, and nudged Seaweed Brain with my foot.
"Perce! Get up, you have to go back to your own room!" I whispered. After a few pokes and prods, he woke up. He made it back to his room just in time, because right then, Mrs. Weasley started to wake everyone up.
"Hurry up, everyone! We leave for King's Cross in 1 hour!" She shouted.
We all hurried to wash up and then carried our trunks back to the door.
We said goodbye to Sirius, who we found out to be Harry's godfather. We also said bye to Tonks, Kingsley, Lupin, Mundugnus and Moody. When we were all ready to leave, we piled into the car and Mr. Weasley drove to King's Cross.
We arrived to King's Cross and I started looking for Platform 9 ¾, where Chiron said we would be boarding the Hogwarts Express, but I just saw Platforms 9 and 10.
All my fellow demigods looked as confused as I did.
"Mrs. Weasley, how do we get to Platform 9 ¾?" I asked politely.
"Watch Fred and George dear." She answered.
I saw the 2 of them run into the wall between Platforms 9 and 10. I winced, expecting then to hit the wall hard, but they ran through the wall. My jaw dropped.
"Alright, Percy why don't you go now?" Mrs. Weasley offered.
My boyfriend gulped but did as he was asked. He ran through the wall also. We all went, and as soon as we saw the train, our jaws dropped again. The train was really cool looking.
Leo looked like was going to burst with happiness.
"Look at the engine!"He shouted. "Dad would be SO proud of whoever did this!"
We all rolled our eyes and got on the train, after hugging Mrs. Weasley.
"Let's sit here." Harry said pointing to an empty compartment. Ron and Hermione looked down sheepishly.
"I'm sorry, Harry, but we have to go to the Prefect's Compartment for the first bit of the ride." Hermione said.
Harry nodded, hiding his sad feelings.
"We'll sit with you Harry!" Frank said, and we all murmured our assent.
He smiled, and we all settled in our compartment. Leo sat next to Jason, who sat next to Piper, who sat next to Harry, who sat next to Ginny, who had Grover on her other side. On the other side, Hazel sat next to Frank, who sat next to Thalia, who set next to Percy, who sat next to me. Nico sat on the other side of me.
"There's room for two more." Ginny said. "How about Neville and Luna?"
All us demigods froze.
NEVILLE AND LUNA GO HERE?!
Ginny poked her head out the compartment door and called their names.
Soon, a blonde girl with a dreamy expression on her face and goofy glasses appeared.
"Luna!" I shouted.
"Annie?" She asked. I scowled at my nickname.
We all gave hugs to Luna.
"Um… How do you know each other?" Harry asked.
"Luna's my half-sister." I explain.
"Mom or dad side?" Ginny questioned.
"Mom." I said.
Just then, a round boy appeared also.
"Neville!" We all shouted in unison.
"What are you doing here?" He asked a smile appearing on his face.
"Mr. Brunner said to come." I explained. He caught my drift, thankfully.
"If we knew you would be here, we would have told Katie!" Jason said.
"Who is Katie?" Ginny asked.
"Neville's half-sister." Ginny and Harry looked confused, but nodded.
"We all go to the same summer camp." Percy explained.
"It's so good to see you!" Luna said. "Have you found out what houses you will be in? Annie, you will probably be in Ravenclaw with me-Ravenclaw is for the wise…" She said, and smiled.
"Actually, Luna, I think that they'll all be in Gryffindor, after all they've been through…" Neville said, cocking his head to the side.
Luna thought for a moment. "I suppose." She agreed.
"What's the difference?" I asked, curiously.
"Ravenclaw is for the Wise, Hufflepuff for the Kind, Gryffindor for the Brave, and Slytherin for the cunning. And the Evil." Ginny explained, disgust clear on her face when she explained Slytherin.
The ride passed by very quickly, and soon, Ron and Hermione knocked on our compartment door.
"Put your robes and uniforms on! Hurry! We'll be at Hogwarts in just a few minutes!" Hermione said.
The boys all went to a different compartment to change.
Once I had changed into my skirt I scowled.
"How are we supposed to fight in SKIRTS?" I whispered to Piper.
"Don't worry." She closed her eyes.
"Please, Mom, could you change all of us demigods' skirts into skorts?" Piper whispered to her mother. There was a light flash of pink and immediately our skirts became skorts.
I grinned. "Nice thinking, Pipes!" She smiled.
The boys came back to our compartment and Percy smiled at me.
"You look very cute, Wise Girl." I smiled, blushing a bit.
"So have your parents adjusted to the fact that you are dating yet?" Neville asked, smirking a bit.
"Nope. But after everything, they haven't tried to break us apart anymore." Percy answered, smiling at me.
"Ch- Mr. Brunner's talked to them, and I'm pretty sure that they won't be interfering at all. Everyone else, like all of your parents, sided with you guys saying that you deserve to be together. Even Thalia's mistress agreed, and she can't stand that sort of thing." Grover added and Percy and I smiled at each other.
The train stopped and we got off. There was a giant man calling for first years to come with him.
He saw us. "Are you the new students?" He asked. (AN: Sorry I'm not very good at Hagrid-speak.) We nodded. He smiled and pointed to Luna, Neville, Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione. "I'm Hagrid. Go with them, and then find Professor McGonagall when you get to Hogwarts." We nodded.
Harry led us over to these carriages and we all froze.
"What are those?" I asked, pointing to the creatures leading the carriages.
"You can see them?" Hermione asked, baffled.
We nodded, wasn't everyone able to?
Luna explained. "You can only see them if you have seen someone or multiple people die. They are called Thestrals, they are part horse creatures." Her explanation brought tears to all of our eyes as we remembered all of our friends that had died for either war.
"Silena." I whispered, tears dripping down my face.
"Beckendorf." Percy said.
"Zoë." Thalia murmured.
"Bianca." Percy said, and tears then started to drip down Nico's face.
"My mom." Leo said softly.
"Mine, too." Nico sighed.
"Luke." Thalia said. I closed my eyes at his name.
"Castor." Grover added the son of Dionysus' name who had died during the Labyrinth Battle.
"Michael Yew and Lee Fletcher." Thalia whispered.
"Daedalus." Percy added.
"Leneus." Grover said, loyally reminding all of us of our deceased satyr friend.
"Ethan Nakamura." Nico spoke this name with not a twinge of bitterness, because he had also died a hero.
"Damasen and Bob." I whimpered, hugging Percy tightly.
"Are you OK?" Ron asked.
"Ronald! It's obviously a sore subject, stop it!" Hermione and Ginny scolded.
I wiped my eyes and managed a weak smile. "It's alright. Who else can see them?" I asked.
"I can." Harry said. "My parents… And Cedric." He said. We nodded and continued to wipe the tears falling off our faces.
"Me too." Luna whispered, hugging me tightly.
"Same." Neville whispered.
Percy stopped crying and his head immediately shot up. "Did you say that they are part horse?" He asked.
Luna nodded, and smiled.
Percy closed his eyes. After a minute he opened them. "They say we're sorry to remind us all of our friends." Percy's voice cracked on 'friends' and we wailed harder.
Hermione pat my arm and gasped. "Look! We are almost there!" She exclaimed. I looked up from Percy's shoulder, which I was drenching with tears. I saw the castle and I literally squealed.
Like APHRODITE I SQUEALED.
"Are you OK, Wise Girl?" Percy asked.
"Look at how beautiful it is Percy!" I said. Everyone saw it and gasped.
We arrived at the castle and Hermione pointed out Professor McGonagall to us.
We walked over to her.
"Excuse me? Professor McGonagall?" I say.
She turns and sees us. Her face splits into a grin. "Let me take you to the Headmaster's office." She leads us though a few corridors and stopped in front of a gargoyle. "Lemon drops." She said.
The gargoyle moved and we were lead to a doorway. "Knock. I have to go now. Alright?" She said. We nodded and Percy knocked with the hand that wasn't gripping mine.
"Come in." A wise, old voice called.
We all walked in and saw the oldest man ever with the longest beard ever. He had a kind and gentle face.
"I take it that you are the demigods? I am Albus Dumbledore." He said. We all shook his hand.
"Please, introduce yourselves. Full titles please and small demonstration of your powers." At that Percy groaned quietly. I stepped on his foot to shut him up.
"Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus and lieutenant of Artemis. I was a pine tree at one point and was brought back by the Golden Fleece. I helped to rescue Lady Artemis and I am a hero of Olympus." Thalia said. Electricity crackled around her, and she took out her bow and arrow and hit a suit of armor right in the forehead area.
"Nico di Angelo, son of Hades. I am the Ghost King, I can raise the dead and I am a survivor or Tartarus, for a few days at least. I am a hero of Olympus." Nico stuck his sword into the ground a skeleton rose. "Return now." He said, and the skeleton shrunk back into the ground.
"Frank Zhang, son of Mars and legacy of Poseidon, I am one of the Seven and I have the ability to shape shift. I helped to rescue Thanatos. I am a hero of Olympus" He morphed into a lizard and then into a lion, then back to himself.
"Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto. I am one of the Seven. I was dead at one point in my life and helped to rescue Thanatos. I am a hero of Olympus" Hazel closed her eyes and a bar of gold appeared at her feet.
Dumbledore looked impressed.
"Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus. I am one of the Seven. I am the first fire user in centuries and I helped to rescue Hera. I made the Argo II. I landed on Ogygia and I am a hero of Olympus." Leo's hand lit up with fire.
"Grover Underwood, satyr. I helped to rescue Zeus's master bolt, and find the Golden Fleece. I helped to rescue Lady Artemis and Annabeth from Atlas, and I found Pan. I am Lord of the Wild and a Hero of Olympus." Grover said proudly showing his furry and hooved feet.
"Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite. I am one of the Seven. I have the ability to charm speak. I am the holder of Katroptis and the cornucopia. I am a hero of Olympus." Piper turned to Leo. "Build something for me." She said. We all had this sudden NEED to build something for her, except for Percy and me. He leaned in closer to me. "Piper's charm speak doesn't work on us because we are already so madly in love." I grinned. Leo finished building something for her, it was a teeny helicopter that whizzed through the air.
"Jason Grace, son of Jupiter. I am one of the Seven and was part of Hera's leader swap. I helped to rescue Hera. I am a hero of Olympus." He rose a few inches off the ground.
"Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena. I helped to rescue Zeus's Master Lightning Bolt, I traveled through the Sea of Monsters, I survived listening to the Sirens, thanks to Percy, I tricked Polyphemus with the Nobody trick, I helped rescue the Golden Fleece, I bore the weight of the sky, I was a wanderer of the Labyrinth, I currently hold Daedalus' laptop (AN: IDK if she actually got it back at the end of House of Hades, but just pretend), I helped to defeat Kronos. I am one of the Seven, I rescued the Athena Parthenos, I outwitted Arachne and I am a survivor of Tartarus for about 2 weeks. I helped to close the Doors of Death. I am a hero of Olympus." I said. I closed my eyes and a moment later an owl appeared on my shoulder. I sent it back, and then Percy started his title.
"Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, I was part of 2 Great Prophecies, defeated a Fury with no training, I defeated the Minotaur twice, once with no training, I rescued Zeus's Master Lightning Bolt, I defeated Medusa, I travelled through the Sea of Monsters, I helped with Annabeth's Nobody trick, I helped to rescue the Golden Fleece, I got the help of Nereus on one quest, I bore the weight of the sky, I helped to rescue Artemis, and Annabeth, of course. I caused Mt. St. Helens to erupt a few years ago, I was a wanderer of the labyrinth, I landed on Ogygia, and I defeated Kronos by giving Luke the choice of killing himself or killing me. I was offered the immortality, but turned it down. I am one of the Seven and was part of Hera's leader swap. I helped to rescue Thanatos. I fell into Tartarus with Annabeth and I am a survivor of Tartarus. I helped to close the Doors of Death. I am a hero of Olympus. But of course, I did most of that with help." He said monotonously. I shook my head. Same old modest Seaweed Brain, I thought fondly. Percy closed his eyes and put his hand over Dumbledore's cup of water. He formed a few shapes with the water. He was really sweet and made a heart on a string and froze it. He gave it to me and said that it would never melt, courtesy of Poseidon.
"You have all done some incredible things. I just want to let you know that I am a descendent of Hecate. Wizards can usually NOT see through the mist, unless they are clear-sighted. I ask that you don't reveal your true identities unless you need to. You can contact Camp Half-Blood through Iris-Messaging. Anything else?" He asked.
"Where can we train, Professor?" I asked.
His eyes twinkled. "If you go down the hallway and pace back and forth the empty wall 3 times, and think very hard for a training arena, the Room of Requirement will create a training arena for you to use. You have permission to be out of bed from me, and if Mr. Filch asks you why you are out of bed, just tell him that I allowed it. Oh, and all the teachers know that are demigods, except for Professor Umbridge, the newest Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. You will have all of your classes with Ron, Hermione and Harry. Also, you all have to learn to be wizards; Hecate just gave you the powers. You have to learn how to use them-but the more powerful of a demigod that you are, the more powerful of a wizard you will be. Alright?" We nodded.
"Go to the Great Hall. You will now be sorted." We ran to the Great Hall.
We walked in the giant room and Professor McGonagall began to speak.
"Before Professor Dumbledore arrives, we have to sort 10 exchange students from America. They will all be in their 5th year." She pointed to us and immediately, all of the girls started staring at Percy and Jason, but mostly Percy. All they guys started staring at Piper and me, but mostly Piper. Piper and I both tightened our grips on our boyfriends' hands.
"Thalia Grace." Professor McGonagall called.
"I don't use my last name." Thalia growled and McGonagall nodded.
Thalia sat down on the stool and the professor put an old, worn hat on her head.