Reunion


Percy

After Ginny pulled out a green textbook to study, even though she told Percy she didn't like to, Percy kept his gaze on the vast grasslands and rivers quickly passing by on his journey to Hogwarts. He couldn't believe how much his life had changed within the last week. One day he found out that Annabeth was cheating on him, a topic he much preferred not to dwell on too much, then went into depression for a few days, after which Chiron gave him an offer that he accepted, then began training for a world that he never knew existed, and traveled to a different continent to study at a wizarding school. Although Percy didn't have many good experiences with schools, he was hopeful for this one because first, he wouldn't be the only weird one in a world of mortals, or muggles, and second, it helped him take his mind off of the incident. Keeping his mind on other things would surely be beneficial to his sanity, or so Percy thought.

Getting quite bored of doing nothing, he was a Demigod with ADHD after all, and seeing that Ginny put her textbook away and was tapping the couch, he decided to start a conversation.

"So, do you know anything about Harry Potter?" Percy asked?

Ginny faced towards him and gave a small smile, but Percy didn't know why.

"I suppose I do know something about him. We're in the same house. And we're friends." Ginny said.

"Oh, ok. I was just wondering because when I bought an owl, the man running the shop said something like 'everyone wants a white owl these days' and he mentioned Harry Potter. Does Harry have a white owl?"

"Yes, he does. Her name is Hedwig. She delivers nearly all of his letters for him. They have a special bond." Ginny replied. So that's what owls do... Percy thought to himself.

"Nice to know. Thanks." Percy said.

"No problem." Ginny replied.

"Oh, there you are!" Someone said just outside his booth, slightly startling Percy as he wasn't expecting anyone to come inside. He turned to the doorway and couldn't believe his eyes.

Hermione was standing right there, and it didn't seem that she noticed Percy yet. She took two steps into the booth.

"Hey Ginny, I was wondering if-" Her sentence was cut short as she laid her eyes on Percy, who was already looking at her. They both stood there in silence, staring at each other, which was somewhat awkward for Ginny as she didn't know that her old friend and new friend knew each other. She kept looking back and forth between the two, waiting for someone to speak up or even move. In the span of 24 hours, they had become statues twice.

Percy was the first one to gather enough courage to speak.

"Hermione?" He asked, incredulous.

"Percy?" She asked, also incredulous.

Neither one of them could believe it.

Percy slowly stood up from the couch, and approached Hermione. Instead of looking up to her from his sitting position, he had to look down, as he was a few inches taller than Hermione. Once he was one foot away from her, a smile formed on his face, and he hugged her, and she hugged back.

"I take it you two know each other?" Ginny hesitantly asked.

"Like you wouldn't believe." Answered Percy.

"Oh my gosh Percy, I can't believe it's actually you!" Hermione said, pulling from the hug. Her deep brown eyes were filled with joy. He also noticed a pin on her shirt, but didn't pay much attention to it anyway.

"Likewise. I never thought I'd see you again." Percy said. "How are you?"

"I... I'm great! Especially since you're here. You have no idea how much I've missed you Percy." Hermione said.

"I missed you too, Hermione."

The two sat down together and explained themselves to Ginny, and Hermione did most of the talking.

"Well, back in secondary school, Percy helped me get through some struggles. Just general teasing and bullying, and I owe Percy so much for it." She finished and gave a smile to Percy. Percy was quite surprised with how open she was with telling this, especially since he recalls having to help her make the decision to tell her parents.

"It's no big deal Hermione, besides, you helped me with my work, so I call it even." Percy replied, giving a smile to Hermione.

"Well, it's great that you did that Percy. I don't think Hermione told anyone about that. But she's fine at school." Ginny reassured Percy. He was slightly wondering if she was being picked on at Hogwarts, but he internally relaxed with the news Ginny gave him.

"So, tell me about what happened after you left for America, and I'll tell you about what happened here. You obviously grew and your voice changed, but fill me in on the whole story." Hermione said.

"Deal." Percy replied. But I can't tell her I'm a Demigod, at least not yet, Percy thought to himself.


Percy gave a lengthy explanation of what happened in the four years since Percy sailed for America, which Hermione and Ginny listened, giving Percy their full attention without any interruptions. After Percy's mind drifted to his reliable sword Riptide, he realized that it wasn't in his back pocket anymore, and also realized that a stick was in his right pants pocket. He pulled it out and examined the stick. The stick was about a foot long, was thicker at the base and got thinner toward the tip. It was smooth and comfortable, with a gentle pale color, similar to the bark of a tropical palm tree, and was very rigid. Near the end of the tip, there was a small blue band going around the stick.

"Is that your wand Percy?" Hermione asked, with her and Ginny eyeing the stick.

"Oh, um, yeah." Percy replied. Of course it was a wand. Percy thought. He was going to a wizarding school after all. He also noticed that the word "Anaklusmos" was etched into the wood near the base, and directly on the other side, the word "Riptide" was also carved into the wood. At the butt of the wand, there was a trident burned into the wood. He ran his thumb over the trident, the symbol of his father. For a second, Percy thought it might be a dead giveaway to his identity, but also thought that no one would be able to connect the dots, and he could just say that he was interested in Greek Mythology, which would be an understatement.

"It looks nice." Said Ginny.

"Agreed." Percy said, then he heard Hecate's voice.

"Will it to become your sword and it will do so." Hecate said, in a far-away trancelike voice.

Percy was about to will it to become a sword so he could see his faithful blade again, but realized that there were two mortals in the booth with him, and he assumed that wizards and witches were clear-sighted, as one of his classes was "Care of Magical Creatures."

"How many spells do you know Percy?" Ginny asked.

"My, er, professors said that I would be at the same level as the fifth year Hogwarts students, and maybe a little bit a head." Percy replied. The constant repetition of all of the charms, spells, hexes, and jinxes were engraved into Percy's memory, and he was proud of learning so much. He is forever grateful to Lady Athena for curing him of his dyslexia.

"That's good," said Hermione, "at least you'll be caught up with what we're doing. Speaking of professors, I've got no clue who's teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts this year, since Mad-Eye left."

"Neither do I." Said a voice to the left of Percy.

They all turned and saw a light-skinned boy with dark, messy hair, much like Percy's, and green eyes, much like Percy's, but he also had round glasses and a dark lightning-shaped scar on his forehead, which could.

"Hey Harry." Ginny and Hermione said in unison.

"Hi." Harry replied. Harry Potter? Percy thought. Harry's eyes rested on Percy.

"Hey, I'm Percy." Percy said. Harry had a skeptical look on his face before Ginny spoke up.

"Don't worry, he's not my brother." Ginny explained.

"Alright then." Harry replied, and he took a seat next to Ginny.

"Now that I see the two of you together," Ginny began, "you could be long lost brothers."

This prompted Harry and Percy to look at each other, and see the similarities in each other.

"Yeah, I can see that." Harry said.

"Oh yeah, I told Ron I was looking for you, after you left the prefect's cart." Harry said to Hermione.

"Well, we stayed there a little bit, and I suppose it is a bit nicer than here, but there are just too many good memories in these booths. Besides, all of our friends aren't prefects." Hermione replied.

"That's true. Well, I'll try to get him down here." Harry said, before exiting the booth and walking to the left.

"What are prefects?" Percy asked.

"Prefects are a selected group of trustworthy, mature, responsible people who keep everyone at the school in check." Said Hermione.

"'Trustworthy' and 'responsible' and 'mature' aren't on the list of Ron's traits." Ginny joked, which brightened the mood in the booth.

"So what's Ron to you?" Percy asked Ginny.

"Ron's my brother. He's in the year above me, your year, and we have two older twin brothers, Fred and George." Ginny replied.

"Twins, huh?" Percy replied.

"Yep, but at times they can be a total pain in the-"

"Pain in the what?" Someone said, cutting Ginny off.

Percy looked at the booth doorway and saw a freckled boy with bright orange hair, reminding him of flames. Assuming this was Ron, Percy could clearly see the resemblance. Both Ginny and Ron had freckles across their faces, flaming hair, and a similar complexion. Harry was standing behind him with an amused look on his face.

"I'm guessing you're Ron." Percy said.

Ron turned his head to Percy, and a confused look came across his face.

"You're the bloke that we saw in Diagon Alley!" Ron blurted.

"I think so," Percy replied, "were you the guy with Hermione?"

"Yeah, I was. Nice to know I was acknowledged." Ron replied.

"Nice to meet you too." Percy joked.

It was a bit of a squeeze to fit six teenagers in one booth, but they managed to sit somewhat comfortably. The two people at the end of each seat, Harry and Ron, put their legs on the edge of the seat, allowing for slightly more legroom on each side.

"I think we're almost at Hogwarts." Ginny spoke.

"I'd wager we are." Replied Harry.

This gave Percy a bit of excitement, as he had never seen the school. He also didn't know what to expect from a wizarding school. Would it be similar to camp, where there are different buildings for each branch of magic? Or a generic school with one blocky building housing dozens of rooms?

"We should probably get changed." Hermione added, and with that, all of them exited the booth and walked toward the rear of the train.


Percy was pleasantly surprised with the items he found in his silver and gray trunk. On the left, all of his spellbooks were stacked on top of each other. The top one titled Dark Arts Defense: Basics for Beginners. Just to the right of his books, he saw a white cloth pouch, and he heard the jingle of coins inside of it. Picking it up, he felt that it was much heavier than Percy anticipated. On the lid of the trunk, he saw compartments that held various multi-colored bottles of ink, along with several quills accompanying them. He also saw a piece of tan paper that was titled "Jackson, Percy - Fifth Year - Classes" and it had a list of classes below. Percy visibly smiled when he realized he could read every word on the paper correctly, without any strain or a headache. At the front of the trunk, his box full of owl treats was still nicely packaged. At the far right sat all of his robes with labels on top. He picked up the one on the top labeled "School" and saw that he had a few spare below. He also had one called "Dress" which appeared more formal and decorated.

After changing into his school robes that went straight over his jeans and somewhat faded orange CHB shirt that Percy forgot he was wearing, and was glad that no one asked about it, he returned to the booth with the rest of his mostly new friends, and they were all looking outside the window. He took a peek outside and past the green fields lay a large, dense forest. Further past the forest was a train station, and Percy saw a village next to it. There was a short hill past the village which a vast, stone castle was only getting larger the closer they were. Percy was appalled by the sheer size of the castle. Of all things, a castle was not what Percy expected at all.

"We're here," Hermione said, a smile on her face at Percy's astounded expression, "Hogwarts."


Here it is, my longest chapter yet. Hope you guys and gals enjoy! :)

Acidplatypus - Good to know!

The True Wild Thing - I already know what house I'm putting Percy in, and it might not be what some of you expect, but it's for the sake of the story. But why Slytherin?

JustMyOpinion74 - Please love meeeeee... lol. :D

MathNerd - Not sure if you are still taking them, but good luck! Our teachers said "Try not to stress over them" and that may have been the worst advice I've ever gotten! My week has been alright. Not sure if your school does this but we have two periods around and hour and a half each day dedicated to a class for midterms. It was alright with me, thanks for asking. Christmas break was a nice time to relax for me, and we also had the returning week off as well! I personally hate being sick. I just feel like a potato. I hope you're okay now :D Thanks Hanna!

Guest - Nice catch! I actually saw it once I proofread the story but after remembering a presentation that two of my friends did on optical illusions and how your brain will automatically fix problems in text, I decided to leave it there. Thanks for the compliment!

BeIIamy Blake - Haha, sorry for killing Percabeth! About the pairing, as this is my first Fanfiction, I have got practically no clue on how to do a pairing D: I personally don't want it to be "Oh hi there I love you now" but have a bit of a build up. Pls forgive O-O

Guest - Glad you enjoy it!