Chapter 7

Nico di Angelo,demigod son of Hades, despite his greatest efforts couldn't remove the look of utmost anger and disgust off of his face while looking at the campers. After he returned from the underworld helping his father out he finds out that his brother in all but blood was sent away from camp for his incompetent half-brother who after a week of his arrival decide it would be best to join some of the last remaining titans who all want to get revenge on Olympus.

His friend Thalia wasn't any better after the hunters came back to camp and found out she nearly electrocuted Annabeth to death. She was disgusted with her ex best friends actions and upset that nobody else stood up for Percy. Thalia couldn't believe the sweet little girl she helped get to camp had become so cold-heartened. After Theseus was caught with a spy charm on his wrist and ran out of camp, Annabeth along with all the other campers realized their mistake and are now trying to change things by searching for Percy. Before he ran out of camp Theseus yelled out for them all to hear that the titans would return and that they would have no chance to survive since he tricked them all into banishing the strongest hero in history.

The campers knew that it would be hard for them to find him since he wasn't allowed in New York and,his father, Poseidon had removed his powers his scent would not be easy to identify since it would no longer have the smell of the sea in the air around his location. They sent out search party after search party all over the world trying to locate where he could possible be. It was hard to decide where to go next after a search party failed since he could be anywhere but the campers were determined to find him and apologize for their actions not that they expected him to accept them.

He was betrayed, forgotten, and cast aside by them for his half-brother who wasn't even loyal to Olympus. They felt terrible about it and it only strengthened their resolve to find him and bring him back to camp. The campers knew that it was hard to survive on your own before you made it to camp but to be out on your own when you were the strongest and one of the most accomplished heroes in history had to make it ten times harder. They couldn't imagine how hard it must be and how many monsters he must have had to battle to survive. The campers knew that Percy had bad luck so it wouldn't come to them as a surprise if he had to fight numerous monsters everyday just to make it to the next one.

The gods were all upset that the three brothers had banished the hero of the war without putting the council to a vote and the three brothers were upset that they acted without thinking clearly. Most of the gods knew that Percy had been through some rough things already, so to go and do what they did was unbelievable in their minds. How anyone could do that to the hero of Olympus and the savior of the world they couldn't figure out. They knew that Percy received offers in his dreams from Kronos and for him to turn them down all the time, even when they were offers the Olympians couldn't match let alone beat was amazing to them since some of the gods knew if the situation was reversed they would have had a hard time turning down such offers because of their pride or greed getting in the way.

Hera even used her authority as queen of the gods to order Artemis and her hunters to look out for Percy and search for him whenever possible since her husband was still clearly distraught with his decision and unusually quiet during most council meetings. While most of the hunters would usually refuse such a request they had all grown to respect Percy and the sacrifices he was forced to go through during the war, thus gaining him their ultimate respect. It didn't hurt that Annabeth had broken his heart instead of the other way around. This made them see that not all men were bad and that sometimes the situation was reversed. They also didn't like how quiet and vulnerable their lieutenant seemed at times. She has cried more than once and every time she goes to camp she shoots bolts of lightning at whatever campers she feels deserves it.

All of the council was distraught except for Hestia who seemed content for some reason. Nobody could figure out why but they knew that Hestia liked Percy so they figured it had to have been something special for her to seem relaxed instead of stressed out. Nico and Thalia both knew that while Percy may forgive some of his friends for their actions he would never get back together with Annabeth like she thinks. Nico saw Annabeth earlier saying "I'll find you Percy and when I do I'll apologize and we'll get back together." While he wasn't a genius Nico wasn't an idiot either and he knew that Annabeth had her chance and since she betrayed Percy's trust she wouldn't be receiving another.

Shaking his head Nico got up from the dining pavilion,went outside,and headed to the council meeting. He arrived at an old fashioned big blue two story house with huge windows and what appeared to be a really big attic. For reasons unknown meetings were usually held in a decent sized rec room around a dull green ping pong table. Nico didn't mind this though, it helped you relax instead of feeling all alert like they usually did due to having ADHD. ADHD helped in some ways Nico could testify it to saving his life numerous times but it made you more fidgety than a normal impatient person and more paranoid. It makes you constantly look over your shoulder for threats and whenever you went somewhere knew you would most likely look around for exits. Clearing his head Nico arrived to see everyone there sitting around the ping pong table and went and took a seat next to the empty Persephone chair in the far left corner of the room.

Nico looked around the room to see all the counselors there. To his right was the Hermes cabin with its' co-counselors Connor and Travis Stoll. Travis was the oldest by about a year but nobody could really tell,if you asked anyone they would say that they were both twins at a first glance. Both were around six feet tall with lean builds the type that professional runners would have, they both have mischievous smiles that most people would say made them look like troublemakers,while they both had messy brown hair and bright blue eyes. The Stolls have been seen pranking more than usual trying to hide their misery but the people who have known them the longest can tell that they are very upset about what happened to Percy. Nico also noticed that most of the pranks they did now had to do with Annabeth. She had been seen many times running through camp screaming about spiders and how she was going to kill the Stolls once she found them. Nico and the Stolls got along pretty well mainly because besides Percy, they were the first campers to accept him when he first came to camp and he still didn't know what was going on for a long time after he arrived so they went out of their way to help him out.

Next to Travis was the head of the Demeter cabin Katie Gardener. Katie was usually quiet unless she was yelling at the Stoll twins. She was a good height at around five feet eight inches tall. Katie has a slim figure with long brown hair and grass green eyes. Katie has been seen crying a lot ever since Theseus declared he lied about everything he accused Percy of. Nico usually didn't talk to Katie much because he was afraid she would be like her mother Demeter and hate him at first glance because of the Demeter Hades rivalry. Next to her was the Apollo head Counselor Will Solace. Will was a very talkative guy. He was average height at around five feet ten inches tall. He was fairly skinny while still in great shape mainly because he refused to use a sword while all the other campers gained their muscles from working out and training with heavy weapons Will focused solely on using a bow and arrow. Will has short blonde hair and blue eyes. Nico usually doesn't talk to Will because when he grew older Nico could usually be seen wearing black everything and for someone like Will who wears bright clothes their personalities kind of clash.

Next to Will was Drew Tanaka. Drew was the head counselor for the Aphrodite cabin. Drew is a beautiful girl of Asian decent and uses it to her advantage by manipulating people. She has long dark hair and big blue eyes. She has the power of charmspeaking and usually does it to get what she wants. Nico and Drew's relationship is simple he doesn't speak to her unless absolutely necessary and she doesn't speak to him unless impossible to avoid. They both knew this and have no problems with it. Next to Drew was the Athena cabins leader Annabeth Chase. Annabeth was around five feet nine inches tall with long and curly blonde hair. Her eyes were an intimidating color of gray. Most people tended to avoid Annabeth now because they were upset with how she treated Percy, while they knew that they weren't much better as friends, she was his girlfriend and they knew that their bond was much better than his with his other friends. Nico now avoided Annabeth like the plague. She comes up to him about four or five times a day trying to question him or get information about Percy's whereabouts. Nico has told her on numerous occasions that he has no idea where Percy is and if he did he wouldn't tell her. This just seems to infuriate her more and makes her become more persistent. Nico soon decided that just not talking to her at all was the best way to get her to leave him alone.

Besides Annabeth was the Ares cabin head counselor Clarisse La Rue. Clarisse is a big and burly curly haired girl with arms bigger than most full grown men. Clarisse is known as the camp bully for picking on all the new campers. Clarisse doesn't show it much but most people can tells she feels really bad about listening to Theseus about breaking her spear. Sitting next to Clarisse is the Hephaestus cabin leader Jake Mason. Jake is around six feet three inches tall with short black hair and huge muscles from working in the forges. Jake was a silent type of person. He was barely seen talking to anyone but Nico and Thalia were mad at him for not attempting to talk to Percy when he obviously saw everyone else abandoning him. They knew it was wrong but they wanted someone to blame. Sitting next to Jake and glaring at all the campers except her cousin Nico was the Zeus cabin leader Thalia Grace. Thalia has spiky black hair and electric blue eyes. Thalia has and outgoing personality and usually makes jokes with everyone but after hearing how they treated her cousin/brother she disliked every camper around.

Nico was brought out of his glancing around by the sound of someone clearing their throat. Nico looked to the left side of the room to see it was Chiron. Chiron is the camps trainer. He is a centaur who is on the gods side in the war. He was born a son of Kronos but never agreed with his fathers ways. He was made immortal after he proved his loyalty and was rewarded with any gift he liked by the Olympian council. Nico could see the sadness in Chiron's eyes as he looked out among the campers. It was no secret to the campers that Chiron and Percy had a strong father/son bond that couldn't be duplicated. Percy looked up to Chiron for advice when needed and Chiron looked to Percy when some of the campers had problems that needed someone closer to their age to solve. Chiron had been noticeably sad lately and was very short with anyone who approached. Chiron blamed himself for letting Theseus take over the camp while he watched in the shadows.

"Campers" Chiron started grimly "I know that you are all very busy and this won't take long but I have a few things we need to discuss." He said all this in the same monotone voice he always used on the campers nowadays. He waited to make sure that everyone was still listening before continuing "As you all know the titans are out and about regrouping and finding more and more allies everyday." "They are becoming more and more powerful while we aren't receiving any help." "It has also come to our attention that he has made alliances with a group of powerful dark wizards in England named Death Eaters who are trying to resurrect their leader Lord Voldemort." He waited for the laughs that he knew were sure to come and just like he assumed their were some loud laughs and a few giggles. The Stoll twins fell out their laughing rolling on the floor and clutching their stomachs.

"Are you saying they are demigod childen of Hecate?" Questioned Annabeth in her usually know it all tone. Chiron shook his head politely but his eyes showed the hidden sadness of how the girl he had at one time considered his daughter grew up. Chiron partly blamed himself for the way she turned out. "No they are not a childen of Hecate, more like magical descendants." "What do you mean?" Katie asked quietly sounding mildly interested "Wouldn't we know about them?" She said a little louder.

"In England centuries ago Hecate blessed hundreds of mortals with magical abilities." Chiron said in a deadly serious voice which helped those who had been under the impression that he was joking put those thoughts to rest. "While most were at best average with magic she had four with more potential then even the oracle could have imagined." "They were four of the most powerful and proud people you would ever meet by the names of Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin." Chiron said truthfully but hurriedly. Nico thought he sounded like he wanted to get through his speech without being interrupted which led Nico into wondering if Chiron had met the Stolls.

Nico's thoughts soon proved that Chiron's hopes were just wishful thinking when the brothers busted out laughing. "Wait." Connor started only to laugh harder "Are you telling us that those are real names?" Travis finished when it was clear his brother wasn't capable of finishing. Chiron nodded "You two have to understand that in those times name were different then how they are now they were made to stand out." "Now people pick all the same names so that nobody seems special." Nico thought he heard Chiron mumble something about nobody being named Chiron before he continued "Now back to the subject, the four decided that since the other hundreds of mortals, who are now known as witches and wizards, would grow up and have kids that they would need a place to learn to control their magic so they decided to build a school now known as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Chiron then glared at the Stolls as if daring them to laugh.

"Wait Chiron." Said Annabeth like her interest in this meeting was finally peaked. "You're saying that there is a school where witches and wizards learn magic and how to control their powers?" Annabeth asked and at Chiron's head nod continued "Why haven't we heard about it?" Chiron looked Annabeth dead in the eye with a serious expression on his face. She leaned forward like he was about to tell her some secret and that made it that much funnier when he said "Because it was none of your business." Annabeth looked like she had been slapped while the whole room laughed.

Chiron smiled at her to show he was joking but then continued "I'm serious, you all aren't supposed to know everything about the world." "Part of living is going out experiencing and finding out things on your own you can't just wait for someone else to do everything for you." He said in a wise know all see all voice he often used in head counselor meetings. Chiron looked at us "Now we will have to send our top campers to Hogwarts which means you ten will have to go to England." "We don't know any magic are you getting senile in your old age!" Clarisse all but shouted but immediately quieted down once everyone with the exception of Drew(who had fallen asleep half an hour ago) glared murderously at her for talking to their trainer like that.

"No Clarisse I have not gone senile." Chiron said loudly then mumbled "And I certainly remember how to hand out kitchen duty to disrespectful campers." "Hecate has agreed to bless you all with the power to do magic." Excited talking broke out at once but everyone quieted down after Chiron stomped his hooves " You all won't be as powerful as some of the wizards already there or say her champion because blessing someone and becoming their patron are two very different things." He said

"Now you all will go there and arrive around October." "The headmaster along with the rest of the teachers already know about you and have made accommodations." After several people nodded their heads or went with an impatient go on gesture Chiron continued " You will all go there and be sorted while your classes will be with the fifth years." "What do you mean sorted?" Thalia asked curiously. "I guess I forgot the four houses at Hogwarts are named after its' founders. The house of Gryffindor is for the brave, while the house of Hufflepuff is for the loyal, however Ravenclaw is the house of the intelligent, unlike Slytherin which is the house of the ambitious." " Now no more question you all go pack." He said before kicking us all out of the rec room, then big house and off to our separate ways to go pack and prepare ourselves.

AN: Since I got a lot of reviews I decided that I would make this chapter longer than the others have been so far. Next chapter will be back at Hogwarts where the unsuspecting Percy will get the shock of his life. In response to a question I got in a review from TRACE29 I usually update depending on the amount of reviews I get for a chapter but I don't have a specific update time. I am from now on going to try and make the chapters longer depending on the reviews I get and it will also depend on the amount of free time I have because lately I have barely had any and that made me take a little longer to update than it usually would have.