Hey! Sorry if I took so long! I had writer's block! It's been a long week. And I'm dreading for tomorrow. Someone knock me out and wake me up when September ends. :\
That sounded so cheesy.
It's time for the Gasp! ;O
Unexpected Help
Chapter 8
This was great. Just dandy.
It was time for the Revelation (or the Gasp, as Percy would call it).
"Guys, let's head to my room!" Nico said, standing up.
"Wait! Who're you?" Ron pointed at Percy and Thalia. "You can't just come into the castle! You can't even apparate in here!"
"Yeah! Does Dumbledore know about this?" Harry asked angrily.
"Hey! Leave them alone!" Nico raised his voice. "Come one let's go!" Percy and Thalia jumped off the table and followed Nico out of the Great Hall.
Percy whistled. "Come on girl! Let's go!" Mrs. O'Leary woke up and bounded after them.
Just before they left, Harry, Ron and Hermione drew their wands.
"They're infiltrating Hogwarts!" Hermione said. She shot a spell and Percy.
He was about to uncap Riptide, but Thalia was faster. Her hand slammed onto her bracelet and released Aegis, her shield. Everyone flinched at the sight of Medusa's face on it. The spell harmlessly bounced off it.
Hermione cringed. "That wasn't supposed to happen."
"That was anti-climatic." Percy muttered. "Thanks anyway." He said to Thalia, who trapped Aegis.
"That abracadabra crap doesn't work on us anyway. It bounced right off me a few weeks ago." Nico smirked.
Thalia shrugged. "You can never be too careful."
"What... What are you people?" Harry narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"You'll find out soon enough." Thalia glared. Harry, feeling intimidated, backed away slowly.
"We're Halfbloods." Percy muttered. But Harry had heard.
"Halfbloods? What's so special about that? I'm a halfblood!"
"Nevermind, you don't get it!" Nico snapped. "Let's go."
And with that, Nico dragged his friends and the Hellhound out of the hall.
They almost reached the Gryffindor common room until they bumped into someone.
Nico sighed. This was the last thing he needed.
"Hey watch where you're going!" Thalia snapped.
"Don't talk to me like that! You filthy Mudblood!" snarled none other than Blaise Zabini.
"My father would blast you to pieces for insult my blood, you know." Thalia warned, sizing him up.
"No way you're a Pureblooded. Who are you?"
"Thalia Grace."
Blaise scoffed. "Like I said, filthy blo-" a fist collided with his face. Blaise's eyes, well, blazed with anger.
"Stay out of my way." Thalia threatened, cracking her knuckles. Blaise stalked out of the hall.
"You know what?" Nico sighed. "Let's just go to the Headmaster."
"Alright," Percy said.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Why did Nico and his friends want to see Dumbledore?
These people were so unusual.
After Nico and his friends left the Great Hall, Harry, Hermione and Ron decided to follow them in his invisibility cloak.
Ron shifted in the cloak. "We're getting too big for this cloak."
"Shah, we don't want them to hear us!" Hermione hissed.
"Be quiet. Both of you." Harry ordered.
Nico and the so-called 'halfbloods' arrived at the gargoyle.
"Hey Death Boy, Mrs. O'Leary isn't gonna fit on the staircase." Harry heard the girl say.
"I can watch her," said the older boy, "you too go up ahead and I'll wait down here."
Harry saw Nico nod and disappear up the stairs with the girl.
"We'll never get to Dumbledore's office with that thing in the way!" Hermione whispered.
As if the giant dog had heard them, its nose perked up and it turned to face them. They stood stock still, not daring to move. The big black dog growled.
"What is it girl?" The boy asked curiously. The dog barked in their direction.
"This is bad," Harry said under his breath.
The boy cautiously drew closer, taking a pen out of his pocket. "Who's there?" The dog barked again. "Show yourself!"
The boy reached out towards them. His fingers brushed against the cloak. His eyes widened. In a second, he tore the cloak off them and uncapped his pen. Next thing Harry knew, he was face to face with a sharp bronze sword.
"Who are you? Why were you following us?" he growled.
"Why are you at Hogwarts? How did you get here?" Ron ignored the boy's questions.
"Who are you?" Hermione demanded.
"Why are you here?" Harry yelled.
"Why do you have a sword you son of a-" Ron's words died at the back of his throat as the boy level his sword with his nose, inches away from his face.
Hermione flicked her wand. "Expelliarmus!" The boy's sword flew out of his hands.
"We've got you surrounded and outnumbered." Harry threatened.
The boy shrugged. "Riptide will come back in a moment. You can't hurt me anyways."
"We know some of our spells don't work, but that's not really what I had in mind." Ron punched the boy. It should have broken his nose, but the boy just stood there as if nothing had happened. Ron, on the other hand, was rubbing his fist which hurt from the impact.
"Should've mentioned I'm invincible," The boy grinned. He whistled and the giant dog growled and stood nose to nose with Harry. He gulped.
"Mrs. O'Leary! Away from Potter!" Nico said as he emerged from behind the gargoyle.
"These mortals attacked you?" The girl asked the boy.
He shrugged. "It's not like they didn't hurt me. What did the Headmaster say?"
Nico cleared his throat. "The Revelation-"
"-The Gasp-" the boy interrupted. Nico ignored this.
"-will take place at dinner."
The boy smiled. "So... we have three hours of free time. Where do you want to go?"
"Well, there's a forest outside of the castle. I guess we could chill there." Nico turned to the girl and looked at her as if he remembered something. "Thalia, how come you aren't with the Hunters?"
Thalia smiled. "Lady Artemis gave me time off for this so called 'Gasp'."
"Artemis? As in the Greek god? I've read about her," Hermione cut in.
"Granger? What in Hades are you three doing here anyway?" Nico glared. "Percy, what happened while Thalia and I were with the Headmaster?"
Percy shrugged. "Nothing much. These three doorknobs tried to attack me." Thalia snorted.
"Hey! Were standing right here!" Ron cried indignantly.
"Why are you here?" Thalia demanded.
"To put a stop to whatever is it you're doing," Harry narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"You're wasting your time," Percy said sternly.
"You're too nosey for your own good. Now," Nico sent the Golden Trio a death glare, "Get out of my face."
Harry frowned, but turned around and left. Ron and Hermione followed.
At the common room, Harry sat on the couch. Ron started eating his pumpkin pasties while Hermione light the fire.
"Incendio," she pointed her wand and red sparks shot at the fireplace. They remained silent for a while, staring at the fire.
Harry was first to speak. "What do you suppose their planning?"
"I honestly don't know Harry. These people are so unusual," Hermione sighed, "Ron, what do you think?"
A faint snore came from Ron. He was fast asleep on the armchair still holding his pumpkin pasties. Harry chuckled.
"I guess we'll just have to wait till dinner then."
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Nico, Percy, Thalia and Mrs. O'Leary were heading back to the castle. It was half an hour to dinner. They had a fun time in the forest, seeing unicorns and thestrals.
"They have a nice lake," Percy smiled. He had spent the whole time in the lake with the giant squid and mermaids. While he was underwater, Thalia got a chance to tell Nico where Annabeth and Grover were.
She told Nico that Grover was at school – finding demigods – while Annabeth was busy with the reconstruction of Olympus. Thalia had informed Nico about their brand new home theatre and library.
"My dad's still bugging her about a game room, though." Percy had said.
Nico smiled at the thought.
At the Great Hall, they sat at the end of the table (so Mrs. O'Leary could stay next to them) next to Neville and Luna.
"Students of Hogwarts!" Headmaster Dumbledore announced cheerily. "We have three very important people with us this evening. Mr. di Angelo would you and your friends kindly come to the front." His eyes twinkled with excitement.
Nico, Percy, Thalia and Mrs. O'Leary stood at the front.
"This is going to be a marvellous display! Now, you may proceed." Dumbledore smiled.
"I'll do it." Percy said to his friends. He cleared his throat, speaking louder this time. "So, um, hi! My name is Percy Jackson! This is Thalia Grace, and I'm guessing you all know Nico here. How are all of you on this fine day?"
"Gods, Percy! Just cut to the chase!" Thalia muttered.
"Okay, okay!" Percy cleared his throat again. "WE ARE HALFBLOODS." He announced dramatically.
The Great Hall was silent. Percy frowned. "Why aren't you all gasping?"
Nico face-palmed. "Idiot."
This just got extremely awkward.
Oh gods Percy *shakes head*
How was that? I hope it wasn't so bad. It was kind of a filler chapter :P
I have a question for all of you. How do you pronounce Nico? Me and some friends say Nik-o while other friends say Neek-o. Help?
SURVEY (cause I'm too damn nosey for my own good):
What's your favorite spell from Harry Potter? Can you tell me what it does? I need to familiarize myself with these things -.-
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