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My head snapped up. I recognised that voice- Percy. I sprang up and tore down the stairs, Harry and Ron hot on my heels. It couldn't be true... We crashed into the common room to find Fred and George stood talking to a boy with messy, black hair, sea green eyes and a cheeky grin.

Percy turned to me and held his arms wide, and I jumped into them. We hugged each other tight, not letting go until,

"Um, hello!" Harry called. "Introductions, please?"

"Oh," I laughed. "Everyone, this is Percy, my brother. Percy, that's Harry and Ron, and you've already met Ron's brothers, Fred and George." Then I turned to him again.

"How-?"

"Chiron and McGonagall-"

"But she-"

"A surprise-"

"What-"

"Yeah!" Percy exclaimed, and we both burst out laughing hysterically.

"How long are you here for?" I asked when I'd calmed down slightly.

"Until a day before you go back." he grinned. I hugged him again.

"I missed you so much." I whispered.

"Same here." he muttered back.

"Right," I said to everyone. "Just give me a minute to get dressed and lets go get some food, shall we?"

"You? A minute? More like an hour!" Percy laughed.

"Oh, shut up, Seaweed Brain!" I hit him and ran off to my dorm to get changed.


When we entered the Hall, everyone was staring at us. Or, everyone was staring at Percy. Well, duh. He doesn't go to Hogwarts. Dumbledore stood up and adressed the Hall.

"Everyone, this is Percy Jackson, a visitor to our school. I hope you treat him well the week that he spends here." When Dumbledore mentioned Percy's name, I saw Malfoy's head snap up. I nudged Percy and nodded in Malfoy's direction. They death glared each other until I pulled Percy away to the Griffindor table.

It was an amazing Christmas dinner. There was so much food, and all of it was delicious. After we stuffed ourselves with the main course, puddings came, and I ate as much as I could without throwing up. I was relieved to find that everyone actually got on extremely well with Percy, thank the gods. I don't know what it would've been like if they hadn't...

"Lizzy, you're right, you know. Percy and Harry do look quite similar!" Ron blurted out. We all laughed and joked how Harry might be a sibling too; triplets! Afterwards, we all went outside and had a huge snowball fight, in which Percy and I totally won. Then, cold, wet and gasping for breath, we returned to the fire in the Griffindor common room to warm up, and watched Harry lose spectacularly to Ron in wizards chess.

Percy was completely fascinated by the moving chess pieces, and later we gave him a tour of the school. Wide eyed with amazement, it was fair to say he enjoyed it. Well, until we ran into Malfoy.

"I've been meaning to ask. What the hell are you doing here?" Malfoy greeted us warmly, just as we escaped from Peeves.

"I'm sorry, Malfoy, did you have something intelligent to say?" George asked.

"Thought not." Fred grinned. "So piss off."

"Hey, guys, it's cool." Percy told the twins before turning back to Malfoy.

"Why, scared?"

"Why in Hades would I be scared of you, Jackson?" Malfoy sneered.

"You weren't so cocky last summer when I whipped your ass in Capture the Flag, were you?" Percy stepped closer. I was about to break it up when just the person we needed to see the least came gliding around the corner.

"Miss Jackson, Mr Malfoy, Mr Jackson, not causing trouble here I hope? Fighting, are we?"

"No, sir." I automatically responded.

"I should hope not. I don't think Griffindor would want any more points lost from you, would they, Miss Jackson?" Snape said silkily. Percy opened his mouth to protest, but I stamped on his foot as Snape stalked off. Percy's temper sometimes got the better of him. At least I controlled mine... Most of the time.

"You better watch your back, Seaweed Brain. Someone might try to hex it." Malfoy walked past, making sure to bash Percy's shoulder as he went by.

"Oh, I'd like to see him try." I muttered angrily, and we all agreed to keep an eye out for Percy, which I think made him feel a little better. Fred and George left us, saying they had a little 'business' to take care of, so Harry, Ron, Percy and I headed back to the common room. At the end of the day, I concluded that it had been the best Christmas I'd ever had.

Because there was a spare bed in my dorm that nobody slept in, Percy set up camp there. We said good night to Harry and Ron before racing each other upstairs.

"Percy, there's somewhere else I need to show you, so don't sleep just yet." I told him as he flopped onto his bed.

"What? Why didn't you show me it when you were giving me the tour before?" he complained.

"Because it's secret." I said mysteriously. So we waited a bit longer before going back downstairs and out of the portrait hole. Corridor after corridor we snuck down, quiet as mice. We almost ran into Filch once, and I had a mini heart attack. When we were almost there, I ran into something- but something that wasn't visible.

There was nothing to be seen except clear hallway, yet I could swear I ran into something solid. I shrugged it off and walked over to the blank space of wall. The door appeared, and I pulled a confused Percy inside with me.


I loved this room so much; it reminded me of camp, bright and sunny.

Straight in front of us was a big, clear, circular space which I used for practicing sword fighting. When I wanted, dummies would even pop randomly out of the ground in different places so I could practice different moves. The dummies were better than camp ones, though. They were almost like real people. They wielded weapons, from swords to axes, and were pretty good with them, too. However, unlike real weapons, they didn't harm you. Much. They vanished upon impact if the blow was fatal, so as not to kill you. I was grateful for that.

Further on was a lava wall, just like at Camp Half-Blood. After that was the biggest and most dangerous contraption I'd ever come across.

There was a huge, hollow tube that ran straight upwards. It had three levels circling around it, which actually rotated to throw you off balance. And to get to each level, there were ropes, ladders and small footholds. But, in order to push you, the ropes and ladders would swing wildly in order to buck you off, and the footholds would randomly disappear, leaving you snatching at thin air. It also had a few tricks up its sleeve, for example, if you stood on a certain spot on one of the levels, it would spring you off and send you flying across the room.

I found that one out the hard way.

And right at the back of the room were two pools, one with salt water and one with fresh water so that I could practice my water skills. Basically, this room had everything a demigod could ever need in order to train.

Percy stepped into the sword fighting area and drew out Riptide.

"Care for a challenge?" he flashed me a cocky grin.

"You're on!" I laughed, bringing out Warrior.

About an hour later, we had used everything in the room and had a time out. Panting, I wished I had a can of Coke, and suddenly two appeared next to me.

"Wow!" Percy gasped.

"Yeah, it's so cool! Whatever you need, the room provides it." I explained happily.

After draining our Coke, I checked the time and swore.

"Di immortals! We need to be back! Hades, if Filch catches us..." We ran all the way back to our room, collapsed on our beds and barely had the energy to get undressed. (Pulling the curtains around our beds first. Honestly, some people...)

As soon as my head touched the pillow, I was fast asleep.


Hey hey hey! I found some time! (Which may or may not be at night...) But you're reviews warmed my heart so I was just 'awww, I'll update, coz they're so sweet!' I hope I did the reactions ok...? Anyway, tell me what you think of this chapter and I will try to update ASAP. Love you all!