Chapter 9

Jason POV

Jason followed Albus up the stairs up to the school. Well it was more like a castle. As soon as they had gotten off the train, Annabeth couldn't stop spewing facts about the architecture, making Percy smile. That made Jason happy. He hadn't seen Percy smile a lot since Tartarus and it made him hurt everyday for his friend.

"Well, like the professor said, my name is Albus Potter, but you can call me Al. This is my cousin Rose Weasley." Al said, gesturing to the girl. She had flaming red hair pulled back in a golden scrunchy. She wore a set of robes which were red and black. Al looked kind of like Percy. He has black hair, pale skin, and green eyes. He also wore robes, but unlike his cousins his was themed to green.

"Al, I can introduce myself. I don't need the guy who blows up the charms room every year to speak for me." Rose said with a smirk. Al turned as red a Rose's hair. "Well I don't do it every year, and nobody been seriously injured. Anyways Mum and Dad got permission for me to practice my spells in the forest." Al retorted. Rose put a hand on the side of her mouth, like she was telling a secret. "He's just that bad at spells." She said with a laugh.

"You know what, that is it. I make new spells that nobody has ever seen. Rose, I am better at spells than you." Then Al pulled out his wand, pointing it at Rose and muttered a word that sounded a lot like Martilic. As soon as the spell was cast, a glowing light came out of Rose's mouth and straight to the tip of Al's wand, floating on the top. Rose tried to speak, but she couldn't.

She looked like she was about to kill Al. "Ah, isn't that better. What do you think Rose? Oh, wait. I've had to use that one on my brother a few times." Rose started pulling out her wand. "Oh come on Rose, I've always been better at spells. Your thing is potions. And let's try not to duel infront of new kids." But Rose didn't back down. "Fine, I'll give you your voice back, only because Scorpius would kill me if I didn't." With that he flicked his wand toward Rose and the ball of light returned to her throat. "Albus Severus Potter!" She yelled . "And now to get to the Great Hall." And with that, Albus ran off towards the castle, his cousin chasing after him.

They had gotten to the castle and had convinced Rose not to kill Albus (Piper did use a little charmspeak). As they walked to the Great Hall, Annabeth commented on the architecture. "Look at these arches." She said as they passed guess what, arches. They came across a few monuments, and Jason noticed that both Al and Rose left that part of her tour. Jason looked at them more closely to find the wall engraved with name and flowers and cards at the bottom. 'There was a war, wasn't there?" Hazel asked, voicing all of their thoughts.

Though both Al and Rose looked pained, Rose spoke up. "Yes there was. About 23 years ago. That might seem like a long time, but for most people it feels just like yesterday. Everyone here was effected by it, either by their parents being tortured or losing family. Me and Al lost an uncle, and a close friend of ours lost both his parents. Al got both his namesakes from people who died." She said, though you could hear the edge of her voice breaking.

"A lot of kids bring things or their parent ask them to. That reminds me." Rose reached into her bad and pulled out a bouquet of red and white roses. Then she pulled out what looked like a pack of fireworks with the label Weasley and Weasley on it. She then put the fireworks under the name Fred Weasley, who Jason assumed was her uncle. Albus then pulled out another pack of fireworks, setting those on top of Rose's. Next he pulled out a single sunflower. But when Jason looked at it more closely, and noticed that it was emitting a yellow light. They both started walking down the hall. Jason realized that the wall still had names on it, and broke his heart. Piper squeezed his hand. Jason looked down at her and noticed that she was crying. She was thinking the same thing he was: Leo. Seeing all of these names made Jason think of Leo. Jason pulled her into a hug and whispered, "He's out there."

As they continued down the hall, Jason held Piper's hand. Finally they stopped. A boy with brown hair and blue tips was on his knees in front of two names: Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. "Teddy?" Al asked the boy. He turned around and the boy's face was tear stained, but he smiled at Albus and Rose. "Al! Rose!" He exclaimed as he pulled Albus and Rose into a hug. "Teddy! What are you doing here?" Rose asked. "Well I was just paying my respects to mum and dad…" and in that one moment, Jason saw the guys face break. But then he put on a smile again. Rose handed Teddy the bouquet and Albus handed his glowing sunflower to Teddy. "Our family sent these." Rose said. "Albus's is enchanted. Do you like it ?" Teddy looked down at the flowers and smiled. "I love them, and I am sure mum and dad would too." He hugged both of them, a single tear streaming down his face. "Albus, has your father taught you nothing? You haven't introduced me." He gestured to Jason and his friends. "Oh, they are transfer students. We were just heading to the Great Hall." Teddy smiled and said "Why don't I come with you?" And off they went to the Great Hall.