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Percy POV:
We had to get up early again today since we were heading off to Hogwarts. Early this morning Mrs Weasley came into our room shaking us awake. Of course it didn't work for me.
Although this time I learnt from my mistake yesterday and ignored Nico who tried to wake me up by yelling "BLUE PANCAKES!" again. Very original.
I eventually got out of bed when Nico let my owl, which I had recently named Trident, out of his cage. Trident came flying towards me landing on top of the covers of my bed. After reluctantly getting out of bed I walked to the bathroom, got changed, grabbed my trunk, my owl, Riptide and my wand and dragged it all down the stairs and into the kitchen. I was the last person to arrive which didn't really surprise me.
I plopped down next to Annabeth and threw a piece of toast into the fire murmuring Poseidon but also Hecate. I twirled my wand in my fingers. It was engraved with wave patterns and on the side was the Greek word: θάλασσα meaning Sea.
I couldn't wait to get to Hogwarts! Yes, I know, going to school. Yippee. Notice my sarcastic enthusiasm? Anyway I usually wouldn't be thrilled to go to school. Heck, I've been kicked out of more then I can count but a magic school, come on, that's a new level of cool. For once I actually hope I won't blow it up.
All of a sudden, interrupting my thoughts, there was a crash and I looked over to see. I don't know what it was. An elf maybe? Instinctively my hand crept to my pocket where Riptide was concealed. Maybe it was a monster. It stared at us all with beady eyes.
"Mudbloods and Blood traitors!" the elf screeched at Harry Ron and Hermione. "What would my mistress say?" He turned and rested his beady eyes on us. "Oh what have we here, Halfbloods, Halfbreeds!"
I looked at it in shock until a voice called. "Kreacher!" and the elf rushed out of the room, muttering about half breeds.
Hermione looked like she was going to question us but she kept quiet.
After we had finished breakfast Mr and Mrs Weasley came in to the kitchen. Tonks, Sirius, Mad eye and Lupin followed in after them.
"Right dears!" said Mrs Weasley "We will be travelling to Kings Cross station by the Knight Bus."
We walked out onto the side of the road. Mr Weasley stuck his wand out in front of him and suddenly a huge purple blur came racing towards us. It stopped in front of us abruptly. It was a huge purple Triple Decker London bus.
"Whoa, what is that thing?" I asked.
"It's the Knight Bus, dear" Mrs Weasley said "Come on everyone hope on board" I grinned and like a good boyfriend picked up Annabeth's trunk.
"I can do it myself, Seaweed Brain!" she protested though she was smiling widely.
"I know you can but I just want to be a good boyfriend, Wise Girl" I smiled back at her and hauled both our trunks on board.
Inside was amazing. It had three floors and a giant chandelier dangled from the middle. The first floor looked empty as if all the seats had been removed for some reason leaving us standing.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus. Transport for Witches and Wizards. I am Stan Shunpike and I will be your- Hey I know you" he said looking directly at Harry "Your Harry Potter!"
"Shhh!" hissed Tonks "He's not supposed to be recognised!" She waved her wand under Stan's nose as if threatening him. I snorted back laughter.
"Where to then?" asked the driver. He was an old man but he looked at home behind the wheel of the huge bus.
"King Cross please" said Mrs Weasley. The driver nodded and the bus sped up so suddenly I went flying and face-planted the window. My friends laughed wildly. Not funny! Ok maybe it was a little bit funny. Nico was howling with laughter until we came to a sudden stop making him face-plant the window as well with a thump! This caused us to laugh even harder but this time at the embarrassed son on Hades. I looked out the windows of the speeding bus.
"Um can't the mort- I mean muggles see us?" I asked.
"Muggles can't see nothin'," said Stan. Well that's good, if the police saw us I'm pretty sure we'd get a ticket let alone give them a heart attack.
After spending 20 minutes squeezing and racing through traffic we finally arrived at Kings Cross Station. We lugged our trunks off the bus and got a trolley to put them all on. We walked down the platforms looking for the platform 9 ¾ Mrs Weasley had told us about. Harry went off with Sirius while Mr and Mrs Weasley guided us up to platforms 9 and 10.
"So where's platform 9¾?" Annabeth asked. I looked around. There's a platform 9 and platform 10. There's no 9¾. Mrs Weasley pointed to the wall.
"You have to walk through the wall, dear" she said kindly "Fred and George why don't you go first?" They grinned and ran through the wall. I watched as George almost hit the wall but instead when straight through it like there was nothing there! Ginny, Harry, Hermione and Ron did the same each disappearing through the wall.
"Whose next?" asked Mr Weasley. Automatically the girls and I looked at Nico.
"Why me?" he asked.
"You've had the most experience running into walls," I said snickering. The others laughed as Nico pouted.
"Fine," he mumbled. He grabbed his trolley and ran straight at the wall. He flinched when he got closer but he kept running and he too disappeared through the wall.
"I'll go next" volunteered Thalia. She grabbed her trolley and ran straight at the wall. She passed through it as if it were made of air. She disappeared and I stepped forward.
"Me next," I said grabbing my trolley with my trunk and owl on it and started running. I winced and braced for impact as I drew closer. Instead of crashing with a bang I passed through the wall like it was made of jelly. It seemed to try to push me back out as if it knew we weren't really wizards. I kept running and I emerged on the other side.
A giant scarlet red steam train sat on the rails. It heaved smoke and the whistle blew signalling 5 minutes until departure. The gold plaque on the front read: Hogwarts Express. The platform was packed with wizards and witches bustling about trying to say goodbye to family members or grab a space on the steam train.
Annabeth appeared next to me. She grabbed my hand and dragged me over to the others who were waiting for us at the edge of the platform.
"I guess this is goodbye for now, dears, good luck at Hogwarts!" said Mrs Weasley. She sounded a little upset. She gave us each a hug. When she hugged me she whispered:
"Please, make sure Ron, Hermione and Harry are protected this year, please."
I nodded at her, slightly shocked. We said goodbye to Mr Weasley, Tonks, Remus, Mad- Eye and Sirius. We all boarded the train. The corridor was long and packed with people hanging out of windows and trying to find a compartment. The twins and Ginny went off to find their own friends leaving us demigods with Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"Sorry Harry, mate, but Hermione and I have prefect stuff to do" said Ron apologetically.
"It's ok," said Harry though we could all see he looked slightly upset. Hermione and Ron walked down the train corridor.
"And then there were five," commented Thalia.
"Soooo," said Nico.
"Let's find a compartment," suggested Harry. We walked up and down the train carriage corridor. Finally we found a compartment near the end of the train. Inside was a slightly round faced boy holding some crazy looking plant and a strange blonde haired girl with... turnip earings?
"Hey Neville and...sorry I don't know who you are" said Harry
"I'm Luna Lovegood," she introduced herself, her voice sound far away as if she was in a world of her own.
"Do you mind if we sit with you?" asked Harry after greeting the strange girl.
"Not at all, who's this?" asked Neville noticing us for the first time.
"Oh, these are American exchange students" Harry said.
"Percy Jackson," I said stepping forward to shake his hand.
"Thalia," said Thalia shaking his hand.
"Annabeth Chase," introduced Annabeth also shaking his hand. Luna smiled at each of us.
"Nico, Nico di Angelo," said Nico. We all sat down and sat in awkward silence for a little while.
"Sooo where are you guys from?" asked Neville shyly trying to make conversation.
"New York," I replied bluntly. I shuffled in my seat uncomfortably. Blame the ADHD. Being still in a train compartment for hours could drive me mad!
"Oh yeah I never asked but what school you guys are from?" asked Harry.
"Delphi School for the Magically Gifted," recited Annabeth. Chiron had told us the name of our cover 'school.'
"I haven't heard of that school before," stated Harry. Oh Styx.
"It's new" said Thalia in a bored voice. We sat in another awkward silence.
"Are we there yet?" asked Nico in a whiny voice.
"No, we've got 3 hours left" replied Harry. We all groaned in annoyance. This was going to be awhile.
2 hours later
"Are we there yet?"
"If you ask that one more time, Death Breath, I will hurt you," growled Thalia.
Nico cowered slightly in his seat. We had all changed into our school uniforms. They looked ridiculous! I don't think I will ever be used to wearing a robe. Annabeth and Thalia had glared so hard at their skirts I swear they could have burned a hole in them.
Just then the door of our compartment opened. Hermione and Ron came in. Harry's face perked up.
"Hey everyone," greeted Hermione.
"Hi," said Ron. We waved back boredly.
"How was prefect duty?" asked Harry. He shuffled up to make room for Ron and Hermione. With the two extra people the compartment it was really packed.
"Boring really. You'll never guess who the male prefect is for Slytherin!" exclaimed Ron.
"Please tell me it's not Malfoy,"said Harry hopefully. Who's Malfoy?
"Yeah, how that slimy git got prefect I will never know," said Ron venomously. He pocked his head out of the compartment. "Speak of the devil, here he comes."
A blonde boy with two large and ugly bodyguards opened the door of our compartment.
"What do we have here?" he sneered "Crazy Potter, Longbottom, Weaslebee, Mudblood Granger, Loony Lovegood and- who do we have here?" he turned his gaze to us. He had grey eyes like Annabeth but his were less friendly. His presence in the room made the atmosphere crackle with tension. I immediately didn't like this guy.
"American exchange students," said Thalia with gritted teeth. He examined us one by one as if we were toys in a toy shop.
"Pure-blood, Half blood or Mudblood?" he asked, the sneer didn't leave his voice. What are pure bloods and mud bloods? My friends and I grinned at each other and said as one:
"Half bloods."
Malfoy snorted "Barely any better than a Mudblood." He turned to glare at Harry. "I'm surprised they let you walk around Potter I imagine there's a cell in Azkaban with your name in it." Harry lunged at him but Ron held him back.
"Get lost," I said glaring directly at this Malfoy guy. He reminded me of Ares. A bully who liked to throw his weight around.
He glared back at me for a few seconds then looked away and stormed out of the compartment with his two bodyguards.
"Good riddance," I said rubbing my hands together. "Who was that dude?"
"Draco Malfoy," started Harry "He's a prejudice git who believes he is better than everyone else because he comes from a Pure Blood family."
"Yeah, he comes from a family of death eaters," spat Ron. Death Eaters? Who'd want to eat Thanatos? You know what. I really don't want to know!
I could tell my girlfriend and our friends were thinking the same thing because they looked like they were chocking back laughter. We had begun to go into an awkward silence when Hermione said:
"We've arrived. Welcome back to Hogwarts"
I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I'm using the book story line where Ron and Hermione become prefects in fifth year unlike the movies where they become prefects in sixth.
~StormPetal
