ANNABETH

I tried to hide my terror under conversation. It seemed to be working. I talked with Hermione during breakfast the whole time, but my heartbeat didn't slow and the mental flashbacks didn't stop. I knew that as soon as the door to the boy's room shut I wouldn't sleep well.

Ever since Tartarus, Percy and I have been having vivid nightmares about the place, where either we both get killed, tortured or watch our friends die. Each time it's worse; that's why we've been sleeping together since the war. We've tried to keep it hidden from our friends, but I think Nico and Thalia know something's up. Especially since I woke up screaming last night.

"Annabeth?" Hermione's voice broke into my nightmare revisit and my vision wobbled before focusing on her.

"Is this about… last night?" The bushy haired girl asked, her eyebrows creased in worry. I nodded slowly.

"Want to talk about it?" She coaxed. I pursed my lips. A single tear slipped down my face. Hermione covered her mouth with her hands.

"I'm so sorry Annabeth!" She whispered. "I didn't mean to pry I just-"

"It's okay," I said shakily, holding my hands together. "It's just that… Percy and I… we went through a bit more stuff than the others. We fell into this really horrible place and… it gives us both terrifying nightmares. That's why we usually sleep together, but last night we couldn't." I told her, not revealing too much, just enough to get it off my chest. Hermione looked devastated.

"What will you do when we get to school?" She breathed. I looked at her quizzically.

"At Hogwarts, there are four houses – Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has a common room, with separate dormitories for girls and boys. You can't sleep together, especially if you're in different houses."

I gulped, suddenly feeling extremely sick.

"We- we'll talk to the headmaster," I managed. "He'll be able to arrange something."

Hermione nodded, looking distressed. I was glad I could make friends with someone so caring.

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The Weasley's, Harry and Hermione had already gotten all their things for school while my friends and I just had our trunks with our clothes and nothing else. I was starting to worry over my petty school things such as books and cauldrons and the tiny insignificant fact that we didn't have wands. Which, by my calculations, would completely give away the fact we weren't wizards.

We had all decided that we didn't want to tell the entire school what we were yet. We may have to at some point, but not at the start of the year. So, with all those worries buzzing in my head, I went upstairs and fished around in my trunk for a drachma. I pulled one out, grabbed Thalia, Piper and Hazel from what they were doing, and dragged them out the door.

We found Sirius and Remus in the kitchen, talking together. I knocked on the door quietly and they waved us all in. I felt a bit bad for interrupting their conversation, but it was necessary.

"Sorry Mr Black and Mr Lupin, we just-"

"Annabeth, call me Sirius," Sirius said kindly. I nodded, my eyes darting around awkwardly.

"Yes, and please call me Remus," Lupin added. I smiled gratefully.

"Well, we were wondering," I pulled the others into the doorway to emphasize the 'we'. "If there was some way for you to make a rainbow?"

The two men looked confused, but Lupin pulled out his wand and Sirius took a mirror off the wall. Placing a bucket on the floor, Lupin aimed his want and said, "Aguamenti!"

Water shot out the tip of his wand and I made a mental note to teach Percy that spell. Sirius angled the mirror until a small, bright rainbow shimmered into view. I walked up to it, clutching my drachma, before throwing the coin in. The two wizard's brows furrowed in confusion, then surprise them the coin didn't drop through the other side.

"O Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, please show me Chiron and Camp Half-Blood," I said. Thalia, Piper and Hazel edged up behind me as the rainbow flickered and the image of a centaur wearing a blue shirt with 'My Other Ride is a Unicorn' written across it. Remus and Sirius smiled.

"Chiron!" I shouted to get his attention. The centaur turned around and smiled widely at me.

"Annabeth, how good to see you!" He said, coming closer. "What would you like?"

"Chiron, we need to know where all our school supplies are," I said, getting to the point. "It'll be really obvious we're not wizards or witches without wands and supplies."

Chiron nodded.

"It's okay, Annabeth, Professor Dumbledore has all your things at Hogwarts already. Just go with him to his office when the welcoming dinner is over."

I smiled thankfully.

"Thank you, Chiron!" I said, preparing to disconnect. He nodded.

"Call me again anytime, and good luck!"

He waved his hand at the same time I waved mine, and the connection dispersed. Lupin stopped shooting water and Sirius replaced the mirror, which was not covered in water droplets. The bucket had overflown, and the floor was soaked, but I was happy.

"Was that your camp director," Remus asked as he waved his wand. The water on the floor and in the bucket disappeared. I nodded.

"Well, that was fun," Sirius said, grinning. "Prank call Lord Voldemort next time."

Thalia cheered and Piper, Hazel and I shared amused looks. That would be interesting.

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"You want me to run at a brick wall?" Percy asked again, staring incredulously at the stone pillar between platforms nine and ten. Mrs Weasley nodded again.

"It's the only way onto platform nine-and-three-quarters. Come, Ron will show you."

Mrs Weasley waved her son forward, and Ron started running. We all winced as we waited for him to crash and possibly die, but he just disappeared through the wall. All the demigods gaped and my eyes were wide.

"How did he do that?" Leo asked, stunned. Mr Weasley grinned.

"Magic," the man replied before he jogged after his son, disappearing into the wall as well.

"Will it let us through though, because we aren't magic?" I asked, looking worriedly at the stone. Mrs Weasley nodded.

"We were informed that you were blessed with magic by Hecate, am I right?" She said, looking at each of us in turn. I nodded.

"I guess."

"Wonderful! Leo, how about you go."

Leo looked fearfully at the wall, before grinning.

"Yeah, Team Leo!" He shouted as he sprinted behind his trolley. Right before he collided, Leo slowed down a bit, then went through the magic stone wall.

"Team Leo?" Mrs Weasley asked, looked at the rest of us with a confused expression. Hazel giggled.

"You don't want to know," she said, then took off, laughing as she went through the barrier.

Percy went next, with Harry on his heels, while I went with Hermione and Ginny. No matter how much evidence there was that I wouldn't crash, I still flinched as I neared the wall. Preparing to feel a lot of pain and mentally grabbing at my baggie of ambrosia squares in my pocket, I charged at the barrier.

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