Percy's POV
My first thought.
Where the hell am I?
Cold wind sliced at my face and the air felt unusually chilly. My eyes were squeezed shut the moment Festus lunged at me and when I peeked them open I almost screamed.
I was high up in the air sitting on something warm and hard. Instinctively, I grabbed at the nearest thing and hugged it close to my chest.
"Oh gods! No! Lord Zeus I'm sorry! Just wait a little bit and I'll get back on the ground-" I started to babbled until I realized I didn't know what was carrying me.
Festus.
The dragon roared in to the air almost happily and started to blow fire into the air.
"Festus! I need to get down, now" I demanded, my voice was an octave higher. "Be a good boy and let me down!"
The bronze dragon merely rumbled and started to glide slowly towards a clearing in the middle of the Forbidden Forest. I planned on jumping off as soon as we were near enough when Festus's giant claws wrapped around my waist.
"Festus! I don't want to hurt you!" I yelled up at the dragon and started to push away his claws.
Festus creaked and whirled, his ruby red eyes glowing softly. I just realized Festus's claws were gentle and cautious, as if it was afraid of squishing me to death. Slowly, we descended towards the ground and landed by some trees.
Festus released and looked at me expectantly.
"What do you want me to do?" I asked him. "You brought me here, you lead me wherever you want to go."
Festus creaked excitedly and leaped into the thick trees, I followed him hesitantly.
"Annabeth is going to kill me." I mumbled to myself. "If that happens I'm blaming it all on you Festus!"
Eventually we reached a hollow cave under a giant boulder, Festus marched in and whirled his teeth.
"Okaaay...?" I brought Riptide out and got ready to jump into action. "Hello?"
My voice echoed around the cave walls, Festus was now out of my view.
"Festus!? Where are you?" I called, the ceiling of the cave dripped water and plopped onto my forehead. "Is anybody here?"
Helpful Tip: Don't give any clues that you are in a mysterious cave to anyone that might be in there with you.
Fire suddenly erupted in front of me and I brought my hands up instinctively, bringing up a puddle of water that was on the ground as a shield. Both elements sizzled and disappeared and there was silence once more.
"I'm not an enemy!" I informed the mystery attacker. "A dragon just happened to-"
I stopped.
A figure stepped into the light and stared at me, another more feminine figure showed herself too.
And guess what?
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"Potter, what happened!" Professor McGonagall sprinted towards Harry as he slowly stood up.
"I-I don't know." Harry stammered. "The dragon, then Professor Jackson, and then-"
"WHAT HAPPENED TO PERCY!"
Harry whirled around and faced a very, very, very scary blonde glaring at him.
"Professor Chase!" Harry exclaimed. "I honestly have no idea-" Professor Chase ignored him.
"What was it!? What took Percy!?" She demanded into his ear. "Give me every detail you remember!"
Harry started to explain the seemingly mechanical dragon and Professor Jackson calling it 'Festus'. Did affectively calmed Professor Chase down.
"Oh, so it was a robotic dragon named Festus? Then Percy should be safe..." Professor Chase trailed off then her eyes lit up dangerously. "I AM GOING TO KILL HIM! I AM GOING TO SMASH HIM INTO THE DEPTHS OF TARTARUS AND FEED HIM TO CEBERUS, I DON'T CARE WHAT POSEIDON THINKS ABOUT ME I. AM. GOING. TO. KILL. HIM!"
People backed away from her nervously.
"Err, Professor Chase? I need you to calm down" Professor Flitwick, who had appeared not long ago, squeaked.
"GODS I HATE HIM!" Professor Chase screamed and threw up her hands into the air, stalking off into the school.
"Soo..." Ron broke the awkward silence. "Are we going to save Professor Jackson or what?"
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Percy stared at the two of them with a terrified yet relieved expression. It didn't last long because the emotion quickly turned into unbearable anger.
"Leo?" Percy asked through clenched jaw.
The short elfish boy sheepishly shrugged, "That's me"
Percy looked downright murderous, "What happened? What happened after the explosion!"
Leo and Calypso- who wasn't noticed yet- flinched, "Listen to me before you beat me up! I-I can explain everything!"
Percy took a big step forward and gave a big hug for Leo, who patted his back awkwardly, "Yeah, I missed you to."
"Then why the FU-Then why did you not come back!" Percy released him and hissed angrily. Leo nodded his chin towards Calypso, she waved her hand timidly.
"Hi" She greeted Percy, "It's-It's been a long time since we last saw each other.."
Percy stared at her, then at Leo, then at Calypso, then Leo.
"We've got a lot to talk about." He said and sat down on the spot he was just standing on. "I'm not leaving until you do."
(Linebreak)
"...So then I led Festus to Ogygia and I met Calypso then happily ever after." Leo finished while eating a beef jerky. "Now it's your turn."
"Wait, wait. I thought you could only visit Ogygia once in your lifetime," Percy frowned.
"The gods favored us at that moment." Calypso stated calmly, "And Percy?"
"Yeah?"
"You feel different. I mean like, your aura is more...stronger." Calypso squinted, thinking hard.
"I can explain that later." Percy's eyes flashed, "But first-"
"Lemme take a selfie!" Leo made a duckface at an imaginary phone.
"I need you to come to Hogwarts with me" Percy continued without bothering to react. "I'm not going to let you slip through my fingers again."
Leo choked on his beef jerky, "What!? Oh no, no, no. I promised Calypso that we would go to Asia this week! I heard Korean food was amazing and China has these awesome festivals and I need to go see cherry blossoms-"
Calypso smiled apologetically and placed a finger on her boyfriend's lips, "Shh, I know it's disappointing but we'll have to follow Percy, we owe him."
"Fine, I'll go to this... Hogpimples place you're talking about but only for a month."
Percy sighed and rubbed his face, "First of all it's Hogwarts and second I get to decided how long you stay." He waited for a moment as Leo groaned. "And while you're at Hogwarts, you can't give away anything that might hint someone that we are demigods. Also, if you sense any monsters there kill it. Fast. I'll cover it up with the Mist."
"Rigghht." Leo said uncertainly, "You still haven't explained why you are here and what in the name of Aphrodite's messed up makeup Hogzit is."
"I was about to get there and it's Hogwarts" Percy sighed.
"Same thing," Leo shrugged. "Want a beef jerkey?"
(Linebreak)
Percy, Calypso and Leo were now up in the air on Festus.
"OH GAWDS ZEUS IS GONNA KILL ME!" Percy screamed into the air. "I HATE AIR TRAVELING."
"I have actually gotten used to it, although Festus sometimes chews on my braid." Calypso said and giggled when she saw Percy's terrified expression.
"Eww, that's disgusting" Percy screwed up his face then smiled when he realized the Quidditch stadium was near. "Over there! We can land in the middle of the field!"
"Okay, hold on tight!" Leo yelled through the roar of the wind. "Festus! Let's go crash into the witches and wizards only party!" Festus tucked in his wings and dove steeply towards the ground. Percy screamed- his voice rather high- and cursed in Greek.
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Harry paced back and forth and stared into the gloomy sky, wandering if the dragon would come back.
"So where did the dragon take Professor Jackson?" Professor Slughorn asked.
"Like I said before, I don't know." Harry shrugged and rubbed the smooth stick of his Firebolt.
"Hey people calm down." Professor Chase rubbed her forehead. "He's gonna come back. He'd better."
Ron looked at her with a confused expression, "How do you know?"
Professor Chase's eyes looked like the storm raging above when she glared at Ron, "Because obviously I'm the daughter of At-"
She stopped and snapped her mouth shut, not saying anything before pulling at her hair and muttering things like, "I hate this place, I hate Percy, I hate wars." and "I don't have time for this and my new design for the temple is still not finished."
"Ooh, look!" Pansy Parkinson, the prefect of Slytherin who had come out to look for Professor Jackson, exclaimed and pointed at the sky.
A giant bird like shadow loomed over them as it descended alarmingly fast. Everybody screamed, except Professor Chase, as the figure crashed onto the ground.
"Told you." Professor Chase muttered. Harry suddenly realized that the intruder was the same dragon that had taken Professor Jackson.
"Yo! 'Sup!" A boy, not looking older that Harry, jumped off the golden dragon. Harry's eyes darted to another figure that dropped like a rock.
Professor Jackson.
"Wait, wha-" Harry started to say when Professor Chase marched toward her boyfriend with 'The You Are Officially Doomed' look.
"PERSEUS JACKSON!" She shrieked. "I AM GOING TO CURSE YOU SO YOU HAVE OWLS FOLLOWING YOU AROUND POOPING ON YOUR HEAD FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE."
"I missed you too Wise Girl." The sick looking Professor said and pulled Professor Chase towards him and kissed her. The murderous look on her face dissolved.
"Eh hem, inappropriate!" The Latino boy that was on Festus coughed.
It was uncomfortably quiet for a minute or so.
YAY, I managed to write a chapter without my parents yelling at me for not doing my homework but it was totes worth it.
So a little mad AnnieBananie there and LEOOOOOO!
ERMEHGAWD.
LEEEOOO.
Anyway so someone mentioned Percy being cranky and sneering a lot more and I agree becuz when is Percy angry when he isn't facing monsters?
But think about it. You're a newly made god that is supposed to have responsibility that got his break stripped away to protect a complete stranger that doesn't trust him. That is definitely going to stress you out and make you cranky but good job noticing it, it was actually intentional :3
And for the daily question special...
:Naruto Shippuden:
My gods did you see all da sluts clinging to Naruto's arms for the new movie trailer? Gawd cant wait for the sub version.
AAAND a new question!
:In the 'Son of Neptune' when Percy, Hazel, and Frank encounters Iris there is a brief mention of R.O.F.L., What does it stand for?:
Damn it, I can't stop watching anime even though finals are near.
Damn it.
Damn it.
Damn it.
But I wuv you anime.
But I still hate you.