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Ava:
The class sat, shell-shocked, and stared at us for about five minutes to see if Percy, Harry, and I understood anything that our teacher who is a so called fraud had uttered before collapsing. Sadly, we all knew exactly what this meant. Our quest had just gotten a whole lot harder.
Just as the silence was becoming a little too awkward, Leo interrupted it. "Soooooooo….. What are we all waiting for? This lesson is obviously over. Let's go!"
Our little group nodded, collected our unused materials, and briskly left the classroom before any of the prying students could interrogate us. We all ran to the Gryffindor common room without being stopped.
The second we reached the common room, Harry and Ron quickly shooed all of the younger students out and led us over to the fireplace. Percy collapsed onto a fluffy red chair with Annabeth on his lap as the rest of us all sat down on the sofa and the other seats. We stared at each other for a few moments of awkward silence before Percy interrupted.
"Sooooo. Anyone have any idea about the newest proclamation of our demise?" Thank the gods for Percy. He sure knew how to defuse tension. Immediately, everyone started to laugh.
"Well," Annabeth said, drawing all of our attention over to her. "It's pretty obvious right?" She looked around the quiet room. "Gods," I heard her mumble. "Where's Hermione when you need her?" I let out a laugh and fell back on the sofa next to Harry. Annabeth rolled her eyes at us and continued. "It's not that difficult. Half-blood is another word for demigods. The nine half-bloods obviously means us. As for putting the snake to rest, I don't know what represents a snake. Slytherin?"
"Voldemort owns a pet snake and was in Slytherin. He's also a descendant of Salazar Slytherin," Harry and I said at the exact time. I smiled at him, causing Harry to stick his tongue out at me.
Leo, however, still looked perplexed. "Okay. So we're the nine half-bloods, the snake means Voldemold, but what about the last two lines?'The fate of the battle rests on one single mortal
Who has the power to destroy the immortal.' That's weird."
I, on the other hand, had an idea on what that meant. If I was right, I really wasn't looking forward to it.
"Ava is the only mortal here," Hazel said. "so she must be the one in the prophecy."
"You know what," Percy said, "That actually makes sense. So Ava is the mortal who decides the outcome of the final battle with the little snakey?"
"Yep. Finally you got it. There is a reason that we call you Seaweed Brain," Thalia said with another one of her classic smirks. Thalia and Percy started another one of their famous arguments/fights while the others watched and laughed, except for me. Jason, seeing how distanced I was from the group, changed the subject.
"So, when does this Quidditch thing start? I can't wait to try it out." he said. Harry immediately took over by explaining the rules in detail, answering all of their questions, and promising to take them down to the Quidditch pitch later this afternoon. I shot Jason a grateful smile to show my appreciation and he winked in response. I leaned back and looked at the clock, noticing with disdain that it was almost time for our next class.
"Let's go guys. Time for History of Magic," I said with an eye roll. Percy and Leo groaned and followed Harry, Ron, and I out of the room and to the classroom.
"Warning before we go," Harry said, getting everyone's attention outside of the portrait. "The teacher for History of Magic is a ghost."
Nico smirked, causing me to feel a chill running up and down my spine. I really hope that he doesn't give away his identity.
Of course, knowing who I was in company with, that's pretty much what Nico did. On the entire way there, Thalia and Percy were tormenting Nico about his father's security breach. By the time we reached the classroom, Nico had black hellfire moving through his hair and shadows curling around him like a clock.
"Nico, please stop and keep the dark magic to a minimum," I said, causing him to roll his eyes. Luckily, the shadows calmed down and the hellfire disappeared. I nodded in satisfaction and led the way into the room. I sat in the back of the room with Hermione, Harry, and Ron while the demigods took desks around us. A few moments after everyone settled in, the teacher entered the room. Not through the door like you'd expect, but straight through the chalkboard. Hazel and Frank visibly flinched in their seats while Nico leaned back and smirked again. Oh no, I thought, I really hoped that he didn't blow his cover. Like earlier, that's pretty much exactly what happened. On Nico's defense, it really wasn't his fault. When Professor Binns looked around the classroom and his gaze settled on Nico, he flew back and bowed.
"Your Highness, I was not aware that you were coming to my class today," Binns said rushed. Nico stood up and walked over to the ghost.
"Hello Binns, would it be terrible if I had a moment to talk to you about my father's thoughts on your situation?" Nico asked quietly.
Professor Binns visibly shook and shouted to the class, "Class dismissed!"
The rest of the wizards muttered in confusion as they quickly evacuated the room. In a few seconds, the room was empty except for the demigods, Ron, Hermione, Harry, and I. I ran up to Nico as he reached Professor Binns' and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Great job Death Breath, now they're suspicious. You really shouldn't have done that." I reprimanded.
"Hey. First of all, don't call me Death Breath unless you want to see the end of my sword. Secondly, he's here illegally. Do you really think I would let this offense to my father slide? I promise, all I want to do it have a quick discussion with Binns here. Is that too hard?"
"Fine." I said, sighing. "You can have a QUICK conversation. But I swear, if you pull anything like this again, I'll make your life miserable."
"Sure thing Ava. You're the boss here." Nico said, smirking, before he turned towards the cowering ghost. I turned and left before Nico could traumatize the poor guy. The rest of our group turned and left with me.
As we exited the classroom, we ran into a huge crowd of curious Gryffindors. They pestered us with questions about why Binns acted so weirdly with Nico, but we quickly shoved our way through mob and ran to our common room. We were lucky to find it completely empty because everyone else was in class.
"Sooo. What do we do now?" Leo said, reaching into his belt and beginning to fiddle with some wire.
"Let's go to the Quidditch pitch now. It'll be completely empty." Ron said.
"Sure, that sounds great." I said. "You guys go down. I'll meet you down there. I want to see if Professor Dumbledore has our brooms yet."
"I'll come with you." Annabeth said, shooting Percy a look. I nodded, confused. The rest of the group left the common room to go to the Quidditch pitch. Annabeth and I started the walk to Dumbledore's office.
"So. Why did you want to come with me?" I asked, shooting her a knowing look. "I know that you must have had some kind of plan for this walk."
Annabeth walked along quietly for a few moments before saying, "Well, Percy and I were wondering what exactly we need to do here. I mean, I know that you know that we just recently got out of, well, you know where, so we were wondering why we got pulled back into a new quest so quickly," Annabeth said, shooting me a look that clearly told me that she was trying to hide the real thing she wanted to discuss.
"Annabeth," I started. "If I knew the answer to that question, I would definitely answer it immediately. But I don't even know why I'm here, let alone you guys. Let's just hope that Dumbledore and Chiron have a master plan in play. If I figure anything out, you'll be the first to know."
"Ok. Thanks Ava. As you've probably guessed, I have something else I've been meaning to tell you." she said, turning to shoot me a sympathetic look. "I know what you're going through. As you know, Percy has been involved in a lot of major prophecies, and I've helped him deal with them. I know that in this new prophecy, you're mentioned, so I completely understand if you're worried and scared. I just wanted you to know that Percy and I will help you with anything that comes your way. We'll help you get through this."
I was speechless. I never thought that I could have such a great friend. "Thanks Annabeth, that really means a lot." I said as we reached Dumbledore's office door.
"What do you think friends are for?" she said, smirking. I grinned and quickly gave the password for the staircase. We quickly ascended the spiral staircase and talked to Professor Dumbledore. He quickly handed over our broomsticks and other Quidditch supplies. We thanked him and ran out of his office and towards the Quidditch Pitch.
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