Chp. 11 – Magical Problems

The first thing that Harry realised once they were safe was that his hand was burning. When he turned it over to have a look, he saw a long red burnt mark that ran from one end of his palm to the other; the exact position of where he held his wand. He raised his other hand to feel it but hissed in pain as his fingers came in contact with the wound.

"You okay?" asked Grover, who was beside him, then his eyes laid upon the bright red mark on his hand. "What happened to your hand?"

"Nothing, I'm fine," Harry replied.

"That seems pretty painful," Grover said screwing up his face, "you want some ambrosia?"

"What happened?" Annabeth turned around.

"Nothing." Harry said at the same time Grover said: "He burnt his hand."

Annabeth frowned and asked "Burnt? How? There weren't any fires." Then her eyes widened "you didn't get any of the poison on you, right?"

"No! I'm fine, seriously, it's just caused by my wand." Harry exclaimed trying to calm them.

"Your wand?" cut in Percy who was listening since Annabeth turned around. "Does it do that all the time?"

"How did it happen" asked Annabeth.

"I- I'm not sure, but I think some ambrosia might just fix it up. It's never happened before so maybe it's just a once in a while thing." Harry said looking into everyone's eyes, when he met Annabeth's eyes, he can almost see the gears turning behind it.

"Have you used magic since you arrived at Camp Half-Blood with us?"

"Except the first day, but they were just small charms."

"Maybe Wizarding magic doesn't bode well with Greek magic. We should re-search about it when we get back, so maybe try not to use any magic for now." Her reasons did seem pretty reasonable so he just nodded. "Try some ambrosia, and I think we can camp here for a few hours. We haven't exactly rested since we started this quest. I can take first watch."

"Actually, since I'll be working on my hand, I can take first watch, I'll wake you after an hour for the second." Harry cut in.

"If you want, sure," Annabeth replied before the three of them laid down on the floor of the dark corridor and placing their heads on their backpacks.

Harry looked around the tunnel they were in, where they came in was a dead-end, so there was only one way out. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to be resting in a dead-end, because if something comes their way they don't have a way out. However, they were all exhausted after the adrenaline from a monster so they can do with a few hours rest.

Pulling some Nectar from his own backpack, feeling as if it would work better than the Ambrosia, he poured some on his hand. Instead of healing, it caused pain. Harry had to bit his lips from crying out, but the pain only lasted for a few seconds before it faded away with the wound looking more or less the same, perhaps slightly better. Seeing as the Nectar didn't work, he didn't dare to try the Ambrosia, instead, he pulled some bandages out from his bag to wrap it around the burnt mark.

After wrapping his hand up, he sat there looking at the tunnel in front of them, keeping an eye while thinking what was the cause of his injury. Then he remembered, he never had the chance to read Charmion's diary. Charmion was quite a strange name, but really? He can't judge, he had a friend named Hermione. Taking out the book from inside his backpack and a torchlight, he started flipping through the pages. Most were just diary entries of how Charmion started training and how it progressed but that wasn't what he was looking for, he scanned the titles and the pages. Thank the Gods that Charmion was an organised person, all the pages were filled with writing so having to read it all would've taken ten times as long, but half way through the diary Harry found a page titled in bold 'Reactions of Magic in Greek Territory' he opened the page and started reading.

'This is important information to any Wizard-Demigod. It is the using of Magic, Wizard Magic in a place of Greek Magic. After I arrived in Camp Half-Blood, there was never the need to use Wizard Magic but once in a quest from a dire situation, I pulled out my wand and cast a spell. That was the first time I cast Wizard Magic in a Greek situation. I don't remember the exact spell that was cast as that happened months before today, but it was a spell. Not a charm but a spell or curse. I only cast two to three spells against the monsters enough for me and my friends so escape, but it left an injury upon my palm; a burnt mark from my wand.

Nectar and Ambrosia can be applied or taken, it will quicken the healing process although it will cause severe pain. After that, I did not use my wand again until I was back to school when it was needed. To my surprise, I can cast as many wizard-spells as I want but not cause another injury. I was intrigued, so I tried the combination magic in school. I experimented on my own so no one knew of my different magic. I started out small, feeling the combined magic flow through me causing the green wisp around me, nothing happened, as well as all other things that I have tried. There was no pain or injury. There was no harm done to me.

I came into conclusion that it was because the combined magic belonged to both Greek and Wizard magic, thus it was able to be used in both places and situation. Then I tried Greek magic in a Wizard place, perhaps Greek magic can adapt better or there are traces of Greek magic in the wizarding place, nothing much happened. As a child of Demeter, I am able to enhance plants, have the plants attack my enemy and so on. I trained like I would in Camp Half-Blood, nothing happened until I was about half way through my training, which was about an hour and over later. It wasn't much, there wasn't any pain perhaps a little ache or discomfort in the chest area. I continued for a little longer and the discomfort increased until it seems to have affected my breathing. After that, I stopped, in fear of my own health and if something did happen I would not want to be found out.

When I went back to Camp Half-Blood for Christmas I tried out some smaller charms, I watch as they take effect but disappear a few minutes after, much quicker than when I was at school. The more I tried wizard magic in Camp Half-Blood, I started to feel the burn upon my palm and up my wand arm. That was the furthest I have ever tried wizard magic, therefore I do not know what happens if extreme wizard magic is used, will you burn up? Is the burn going to continue throughout your body? Is it going injure you magically as well as physically? I do not have these answers as of yet.

Another problem is that even with months of research and experiments, I did not find any cures. Of course, Nectar and Ambrosia is an option, it does quicken the healing although in trade of pain. Healing spells are another option that makes little to no effect except pain, there's even a chance that it would make it worse if used in a Greek environment. Another option is to use your combined magic, I have tried it before and it gives the best results, although it took me a long time to find out how to bend my plant specialised magic into healing.

I first got in touch with the combined magic which calls out the green wisps that surround me. Then I focused on the wound, willing it to heal. It might sound easy but it's not. You must put your full concentration on the task and you must have your magic under control. I do not know if it is the same for everyone as I asked the wizard-demigod child of Apollo not to try. She is still young so her powers are not as controlled and I do not want to inflict pain upon her as well.

I have a theory that perhaps Greek magic is more in you, like the ADHD and dyslexia while wizard magic is more external, like charms and spell. Wizarding spells take from your magical core so you tire out after extreme uses of magic, but Greek magic enhance you/. While wizard magic flows through you, Greek magic flows in your blood. It is still a working theory, wizard magic reacts badly in a Greek situation, but not vice versa. Greek magic does not give off as much external magic to have as bad of an effect in a wizarding environment. It is still a working theory, it might not make much sense but this is all I have for the moment, if more is found, it will be added to this diary.'

That was the end of the chapter so Harry did not know if future found information was further into the journal or Charmion just never found anything new. He wanted to try the combined power but resisted, because if he succeeds then according to Charmion's description, he will start glowing which might catch the attention of some unwanted people or monster. If he failed, he might drain himself, so he elected to wait until they are back within the safe borders of Camp Half-Blood before he attempts anything.

He sat looking at the end of the tunnel thinking for a moment before he checked his watch, there was still about half an hour left before he's to wake Annabeth for the second watch. So, he sat there flipping through Charmion's journal, reading and skimming for any useful information. By the end of the hour, he found out that the combined magic base a lot on emotions so it'll lash out, that was mentioned a lot and Harry imagine, that was what Chiron was saying about the other Wizard-Demigods losing control of their powers and killing themselves.

Harry also found out many ways that he could start training to use this combined magic when they arrive back to Camp Half-Blood, relying on the fact that they will survive this quest and /save/ the camp itself. Feeling his eyelids getting heavy, he checked his watch and realised that his hour was up, so he reached his hand over to Annabeth's sleeping figure to shake her awake before taking his place on the floor, letting his eyelids drop shut.

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Sup lads! Soooo, I didn't leave a note last chapter (I'm so glad there's still readers and thanks for the compliments about the last chapter, I didn't think that was that well written, quite the opposite actually; as in, a total mess) cuz I can't wait to publish it after *cough* a few months of blank times. I shall try to write more, okay I say that but then I disappear, fair enough, so I won't promise.

As it's the summer, I can spend more time writing. I wrote this all in a cabin without Wi-Fi. Next week, I'll be gone again to my friend's cabin so I probably won't be writing that week, actually, I know I won't be writing that week, but I'll try to squeeze in a chapter or two before I leave.

I'm really glad so many people like this story! There is an explanation of the Lily, Poseidon, James thing. It's been in my mind for a long time and it'll be down by the end of the Battle of the Labyrinth. I have many ideas just tucked in the back of my mind because I haven't written it down.

Now I have a more solid idea of where this story will lead, I shan't be giving any spoilers but I can say that this will be a hell long of a story. I'll try to complete as much as I can during the summer but no promises, sorry.

One question, should I split the story into different 'books'? I don't think so, but would it be easier? Like the Battle of the Labyrinth + Order of the Phoenix, then The Last Olympian + Half-Blood Prince or however I have planned it. Sooo, thanks for staying with me after all these times and I do hope you enjoy this wonderful story of mine!

To new comers! Welcome on board! (I just watched Pirates of the Caribbean, so no judging, savvy?)

Jane