A/N: HEY! Sorry about teh no updates, but I HAVE A LIFE YOU KNOW! Just kidding, hah! :D This chappie was supposed to be EXTREMELY DRAMATIC, but I decided maybe a fluffy, make-up, and sweet chappie was in order... AFTER this one. Also, for UnknownRebel for getting my easter egg first, her character, Dani Ryder.
Disclaimer: Annabeth Chase owns Percy Jackson, Ginny Weasley owns Harry Potter!
"Oh, come on!" Ginny growled defeated. "I can't believe that you gits thought of that."
Everyone was flashed out of the studio, along with a handful of cameras, to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry was ready for this, and Ron was grinning at the familiar setting. They were on the quidditch pitch, a place that was very welcoming to not only Ron and Harry, but to Ginny as well. She had once filled in as seeker for Harry in her 4th year. She smirked at the realization.
"Okay, " Alex said after a moment, attempting to figure out how on earth they were going to divide teams and who would play what positions with less people. "Harry and Ginny, you two will be the team captains, and seekers after we divide teams, I'll explain."
"You know how to play quidditch?" Hermione blurted out. She had meant to ask Alex about her heritage in private later, as not knowing what she was getting to her, despite befriending her. She couldn't stop herself before she said, "What are you?!"
"Yeah, I know how to play Quidditch." Alex turned to her, grinning wildly, "I'm a literal Half-blood. Half witch, half God. Problem?"
Hermione was stunned at how easily she could have gotten this information. She thought back and what was even weirder was that she'd only been here a day, and she was already acting like she'd known these people her whole life. It was unsettling and wonderful at the same time. She responded with a very quiet, "No."
"Great! Now pick yo teams. Normally Aura and i would want to play, but I don't know where she went. AURA!" Alex was screaming for her partner in crime, while Harry and Ginny rock-papered-scissored for who would get to go first, Harry winning.
"Ron, you're with me." both boys sighed in relief. "Thanks. I know I'm bloody awful at this though.."
Before Harry could object, Ginny called for Hermione, who quickly walked over and looked desperately at Annabeth, hoping she wouldn't be picked by the boys. She wasn't, thank the gods, though Percy was. She smiled warily as she was called, but she noticed that this left an awkward gap for Nico and Leo.
The guys noticed this as well, and gave each other panicky looks like, What do we do?!
Percy mouthed to Harry, Nico, he had known Nico for years. Rough years, yes, but he still came through for him almost every time. Not to say he didn't like Leo, well he didn't at first, but if he had to choose, which he did, it was Nico. Ron surprisingly mouthed, Leo. He had to admit that the little prat had grown on him, and his constant jokes,(( a few of which were actually funny )). Plus, he wasn't the son of Death. Harry gave an I'm so sorry look to Leo then said, "Nico, you're wit us."
Nico broke out into a small grin, but gave an apologetic look in Leo's direction. He jogged over to the guys while Leo resentfully stalked over to the girls who gave him cold looks. Annabeth flashed her knife from her jacket silently then gave him a look that will haunt him for the rest of his life. "Listen Valdez, you're not gonna mess this up for us, you hear? Anything that goes wrong and we even think is intentional from you, you're dead. Understand?"
"Yes, ma'am." he breathed, his wild eyes still racing around, any trace of mischief erased with one glance at that knife. His eyes drifted to Ginny, who looked just as menacing, to Hermione, whose face was much kinder, but just as upset. He sighed, shoving his hands in his jean pockets grumbling curses in Spanish. "Lucky I don't understand that." Annabeth muttered.
She looked around to try and spot Alex when she finally spotted talking to a girl and laughing extremely hard. They stood less than 20 feet away, and didn't seem to notice Annabeth, so she took the chance to drink in this girl's appearance. She was of medium height with dark brown hair that had bright Green highlights in it. It was matted down and she was wearing dark robes like Hermione's and Ginny's, but the real thing that caught Annabeth's eye was this girl's striking blue eyes. She had seen those eyes before, on her friend Thalia Grace. They were very similar, but she soon realized this mysterious girl, though resembling Thalia's air of rebellious attitude, had eyes a very slight shade of blue darker. Annabeth being ADHD, was lost into her own thoughts as they leapt onto new ones that took her farther and farther from her original thought faster every second. This left staring at Alex and the girl until they realized what she was doing, a very creepy 10 minutes later.
They started to walk over and Leo looked up, snapping out of his own trance. He saw that they were headed in their direction then turned to Annabeth who was still in her own world, about to shake her, when he realized it would be much funnier if he didn't.
"Uh, Annabeth?" Alex asked, waving a hand in her face. "Hello? Annabeth? Helllooo?"
"Huh?" she snapped back to attention, her face turning a very bright shade of red in the process. She turned to Leo who was laughing hysterically to himself and gave him a warning look as he calmed himself down. "Sorry, I guess I drifted off for a second. What's up?"
"Oh.. Well-hey introduction time!" she said, grinning wildly. "Annabeth, this is my friend Dani. She's a witch."
The dark haired girl nodded at Annabeth in what seemed like approval and said, "Sup."
"Oh, Hi." she said, gaining composure, her blush fading into more annoyance at a certain son of Hephaestus. She pointed at the team of guys talking strategy. "We're about to play a game of Quidditch... Any tips on how to beat those guys' butts?"
"I take it you have a bone to pick with those guys? Well, having a good seeker always helps.. Oh ho, you got Weasley on your team? You're set. Having a good keeper can help too.. Good luck." she said, grinning. "You have Ravenclaw voting for you guys. We got a bone to pick with Ron and Harry right now. Oi, like a hundred more people are going to be here, Alex! Peace!"
She jogged back and Annabeth turned to Hermione and Ginny and said, "What in Zeus's name is a seeker?"
They proceeded to explain the complete game to her, and she soaked in the information silently. Leo was sitting cross legged listening as well, playing with metal scraps, grinning at the idea of flying brooms. The girls ignored his existence and he was fine with that for now. Annabeth was thinking about the same thing. when she finally looked up and said, "How do the brooms fly?"
"You would want to know that first." A voice spoke out behind them. Without looking, Annabeth knew it was none other than her Seaweed brain. He was smiling mischieviously, and she said, "Hey, no cheating and trying to get our battle- I mean game plans."
"Just came to say good luck. And sorry about this morning." he said feigning exasperation. He leaned into kiss her cheek when she dodged his lips, grabbing his arm, and flipping him over her shoulder.
"You really like to do that, don't you?" Ginny asked, smiling as Percy finally realized she was still mad. He turned red and walked back over to the guys who were watching everything.
"It's a natural response." Annabeth shrugged. She felt a pang of guilt and thought, Maybe I was a little rough.. She stopped these thoughts when she remembered the searing pain of those tainted cookies. "How about we give up being mad if we win this game?"
"Agreed." Hermione before Ginny could protest. She still did though, "They didn't even say sorry!"
"Ah, don't worry, they will be when we beat them. Ginny's seeker, right? Are we just going to play one person for each position, like one chaser and one beater?"
"That's the only way, right?" Hermione mused. "What positions are the rest of us going to play? I'm horrible at any of them. Flying isn't my, er- forte."
"I don't trust Leo with a bat..." Ginny muttered half jokingly. "We can make him keeper. How fast are you, Valdez?"
"Uh, I dunno. In wilderness school I had to run from coach hedge a lot... So pretty fast, This is on broom though.. I don't have any experience, unless you count festus."
" 'Festus'? " Ginny asked, puzzled.
"He's my life-sized mechanical dragon friend."Leo explained grinning wildly. "Gotta say, I think I'm a pretty good flyer now that I think about it."
"Ugh fine." Ginny groaned, but smiled a bit. "You have to be fast, and make sure the Quaffle-the ball over there-doesn't get in those goals. Got it?"
He gave a mock salute when Ginny turned to Annabeth. "You can be a beater, after watching to flip someone and being someone you flipped, I trust you'll do good with a bat. Know what you have to do? Okay."
She gave a silent sigh before turning to Hermione. "Er, you're the Chaser then... You got this, we'll try and get the snitch fast though. Don't look so sad, you're really not that bad."
"Right then." Hermione said. "Let's do this!"
A/N: Whoop. Midnight post! :) Night everyone!