To the Guest: Sorry if some of my grammar is incorrect - I'm only in 8th grade, so I don't know that much yet.
Hermoine POV
The next morning, someone walked in who was definitely not Luna Lovegood, or so it seemed.
She had golden blonde hair that curled down halfway to her waist, and bright grey eyes like Annabeth. This brought me to the conclusion that this was Luna, and she was probably a... daughter... of Athena.
A daughter of a goddess.
Trying to grasp my mind around that fact, I took my usual seat next to Harry and Ron at the Gryffindor table.
Turning towards me, Harry said, "Let's try to get them to talk to us directly after breakfast, before Transfiguration."
I nodded, and began eating. I couldn't eat much, because my stomach was churning with all the new information I had uncovered just in the last 24 hours. And it was not all good.
Questions pestered me, as well.
What was the spider woman all about? Wasn't she supposed to be dead?
Why was there writing in the Greek book, and who wrote it?
What should we say to Neville and Luna?
What's going to happen in the demigods' class today?
Blimey! I'd totally forgotten about their class. It was separated by grade, and fifth-years were supposed to come after lunch.
Standing up, Dumbledore cleared his throat, silencing us.
"It seems there has been some new additions to the demigod table. Care to introduce yourselves?"
Will stood up first.
"Will Solace, head of Apollo cabin, camp healer, et cetra."
Then he flashed a blinding smile at... Luna, I guess, and she glared at him with a glare that would have made my legs quiver more then a locomotor wibbly.
She muttered something, and stood up.
I guess no one recognized her, because there was no commotion like there had been for Neville.
"Daughter of Athena, killer of a lot of monsters and stuff, goodbye!"
She tried to run out of the hall, but Jason, who was sitting next to her, grabbed her arm, making her unable to move if she wanted it to remain attached to her body.
She sighed, said, "Oh, and I'm Luna Lovegood," and pulled her arm away from Jason, running out before anyone could comprehend what she'd said.
Even though I had learned of her... heritage, last night, her appearance still came as a shock.
After two seconds of dead silence, with the exception of the demigods, everyone burst out talking so loud that I felt the need to cover my ears.
"She looks so different," Ron said from next to me. For some reason, the wistfulness in his voice made me angry. Why did he care about how she looked?
Wait, why did I care what he thought?
Anyways, in the confusion, I tapped Harry and Ron on their shoulders and gestured towards the demigods, then hopped up, hoping they got the message.
They did, and together we went up to Neville.
"Neville, would you mind... talking with us?" Harry said, looking truly pained to have to be saying this.
He turned, and after seeing who it was, he nodded, and said, "Just, before you get any ideas, know that I really am your friend, that had nothing to do with the mission. Okay?"
I nodded apprehensively, and he led us out of the hall, towards the demigods' common room.
He opened the door, and we found ourselves in the same cozy little room as last night, decked out in orange and purple.
A magician in the painting next to the door started yelling at us in some language I couldn't understand, but Neville shot something back in that same tongue, and the magician shut up.
Looking around, I saw Luna on one of the purple couches with a book. Looking closely, though, I could tell it wasn't in English - was that Greek?
She looked up, saw us, and put the book face-down on the couch, her mouth forming a small 'o'.
"Hey..." she trailed off.
"Hi," Harry replied.
Neville took a seat next to Luna, and gestured for us to sit on one of the other couches.
"So... what do you want to know?" Neville asked, glancing at us.
After a moment of thought, I just said, "Tell us everything."
He nodded, and started explaining the quest they'd gotten. He explained how this quest was one of the very rare ones, with a non-rhyming and completely obvious prophecy. It went like this:
"In a land of magic,
Turmoil is rising.
Thr...Two must go, and find a school.
A school shrouded by magic,
where the Dark Lord has made his mark.
These two must stay
for the whole time.
To save the world from utter destruction.
The wise tw...one and the soil too,
go to help in any way they can.
This quest shall remain anonymous,
until the time arises when it must be told.
Not a very sightly prophecy, but it was very clear," Luna said.
I noticed how they kept from saying certain words, but I assumed it was of the same matter as the word from last night, and I sincerely didn't want to get kicked out again, so I nodded.
"Who tells you the prophecies? Do you guys have a seer?" Ron asked.
"No, we have an oracle, which is - well, used to be - an old, shriveled mummy."
"What do you mean, used to be?" Ron inquired.
"She got... replaced," Neville said. Something in his tone of voice made me not want to question it.
We continued asking questions about their quest. We also got some insight about the gods and such, but they told us we'd find out a lot during class today, after lunch.
Eventually, the clock chimed ten, and I realized we only had five minutes to get to History of Magic, with Binns.
"Wait, are you guys going to go to classes?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, we're splitting up with the different houses. Some of us will go with the Gryffindors, some with Ravenclaws, etc. But we have to help with the mythology class today, so we'll probably be back in class tomorrow," Neville said, standing up.
It wasn't until we reached Binns' classroom that I realized I hadn't even asked about the book. Oh well, perhaps I can ask about it during class.
Not the best chapter, and sorry that the chat was kind of underwhelming. If you have any ideas for what I can have the demigods do at Hogwarts, please please please comment them. Just click the little box down on the right, write some helpful or nice words (or criticism if you wish) and press "Post review as (your name here)". It's quite simple, and makes me happy and more eager to update ;)
QOTD: Besides Percy Jackson and Harry Potter, what is a really awesome series you've read?
My answer: Adventurers Wanted, by M.L. Forman. If you have not read it, I highly advise that you do. It is my favorite series ever, in addition to PJO.