Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters… sad right? Wahhh….

A/N: What's going to happen at the Annual Hogwarts Trivia? And I've also updated twice in one day! Yayyy :D Partly because getting hit by a soup ladle really hurt XD.

Percy's POV

It was after dinner at the Great Hall. My favourite so far- was the Eight-Texture chocolate cake. Although it wasn't blue (sad right?) but it tasted delicious, and it was amazing when the chocolate sauce melted a hole in the top layer. Delicious. Anyways, everyone was dressed up and Annabeth seemed especially energetic. I for one wasn't too enthusiastic on this. Might as well go talk to Poseidon and see how he was going. So I slipped off without the professors knowing. It would be around 45 minutes before the trivia began. More than enough time for me.

I climbed up the stairs and went up to the tallest tower. I wasn't sure how I found this place but there was a small fountain in the very corner. If you didn't pay attention you would miss it. It was as if this little section was made for demigods. A little shelter, where you could clean your thoughts and think of family. In my pocket was a golden drachma. I touched the dry and cracked fountain. It immediately sprang to life and begin spewing out water. I touched the water. It felt nice and reassuring.

We've got the pearls. We can get out of here as soon as we know how to use it. I told myself.

I threw the drachma in the fountain.

"Show me Poseidon, God of the seas."

An iris message appeared, and Poseidon was watching Cyclops making new weapons- for what I did not know. I could only hope that it wasn't for the demigod-sorcerers war.

"Dad!"

"Ah, Percy. How is everything going?"

"Fine- and how's it over there?"

"Oh- just normal. Some monsters appearing over the east- but we've got that under control."

"Good to hear." I grinned. Poseidon was wearing a pink shirt with love hearts all over it. He seemed to read my mind.

"Don't mention it, son. Aphrodite came to visit today."

"Aphrodite? Why? Are the gods angry or something?"

Poseidon raised an eyebrow. "Angry? No. But Zeus did ban communication with you three."

Oops.

"Sorry dad, I didn't mean to-"

"Oh that's ok, I'm sure as mad and as cranky Lord Zeus can get, he is still my brother and he won't blast me out of the sky." He chuckled.

"So…why did Aphrodite come?"

"You really want to know?"

I felt myself blush for no reason.

"What… Um…"

Poseidon laughed again. "Aphrodite told me something interesting about you and Annabeth. You know, you two made it against all odds. A daughter of Athena and a son of Poseidon-"

"Dad!"

"Fine, fine. But on a more serious note-"

I felt a tingling sensation go up my spine.

"What happened?"

"Not what happened. What's going to happen."

"Something bad?"

"You got it. Something about the curse of Hecate."

"You know it too? Dad, please tell us what it means. Annabeth cant decode it and she's going nuts over it. It would be super helpful!"

"Can't do that. Sorry."

"But you're a god!"

"You should know by now, Percy, we are not allowed to directly tell our children what is in store for them. You must discover it by yourself."

"But-"

"Oh, and Tyson wanted to talk to you"

The image shifted to Tyson.

"Brother! I missed you!" he said.

"Ah, I missed you too!" I replied.

But before we could catch up on what happened, a bigger Cyclops dragged him away.

"Dad…about these weapons…"

"Hmm?"

"What are they for?"

Poseidon seemed to jump back. Touchy subject.

"Nothing son. Beware of that Hermione. Good Luck."

And with that, the Iris Message finished and I was looking at a dry and cracked fountain again.

-Time Skip-

I was back at the Great Hall again, feeling confused at what just happened. Weapons for a possible war- Zeus was definitely losing faith, and something else.

Beware of Hermione.

Wasn't that the girl who threatened to tell on us? But I thought she said she wouldn't-

"Alright everyone. Please stay seated and remain silent. We have the finalists." It was the transfiguration teacher, Professor McGonagall. I don't think she really likes me as a student, when I transformed a teapot into shell with water flooding out of it and giving the professor a hard time cleaning it up. But why were they onto the finalists? I was only gone for 44½ minutes.

"We are onto our last competitors Hermione Granger-"

Cheers from the left side of the room- Gryffindors.

"And Annabeth Chase."

I thought that no-one would've cheered for her because we only came for a few days, but apparently she proved herself worthy. A huge round of whoops and claps were for her, and Hermione would kill me if she heard me say this in my mind, but I think that Annabeth's cheers were louder than hers.

"This is a free topic. You are allowed to choose a topic and then determine which side of the argument you will take." McGonagall said.

"How about Wizards and Demigods?" Hermione suggested.

I gasped. Annabeth glared at her.

The whole hall was silent.

It took a few seconds for Professor McGonagall to recover. "If that is the topic, then you may begin."

"STOP!" someone shouted, opening the doors of the great hall. Everyone looked in that directions.

I gasped. It was Nico di Angelo. The real, authentic, non-Livrin, annoying Nico.

I pushed through the massive crowd and made my way towards him. He looked at me.

"What are you doing here?" I whispered.

Everyone was looking at us now. Annabeth was shocked. Hermione was still waiting for the crowd to settle down so they could begin.

"Hades- sent me here" he coughed.

"Well, you didn't need to make such an entrance!"

"Sorry- got tricked."

"Tricked?! How?"

"Some ginger haired boy- I think he's in your grade- told me that you were about to get exposed of your identity."

"Ok. Well, I've got good news and bad news."

"What's the good news?"

"I know who that boy is. His name is Ron. He's friends with that girl up there." I pointed to Hermione.

"Umm… Ok… what's the bad news?"

"The boy was right, we are about to be exposed."

Nico gasped.

"Calm down, everyone. We will continue with the topic on 'Wizards and Demigods'. You have a strange taste, Miss Granger."

Everyone laughed except for Annabeth, Thalia, Nico and I.

"By the way, what house are you in?" Nico asked.

"The whole wizarding world is going to know that we are demigods, and here you are, asking what house I am in?!"

"Sorry. I was just curious."

"Fine. Annabeth in Ravenclaw, being smart and all. Thalia, daughter of Zeus, obviously in Gryffindor. And I got sorted in Hufflepuff. What house are you in?"

Nico was about to tell me when I cut him off.

"Actually, don't worry, you're probably in Slytherin."

He looked at me and nodded.

"Ah, I knew it." I said.

"So… what about Annabeth and that girl?" he asked.

I looked up again and actually listened to their 'arguments'.

"Before I present my case, I would like to explain what the term 'wizards' and 'demigods' mean." Hermione began in a very law-like manner. Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Wizards, are extraordinary human being with the gift to perform significant spells that can do great damage." She paused.

"Whoa, hey that girl, she's smart…and dangerous."

I didn't notice a thing.

"Dangerous?"

"…the gift to perfom significant spells that can do great damage. Doesn't that sound threatening?"

"Nico, I think you're overthinking it."

"No, believe me, when you're with your dad, King of the Dead, sentencing the people which have done…nasty things, you'll recognise phrases with a double meaning when you hear one."

"You really think so?"

"Shh… Listen."

"Demigods, on the other hand, are people with godly essence. They have been posed a threat and classified as enemies. We haven't fought them before, so why are they enemies, you say? Because they have great power, and they are an intelligent species like we are. So, if it happened, and a few demigods stumbled upon this great castle of magic, being witches and wizards, we would chase them away. And, if they do not leave, we can always make sure they never bother us again."

The crowd murmured.

"The demigods are a threat. They will endanger us all. If there are any upstarts, we must kill them."

"What in hades is she talking about?" I asked Nico.

He raised an eyebrow. "Well, obviously, she's telling the audience we are a threat. She's carefully nudging them in a direction where, once they realise who we are- they will hate us."

Ok, so I was a bit slow. "Wait- but that girl- Hermione said that she wouldn't expose us."

"That doesn't mean she can't bring out the hating, dangerous side of these 'wizards'.

"I see what she is doing. She's turning them into crazy maniacs!"

I didn't speak for a few minutes. If we accidently got found out, without Hermione letting on that we were demigods, and died, not only would blood being spilled on Hogwarts cause World War III to happen, it would mean disaster for Camp Half-Blood. Zeus, being already angry at Chiron would kill the centaur without any reconsideration. It was a dangerous situation. And everything rested on Annabeth to make things right again.

"This is bad."I finally said.

"Unless Annabeth can turn it over." Nico replied, voice cracked.

I was going to end the chapter here, but since it's almost New Year, here's a present for you guys ^^ An extra-long chapter! Read on! :P

Annabeth's POV

I was starting to dislike this girl more and more. Hermione was REALLY getting on my nerves. She was telling everyone to hate us, and proposing us as a threat. I had to carefully present my arguments. Hermione made this crowd a blood thirsty gang who will hunt down demigods and kill them. Normally, I would've beaten her arguments in ten seconds- none of them were based on facts! But this was different. I would have to pretend I was a witch too, and I was one of them… then gently prove Hermione wrong.

I took the centre of the stage. Hermione gave me a smug look.

"Good Evening fellow witches and wizards." I began. "The opposition has presented quite a few shocking arguments. She proposed Demigods as a threat. But I ask you, have you met one? Have you actually talked to a Demigod? Then how, can you, listen to someone else's opinion?"

The crowd began to whisper, several began to nod in agreement. I pressed on.

"Hermione has informed us that, Demigods are part god. Although we have powerful magic on our side, but I ask you. Will you really attack someone who has the power of a god? Why risk our lives, for something we do not even know about?" I paused. "Why attack when we can actually interrogate these- Demigods? There hasn't be any historical facts about Demigods. We are an intelligent species like Hermione said earlier. We have the choice to talk to them. We can ask them, find out about their godly heritage."

The crowd nodded in agreement. Several students started clapping at the back corner then everyone else clapped. I looked and it was Percy and Nico. They were cheering loudly. I smiled.

"You!" Hermione shrieked. She stomped towards me. "You ruined this!"

Percy's POV

Annabeth made some awesome statements. Hehehe. Suddenly Hermione stormed up to Annabeth.

"You!" Hermione shrieked. She stomped towards me. "You ruined this!"

I suddenly had this really bad feeing in my stomach. Nico must have felt it to.

"I have a bad feeling, Percy-" he began.

"I'm feeling it too." I replied.

Suddenly, Hermione pulled out her wand, her face flushing red. The crowd gasped.

"STOP!" McGonagall yelled.

But it was too late.

"Stupefy!" she yelled. I remembered Annabeth telling me this. How stupefy was only a small spell that would temporarily stun the opponent. But for once, Annabeth was wrong. She suddenly froze and wasn't blinking anymore. Hermione looked shocked, and ran away sobbing. The professors quickly rushed to Annabeth, but she didn't move or blink.

"She's petrified." I heard a boy whisper in front of me.

More whispers filled the hall. I didn't understand what happened. Annabeth- who was making statements before- now turned inanimate. Like being turned to stone by Medusa, but without the stone-y bits.

At last, it hit me. The Curse of Hecate. It would allow certain demigods to possess magic from Hecate, but for that, every spell you got hit with would turn you petrified. We were kept hidden, our identities safe... but at the cost of Annabeth.

Aww :( Annabeth! Well, a lot has happened in this chapter. Talking with Poseidon, Annabeth VS Hermione, Nico coming into Hogwarts (finally!), then Annabeth getting petrified. Anyways 50 reviews! Yayyy ^^ Can I get 60 reviews before the next chapter? Haha, anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter! ;D