AN: I know you guys must be excited to read this chapter… So without further ado! CHAPTER 14! WOOHOO!
Disclaimer: I don't' own anything Percy Jackson or Harry Potter.
Hazel's POV:
Frank, Jason and I were talking and doing homework with some other Hufflepuffs when Professor Sprout hurried in and came right up to us.
"Hazel, Jason and Frank, I need you to come with me, there was a small incident, and it seems your friend Percy has requested your presence"
"What happened?" Frank asked looking worried, I was worried as well, along with Jason.
"I'm not 100% sure, but I will find out in a meeting I was called to, and you can ask upon your arrival"
"Where are they?"
"In Gryffindor tower"
"But Hufflepuffs can't go there!" Hannah exclaimed.
"In emergencies they can, also the exchange students are aloud into all the common rooms excluding Slytherin, in order to visit and get a feel for the entire school. Now please follow me"
We hurried after her as she left the common room heading up to the seventh floor. We ran into Flitwick who had Leo, Piper and Calypso with him. We reached a portrait of a Fat Lady and Professor Sprout quickly said the password and ushered us in.
"They can't be in here!" some kid who looked to be in his 7th year exclaimed.
"Mr. McLaggen, we are teachers, and I think I know what we can and cannot do thank you very much" Professor Flitwick told the boy.
"Right over here" We followed Professor Sprout to a portrait on the other side of the room and she whispered boss to it. It swung open and we stepped through.
What we saw as we entered did not make me happy at all. Percy was laying on the bed with a tear-stained faced Annabeth sleeping- well I hoped she was sleeping- against him. The Golden Trio was there as well as Thalia, Nico and Will.
"What happened?" Leo asked. He was standing still, and very quiet. Something highly unusual for him.
"It was Umbridge" Nico explained "She used something called a blood quill on them in detention. It carved the words onto their hands. Annabeth was pulled into a memory, a flashback"
"I'm going to kill her" Thalia was already at the door when Jason stopped her
"Thalia, don't do anything stupid. We can't just go kill her"
"Jason-"
"I'm not saying I don't want to kill her, I'm just saying we can't. It'll get us thrown in jail or probably sent home"
I realized that he wasn't saying that it would endanger the quest, until I realized the Golden Trio were still in the room.
"I hate it when you make sense" Thalia grumbled to her little brother.
"Percy? Are you okay?" I asked tentatively because he looked really pale
"I almost got pulled into one too, if Annabeth hadn't screamed" he said shakily "Why us?"
He whispered that last part but we all heard it. The Golden Trio looked sort of uncomfortable, but curious to say the least. Thalia went out to the balcony but I could see tears about to come out. Jason and Piper followed her out. We were all quiet for a while before the trio bid us goodnight and went to bed. Annabeth woke up a little while later, and us demigods just stayed up talking the rest of the night.
~oOo~
Harry's POV:
No matter how much you try to avoid it, gossip is gossip. And by morning you could tell all of the houses were talking about what happened and coming up with bizarre explanations that couldn't possibly be true. Even Slytherin had gotten word of what was happening, how I don't know, but they are cunning after all. I was sitting with Will, Nico, Thalia, Ron and Hermione. The other exchange students were at their respective tables. The only ones missing were Percy and Annabeth. However just as I thought that the doors opened and they walked in, looking tired, and clinging to each other like they were all they had left in the world.
"Morning" Percy said cheerfully, ignoring all the stares on him and Annabeth.
"Hey" his friends all replied
"Hello, I hope you're feeling better today"
"Yeah, thanks Harry." Annabeth said
We were all eating when the Great Hall doors opened once more. I looked up, and watched , along with everyone else, in astonishment as Kingsley Shacklebolt and Tonks made their way up to the High Table straight to Umbridge.
"Delores Umbridge, we are here on behalf of the Ministry of Magic to place you under arrest for the use of illegal blood quills on students" Tonks said with a smile
"This is absurd! I did no such thing!"
"You see, that's where you're wrong. And there are three students here that have proof, if one of them could step forward?" Kingsley announced. I looked over at Percy and Annabeth. I got up at the same time as them.
"Oh look! It looks as all three want to see you in Azkaban!" Tonks said as we made our way up to the table. Everyone's eyes were on us, or more specifically Annabeth and Percy. I bet they were figuring out at least some of what had caused the screaming last night.
"Show us your hands please"
I followed Kingsley's order and all three of us held out our hands while the two Aurors studied the words that were carved in.
"I believe this is proof enough, and if need be, we can always extract memories and look into a pensieve, or maybe veritasirum?" Kinsley told Umbridge.
"You have no proof it was me"
"Look toady" Tonks interrupted, gaining a laugh from the Great Hall "You can argue this all you want at your trial, but for now you're under arrest so just come on already. Dumbledore, I'm afraid you'll need to find a new defense teacher"
"It is quite alright Auror Tonks, I already have some one in mind" he said with a twinkle in his eyes that told me he was definitely up to something.
After much struggling from Umbridge, she was escorted by the two Aurors out of the Great Hall that had erupted into cheers. Dumbledore stood up to speak as Percy, Annabeth and I made out way back to the table.
"Until further notice, Defense Against the Dark Arts is cancelled"
There was cheering because everyone was happy that Umbridge was gone, but everyone was also very curios as to who the new professor would be.
~oOo~
Frank's POV:
They day passed by rather quickly and before we knew it, it was dinner. We were all eating peacefully when there was a flash of light that came out of nowhere, right in the middle of the Great Hall. I could see all the demigods along with me tense up and get ready in case we had to fight. But that was not the case.
AN: This was sort of a short chapter, and the ending sucked but oh well. We have guests staying at our house, along with 4 kids all under the age of 10, so it was a little hard concentrating. So there is the beginning of the plot twist. And I am going to bring Hagrid back earlier, and I don't know I am going to do the DA considering I am bringing in a different teacher. When you guys find out who the teacher is, let me know if you still think I should incorporate the DA somehow, but wait until you find out who the new teacher is.
