Percy, Piper and Tristan sat laughing at breakfast. Over the weekend they had their first training and it went really well. The team had get to know each other and were beginning to be real friends, instead of just team mates.

Percy was in a good mood. He would have DADA in a few hours, but he had the perfect prank to pull on her. He had come up with the idea when he saw Hazel drawing the night before and now it wouldn't let him go. He already had everything in place, now he just had to wait.

Piper, who saw he was in such a good mood and immediately knew that he was planning something, was laughing with the two other Chasers. She didn't like Mondays. They were always filled with cranky teachers and way to much homework. She was wary of Percy, but she didn't mind. As long as he didn't prank her, what he wouldn't, she was happy with his mood. He had been on edge for way too long.

Most people wouldn't realise it, but Percy had to keep up an image. He had to be the leader and leaders were strong. They didn't have nightmares, they didn't need help, they never backed down, they defended their people, they were strong and powerful. He had had to keep up this image for almost five years now and it worried Piper.

Percy had created an image for himself, but after Tartarus, he didn't suit that image anymore. He wasn't as laid back, relaxed, sarcastic and go with the flow guy he was. Even Annabeth didn't get it, let alone the rest of camp. The only ones who knew were Grover, Piper and Hazel, although Piper had the suspicion that the Stoll brothers and Leo knew it too and had to keep up their own image after the wars.

Piper wanted to help Percy, but couldn't, she just didn't know how. He kept so much information from all of them, they didn't even know what had happened in Tartarus! She didn't know why Percy wouldn't let anyone in. Grover said he had to use it as a defence mechanism, but why? Piper didn't understand why he would need such a thing. Everyone at camp cared about him, his mom loved him, his dad and step-dad loved him. He was strong enough to put up against an Ares camper. Why would he need a defence mechanism?

She didn't show Percy any of this of course. She and Hazel would talk about it in the afternoon, but didn't have any explanation. They were tempted to call Grover, but wanted to know it from Percy himself. They would have to get it out of him so they could help.

She kept a light conversation going with the other two while she looked around the hall. She had learn to spot the other demi-wizards. Her eyes saw Percy's wizarding cousin, Draco Malfoy. She still had to tell him what the others had said about him.

Everyone thought Draco, or Drake, was a pure-blood, but he wasn't. His father was a child of a fling with a half-blooded wizard, but his mother told his father that it was his child. Draco knew this, but hated it. He had to pretend to be a horrible person, to live up to his family's name. Piper could feel Draco wasn't a bad person, she felt it in her bones, it was probably a daughter of Aphrodite thing.

Piper could tell Percy knew this. He always defended Draco as soon as he could, without being weird. He really wanted to talk to the boy, but Piper didn't think it would be a nice talk once she told him. She sighed and went back to the conversation.

0o0o0

Percy just had Transfigurations and now he was sitting at the Hufflepuff table with Piper and Hazel, who both had a free period. He was absentmindedly practicing his Transfigurations homework – transforming a cushion into a hedgehog and back – when Piper cleared her throat to get his attention.

"Percy, have you talked to Draco yet?" Percy noticed that she was nervous and he saw that Hazel was to. "No not yet, I planned on talking to him today before dinner." The girls glanced at each other and Piper went on.

"Well, I uhm…" She took a breath and began to talk faster. "I heard from a few students that he is a real idiot here and that he calls people mudblood and they think that he is a Death Eater or that he will be next year. They also say that he is the meanest student at school and threatens people. I just thought you might want to know before you talk to him." She didn't look at him while she said this, but glanced at him when she was done.

Percy stared of into space with dark eyes. "Why do they think that?" Piper swallowed and glanced at Hazel again, who went on for her. "He sounds supportive towards Voldie. They say he said that Mudbloods should never be allowed at Hogwarts and that if it were for him and his father Mudbloods wouldn't have any rights and that they are lesser than pure-bloods. He also hates everything and everyone and is just mean."

Percy clenched his fists and nodded. "I'll talk to him." Was all he said before he continued doing his homework, but he didn't relax even when he walked away his next Period he still had his fist clenched and an angry look on his face.

0o0o0

Percy's good mood was officially over. He didn't even feel like pranking anymore, what shocked him a little. He just sat down next to Lee during DADA and glared at everyone and everything. "Hey man, what's wrong?" Asked Lee in a whisper, not wanting to get Umbridge angry right at the beginning of class.

"Just heard some stories about Drake. Not very nice." Lee winced. He knew how protective Percy could be and he would do anything to stop someone from doing the wrong thing. Even if he had to hex Draco into the next century, he would do it to stop him from turning to Voldemort.

"Are you going to talk with him?" Percy nodded and Lee swallowed. This could turn out into a shouting match between Draco and Percy and that would not be good. The school would probably take sides, but that wasn't the problem right now. Percy had to lay low, not go around the school shouting at people in his first week.

"Try to stay calm, rumours spread fast and she will do anything to get you into detention." Lee made a head movement towards Umbridge and Percy nodded. "I'll try, but no promises." Lee stayed silent, he didn't know what to say.

Ten minutes before the end of class Percy sat his plan in action. He took a piece of parchment from his bag. There was a drawing on it. A cartoon figure of Umbridge with a very big head and all her bad points – a lot – were highlighted. He had drawn it with magic and then concield it with a charm he had read in a book somewhere.

The drawing would come to life, but with a time charm Percy had managed to delay the effect until in a few minutes. He let the parchment glide of his table and it glided through the air until it reached the other end of the classroom, far away from both Percy and the twins.

He went through with his work until suddenly a high pitched voice sounded in the class room. "No wands!" Everyone, even Percy, was startled. It was the voice of Umbridge but even higher. Everyone looked around searching for the caster of the voice when it was heard again.

"He-who-must-not-be-named is NOT back young man!" The class stifled its laughter while Umbridge turned red. "Cats are wonderful creatures aren't they?" They had found the source of the voice and the class was now laughing. The drawing had jumped out of the paper and was now walking between the tables towards his real self.

"You must not tell lies!" Cried the drawing and the class went into another fit of laughter. The twins were laughing like crazy and Lee was shaking.

"Who did this?" Shrieked Umbridge, almost as high as the drawing. "Who of you did this?" She yelled again. The class was too busy laughing at the different lines the drawing said then to answer the real professor.

Percy had managed, with a lot of research in the Library, that the drawing would follow Umbridge around and that it couldn't be stopped until the effects wore of.

Umbridge tried everything she could. She even used bombardia on it, but it didn't help. She eventually tried to step on it, but because it was a paper drawing it would just fold and get back into its normal shape.

The class spend the last ten minutes laughing at Umbridge who yelled at everyone and everything. Eventually she asked, between the lines of the drawing, for everyone to give their wands to her. She checked wich spells everyone did last, but because most of them had Transfigurations, including Percy, she couldn't find anything.

She send them away three minutes before class ended. Lee and the twins immediately cornered Percy. "That was bloody brilliant mate!" Grinned George. "Best prank yet!" Agreed Fred. "How do you know it was me?" Asked Percy grinning.

"We saw you with the paper." Answered a laughing Lee. They were happy there wasn't anyone around so no one would hear it. "You just have to help us pull off pranks!" Said Fred while George and Lee agreed. Percy shrugged. "Fine by me!" They started to walk down the hallways towards the Great Hall for dinner, where Umbridge and her new pet would be as well.

So a short chapter of 1652 words, but that doesn't really matter at the moment. What does matter is that I updated this and my other story so I am happy with that. Tomorrow will be longer (hopefully) And will be a few weeks further down the year.

If you have a good prank, tell me! If you have something that you want to happen? TELL ME! I really need some filling for the rest of the year. I have like the BIG happenings I know, but the more little things I don't really know yet. Oh and do you have anything you want to happen between Percy and Piper? TELL ME I really want to know what you would like!