Artemis7448 – Thanks for reviewing, I liked reading it. Please review more in the future and I hope you like this chapter. This chapter is just a filler chapter and is rather boring so sorry about that, but I hope you like it all the same.

Percyjacksonfan135 – I was planning on having some of Harry's demi-god powers come to light in the next chapter – 22 – because they will be on the run. If you have any ideas of any good powers, please tell me. I look forward to hearing about them. Thanks for reviewing, please continue to do so.

Simplewhiterose – It is a bit like true loves kiss but I thought that sounded a little cliché so I changed it a bit. Cozette and Callidus Malfoy were siblings instead of being in love which is why she kissed him on the forehead instead of the lips. Hermione will either have to kiss Luke to free him of Chronos and to transfer Chronos' power into herself before killing herself – effectively banishing Chronos to the underworld – or she will have to kill Luke. Ron just made a bad decision, but he is going to redeem himself in further chapters. I am going to have him striking up a romance with Thalia instead of Hermione, and Hermione will forgive him for betraying her. I'm sorry if this chapter is a bit boring; it's more of a filler chapter than anything. Thank you for reviewing.

Potion making skills at their best

Hermione:

We arrived back at the Burrow just as Molly was setting the table for dinner. Gin ran to help her while the three of us sat down to hold a quiet conversation.

"We have all of the ingredients," I murmured, "Once we're free of the trace, I can use a spell to make my bag bigger on the inside. We can place all of our things in there. Ron, does your dad have a tent?"

"Yeah," Ron replied quietly, "Perkins gave him the one we used for the World Cup. It's in the garage."

"Can we take it just as the potion finishes brewing? That way Arthur won't notice until it is too late."

"What else do we need to take?" Harry asked.

"Only one spare change of clothes because we can use magic to wash them, and otherwise we will have too much stuff. We need some books, but I will sort them out. In fact, I will sort everything out. All you need to do is make the potion, with Gin's help, of course."

As if he'd suddenly remembered something, Ron leaned forward and said in an even quieter whisper, "Annabeth, Percy and Thalia are coming here later. We mustn't tell them, or all will be lost."

"I agree," Harry muttered just as Molly and Ginny returned, laden down with food. Gin gave us a meaningful glance but could say no more because the rest of her family and Jase sat down around us.

"Where've you lot been all day?" Fred asked around a mouthful of food. I could definitely see when Ron got his awful manners from, "I thought you would want to play Quidditch with us."

"I needed to get some money from Gringotts," Harry explained, giving us a glance to warn us to keep silent, as if we would have said anything anyway.

"And that took four hours?"

I hadn't realised it had been that long, but it seemed that it had.

"We looked around for a bit," Gin interrupted sharply, warning her family to say no more on the matter.

"Hey Mione?" George asked after about five minutes of silence, "Where'd you get that necklace from?"

I touched the pendant Lilianna had given me and gave him my best impersonation of a smile as I quickly thought up a fool proof lie, "I bought it while we were out."

I could see Gin, Harry and Ron giving me suspicious glances but everyone else accepted the lie. I mouthed, "Tell you later," and they nodded, returning to their food.

XxX

Dinner was a quick affair and was finished before we knew it. Harry, Ron and Gin followed me up to Ron's room, where they immediately shut the door. They were unable to lock it, however, as we had not finished – or even started – the potion in which to remove the trace.

"Where'd you get the necklace?" Ron asked, pretending to act nonchalant when really I could tell that I had his interest piqued. Gin moved around getting her cauldron and all of our ingredients ready so that we could start as soon as the interrogation had finished; while Harry sat on Ron's bed.

"Remember those three women from Knockturn Alley?" Without waiting for a reply, I continued, "Well, they were Lilianna, Katriana and Rosalina. However, they are more commonly known as fate, destiny and hope…"

I quickly explained everything Lilianna had told me. My companions were silent until I'd finished and it was only then when Ron spoke.

"How do you know she was telling the truth?"

His voice was quiet but held fear and authority that I knew better than to ignore. His mouth was a thin line and his eyebrows were drawn together as he stared at my necklace.

"I just have a feeling…" I began, trailing off as I realised how stupid that sounded. And no-one called Hermione Granger stupid.

"A feeling?" Ron scoffed, obviously thinking the same thing as me, "You have a feeling?"

"How often have I been wrong?" I pleaded, "Just trust me on this."

"We trust you, Mione," Harry spoke up, "We just don't trust them."

"Please," I murmured, standing up and picking up the cauldron while Gin took the ingredients, "I need you to trust me on this."

Harry hesitated but only for a moment before he nodded. Ron seemed slightly less inclined to trust me, but he also nodded, albeit hesitantly. Gin just shrugged and laid all the ingredients out in a line so that we could start.

"Boil twenty seven ml of water until it is barely simmering…" Gin read aloud before stopping in horror.

"How are we supposed to get a fire going in here? It will burn the house down."

I gave a sharp grin, having already thought through this scenario. Without another word I went into Gin's room, where I was staying, and brought my cauldron back into Ron's room. I then went into the garden and picked up some twigs; thankful that I didn't meet any red-headed Weasley children who would question what I needed it for. I then placed the wood into my cauldron and removed a lighter from my pocket; lighting the wood as I did so. I hurriedly placed Gin's cauldron on my own to contain the flames. (A/N: I know this is a bit unbelievable but I couldn't think of anything better. Sorry.)

"Done," I said finally, grinning like a Cheshire cat. Harry was grinning smugly at the befuddled expressions on the two youngest Weasley's faces.

"What the hell is that?" Ron demanded, pointing at the lighter. Harry burst into laughter, nodding slowly as he replied, "Just something muggle, Ron."

"Gin, will you fetch me the water?"

She did and soon we were reading the next instruction.

"Chop the onion into four exactly equal proportions before placing one carefully into the boiling water. Then pour 48ml of veritaserum into the mixture."

"This is hard," Ron complained as he picked up the onion, holding it between his thumb and fore-finger.

"It's a potion," I snapped back, "It's not supposed to be easy."

He pouted but said no more as I chopped and weighed the onion. Finally sure that it was correct, I placed one piece into the water before adding the veritaserum.

"Add another piece of onion, stir seven times counter-clockwise and once clockwise. Repeat this action five times," Gin read, her voice loud in the silence that had fallen around us.

Harry placed the onion while I completed the other instruction, nodding for Gin to say the next one.

"Place the sprig of sage into your mixture and add one hippogriff toenail. Now your potion should be a crimson colour."

This instruction was completed as there was a shout from below: Annabeth, Percy and Thalia had arrived.

"I'll stay here," I murmured to the other three, "And I'll complete more of the potion. When you can, come back up and help. Okay?"

All three nodded and left me to it.

XxX

Harry:

Harry, Ron and Ginny left Hermione in Ron's room and moved down three flights of stairs until they were in the living room. Annabeth was chatting politely to Percy Weasley about the best way to build a house: it sounded boring but both seemed extremely interested. Percy Jackson was being fussed over by Molly; apparently he was too skinny. Thalia, however, was standing by herself, trying to look like she belonged but failing.

Harry watched silently as Ron moved over to her and engaged her in conversation. His face had brightened as soon as he'd seen her and now he appeared to see no-one else, his eyes fixed on her face. There was no doubt about it. Ron Weasley liked Thalia Grace.

"Is it just me or do you see that too?" Ginny asked quietly in Harry's ear, indicating Ron and Thalia. Harry murmured his assent as Molly turned to usher the three new arrivals into the kitchen where she was going to make them a late lunch.

Without further ado, Ron, Ginny and Harry made their way back upstairs.

XxX

A week later:

Hermione:

"It's finished," I stage-whispered at my three best friends, pulling our, now complete, potion out from under Ron's bed and quickly pouring it into four cups.

I took a deep breath before raising the cup to my lips and drinking, almost gagging at the disgusting stench. Harry, then Ron and Ginny, followed suit, three cups smashing to the ground as they dropped them.

I took a quick swig of water and passed it to the other three, before taking my wand and mending the cups, hoping that none of the Weasley's, nor Jase, Annabeth, Percy or Thalia had heard the racket they had made.

It appeared that none had because all was silent.

"We're supposed to go back to Camp Half-blood tomorrow," Ron murmured morosely, most likely thinking about Thalia, whom he had become very close to now that she was staying at his house.

"Then we will leave tonight," I murmured, "

I am going to have some of Harry's demi-god powers come to light in the next chapter but I have no idea what to give him. Can any of you think of anything? If you can, please tell me in a review and I will try and include it.

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