After a good nights sleep everything becomes clearer. This was especially true for the three little dumplings.

"BLOODY HELL! HARRY DID YA SEE THAT! IT WAS BLOODY MAD! BLOODY MONSTERS! DID YA PUT FIRE-WHISKEY IN MY FOOD! BLOODY HELL!"

Honestly it was hilarious, I'm sorry.

"Harry... Harry..."

Hermione was in a calm position, her voice betraying no fear. Except once you looked into her eyes, you could see something wild, born out of fear of the unknown.

Harry was doing even worse than Ronald McDonald, which was saying something. He sat on the bed he had borrowed and just stared into emptiness.

Back at Nico's Dream Palace he acted, like what a hero would act. Confident, brave I guess, and your generic "Chosen One" package.

But here right now, I finally realized, this is a 15 year old kid. Yes he himself was only 17, but he had been the hero of two wars. He's seen more death than most people would in three lifetimes.

Harry however, had watched a friend of his die in front of him not even three months ago. War was just starting, it was a new thing for anyone under 20 in the wizard world.

War was a scary thing, especially for someone who's never seen it before.

I nodded at Hermione and she went to drag Ron into the little kitchen/living room where the hunters were.

I sat down by Harry, this was going to be awkward but no one knew fear better than me, except maybe Kronos when Luke killed him! Ruining the moment? Sorry.

"You know, the first time I saw actual monsters, I was driving to a camp. This big guy with horns, he was actually there, showed up and flipped my car."

Harry didn't move. I continued.

"He ripped off the top of my car and vaporized my mother. After that I killed him with his own horn. My mother was okay though, she didn't die, just kidnapped by the god of death. Happens every once in a while. Anyway, what I'm saying is, you get used to it, it's not as bad as it seems."

He looked at me. "Who are you, you aren't even the slightest bit frightened by... by those monsters. And now you're telling me this is a normal thing and you get USED To IT!"

I may have revealed just a teensy bit of too much info."

He began to cry, but don't worry, fluffy baby Percy swooped in. I hugged him, you know the comforting kind of hug. The hug you want when the world goes to shit and everyone you love is dead or close to dead. I wish I got those hugs more often. I have more dead friends than live friends.

He buried his face in my shoulder. I saw Piper watching from the doorway with a sad smile.

"That was nice, what you did for Harry."

"What? Oh!" I looked up from where I was washing dishes with a giant water fist.

"Ya, who am I to deny a hug to someone who really need one."

"You know, when I first met you, I couldn't understand what Annabeth saw in you. Now however..."

"What do you mean 'what Annabeth saw in me' Hazel thought I was a Roman god in disguise." He laughed.

"Don't flatter yourself Kelp Head. You just ruined the moment, congrats."

We watched the dishes in silence for another forty minutes when...

"Were you flirting with me?" My head shot up as I asked Piper.

"Oh brother of mine," she sighed. "You really do have seaweed for brains."

━━━━━━━ Harry ━━━━━━━

I had been avoiding Percy, seeing how he was looking for me, it was kind of a hard task. We had to go to the place of the Dementor Attack and stuff for Piper to gather some evidence.

The hug, honestly, felt nice even though I hated to admit it. I was wrong about Percy, ya he's really weird, but not evil genius imma kill your family weird.

I was avoiding Percy mainly of guilt. I had after all accused him of being a murderer working for Voldemort.

Finally, I swallowed my guilt and dragged my butt over to where Percy was by the door saying goodbye to Thalia.

"There you are, Harry! Now get your ass out there onto my flying Pegasus, were about 16 hours behind schedule!"

Percy either didn't think the hug was a big deal, or pretended it wasn't.

We boarded our magical transport, Ron with a bag after last time, and left to a magical kingdom. Or the next town over works too.

"Oh great, this place brings back great memories." I spit as we landed right in front of Privet Drive.

Then, a big looming form emerged and charged at me.

"Get off my lawn you freaks!"

"Sir, do you mind if we park here?"

"Get off my lawn freaks before the neighbors see you!"

"Thank you so much sir, it's hard to find parking for Pegasi around the mortal world."

Percy jumped off BlackJack with a huge lopsided smile, Piper was rolling in her seat, Hermione snorted and Ron was green.

"You little!"

The next thing I knew, I was blacked out on the snow.

━━━━━━━ Percy ━━━━━━━

I didn't see the snow shovel until Harry was on the ground. Vernon was pulling him by his ear and yelling at his unconscious body. Too bad Vernon didn't see Riptide until she was in full form and at his neck.

"Touch him again... I dare you..."

I dare you might have been the wrong choice of words seeing as how the next thing he did is kick Harry.

Things were not going to end well.

"What happened" Asked Nico, dressed as a cop. Little did the neighbors know, the police and medics swarming around Vernon's body were actually dead skeletons clouded by the Mist.

"He fell out of the window." I replied calmly.

"How many times?" Asked Nico waving at Vernon groaning.

"I lost count?"

"About 32 times," Will answered Nico's question, walking over to us with a limping Harry.

"How can you tell? You were mending Harry?"

"I'm a doctor." The son of Apollo replied kissing his boyfriend on the lips.

"Gross" Nico smiled.

"Please don't have sex right now!" I snorted.

"Please do," Piper smirked, walking up with popcorn.

"Don't use that language, we have children present!" Hermione scolded and pointed at Ron who was still rolling around laughing.

"So... Piper charm spoke him to walk out of that window or did you guys throw him out?"

"50/50"

"More like 16/16"

"How did he survive tho?"

"Have you seen that man, he's got blubber for dayssss! The walrus' called, they don't want their child back."

"Harry you okay?" I questioned. I was actually concerned. "How about you come with me."

We went behind the house, you could hear Vernon's moaning and Petunias crying.

"You okay,"

"Ya I'm fine, used to it"

"So he does this normally?!"

I could see pain in Harry's eyes. Dam I was really making the Chosen One emotional lately.

"Lemme throw that son of a Minotaur out of that window one more time! Oh Uncle Hades! Here comes Vernon Dursley!"

"Percy it's okay." He grabbed my hand as I was marching off to show justice. Vernon Dursley! You have FAILED this Harry! I always loved vigilantes!

"It's... okay..."

"Harry, it's not. I had an abusive step father once too, and its not okay. How do you live with them?"

"I have no where else to go." My shattered heart pierced through my ribs. Who knew this was how I was going to go out. Maybe I'd be reincarnated as a rich mortal?

"You can always come live with me." I smiled, I was already imaging Harry with the Stolls, introducing them to those Wizarding Weasley gadgets.

"Thanks, but I'm planning to move in with my godfather, I just got him back."

"Well incase you change your mind, you know where to find me."

You guys knew how this would turn out. He would have to come find me about living at CHB, with Sirius... gone...