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These characters do not belong to me nor do I make any money off this story. I am merely writing Fan Fiction. The characters belong to their respective author. I hope you enjoy Joining Forces.

Annabeth POV:

We took turns greeting the guests. "Welcome to Hogwarts," I said after finishing giving Hazel a hug. "I didn't know you would be here," I whispered. Hazel put a hand on my shoulder and whispered in my ear. "Chiron contacted us. Currently, the camp is well run with Frank and Reyna, there have been more capable demigods lately as well so things are going good there so some of us decided to come as well,"

"Any weird disturbances? There have been some small signs of big trouble lately, I hear," I responded just as silently that it almost sounded like a murmur.

"Not yet. Other than the weird things like the past and from before, everything has been more or less peaceful. I guess the strangest thing as of late is how we'll be magic people from CHB in this underground world we didn't know about at this school,"

"Annabeth!" Percy called, seeming to make our whispering amongst each other less abnormal in front of the others. "You and Hazel have been chatting with each so long, I want to catch up as well!"

"Alright, it's just really has been such a long time!" I responded. The creatures were lead by Hagrid to different areas in Hogwarts where they could be more familiar. As for the dryads, they were accommodated similarly. Although Professor Sprout did most of the assisting, other students had also assisted, most which were good at herbology. Overall, a lot of friendly conversation was struck at Hogwarts. Chiron had already informed those who came not to mention any related to gods or mythology much and covered it up as magic itself while dryads and creatures were just like how the wizarding world had a bunch of different ones as well.

We toured around all of Hogwarts to the towers to the dungeons to the great hall. Hogwarts was quite a big school, and it took most of the day to show everyone around. Although it was mainly Percy and me who lead them, other students had also come with us to do a lot of the introductions. Overall, it wasn't until dinner when we finished and headed back to the Great Hall to eat. We also caught up on recent events. Percy and I told them about the attacks on Hogwarts while choosing to discuss the more private matters later on.

"What do you think of Hogwarts so far?" I asked as we sat down at the Gryffindor table. The demigods would each be split into bunches for each house at the moment and permanent ones would be decided on later, likely sometime after the school year officially restarted. The idea of doing another sorting wasn't looked highly upon this time. He, Dumbledore, and the other demigods seem to prefer grouping everyone together rather than splitting them apart. However, matters such as how their schedules would work and how the other wizards would react had to be considered as well. So it could be said that arrangements were being tested and would be adjusted accordingly in the future.

"It's quite nice," One demigod answered before turning around and chatting with a Hufflepuff student, both eagerly talking before switching spots to reach some different food.

"Ah, hello everyone! Our guests from CHB, my name is Horace Slughorn, the potions master here," He squeezed into space where that demigod had moved from. Since it was the holidays and their first day at Hogwarts, Dumbledore allowed for the rules to be so strictly imposed that day permitting everyone to familiarize themself. Teachers like Slughorn were able to come down and chat with students as well as though they were ones themselves and besides him, some others had already done so as well. "What do you think of Hogwarts so far?"

"It's nice," Lou Ellen Blackstone responded. "Really a pretty school. Annabeth, are you planning on making a cabin in this sort of style?"

"Maybe," I answered. Hogwart's architecture was truly incredible and I had considered it before depending on how things go in the future. "This can be done, but we'll have to think about who else comes to CHB,"

"You see, Annabeth is the one who has been designing all these new cabins at CHB," Said a daughter of Demeter, she had come out to help care for the dryads as well as some other half-siblings of hers.

"Even more talented than I knew!" Slughorn applauded, shining a smile towards me. "You definitely have a bright future. How about all of you? Which cabins are you all in?" After some introductions, he switched topics on asking what subjects that each person enjoyed most and which differed from ones at Hogwarts.

"Most of us study mostly muggle stuff," Hazel said. It was a smart answer. Some of our abilities, like Frank's shapeshifting, would easily pass over as magic studies however some of them weren't as easy to transfer. Like how Hazel could make gemstones appear from the ground, I wasn't sure what I should call that in magic terms. However, Hazel was adept at magic from the mythology world, however, maybe it was best to keep things hidden and not make up too many things.

"I see," Professor Slughorn said. Later on, he did the same to various demigods, introducing himself, learning more about them and creating quite the amount of small talk. Soon, dinner had ended and everyone began heading back to their dormitories. For now, they'd each be staying in separate dormitories until the decision about where they'd be was officially made. However, that night, none of the demigods went to bed. Instead, we all headed to the room of requirement under the guise that we were finishing an introduction.

In that empty room, Dumbledore awaited with a smile, standing upright and not looking at all as sickly as before. Slowly, demigod after demigod entered the room in little snaps like a bunch of Christmas crackers being spontaneously opened. In each of their hands or on their wrist was a bracelet that Percy and I had received long ago. Despite it being their first day, many details that the other students know about were already finished and acted on. In the end, after a few more minutes, a total of 20 people were in the room of requirement. 1 teacher, 19 demigods.

Dumbledore smiled. "I would like to once again, welcome you all to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchery. Additionally, I want to thank you all for coming and aiding the school in these times of uncertainty. You most likely already know about several aspects concerning your trip here such as how you are concealing your identities as a part of Greek mythology."

"We're really aware of what we're supposed to be doing," A demigod who had already sat down cross-legged called out from the back. "Your school got a bunch of monster attacks, your magic isn't working so you're all basically sitting ducks and wizards and witches who were dead like you are back to life and causing problems even though Thanatos is probably doing fine right now. You don't need to bother with the stuff we know, rather it's better to talk about the stuff we don't."

Guest - Next chapters will usually be in a week thus publishing next Tuesday. I will be doing my best to keep this schedule for the rest of the summer. Thanks for reading :)

Guest - I'm glad you enjoy it! For the length of the chapters, I'm going to continue doing 1000+ words for each, I can try to make some longer, but overall it depends on how many ideas I have for each part.