(Hello! This is a Percy Jackson Hogwarts AU. Disclaimer I sadly do not own Percy Jackson or Harry Potter)
Nico tapped his foot nervously against the floor of his family's dining hall. He was waiting for his Hogwarts letter. His sister had gotten her letter two years ago but she had died not long after. He lived in his father's cold empty house with his father, half sister Hazel, and step-mother. Hazel was heading back to her second year at Hogwarts as a Gryffindor.
As he was deep in thought he heard clicking on the dining room window. He jumped to his feet and rushed to the window. He pried open the window with some difficulty and let the owl in. It dropped the letter on the table and flew back out the window. He tore open the letter excitedly, not even glancing at the address and read,
"Hogwart's School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Di Angelo,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Nico started grinning happily, this was one of the first times he had smiled since Bianca's death. "Hazel!" He had run to the stairs and was yelling up them, "I got my letter!" He heard a loud happy scream from upstairs.
Let me see!" She snatched the letter from his hands before he could even reply. Her grin got bigger as her eyes moved down the page. She clapped and hugged her brother. "Oh! You're going to love Hogwarts!" She grabbed his wrist and pulled him upstairs to his room. "We need to go shopping and since we live really close to Diagon Alley we can do our shopping just the two of us. Then we can get ice-cream!" She bounced up and down on her toes happily. They had been to Diagon Alley by themselves many times in the last few years. "We could leave now! I still have a key to our vault!" She ran out of his room yelling behind her, "Get dressed so we can leave!"
Nico smiled and grabbed some clothes for the day. He got dressed as quickly as he could and ran downstairs to meet Hazel. She was bouncing on the tip of her toes and her clothes were slightly rumpled. She grabbed his hand and swung open the huge oak front door. They stepped onto the bright street. Nico paused for a second to catch his breath but Hazel just told him to follow her. She rushed up and down the streets of London with Nico right behind her.
They stopped at an old and worn out building that many of the other people could not seem to see. Hazel opened the door quietly and greeted the bartender, Nico just waved at him. "More Hogwarts students?" Tom asked. Hazel nodded and walked out back. She pulled out her wand and tapped one of the brinks on the wall. The wall split open to reveal a bustling street filled with hundreds of witches and wizards.
Hazel looked around trying to get her bearings, "Okay. How much money do we have," She said to herself, she pulled out and change purse and counted the money inside, "We have 24 galleons, 37 sickles and 12 knuts," Nico sighed in relief, he had always hated Gringotts. "So we'll get our robes first,"
Nico pushed open the door to the robes shop and smiled at Madam Malkin. "Hogwart dear?" He nodded, "Come this way we have another boy here being fitted," Nico followed her behind the curtain. The boy being fitted was a small impish boy of about 13. He was talking animatedly to the woman fitting his robes.
"-So then I said 'One day you'll be working for me' well I got punched in the face but it was still funny," The woman fitting his robes sighed and shook her head, "Oh by the way thanks Kaitlin," He turned his head and look at Nico. "Hey! I know you! Your Hazel's little brother! She talks about you a lot!" He was fidgeting slightly in his new robes.
"All done Valdez," Said the woman standing next to him, "You can hop down now," The boy jumped down from the platform and gave Nico a high five. "Name's Leo Valdez, tell your sister I said hi" Nico nodded and was ushered onto a platform.
"An hour later Nico and Hazel started to head down to the wand shop, then Hazel stopped and turned. "Nico I see my friend," She pointed at a tall Chineas guy who was about 13, "Can I go and see him?"
"Sure, I'll go by myself," He waved her in the direction of her friend, "I'll be fine," She ran toward him and waved. Nico smiled and nervously walked into the shop.
"As he walked in a little bell jingled, there was a little chair in the corner in the room that looked like it would fall apart if someone sat on it. He sat on it anyway. He crossed his legs and waited on the edge on the seat.
"Hello," A soft voice said in the background. Nico jumped off his seat in surprise. "Mr. Di Angelo I've been expecting to see you for a long time now. I remember your sister's wand well 13 inches, ash with unicorn hair,"
"How-"
"I remember every wand I have ever sold, Mr. Di Angelo," He was standing right in front of his face now, "What is your wand arm?"
Nico blinked in surprise, "Um, left," Olivander flicked his hand and a tape measure flew out of his pocket. The tape measure started measuring his forearms.
Olivander started moving around the shop pulling boxes off the shelves. "How about this one," He handed Nico a wand, "12 inches, cedar and dragon heartstring," Nico picked up the wand and waved it. Several of the boxes flew off the shelf. "No, no!" Olivander snatched back the wand and handed him a different wand. "This one 11 inches, yew, unicorn hair," Before Nico even had a chance to try it out. "No," He examined one wand and gave it to Nico, "This one, 13 inches, blackthorn with horned serpent horn shaving," When he waved the wand the glass front of the shop smashed.
"Sorry,"
"Olivander waved his apology off. "Maybe this one, 10 inches, ebony and veela hair," Nico waved the wand and the chair exploded. "Nope," He put the wand back. "Maybe, maybe," He said as he took out a wand from it's box. "Try this, 13 1⁄2 inches, elder with thestral tail hair," Nico picked up the wand and felt a warm feeling in his chest. He waved the wand and black sparks filled the air. "Bravo! Bravo!" Olivander clapped his hands. Nico nodded his head and handed over 7 silver sickels
"He stepped out into the sunlight with his new wand. He walked into the Leaky Cauldron to see his sister talking and laughing with Frank. He sat down at the table they were at and kissed Hazel's cheek. "Hey, sis," he turned to look at Frank, "Hello, Frank,"
Frank shifted nervously in his seat. "Hi Nico, how are you?"
Hazel stood up and stretched, "Well I need to use the bathroom," She walked away.
"Nico turned to look at Frank, "Remember, I like you Frank but if you hurt my sister I will rip you limb from limb,"
Frank looked at him with complete fear, "Yeah, of course,"
Hazel came back from the bathroom and said, "We should head home now, Father will want us home by now,"
"Of course we should go," Nico stood and Hazel hugged Frank goodbye. They walked toward the door of the Leaky Caldren and stepped out onto Muggle London.