Woo! 5 Chapters of PJO introductions and setting up and we are finally getting to the Harry Potter stuff! Yea! Oh and by the way, I am not J.K. Rowling nor am I Rick Riordan, if you hadn't realised yet.
Chapter 6: Harry
I probably led the weirdest life for a wizard possible. First, I end up at my Aunt and Uncle's house and my overweight, fat excuse for a cousin Dudley tries to bully me. However, I threaten him with magic and he runs off to his mummy. Then, I lose my temper with my aunt and uncle and decide to go for a walk around Little Whinging. I walk for a while and see my fat cousin, Dudley. Then, I lose my temper and take him for a walk. All along the way, he pokes fun at my family and makes fun of Cedric Diggory, he said he knew what I said in my nightmares.
"Don't kill Cedric. Don't kill Cedric!" Then he took it too far and made fun of my dead friend.
"Who's Cedric – you're boyfriend? Dad! Help me, Dad! He's going to kill me dad! Boohoo."
"Shut up." I said quietly. "Shut up, Dudely I'm warning you!
"Come and help me, Dad! Mum, come and help me! He's killed Cedric! Dad, help me! He's going to-" Don't you point that thing at me!"
I pulled our my wand and pushed him into the alley wall. I could feel fourteen years' hatred of Dudley pounding in my veins – what I wouldn't give to strike now, jinx Dudley so he'd have to crawl home, like an insect, struck dumb, sprouting feelers. I really wanted to do it, but I knew I couldn't, but I didn't lower my wand. However, something else caught my attention. Dudley's face went slack and he gave an odd, shuddering gasp, as though he had been doused in icy water.
Suddenly, the sky went pitch black and lightless – the stars, the moon, the misty streetlamps at either end of the alley had vanished. The distant rumble of cars and the soft whisper of trees had been extinguished. The hot, balmy evening was piercingly, bitterly cold. I was surrounded by an impenetrable, sudden darkness, as though some giant hand had dropped a thick, icy mantle over the entire alleyway, blinding me.
I panicked, I thought that I had done magic without meaning to, even though I was attempting my best to resist. Dudley absolutely freaked out. His terrified voice broke in my ear.
"W-what are you d-doing? St-stop it!"
"I'm not doing anything! Shut up and don't move!"
"I c-can't see! I've go-gone blind! I – "
"I said shut up!"
The cold was so intense, goosebumps had erupting up my arms, and the hairs on the back of my neck. It was impossible. Not here in Little Whinging. I strained my ears, I would definitely hear them before I saw them. Dudley whimpered in the corner, but I glared at him and he shut up.
I fell silent, I had heard the thing that I had been dreading. I heard that terrible sound from behind me. Something drawing long, hoarse, rattling breaths. I spun around and a saw a cloaked Dementor. Dudley instantly panicked, he ran towards the dementor as he couldn't see it.
"You moron Dudley, DUDLEY COME BACK! YOU'RE RUNNING AT IT!" I screamed. I heard Dudley ear – piercing squeal and I knew that there was only one thing that was happening.
"Dudley, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! WHATEVER YOU DO, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! However, Dudley paid no heed to my words and opened his mouth in fear. I felt around and grabbed my wand. A towering, hooded figure was gliding towards him, no feet or face visible beneath its robes. I stumbled backwards and raised my wand.
"Expecto Patronum!" I roared. A silvery wisp shot from the tip of my wand and the dementor slowed, but the spell hadn't worked properly. I retreated further and the dementor turned it's attention onto me.
"Expecto Patronum!" I repeated. Again, a silvery wisp shot out and the dementor continued to bore down on me. I had to think of something happy, but there was no happiness inside me. I heard the high-pitched laughter that could only belong to Lord Voldemort.
"Surrender Harry… Bow to death… It might even be painless… I would not know… I have never died…
I was never going to see Ron and Hermione again. But their faces burst clearly into my mind, clearing it.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" An enormous silver stag erupted from my wand. It charged down the dementor and the dementor swooped away. Defeated. Dudley was in bad shape. I picked up the fat lump and carried him to our house.
Along the way I ran into Mrs. Figg, the batty old neighbour.
"Don't put the wand away idiot boy! Oh I'm going to kill Mundungus Fletcher!"
I was thoroughly bewildered and she explained to me that she was a squib and Mundungus and her were tasked with keeping an eye on me and reporting back to Dumbledore. But, Mundungus had bailed and the Dementors attacked. I walked Dudley back to the house where Uncle Vernon lost his temper with me. Irritated I began to walk away. Until I saw a patronus come through the door and many owls come through as well. I opened my letter and it said Arthur has told us what happened. Whatever you do, don't leave the house again. Later, the Dursleys were out and I heard noises downstairs. Burglars I thought. However, it turned out to be all wizards, who called themselves the Order of the Phoenix. I was then whisked away to Number 12 Grimmauld Place where I reunited with Sirius, Ron and Hermione. I absolutely lost my temper with Ron and Hermione though. They kept giving excuses of why they couldn't elaborate in their letters and seemed to think that I couldn't handle myself. Before I knew it, I began shouting
"SO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE MEETINGS, BIG DEAL! YOU'VE STILL BEEN HERE, HAVEN'T YOU? YOU'VE STILL BEEN TOGETHER! ME, I'VE BEEN STUCK AT THE DURSLEYS' FOR A MONTH! AND I'VE HANDLED MORE THAN YOU TWO'VE EVER MANAGED AND DUMBLEDORE KNOWS IT- WHO SAVED THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE? WHO GOT RID OF RIDDLE? WHO SAVED BOTH YOUR SKINS FROM THE DEMENTORS? WHO HAD TO GET PAST DRAGONS AND SPHINXES AND EVERY OTHER FOUL THING LAST YEAR? WHO SAW HIM COME BACK? WHO HAD TO ESCAPE FROM HIM? ME!"
Ron was standing there with his mouth half-open, clearly stunned and at a loss for anything to say, whilst Hermione looked on the verge of tears.
BUT WHY SHOULD I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY SHOULD ANYONE BOTHER TO TELL ME WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING?
"Harry, we wanted to tell you, we really did—"Hermione began.
CAN'T'VE WANTED TO THAT MUCH, CAN YOU, OR YOU'D HAVE SENT ME AN OWL, BUT DUMBLEDORE MADE YOU SWEAR-'
"Well, he did -"
"FOUR WEEKS I'VE BEEN STUCK IN PRIVET DRIVE, NICKING PAPERS OUT OF BINS TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON—"
"We wanted to—"
"I SUPPOSE YOU'VE BEEN HAVING A REAL LAUGH, HAVEN'T YOU, ALL HOLED UP HERE TOGETHER-"
Hermione collapsed into tears. I felt immediately bad and forgave them for ranting. I was then called down to an Order meeting where I learnt that Voldemort was trying to get a weapon, something he didn't have last time. Then, I had the hearing. Everyone thought that I used the patronus charm for absolutely no reason and no one believed that Dementors were in Little Whinging. Dumbledore turned up which probably saved me, but he wouldn't even look at me. He didn't even acknowledge that I was there. Eventually, Madam Bones, with the help of Mrs. Figg who was a witness effectively believed me and I was acquitted. Mr Weasley escorted me back to Grimmauld Place and I arrived just in time for dinner. At dinner, Mrs Weasley made an important announcement.
"Listen everyone! Today, the new American Exchange Students are arriving!" She exclaimed joyously. When she was met with blank looks for everyone her expression cleared and she told us why. "Seven students from the American Wizarding School, Mr. Brunner's Academy for the Magically Gifted are arriving at Grimmauld Place in about twenty minutes. Their school was destroyed and is under heavy reconstruction by an enemy. Now, Mad-Eye has gone to get them and they will come by portkey. I hope that all of you will treat them graciously!" Mrs. Weasley said. Fred and George looked excited, so did Ginny and Ron, heck, even I was excited to meet new people, but Hermione scowled.
"I've never heard of that school!" she shrilly exclaimed. Ron rolled his eyes
"Just because you've never heard of this school doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Who do you think they will be? Death Eaters?" He laughed and almost everyone else except Hermione and me laughed. What if they were Death Eaters? I thought. I shrugged it off, Dumbledore would never allow Death Eaters into the school. I continued to eat the food that I had and I was eager to meet these new students. In twenty minutes we all finished up and stood near to door. Sirius stood near it, waiting to silence his mother. I heard the door open and saw Mad-Eye lead the seven American Students enter the house. Instantly, Sirius' mother exploded into sound
"FILTH! MUDBLOODS! DISTURBING THE HONORABLE HOUSE OF MY FOREFATHERS!"
Sirius used his wand to shoot sparks and the portrait shut. The Americans looked aghast. For some reason, they all seemed to radiate power. I assessed their appearances. Wow! The first boy was quite tall, but he bore a similar resemblance to me. He had similar untamable, raven hair and green eyes. But I noticed some differences. His eyes were more sea-green while mine we more emerald. He was quite tanned and muscular, while I was skinny and pale. They all looked fifteen. The following girl was holding my look-a-like's hand. She had long, curly blond hair that reminded me of a princess. She had tanned skin and looked athletic. She had stormy gray eyes that looked similar to an animal that was trying to kill you. I immediately decided to not cross her. Next in line was a tall boy with blond hair and sky-blue eyes. He had a scar on his lip that intrigued me. He was also tanned and had slightly muscly features. He also looks athletic like the rest. The girl next to him also held his hand and in my opinion, she was very pretty. She had choppy, chocolate-brown hair. Her eyes changed colour like a kaleidoscope and unnerved me. The next boy looked Asian and was stocky and large. However, his face clashed with the picture. He had a baby-ish face and dark brown eyes. In my opinion, he looked like a baby sumo wrestler (If you know who said that, you get a cookie). After that, there came a shorter girl who stood beside the boy, she was a short girl who had curly cinnamon brown hair and unnerving, bright gold eyes. She had dark skin which was toned and she also looked fit. The last boy wore an impish grin and I instantly knew he was a trouble-maker. He had curly, black hair, dark brown eyes and extremely pointed ears, like an elf. Even his face was elf-like. He looked Latino and was extremely scrawny. He was very short and was the same size as the kaleidoscope girl.
"Hello children, I'm Molly, Molly Weasley. These are my children Fred, George, Ginny and Ron, this is Hermione Granger and this is Harry Potter." She said beaming at us. The seven Americans gave slight recognition at the name and surveyed my face. Funnily enough, they didn't try and see my scar and didn't gasp or anything. They seemed normal. My look-a-like stepped forward.
"Hello, My name is Percy J-" as soon as he said the name Percy, Mr. Weasley broke his mug and Mrs. Weasley started crying. Percy looked bewildered and stammered,
"Uh, I'm sorry but what did I do wrong?" He inquired with his puzzled expression on his face. Fred answered and said
"Our other brother was also called Percy and he disowned us and moved away. Mum and Dad get emotional whenever his name is mentioned," he muttered
"Oh, I'm sorry Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, I didn't know." He apologized.
"Sorry, my dear, we just got a bit sad when you said his name."
"It's okay. Anyways, my name is Percy Jackson." He stepped backwards and the blond girl stepped forward.
"My name is Annabeth Chase." The blond boy stepped forward and said
"My name is Jason Grace." The kaleidoscope-eyed girl stepped forward next.
"My name is Piper McLean." I thought I recognized the last name from the actor Tristan McLean but I waved it off. The baby sumo-wrestler stepped forward.
"My name is Frank Zhang." The golden-eyed girl stepped forward and introduced herself,
"My name is Hazel Levesque." The latino elf stepped forward next.
"My name is Leo Valdez." After all their introductions Mrs. Weasley ushered them into the Dining Room and gave them their dinner.
"Oh, you dears must be starving." She exclaimed
"Yeah, we are!" Leo interrupted, but Piper glared at him and he silenced.
"Dears, you boys will sleep with Harry and Ron and the girls will sleep with Ginny". They nodded and gulped them their dinner wolfishly. Once they finished Ron and I escorted them up the stairs and into their rooms. As soon as we entered the room, they all started talking among themselves excitedly. I pulled Ron into a corner.
"Don't you think they're acting a bit suspiciously?"
"Uh a bit and I think you should hear this. Percy, Jason, Frank and Hazel all had a tattoo on their forearm, I didn't see it clearly though."
"Do you think it's the Dark Mark?"
"I dunno, tomorrow, we might investigate them and see what's up," Ron stated. "But for now, let's get to bed." I crawled into my bed and explored the realm of dreams.
Another one down! Yeah! Finally got onto the Harry Potter part of the story. Hope you enjoy it. I'm just going to mention FieryGirl101, who did the first review for this story. Thanks, FieryGirl101, it means a lot. Anyways, enjoy the chapter.
~RedGods