Chapter 3
The four demigods were on a boat on the way to England, waves slapping against their ship, and seagulls flying overhead. Annabeth wouldn't stop saying things like, "I hope we can see the Eifel Tower or Notre Dame!" While Annabeth kept going on about structural things, her friends started talking about the next few months.
"Our goodbyes went by so fast," Piper sighed.
"Heh. Goodbyes went by. Good one," Leo snorted.
"No, seriously," Piper said sadly. "We just found out about the quest, then farewells were said, and now we're on a boat in the middle of the ocean."
"Aw, come here," Jason comforted her. "I'm going to miss everyone too, but it's only for like two months."
"Yo Percy, watcha doin'?" Leo asked.
Percy stood by the hull of the ship, sweat beading on his forehead.
"Shhhh!" Annabeth chided Leo. "Every time a monster swims up, he has to control the waves to push them away, which drains his energy."
The thought of monsters darkened the mood. Leo went to the engine room to work in various creations, Thalia, Piper, and Hazel scampered off to have "girl time," and Jason and Frank sat and talked about the Legion. The whole time, Annabeth was by Percy's side, giving him strength. Soon enough the ship met shore.
Everybody jumped out, and Percy collapsed. Thalia dug around in her Hunter's bag and brought out some nectar, which Annabeth helped Percy drink. Once Percy came to consciousness, he whistled loudly. Minutes later, a flock of pegasi descended. Every pegasus soon had a rider, and the eight demigods were soaring in the air, in search of the Hogwarts Express. Jason pulled out a map.
"Let's see," Jason pondered. "According to the map MacGone-seagull-"
"McGonagall," Annabeth corrected.
"-gave us, we should be flying right above it." Jason jumped of his ride and controlled the winds to fly down, and the rest followed him, Percy muttering, "show-off."
The pegasi and Jason landed on the roof of the scarlet train. The started looking for a way in when there was an explosion behind them. Their heads all whipped around to see an old lady walking towards them with a trolley cart, saying something like, "never successfully escaped." In her hand was a pumpkin pasty.
"Go!" Frank shouted, and the eight kids jumped inside the hole made by the explosion.
They landed inside a compartment and they all immediately switched rooms, not wanting to be blamed for the hole. Once inside they all plopped down in the seats, breathing hard, and not noticing the two boys sitting beside them.
"What are you guys doing here?" The group turned to voice, which sounded familiar. That was because it belonged to Will Solace, who was sitting in front of them. Next to him was his boyfriend Nico DeAngelo. The ten demigods gawked at each other for several seconds. Then, the questions exploded from mouths.