The six children didn't know that they were going to be claimed the next day. Nor, did they know that they were going to be claimed in front of an audience and have a special visitor come and explain everything, properly, to the school. And, they also didn't know that four of them were related to eachother.

In the Ravenclaw common room, Luna was just heading down to breakfast when her path was blocked by Cho Chang and a few other Ravenclaws.

"Can I help you?" Luna asked politely.

"You need to stop acting like a weirdo. You are worse than before." Cho spat.

"I do not know what you're talking about." The blonde told her.

"I'm talking about the fact that you have been writing weird shit on pieces of parchment and drawing buildings that don't look normal and won't ever exist! You don't even write in english!"

That caught her attention. 'Buildings? No! That can't be! Am I being claimed?'

"HEY! I am talking to you!" Cho shouted and brought Luna back to the present.

"Sorry, as much as I would love to chat. I've got to go down to breakfast because I have to talk to someone after and I don't want to be hungry." And with that, she pushed the girl aside gently and skipped down to breakfast.


Hannah was already down at breakfast and her fellow Hufflepuff, Susan Bones, was chatting away. Hannah wasn't really paying attention as she was looking at the man, in a wheelchair, at the staff table. 'Chiron?! No! That can not be Chiron! Hannah don't be stupid, he is at camp.' She mentally scolded herself.

"Hannah! Are you even listening to me?!" Susan clicked her fingers in front of the girl's face.

Hannah jumped back to reality, "What?"

Susan rolled her eyes and asked "Are Pansy, Luna and Hermione paying you to design and make their gowns for the ball?" The blonde frowned at the red head.

Her friend huffed and looked at Justin Finch Fletchley. Justin snickered and pointed to the pieces of parchment that she was drawing on. She looked at the pieces and saw that they had drawings on different dresses for each of the girls, she turned them over and saw on the back of the drawings for Pansy were a list of different boys that would be a good suitor for her. The same for Hermione, Luna and herself. 'Oh my Gods! This is not happening! Am I being claimed as the daughter of ...' Susan and Justin looked at the girl who zoned out, once again. They shrugged at eachother and decided to leave her until the end of breakfast, or until she snapped back.


Pansy and Blaise walked in with Draco Malfoy. Blaise at his left and Pansy clinging to his arm on his right. The girl noticed that her friend was trying hard to laugh and vowed to hit him harder when they trained. As they all sat down at the Slytherin table, Blaise looked up at the teacher's table and was shocked at what he saw. It was lucky that Pansy was on his right as Malfoy sat in between him and Goyle. He elbowed her in the ribs and she shot him a dirty look. "What?!" She hissed.

"Look at the big table. Tell me who you see that shouldn't be here." He told her quietly.

Pansy huffed and scanned the large table, her eyes landed on... 'Wait! That can't be...' she thought to herself and did a double take and pinched herself to see if this was a dream. She realised it was real and looked at Zabini. "What, in the holy depths of Tarturus, is Chiron doing here?!" She asked quietly and frantically.

"Well, now I know I am not going crazy. I have no idea what he is doing here! But if we are acting like this then..." They both paled as they thought the same thing.

"Uh oh. She is going to flip!"

"You need to go tell her! I'll cover for you."

Pansy agreed and rushed out of the great hall, surprisingly, without anyone noticing.


Neville was walking out of the Gryffindor common room as Pansy was rushing towards him. "Longbottom! Need to talk to you and Granger, NOW!"

He saw how desperate she looked and realised that it was important news. He went back in and saw Hermione with Harry and Ron coming towards him. 'Easy enough.' He thought as he went to grab her hand wrist. He started dragging her away and told the boys "I need to borrow her for a few minutes. You can have her back soon." They climbed out of the portrait and they were both grabbed by Pansy, who then started dragging them to an abandoned hallway.

"Would someone please tell me, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU DRAGGING ME!?" Hermione yelled.

"Sorry, Hermione. Pansy said that she needed to talk to us." Neville apologised.

She snapped her neck to the Slytherin and raised an eyebrow.

"You are both so lucky that I put up silencing charms and notice-me-not charms. Chiron is here." There was a long silence.

Neville and Hermione kept staring at eachother and then at Pansy and back again. "Chiron, as in the one who has a horses ass or someone who is named Chiron and has no relation to us what so ever?!" Hermione questioned, despite already knowing the answer.

"Got it right first try."

"What is he doing here?" Neville asked.

"Hopefully, bringing us home." The brunette muttered.

"Agreed." The other two stated.

"Someone needed to tell before you freaked out infront of the whole student body." Hermione smiled greatfully at Pansy.

"Alright, ladies. Back into characters, unfortunately." Neville told them and they both groaned. "C'mon, we have to, remember. We are on a quest." He added distastefully.

Pansy canceled the charms and walked away first to give them the all clear.

"Today is going to be hell, isn't it?" Hermione asked rhetorically.

The boy just snickered and nodded, he put an arm round her shoulder and pulled her along before she willingly walked along with him, to the great hall. He put his arm down and they both walked normally into the hall, they noticed Chiron and looked back to eachother. Hermione raised an eyebrow and Neville just shrugged. She walked and sat down next to Harry, opposite Ron and Ginny. He sat down next to Seamus, across from Dean.


Hermione woke up in a bad mood and it had only gotten worse when Ron decided to pick an arguement, before she had her morning coffee and strawberries, and her mood worsened when, Neville dragged her away and Pansy told them about Chiron being in the school. Now, she had to deal with Ron being a pig, Ginny gossiping about, whatever, I mean she loved Ginny like a sister but she could be so annoying. And Harry was talking about quidditch practices. She was starting to lose her patience. Hermione couldn't understand why she was so angry this morning. She thought that maybe her daily coffee would help but it didn't, neither did her favourite fruits.

Pansy, Blaise and Neville all felt suddenly annoyed with everything, they didn't understand why the had the sudden mood swing.

Luna and Hannah both felt suddenly awake.

They all looked around to see eachother, wondering if someone felt the same thing.

Hermione's eyes caught Hannah's, they understood what the other had felt. Neville's met Pansy's and Blaise's met Luna's, they all understood.

Outside, the sky darkened and the lake became restless. The owlery was loud, the room filled with the screeches from owls. The shadows in the hall became more sinister. The students at the Hufflepuff table became a bit more aware of the people around them and their hearts beated faster. The whole school became aware of the sudden storm outside and the darkness filling the hall. Power flowed through the demigods. Their senses heightened and emotions went to overdrive.

Hermione tried to calm herself and her friends noticed.

"Hermione, are you ok?" Ginny asked worriedly.

Ron tried to talk with food still in his mouth and Harry was trying to comfort her.


In Olympus, the Gods watched the scene unfold. Their heads snapped to Zeus, he winced slightly and said "Oops. Maybe we should have claimed them earlier." The parents of the kids watched as the it worsened.

Hectate thought to herself 'Maybe blessing them with magic made them stronger than the other sired heroes.'


The Professor's turned their attention to six of their students.

Neville was breathing heavily and his friends were attempting to calm him down.

Pansy and Blaise were frowning, like always, but their jaws were clenched and the hands were balled into fists, that's what gave them away that something was wrong.

Hermione looked like she was in pain, she was actually using all of her willpower trying not scream.

Luna was scribbling on parchment, battleplans and buildings, it turned into a giant mess because she had so many plans forming in her head.

Hannah was feeling the power of love. Students who were dating or were in love, so many, Hannah sensed it and was smiling, whilst desperately trying not scream in joy. People thought she looked crazy with how big her smile was.

The storm got stronger and the lake got fierce. Lightening was striking and waves got bigger. The owls were going insane. Justin asked Susan out on a date. The shadows became menacing but comforting to two Slytherins.

The water in goblets starting to ripple, the magical sky in the hall was becoming affected(or is it effected?) aswell, thunder clouds started to form above the students. The ghosts felt a pulling force towards the hall, like being sucked into a vacuum. Peeves allowed himself to be pulled, it's not like he could die again. Chiron was watching with interest but wasn't interfering. He didn't want to be struck by lightening, drowned in anything with water, being attacked by the dead or by owls, and he did not want to be influenced with love.

Neville felt a tugging sensation in his gut and the water, from drinks, shot out from the water goblets, drenching people that were close enough to them.

Hermione couldn't hold back anymore and screamed "SHUT UP!" Lightening struck the tables from the 'magical' sky. Burn marks were left where the bolts struck.

The ghosts crashed the party and bowed down to Blaise and Pansy, the two looked at eachother wide eyed.

Luna had calmed down on the plans as the inspiration left her. She had ran out of parchment and drew on the table.

Hannah felt the love die down and breathed a sigh of relief. 'I don't want to feel that much love again!' She complained mentally.

Everything had calmed down for the six teens. It was only then that they realised that people were looking above their heads. Each of them looked up and saw them. Hermione had a lightening bolt above her, Neville had a trident, Blaise and Pansy had crowns of fire floating above them, Luna had an owl flying above her and Hannah had a heart.

Each symbol faded slowly.

They had been claimed.

"What the BLOODY HELL WAS THAT!?" Ron broke the silence.

It was then, that Chiron stood and said "Hermione Granger, Daughter of Zeus, God of the skies. Neville Longbottom, Son of Poseidon, God of the seas. Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson, Children of Hades, God of the dead. Luna Lovegood, Daughter of Athena, Goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. And finally, Hannah Abbott, Daughter of Aphrodite, Goddess of love and beauty."

As each of them was called out, the demigods bowed in respect.

"Now you six can quit complaining about not being claimed."