The Odds Are Never In My Favor

by S-N16

Summary: Harry Potter finished Hogwarts and went on to become an Unspeakable. He meets Delphi Diggory on a personal project in America and just so happens to stumble upon the right strawberry farm, something's bound to go wrong. Right? *Finally complete.. I don't know if that makes me happy or sad*

13. Chapter 13

Chapter 13: HP

When we noticed that Percy and Annabeth had fallen asleep we crept off the dock as silently as possible.

After wandering the camp for a while we found an empty clearing in the woods.

We chatted about unimportant things before I asked the question that made the mood drop to below zero.

"Why is everyone..." I trailed off, not being able to find a word.

"Depressed? Sad?" Nico filled in. "We just went through a wars. And not without losses."

" Do you want to tell me about it?" I ask him.

"Percy Jackson, the boy back there? He led the war... I think he was 15- no he was 16, when the war ended. The way the war was ended, was by the dude they were up against... he killed himself. Luke Castellan. That was his name."

"Oh." Was all I said.

"He was 23." Nico added on unhelpfully, "so yes, 'oh.'"

We moved onto other topics but the conversation still lingered at the back of my mind.

There had been a war.

Nico hadn't told me.

Percy Jackson led it.

And a suicidal dude, Luke Castellan, ended the war by killing himself.

It sounded... emotional and something that would be important in the future.

It also sounded like my suicidal plan when I was 17.

Apparently, me and the Luke dude had that in common.

The conch horn sounded and we rushed to our team's meeting area. They quickly discussed the strategy and the team split up.

I went to guard the flag from high in a tree, my wand twirling between my fingers. A camper ran past me, and I shot an excellently aimed "stupefy" at him.

He fell to the ground, frozen and I moved to a different tree, watching my back.

I found Delphi on the ground, a few trees away, bruised, and took the spell off her. She jumped up and said a "thanks" before moving on. I climbed into a tree and looked around. One of the Apollo archers was sitting in a tree near me.

A spark of blue went up, signifying that the game was over, and that we had won.

I climbed down from the tree and smiled.

I joined the party near the campfire.

I noticed a strange glowing light coming from both me and Delphi.

Looking up, I saw we had been claimed.