Percy raised up his hand. "Anyone know about the Greek myths?" At this, a few of the students raised their hands.
"Well, for those of you who don't know, the myths involve gods and demigods and heroes and a lot of other stuff. Demigods are children of a god and a mortal, which can die. The opposite, immortal, means that you are not able to die. Gods are immortal. Now, there are twelve Olympian gods, which are the main gods, I would say, who are the children of Kronos and Rhea, the king and the queen of the Titans. There were also twelve original titans, and they were the offspring of two primordials, Gaea and Ouranos. There are five main primordials, but many others too. There is a creator of the universe, the one who created everything, including the primordials. It's really complicated actually. Got the main points?"
Everyone nodded their heads, except the Slytherins. Malfoy said loudly, "Why are you telling us this? How does this have anything to do with the Dark Lord coming?"
"Good." He ignored Malfoy and nodded satisfactorily. With much dramatics, he said, "The Greek myths are real."
Many students shouted, "That's not true!" or "Impossible!"
He was smiling. "Wizards, don't Muggles believe that you are all not real? How is it different from you believing that the myths are not real?"
Nothing was heard now. Everyone was considering his words.
"We, the exchange students, are demigods. The offspring of the gods. And we've come here to help you. To defeat those powerful entities. Specifically, the primordials. Also allied with Voldemort and the titans."
"Impossible!" Malfoy's voice was heard echoing in the Great Hall.
Percy suddenly turned around. He said, "Malfoy, apparently I haven't shown you enough of my powers for you to believe us, eh?"
At that moment, the ground beneath Malfoy's feet shrank. He fell down immediately.
"Well," He continued. "Please don't be mistaken, we are not wizards. We are half-mortal, half-god. We do not necessarily have any magical blood inside us. But anyway, we have been blessed by the goddess of magic, so we have much knowledge of magic, in case you're wondering." He let everyone take it in for a bit.
"But aren't you all demigods? How can you defeat the primordials, which I believe are much more powerful?" Hermione asked after a while.
"Good question, Hermione. First, we have help from the good primordials. Secondly, there are nine of us. Thirdly, we know how to defeat them. The primordials are under the Imperius Curse cast by Voldemort, who met Kronos, the king of the titans. He put the curse on some of the primordials. All we need to do is to help them resist the curse."
After a while of silence, Dumbledore cleared his throat and said, "Why don't all of you introduce yourselves?"
It felt weird to say introduce yourselves when they had been a Hogwarts already for a few months.
They brought up their tiny pieces of notes, studying them closely again. Finally, they murmured to each other, "Who should go first?"
"You go." "No, you go!"
"Fine, I'll go," Leo said finally.
"I... am Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus. Tamer of Festus, or Happy, a bronze dragon, the first fire user in a long time, commander and builder of the Argo II, one of the seven, defeater of Gaea, Hero of Olympus. I have Pyrokinesis, technokinesis, and just the normal demigod abilities." He let it sink in and stepped back afterward.
Before everyone recovered from their shock, Hazel said, "I'm Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto. Half-sister of Nico, Rider of Arion, one of the seven, Hero of Olympus. I can navigate my way underground and find gold."
Next, Frank said, "I'm Frank Zhang, son of Mars. I'm an archer, I freed Death, I'm one of the current praetors of Rome, I'm one of the seven and a Hero of Olympus. My powers are mainly shapeshifting and necromancy, and also the normal demigod abilities."
Piper said next, "Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite. I'm the Holder of Katoptris, a charmspeaker, one of the seven, a Hero of Olympus. Well, my power is charm speaking and the typical demigod stuff."
Jason said, "Jason Grace, son of Jupiter. Half-brother of Thalia, Son of Rome, Champion of Juno, former praetor of Rome, one of the seven, Hero of Olympus. I can control the winds, which enables me to fly and to help others fly. I can also create lightning and storms."
Thalia said, "Thalia, daughter of Zeus. Half-sister of Jason, Lieutenant of Artemis, wielder of Aegis, Hero of Olympus. My powers involve manipulating electricity and lightning."
"Nico di Angelo, son of Hades. Half-brother of Hazel, the Ghost King, Ambassador of Pluto, a survivor of Tartarus and the Labyrinth, and Hero of Olympus. I have Umbrakinesis." Said Nico wearily.
Annabeth went next. "Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena. Architect of Olympus, recoverer of the Athena Parthenos, a survivor of Tartarus, the Sea of Monsters, and the Labyrinth, holder of the sky, one of the seven, Hero of Olympus. I don't have any special powers, but I have lots of intelligence."
It was finally Percy's turn. Even the other demigods were excited to hear his introduction. "Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, adopted son of Chaos. Retriever of Zeus' Lightning Bolt, a survivor of the Sea of Monsters, holder of the sky, a survivor of the Labyrinth, exploder of Mt. Ranier, former praetor of Rome, retriever of the golden eagle of Rome, a survivor of Tartarus, Hero of Olympus, one of the seven. Blessed by the primordials and sent to Hogwarts for another quest. I can open vortexes to teleport, control black lightning, generate dark energy, absorb light, cast objects permanently into the Void, control time, use light and create weapons using it, control mountains, control water, shadow travel, control the shadows, give power to others, charm speak, change my appearance, open pits on the ground, breath in Tartarus, control monsters, and control the rivers of the Underworld. That's just about it." He said.
Everyone's mouth was open, until after a few minutes, Dumbledore cleared his throat. It seemed that everyone recovered from their shock. Percy said, "We still have a long time until the real battle."
"Ah, since the students don't seem to believe it, why don't you show everyone your powers?"
"Yes, right. And I think that best way to demonstrate that would be to have a test battle." Percy said.
"A test battle?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes. I will battle the other eight demigods. Would be a good showcase and would give them an idea about how powerful the primordials are."
The demigods agreed to do this battle, while the teachers set up protective barriers just in case.
"Remember!" Dumbledore shouted. "No magic!"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, of course."
"In 3, 2, 1... Go!"
In a flash, Percy changed his clothes into full battle armor, shining silvery in the light. He pulled out his fire and ice swords, making an "X" formation. Thalia muttered, "Show-off." The other demigods rolled their eyes.
Abruptly, Nico was controlling dark shadows to wrap around him quickly, trying to bind him. "Easy," Percy thought. They fought with mind power to control the shadows back and forth. Eventually, Percy managed to control the shadows back to him.
While he was doing that, lightning tried to strike him, with air trying to lift him up and crash him into the wall. He simply shadow traveled behind the children of Zeus and instead used black lightning to strike them.,
Percy decided to create a ball of destruction. He first created a tiny hurricane ball of swirling water and high speeds of 1000/mph, then zapped it with lightning and gave it powers to pursue people. He also added shadows to the ball, making them suddenly swoop out when it approached the victim. While he was distracted, all of the eight demigods closed in on him, with Frank turning into an eagle and flying above him, ready to swoop down at any moment. Piper said, "Now, now, Percy, come here."
"Won't work on me." And wanting to showcase some more powers, he snapped his fingers, slowing time. He casually walked out of the circle as the wizards stared in amazement. He turned invisible and let time continue flowing. The demigods didn't know where he was, so they looked around frantically.
Percy was drained of some of his energy and sat down to rest. None of the demigods noticed him there. Suddenly, he turned off his invisibility and raised his ice sword. He bonked the unknowing demigods on their heads, temporarily freezing them.
"You win, Percy." The demigods sighed after they recovered.
Percy said, "It's nearly time until the battle. Only a few minutes. Well, set up protective charms, and we will try to get the primordials off of their trance and defeat Voldemort."
