Disclaimer: I do not own PJO/HoO/HP, they belong to JKR & RR, but the OC and the plot are mine.
Harry II
Ron and I went back to the dorm after we finished talking to Frank, on the way back, we met Angelina Johnson, who's a Gryffindor sixth year student, was on her way to put her name into the goblet. It is disappointing that only students older than seventeen years olds can put their name into the goblet, not that I want to put my name into it too, I've faced a lot of danger in my life, but there's a fire in my mind that keep telling me to enter.
However, I decided not to listen to the evil voice in my mind, I mean, this is a chance I get a peaceful year, not involved in those plot Voldemort set up for me, just a normal fourth grade Hogwarts student.
'Do you reckon your invisibility cloak can help us get inside the age line?' Ron asked me.
I shook my head, and said, 'The age line was set by professor Dumbledore, I don't think the cloak will work, if it can work, we can get in the age line together.'
Ron nodded, and asked his second question, 'Do you think Fred and George can work out by aging potion?'
The truth is, I don't really know, and I don't want to find out, so I shook my head, and told Ron, 'I really don't know, guess we can only find out tomorrow, who do you think will be participate in? I heard that Frank from US said that Percy will definitely get in the tournament.'
'I don't know, 'Ron said, 'but I do hope that Hogwarts' champion is someone from Gryffindor.'
I nodded, how I wished too. We said good night to each other, went to bed, and fell asleep.
I really liked dreaming, because one hundred percent I will get a nightmare. Great, just great. Especially since the day we saw the dark mark, the nightmare became more and more frequent.
This time I was standing in a graveyard, where two people stood, a short man and a tall woman. The short man was Wormtail, he's holding something, and I knew for the instance he was carrying Voldemort, the woman wore dark clothing, I couldn't figure out what she looked like, she seemed young, but her voices were old as an eighty-year-old, yet her movement was so young and energetic.
'Soon,' the woman said, 'the boy will be enrolled in the tournament, you shall not worry my dear friend, our spy had reported that your servant was doing a great job.'
Then, the voice of Voldemort said, 'Very well, I hope the power of the pit can serve me well once I resurrect.'
'And once you resurrect, we shall invade the school.' The woman said.
'Fool!' Voldemort shrieked, 'Albus Dumbledore's still in the school, we cannot take immediate action!'
'Ah don't worry, Tom,' the woman seemed to be smiling, 'Albus Dumbledore had no power to me, he's just an old fool that had a painful past, he cannot defeat me.'
I wanted to yell, professor Dumbledore was not someone like she described, but I cannot make any sound, and the woman kept talking, 'Soon, the two camps will be perished too, I shall take my revenge. Their oracle was so stupid to send them here.'
'What do you mean?' Voldemort asked.
'Ah, our old friend Python had taken the possession of their Divination power, and the god of prophecy was missing. Clearly that Prophecy was sent by Python, to lure them to this trap. There are no prophecy guiding them.'
The conversation raised me many questions. Who is Python? What's the prophecy they were talking about? Who is the god of prophecy?
I woke up in a sudden, and followed Ron to the great hall to have breakfast, I told Hermione about the dream, Hermione raised her eyebrow but said nothing, after breakfast, she left immediately, I guessed that she went to the library to check what my questions mean. Then came Fred and George with their aging potion, which was proven to be a complete failure, well, maybe not since their white beard looked as perfect as one can imagine.
Then, I saw Cedric Diggory, a seventh year Hufflepuff put his name into the Goblet. I didn't see any students from other three schools put their name in, but I guess they have already entered their name last night.
After breakfast, Ron and I took a walk around the lake, seeing the three schools' temporary camp site. Beauxbaton had their carriage as their temporary dormitory, clearly, they used some extension charms just like the ones we had for our Quidditch World Cup tents. Durmstrang had their ship by the lake, and I spotted a few students on the ship looking at the lake, as if wondering what would come out from the lake. The American Auror Training Centre had their tents beside the forest, with the blonde guy Jason and Frank sitting at the front of the seven small tents, also looking at the lake, as if expecting something or someone would appear.
That someone was Percy, he walked out from the water without being wet. He definitely knows some awesome magic, I mean, how could a seventeen-year-old going in a dark lake and out without getting wet, he definitely used some advanced charm on himself.
He looked toward Jason and Frank, all of them looked very serious, and then came Leo, he asked, 'Hey Aquaman, how's the condition?'
Percy stared at Leo, clearly not satisfied with the nick name Aquaman, but I have to admit that it is a good one. He said, 'First of all, do not ever call me Aquaman, and second, the condition is bad, the pit is formed right after the Durmstrangs arrived.'
'Do we have any way to blow it out?' Frank asked.
Percy shook his head, 'No Frank, that entrance is just like any entrance to the Labyrinth, it is indestructible, unless itself disappear.'
'What pit?' I asked abruptly, they all turned to us as if just recognized our existence.
'Sorry we didn't know you are here.' Jason said.
'Never mind,' said Ron, 'so what exactly are you guys talking about? What is the pit?'
'The pit is something dark and powerful,' Percy said, 'I once accidentally fell into it and nearly didn't make it out.'
'We were investigating these pits,' Jason said, 'we had a few in America, but they all disappeared after a short while, I hope this one will disappear just like the others.'
'Blimey,' Ron said, 'Harry, it seemed that we can't have a single peaceful year now.'
Well, that's true, and I nodded, said, 'Can we come investigate those pits too?'
Percy shook his head, 'No, you can't.'
'We were here to protect you.' Jason added. I felt a strong discomfort, I mean, I don't need protection, and how can they protect me? If Voldemort showed up at this instance and tried to kill me, I bet everyone on the ground doesn't stand a chance.
Percy looked at me sympathetically (I don't need sympathy!), and said, 'Do you know anything about Prophecies, Harry?'
I nodded, last semester at the end of Divination exam, professor Trelawney did spoke a prophecy through her mouth, about the faithful servant of Voldemort escape that night, and helping his old master to revive.
'Well,' Jason said nervously, 'There is a prophecy about you. But we aren't supposed to tell you that.'
'Why?' asked Ron, 'You guys knew something about Harry and you can't tell him? Why's that?'
Jason turned to Percy, said, 'I think you are the right one to tell him.'
Percy sighed, 'Fine, Harry, let me tell you a story.' And he began.
'There once was a boy who were twelve, and he knew nothing about the world we lived in. One day, a monster attacked the boy and his mother, the mother gave her life to keep her son safe.
The boy arrived at a place where he can be safe and sound, and he found new friends who fought with him along the way. They went through a lot and a lot, and finally when the boy turned sixteen, he learned a prophecy about him from his teacher.
The prophecy stated that when the boy reached sixteen, he was destined to die, or at least he thought he was. And when he first heard the prophecy, he panicked, he thought his life was going to be doomed. He was certainly not prepared to bare the whole world at the time, he was not ready.'
Percy gazed at me, his sea green eyes seemed to be telling me that he was the boy in the story. He continued, 'Tell me, Harry, if you hear the prophecy right now, will you be prepared?'
I hesitated, I mean, if the prophecy said that I am going to die at the age of sixteen, I most certainly am not prepared, so I shook my head.
'Good.' Percy said, 'When the time comes, maybe there will be someone there to tell you the prophecy, it's not us to tell.'
'But why you guys are here to protect me? I mean, I am not that weak, and if Voldemort comes, you-'
'We won't stand any chance if only Voldemort is here, and we don't need to come here.' Jason said, 'We are here for something else. Also, we are not only here to protect you, we are here to protect every student at Hogwarts.'
'How come you seven can protect a whole school?' Asked Ron.
'Well,' this time is Leo, 'We took down several Giants in Greece this summer, and we will have backups, so I don't think that's a problem.'
I was shocked, they took down giants? Amazing! Maybe Auror schools are different from Hogwarts, I wonder what they study there. Then, we had a rather uneventful afternoon, and went inside the castle for the Halloween feast.
The feast was pretty similar to last year, with Halloween decoration all over, except for the three visiting schools and judges for the Quadwizard Tournament. There were Ludo Bagman, the head of the department of Magical Games and Sports; Barty Crouch, the head of the department of International Magical Communication, as this man entered the room, I saw professor Moody twitched, as if he didn't like the man; then there's a man in a wheelchair, I believe he was a ministry worker from America.
As Dumbledore introduced every guest, we learned that the wheelchair man was named Mr. Brunner, he was the principal of the American Auror Training Centre, and is here to replace Mr. Hedge, the former teacher who's the leader of the group of American Students. Those students seemed to be alerted by Mr. Brunner's present, either they don't like the principal, or the presence of the principal means danger.
After the feast, professor Dumbledore started to announce the champions from every school. The champion from Durmstrang is Viktor Krum (No surprise here), the champion from Beauxbaton is Fleur Delakeur (A.N. I forgot how to spell her name, Sorry!).
And then Dumbledore announced the champion from the American Auror Training Centre, and I was shocked by the name.
It was Frank Zhang, not Percy Jackson, but Frank Zhang, the one who believed that Percy's going to be selected. He was also shocked, as he walked into the door, he kept glancing at Percy, but Percy seemed didn't mind, he grinned at Frank courageously, as if saying, 'you deserve it man!'
Then, the champion of Hogwarts was Cedric Diggory. That was no surprise to me, I mean, he's handsome, hardworking, beat me in Quidditch last year, and kept glancing at Cho from Ravenclaw's table.
Why I was a bit jealous? I don't know. Maybe I had a crush on Cho? That's a story for the next time.
And then the goblet did something unexpected, it spilled another parchment, and on that parchment, as Dumbledore read, had a name written on it that I couldn't dreamt of.
'Harry Potter.'
The room fell silent, I stumbled up, looked at my two best friends, Hermione seemed to be worried, while Ron seemed furious. I walked past Dumbledore, into the room. Frank and Cedric seemed to be shocked by my presence, while Fleur asked me with a strong French accent that if they want the champions back.
But later, when professor Dumbledore and the judges came in, the Fleur Theory was proven wrong, I was chosen to be the fifth champion to compete in the Quadwizard Tournament.s
