Written for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges and Assignments)
Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief
(AU) Camp

Disclaimer: I don't own any Harry Potter characters.
Side note: According to the quiz of Rick Riordan's website, my godly parent is Hades. I'm cool with that!

Harry watched the black sedan, dirt and dust being thrown up from the tires, his bag lying in the grass behind him. His family consisting of his uncle Vernon, aunt Petunia and cousin Dudley decided to take a month long trip out to Disney World. Was Harry ever considered to be taken with the trio? Of course not.

Rather than leave the bespectacled boy with the elderly Mrs. Figg, Petunia arranged for Harry to be taken to a camp she overheard the neighbors talking about. Never one to jump at the fact to mess with him, Dudley told Harry tales of horrible camp food made by sadistic chefs and camp owners, bugs the size of his hand, outhouses for the bathrooms.

"And most of all, kids get murdered at them!" Dudley finished with an evil grin.

"No, they don't," Harry argued.

"Do so, I saw it on TV." The pudgy boy said smugly.

"That was the movie Friday the 13th."

"Whatever, don't let the lake sharks eat you."

Truth be told, the young boy wasn't sure which was the worst of the two evils between being bitten by bugs or watching Dudley terrorize Mickey Mouse outside of Small world. Why, even Mrs. Figg and her strange looking cats seemed better!

"Maybe this won't be too bad," Harry muttered as he hitched his duffle bag onto his shoulder.

Bugs buzzed as the sun blasted heat down on the boy. For once, Harry was actually grateful for not having much clothes as he neared a building that said registration.

There were ten cabins arranged in a circle around a firepit, which had a growing pile of bags besides it. Behind the cabins closest to the registration building was the mess hall while the opposite side had a beautiful view of the lake. Harry didn't see a mess hall or the bathroom but figured he would be told where they were eventually.

"You new?" A voice spoke up, nearly startling Harry.

The voice belonged to a boy Harry's age, a pale redhead who was short and stocky, covered from head to toe in freckles. His blue eyes were shining with happiness despite the sweltering heat.

"I'm Ron," the redhead supplied.

"Harry," the green eye boy replied. "I am new, is it obvious?"

"My brothers and I have been coming for years." Ron nodded towards Harry's bag. "You can leave that by the fire pit until you get your cabin assignment."

"No one would steal it?"

"No, my brother Bill will be watching," Ron's puffed with pride. "He's a CIT this year."

Feeling a little uneasy, Harry placed his bag on top of the pile, noticing a boy who looked similar to Ron smile at him.

"Let's go," Ron declared happily. "McGonagall and Snape are doing registration, they're pretty quick."

Harry followed his new friend into registration where an elderly, stern looking woman was taking names while a man with greasy looking black hair was taking forms. He deduced these two were McGonagall and Snape.

"Name?" The woman prompted without looking up.

"Harry Potter."

McGonagall looked up, peering around. "Where are your guardians?" She inquired.

"They had a flight to catch," Harry answered honestly.

McGonagall shot Snape a concerned look, however the older man didn't look too concerned.

"We'll deal with this later," Snape said. He handed Harry some forms with instructions to fill them out.

After dealing with the paperwork, Harry was ushered outside for a quick tour.

Dinner consisted of hot dogs with a side of fruit salad and water. A full meal was rare for Harry, much less not having to worry about Dudley stealing it from him.

"Harry, we're in the same cabin!" Ron declared gleefully as he plopped down next to him. "This is great, you can meet my friends Seamus and Dean."

Harry smiled as he listened to his new friend chatter on about what activity to do tomorrow and who the cool counselors are. Maybe this upcoming month won't be so bad.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed.
*The lake shark and sadistic chefs and camp owner is a reference to Total Drama Island if anyone's interested.