Disclaimer: I don't own any part of the Riordan or Rowling universes.
I should probably mention that I get ideas from reading other HP/PJO crossover fanfics. So um..Yeah. Hope I don't offend anyone or something...
Also, New Academy robes are now just cloaks. The demigods insisted. But can you blame them?
(p.s. Anyone recognize the Kung Fu Panda reference?)
Percy's POV (at long last and yes this is still in 3rd person-I'm editing and don't want to change it)
Percy yawned as he walked into the Great Hall the next morning with Annabeth, Frank, and Hazel the next morning. 7 was way too early for demigods to be awake. Like seriously. Even most of the students of the three wizarding schools weren't awake yet. So the fact the demigods were awake...yeah, no.
The four had opted to sit at the Gryffindor table that morning. It was slightly less crowded then the Hufflepuff table, which seemed to be the only one that actually had a decent amount of students at it. Once they'd finished tossing food into Leo's fire, they started chatting.
"So, which years are we supposed to be in again?" Percy asked, biting into a soft roll.
Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Geez, Seaweed Brain, you already forgot?"
"Um, yes?"
Annabeth sighed. "You're a 5th year, and so am I, probably to keep you from doing something stupid, Frank's a 3rd year, and Hazel is in 2nd The others are spread out between 3rd and 7th years. Oh and expect everyone else that isn't us to be different ages-apparently they start at 11 here, not 13. Remember, that's our background-most of us are two years older because our training in the magic of Europe isn't as up to standards while our training in American magic is. Hazel's only in 2nd year because we need someone down there, and she and Nico are the youngest, but Nico's supposed to keep an eye on Harry." Annabeth rattled off.
'So...who's in our year with us then?" Percy asked.
Annabeth looked annoyed but replied, "You, me, and Will."
"That's it?"
"Yep. Remember, there's only 1 3 of us. Travis was supposed to be in our year but he and Conner ended up staying back remember, Seaweed Brain?'
"Oh right." Percy facepalmed himself as Hazel and Frank tried not to laugh
" Least you don't have to deal with fourth year students. " Nico yawned, taking the seat next to Percy.
"Oh look, Death Breath woke up early. I'm a little surprised that Will didn't drag you down here." Percy greeted. Knowing full well that Nico had been one of the first to wake up that day.
Nuico rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah. You've got jam dripping down your chin. "
Percy went to wipe it off when he realized that he hadn't eaten anything with jam. "Nico!" He groaned. The younger boy smirked. "Gotcha."
Hazel snorted, trying not to laugh. But failed terribly. Soon all five were laughing their heads off.
"Um, what's the joke?" A voice asked from behind them.
Percy turned to see the trio from yesterday standing behind him. He almost panicked. How long had they been there? Had they heard their conversation? If they did they would know that they werent exactly wizards-
"Good morning! Don't worry about it, it's a bit of an inside joke." Annabeth said smoothly.
"Oh, OK." Hermione nodded. She and her friends sat next to the five.
Hazel glanced at Hermione, then at Annabeth, and back again at Hermione. "You guys met over dinner yesterday?"
"Actually, Nico and I did. Which reminds me. Students of Hogwarts, meet my girlfriend, Annabeth Chase, my distant cousin Frank Zhang, and Frank's girlfriend, Hazel Levesque, who happens to be Nico's half sister." Percy introduced.
Nico sighed. "You forgot their names didn't you."
"No I didn't."
"Yeah you did, Kelp-for-brains."
"Ok ok fine I might have..." Percy admitted sheepshily.
Ron stared. "Blimey, you're an Animagus aren't ya?" He asked Frank, who looked confused until Hermione explained what an Animagus was, before nodding. "Blimey, mate! How old are you anyways?"
"I'm 16." Frank said.
Ron's eyes nearly popped out of his head as cranberry sauce dribbled down his chin. Hermione ended up having to punch him a few times before he recovered and wiped off the residue.
"So what years are you guys in?" Harry asked. Percy was a bit relieved. This he could actually answer.
"Annabeth and I are 5th years, Nico is a 4th year, Hazel's a 2nd year, and Frank's a 3rd year."
Hermione sputtered. "But you guys don't look 15, 14, and 12! Frank just said he was 16, you're supposed to be a 6th year!"
"Yeah, well, we don't usually start until we're about 13 at our school. Officially anyway. Some of us come early but we generally start getting attacked at 13 so that's where we start counting years. I mean, it kind of depends to be honest.." Annabeth tried to explain. Percy was a little confused, since earlier she'd mentioned that not being as fluent in English magic was their cover but figured maybe that was part of it. He didn't really know for sure though, since of course he'd zoned out during their meetings yesterday...and the day before..and the day before that...
What could he say? He had ADHD. Listening to long lectures wasn't his thing.
Hermione nodded thoughtfully. "Interesting. So Americans really do have a different system of education. So what do you study at your school in the fourth year?"
Annabeth swallowed nervously and was about to answer when one of the professors came up to the group. "Schedules, all of you. Let's see, Mr. Potter, Ms. Granger, Mr. Weasley..." She pulled out schedules and handed them to the Hogwarts students. "Ah, yes, and as for you lot I presume your headmaster handed out your schedules, correct?" We nodded. "Very well then. I'll see you all in Transfiguration." She said, moving on down the table.
Harry looked over his schedule. "Huh. Charms, double potions, herbology, DADA." He glanced at Percy and his friends. "Did you guys get something similar?"
"Yeah. Looking forward to Herbology. I'm sure my stepmother will be happy to find out her..curse...is working beautifully." Nico grumbled.
Hermione frowned. "Your stepmother cursed you? How?"
Hazel sighed. "Let's just say it involves either plants strangling him or him killing plants."
"Or turning into one himself." Percy got punched by Nico for that. "You almost got jinxed into a dolphin." the boy retorted.
"But I didn't. Besides, it wouldn't have made too much difference to me either way." Percy shrugged.
Before another fight between demigods could break out, Annabeth stood up. "Hey guys, it's almost time for class. C'mon Percy, we have History of Magic first. See you guys later!" She said, dragging Percy along with her.
Just to clarify
Percy-5th-17 years old
Annabeth-5th-17 years old
Piper-4th-16 years old
Jason-4th-16 years old
Hazel-2nd-14 years old
Frank-3rd-15 years old
Leo-4th-16 years old
Calypso-7th-17 years old
Reyna-6th-18 years old
Nico-4th-14 years old (Hey, he chats with the dead. He's the only guy that actually sort of knows the deal...Plus it's just funny.)
Will-5th-16 years old
Lou Ellen-7th-17 years old (also is a Hogwarts student)
Thalia-3rd-15 years old
If I should change this or you have suggestions on how to even it out better, let me know. I'm still not satisfied with the listing... In general, they're going two years below their actual age, except for certain people who are either good at magic genetically (Lou Ellen, Calypso) or have practice with it (Hazel) or something similar. Plus...there's that little "age issue" with Hazel, Nico, and Thalia that make them look beyond their years.
Thanks for reading you guys!