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Annabeth's POV
Annabeth wandered through the Hogwarts library, piling up a small stack of books. Even though she'd been a little annoyed having to leave Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter, seeing Hogwarts castle had more then made up for it. Already she had ideas on designs for some of the temples in Mount Olympus that she would build when she returned to America.
But for now, she would simply have to dream and wait.
Annabeth walked to one of the tables, near the entrance to the library. Setting down the tall stack of books, she settled in and picked up one. She wasn't really sure how she would manage to read any of it with her dyslexia but she figured it was worth a shot.
She'd been reading for some time when she was startled by the sound of someone clearing their throat in front of her. GLancing up, she saw not one but two people, one of whom was Piper. "Oh hello. Did you need anything?" Annabeth quizzed.
Piper shook her head. "Nope, just wanted you to meet your European alter ego, Hermione Granger."
The other girl with her smiled. "Hi. It's nice to meet you. Piper said you're into architecture?"
"Nice to meet you too. Yeah, I'm planning on studying architecture when I finish school." Annabeth said as Hermione took a seat and Piper left. She wondered if this meeting had been set up. Wouldn't be too surprising though...
"That's amazing! And Hogwarts has such unique architecture, being here is truly amazing." Hermione started rambling about the various styles of architecture that could be found throughout he castle.
Annabeth's eyes widened. Piper was mostly definitely right-she and Hermione were equals in knowledge=seeking.
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"...and that's the complete history of Hogwarts." Hermione finished as the two girls (who'd been kicked out of the library by one very annoyed Madame Pince) walked around the lake.
Annabeth's eyes shone. "That's incre-" She stopped short, seeing that the painting in front of them had started moving. She nearly shrieked.
Hermione stared at her in surprise. "You've never seen a portrait move before?"
"I-um, no, not really..I mean I know they can with the right spells and things but I've...well, I've never really seen them actually move." Annabeth gawked at the painting, which was of what looked to be a very old wizard. The wizard in the painting winked at her. Hermione stiffled a giggle. "All the painting in Hogwarts move, the Gryffindor tower is guarded by one in fact."
Annabeth was still a little shaken up by the sudden movements of the portraits. How had she not noticed? Well, she had been busy talking with her friends and admiring the architecture, the art...well, not so much.
"We can talk as well." The wizard spoke, giving the girls a coy smile.
"...Amazing." Annabeth whispered. "We don't have this kind of stuff back home."
"Well, at Hogwarts almost anything is possible." Hermione smiled. "C'mon, it's nearly dinnertime. Let's head to the Great Hall."
Annabeth nodded and the girls hurried off, the wizard watching them, seeming to enjoy a private joke with himself.
(Long enough? Nah...I'm gonna be nice and give you something long after that last short chapter :) )
The Great Hall was buzzing with activity. Tonight, the champions would be picked from the Goblet. Dinner had just ended and now everyone was waiting in anticipation.
Annabeth was sitting with most of her friends at the Gryffindor table. Leo, Calypso, Frank, and Hazel were sitting at the Hufflepuff table. Annabeth noticed that Calypso was already happily chatting with a Hufflepuff girl and Frank and Hazel had managed to find a small group of students to talk with. According to Jason, Leo was only sitting with the Hufflepuffs because Thalia had been threatening to shock him into obviation if he didn't stop talking. And since he didn't really want to stop talking...
Annabeth was extremely glad that their school could sit between two tables.
Dumbledore stood up. The Goblet had been moved to the center of the hall.
"If you are nominated as the champion for your school, come forward and enter the door other there-" Dumbledore pointed at a door that led off the Great Hall "-and further instructions will await you. The Goblet should be sending out a name any minute now..."
Flames from the Goblet suddenly shot up into the air and a scorched piece of paper appeared. Dumbledore caught it, before reading it aloud. "The champion for Durmstrang is...Viktor Krum!"
The Durmstrang students cheered and their headmaster shouted above the dim, "I knew you had it in you, Viktor!" THe young man was already getting up and soon disappeared into the side room.
Flames shot up from the Goblet again and another pace of paper came tumbling out. "The champion for Beauxbatons is...Fleur Delacour!"
The Beauxbatons students were a mix of excitement and disappointment. A few were crying. Annabeth tried not to roll her eyes. Even though Chiron had advised them all to put their names in, as with or without powers they all had experience, she still wondered why some students wanted to put themselves into harm's way. After all, several had died after entering, Hermione had told her.
She turned her attention back to Dumbledore as the Goblet flared again. "The champion for New World Academy is..." he squinted at the paper. "Um, Professor Brunner, do you mind reading this?"
Annabeth was surprised. But glancing to her right, she could see Percy, Nico, Jason, and Leo all trying not to laugh. "What'd you do?" She whispered to Percy.
"We wrote our names in Greek." He whispered back.
Annabeth just shook her head at him. "Why?"
"Because why not." Nico smirked.
Chiron had come up and was now reading the piece of paper. He was chuckling. "The champion of my school is...Percy Jackson, who decided it was a good idea to write his name in Greek." Leo ran over to Jason, and they highlighted. Thalia angrily dropped a handful of what Annabeth knew to be drachna into Leo's open hand.
Percy looked surprised. Nico elbowed him. "Go up already!" Annabeth agreed and gave him a peck on the cheek before Percy hurried off to the side room.
Dumbledore looked amused. "Before we continue, I have a question: How many of you also wrote your names in Greek?"
Three hands went up. "It was Valdez's idea!"Jason called out. He got punched in the arm for that remark. Many of the students were now holding back their laughter, some more successfully then others.
Finally the last paper came out of the Goblet. "And the champion for Hogwarts is...Cedric Diggory!" A blond Hufflepuff boy went off, several students cheering loudly.
"And now, as that is all-" Dumbledore started to say but suddenly the flames in the Goblet lit up for the fifth time. "What t-" Dumbledore caught the piece of paper that floated out and his face turned pale. "The fifth champion is...Harry Potter."
I am very well aware I'm far from perfect on the Goblet part. I'll fix it up at some point, maybe. But anyways. I know Percy's always chosen in most fanfics but…honestly, it's easier then having Nico drown during the second task or something, right? XD Anyways, thanks for reading and sorry to leave y'all on a cliffhanger
