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Review answer time: (shouldve done this earlier, whatever)
alwayshaveaplan Thanks for the ideas! I'm going back and proofreading (slowly) overtime, I probably just missed a few things. I do doublecheck but I do miss stuff so...yeah.
Max: *awkward laughs* Well...none of them killed the dragons. Most were relativetly unharmed and Percy's got knocked out. It would've turned to dust or something if he killed it. So the babies are fine :)
Ron's P.O.V.
The first task had finished and it was dinnertime in the Great Hall. Actually, it was more like a feast, but either way, I was thrilled. I mean, all my favorites were here, treacle tarts, pumpkin pie, roast beef...
Of course the New World students burned part of their meals again. What a waste.
Harry, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, and I were sitting at the end of the Gryffindor table. Neville was thumbing through a book on various plants that Moody had given him after that first DADA class, Hermione was scolding me about chewing with my mouth open, Harry, Ginny, and I were talking about Quidditch.
"The Canons just signed on a new Chaser, we're sure to win the next match against Puddlemere United." I said through a bite of roast beef.
"The Canons are still bottom of the league, Ron. The Harpies are at the top right now." Ginny countered, reaching for the sugar.
"Um, sorry to barge in but who are the Cannons, the Harpies, and what's a chaser?"
I looked to my left and saw a group of New World students. Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Hazel, and Frank.
Annabeth rolled her eyes. "It's all part of a sport, obviously, Seaweed Brain."
"The Chudley Cannons and the Holyhead Harpierss are two of Britain's Quidditch teams. Chasers are a position on those teams." Harry started explaining the game, but only Frank and Annabeth seemed to listen.
"Sorry, I think you guys lost me after the first sentence.." Percy interrupted.
Annabeth smacked him on the arm. "Seaweed Brain."
"Not like you'll have to worry about it though, Percy, you can't exactly fly unless it's on a Pegasus or something anyways." Frank chuckled.
"Why can teach you if you want to, you know." Harry offered.
Percy shook his head. "Can't. I'm...sort of not supposed to fly unless it's on a Pegasus, and I'm already pushing the limits as it is."
Nico and Hazel nodded in agreement. "I don't need to get zapped again, thanks." Nico winced at the thought. Hazel patted his shoulder. "It wasn't even on you, it just struck next to you."
"Bad enough. Why is it that you can take a plane and be totally fine and I can't anyways?"
"Is this another curse?" I asked.
Hazel chuckled nervously. "Um, yeah...something like that. Well, actually it's more like we made agreements with certain family members not to do certain things. In the case of Nico, Percy, and I, that means avoiding stuff like airplanes whenever possible. Surprisingly Nico and I can take boats though..."
"That's because I got the cool dad." Percy grinned.
"So unfair." Nico muttered.
"Least you do't have angry half-siblings trying to kill you whenever you show up at your dad's house!"
"I have an angry stepmother. Same difference."
"I have an angry stepmother and angry step-siblings. Almost all of them wanted me dead at some point or other."
"You get along with Kym and Tyson!"
"Kym and I are on christmas card terms right now! And you have Thanatos!"
"He's not even related to me, so that doesn't count!" The shadows were gathering around Nico and water started condensing around Percy, but neither seemed to notice. Both were standing up at this point. Harry, Hermione, and I glanced at each other wordly.
"You have your own room!"
"You don't freeze in the middle of the night!"
"You eat something besides seaweed during family dinners!"
"You don't have to worry about the don't-eat-food-made-in-your-father's-house rule!"
"ENOUGH! You're giving me a headache!"
At the sound of Reyna's voice, Percy and Nico stopped arguing. Nico quickly returned the shadows and Percy dispersed the water. Both looked slightly embarrassed, Percy more then Nico. "Sorry Reyna." They chorused, sitting down.
The girl sighed. "We'll talk later." She said.
Those in the Great Hall, which until then had been almost entirely silent, slowly went back to talking and eating.
I turned to Frank, who was the only American with us not scolding Percy or Nico. "Blimey, mate, what's the deal with them?"
Frank shrugged. "Eh, that was nothing. You should see what happens when you add Thalia into the mix."
"But what about the shadows and the water?" Harry asked. "That's not normal, is it?"Frank chuckled nervously. "Oh that…Um…It's a long story….It's like inherited or something…Yeah, um, we don't really talk about it much if we can."
I was about to ask more but Hermione stopped me. "Let it go, Ron. It's probably personal."
Frank nodded. "Yeah Oh and don't ask about the whole step-thingy. It's complicated."
"Alright, I suppose.." Harry said, but he sounded a little nervous.
Hazel quickly changed the subject. "So, what do you think the next task will be?"
Percy started laughing uncontrollably for some reason. Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Seaweed Brain over here apparently speaks more languages then he thought he did."
"So…it's in another language?" Harry asked.
Nico gave a small, creepy smile. "You'll figure it out soon enough."
I wondered what he meant by that, but then the desert came and I immediately forgot all about it.
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