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Chapter 30

Harry POV

Two days had passed since Nico, Jay and Arya came back from Tartarus, and they had been asleep the entire time.

It seemed like today would be no different.

Nico POV

I knew I was dreaming, but that didn't stop me from crying as I watched Will die in front of me.

I was dreaming of a future where I didn't complete the tasks, where Will died.

And it was all my fault.

How long had I been asleep for? Why couldn't they wake me up? What was going on in the real world? Where they preparing for battle with Riddle?

Why couldn't I wake up!

I screamed as Will fell, and even more when he didn't get up. I had to wake up! Had to save him!

"WILL!" I yelled, as loud as I could, but he didn't stir, didn't move, he was dead.

I curled into a ball by his body, holding his lifeless hand close, I cried harder than I ever had, he was dead, gone, forever.

And even if this was just a dream, and I knew it was, even the idea of this happening was terrifying, so seeing it happen, who could blame me?

Hazel POV

I sat by Nico's bed, he was curled up into a ball, and he was crying.
What had happened down there?
And where was Will?

She knew he was alive, she would have felt him die.

But what had happened to make her brother this upset?

Whatever, or whoever had done this, she would make the, pay.

She grabbed her brother's hand, and he stopped trembling, he was still asleep, but he had to wake up soon.

She studied him a moment longer before speaking, "I'll help you Nico, I'll help you find him. Don't worry, we'll get him back, we'll find Will."

Nico POV

"Nico"
That's it, that's all I heard, but it made me calm, it was a voice I recognized, probably Hazel's, I couldn't be sure in a dream.

I sudden realized that there was only black, all around me, black.

Will was gone, and I couldn't see my hands anymore either.

Wait, maybe my eyes are closed, and when I open them, I'll be back by Will's body.

I tried blinking, and ended up opening my eyes, but what I was met with wasn't my boyfriend's body, it was my sister.

She wasn't looking at me, and I didn't want to tap her on the shoulder, as I might startle her.

"H-Hazel?" I said, my voice weak from lack of use.

She whirled around, "Nico! Your awake!"

She hugged me tightly, and I resisted the temptation to cry into her shoulder, there was no time for that.

"How long was I out?" I asked, my voice becoming stronger.

She pulled back from the hug, "Around two and a half days, Arya and Jay woke up an hour ago, how are you?"

"Great, just fabulous, I find out I can't save my boyfriend, and we have to fight in a battle any day now." I sighed, how was I so tired?

"A battle? Who against?"

"Tom Riddle."

"Voldemort?"

I nodded, "How long were we down there?"

"Around a month or two, maybe three, we thought you weren't coming back."

… What?! But my watch said three days!... Wait, that thing had been breaking for years…

I checked my watch, yep, the timer was stuck at 3 days.

Brilliant.

"What have we missed?"

"Quite a bit, I can't remember everything, but it's almost the end of the year now, and Harry, Ron and Hermione got into a lot of trouble with Sirius Black and the Dementors, you can ask Ron, he's happy to talk about it."

"Can you call a meeting? Of all the demigods, and the trio."

"Yeah, sure, where?"

"The room of requirement."

Hazel nodded and walked off, getting up, I shadow-travelled to my dorm room and grabbed some clothes, before going into the bathroom to change.

And then I would have to go to my father for some information about Riddle.

. . .

"So, you're probably all wondering what this is about, and I'm going to tell you." Nico studied the group of people before him, Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, Leo, Calypso, Reyna, Thalia, Arya, Jay, Frank, Hazel, Hermione, Ron, and Harry.

The whole group was here.

And since I wanted to say this as little as possible, that was good.

"Okay, so as you know, I recently went on a quest to Tartarus with Arya and Jay, our mission was to save Will. Unfortunately, Tartarus had captured Will, and he will not give him back until we complete three tasks. The first one is to kill Tom Riddle, or as some of you may know him, Voldemort."

"But he's already dead!" Harry yelled.

"Tartarus brought him back to life," It was the simplest explanation, "as he was more monster than human."

"Normally, Riddle would have seven things called Horcruxes, as it is, these were destroyed when he was brought back to full health by Tartarus, and so now, all we have to do is kill Riddle."

"That sounds easy enough." Leo said, the others all looked doubtful.

"…And his army of 'Death Eaters', I need to speak to Dumbledore, which we probably should have done from the start, I'm going to need the rest of you to come up with a battle strategy, my father told me that they will attack in three days."

And with that, I shadow-travelled to Dumbledore's office, the school would have to find out about our abilities after all.

"Hello Nico." Dumbledore said when I arrived.

"Professor." I nodded my head in greeting, "You probably know why I am here, yes?"

"Tom Riddle's Horcruxes have been destroyed. And a Large battle is coming in three days, is this correct?"

"Yes, it is." How did he know that much? "Would you mind explaining to me how you know this?"

"Lady Hecate told me a few hours ago, just after you awoke, I believe."

"You know about the gods?" how long has he known?

"Yes, it was all explained to me by Lady Hecate, and she also told me that she manipulated the mist to make it seem to me, that no conversations needed to take place between me and the you, as well as your friends."

"Well then, seeing as Riddle is going to attack in three days, should we tell the school about our heritage, there will most likely be Greek monsters in Riddle's army after all."

"What about battle strategy?"

"My team is taking care of it, as well as Hermione, Ron and Harry. Would these three be allowed to stay for the battle? They have been trained by some of our best, and a friend of mine has taught them battle spells as well."

"Very well, the golden trio can stay for the battle, but everyone else must be seventh year or a teacher, we will send all the other student's home the battle." Dumbledore said, he waited for a moment before asking; So, you believe we should tell them then?"

"Yes, they will be fighting monsters after all." I replied.

"I'll ask Lady Hecate to remove the mist surrounding Hogwarts." I nodded and was about to leave when I remembered something.

"There are more demigods at this school sir, and we will need all the fighters we can get, so maybe we should tell the whole school and not just the people fighting?"

"Alright then, we will make the announcement at breakfast tomorrow, I will make sure everyone is there."

I said goodbye, and shadow-travelled back to my friends.

"Nico! How did it go?" Annabeth asked.

"Good, we'll make the announcement at breakfast tomorrow morning, we can train anyone willing to fight after that. Did you guys make a plan?"

"Yeah, you'll hear about it tomorrow though, I don't want to say it more than once."

"Gods I'm exhausted." They heard Leo say from behind them.

"Yeah we should probably go to sleep."

"None of them really wanted to go to their dorms, so they asked the room to make beds for them, they got what they asked for and went to sleep.

Tomorrow, battle preparations would begin.

A/N- Hi! I hope you like this chapter! There are only three left! :(

I can't decide whether ending this story will make me happy or sad…

But don't worry because this is going to be a trilogy!

As said in the last chapter, this is the first in a set of three trials, each book will be dedicated to a trial, so this one is HP, and the next one will be something different!

If you have any ideas for the third book, please PM me or review, (PM will be more efficient)

I hope you like this chapter, and thanks to everyone who supports this book!

I may take a while to update, as it's mine and my brothers birthdays soon, but I'll try to update before the end of the month!

-Solangelo21