A/N- Ummmmm… hi? PREPARE FOR CRAPPY (yet true) EXCUSES: Ok, so I've been dealing with some lovely things the past few months (who doesn't love depression? Am I right?) and to go along with that, I've had a wonderfully long case of writer's block… but it should, hopefully be over now! So, here's the second to last chapter!

This chapter and the last one will be longer than the other ones :) and I know I said the next update would be March 5th, which obviously didn't happen, so sorry about that… If you notice any inconsistency's, please tell me! A lot of things will be changing, but the plot line will stay the same, and the last chapter will change the least. Any deaths in the last chapter are permanent, and those characters will not be coming back.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus or Harry Potter. Or Magnus Chase, or Sherlock (There were references in the last chapter(going back over the last few chapters now, I have realised I spelt stuff(including names)wrong. How many of you got the sherlock one?). Also, Stacy is an OC belonging to a guest called Sunny day 7 :)

I've made a lot of mistakes in this fanfic, and before I write the next one, which will also be a crossover, I'm going to be rewriting this one! ALSO! A shout out to madisongowland for their support! Honestly, they're probably the main reason this is being uploaded before Xmas… XD

And with all of that out of the way… HERE COMES THE THIRTY SECOND CHAPTER!

Chapter thirty-two

Nico POV

Ahh, mornings.

Aren't they lovely?

I really didn't want to get up today, but we only had two days and a shit-tonne of wizards and witches to train, so I kind of had to.

This was going to be a long day.

It's probably like, 7am or something though, so maybe I can get away with a bit more slee-

Knock, knock, knock

So much for that idea.

"What do you want?" I groaned tiredly as I opened the door to find my cousin standing and hitting his head on my door.

"Training is starting at 9 and Annabeth sent me to get you, we need to decide how we're going to train the students." Percy said.

"Got it," I checked my watch, 8.19, good job Percy woke me up, I needed coffee and something to eat. "see you in a bit Perce."

I closed the door very kindly in my cousin's face and looked around my dorm for something suitable for training.

"This'll do." I muttered as I picked up some black skinny jeans, my camp shirt, and a black hoodie.

I slipped the clothes on, and grabbed my wand and sword, before heading down to the great hall to grab some food.

And caffeine.

I needed some coffee.

"Nice to see you're up Nico." Thalia said, punching my arm as I sat down between her and Will's sister Kayla.

My only reply was a grunt.

They didn't have coffee.

I mean, what kind of magic school doesn't have coffee?!

A stupid one.

A really stupid one.

"I think Nico's discovered Hogwarts lack of coffee." Annabeth smirked.

"Shut up." I grumbled.

It was unfair, how come I wasn't allowed coffee?

"Anyway," Reyna brought out a pad of paper and a pen, "who's the best at writing?"

"Frank." Everyone chorused, I mean, it was true.

Frank took the things from Reyna, and sipped his cup of-

Coffee?!

What?!

"Hey, how come you have coffee! I wasn't allowed any!" I complained, that was just unfair.

"I asked Jay to use a spell to make me some." Frank explained.

I turned to Jay with hope in my eyes.

"Yes, I will make you some coffee."

Hey, don't roll your eyes at me!

A cup of coffee later, I was in a much better mood(by which I mean I was actually awake).

The plan was simple; The students would be split into groups of 5, of roughly the same age group, there would be two trained demigod teachers for each group, every kid would do sword fighting, dagger fighting, archery, first aid, traps, and other things like throwing knives and battle strategy. Each group would get half an hour on each subject, and it would hopefully be finished by lunch time. Each kid would then choose the subject they felt they were best at and continue to train until the day of the battle.

As well as the Apollo cabin, we also had Clarisse and some kids from her cabin, the Stolls and some Hermes kids, Malcolm and some of Annabeth's other siblings, some Hecate kids, a few Hephaestus kids, some Aphrodite kids, a few people from the Demeter cabin, and a bunch of kids from camp Jupiter.

All in all, we had around 70 trained demigods.

Hopefully, that would be enough.

I was teaching sword fighting with Percy, we had the year 3's first. Yay.

I looked over the people in my group, Harry, a Ravenclaw, Ron, Draco and a Hufflepuff I didn't recognize.

"Alright, for those of you who don't know, I'm Nico and this is Percy," I pointed at said demigod, "we're here to teach you sword fighting, don't mess around because we only have half an hour."

"What are your names?" Percy asked.

"I'm Harry."

"I'm Stacy."

"I'm Ron."

"Draco."

"I'm Anna."

Percy smiled at them, then took on a more serious stature.

"Okay kids, listen up, we're going to be training you in the art of the sword, it's not easy, pay attention. Nico is going to help you find a sword that's right for you, and then you're going to head over to me, and once you're all sorted with a sword, we'll begin. Go."

First up was Harry, I thought he'd probably be best with a shorter sword, so I showed some to him until he found one that felt right. I got Draco and Ron some long swords, Anna and Stacy had short swords too.

I was teaching the kids with longer swords and Percy was teaching students with shorter swords.

Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.

Three hours later and I had taken back those words one hundred times over.

We had taken a short break after the first three rotations, and I were all on our last groups now.

We had some fourth years now, a couldn't remember their names, but they were pretty good. I'm sure some of them have done this before.

It was over, finally. Well, until lunch was over that was.

I was sitting in the room of requirement with the seven, Thalia, Reyna, Calypso, Kayla, Clarisse, Jay, Arya, Malcolm, and the Stoll brothers.

"So, every student in this castle has filled out a form stating the up to three things they think they're best at and would like to practice." Annabeth dumped a stack of papers on the table we were sat around.

"We have to read all of those?" Leo asked, disbelief on his face.

"Yep."

"Fun times." I heard Jay mutter from next to me.

I agreed, especially for a bunch of dyslexic demigods. I mean, not all of us were dyslexic, but enough of us were that the job was that much harder.

We started on the papers right away, adding names to lists and trying not to pass out from boredom.

Finally, after what felt like hours, we were finished.

"Okay," Reyna said, standing up, "we have 68 students for swords, 56 for daggers, 39 for archery, 6 who want to use katanas, 10 for throwing knives, 17 for air defence, 23 for traps, and 20 for first aid. In total 110 students are willing to fight. We also have 10 more working only on battle strategy who will be defending the injured." She paused for a second, reading the sheet in her hand quickly, "We have around 70 trained able-bodied demigods, that's around 200 people. Dumbledore has said that people from his 'Order of the Phoenix' will be helping too, and we also have the teachers, so that comes up to roughly 250 people."

It wasn't a lot, not against an army of monsters, wizards and witches.

But we'd make it work.

For Will.

We trained late into the night, and by 10 o'clock, we were all exhausted.

I was sleeping in the room of requirement with the other demigods, the room had provided beds for all of us.

It was clear who's bed was whose, Percy had a sea green one with a trident on it, Annabeth's was grey with an owl, and mine was… black with a sun on it. Well, that's weird.

There was another weird bed next to me, a yellow one with a skull on it, probably made for Will.

Why had the room made one for him, when he wasn't even here?

As I fell asleep, my last thoughts were of Will.

Gods I missed him.

Huh? Why was I in my cabin?

I'd definitely fallen asleep in Hogwarts, so this must be a dre-

"Hey Neeks, want to go swimming in the lake?" an all too familiar voice shouted as they knocked loudly on my door.

Could it be?

I got up, and walked towards the door, hoping it was who I thought it was on the other side.

I opened the door and-

Definitely a dream.

"Hey Will."

Five hours of training and it wasn't even lunch time yet.

At least I had coffee now.

Jay was a life saver when it came to coffee.

"Nico! Lunch is in 20, lets rap this session up quickly!" Jason called over to me, I nodded to him, and picked up my sword again.

Almost lunch.

I looked over the 8 students Jason and I were teaching, most of them were seventh years, but there were a few sixth and fifth years in the mix.

"Alright, let's go one more time before lunch! Show me what you all got!" I shouted, watching proudly as the kids split up into pairs and started battling away.

They had learnt quickly, but they would still need more training before they were ready to fight. Luckily, we had the whole rest of today, and we might even get some of tomorrow.

Voldemort and his army were attacking tomorrow, for some, this would be their last day on earth.

What were we doing? We should have sent the students away, they were kids!

You're just kids the annoying voice in my head – that was usually right – said.

It was different though, we were demigods, we had trained for years to fight for the gods. It was in our blood.

But these kids, they weren't demigods, their brains weren't wired for battle, and none of them had any experience when it came to war.

How many of them would never see their families again?

Don't think about that, just train them to fight, and hope that they survive this. That's all you can do.

I sighed, the voice in my head was right, I couldn't change the way Voldemort's brain worked, and I couldn't stop the fight.

I could only train them and hope that they would live through this.

"Okay, this is the plan," Annabeth, Reyna and Frank were standing at the front of the great hall, everyone in the castle was gathered before them, "we have offense and defence teams, three of each, and then we have the healers, the archers, and spell casters." She pointed at a large board that had every single person's name on it.

It was a really big board.

"Annabeth is leading the middle offense team," Frank said, "Jason is leading the right offense, Nico is leading the left offense."

"The defence teams will be led by Hazel, Piper, and Leo," Frank continued, "the healing team will be led by Calypso. The archery team will be led by Thalia, the spell casting team will be led by Lou-Ellen, the healing defence team will be led by Malcolm. Are there any questions?"

"How do we know what teams we're on?" Someone shouted.

"This board here has all of the teams on it," Reyna said, pointing at said board, "including the leaders and the people in each team. Find your team leader, and they'll give you instructions. You will then be training until dinner at 7. Any more questions?"

Silence.

"Okay then, get into your teams, and start training!"

I looked at the piece of paper in my hand, I didn't recognize most of the student's names, but I had Arya, Jay and the golden trio on my team, as well as a few people from Camp Jupiter and some from Camp Half-Blood.

Again, the voice in my head asked me how many on my team wouldn't see their families again.

Shut up voice, I don't need that in my head right now.

"Hey Neeks! We're on your team!" Arya and Jay came running up to me, massive grins on their faces.

Aww, weren't they adorable?

Are they gonna be adorable when they're lying on the floor lifeless tomorrow?

SHUT THE FUCK UP!

You know it's true.

Sometimes I really hated the voice in my head.

You injure me.

Deciding to ignore the voice, I tried to smile at the two lovebirds, and failed miserably.

"Nico?" Arya asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm fine. And don't call me Neeks by the way, that's reserved for Will"

Saying his name hurt.

"You sure? You look a bit pale…" Jay said, worry in his eyes as he glanced at my face.

"I'm always pale Jay, it's just what I look like."

"No, like, you look more pale than usual, you completely sure you're fine?"

"I'm fine Jay, leave it."

"Okay, sorry."

Damn it, it wasn't his fault, I was just nervous.

That's all.

You sure?

Have I mentioned I hate the voice in my head?

Cause I do.

I really do.

"Nico, we're in your group!" Ah, the golden trio come to save me from my interrogation.

Thanks, golden trio.

"Yep, you sure are. Hey, do any of you recognize these names?" I showed them the list and pointed at the Hogwarts students.

"Ummmmm, yeah, I recognize a few of them," Hermione said, "want us to go get them?"

"If you could, thanks."

Hermione nodded at me and dragged Harry and Ron towards a group of Hufflepuffs.

Ok, now I just had the demigo-

"Hey! Nico! We're on you team!"

Nice, they found me.

Once I had my team together, (so many kids… like, so fricking many…" we split into pair and practised. Every 30 minutes, we had a 5-minute break before swapping partners and continuing with practice. Everyone knew what they had practiced, and what they were good at, so they all just used the skills they knew.

It was 4.30pm by the time we stopped, deciding to take a 15-minute break before continuing.

Next up, we split into two groups, and attacked each other that way, making sure not to actually hit anyone. They did good.

We did that for an hour, and then I put them all through different scenarios until 7. For example, in one of the, Jay and Ron were monsters, and Harry had been hurt, Hermione had to save him whilst Arya defended against the monsters and Hermione got Harry to safety.

So, they were all in groups of 5 doing some scenarios, and I was going around helping them out.

Then someone yelled "DINNER" very loudly(they probably used a spell) and we all packed up and headed to the great hall.

Dinner was full of laughs and jokes, no one wanting to think about the fight tomorrow.

None of us wanted to face the facts, some of us weren't going to see another night.

For some, this would be their last dinner.

The only reason any of us slept, was that we were completely exhausted.

Wow! That was fun! Hope you guys liked it!

The next chapter is partly done, so it should be up within a week. Hopefully.

You guys should know by now I'm not the best at deadlines though… but I promise it will definitely be up before Xmas!

Have a great day, you're all absolutely amazing! 3

-Solangelo21 (AKA Izzy)