Hey, guys, I hope you are all enjoying this so far. So yeah this chapter is going to be a bit longer than the others to make up for all of the weeks I've missed posting.
Harry's Pov.
A few weeks had passed since the ball. Everything's was going pretty smoothly but I mean when does it stay nice for long. I had been getting a crap ton of homework and I hadn't really been doing it very well but I was doing it. Because Hermione was forcing me too but that's beside the point. I had still been having my private lessons with Percy and that was going good. Every lesson he would teach me a little bit more about Greek mythology. I was still weird to me that he was a demigod but then again I was a wizard.
My dreams had been getting a lot weirder. Last night I had this dream where I was Percy. I was walking through the streets of Manhattan and all of a sudden the floor went away and I fell into this pit. When I hid the bottom I had woken up. I looked at the clock and I was 5:30. I got out of my bead and took a shower. When I got out of the shower there was a certain Ron Weasley standing at the door.
"Jesus Ron, what are you doing up so early?" I asked.
"Well I heard the shower running and I was wonder who it was I could ask the same for you." He responded.
"I just had a dream that's all and it woke me up," I said.
"Well, why don't you tell me about this dream that you had. I feel like you been getting really distant from me lately." Ron said.
"Well im sorry, there's just been a lot on my mind lately. Anyway, I was walking the streets of some big city. It was a peaceful day and all of a sudden the floor went away and I was falling into this pit. As I hit the ground I woke up." I said.
"That's really weird." Ron said.
"Yeah, it is." I replied.
For the next few hours, we ended up talking in the common room to not disturb the people sleeping. Before we knew it, it was time for breakfast. We went to breakfast and then we went to our classes. First was potions which were terrible as always but after we had DADA which got interesting.
We got to class and today we were doing another strategy based day which was nice every once in a while. We were learning about taking your opponent by surprise and stelth. Everything was going fine then all of a sudden Percy collapsed.
I quickly rushed over and said, "Percy are you alright what is going on."
"Get me water," He said as his shirt started to turn red.
He was bleeding in a lot of places. I don't know how it had happened because there is no one in the room that was behind him. I didn't make sense. Anyway, I got him the water but still, it wasn't helping.
"Somebody get Madam Pomfrey," I shouted =.
Hermione ran to go get Madam Pomfrey. Everyone else was just standing in awe of what just happened. Nobody knew what to do. After a few minutes, madam Pomfrey came and told everyone to get out of the way while she levitated Percy to the hospital wing. We had a free class for the rest of the block due to the fact that there was nobody there to teach us.
We went to the library to start doing the gobs of potions homework snape had to give us.
"Why does snape always give us so much work." I said.
"Oh stop complaining Harry just get your work done." Hermione replied.
"Ugh fine I'll do my work but seriously we should get less work," I said as I started to do my work.
The rest of the day went by pretty slowly I couldn't get my mind off of Percy and what had happened. I just wanted to know if he was okay but I wasn't allowed to see him. Nobody was it was just so aggravating.
The next day when we were going to our DADA class we had a replacement teacher for while Percy was out. Her name was Professor Umbridge. When we first got to class we all sat down and started to talk a little bit waiting for our teacher to get there.
"Good morning everyone my name is Professor Umbridge," she said as she entered the room.
"Good morning," we all said.
"Good morning Umbridge is what I expect to hear. Now let's all try that again." Umbridge said.
"Good morning Umbridge." we all said with dread.
"Now everyone put your wands away we won't be needing them." Umbridge said, "Everyone takes out your books and turns to page 35."
"Um, Professor we don't have our books," I said.
"Raise your hand before you speak Mr. what's your name?" she said.
"Potter," I replied.
"Well, why is it that you don't have your book?" She said.
"Well Professor Jackson had us doing practical lessons. We didn't use our books," I responded.
"There is no need for you to learn that. There is no danger that you have to worry about so we will not be doing any of that in this class," she said with an angry tone
"Oh really no danger um what about Voldemort," I said.
"Now Voldemort is not back so there is no need to worry." she said, "so let's stop talking about that and get on with class."
"He is back I saw him with my own eyes," I shouted.
"I can assure you that he is not back now I suggest that you quiet down and you have detention today." She said.
The rest of the class was super boring since nobody had their books she just talked about what she was going to be teaching us. She made it seem like she was going to be teaching us for the rest of the year. Which was not going to be true Percy was going to wake up and he was going to continue to teach us.
After class ended we went to our other classes I went to the library to see if there was anything I could do to help wake Percy wake up. But no such luck I mean there's not much about how to help sons of Poseidon. I remembered demi-gods eat ambrosia and nectar. Maybe that will help him. But then I remembered that I had no way to get that
I ran to the hospital wing and convinced Madam Pomfrey to let me see him. When I got to him he was sweating like bullets thrashing in his bed. But he was completely asleep it was as if he was awake but trapped in his own mind.
"Hey Percy, how's it going. Your replacement teacher is absolutely awful. She is making us like to learn but not actually do anything with the information we are learning. Please wake up soon I really need you to be my teacher again." I said, "well I mean what am I even doing it's not like you can respond or anything."
After I said that I could have sworn I saw a smile on his face. I left and went to detention with Umbridge which I had been dreading all day. When I got there she told me that I had to do lines and write I must not tell lies. She gave me this quill but no ink she told me I didn't need it. As I started writing I had this itching pain in my hand. I looked at it and the message was starting to be etched into my skin.
"Is there a problem ?" she asked.
"No," I replied.
"Okay then get back to your lines." She said.
A few more hours pass my hand gradually started to hurt more and more as the hour's pass. Finally, detention was over and Professor Umbridge came over and looked at my hand.
"You have detention again tomorrow. The message hasn't sunk in yet," she said.
I left the room and ran to the common room to see Ron and Hermione.
"So how was detention with the toad?" Ron asked.
"She made me do lines with this quill that uses my blood and etches the message im writing into my skin." I said as I showed my hand "Look at this"
"You should tell Dumbledore about that," Hermione said.
"Now that's what she wants I better stay quiet," I said.
"Are you sure about that?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure," I responded.
"Alright then well it's getting pretty late so I think I'm going to call it a night," Ron said.
"Yep." I said.
We walked up and I went to sleep. Im my dream I saw Percy chained to a wall. There were people around but I couldn't tell who or what they were. They were black figures like dementors but they weren't dementors.
"What do you want?" Percy asked.
"For you to join me and destroy that terrible school." the figure closest to him said.
"Um, how about no." He said.
"Cruicio." The figure said.
It hit Percy and I was prepared for him to scream but he didn't. Well, at least I now know that whoever this is it's a wizard.
"Listen I've been through a lot worse than your spells. So that's not going to work. Also, this isn't even real I'm just in a dream so you can't kill me." He said.
"Perseus Jackson listen here to come and join me it will be a lot better for me and everyone you care about it you do." He said and Percy flinched at his full name.
"I swear if you hurt any of them I will make your life so miserable when you alive and when you are dead." Percy said, "know I don't know what you know about me but I am much more powerful than you are led to believe."
And with that, I woke up. I looked over at the clock and it was 7 which was fine because it was almost time for breakfast anyway. I got out of my bed and headed to the common room. I saw Hermione reading a book.
"Let's go get breakfast," I said to Hermione and she jumped
"Don't scare me like that Harry and yes let's go get breakfast," she replied.
We walked to the great hall for breakfast. We talked about school and all that crap also about Umbridge that toad. She should not be allowed to be a teacher. After about 20 minutes of us being there, Ron showed up.
"Harry why didn't you wake me up," Ron said.
"Well you were sleeping really hard and I didn't want to go through the process of waking you up," I replied.
"Ugh, your so annoying Harry." He replied.
It was nice to talk to all of them again the golden trio was finally back together. After breakfast, we went to our classes. Snape was terrible as always but Umbridge made his class seem amazing. Binns class was boring, Trelawny class was strange as always she kept going on about how Neptune was upon us. Percy had been here since the beginning of the year and right now he knocked out cold in the hospital wing.
Time Skip
It had been two weeks and Percy was still in the hospital wing. I had been going to visit him every day and every day his condition was getting worse. I was starting to get really worried about him. I could never focus in any of my classes especially DADA since he was supposed to be the one teaching it.
Today we were learning about some bullshit that Umbridge decided to teach us and Percy walked in and demanded her to get out of his room.
Percy's Pov.
I was chained to this wall for what felt like forever. I was getting weaker every day until they made a mistake. They were torturing me and they noticed that magic didn't work so they went to mortal techniques. One of these techniques just happened to be Chinese water torture. Big mistake my guys. The water gave me enough power to break free from the chains and with that, I woke up.
When I woke up I got up immediately and went to my room to change. Madam Pomfrey stopped me.
"Percy you really should move quite yet you have been out for two weeks." She said.
"No, I need to teach my class." I said.
"Percy you should relax they have a replacement teacher for while you are out," she said.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Her name is Dolores Umbridge," she replied.
"Well, then I have to teach my class, even more, she is an awful woman and she isn't going to teach them anything. Now please let me go and teach my class." I said.
"Fine but be careful and right after your classes you will come back here immediately so I can make sure that you're fine." She said.
"Okay," I said as I walked out of the hospital wing.
After I got out of the hospital wing I ran to my room and got changed into normal clothes and headed straight to my classroom. When I got there it was my 5th-year class.
"Umbridge I am all fine now so you are no longer needed. So leave now." I said.
"Excuse me you have no right to do that you are a terrible teacher. Teaching them about how to fight with weapons what kind of teacher are you." She said "You should not be a teacher you are not old enough and you have a criminal record. You've blown up a bus and two schools." Everyone gasped when she said that.
"If you pay attention to that criminal record when I was 12 I was being chased after by a man and at one point he was trying to kill me with a gun which is a muggle weapon for those of you that don't know about it. And yes I too had a gun but I was defending myself and do you know what that does. Proves my point that there are bad people out there and my students should always be prepared for the worst." I said.
Umbridge was getting really mad when I said that.
"Well, how do we know that you can even defend yourself." She said as she started frantically looking around the room for something to use against me.
"I hope that you know I commanded 2 wars and im only 18 is that enough to prove it or do you need me to do something else," I said and everyone gasped.
The only thing around was a boggart because that was what I was going to do with my 3rd years the day I collapsed.
"Well, the only thing around is a boggart with that be enough to please you?" I asked.
"It is the only thing so fine," she said as she brought the boggart box out and I got my wand out.
She opened the box and the air got really thick. Part of the classroom turned into Tartarus. I saw Annabeth on the floor dead along with everyone else the seven, Chiron, my mom, Paul, Silena, Beckendorf and a lot of other campers. Standing above them all was like.
"You couldn't save them all. This is all your fault Percy you should have just joined me," he said
Right as he said that the whole scene shifted I was on Olympus. It was Poseidon and he said to me that I should have never been born and that I was a disgrace then it was the 12 major gods and goddesses voting on whether they should kill me from a few years ago. They all said they should kill me. Then I quickly changed into camp it was all burning before my eyes people were saying it was all my fault and that I should have died and none of this would have happened. It's not real I told myself.
"Riddikulus," I said and it turned into a butterfly "are you happy now."
"It took you way too long to do that." She said.
"Does it look like I care. NO, I don't so get out of my class." I shouted.
"Fine but the ministry will hear about this." she said as she stormed out of the class.
"Well sorry about that guys. How terrible was she while teaching you did you learn anything?" I asked the class.
"No not really but what in the bloody hell was your boggart?" Ron said.
"Nothing that you really need to know about everyone had their secrets." I replied, "now for the rest of class I want you all to pick your usual partner and spa since you haven't done it for two weeks."
The rest of the class and the day went by pretty quickly. But after I was done teaching I had to go to Madam Pomfrey so she could make sure I was okay. Before I went I ate an ambrosia square so if there was any part of me that was hurt it would be healed.
When I got there she examined me and saw that there was nothing wrong so she let me go. After I was free from that I went to Dumbledore to tell him about the dream I had while I was asleep. When I got up to his office he was standing at his desk.
"What is wrong?" Dumbledore asked.
"As you know I was out for 2 weeks in a dream state. I wanted to talk to you about where I was in the dream-like state." I said "I was chained to a wall inside of a cage. There were the people all wearing black robes that would cover their faces. I don't know exactly who they are but I'm guessing that these are the people coming after Hogwarts."
"You are probably right." Dumbledore said, "They would do anything if it meant destroying Hogwarts and Harry Potter."
After talking to Dumbledore for a while about Voldemort and his death eaters I decided to go back to my room and call it a night even though it's really early.
Hey, Guys sorry if this chapter is kinda meh I wanted to make it longer and add more details but that means you wouldn't be getting it till after April break so here you go.
