"blah blah"- Speaking Greek

"blah blah"- Speaking Amestrian

'blah blah'- Thinking

***** - Begin/end flashback

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Fullmetal Alchemist, or Percy Jackson. Good thing too, or they wouldn't be nearly as good as they are now. They belong to J.K. Rowling, Hiromu Arakawa, and Rick Riordan.


Percy

After the war with the giants and Gaea, Percy Jackson wanted a vacation. A very, very, very long vacation. He wanted to go to New Rome with Annabeth. He wanted to not have to worry about being attacked by monsters everywhere he turned. He wanted, for once in his life, to relax. He should have known that the word 'relax' was not in his vocabulary; it had been eradicated long, long ago.

His day had started out fine. He woke up in the Poseidon cabin and ate a great breakfast that had been prepared by the wood nymphs. Then he took Blackjack out for some exercise. He was back in time for lunch, then was sitting out by the lake with Annabeth. If he could have frozen time right then, it would have been perfect. Sitting in the warm sand by the lake, Annabeth's fingers entwined with his, her head leaning on his shoulder, watching the naiads swim and the campers row around the lake. Then Nico crashed the party. Literally.

Percy was sure that Nico hadn't meant to shadow travel right onto him and Annabeth, but that didn't change the fact that the three of them were now in a very awkward heap and Percy was sure that he had swallowed more than the recommended daily dosage of sand.

"Nico!" Annabeth cried. "What are you doing shadow traveling?! You know that Will said that you aren't fully recovered! You're supposed to wait another week!" Annabeth didn't seem at all fazed by the son of Hades' abrupt appearance and took to scolding him immediately.

Nico pushed himself off of the couple and ran his fingers through his black hair in an attempt to rid it of sand. "Yeah, Annabeth, I know," he began with a sigh. "But Chiron told me to get here as fast as I could, and shadow travel is the fastest way for me to travel. You wouldn't want me to disobey my elders, would you?" Nico looked at Annabeth with an expression of fake innocence.

Annabeth smirked. "Well, I'll be sure to tell Will that you had a very good reason for disobeying him." Nico's eyes widened, but before he could protest, Percy butted in.

"Nico, why did Chiron want you back so fast anyway?"

Nico stood up, brushing the sand off of his black clothes. "I don't know," he replied. "I thought maybe he told you. He said it had to do with me, you, and Thalia."

Percy groaned. "Whatever he wants the children of the big three for can't be good," he said dejectedly.

"Hey, you never know!" Annabeth chimed in with optimism. "He could want to…well…" She trailed off.

Percy sighed. "Well, let's go see what he wants." He jumped to his feet and helped Annabeth up, and together they walked up to the big house.

Chiron was waiting for them as soon as they entered the house. "Ah, Nico, good to see that you made it safely," he greeted. "And quite a bit faster than I would have thought. I do hope you didn't do anything that you will regret later." Chiron smiled as Nico looked down and mumbled something under his breath. "Well, now we only have to wait for Thalia-"

"I'm here!" The door to the big house flew open as Thalia burst into the room. "Chiron, what's the problem? You said it was urgent! What did you need us for? Did something happen?"

Chiron looked a bit startled at the intrusion. "What? Why do you think there's an urgent problem? I just told you that I needed your help, and for you to come –"

"You wanted all three of us," Thalia said. Chiron raised an eyebrow. "All. Three. Of us." She repeated, emphasizing the words. "You wouldn't have called the children of the big three together to help you with a problem if the problem wasn't big."

Chiron's smile turned grim. "Unfortunately, you're right; it is a rather big problem. It's going to take quite a bit of explaining though, so why don't you all sit down." Chiron rolled his wheelchair closer to the demigods' seats. "Before I get to the problem, you will need quite a bit of background," Chiron began. "It all starts with Hecate."

~o~O~o~

Half an hour later, the demigods sat in a stunned silence as they absorbed the information Chiron had given them. Annabeth was the first to speak.

"Chiron, you're telling us that there is a whole community, countries, even, of people who were blessed by Hecate? Why would she even bless that many people? It's not like the gods are exactly generous!" Thunder rumbled faintly in the cloudless sky. Annabeth glared at the ceiling, then turned back to Chiron.

Chiron sighed heavily before answering. "Well my dear, Hecate only blessed a few people, long, long ago. The blessing she gave was that their abilities would carry down through their bloodline. The people with her blessing today are descendants who enjoy the same benefits as their ancestors. That is why the community has multiplied so greatly. The ones that Hecate originally chose to bestow her power upon were wise, generous, and good people. Unfortunately, not all their descendants are, but that could not be helped."

Percy furrowed his brow. "So…what does that have to do with us? From what you said, they're completely separated from the world, and they enjoy it that way. Why are you telling us this now?"

Chiron sighed again. "Well, there has been a…disturbance."

"Disturbance? what kind of disturbance?" Nico asked, leaning across the table.

Chiron shook his head. "We aren't sure exactly; we only know that something is wrong with…the time."

Percy's head jerked up at that. "Whoah whoah, wait, the time? What do you mean the time?"

"Well, that is what we aren't sure of," Chiron answered. "We believe that someone from this time traveled back to a few decades ago in order to change some major events. But that is the extent of our knowledge."

"Went back in time?!" Annabeth interjected in disbelief. "But that's imposs–you know what, I'm not even going to think about it."

"Hey, not thinking has worked out great for Percy!" Thalia offered.

"Hey!" Percy protested as Nico snickered. Annabeth rolled her eyes, but there was a slight smile on her face.

"You never did answer our question, Chiron." Nico said, turning serious. "What are we supposed to do? Why can't the demigods from that time handle the situation? Why drag us into it?"

"As much as I wish it were that simple," Chiron replied, "we cannot do that for two reasons. The first is simply that those demigods don't know about the time jumper, and by the time they realize, it could be too late. The second reason is that the time jumper is from our time, therefore he or she is our problem to take care of. We can not simply shove our problems off onto the generations before us."

The demigods fell silent as they pondered that. Finally, Annabeth spoke up. "I see your point. I'm guessing that the gods want us to travel back and stop whoever it is that left?"

Chiron nodded sadly. "I'm afraid so. I hate to do this to you, especially right after everything that has happened. But you need to leave immediately."

"Hang on," Percy interjected. "If we're going to time travel, then can't we wait as long as we want? I mean, we're going back to the same time anyway, what's the difference?"

Chiron shook his head. "I'm afraid that is not the case. You see, Hecate was able to delay the time jumper's leap, so they have not yet landed in the past. If they had, then the present would already be changed and we might not be having this conversation. However, the delay only lasts for one day, and most of that day was used up by the gods arguing over a course of action. We now have roughly 4 hours until you must leave."

"Four hours?!" The demigods cried, springing from their seats in shock.

"Please, sit down," Chiron said, raising his hands in a soothing gesture. "We have little time and I must finish explaining your mission." The teenagers slowly lowered themselves into their seats.

"So, I'm guessing we don't have a choice in the matter?" Percy's green eyes sparked angrily, though his voice remained calm.

"I'm afraid not." Chiron said, his voice filled with regret and sadness. "The gods agreed that in order to keep from altering history as much as possible, only three demigods should go on this quest. You three were the obvious choice." There was a pause as a realization came over them.

"Wait, three? You mean – not Annabeth?" Percy's voice caught in his throat. The last thing he wanted was to go on another quest. Going without Annabeth would be one hundred times harder.

Chiron winced; as if he had seen this coming. "I'm afraid not, Percy. The gods would not allow it." Percy sank back into his chair, an expression of defeat across his face. Annabeth was doing a better job of hiding hers, but the look was still there.

Chiron cleared his throat a bit awkwardly. "Well, let's get on with the rest of the information then. No interruptions until I am finished, please. When you are transported back, you will be in charge of protecting a thirteen-year-old wizard by the name of Harry Potter. He is instrumental in the defeat of the dark wizard Voldemort. Based off of where and when the time jumper is headed, it is logical to assume that he is aiming for Harry Potter.

"You need to befriend him so that you can stay with him and protect him. You will be sent under the guise of foreign exchange students at Hogwarts, the magic school. You will be placed back into your thirteen-year-old bodies for effectiveness. You will arrive a few weeks early and stay with a family by the name of Weasley. They are close friends of Harry's, and you will be able to befriend him before the start of school.

"The headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore, is aware of the existence of demigods and is a friend of mine. I have written him a letter explaining the basics of the situation and he will arrange everything. This quest could take anywhere from three months to three years. You must stay strong until you are absolutely sure that you have caught not only the time jumper but anyone he is allied with. If he tells anyone about the future, it could be catastrophic. The same goes for you.

"No matter what happens, you cannot let anyone find out who you are, no matter how trustworthy. And you cannot change the past. I have books here that tell of the events that took place during Harry's time at Hogwarts. You must read them and understand everything that happened.

"It will be hard, very hard, but you must let these events, no matter how horrible, unfold the way they are supposed to. Hecate has covered these books with the mist so that no one else can read them. But what you must remember most of all, do. Not. Change. Anything."

There was a dead silence as Chiron finished talking. No one moved. They all realized the gravity of the situation. Chiron, seeing this, nodded. "You should all go now; pack, say goodbye, and meet back here in three hours."

~o~O~o~

Saying goodbye to his mom and Annabeth was the hardest thing Percy had ever done. "Hey, don't cry, Wise Girl," Percy said gently, even as he struggled to keep the moisture from his own eyes. "You're not even going to miss me. I'm the one who should be crying." Percy forced himself to smile.

Annabeth clenched her jaw, holding back tears. "I know that, but you're still going off on another life-threatening quest, and I'm stuck here, not able to do anything." Annabeth blinked furiously. "It'll be a second for me, but years for you. That's years with you that I'm missing out on."

Percy felt his throat closing up. "Don't worry Wise Girl, I won't forget you." Percy's voice cracked as he pulled Annabeth into a hug. "Besides, I'll be in my thirteen-year-old body. Do you really want to go back to model thirteen Percy?"

Annabeth laughed softly as they pulled apart. "Here, Seaweed-brain, take this." She held out her baseball cap to him. "It'll be useful. I'm not going to miss it, after all." Annabeth frowned. "That is, unless you lose it or something. You'd better not lose it."

Percy smiled as he took the Yankees cap and carefully put it in his bag. "I'll bring it back. I promise. I'll bring you something from the past, too."

Annabeth smiled back at him. "Better be something good," She teased. Percy grinned, then went to join Thalia and Nico. It was time to start a quest.


EDIT: This chapter was revised October of 2018