Hi, SO sorry I didn't post this yesterday but I had loads of homework! But the good news is that Friday is my last day before half-term so I should be able to write more after then.

Disclaimer: I am not American so I am not Rick Riordan so I don't own Percy Jackson. That only leaves Harry Potter and I unfortunately don't own that either.

Chapter 6: Percy has a nightmare.

Harry's POV

I was amazed by the transfers, at first in DADA they had seemed a bit clueless but soon they were doing non-verbal spells as if they'd been doing them all their lives. We were going down for lunch in the Great Hall when suddenly Hermione said "we need to make friends with them."

"Who?" I asked, confused.

"The transfers! You heard what Dumbledore said during the Triwizard Tournament, that still counts." She didn't say out loud but I knew the other reason. As much as I didn't like it I was curious about the Americans, and being their friend they might tell us what they are. I knew that none of us were happy with the idea of pretending to be someone's friend but with Voldemort's return you never knew who you could trust.

As we sat down next to the transfers I realised that this was the first time I had been close enough to them to see them properly. Nico, although seeming distant, had a maniac glint in his eye which told you he was either a madman or a genius. The air around Thalia seemed different and I could almost see the ideas and wisdom in Annabeth's eyes. Percy was something different; he had an aura of power about him that I had never noticed before. It also dawned on me this was one of the first times I was speaking to them properly. "Hi, I think we got off to a bit of a bad start," I started glancing at Ron. "I'm Harry Potter, I think I have Charms next with you. Do you need some help getting there?" I asked thinking of how easy it was to get lost in the castle.

We started a conversation with Ron and Hermione slowly contributing more and more until Hermione asked how they knew each other. "At camp." They said it in a tone that said they didn't want to talk about it. I noticed they seemed to avoid certain subjects. Things such as their family, their friends, their camp – especially their camp. They just answered the question before moving on to another subject, or sometimes they didn't give an answer. Although they were all friendly – except Nico was a bit distant and Thalia was cold to me and Ron ("she got an … aversion to boys," Annabeth explained.) – I couldn't help feeling they were different and were hiding something.

In Charms we were doing the aguamenti charm which Percy was very happy about. Annabeth muttered something to him and I caught the words 'lose control' and 'Mount Saint Helens', Percy looked unhappy about whatever she said but I didn't understand it. Percy was the best at it, he was so excited he conjured it before Professor Flitwick had even finished talking, this earned him a kick from Nico. He looked longingly at the water people had conjured up. "Don't even think about," growled Thalia in a low voice.

That night I was in bed studying the half-blood prince's book when I heard Percy give a moan. "No! no …" he almost screamed. "Beckendorf! … Selena! … Ethan! … Luke! ... so many … too many …" he cried. I wondered what could have caused him to have such dreams. And who were these people and what had happened to them? I remembered the sorting hat screaming, and thought of Annabeth, Thalia and Nico. Did they suffer these nightmares as well as Percy?

The next day I noticed Percy giving Annabeth a look. I didn't know what it meant but she seemed to understand and nodded. We had our first Care of Magical Creatures today and I wasn't exactly looking forward to it.

A Note: Firstly, you might like to know that Annabeth was warning Percy to use magic and not his own power because 1 it would cause suspicion and 2 last time he created water he made Typhon stir, Thalia was telling him not to mess with the water or stick his head in it or something. Later on Percy was telling Annabeth he'd had another nightmare and was asking if she had too. By the way he was having a nightmare about the people who died not what he had faced.