Percy was sure he never had a neighbor before but he didn't think this family was a normal neighbor. They had two boys that looked a very bit identical and the father was the fattest of the family while his son named Dudley was the second fattest. And his other son named Harry was a scrawny boy and Dudley seemed to like teasing him with some weird words like wizards or something like that. Well...Percy heard it because his room was beside their dining room.

And now, there...Mrs. Dursley, knocking at his door "Anybody home?!" She yelled.

"Coming!" Percy replied, placing his Greek-translated Math book on his coffee table. He opened the door and saw Mrs. Dursley smiling at him.

"Hello, young man. I saw that you're my neighbor now. Do you live here alone?" Mrs. Dursley said "Why don't you go to school? Oh and what is your name. Mine is Petunia Dursley"

"Uh...I live alone. And I have Dyslexia, so I can't go to school" Percy said "And my name is Percy Jackson. I'm from America"

"That's so awful! How do you learn then?" Mrs. Dursley continued asking as she looked at him with a pitiful eyes.

Percy scratched his cheek "Uh...how about...you come in first? It seems inconvenient out here" Percy said, mentioning his neighbor into his house and she gladly accepted it.

"You own all of this?" Mrs. Dursley asked as she sat on a comfortable couch, looking around his house.

"Well. I got some friends, working with these. And about the question that you asked" Percy picked up a Greek-translated Math book that he left on the coffee table "I can only read Greek, so I learn most of subjects in Greek"

"Why Greek?" She continued asking him. That made Percy felt a bit uneasy.

"My father is Greek, maybe that's the reason. Also I have ADHD. I couldn't stay still for too long" Percy said, smiling a bit.

"That's pitiful. Your life must be tough, but he's not like that Potter child anyway" Percy could hear the last sentence even if it was said quietly. Potter child? Who would name their kid like that?

"Who is Potter child?" Percy blurted out, not knowing that he was overstepping something.

"Oh he is my nephew, living with me now" She said in a hateful tone clearly, not avoiding anything.

"That scrawny tiny boy...or the bigger boy?" Percy asked even if he had known that already.

"The small one is Harry Potter, that freak of a child" She said bluntly "My sister and her good-for-nothing husband died and he had been with me since he was a baby"

Both parents died when he was a baby? And this woman still treated him as such a sideline? Wasn't that too harsh for him? "So...you didn't adopt him legally?" Percy asked.

"No I didn't" She said "I don't even have his birth certificate. He is my sister's son after all"

That poor boy.. He must be alone all the time...just like me in the past... Percy thought "How can he go to school then?" Percy asked.

"He goes to...this freak of a school where children like him go to" Now she was avoiding something. Percy noticed the quieter tone in her voice. Then before he could ask what the school's name was, she said quickly "Oh look! I have to go back now, or my little Dursley will be hungry!" With that she ran out of his house.

"Harry Potter?" Percy murmured looking through his window, starring at the boy's window where he could obviously see that boy. He was writing something and when he finished, he put that paper in a letter and handled it to the white owl before letting it go out of his room.

"Using owl as a deliver...such interesting boy..." Percy said, turning away from the window, going back to his study.

He needed to know this boy more.

Percy was reading through his History Book when his door was knocked. He opened the door and saw and her son and also Harry Potter, the boy who Percy spied.

"Hello, Percy!" greeted.

"Hello, and..." Percy eyes at the two boys "Dudley Dursley and Harry Potter" He finished and caught the wincing of Harry.

"Can I leave these two with you? I have to go to post office. You can bring them out" She said.

Percy raised his brows then glance at Harry. He wanted to know about this boy more so he said "Sure"

"That's great! Now you two, behave!" With she pushed the two boys into his house and walked away quickly.

Percy looked at the two boys and smiled "Hello there. I'm Percy Jackson, your neighbor" He introduced himself.

"You look like you're twenty...how old are you" Harry asked and Dudley gave him a look.

"I'm twenty-two" Percy lied but it could be covered up by his appearance. He did look like a twenty, because of the things he had done in the past.

"Well, well. What do you want to do then?" Percy asked, grinning kindly at the two boys.

"I was just going to meet my friend at the playground" Dudley said, shrugging.

Percy looked at Harry "Uh...I don't have anything in my mind right now" Harry said.

"Alright then,You can go playing with your friends while I'm dealing with Harry" Percy said and Dudley walked out and Harry followed him. Percy had to lock his house first then caught up with the two.

They walked in silence until they arrived at the playground. Dudley went away with his friends, probably finding someone to bully. Harry sat on a swing, looking at the mother and her child playing with each other, cherishing with love and care. Percy noticed the longing in Harry's eyes and knew exactly what the boy wanted.

"It must be very hard for you. Not having a parents" Percy said, looking pitifully at Harry.

Harry sighed "It is...But I still have my friends though. They go to the same school with me and that school is more like a home for me. I went there every winter" He said, smiling as he mentioned his friends "And you?"

"And me what?" Percy asked.

"What about you. How comes you live alone here" Harry asked, still starring at the parent and child.

"At my former home, USA, I used to be loved and cared for but then friends started hating me, calling me a bad luck bringer or something like that. I went back to my mother and found that she had a child with my stepdad. I didn't want to be around them because I would just cause troubles, so I went to my father's place and got some money from him and move here an live on my own" Percy said.

"Why don't you live with your father then?" Harry asked, confused.

"I want to, but I can't. His job wouldn't let him be with me and I can't be with him" Percy said. He really wished that there was no ancient rules, if not, he would be living with he father now.

"Then why came to England? There were more better places" Harry said.

"Too much troubles in America. And I have been wanting to be in England for a long time" Percy said, smiling proudly.

"I see..." Harry said.

Now the mother and her child had stopped playing and walked away. Harry was still starring at the swirling wheel. Then Dudley came back with his friends.

"You bullied a ten years old again?" Harry asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Because she is weak, crying and running back to her mommy" Dudley cooed in a mocking tone and his goons laughed.

"You're a coward" Harry said then Dudley and his goons stopped laughing.

"What did you just say?" Dudley said angrily. Then with a flash of mischief in his eyes he said "Where is your mommy Potter? Where is she?"

"Dudley, don't" Percy said but he didn't stop.

"I bet your mother was just a coward like you" Dudley said and his goons laughed again.

Percy looked at the situation. Harry pulled out a stick and pointed it under Dudley's chin. His goons laughed but Dudley had a face of horror plastered right on his face.

Percy was confused. Dudley was afraid of a stick? Whatever...he had to calm this down before someone got hurt "Guys. Let's calm this down, shall we?" Percy said.

The sky got darker quickly. Too quick for nature. Something was not normal here... Percy looked around, hand reaching for Riptide in his pocket. Dudley's friend had run away already.

Dudley looked at the sky then turned to Harry "What are you doing Potter...?" Dudley said, fears in his voice.

"I'm not doing anything!" Harry retorted, defending himself.

Percy calmed down first and noticed that the dark clouds had formed "Come on, it's going to rain soon" He said.

They ran to the shelter which was a narrow tunnel. Harry looked the most panicked and that gave Percy a suspicious. Harry was looking at the forming ice. Wait...ice formed when it rained in England? Percy knew that there was no way in bloody Hades that ice could form when it rained. The temperature has to be lower.

Then Percy felt something coming toward them, mostly Harry. With a protective instinct, Percy jumped to blocked the whatever-was-coming-at-Harry thing. Last thing he could remember was a waering-rags-faceless creature pinned Harry on the wall and a feeling of puking in his gut then he lost his consciousness.