disclaimer: I don't own Percy or Harry
A.N. Sorry, I know I said I would have it up sometime this past week. But I have been real bussy. And hadn't had the time. And sorry if this isn't a very good chapter. The action should start picking up soon. And I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can.
Chapter Four: I return to camp.
Harry's pov
I was now sitting in the back of a cab. I was on the right. Percy was on the left. In between us laid, Marauder with his head in my lap. And his tail in Percy's. He's gotten a lot bigger since Hera gave him to me. When I first got him he was real tiny even smaller then a normal lion cub. But now at seven months old his head was a little past my waist and when he stood on his hind legs he was tailer then I was. And was growing faster ever day. He weighs around 200 pounds. I think it had something to do with feeding him milk from Hera's cows.
He was the most friendly lion on the plant. He was nothing more then a gaint size cat. He mostly laid around and slept or ate. And sometimes he would play with this giant ball of yarn. But don't let that fool you he was a lion after all and did have a vicious side to him. Like if someone tried to hurt me.
I leaned up agaisnt the door watching out the window and running my hand through Marauders mane. I was worried. Ever since the other night when I had that weird feeling that something was wrong with Piper. I have tried to get a hold of her, but she won't answer her mirror. I was scared something happend to her. I should of got her dad's number before she left so I could call her on the phone. I've tried to tell myself she might of lost the mirror or it stopped working or maybe she was just always out with her dad or somewhere she couldn't answer my calls. When I get to camp; I'll ask Chiron if I could leave so I could go to LA and find her.
"Hey, Shorty," Percy said. "You're alful quit over there. Something up?"
"No," I said. "Just thinking." I watch out of the corner of my eye as Percy's look went from concern to worry. I guess me not snaping at him for calling me shorty made him realized something was wrong.
"You're worried about something I can tell." Percy said. "Did you have a dream?"
"No, don't worry about me, Sea Monkey," I said. Trying to give him a reasuring smile. And using the nickname I gave him. "I'm just fine."
Percy opened his mouth to argue but then he closed it and looked out his window. He knows how stubborn I am. And he knew he wouldn't get an answer out of me. I don't really know way I didn't tell him my worries. I guess to speak them out loud would make them true. I didn't want it to be true. I wasn't going to except my gut feeling into I got to camp and saw for myself Piper wasn't there. She was surpose to be back today. I just prayed to ever god I could think of that she was.
"Trouble with love, sonny?" The cab driver said. I looked over to see him watching me from the rear-view mirror. He was an old man. Short gray hair and, sky blue eyes.
"No, me and my girlfrriend gets along fine." I said.
"Let me give you some advice my friend." He said. "You'll be going on a junrney soon."
"What junrney?" Percy demanded. "What are you talking about?"
"Sorry, Percy Jackson." The driver said. "This dose not concern you. You will not be going with him."
Percy's eyes narrowed and his hand went to his pocket. "If it has to do with my friend it dose concern me. Who are you anyway?"
"Do you not know me?" The driver said. "We met on a train once. I believe I said you could call me Fred." He then winked at Percy. Who's mouth was open. He then turned back to me.
"Now as I was saying." He said. "You'll be going on a jounrey soon. To save a love one, free a god, stop a giant from rasing. You know the usual. Now the place you will be going you know all about though you've never been. "
"Look, umm..Fred." Percy said. "If Harry is going on a quest I should go with him. If what you say is true. He could use my help."
"No, Percy." Fred said. "Your place will be at camp. Trust me. Beside, it's not Harry's quest. He'll just be chosen to go."
"I'm not going on any guest." I said. "If Piper's not at camp, I'll be going to LA to look for her." Percy looked at me.
"Harry, is there something wrong with Piper?" He asked I didn't answer him.
"Heracleitus, Piper isn't in LA anymore." Fred said.
"How do you know my name?" I demanded. "Who are you? Where's Piper? And don't call me Heracleitus. Only Hera can call me that. And where the hell is Piper?"
Fred chuckled. "Sorry, Harry, I can not tell you where Piper is. But your gut feeling is right. Thats all I'm allowed to say."
"What?" I cried. "You can't just start telling me stuff. Then suddenly stop."
"You said you had some advice for Harry." Percy said. "What is it?"
"Just a tip really." Fred said. "The place where you'll be going. You'll need somone who can show you the way. But only three people will be allowed to go on this quest. So my tip is. Padfoot knows the way."
I looked at Fred wide eyed. I didn't understand what he was trying to say. I was just shocked he knew Sirius's nickname. But before I could say anymore. We were pulling up in front of Half-blood hill.
"Well, my two favorite demigods we're here." Fred winked. I got out Marauder followed me. I threw my bag over my shoulder as I walked around the cap. I went to follow Percy who was already climbing up the hill.
"Hey, son of Hera." Fred called. I turned around. "I was told it's time for you to have this." He held out his hand and sittting in it was a small glass orb. My prophcey from the minstry. I suddenly knew who this was.
"Lord Apollo," I said. He put a finger to his lips and winked. Suddenly he turned into his handsome blonde hair, blue eye self. And the cab turned into somekind of red sports car. He dropped the orb in my hand.
"Remember what I said little step-brother." Apollo said. "And forget all that lord stuff. We're buddies." I stepped back to give him room to drive away. I saw both pity, and concern in his eyes as he gave me a little wave. Apollo then turned around and shot up in the air. It took only seconds for him to get out of sight.
"That was weird." I said.
"When are the gods not weird?" Percy asked. Making me jump a little. I hadn't noticed he had came back down the hill to stand by me. I chuckled at what he said then togather we walked up Half-blood hill.
When we got past Thalia's tree we went differnt ways. Percy went to find Annabeth, and I headed toward the Aphordite cabin to see if Piper had made it back. Like I said I wasn't going to except she was in danger into I saw for myself she wasn't here.
I knocked on the door: to my disgust Drew answered.
"What do you want?" Drew demanded. She didn't like me much. Last winter when me and my friends finaly made it back to camp after our quest. Drew had liked my little make over. And tried to hit on me. When I turned her down she went back to hating me like she did before. Sometimes I think she dislikes me even more. Use to all she did was make fun of my glasses and cloths, but lately she had gotten down right mean.
"Is Piper in there?" I asked. "Do you know if she's got here yet?"
"Who cares?" Drew said. "No one wants dumpster queen here." Drew didn't look like her normal self. She wore just plain jeans and a pink shirt with Aphordite Cabin written across the top in greek letters. Her hair wasn't fix in a fancy way, but just pulled back in a ponytail. She had bags forming under her eyes. And a thick bandage wrapped around her left arm.
"Don't call Piper that." I snapped. My eyes narrowing.
"I don't know what she sees in you." Drew sneered. "Are what you see in her for that matter."
"Leave him alone, Drew." Piper's half-brother Mitchell came to the door. "Or I'll tell Piper when she gets here."
"I'm not afaird of her." Drew said. But she went back in the cabin anyways.
Mitchell and Piper were pretty close. He was one of the only ones that had welcomed Piper into the Aphordite cabin when she first got to camp. Along with their sister Lacy. And was one of the only ones that didn't think life was one big fashion show. Or one that thought all they had to do was breake people's hearts. Use to the only thing the Aphordite cabin did was fix couples up then breake them apart. Or get someone to fall in love with them then breake their heart. Once Piper had took Drew's place as head of the Aphordite cabin she put a stop to all that. Or tried to anyway. Most the kids listen to her. But a few; the ones who followed Drew still did. There was one couple though none of them ever tried anything with. And that was Percy and Annabeth. Piper was the only Aphordite girl brave enough to go anywhere near Percy. They were all to scared of Annabeth.
"Hey, Harry, what can I do for you?" Mitchell asked.
"Piper's not back yet?" I asked. Ignoring the few giggling girls that were looking at me through the window and blowing kisses or winking.
"No," Mitchell said. "She should be here soon though."
I nodded. Not mentioning to him that I was sure Piper wouldn't show up, becaues she was in somekind of danger.
"When Piper gets here I'll tell her you're looking for her." Mitchell said.
"Thanks." I said. Then left.
I decided to go take my bag to my cabin before looking for my friends. I use to hate staying in cabin two. It had no bed, no bathroom, and worse of all no windows. So I slept outside. Into I found out I was a decsendant of Hades then when I was at camp I slept in the Hades cabin. It had windows.
But once Hera got done remolding her cabin for me. I loved staying in it. I had a four post bed. Just like the ones at Hogwarts. But instead of having red and gold covers and hangings I had ones that shimmered and changed colors. The statue that use to be in here of Hera had been moved to the outside to replace the one Zeus hit with lighting last summer. There was to large shelves on either side of the room packed full of books about magic and ancient greek. ( So far Annabeth has read more of them then I have) I also had a desk. And a small bed that matched mine sat on the other side of the room from Marauder.
The new bathroom in the cabin was huge with a tub just like the one in the perfect bathroom at Hogwarts. And the best part about the whole thing was it now had windows and lots of them. On either side of the door there was two lage stain glass windows. I could see out but you couldn't see in through them. And on either side of the cabin was two large windows. I kept open to let frash air in.
The moment I walked in I heard a little chripping and looked over to see Goldie the little Snidget my dad had gave Hera was flying around his cage. Apparently happy to see me. I smiled and went over and refilled his food bowl. Then used my wand to give him frash water.
I then walked over and sat my bag down on the bed. I sliped the prophcey in it. Then sat on the side of my bed. I picked up the picture I had of Piper on my night stand. It showed her from the waist up and she held Marauder when he was still a tiny cub. Holding him up to her face and making his tiny paw wave at the camera and she was smilling real big. I looked at it for a mintue. And sliently promised her I would find her no mater what.
I sighed and sat the picture back down. And got up. Marauder immdently jumped off his bed and followed me out the door.
I went to cabin One, but Jason wasn't there so I walked to the Hephaestus cabin looking for Leo. His half-sister Nyssa told me Leo and Jason was up at the big houes. They had just got back from picking up two new demigods. So I went there. I needed to talk to Chiron anyways.
When I got to the big houes I saw everone out on the porch. When I say everone I mean: Jason, Leo, Annabeth, Percy, Chiron in wheelchiar form, the two new demigods Nyssa mentioned and to my surprise, Nico, and Clarisse.
The two demigods looked somewhat familiar to me. A boy and a girl. The boy was a tall black boy, sixteen or seventeen hard to tell with his height. He had high cheekbones and long slanting eyes; he was in black jeans and a green t-shirt. With a picture of a sliver snake. He had a scowl on his face. And looked as if he wanted to be anywhere but here.
The other was a girl. A little shorter then Nico with waist-length dirty blonde hair and sliver-grey eyes. She wore brightly colored wizard robs, and was sitting at the table next to Chiron reading a upside down magazine called the Quibbler.
I noticed the boy was looking at me like he was trying to figure out way I looked familiar to him. I did look a lot differnt since I left Hogwarts. No glasses, my hair was a little longer, and my bangs now covered my scar so much you couldn't even tell I had a scar on my forehead unless I showed it to you.
"Hello, Harry." Chiron said when he saw me. "Nice to see you back." He smiled and I smiled back at him.
"Hello sir." I said. "Good to see you too."
"Hey, buddy." Jason patted my back in greeting. Annabeth smiled at me, Nico nodded, Clarisse sneered, and Leo ruffled my hair making my bangs raise up. The tall boy's eyes widen when my scar came into view.
"Stop," I told him and quickly hiding my scar with my bangs.
"I thought you might know our two new demigods." Chiron said. "They came from Hogwarts."
"They look familiar." I looked at the tall boy again. He was sneering at me. It suddenly clicked in my head who he was. He was in Slytherine. Always hung out with Theodore Nott. His name was something Zabini. There was rumors at Hogwarts (I don't know if they are true or not) that his mum was a black widow. She kept merring old wizards who all die mysteriously. Leaving her piles of gold.
"Thats Blaise Zabini." Chiron said. "He's been claimed by Ares. and This young lady is Luna Lovegood. She hasn't been claimed yet."
Luna peeped at me over her upside down magazine. And stared. She didn't seem to need to blink like normal people did. When to lowered it more I noticed she had a wand tucked behind her ear. And wore a neckless of butterbeer bottle caps, and what looked like radishes for earrings.
"You're Harry Potter." Luna said.
"I know I am." I said. Leo snickered. "Aren't you a Ravenclaw? A friend of Ginny's I think. I remember seeing you two togather some."
"Oh, yes. Ginny is very nice." Luna said smiling. "She use to talk about you all the time." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jason glaring at me. And Leo snickered at him.
"Well, that was into she came back from Chirstmas break." Luna went on. "Then all she talked about was a boy name Jason Grace." Now out of the corner of my eye I saw Jason blush and Leo out right laughed at him. Percy even smirked a little. Annabeth smiled, Clarisse sneered and Zabini rolled his eyes.
I stepped up on the parch. "Chiron, I was wanting to ask you something."
"Yes" he said. I took a deep breath hoping he would let me. If not I would just have to sneak out of camp somehow.
"I would like permission to leave camp, sir." I said.
"Uncle Harry you just got here." Leo said. I ignored him in favor of watching Chiron who was studying my face.
"May, I ask way you would like to leave?" Chiron asked.
"Sir, I think there is something wrong with Piper." I said.
"Why do you think that?" Annabeth demanded. Her Piper have become like best friends. So she would be worried about her.
"Is it becaus she hasn't got here yet?" Jason asked. He too seemed concerned.
"No, it's not just that." I said. "I haven't been able to get a hold of her, and the other night I started getting this bad feeling that something is wrong. I would of just went right to LA looking for her, but I didn't want to believe something was wrong. So I waited into I saw if she showed up today. And she didn't. Please sir let me go look for her."
"Maybe you can't get hold of her becaues she's been infected by Wrackspurt." Luna said. Making Leo jump. Percy look at her like she was crazy, and Annabeth frown."
"What's a Wrackspurt?" Percy asked.
"They're invisable, and fly in your ear and make your brain go all fuzzy. You have to becarful they can be anywhere." Luna laid her magazine down and begin to bat the air like she was batty away flys that only she could see.
"What is she talking about?" Percy asked Annabeth.
"As far as I know there is no such thing." Annabeth said.
"Yes, they are." Luna put her arms down and snapped. "You're just like Hermonie Granger. You don't want to believe in something unless a book tells you it's true." I wondered how she could tell so much about Annabeth just by looking at her.
Annabeth's eyes flashed. "Come on you can't really believe that they are such things as little creatues that fly in your ear and make your brain go fuzzy. Thats crazy"
"Maybe not Annabeth?" Nico said. He was watching Luna smiling just a little as if he found her amusing, and then turned to Annabeth and Percy and smirked. "Maybe thats what is wrong with Percy instead of his head being full of kelp.
"Ha , Ha. Very funny." Percy said.
"I thought it was." I said. Percy glared at me.
Luna suddenly brust into loud laughter. Everone stared at her like she was crazy. "Instead of his head being full of Kelp. Thats funny." She said. Then laught a little more. Then suddleny jumped to her feet.
"It's time for dinner." She said. She barley got that out of her mouth when the horn blow.
"How did you know that?" Percy demanded. Luna just smiled in a dreamy way. And said.
"I may not know who my mother is, but daddy always said the Lovegoods were all descendants of Apollo. We tend to know things others don't."
"So, you believed in the in the gods before coming here?" I asked.
"Oh, yes." Luna said. "Daddy, and I believe in a lot of things."
"You kids better run along to dinner now." Chiron said. "Luna, you'll be at the Hermes table since you haven't been claimed yet. Maybe you will be at the campfire."
"What about my reguest." I asked. "Can I go looking for Piper?"
"We'll talk more about it at the campfire, maybe someone like one of her siblings have heard from her."
I was going to argue but Annabeth grabed my arm and pulled me along.
"Come on, Shorty." Annabeth said. "You need to eat something. You can argue with him at the campfire."
"How can I eat when Piper is missing." I demanded but followerd her anyway.
"Don't worry, we'll hellp you find her." Percy said patting my back.
"Yeah, man." Leo said. "Piper's are friend. We care about her too."
When we reached the dinning area. I went to sit with Nico at the Hades table. Hera didn't have a table so I could either sit at the Hermes table or at the Hades table with Nico. I choose to sit with him becaues I didn't feel like talking much to anyone and my friends at the Hermes table would want to joke around.
I sat there for ten mintues picking at my food when Nico finaly spoke to me.
"It was his houes-elf." He said. I looked up at him confussed. "The one Regulus Black took with him to the cave."
"Kreature," I said. "He took Kreature." Nico nodded.
"I found Regulus in the Fields of Asphodel." Nico explained. "If he hadn't down so many bad things he would of went to Elysuim dieing the way he did. But it a least stopped him from being in the Fields of Punishment. Anyway, I talked with him. He said he took Kreature becaues Voldemort had used him to help hide the locket and he knew where it was."
"Slow down." I said. "Kreature helped Voldemort hide the locket?"
Whenever we were around a lot of people when we talked about Voldemort's Horcrux we called them by the ojects they were. We didn't think it would be good if a lot of people knew about them. It might somehow get back to Voldemort we were trying to find them.
"Yes, Regulus, said, Voldemort had said he needed a houes-elf. Regulus being new wanted to please Voldemort. So he afford Kreature, but Regulus said he soon saw that the man he once saw as a hero was nothing more then a heartless killer. He admited to being against muggle-borns and muggles. But he also said he never thought they should be killed or treated as nothing more then animals. He just wanted muggl-borns to stay out of the wizadry world. And as he learned more of who Voldemort really was, and what he was made to do. He started wishing he never became a death eater. And then when he found out about the Horc...I mean the locket he orderd Kreature to take him to it. He got to the Island, he wrote the note put it in the fake locket then drunk the potion. When he was done Kreature switched them then left with the real locket; then Regulus was dragged down in the lake. And drowned."
"So, Kreature is the last one to have the locket." I said pushing my uneaten food away. "So the locket we threw away last summer really was it."
Nico nodded. "But like Sirius said the other night maybe Kreature kept it."
"I hope so." I said. "Becaues if not.." I let my words hang.
"We have no way of ever finding it." Nico said. "We would have to search ever grabage dump in london or maybe even England."
"Any luck findiing any of the others?" I asked. Nico shook his head.
"I didn't have time to look." Nico said. "I wanted to let you know what I found out as soon as I could. And it took me a whole day to find Regulus."
"We know where the ring is." I said.
"Yeah but we can't get to it." Nico said. "Remember: me, you and Piper went to try and the whole town had been taking over by monsters. Too risky right now."
"I couldn't go anyways." I said. "I'm going to find Piper reather Chiron says I can or not."
"I'll go with you." Nico said. "Maybe when we find her, you and Piper can help me in finding the other ones." I nodded. Then leaned in somemore.
"I got an idea." I said. "Maybe if we got all of us to go to Little Hanglton. We could get to the ring."
"As in all of us. You mean, me, you, Piper, Annabeth, Percy, Leo, and Jason. Don't you." Nico asked.
"I do." I said. "With us seven we should have a chance. We can get Annabeth to make a plan."
"I guess." Nico said. "But we'll worry about that later. Right now we need to find the locket."
"Yeah, but not into I find Piper." I said.
We fell into silance. Then not long after that Chiron stood up.
"All right everone before we go to the campfire I would like to announce. We have two new demigod friends. First there is Blaise Zabini son of Ares. and Luna Lovegood. Who hasn't yet been claimed. Treat them both nicely. Now you all can go down to the campfire.
We all got up and headed out. I walked beside Nico as we headed down. We sat next to each other. Maruder laid on the ground in front of my feet. Not to far away Jason sat with Leo and his siblings from the Hephaestus cabin. Not far from them Percy and Annabeth sat togather. I noticed Luna sitting with the Hermes kids and when I looked toward the Ares kids, Clarisse sneered at me I sneered right back. Finaly my eyes fell on the Aphordite kids. Piper's sister Lacy waved at me, and Drew glared.
"Hya, Harry," Somone said sitting on the other side of me. I jumped a little not expecting anyone to and looked over to see a familiar blonde kid.
"Colin," I said in shock. "What are you doing here."
"Me and Dennis are childern of Athena." Colin said. He pointed over to Annabeth and Percy; I noticed little Dennis Creevey had joined them and was chatting with Percy. I could tell my friend was trying to keep an annoyed look off his face, but was falling.
"We heard all about Percy Jackson." Colin said. "He's kind of like the Harry Potter of the demigod world. Dennis is excitd about him finaly coming to camp." I looked back over at my friend. Percy was now hiding is face in Annabeth's shoulder. While she was bitting her lip to stop herself from laughing. I smirked. I knew just how the Creeveys could be. And it looks like Dennis has replaced me with Percy.
As Colin chatted away on my left the Apollo kids got up and started leading a sing along. After that Chiron came over and talked a little, and we made smores. Then finaly Chiron got around to mentioning Piper.
"Before we call it a night." Chiron said. "Someone has brought something to my attention. It seems that a camper of ours may have gone missing. Piper McLean of Aphordite cabin. She went to visit her dad and was surppose to be back today, but didn't show. And a close friend of hers, Harry Potter is worried something might be wrong. Now has anyone here seen or heard from Piper lately?" At this Chiron looked toward the Aphodite kids they all shook thier heads. And Drew stood up.
"Chiron, if Piper can't make it back on time maybe she shouldn't be head counselor." Drew said. "It makes the rest of Aphordite cabin look bad." A few Aphordite and others kids agreed. And some like Mitchell and Lacy portested.
"I see no reason to remove Piper as head counselor." Chrion said. "But if you feel strongly about it. I suggest you challenge her when she gets back. I believe thats how she became head counselor. She challenged you." I smirked at that. Piper had never told me about challenging Drew. I guess becaues I never thought to ask her how she became head of the Aphordite cabin.
Drew opened her mouth to say something, but then cried out and grabed her hurt arm like it was suddenly hurting her.
"Are you hurt child?" Chiron asked going to her and reaching for her arm.
"Don't touched me." Drew snaped jerking her arm away. Everone grow silent and looked at her wide eyed. Shocked that a camper would talk to Chiron like that. After a few seconds Percy stood.
"Don't snap at Chrion like that." Percy demanded.
Drew glared at Percy then ran off into the drak somewhere. Most likely going to her cabin. Before anyone could say or do anything else there was a loud bang and a big flame and then a guy stepped out of the fire. He was about fourteen feet tall. Had on jeans, t-shirt, boots sunglasses and had a buzz cute. He glared at me then at Percy. I knew right away who he was.
"Lord Ares." Chiron said. He bent his front legs and kneeled. Most the campers copyed him. All but me, Percy and Nico.
I looked down at Collin. "Don't kneel to him." I Said.
"But, Harry," Collin said. "He's a god." He rasied a little then got back down. Like he was trying to decid if he should listen to his hero, or kneel to a god.
"Kids smart." Ares said glaring at me. The flames behind his sun glasses glowing. "You should listen to him."
"I'm not kneeling to you." I said. "You voted to kill me, and you ordered your kids to make my life at camp miserable. So I'm not showing you any respect."
"Harry" Annabeth cried. And the Ares cabin yelled at me and threatened to beat me to a plup. Ares's eyes glowed behind his glasses He lifted up the giant spear he had in his hands and pointed it at me. Marauder jumped to his feet and started growling at Ares.
"Don't think becaues you're Mother's favorite, punk." He said. "Dosen't mean I won't gut you like a fish." Making Marauder roar. Colin jumped up and glared at Ares.
"Hey," Percy cried he took a step toward us and Annabeth grabed his arm. But I was studying Ares's face. He was jealous of me. I don't know way or of what. But I could see it in the look on his face, and the tone of his voice. There was somthing about me he was jealous about.
"You're jealous." I said. Smirking. I knew it wasn't a good idea to be a smart mouth when a fourteen foot god had a giant spear pointed at your throat, but I couldn't help it.
"I'm not jealous of anything. You little runt." Ares said. I snorted.
"Yes you are." I said smirking. "I guess I'm not the only one that inherited Mother's jealousy."
"You're asking for it punk." Ares growled.
"Lord Ares." Chiron said. He looked fearfuly at me. "Was there something you needed?" I think he was trying to get the gods attention off of me.
Ares lowered his spaer. "Yes, Zeus has granted me permisson to come here for two reasons. One though gods can not help they can sometimes give worrings. And I warn you that Gaea had planed an attack at camp for this friday."
Chiron went a little pale and the campers started talking all at once.
"Quit." Ares thundered. "I know it's only four days away but you shouldn't have to worry much. Unless someone invites the monsters into camp. You're only problem would be chasing them away from the border. But then agian with as many monster heading your way they might just break through. And they are being led by a giant. And there is still the little thing of them not staying dead. So that means your only chance would be if someone was to free Tanatos which brings me to the second reason I'm here." He turned to Clarisse.
"Girl come here." He ordered. Clarisse stood and walked to her father. "I'm sending you on a quest. I'm sick of nobody staying dead. So you and two others well travel to a place in the far in the North sea and free Thanatos and stop Alcyonus from rasing. Got me?"
"Yes, my lord." Clarisse said.
"And as a reguest from, my lady." Ares said. "One of those two shall be him." And to my shock Ares pointed at me.
"What?" I demanded. "I'm not going anywhere with her. Why would I go on some quest when I have to find Piper?"
"Why, you little punk." Ares said. "I'll tell you why. One my lady wants you to. Two, Voldemort happens to be where Thanatos if being held and a wizard will have to be there to help fight him and his followers. And three becaues I say so."
"So what if Voldemort is there."I said. "I'm not the only wizard here. Your new son over there is a wizard tell him to go. I'm going to find Piper."
"You're crazy Potter." Zabini said. "I'm not fighting the Dark Lord. He'll kill me."
"Backing down from a fight." Percy said. "Very unchlid of Ares of you."
"But very Slytherin of him." I said. Zabini glared at me.
"Not jumpy at the chance to play the hero." Zabini said. "Not very Gryffindore of you."
"Why don't you go crawl back to you're Slytherin friends." I told him.
"Knock it off the both of you." Ares ordered. "He's not going. You are runt, and thats finale."
"No I'm not." I said. Thunder roared and ligthing flashed across the sky.
"Thats my warning." Ares said. "I most be going now. Just remember Thanatos is being held at a prison on an island far in the North Sea. Thats all I can tell you." He-turned- to- Clarisse." And girl make sure you take runt with you. As for the other person. I don't care pick who ever you want, but no Percy Jackson or Jason Grace. They'll need some powerful demigods here." With that Ares vanshed in another flame.
Chiron turned to me. "I'm sorry Harry, but your search for Piper will have to wait into you come back from your quest."
"No," I said. "I'm sorry sir, but I have to find Piper. She could be in danger. I couldn't stand it if she..if she."
"I know how you most feel, child." Chiron said. "But I god has ordred you to go with his daughter on a quest. You have to do it."
"I don't have to do anything, but find Piper." I said.
I barley got those words out of my mouth when a soild black owl came out of nowhere and dropped a box wrapped in green wrapping paper, with a sliver ribbon around it at my feet. Then took off as fast as it came. I looked down at the box. Not wanting to touch it. It gave me a bad feeling.
"What is it?" Annabeth asked. Nico bent down and read the tag out loud.
"To: The-Boy-Who-Lived, Just thought I would send you an early birthday gift. Your dearset enemy Lord Voldemort." After he got through reading it. I grabed Nico's arm and pulled him away.
"Don't touch it." I snaped. "It might be curesed."
I then pulled out my wand and bent down and tapped it. I also said a few spells Sirius had tought me to detect magic. I found nothing on it. So I stood.
"I can't senes anything, but maybe I shouldn't risk it." I said. "Knowing Voldmort it's probably just a muggle's finger or hand. Or something just as gross. He's way of letting me know he's still out there."
Everone started at it. No one moved.
"I think it should be open." Chiron said. "Just to see what he's up to more then anything else."
"But what if it's got somekind of cures on it?" I asked.
"I doubt it dose." Jason said. "You're pretty good with that kind of stuff. So if you can't find one then there isn't one. And if they was it would of hurt Nico when he touched it."
"We can have Percy open it." Annabeth suggested. " Just incase a cures will go off once it's open. It couldn't hurt him."
I shrugged. "Fine with me. If he wants to." Percy came over picked up the box went back over to Annabeth. Everone watched as he took off the ribbon then wipped off the wrapping paper. He then took off the top and looked inside.
I watched as his eyes widened and looked up at me, then over at Annabeth. Like he was afaird to show me what it was.
"Whats in there?" I asked.
He didn't answer and he wouldn't even look at me now. I got a very bad feeling. Annabeth finaly looked in it herself and her eyes widened.
"Whats in the bloody box." I demanded. Annabeth sighed.
"Show him, Percy." She said. Now I had a really bad feeling. If Annabeth called Percy by his name and not Seaweed brain. It most be bad.
Percy slowly reached in the box, then slowly pulled something out. I stared in horror as he held up Piper's dagger with the neckless I got her for her birthday wrapped around.
I stumbled back and almost fall. Nico caught my arm and lowered me to sit.
"He has her." I said staring at the little silver dove dangling back and forth. "He's got Piper."
I felt tears falling down my face. I was just so upset, so angry. I didn't know what to do. Voldemort has Piper and it's all my fault. If he wasn't after me he would never have took her. She might even be... no, don't think like that. And it's not your fault I tried to tell myself. It's Voldemort's.
I sat there a good five mintues silently cring my heart aching from fear Piper might be...and from anger at Voldemort for daring to lay his filthy hands on my girl. He was going to pay for this big time. I wipped my eyes and suddley jumped to my feet. Those closest to me took a step away as magic flowed from my body. I looked at Clarisse.
"I'm going on this quest." I said. "And Nico is going with us." I was so angry she didn't even protest. "I'm going to save Piper beat Voldemort to a plup while you free Thanatos, and Nico can stopped Alcyoneus from rasing becaues Piper is the only reason I'm going. I don't care what Ares or his lady wants. And if I have to go with you we're taking someone I can trust with us."
I turned to Nico. "When I save Piper, and you guys do what you have to do. Then we'll come back here. If it's not too late and help camp fight. When thats done we're going to find and destory you know what. So I can kill that snake face prat and send his ass to Tartarus where he belongs. Nobody..I mean Nobody messs with my girl. Nobody."
I then walked off toward my cabin before I got so mad I hurt somebody without meaning to. Marauder followered me. I opend my cabin and sat down on my bed and put my face in my hands. Not to long after that there was a knock on the door. And without me inviting anyone in. The door opaned. And Percy and Annabeth walked in.
"Hey buddy." Percy said coming over and patting me on the back. "You okay?"
I rasied my head up and looked at him. "What the bloody hell do you think? My girlfriend has been kidnapped maybe even killed by the most evil man to ever live. Do you think I'm okay."
Annabeth sat next to me on the bed and put her arm around my shoulder. "Harry, I don't think he has killed Piper. If he had he would of sent you something alot more sinster then her weapon and neckless. I think he wants you to come rescue her. I think its a trap of somekind."
I nodded that did make since. "But I don't care if it is a bloody trap. I'll just have to be careful going in and saving her. But I can't not go."
"I know that." Annabeth said, pulling her arm away. "Just becarful when you do."
"Here." Percy said laying Piper's stuff next to me. "Annabeth and I figured you would like to hang on to those so you can give them back to Piper. I tossed the box they came in in the campfire."
"Thanks." I said. Picking them up and looking at them.
"Come on Seaweed brain, " Annabeth said standing back up. "Harry, could use some time alone to think." Annabeth give me a huge and a peck on the cheek. And to my shock Percy gave me an one arm hug then ruffled my hair. Like an older brother might do to his younger brother when he was trying to cheer him up.
"Don't give up hope." Percy said. "Annabeth is right about one thing. You are a lot like me. So that makes Piper your Annabeth. And if there is one thing I know for sure about myself. It is; if Annabeth was in danger. I would save her no matter what I had to do. I have before."
I gave him a questioning look. He just patted my shoulder. "I'll tell you the story sometime." I nodded.
"We'll be sure to be up to see you off." Annabeth said. Then her and Percy left. I looked down at the dagger in my hand and suddenly someone else was in my cabin.
"I thought they would never leave." A familiar voice said. I knew who is was without even looking up.
"Mother," I said. "Their my friends." I look up and sure enough there stood Hera queen of the gods. She had on a dress that shimmerd and changed colors like a peacock. (Much like the covers on my bed.) Gold bands on her arms. Her hair was down for once. And a crown sat on top of her head. She came over and sat down next to me. And like always started running her hand through my messy hair.
"I know darling," Hera said. "But I needed to talk to you. And I don't have much time." At hearing Hera's voice Marauder jumped out of his bed and came running over to us. He then tried to jump up in her lap but she pushed him away.
"We'll have none of that." Hera waved him away. Marauder went back to his bed and laid there pouting. She then turned back to me.
"I can not get invovled in this, but I can help you guess on where you need to go and who can help you find it." Hera said. I said nothing just waited for her to go on.
"On your ride to camp I believe Apollo gave you a little hint right." Hera said. I nodded.
"He said. Padfoot knows the way." I told her. "But I don't understand what it means."
"I believe your brother told you a little more about where it is." Hera said. I looked at her confussed before I realized she was talking about Ares.
"Don't call him my brother." I said. "And yeah, he said something about going to a prison far in the North sea."
Hera noded. Then said. "Don't get sassy with me, Heracleitus. Ares is my son too. Like it or not you two are brothers. I wish you would get along. You get along more with your step-brothers then your real brothers."
"Sorry, Mother." I said. I knew not to make her mad. I might be Hera's favorite son, but there was only so much of my smart mouth even she could take. Besides I should show my mum more respect then that. "But you got to admit he was the one that started all this fighting between us. I don't know way he hates me so much. He targeted me before I even knew who he was."
"I know sweetheart." Hera said. She put her arm around my shoulder. "Your brother is jealous. You where right about that." I looked at Hera like she has grown two heads.
"Why would a god be jealous of me?" I demanded. "With the life I have. I don't understand it."
"Lets just say Ares use to be my favorite." Hera said. My eyes widen. Hera was saying Ares was jealous of me becaues she now favored me over him. "Don't seem so shocked. It dose happen sometimes. Posedon's son Triton hates Percy becaues their dad favors him. Zeus's immortal kids could care less who he favors. But a lot of the time a god will favor a demigod child and one of their immortal childern become jealous."
I wanted to tell Hera that maybe she shouldn't favor me. Are any of her kids. But didn't. I know I should of but I have never been favored by a parent before and it felt good. So I changed the subject back on the quest.
"So, I have to go to some prison, that is far to the North Sea, and somehow Sirius knows the way there." I said. Then my eyes widened. "Azkaban," I jumped up. "That...that..bastard took my Piper to Azkaban." Hera nodded and came over to me and wrapped her arms around me in a motherly hug.
"Him, and Gaea have took over the prison." Hera said. "Their draining the life and magic out of everone left as a prisoner to rase her son the giant Alcyones. And before he can fully come back to life he needs someone with Hades's blood running through his vains to willing die to rase him."
"So, thats way they took Piper." I said. "They're going to use her to make me give up my life to save hers. I'm not stupid. The moment I did that they would kill Piper anyways. And I won't unleashed a giant on my friends. I can't do that." I pulled away from Hera and sat back down. "I have to fine a way to save Piper and stop Alcyoneus. from rasing."
I heard Hera sigh in relief. I guess she thought I would march off to Azkaban and give up my life for Piper. Well she was right. If it came down to it. If I saw no other way I will. I'll just have to get them to swear on the river styx not to kill her after I'm dead. But that was only if I couldn't find another way. I would do anything to keep Piper safe.
"So, I have to go to Azkaban." I said. "But unless you've been or work for the minstry, nobody knows where it is."
"Yes, and I believe you happen to know somebody who has been there." Hera said.
"Yeah, but only three people can go on this quest..." I stopped suddenly realizing what Apollo was trying to say.
Hera smiled. "I believe you finaly got it." She came over and gave me a hug. "Now, that you know what you have to do I best be going. Before Zeus finds out I left. You probably won't see me no more tell your birthday."
"My birthday?" I asked. Looking up at her. She smiled.
"Yes, I will have to bring you your birthday gifts." Hera said.
"You don't have to get me anything." I said going red.
"Nonsens." Hera said. "You are my son. I'll do as I please." With that she was gone. And I sighed. Then grabed my bag and dug out my mirror. I needed to make a call. I took a deep breath. After all it was a lot to ask him to do. If he would. But he is my dad now. And he would do anything for me. I didn't want to have to ask him. But it was the only way to save Piper we could search and look for Azkaban oursleves, but we didn't have time. I took another deep breath and looked into the mirror.
"Sirius Black," I called.