Disclaimer: I don't own Percy or Harry
Chapter 10: Camp is attacked.
Percy's pov.
I leaned up against Thalia's tree watching, Annabeth walk back and forth. I had Riptide in my hand and kept nervously clicking it, turning it into a sword then trying it back. Ever time I did Annabeth glared at me. Next to me stood little Dennis Creevey chatting away, next to him stood, Jason sword in hand, and watching the monsters get closer. Leo was standing next to him, sledge-hammer in hand and tool belt around his waist. Mararuder standing by his other side. Then other campers mostly the Ares cabin was standing around waiting for battle.
On my other side stood Harry's wizard friends : Remus Lupin, Tonks, Arthur Weasley, and Kingsley Shakleblot. That Luna girl went over to stand with them. It was ticking me off that she was yet to be claimed.
"I can't believe he said draken." Annabeth looked over at me. "Are you sure he didn't say something else?"
"No, Bethy." I said. "He said draken."
"Don't call me, Bethy." Annabeth snapped. Walking back and forth again.
"You let Harry call you Beth." I pointed out. She stopped and glared at me.
"That is different." She said. "Beth, I can handle, but not Annie Anna, Ann, or Bethy." She made a face at Bethy.
"Aright, just chill, Wise Girl." I said, smiling a little. Annabeth had been going crazy ever since the monsters was first seen, and then after Harry's call.
"Don't tell me what to do." Annabeth snaped at me again, and I frowned. "I can't believe he would ride here on a draken, how did he even get a draken to let them?"
"Maybe he was hoping it would eat Clarisse." Leo said. I snorted at that, but Annabeth glared at him.
"Isn't a draken like a big giant snake?" Dennis asked.
"Yeah, kind of." I answered.
"Then there you have it that's how." Dennis said. Jason, Annabeth, Leo, and I looked at him.
"How what?" I asked.
"How Harry got the draken to let him ride him." Dennis said.
"Umm...how?" Jason asked.
"Don't you all know?" Dennis asked.
"Know what?" I asked. Dennis has done nothing, but follow me around camp since I got here, with a camera in his hand. He has become my very talkative shadow. And no matter what I do he won't go away.
"Harry is a parslemouth" Dennis said. "I thought he would of told you all since you're such close friends." He then frowned. "Then again he never even told Ron and Hermione, that's what Collin said anyway."
Dennis was too bussy mumbling to himself to realized we were all staring at him in shock.
"Hold up," I said. "Did you just say Harry was a parslemouth?" I knew what a parslemouth was, becaues Nico had brought it up once, when he was explaining to us what Horcruxes was, and I believe he said something about them all being dark wizards or something like that.
"Oh yes, Collin told me all about it." Dennis said. "You see in Harry's second year, which would of been Collin's first, they had this dueling club and the DADA teacher was teaching the kids how to defend themselves, againt someone who was attacking the students. Anyway, they had made the mastake of pairing Harry up with Draco Malfoy, and they soon got to fighting with each other. Then somehow Malfoy got this snake, Harry went up to it and starting hissing at it, shocking everone, then Ron and Hermione grabed him and led him out of the room, after he told the snake to attack a Hufflepuff muggle-born name Justin."
"Hold on, slow down." Leo said. 'Did you say Uncle Harry told a snake to attack some dude name Justin."
"That's what Seamus said last year." Dennis said. "When him and Neville got in a fight about Harry, when he was kicked out of Hogwarts. I asked Neville if it was true, but Neville swears Harry would never do such a thing. Then Collin yelled at me for believing Seamus."
"Hold up you lost me here." I said. "Who the Hades is Neville and who is Seamus?"
"Neville is friends with Harry, Ron and Hermione." Dennis told me. "And Seamus shares a dorm room with Ron and Harry. Well, when Harry went to Hogwarts. Seamus believed all the trash people were saying about Harry last year, about him lieing about You-know-Who coming back. He even went as far as to say Harry killed Cedric Diggory, and made up You-know-Who to cover it up, Seamus believed he killed Cedric over Cho Change."
"Who's Cho Change " I asked. "And who's Cedric Diggory?"
"Cedric Diggory was in the Tri-Wizard turnament with Harry," Dennis said. "He was killed during the last task, Harry said he was killed by You-know-who, when the minstry said Harry was lieing about him coming back people started saying Harry killed Cedric. Seamus believed Harry got mad over Cho Chang turning Harry down when he asked her to the Yull Ball and went with Cedric instead, and some say it was becaues they tied in the tri-wizard turnament and he wanted all the thousand galleon pize for himself."
"Thats bull, Harry would never kill anyone." I said. "And not over some girl or money. Besides Harry has a girlfriend, Piper."
Annabeth rolled her eyes at me. "Seaweed Brain, he's talking about before he met Piper. But you're right Harry wouldn't just kill someone, unless he did to save someone he cares about."
"Some people also said Harry was just insane or crazy is way he killed Cedric." Dennis said."No one knows what happened the night Cedric dead, Harry refusses to talk about it, he just came out of the maze draging Cedric's body with him, screaming You-Know-Who had returned and that Cedric had asked him to bring his body back."
"I still don't know what the hell you're talking about." I said. "What maze? And what the hell is a tri-wizard turnament, and who is Cedric Diggory."
Dennis opened his mouth to say something, but Jason suddenly talked over him.
"How about we stop talking about Harry when he's not here." Jason said. "He wouldn't want us to be talking about this anyway." Annabeth looked at him.
"You know what he's talking about don't you?" She demanded. Jason was silant for a moment.
"I do." Jason said. "When we were on the quest to save Hera, I over heard Harry telling Piper about it. He dosen't know I know though, they thought Leo and I was asleep."
"Man, I was asleep." Leo said.
"You know what happened." Dennis said. "The whole story?" Jason nodded.
"What happen?" I asked. Jason looked at me along moment then shook his head.
"I can't tell you." He said. "If you want to know ask Harry. Though I dought he would be happy if you did. All I will say is the Cedric boy was kill, and Harry blames himself, but it wasn't his fault." Then Jason glared at Dennis. "And Harry did not kill him."
I frowned thinking about my friend Harry, and I how I really didn't know that much about him, he never talked about himself or his life before camp. He didn't even tell me he thought something was wrong with Piper, I thought about his life with the Dursley's and wondered if they weren't the reason he thought he couldn't go to people for help. Not for the first time I wanted to go to Surrey and see how much Vernon Dursley liked being beat on.
"I know what you're thinking, Seaweed brain." Annabeth said. I looked over at her she was giving me her, I- know- what- you're- thinking- look. "Harry has his reasons for being so private about his life. He'll talk when ever he's ready to."
I nodded. "Wonder how Cedric was kill?" I thought about when Harry, Nico, and I went to the cave and what Harry was screaming after he drunk that potion, I wondered if Cedric was the person who Harry kept saying sorry to that night."
Annabeth kepted watching down the hill for any sigh of the hunters that was suppose to be here by now. I uncapped Riptide again and then caped him back.
"Would you stop doing that?" Annabeth snapped at me.
"I know you're worried Annabeth, I am too." I told her. "But you don't have to snap at me."
"Yeah," Dennis said. "Leave Percy alone." Annabeth glared at him, but he didn't back down, she turned back to me, and sighed and came over and stood between me and Dennis and then put her arms around my waist. I smiled and held on to her. We stood there in silance for a few mintues.
"Do you think we can take that many monsters?" Annabeth asked.
"We'll do our best, Bethy." I said, playing with her ponytail.
"Of coures he can." Dennis spoke up. "He's the hero of Olympus." We igonered him and Annabeth stepped back a little. I reached up and pushed a curl that had fallen out of her ponytail behind her ear and smiled.
"We have one good thing going for us." I said.
"And what would that be?" Annabeth asked.
"If Harry is done with he's quest then that means Thanatos has been set free, and so the monsters should stay dead." I explained.
"I guess you're right there." Annabeth said. "But I hope they can't get into camp." I saw Annabeth glance over toward Drew from Aphordite cabin and frown. Drew had been actting weirder lately, she still wore a banged around her left forarm, and snaped at any Apollo kid who alford to heal it for her, she stopped wearing make up and right now she looked as if she hadn't slept all week, there was bags under her eyes, she was pale as a ghost, and hadn't even brushed her hair today, she had just pulled it back in a messy tangly ponytail. As I watched her she kept holding onto her arm as if it hurt. And stared at the monsters, not taking her eyes off them.
"What do you think is wrong with her arm?" I asked Annabeth.
"What I want to know is way she hasn't let someone heal her or taken some ambrosia or nector." Annabeth said. Just as Drew grabed her arm again. "I think she is hiding something."
"I do too, but what." I asked. Annabeth shrugged.
"I don't know, but I think the only problem she has with Harry, is she likes him." Annabeth said.
"What?" I asked. Annabeth put her hand in mine, and smiled a little.
"Think about it, she has always made fun of him, even after his make over and Apollo fixed his eye sight." Annabeth said. "And her hatred for Piper grow after they got togather."
"But way would she make fun of someone she has a crush on." I asked.
"Piper told me after we got back from that quest, Drew had asked Harry out and he turned her down." Annabeth said.
"So did the rest of Aphordite, and some girls from Hecate along with a girl from the Nike cabin." I pointed out.
"I know that, but.. I think she liked him even before the quest, she just wouldn't admit it, becaues it would ruin her image." Annabeth made a face." I also think thats way she put Piper down for liking him, she wanted to chase her away from Harry." Annabeth said. "Drew is real big on looking good, and you remember how Harry looked before his make over: glasses, baggy clothes, and he was skinner then Nico's skeleton warriors. If she had asked out someone who looked like that, she would of looked bad in front of the rest of camp. Now think about how Harry looks now: no more glasses, clothes that fit, and his gain weight, so he no longer looks like Nico's skeleton warriors, and he's got muscles too, he even has a six pack. Next to you he's the hottest demigod at camp."
"Annabeth, I don't go around checking out guys." I told her. "And since when did you find Harry hot, and way have you been checking out his chest" Annabeth rolled her eyes at me.
"Don't go getting all jealous about what I said." Annabeth said. "I did say you were hotter, besides I am just going by what the other girls say, plus I've watched you two train togather, and you both end up taking off your shirts, and if you paid attention you would know, that you, Harry, and Jason are the three hottest guys here. Are so all the girls say." I blushed, couldn't help it, I didn't know so many girls thought I was hot. I didn't think I was all that good looking, It's not like I get asked out all the time like Harry and Jason did.
Shortly after that we put our minds back on the monsters that had gotten even closer. We'll worry about Drew later, right now we had more things to worry about.
I put my arm around Annabeth's shoulder and pulled her into a huge, my way of saying sorry for getting jealous, she smiled and reached up to kiss me.
"Gods, monsters are about to attack camp and all you two can do is make out." A voice said. We pulled apart to see Thaila and the hunters standing there.
"Thalia," Annabeth said and she went forward to hug our good friend.
"Hey kelp head." Thalia greeted me. She turned to Jason who had come over to her. "Hey, little bro," she gave him a one arm huge. "Look who I found." Thaila reached behind her and pulled out, to my surprise Grover who had been hidden in the mist of all the hunters. He was wearing jeans, but no fake feet, and a white t-shirt with the words, Best Lord of the wild ever, across the front.
"G-Man," I yelled out smiling. "Where you been man, I haven't seen you in like a year."
"Been bussy," Grover said. "Hey Annabeth." He gave her a hug." He looked at Leo and Jason. "Hello, I'm Grover."
"Leo Valdaz." Leo greeted him.
"Jason Grace," Jason said. Grover's eyebrows went up.
"Grace," He said then looked back at Thalia who was now tell her hunters what to do.
"Yeah, Thalia is my sister." Jason said.
"Another kid of Zeus." Grover asked.
"Haven't you hard any news lately." I asked. Grover shook his head.
"I've been out in the wild, with onIy natural spirits and other satyrs for company, haven't hard anything." Grover explained. "But Thalia told me about Gaea coming back and all that."
"So, you haven't hard about Harry then?" I asked. Grover shook his head.
"Who's Harry?" Grover asked.
"Harry Potter, he's a demigod Annabeth found in London." I told him. "He's got a britsh accent and everthing. You'll like him he's a real nice guy, but don't make him mad he's got his mother's temper." I smirked at that last part. "You'll never guess who she is."
"Who is she?" Grover asked, but as I opened my mouth to tell him, it suddenly grew real cold and I fault hopeless.
"Dementors," Annabeth hissed. I looked up to see them heading right for us.
"Expecto patronum," was yelled out and a bunch of silvery animals flew over and chase them off, but that wasn't the end of it, the monster had gotten close enough to fight now. Annabeth screamed as giant spiders came toward us. But there was also inferi, more dementors, along with orgs, cycoples, plues a giant at the very end.
It was time to take action and defend the camp, everone was all getting to where they were suppose to be and to my shock I saw the Hunters and Apollo cabin working toagther. They ran out front and started letting loose arrow after arrow, along with Chrion. Thalia ran forward to help. And Grover pulled out his pipes and begin to play them.
Soon the battle was on, I ran forward and put my sword right through one of the giant spiders and he turned to dust. I moved on to the next monster, a six arm org and put Riptide right though it, on and on I went taking out monster after monster.
Annabeth right beside me doing her fair share of fighting, Leo was not far behind us, his hammer on fire as he hit org after org, Jason was fighting a Cyclops, who kept trying to bash his head with a large club. After a little bit of playing around with him, Jason called down a lighting blot and hit the the cyclops, which was blasted to bits. Jason gave a cheer then ran to help Leo who had got sarrounded with orgs.
The wizards were throwing spells after spells, everone was battleing now. To my shock Luna was doing a pretty good job fighting monsters with both magic and a small sword. I heard a scream and saw Lue Ellen from Hecate being over runed by inferi, she was trying to use spells against them but it didn't work. Remembering something Harry told me I looked to Leo.
"Leo, I need your help, man." I yelled. Leo immediately bashed an org in the head wih his hammer, then came running over to me, and I led him to Lu Ellen.
"Harry told me once that the inferi are scared of fire." I said. "Do you think you could..." Leo grined and nodded. A fire ball then sparked into his hand.
"Lue Ellen, duck." I yelled. She listened and Leo threw his ball of fire, it hit the ground in front of Lue Ellen and the inferi burst into flames, and burned up into there was nothing else.
"Thanks, Leo." Lue Ellen smiled at him.
"Anytime, " He said. Giving her a large grin, and before I knew it they went off fighting monsters togather. I shook my head and went back to fighting.
After about two hours of none stop fighting we started getting tired, and the more monsters we killed, more appeared over the hill to take their place, everone was getting tried, and some campers had been hurt. The wizards were wearing themselves out useing a lot of magic to help fight off the demenotrs and inferi, and whatever else they could put down with a spell.
Just as I put Riptide through the last org, more came over the hill, along with more inferi, spiders, and dementors. The giant had gotten closer, but was still to far away to fight right now. The one good thing was they had yet to make it onto camp grounds.
"How many freaking monsters are there." I heard Leo ask. We all had retreated on the camp side of Thalia's tree so we could catch our breath, before fighting more.
I watched as some inferius came up to the other side of Thalia's tree. Then three more came up, they had their arms out infront of them, and if it wasn't for the orgs now appearing beside them, it would look like a seen from a zombie movie. And as I watched them one took a step onto this side of the tree followed by the others then the orgs.
"Bloody hell." I said, raising Riptide to get ready to fight. Annabeth looked at me amused.
"You've been hanging around Harry to much." She said, before pulling her dagger again.
The monsters just stood there a moment before they attack as the rest came charging onto camp grounds.
I took out orgs after orge, inferi, by cuting their heads off, but we left them mostly to Leo since he was the fire dude. We had killed what spiders was with them for now anyway, more could come.
Another two hours past since the monster entered camp and at first we had been winning, but now that everone was even more tierd, and was growing weak and some more of our campers had been hurt, (thankfuly no one was killed though) but now the monsters was starting to beat us.
The camp was getting destoryed, the pegasi had to flee when the stable had cought fire, more and more buldings were getting knocked down, and the tables were we eat had been knocked all around camp. And as I stabed another org. I heard a loud crash, looked toward the cabins to see three cycolpes destoying the cabins. They had already took out: Apollo cabin, Aphordite cabin, Nike cabin, and the Nemesis cabin, and I watched as one rasied a large club and took out cabin two, and then one of the others hit a another cabin which happened to be the Dionysus cabin.
I took a step toward them to stop them, but before I got there arrows starting flying in and hitting monsters left and right, someone yelled out "Dude that's not cool." I looked to see dozens of centaurs running passed Thalia's tree. Some where wearing hats with root bear cans atteched to them. The party ponies had come to help. And help they did as we were now beating the monsters. I ran into help, but the ground started shaken, the giant had finaly got here it was time to fight him.
Polybotes was the ugliest giant I ever laid eyes on, he was at least thirty feet tall-with scaly reptilian legs like a komodo dragon from waist down and green-blue armor from waist up. His breastplate was shaped like rows of hungry monstrous faces, their mouths open as if demanding food, his face was human, but his hair was wild and green, like a mop of seaweed, he was armed with a massive trident, as he got closer I saw him shake his head and snakes dropped from his hair.
I gripped Riptide tighter and got ready to fight him. I knew he would come straight for me, due to the fact Poseidon I was my father, so I ignored the monsters that walked in before him. The others could take care of them. I watched Polybotes look around, and somehow I knew he was looking for me.
"Hey, ugly." I yelled. Polybotes turned and looked at me. "If you're looking for me I am right here."
"You think you can beat me, Percy Jackson?" He asked. "I can not be destoryed! I will destory you."
I smirked. "Gotta catch me first." I yellled then took off running toward the lake.
"You run coward!" Polybotes yelled and took off after me. "Stand still so I can kill you."
I ran passed everone toward the lake, pass Leo who had set a giant spider on fire, passed Mrs. O'Leary who looked up curiousley with a inferi wiggling in her mouth, passed, Jason who was taken out org after org with his javelin, I jumped over the burnt corps of a giant spider and ducked under Marauder's belly as he jumped over me to tackle a giant spider.
Polybotes was closing in as I reached the lake and turned around to face him.
"Go on, then son of Poseidon!" Polybotes taunted. "Show me what you can do! Dose the water do your bidding, dose it heal you. Can you not fight without it."
That made me mad I thrusted out my hand that wasn't holding Riptide and a large watery hand shot out of the lake and toward Polybotes, who dodged the hit, but held a hand under the water as it flew by, it turned a dark green. He then flung some at me and I instinctively deflected it with my will. The liquid splattered the ground in front of him. With a nasty hiss, the grass withred and smoked.
"My touch turnes water to poison." Polybotes laughed. "Lets see what it dose to your blood." He threw a net at me and I dodged out of the way. I then suddleny thrust out my hand and sent more water into Polybrotes face. While he was blinded, I charged and stabbed Riptide right into his belly.
Polybotes roared back in pain for just a moment but then streighten up and laughed.
"Good try demigod," He laughed. "But I can not die, you alone can't kill me. I had wanted to keep you as a pet, but I've changed my mind. I'll just kill you and get it over with, and once you are gone I will marry the daughter of Athena."
I narrowed my eyes at him. "You better not be talking about Annabeth, my Annabeth." I sneered.
"Soon to be my Annabeth." Polybotes said, givng me an evil grin.
I growled thrust out my hands and a large wall of water shot out hit Polybotes and knocked him back a few feet. And the ground shook as he landed on his back.
Polybotes got back to his feet and sneered. "How about I show you a few new friends of mine." Not long after he said that it suddenly grew cold, and I felt nothing but fear and sadness, as I feel to my knees, about a dozen dementors came toward me. I grabed my head with both my hands as I heard all kinds of things go through me head; when the minotaur attack me, my mom, and Grover, when the manticore took Annabeth, when Luke became Kronus, when Luke's ship blow up killing Beckendorf, then the final battle.
I soon fell on my back trying to block all this things, when the dementors came closer, I knew this was it, they were going to suck out my soul, leaving me worse then dead. But as my last hope left me, there was suddenly a bright light, and a large silvery stag jumped over me, followed by a large silvery dog, and the dementors fled, leaving me laying there shivering and feeling sick.
I closed my eyes and was about to pass out when I heard large footsteps drop from somewhere and come running toward me.
"Brother." A familiar voice yelled, lifting me to my feet and shaken me. "Brother are you okay." I heard Polybotes laughing, behind me and I opened my eyes to see Tyson's one big eye looking at me in concern. I looked over to the lake to see a large purple-blue draken, watching me curiously. On her back jumping off was Nico, Clarisse, Piper, and some red head, I knew to be a Weasley, along with Sirius.
Harry was grining down at me from where he stood on top of the draken's head, his sword in his hand, then he turned to the draken a hissed sounding like a snake. I watched as she hissed right back, then as he took a jump, she jerked her head sending him higher, Harry went through the air and right at Polybotes and put his sword right through the giants chest, Polybotes stopped mid- laugh and cried in pain as he tried to hit Harry, who landed on his knee then did a flip on to the ground.
He looked to Sirius, Clarisse, redhead, and Nico. "You guys go help the others, leave this guy to me and my surprise they listen to him even Clarisse. The only one who stayed was Piper.
Harry walked over to me. I noticed his shirt was ripped with bloodstains along with his jeans.
"Hey, Sea Monkey," Harry smiled. "Ready to get ride of this guy."
"Lets do it, Shorty." I said. Harry scowled, at that but said nothing as we both charged Polybotes, I jumped up on his right knee, Harry his left and we ran up his arms and at the same time we sliced each cheek, then jumped down, we didn't give him time before we attacked again, and on and on we went attacking different parts of the giant. Atfter about half an hour, Harry grow tired, he had opened up wounds he most of got fighting Alcyoneus; they were on his side, leg, and one was even on his back, right in the same spot my Achilles heal was. If it had been me I would be dead.
Since he was growing weak he didn't move in time as Polybotes brought his trident toward him, and the tip of the prong in the middle got him on the side right were he already had been hurt before, Harry droped to the ground holding onto it blood puring down his side, I ran to him to make sure he was alright, Piper was already there holding on to him crying, but Harry seemed okay to me and told me to finsh him off.
I turned back to Polybotes my eyes narrowed. As he threw his head back and laughed. " Demigods, can not beat me without the help of a god, I will leave this camp in ruins."
He tried to take a step toward me, but for some reason he couldn't move his feet. And the reason way soon became clear, as grabe vines grew up his legs and then to his arms trapping them in palce. Polybotes threw back his head and growled like an animal as the vines grew up his neck and then cover his mouth so he couldn't talk.
At first I just stood there wide eyed, shocked, before my feet begin to move. Polybotes looked down at me wide eyes in fear, and I smirked up at him took off running jumped on his knee then did a flip and drove Riptide right into his chest, right where his heart was. I then did a flip and landed on my feet.
Polybotes cried out in pain and then brust into dust. With him gone. I immediately ran back to Harry, and got down beside him. Piper was sitting behind his back her arms wrapped around him.
"You all right?" I asked him. He nodded and smiled up at me.
"We are tied again." He said. I raised my eyebrows in question.
"We now have killed two giants a piece." He laughed. Having Piper back has made him happy, even if he was laying on the ground bleeding all over the place.
"Umm..babe." Piper said to him. "Can you realy count Alyconeus, Nico helped you defeat him."
I raised my eyesbrows jokely at him. Harry rolled his eyes but was smiling.
"I helped so yes he dose count." He said. I gave him a look, and Harry sighed. "Fine, I guess you're in the led then, I'll just have to go out and find two giants to take out."
I laughed and stood then helped Piper get Harry to his feet. We both put one of his arms around our shoulders and helped him toward the others, I could tell by the quite that the battle was over.
"How about we do this." I said. "We can count Alcyoenus as half, so you have killed one and half giants and have killed two. I am still in the led."
Harry laughed. "Prat" he mumbled, as we made our way toward the others.
A.N. Hope the battle was good, and I had suddenly realized something, I hadn't put Grover in the story yet, I had forgot all about him, so thats way I had him show up at the battle. Next chapter will most likely been in Percy's pov again, it'll show what happens after the battle, so it won't have any action in it.