Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Percy Jackson.
A.N. Heres the next chapter hope you like it. And hope I did good. though there is no big battle, there is some fighting.
Chapter 16: I get a few surprises.
I found myself standing in front of a line of trees, there was a creek flowing slowly by, and the sound of a flute being played. Playing by the creek was nine young women playing. At first look they all looked just a like with real long brown hair, but the more I looked I started to see some differences, like some had longer noses then the others or some had different eye color. But besides that they all looked alike. They all wore white ancient greek style dreses, with gold and silver bands on their arms.
One lady was dancing in the creek laughing and spending around, as one sat near playing a flute, then five were sitting on the ground infront of large grey rocks writing on scrolls with eagle feather quills, one was sitting next to the creek, watching the little ripples in the water, she would reach her hand in and make little waves, with a sad look on her face like she was watching something that upset her. The closest to me was sitting on a large rock, surrounded by old scrolls and ancient looking books, she was reading from a very long scroll that unrolled down past her feet. She had a quill in her hand and she was marking things out.
"Historians," she mumbled. "They always get everthing all wrong." Then she went back to the scroll. I stood there watching her for a moment before she spoke again, making me jump. "You may come closer."
"Where am I." I demanded, stepping closer, one of the ladies giggled and tossed water up on the creek bed, getting my shoes wet and nearly wetting the scroll the other one was reading.
"Watch it." She snapped."You'll wet the scroll." Then she mumbled something about comedy under her breath.
"Umm...would you tell me where I am, and where's Piper, " I looked around, but didn't see my girl anywhere. "And Marauder, this is not where I Shadow traveled to."
"Claim down, little one" She said. "This is just a dream, you made it to the place you seeked, and the lovely Piper is just fine, worried about you, but just fine."
"She's in love." One of the women said, she looked up from her writing and giggled.
"Erato," the other women said. "Go back to your poetry, Harry is here to speak with me."
"I am?" I asked, confussed, I didn't know what was going on, I just wanted to wake up so I could see if Piper was alright.
"Yes, little one." the women said. "You seek something very old and very powerful, but yet have no idea where to look, so who better to speak to then me, Clio, the muse of history."
"Thanks, but once I get the eyes back to the graeae, they'll tell me where to look." I said. Clio sighed and put her quill behind her ear, and looked at me.
"All those old women are going to do is keep you running around in circles," Clio said. "Do this for us and do that for us. No they'll never get around to telling you. Throw those nasty eyes away, and let me tell you the right ones to ask."
"Hang on if you know all about history, can't you just tell me?" I asked. Then the muse in the water laughed and begin to throw water at us again.
"Thalia, I said stop that." Clio demanded.
"Thalia? I asked. Looking back at the muse, she looked nothing like the Thalia I knew, yeah I've only saw my stepsister twice, but she didn't come off as someone who would play around in water and giggle.
"Yes, my sister Thalia, the muse of comedy and pastorl poetry." Clio said. "She thinks she's so funny, always going around telling jokes, playing pranks, I wish she would be serious for just once." Clio shook her head.
"Hang on," I said. "I thought Erato over there had something to do with poetry?" I was just getting more and more confussed. Erato giggled.
"No, she's love poetry," Clio said. Erato looked up from her poetry.
"I'm writing about you and the daughter of Aphoridite, years from now, demigods will be sitting around camp fire telling the story of your love in poetry."
I felt my face turn red. "Umm...thanks...I guess." Erato giggled and went back to writen. I turned back to Clio. "So can you tell me where the sword is."
"No," she said, "But I can tell you who to ask."
"Who?" I demanded.
"It'll be hard to get to them," Clio said. "You may have to get past Ladon. But the ones to ask would be the..."
"Hersperides nymphs." I interrupted. "Ladon isn't he the dragon that guards Hera's graden?"
"I see you know your mother's history." Clio said. My face turned red again, and for a moment I didn't speak, the only sound came from the muse playing a flute, the creek, and the giggling Thalia who was now splashing water on the dancing muse.
"I know a little not much." I told her. "The Hersperides graden was one of the things I read about in the few books in Hera's cabin at camp that was about her."
"I see," Clio said. She rolled up her long scroll, sit it aside, and picked up another one. "Yes, Hersperdes is Hera's golden apple orchard. She did not trust the nymphs who were guarding it so she got the never sleeping dragon Ladon to help." She unrolled the scroll and it was even longer then the first, it came all the way to my feet. "Anyway, ask the Hersperdes nymphs they may help you, they did help Persues when he was seeking a weapon."
"But what about the graeae?" I asked. Clio frowned.
"You may take the eyes back to them and let them keep giving you a run around, if that is what you wish." Clio said, then begin to read the scroll she shook her head and mumbled something about it being all wrong too, before turning back to me. "But the smarter thing would be to go seek the nymphs. But there is something I most know."
"What?" I asked suddenly worried. "Is Piper..."
"Piper is just fine, I most warn you that your life had been curese." Clio said.
"What?" I demanded, "By who, Voldemort and what do you mean cursed, like a spell?". Clio shook her head.
"No, it's was not Tom Riddle, nor a curse, by a wizard." Clio said. "It is much worse then that" Clio looked down at her scroll. "It was by a god."
"Who, Zeus hates me." I said." But I don't know if he would risk making Hera angry. There is Ares he hates me, and maybe that wine god, whatever his name is, he didn't seem to like me very much, he did vote to kill me. Artemis isn't a big fan of me, I'm not going to suddenly turn into a jackaolpe, am I?"
"No, it's not my father or Dionysus, nor any of the other Olympians." Clio said. " And not a goddess, it's a minor god once a demigod himself, but he wanted to get back at the curel things Hera did to him, by going through you, he's the real reason your life has been nothing but one heartbrake after another. " I frowned at that. "He knew of your birth and visited you one night while your parents slept. He put a curse of you that night to suffer like he did in his life. For your life would be nothing but hardships and pain, like his."
"What?" I yelled. "I did nothing to him, whoever he is. I can't help if Hera did something to him."
"I know, but that's the way gods are." Clio said. She most of been a good reader becaues she was now halfway through the scroll. She had pulled the quill out from behind her ear and was making things out and changing things. "They can't really do anything to one and another, so they get back at each other by going through their mortal childern. Hera messing with fate may have gave you a hard life, but his curse is what made your life so horrible."
"But...who did it." I demanded. Clio opened her mouth to speak, but then thunder roared and all the muses stopped what they were doing and looked up.
"Father knows we have visited your dream." Clio said. "You most go now, you are waking up anyway." Everthing started to dim.
"Wait, is there a way to brake this curse." I demanded.
"To find that out you must seek the one who put it on you and ask him." The sad looking muse by the lake was the one that answered. She ran her hand through the water that was now almost dissappeard. "I'm sorry, but before that can happen, you will first face terrors you never dreamed of."
"What, and how do you know that." I demanded. I took a little step and looked down into the water, then wished I hadn't becaues I saw myself being pulled out of Piper's hands and dragged down into this dark pit. The horrfied look on Piper's face scared me more then anything,
"Nelpomeno is the muse of tragedy." Clio said. Thunder roared again. "We must go now Harry, and good luck." They begin to disappaer.
"No wait, tell me who put the curse on me." I cried, but they were all gone and I found myself laying on a bed, my arm was numb where someone had it hanging off the side of the bed to hold my hand, and someone else was wipping my forhead with a wet sponge.
"Who did it." I mumbled, My eyes opened to see two large green eyes the size of tennis ball staring down at me.
"Dobby," I choked out pushing his hand away and sitting up. "What...where?" I looked around and saw that I was laying in a bed in an infirmary, next to my bed holding on to my hand was Piper sleeping in a chair, she no longer wore jeans and a shirt, but had on the uniform that witches wear under their Hogwarts robs, but just the white blouse and skirt, a set of robs was falling off her lap, like she had been useing them to cover up.
"Harry Potter is at Hogwarts, sir." Dobby said, he reached to wip my forhead again, but I moved out of his way. Then turned from him to Piper. She looked so peaceful and beautful sitting there asleep, I hated to wake her, but if I didn't she was going to end up hurting her neck the way her head was laying.
"Babe," I said shaking her arm, "baby, wake up," I shook her arm again. "Piper." She mumbled something and slowly opened her eyes, and sat up. She let go of my hand and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, the rubbed the back of her neck, and looked at me, saw me looking at her and she threw herself into my arms.
"Harry," She cried. "My gods don't ever scare me like that again." I ran my hand through her hair, it wasn't into I felt Piper's clothes rubbing up agaisnt my chest that I realized I had no shirt on, and was only in boxers under the covers.
"I'm fine, baby." I said. Piper got out of her set and sat on the side of my bed. "How long have I been out." I was suddenly awere of how weak and alful I felt. Like I just got over a really bad cold, and my leg was killing me, and I could feel thick bandages around it.
"For three days." Piper said. "But that's not what worried me. Your bite got badly infected and was bleeding again and this nasty green and yellow stuff was coming out, and you had this high fever, the nurse said it was becaues of the infection." I saw tears gathering in Piper's eyes, so I reached up and wipped them away. "It got into you blood, the nurse worked all night pouring potions down you and in your wound to get it out, she had to give you some kind of potion ever three hours. I think she called it a blood-repleishing potion. Becaues you had lost so much blood."
"How is my bite." I said, looking down at my leg, but couldn't see my legs for the covers over me.
"It's doing a lot better and the infection is all out of you, and your fever is gone, but you're still a little pale." Piper said. "The nurse thought you had been bitten by a werewolf." I laid back down and took hold of Piper's hand. "I told you one of us was going to get sick from the rain, but you had to jinx it didn't you."
"Piper.." I groaned. Piper hit my arm with her free hand.
"Ms. Piper shouldn't hit Harry Potter." Dobby told her "He is the noblest..." Dobby then went on about how great, the great Harry Potter was and why Piper should never hit me. Piper had to cover her mouth to stop from laughing as my face turned red.
"Yes, never hit Harry Potter." I teased. Piper just hit me again. "Where's Marauder?"
"He's down at your friend Hagrid's." Piper answered. "The nurse won't let him in here and Dumbledore didn't think it would be a good idea to have a lion running around the castle, he was afaird of the students being frightened. But don't worry, him and Hagrid was getting along. I don't think Fang liked him to much though."
I snorted it was just like Hagrid to like a big lion like Marauder, with all the beast he's kept, it did not surpirse me at all.
"So how did the Shadow travling go, you didn't get hurt or sick." I asked. Piper smiled lend forword and ran her hand through my hair.
"No, I'm fine, " Piper said. "We ended up just outside the Dark forest, you blacked out the moment we got here, I was so scared and didn't know what else to do, so I just started screaming for help and your friend Hagrid came runnung out of his little houes, he realized who you where and carried you up here. I didn't trust him at first, he was so big and scary looking, but once he said his name, I had rememebered you talking about him alot. Dobby here heard you were here and came running, he found me this old school uniform." Piper bent down and picked up the set of robs that had fallen to the floor and held it up. "But this makes a much better blanket then something to wear." She tossed it on to the bed next to me.
I snorted at her and turned to my old friend. "Thanks Dobby, for you're help." Dobby looked up at me and tried to wip my forhead again.
"Harry Potter sir, no need to thank Dobby." Dobby said. "He will always help Harry Potter and , for she makes Harry Potter happy." Piper and I looked at each other and smiled. "But she won't wear the rob, sir, told Dobby no."
I laughed at how it sounded like Dobby was telling on Piper for being bad.I looked at Piper to see her roll her eyes.
"Baby, come on, put the rob on." I said. Piper made a face at me.
"I'm not putting this on." She said. "It looks like something someone would wear in a choir."
"Hey, I use to dress like that you know." I said, sitting back up. Piper smiled and leaned in and kissed me.
"I know." She said pullling back "I just wish I could see it, so I can laugh at you."
"Dobby, has some for Harry Potter, sir." Dobby said. He then snapped his fingers and a Hogwarts uniform, rob and all appeared on my lap, "Dobby found them in the come and go room."
"The what room?" I demanded.
"The come and go room." Dobby said. "Also known as the Room of requrment. It's on the seventh floor past the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy trying to teach trolls how to dance the ballet. All you have to do is walk across the blank wall three time concentrating hard on what you need."
"Across from what?" Piper laughed.
"Okay," I said. "Why isn't Ron or Hermione here?"
"They don't know you're here yet." Piper said. "Just Hagrid, Dumbldore, some scary witch with a bun, the nurse and him." Piper made a face. I didn't need to ask who she was talking about, the only person Piper called him was Snape.
"I've been here three days and they don't know I'm here?" I asked.
"Dumbldore wanted to keep you being here quite, into you got better." Piper answered. "I haven't left this room since we've been here."
"Have you eaten anything since we've been here." I asked. Suddenly scared Piper was going to make herself sick. Piper smiled and nodded.
"Dobby made sure, Harry Potter sir." Dobby said. "Dobby knew Harry Potter would want him to look after Ms. Piper while he was sick."
"You did good, Dobby." I said. Dobby jumped down off the bed, and looked up at me.
"Dobby, is sorry, but Professor Dumbldore, told him he must come get him the moment you were awake." Dobby said. He then disappaerd.
"He's beging to grow on me." Piper said. She lend in and gave me a kiss. "And I love how I get treated like a princess, just becaues I'm Harry Potter's girlfriend." She lend in and kissed me again, then pulled back and smiled. "I knew there was a reason I kept you around."
"Ha ha." I rolled my eyes then reached up and pulled her back down and kissed her again. She moved up so our bodies was closer, and I laid back down, so Piper was half a top of me as we gave each other a long passionate kiss, I wrapped one arm around her waist, and put my other hand behind her neck, my thumb on her cheek and she put one arm around the back of my head and her other hand on my chest. And we just kept kissing.
Then the sound of someone clearing their throat made us jump apart, we turned around and saw Madam Pomfey standing there. Both our faces turned red and Piper jumped up off the bed like she had been cursed. Pomfey opened her mouth to say something, but the door opened and Dumbledore came walking in.
"Harry, it's good to see you have recovered." Dumbledore said, "And nice of you to visit."
"Umm, thanks." I didn't know what else to say, I had thought he would demand to know where I have been and why I had suddenly showed up hurt and without warning.
"Now, I have to ask what happen to you." Dumbldore said. "Ms. McLean here told me of course, but I wish to hear your side of the story." Without mentioning the Zeus part, I explained how Piper and I had been sent to England to kill Lamia, and incase he didn't know I explained who Lamia was, and then how I had to fight more monsters, then about Shadow traveling here, the closest place I knew to get help. I could of went to Grimould place, but if there wasn't an order meeting going on then more then likely no one would of been there.
When I finshed my story Dumbledore nodded. "Just what Ms. McLean said."I didn't like how he didn't believe Piper, why would she had lied. Dumbledore most of understood my reaction becaues he quickly added. "Not that I doughted her. I just needed to hear it from you."
"Can we leave now, sir." I asked. We already wasted three days, I wanted to hurry up and get this quest over with and go get Nico so we could start looking for Voldemort's Horcrux, so we could hurry up and win this war. And on top of all that I now had to figure out who cursed me and how to get him to take off said curse.
"Sorry, Harry, but you're still too sick and weak." Dumbledore said. "Maybe in a few days, but don't think of it as being trapped here, think of you as our visiters. Maybe if you ask nicely you might get Madam Pomfey to let you out of here for a while so you can visit your old friends. I know they will be happy and surprised to see you. Right now I know Mr. Weasley and Ms Granger is somewhere you would injoy. Quidditch try outs." Dumbledore smiled.
I wanted to argue, but from the look Piper was giving me, I knew better, and gave in with a sigh, besides it would be good to see Ron and Hermione. And the friends I had't seen since my fourth and last year here, like Neville Longbottom. Besided I wouldn't mind seeing who was on the team now.
"Fine." I said. "It would be good to get to talk to Ron and Hermione." I turned pleading eyes to Madam Pomfey.
"I don't really think thats a good idea." She said. "You may hurt you injured leg." I opened my mouth to aruge or beg either one, but then Piper spoke first.
"Ma'ma, I'll look at him, and make sure he dosen't do anything dumb." Piper spoke in a voice that told me she had turned on the charmspeak. "And wouldn't it be good for him to get some fresh air, after being cropped up in here for three days." Madam Pomfey sighed.
"Very well," She gave in. "But you are to be back here later for some more potions, we need to get that leg healed. And I'll have to check it before you leave." I nodded an okay, anything to get out of here.
"Good, good." Dumbldore said. "I'll just be going then, Harry, Ms. McLean. Hope you injoy your visit."
"Thank you, sir." I said. And Dumbldore beamed. But Madam Pomfey turned to Piper.
"You may step outside while I check him over." She said. "After that I'll be going to my office so he can dress. You do not need to be in here while he dose so."
Piper opened her mouth, most likely to tell her shes seen me get dressed before, but I squeezed her hand and she looked down at me, and I gave her a look, she sighed picked up her bow and then walked out the door to wait outside.
Dumbledore turned to me with an amused look on his face. "I will see you later. Again, I'm glad you are alright." Dumbledore then left, and after Madam Pomfey checked my leg, then went into her office, I got dressed and left as fast as I could while limping, It felt good to be wearing a Hogwarts uniform and wizard robs for the first time in more then a year.
I found Piper waiting just outside the door, I took her hand and led her down the hall, and in a low voice I told her about the dream, I had and how the muse Clio had said to ask the nymphs Piper seemed relived about that. When I told her about the curse on me she frowned and anger flashed through her eyes, she vowed to help me figure out who it was, and she would make them take it off. I just smiled and gave Piper's hand a soft kiss, before letting go and putting my arm around her and given her a one arm hug. I never knew I could love someone as much as I love her.
"Do you know where my wand is?" I asked. Piper bent down, and pulled it out of her shoe and handed it to me, I suddenly felt a lot better with the cold bronze in my hand. "What about my cloak?"
"It's in my quiver with my arrows." Piper said. "I didn't want it to get lost."
I nodded with a small smile and took hold of Piper's hand again.
"I wish I would of brought my mirror." I said. "I'd call Annabeth and asked if she has any idea on who put that curse on me." Piper frowned.
"What? You don't think I'm smart enough to figure it out." Piper asked. I stopped walking and looked at her.
"Baby, that's not what I meant." I said quickly and Piper started laughing.
"I'm just kidding." She said, stepping closer and we kissed right there in the middle of the hall. "But I could help try and figure it out." Piper said as we pulled apart. "We just have to look up all the old demigod sons of Zeue. Becaues if Hera made his life hell, then it's safe to say he..."
"Would of been a child of Zeus." I finshed and Piper nodded. "Lets just finsh this quest, then we'll figure it out." We begin to walk again.
"Harry," Someone said, from behind me, we both turned and looked, Piper let go of my hand and hers went to her dagger, and my eyes widen as I saw Cho Change standing behind us.
"Cho," I said. Piper narrowed her eyes and looked between me and Cho. I noticed she was yet to take her hand of her dagger.
"It is you." Cho said, stepping closer. "I would know that messy hair anywhere." I ran a hand through said hair. "You look a lot different, and where are your glasses?"
"Don't need them anymore." I said shrugging. My crush on Cho was long gone, I had Piper now, but I still fault a little uncomfortable talking to her. I mean what do you say to the girlfriend of the person you feel responsibe for thier death. Even if i hadn't met Piper, it still would be too awkward to go out with her.
"It's go to see you back." Cho said, giving me a smile. "Are you back for good or.."
"Just visiting." I said.
"Well, this Saterday is a Hogsmeade weekend." Cho said. "If you're still here. We could you know go togather." I was stuned, didn't Cho even see Piper standing by me. I was just holding her hand before she came up. You think she would of realized she was my girlfriend. And wouldn't she find it awkward to go out togather.
Like an idoit I just stood there and said nothing, but Piper grabed my hand and glared at Cho.
"He's bussy," Piper snapped, then turned and walked down the hall dragging me with her. "What a...a..a witch, you know she had to of seen us holding hands right before she called your name. Who was she anyways?" I let go of Piper's hand, put my arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to me.
"It dosen't matter, love." I said. "You know I belong to you and you only." Piper smiled and wrapped her arms around my waist and gave me a hug. She then started snickering.
"She was wearing the robs." Piper snickered. "And did you see her hair." I smiled. I knew Piper was only making fun of Cho becaues she had got jealous of her asking me out.
When we finaly reached the Quidditch feld, the team was getting ready to start the try outs, on the feld I saw a few familiar faces, Ron and Ginny, along with Katie Bell, Seamus Finnigan, and Dean Thomas. And a few I didn't know the names of. I looked and saw Hermione and Neville sitting in the stands, I grabbed Piper's hand and headed up toward them. I smiled and sat down next to Hermione and put my feet up in the emity chair infront of me. Piper sat next to me. I smirked when out of the corner of my eye I saw Hermione scowl and turn to tell me to put my feet down, when she saw who I was her eyes widen.
"Harry," She cried. "Where did you come from." Next to her Neville turned to look and his eyes widen.
"Well, Hermione, I would say, you should of already had that umm...talk with your mum and dad." I said, and Hermione turned red. "But my birth is kinda complicated."
"Harry," Piper cried and smacked my arm. "That's not what she ment." She then leaned around me to address Hermione. "He hurt his leg, so we have to stay here a few days into it heals."
"How'd you hurt your leg?" Hermione asked.
"I got bite pretty bad." I said. Hermione's eyes widen. "Don't worry I'm fine and well explain more later." I then nodded toward the people sitting two chairs infront of us, they was turning around trying to hear us. I immendatley made sure my bangs was covering my scar. "I see Ron is trying out for the team." I changed the subject.
"He was keeper last year." Neville said. I looked over at him.
"Hey, Neville how you been." I asked.
"I'm fine." Neville said. He's eyes glanced to Piper then back to me. "You sure look different. I wasn't sure you were the Harry I knew into I heard your voice." I smiled
"I've changed a lot." I shrugged. "Got my eyes fixed too." I laid a hand on Piper's leg. "Neville, I would like you to meet my girlfriend Piper." Piper turned and smiled at Neville, and his face turned red.
"Hi, nice to finaly meet you." Piper told him. "Harry talks about you all the time." Which only made Neville go even redder.
"Two bad you can't play while your here." Neville said.
"Yeah, will I don't fly much anymore." I shrugged, but inside was dieing to get up there. "Unless I have too."
"Really?" Neville asked. "Why?"
"Lets just say for safty reason and leave it at that." I answered. Next to me Piper snorted. What else could I tell him, that I didn't fly to often, becaues I was afaird of risking my luck with my stepfather Zeus. I may jump on a broom ever now and then or take Buckbeak flying ( he stays at camp) and Zeus may have that deal with Hera, but I don't want to look like I'm tesaing Zeus or asking for trouble.
"Who's captain?" I asked.
"Katie Bell." Hermione said. "And Angelina Johnson was last year. Katie is the only team memeber from your team left. Since you got kicked out and last year was Angelina, Fred and George's last year here."
"Did try outs just start?" I asked. Hermione nodded.
"Looks like they are trying out for chasers first." Hermione said as she watched one of the people's names I didn't know go up in the air, and watched as she made three gules then missed one, then the other one tryied out, and after a few others. Two girls I didn't now the name of got chaser, along with (to my surprise) Lavander Brown. After that Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas made beaters, and then to my surprised Ginny was pointed seeker.
"She was seeker last year." Hermione said. "She would much raither be a chaser, but she's the only Gryffindore that trys out that can even catch the snitch. And the two beaters they had last year was no good, one even somehow knocked himself out with his own bat."
"How the bloody hell did he do that." I asked.
"We never figured that out." Hermione said. Then I thought of something.
"Hang on," I said. "What about Fred and George, didn't they play last year?"
"The first game." Hermione said. "they won the first game against Slythrine, Ginny was able to catch the snitch early, but then Crabb, who is the Slythrine beater now, hit a bludger at Ginny and knocked her off her broom, Fred and George wasn't too happy about that, so they jumped Crabb, and Umbridge banned them from playing."
"What about Crabb did he get in trouble?" I demanded.
"Not even a detention." Hermione said, I scowled
"Was Ginny okay?" Piper asked. Her and Ginny had become pretty good friends at my birthday party, bounding over their dislike of Fluer.
"She was fine." Hermione said. "She just got the wind knocked out of her."
"They've only won that one game since you left." Neville put in. I frowned. As they now held the keeper try outs, I saw Ron jump on his broom and take to the air. I stood up, and cheered.
"Come on, Ron you can do it." I shouted, Ron turned and looked my way, and after realizing who I was his eyes widen. I sat back down and watched Ron try out and after only two other people tried. A seventh year I didn't known the name of and a fourth year named Ritchie Coote. The seventh year missed one, Ron didn't miss any and Coote missed them all, but one. So Ron got the spot which the seventh year didn't like very much becaues he had a fit and threw his broom.
"Gods, grow up." Piper said. As the seventh year yelled for a do over, but Katie stood her ground and said no.
"That's Cormac McLaggan." Hermione said, "He alsways act that way if he dosen't get what he wants."
"He's actting like Dudley." I said. McLaggan finaly gave up and stormed off the feld. The new team got to playing and we sat and watched in silance, ever once in a while I would see Ron glance this way. When they were all done and heading for the locker rooms, I got up and grabbed Piper's hand.
"Come on, lets congratulate Ron." I said, and led Piper from the stands, Hermione and Neville right behind me.
When Ron saw us comming, he let the rest of the team go in the locker room, and walked toward us.
"Hey, Harry." Ron said, grining "What are you doing here?"
"Visiting." I said, grining back. "Congratulations on making the team."
"Thanks," Ron said. "It would be better if you could play."
"You did good." I said.
"Let me go get changed, then we'll go to the Great hall and get something to eat." Ron said.
"We'll wait for you." I said. Ron went into the locker room as the others came walking out, Ginny saw us and her eyes widen before she came over.
"Harry, Piper, what are you two doing here." Ginny demanded. We explained about my leg to her, and she turned to Piper and they started talking to each other. Finaly Ron came back out and we all headed back up toward the school, it almost fault like I had never left.
"I heard about last year." I said.
"We only won one game." Ginny said. "I got the snitch a few teams, but we were so far behind in points it didn't matter."
"Sorry, I can't help but fell a little guilty." I said.
"It's not your fault, Harry." Hermione said.
"Yeah," Ron said. "Don't blame yourself."
"Who won the cup last year?" I asked.
"Slythrine." Ron scowled. I winced.
"And we'll win this year too." Malfoy suddenlly appaered out of nowhere. Along with Crabb, Goyle, and Thoedore Nott. Mallfoy singing in this high voice. "Weasley is our King. He can't save a thing." I saw Ron's ears turned red, and he pulled out his wand, but Hermione grabbed his arm.
"Shut up." Piper said, covering her ears. "Gods, learn how to sing, before you try."
"Yes, I need to learn to sing." Malfoy said, nodding his head, then stopped and blinked like he couldn't believe he just said that. I glanced at Piper and she gave me a look as if to say..opps.
"That song is getting a bit old." Ginny said. "Can't you think of anything else."
"No, Ginny," I said. "That would require having brains, which Malfoy has none."
Malfoy glared, but I don't think he realized who So I reached up and pushed my bangs back away from my scar. I looked of pure shock went across Malfoy's face, before he sneered.
"Potter." Malfoy said. "What are you doing here. I thought you went to live with a camp full of muggles."
"They're no really muggles." I said. "And I don't live at camp, I was adopted by Sirius Black. I live with him."
"Whatever." Malfoy said. "You're still not wanted here. No body wants you not even your Aunt and Uncle, you don't even have real parents."
"Shut up." Piper said, "You leave him alone, and keep your mouth shut about stuff you don't know anything about. Harry may be adopted but at least his dad isn't a Death Eater or a kidnapper."
Malfoy said nothing he just stood there staring at Piper like he couldn't believe his ears, I put my arm around her and turned to my friends. "Come on, lets go eat." We walked around Malfoy and toward the school.
"Piper, watch out," Ginny suddely yelled, I turned in time to see Malfoy had pulled out his wand and threw a spell at Piper, I shoved Piper out of the way, then ducked it from hitting me instead, and while I was down on the ground, I grabed Malfoy's ankle and pulled his leg out from under him, he fall hard onto the ground, his wand flying from his hand, I got up next to him, before he could even blink, i grabbed a hand full of blonde hair and held his head down, and with the other, I pointed my wand under his chin.
"Don't you ever try to curse my girlfriend ever again." I sneered. "You will regrat it." His eyes widen as mine turned black just for a moment.
"Harry," Piper said, "Claim down," She took my arm and pulled me off Malfoy. He grabbed his wand and jumped to his feet.
"You just wait, Potter." Malfoy said. "You'll get whats coming to you." I had to grabed Piper's hand to stop her from pulling out her dagger.
"You don't scar me, Malfoy." I said. "Just get lost." Crabb, Goyle, and Nott stepped forward, and pulled out their wands. But as they did so, so did Ron, Hermione, Neville and Ginny, and Piper pulled out her dagger. Realizing they were out numbered, they gave up and walked off, but not before Malfoy swore he would get back at me. I just rolled my eyes.
We made our way into the Great Hall, I took a seat next to Dean, who sat across from Seamus, Piper sat next to me, and Ginny sat next to her, across from me sat Ron, Hermione next to him, and Neville next to her.
I turned to Dean. "Hey, Dean how you been?" Dean took a bite of food then looked over to see who had spoken to him.
"Harry, is that really you?" He demanded. I nodded. "Merlin, you look different."
"Why dose everone keep saying that?" I demanded.
"Becaues it's ture, mate." Ron said. I ignored him and turned to Seamus who was watching without a word.
"Hey, Seamus, how you been?" I asked. Seamus just glared and looked down at his food, I frowned.
"Don't mind him." Dean told me."He's been moody lately." Seamus slammed his fork down, and got up and left. Dean sighed. "I better go talk to him." He said standing. "See you around."
"Seamus, was one of the none believers last year." Ron said, leaning in and lowering his voice. "He had most the school believeing you had killed Cedric, then made up You-Know-who being back to cover it up."
"What?" I demanded, Piper laid her hand on my leg to keep me claim. "Why in all of Poseidon's sea would I do that." Did I really just say that, Merlin I've been hanging around Percy too long.
Ron gave me a weird look but went on. "He's a prat, when it was finaly out that You-Know-Who really was back, Seamus didn't like looking like a fool and started saying you were in on it with You-know-who."
"What?" I demanded. "Never, why would I join the jerk that killed my parents, has tried to kill me all my life, and has kidnapped my girlfriend." I was mad, I just wanted to go beat the crap out of Seamus. I thought he was my friend. Piper squezzed my leg.
"How about we talk about something else." She said. Hermione nodded.
"Yes, lets not ruin Harry and Piper's visit with a bunch of fighting." Hermione said. I agreed no need to get all worked up. I had other friends, I didn't need Seamus let him believe what he wants. I looked toward the Head table, I noticed one chair was emity. The realized the new DADA teacher should be sitting there.
"So, who's this years DADA teacher?" I asked. Putting food on my plate. Ron shivered, and I gave him a weird look.
"Did you really have to ask that while we were eatting." He demanded, but yet put a mouth full in his mouth anyway. Hermione gave him a disgusted look, then turned to me.
"It's a women teacher again." Hermione said. "And she scares most the school, even worse then Snape." Hermione looked over at Neville who was too bussy watching Piper and Ginny talk then to pay attention to her, so she leaned in and lowered her voice. "She scares Neville so much he hasn't been to a DADA class since the first class of the year. He skips them all."
"You kiddding?" I asked. Ron shook his head.
"She's bloody mad." Ron said. "She hardly even talks about defence or magic, she just goes on and on about the bloodest wars in histroy, even muggle wars, it's like a sick History of magic class, and if she does talk about defence, she talks about the most gruesome ways to protect yourself." I suddenly got a funny feeling about the women they were talking about.
"The weridest thing is, she dosen't even have a wand." Hermione said, "she carries around this sword." She suddenly shivered. "I've never even seen her do magic, yeah she sometimes shows us some nasty jinx and hexes out of this book she has, but she never dose them."
"You think that's the weirdest thing about her?" Ron demanded. "Not having a wand."
"Yes, Ronald." Hermione snapped. "The women is a teacher in a school full of witchs and wizards, and dosen't have a wand. That is weird."
"What about the way she dresses." Ron said. "All in skin tight leather or jeans, the women wears more black then Snape." I looked up to the emity chair again.
"What's her name?" I asked.
"Professor Discord." Hermione said, I suddenly jumped up out of my chair.
"Where you going, mate?" Ron asked.
"I'll be back." I said. "Just have to go to...the umm bathroom." Piper was giving me a knowing look as I passed by her and headed out of the great hall and down the hall. It took a while with my hurt leg, but finaly I made it to the DADA class room, and didn't even knock, I just opened the door walked in and blouted out.
"What is Zeus' name are you doing here?"
Enyo looked up from the very old book she was flipping through, leaned back in her sit, put her feet up on her desk and gave me a big grin.
"Well, if it isn't my favorite little brother." She said. I glared at her which only made Enyo grin more.
"Don't call me that." I said. "Someone might hear you." Instead of getting mad Enyo laughed as I came on in the room and stopped right infront of her desk. "Answer my question."
"You know who I am." Enyo said, lazly. "I go where I know there will be a battle, I do have to make sure there will be blood shed."
"Are you saying there is going to be a battle here at Hogwarts?" I demanded. Enyo gave me a creepy grin.
"And you my dear brother, will be right in the middle of it." Enyo said. I glared at her.
"If you got it in your head, that you are going to make some big battle and have me fight for you, " I said. "Then get it out, becaues I will not." I remembered how Enyo can get into my head, and make me do things I wouldn't do other wise, and it scared the hell out of me. If she could make me send all those Death Eater to Tartarus then what else could she make me do.
Enyo stood, then walked around the desk and stood infront of me. She took her glasses of and her blood red flame eyes flared.
"Why do you want a battle here anyway?" I demanded. Enyo smriked.
"There has never been one." She said. "And wouldn't it be great to see. All the spells, through in a few demigods and monsters, think of how gruesome it could be."
"You're bloody sick." I said. "I will not fight in some battle for you. Besides I'm not going to be here long, once my leg heals I'll be going back on my quest."
"Don't test me, little brother." Enyo warned. "You'll do as I say, you do owe me after all. I want blood shed."
"I owe you nothing." I said. " You're not getting any blood shed. You are nothing, but a sick, twisted..."
I didn't get to finsh what I was saying, Enyo drew her hand back and slapped me across the face, she then grabed hold of my face and dug her blood red neils into my skin. Her flame eyes flared up so big, I thought the fire was going to come out of her eye balls.
"You need to watch your mouth, Brother." She warned. "You don't want to make me angry, your hair just might end up a part of my coat." She dug her neils deeper into my skin. "You will do as I say, like it or not, I will make you." She then tossed me away from her, I stumbled back on my hurt leg and almost fall.
"I will do nothing you say." I told her, with the worse glare I could master, then turned without another word and left her class room, but walking the halls alone wasn't to much of a good idea, becaues Malfoy and his little tag-a-longs deicded to get back at me while I was alone.
"Hey, Potter." Malfoy yelled, I turned around, as he threw a spell my way, I waved my hand and blocked it.
"Malfoy, just go on back in the Great Hall before you get yourself hurt." I said. I was pretty ticked off about what just went down with Enyo, and I was also a little scared becaues I suddenly had this feeling like I wanted to hurt someone.
Malfoy threw another curse at me I knocked it away again. i was trying to keep this feeling at bay, becaues as half-god, my magic had a lot more power then normal wizards did, and I could really hurt them if I wanted to. So I was just blocking the spells they threw at me insead of throwing spells at them. Well into Nott made the make of sneaking up from behind and getting me in the back with a stinging jinx, it knocked me down, but I jumped back up and turned around.
"You bastard," I yellled, I thrust out my hand, and let raw magic loose, it hit Nott in the gut sending him flying down the hall, he slammed agaisnt the wall and down on the floor where he didn't move. Crabb then tried to hit me with a spell and I hit him with raw magic and he hit the wall behind him, and he fall to the floor. The noise brought people running from the Great Hall.
"Harry," Hermione cried, shocked, as I begun to glow, I just couldn't stop it. Goyle took off running, and Malfoy just stood there staring at me wide eyed. The rest of the Slythrines came running out of the Great Hall, the sixth and Seven years wanted to help Malfoy so they came running over wand ready, with one wave of my hand all their wands went flying, Then with another wave of my other hand they went flying down the hall after them. Then suddenly a sheld charm went up kncoking me down. I looked up to see Dumbldore with his wand raised.
"That is enough." he thunder, looking more angry then I have ever seen him.
"Harry," Piper said, she came running over and helped me to my feet. "Babe, claim down." I immdanelty claimed down. She pushed my hair back. Saw the marks on my face from Enyo's neils and gasped. "What happens to your face. It looks like someone dug their nails into your skin." She ran her hand across me cheek.
"I'm fine, Baby." I said. "Don't worry about it."
Everone else was just standing there staring at me. Suddenly someone started clapping, and Enyo came walking down the hall. She walked up right behind me and I jumped when she laid her hands on my shoulders. Piper looked at her neils, then my face and her eyes narrowed.
"Now he knows defence." She said, giving off that laughed that sent chills down my spin and made my teeth rattle. She gave my shoulders a squezze. "Just needs blood shed." Everone stared at her like she had lost her mind.
"I hope, Professor Discord," McGongall said. "That you do not teach the students this kind of behavor." Dumbledore and the rest of the staff was now helpping the Slythrines, getting them up and to the Hosptail wing. Dumbledore glanced at me with a look I couldn't read. I just lowered my head and wouldn't meet his eyes. Piper grabbed my hand and Ginny, Hermione and Ron came over to stand by me.
Enyo gave McGongall her creepy grin. "I teach the little witches and wizards, what I believe they should know." Snape came waling over and stood right infront of us and sneered.
"Potter," He snapped, and Enyo took one hand from my shoulder and out it around my front, as if she was trying to give me a sisterly hug. Which I doughted more like trying to choke me. "You haven't been here very long and already starting trouble."
"Don't you start on him." Piper warned and grabbed my arm with both her hands.
"Oh, come on Snapy." Enyo said. Snape sneered at her. She now put her other arm around me and I wanted nothing more then to run and get as far as I could from this lunatic. Ron, Ginny and Hermione was giving her a shocked look Enyo leaned in and lowered her voice. You're Tom Riddle's little pawn, you should be use to far worse then childern being blasted down the hall." She tigheted her hold on me. "My little pawn, opps I mean brother."
"Brother," Ron asked, looking disgusted. Snape too had a look of shook before he masked it with a Sneer.
"We have the same mother." Enyo said. "As I was saying, little brother here was just having fun. Weren't you Heraclietus."
"Half-brother." I said. "And don't call me that." I tried to stop away from her, but she had to tight a grip. "I wasn't having fun. They jumped me first. I didn't mean to do that I just..I just..I don't know what happen." Enyo laughed and leaned in and whispered in my ear.
"I told you I coiuld make you do what I want." Enyo said. "After all I am a goddess." Piper glared at Enyo and pulled me out of her arms, and into hers.
I suddenly realized Enyo had made me do that, she had gotten in my head, without even talking this time. And made me lash out at the Slythrines. When ever Enyo was around she brought out a side to me I did like and that scared me.
A.N. I hope I did alright with the muses. I wanted someone to talk to Harry in his dream and thought they would be good. And about Hera's graden, I've heard to differet stories about it. One said it was a gift to Hera when she married Zeus thats what the internet said when I looked it up and I've also heard one don't remember from who, but I've heard it was a gift to Zeus from Hera. Since Harry is Hera's son and he'll be going there I wanted it to be Hera's graden.
P.S. Can any of you guess who might of put the curse on Harry.