A/N: I am so surprised at how many people have reviewed, read, favorited and are following my story! Thank you so much. Your support means a lot.

A/N: I recently got a review that commented about Octavian being a character that was created for people to hate. I believe this was not the case. The true villain in the Heroes of Olympus books is/was Gaea. Also, people can change and I believe that Octavian will too. He also has a lot of potential. This applies as well to Draco Malfoy. He is not who he seems to be and those who view him as a villain should take note of his redeeming qualities and the fact that people change. Nobody stays the same be it "villain" or hero.

Now that that is out of the way, onward with the story!

Disclaimer: This author ( who is not Rick Riordan or J.K Rowling) therefore does not own either series.

Chapter 2

Percy's POV

The ride was TORTURE.

Chiron obviously did not take this into consideration when choosing our method of transportation.

Even though Zeus gave us permission to go into his domain, doesn't mean that he wouldn't try to make our experience as unpleasant as possible.

The takeoff of a plane is like walking the plank or knowing your impending doom and doing it anyway.

Jason was probably the only one of the Big Three demigods that enjoyed the plane ride.

I was completely tense the entire trip. My fingers were tightly clutched around the arm rests and I had become pale. Annabeth was silently chuckling in amusement next to me.

I staggered off the plane when it landed. Annabeth entwined her fingers with mine giving me a small smile. I watched Nico step off the plane and touch his nose to the ground. Thalia emerged looking slighty green, her hair had tiny electric sparks flying off of it. Hazel looked immensely relieved to be off of the plane. Jason walked out with Reyna next to him playfully arguing between each other. Dakota walked out drinking Kool-Aid with Gwen beside him, watching in amusement. Piper, Rachel, and Frank were talking about what they thought they saw outside the airplane window (Piper thought she saw a second sun, Rachel thought that she saw a ginormous phoenix and Frank was convinced that a dragon lookalike winked at him) as well as living the rich life (both Piper and Rachel agreed that it wasn't as stoked as everybody thought it would be). Marcus and Bobby as well as Pollux exited the plane just talking and they had smiles on their face. Will, Travis, and Connor were joking around and laughing while Leo and Malcolm were laughing and talking about engineering, Leo's extensive hand gestures as Leo's eyes lit up and Malcolm's concentration on the topic. Katie and Alessandra stepped out talking and Alessandra seemed to be breathing slightly deeper ( she is not a large fan of planes- she think they smell funny and their food is horrible-, being upside down, falling, and she is minor tolerant of heights). Alessandra took out a granola bar and ate it while Katie talked to her. She playfully grinned and replied, Katie laughing. Clarisse and Chris walked out together (the person who chartered the plane was a distant relative of Chris so he came with us too. Chiron didn't object.

We were able to grab our luggage and exit the airport fairly quickly. Dyslexia did not help reading the signs, but with Rachel's help, we were in a van driving towards our destination. Chiron left us instructions on how to get to Diagon Alley. He said we had the opportunity to sightsee and also said that we each received a pouch of wizarding money ( the pouch was auto-refilling). We were able to spend the day in Diagon Alley, we would spend the night at the Leaky Cauldron and board the Hogwarts Express the next day.

The van stopped at Charing Cross Road in front of a broken down old shop. If you concentrated closer, you could see a veil of magic encasing the shop.

We were here.

We all filed inside trying to look as inconspicuous as possible. Annabeth led us to the rear of the club and into a chilly courtyard facing a brick wall. She placed her hand on the bricks, she was able to do this without the use of a wand due to the blessing Hecaté gave us. She did this complicated pattern and the bricks slowly retreated revealing a beautiful alley.

Everybody was in shock. This place was amazing.

Various shops were scattered around both sides of the cobbled path. The most strange advertisements like 'Limited Discount! 30 knuts off on iron cauldrons. Offer lasts a week only! Contact the managers at the Slug& Jiggers Apothecary for more information,' and 'Do you feel comfortable in your skin? We can help you! Introducing a new potion and cream at Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions' .There were shops selling cauldrons, spellbooks, owls, wands, quills and so much more. I found myself wishing I had more eyes (just for a moment) to take everything in.

We all separated agreeing to meet up in an hour.

Travis put his arm around Katie's waist and persuaded her to accompany him and Connor to the prank shop they wanted to check out.

Leo and Hazel wanted to check out the apothecary because they were interested in the different metals that were available (Leo wondering what he can make out of them). Also they just wanted to spend a little time together.

Nico and Thalia were going to check out the suspicious and shadowy Knockturn Alley and so they left the group.

Piper and Gwen wandered off to check out Madam Primpernelle's and to see if her stuff did what she advertised it to be. Piper really also wanted to mock the superficial dreamers who thought that if they slab on goop all across their face and torture themselves in the name of beauty, they would become prettier.

Jason pulled Reyna eagerly to the 'Quality Quidditch Supplies' and 'Broomstix'; keen to know what wizarding people could do up in the air.

The rest of them, bar Malcolm and Frank, decided to wander around poking into places as they went. Their figures faded away with Marcus and Pollux laughing when Dakota enquired where he could find Kool-Aid around here.

Annabeth dragged me towards a wizarding bookshop 'Florish and Blotts'. She laughingly pulled me in and Malcolm and Frank followed. We spent an hour in the bookshop with Annabeth flitting from bookshelf to bookshelf trying to take all the knowledge in, and me looking in amusement. Malcolm was deeply engrossed in reading a spellbook while sitting in a very comfy armchair. Frank was arguing with one of the shop assistants on the fact that 'the Art of War' applies very similarly to wizarding spell tactics.

By the time we met back up, the sun had already gone down. All of us were literally exhausted.

We made our way to the Leaky Cauldron very slowly. Upon enterance, the bartender Tom came towards us. He toothily grinned at us and beckoned us forward.

"Ye be the overseas group comin' from America?" he asked.

We all nodded.

"Aye, come wit me. I'll show yeh to yeh rooms. Specially provided fer."

With that he made his way up a set of stairs. They creaked under our feet tremendously.

At last we came to a halt and Tom pointed to two doors. " Girls" he pointed to the right door. "Boys" he pointed towards the left door.

"G'd night and holla if yeh would be needing anything," Tom said and then slowly made his descent downstairs.

When we entered our assigned room we found our trunks waiting for us. There was also a letter from Chiron, I would reckon, but all of us were so worn out we didn't bother opening it. The rooms had been magically enlarged to fit all of us so we managed quite comfortably. We all changed into our pajamas, brushed our teeth and turned the lights off. After a round of "Good Night"s echoed around the room, everybody started drifting off.

As soon as I hit my pillow, I fell asleep instantly.

Tomorrow is Hogwarts.

A/N: Hope you liked the chapter. For all those wanting Percy or other members of the gang to reveal more of their powers, don't worry!- They will soon. Unfortunately, this upcoming week is Finals Week and I will be studying very hard so do not expect an update until at least the 10th of June.