Road to Recovery: Phase 1

Chapter 5

Hoggywarts

(OH MY GODS! AN UPDATE THAT ISN'T WRITTEN MONTHS AFTER THE PREVIOUS UPDATE! I should let everyone know that Percabeth is not getting back together. *dodges knives* I'm sorry but Percy is really hurt by it and I don't even know if he is going to be in a relationship or if they'll be friends again. Also, 2,999 VIEWS, 62 FOLLOWS, AND 32 FAVORITES! OH MY GODS! YOU ARE ALL AMAZING! BYE!)

(Sorry about Thalia's language.)

"I don't like this."

Thalia looked over at her cousin and said, "Really? I thought you loved water.", her tone oozing with fake confidence.

Percy shot an almost-death glare at her, but moved closer to her, nonetheless. "This isn't water. It's a black pool of evil!", he spat out.

"Nico tell him he's overreacting."

The only response that she got was a squeak of fright from the supposed Ghost King.

"Wait, what was that?", Percy practically yelled, jumping up in his seat.

"What was what? And stop moving the dam-waa ah ah!", Thalia moved up to the middle of the boat.

"I think it was a tentacle?", Percy half-said, half-asked.

The three stayed in the middle of the tiny boat, mentally wondering why they had to go on a boat and not the carriages like the rest of their newly found friends.

"Move it Death Breath!"

"Watch your feet, Kelp Head!"

"Get your hand off my face Pinecone Face!"

The group of firsties and half-giant stood there frozen with looks of confusion that varied. Before, they was three teenagers, fighting to get out of a tiny wooden boat, yelling threats and weird names at each other.

"What is going on here?", said a sharp voice.

The fighting came to a halt and everyone turned to look at the owner of the voice. There stood Minerva McGonagall, in all her strict glory, with a stern look on her face and her lips in a thin line.

"Well, you see Miss. It's all Nico's fault.", Percy said in a matter of fact tone while pointing at Nico, ignoring Nico's protest.

"What? It's Thalia's fault.", Nico said copying Percy before doubling over from Thalia's punch to his stomach.

"Idiots. It's both of your faults."

And once again the arguing started again.

"Enough.", Minerva said sharply. The demigod trio looked up and was meet with a cool glare from the cat animagus. "The three of you get out of there. One by one. Now stay and don't start fighting again."*

'This year isn't going to be easy.' Minerva thought with an internal sigh and began the speech that she gave every year.

Right, the demigod trio stood outside of the doors of the Great Hall (which didn't make sense because what was so great about it but whatever). Percy looked around and took in the paintings and architecture and tried to annoy the pain in his chest as a certain someone came to mind. Next to him, his cousins were having an argument about some random thing.

Suddenly, the giant doors opened and hundreds of students looked at the three people in the doorway, two in what seemed to be a quiet argument and the other one lost in thought. Professor McGonagall's eyebrow began to twitch, while Dumbledore did his eye twinkle thing and cleared his throat.

The trio's heads snapped up and they began the long awkward walk down to McGonagall. As they walked, they noticed the floating candles, the ceiling and the hall in general and had to admit that it was pretty great.

Once they were in front of McGonagall, she cleared her throat and said, "Di Angelo, Nico."

Nico just stood there, looking around to see what he had to do. She repeated herself again. Murmurs were heard all around the hall. Getting frustrated, she whispered-yelled, "Sit on the stool."

While walking up to the stool, Nico started muttering about how she should have just said so. Once he sat on the stool, she put the hat on his head with a bit more force needed.

To everyone else, Nico and the hat seemed to be having an argument, then Nico was sad and a bit resigned, then the hat seemed to be flinching and finally the Hat shouted out "Gryffindor!"

There was silence until Harry started to clap and soon everyone else joined in. Nico took off the hat and went to the Gryffindor table and sat next to Harry.

Shaking her head, Minerva straightened her back and said, "Grace, Thalia."

Once again the hat and Thalia had an argument making everyone except their friends if the new kids were slightly crazy. "Slytherin!", rang through the hall before the Slytherins started to clap. Pansy Parkinson looked over to the Gryffindor table with a smug look on her face but was quickly gone when she saw the golden trio and company clapping for Thalia.

Glad, that this was the last sorting of the year, quickly said, "Jackson, Perseus.", before Thalia reached the Slytherin table.

"It's Percy.", Percy said as he sat on the stool.

It took even longer for him to be sorted. The argument they were having seemed more heated and strangely enough the hat blanched and Percy had a victorious look on his face.

"Hufflepuff!"**

There was clapping but it was more like confused clapping. Every student had to agree that was one of the strangest sorting ever.

While the toad was giving her speech, the demigod trio was adjusting at their tables.

The Gryffindors were giving Nico wary looks because of his slightly dark personality, but he just ignored them as he was used to it because of camp. Harry, who had previously listened to the toad's speech, was talking to Nico, also ignoring the looks he got.

At the Hufflepuff table, Percy was slowly getting angrier by the second because he was sitting next to a jerk named Zacharias Smith. Said jerk was going on about how Harry had killed Cedric Diggory and how he was a lying prat. Normally, he wouldn't do it but Percy was having trouble not punching him.

Thalia was having the worst time at the Slytherin table. She was surround by people who kept talking about something called a 'mudblood' and blood purity, which sounded a lot like satanic rituals. One girl named Pantsy or whatever (she wasn't really listening) was especially getting on her nerves. She was zoning in and out of the conversations until something grabbed her attention.

"Granger...dirty blood...blood traitor...Weaslette."

"Granger probably doesn't even know how to shower considering how dirty her blood is.", came from the Pantsy's bitch mouth.

"Not to mention Weasle-" a smack echoed through the hall.

Everyone's attention was now on the Slytherin table. Pansy was on the floor with a hand pressed to her cheek, Thalia was standing up with a murderous look on her face and her hand still up and the Slytherins were just shocked. Percy and Nico saw a bit of electricity on the tips of her fingers and they were up and making their way to her.

Right when she was about to strike again, her arms were being held back. She turned her head and glared at her cousins.

"Άσε με να φύγω! Πάω να σκοτώσει ότι Pantsy σκύλα!"(Let me go! I'm going to kill that Pantsy bitch!), yelled Thalia.

"Αυτός είναι ακριβώς ο λόγος που δεν μπορούμε να σας αφήσει να πάει."(That's exactly why we can't let you go.), Percy said.

"Γιατί είσαι τόσο τρελός ούτως ή άλλως?"(Why are you so mad anyway?), Nico asked.

"Επειδή η σκύλα είπε η Ερμιόνη είχε βρώμικο αίμα."(Because that bitch said Hermione had dirty blood.)

Nico let go of one of Thalia's arms.

"Nico!", Percy yelled, shooting him a glare and tightening his hold on Thalia.

"What? Don't act like she didn't deserve it.", Nico yelled back with a glare of his own.

"You don't think I wanted to punch that jerk I was next to for talking about Harry.", Percy said motioning to Zacharias with his head.

"What did he say?", Nico growled out, his eyes darkening.

Percy sighed realizing he might have two angry demigods on his hands. "I'll tell you later but first help me before Thalia kills someone!"

Nico looked back at Zacharias and did the 'I got my eyes on you' thing before grabbing Thalia's other arm. They dragged her to the Gryffindor table but not without getting shocked a few times.

Thalia was shoved into the seat next to Hermione and Percy and Nico kept their hands on her shoulders. Hermione was knocked out of her shocked trance by the shouts of the angry daughter of Zeus. She placed a hand on Thalia's arm and when Thalia looked up at her, she just shook her head. Thalia calmed down but was still muttering curses in Greek.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Percy and Nico let go of her shoulders. Nico went back to his place next to Harry, while Percy went to sit next to the twins.

"So, how's it going?", came from a very awkward Ron.

Luckily enough, that sent everyone into giggles and chuckles and they started talking again ignoring everyone's stares.

*First fic, first McGonagall, so sorry if she doesn't sound like herself.

**Remember how I said that they won't be in the same houses and how they are going to go against the house rules. Normally, Percy and Thalia would be in Gryffindor and Nico would be in Slytherin but I went with their secondary houses.