"Are you sure you want to drink that?" I asked skeptically while looking at the glass that was previously held by Fay. It was now in Light's hands. Fay has tried to take the glass back a few times but Light wouldn't let him. That glass used to contain only pumpkin juice, but not anymore. Light had stolen it and mixed it with tea, coke, cake and soup.
I'm not even sure if it's still edible.
Well, technically it is edible, but it just doesn't look like it.
Fay looked at the glass, a mixed expression on his face. "I don't think you should do this, Light…."
Light only giggled.
Fay sighed, "Who gave her sugar?"
"Technically, you did, since coke and cake have sugar," I mused.
"She isn't allowed to drink fizzy drinks." Fay pointed out, "And she never gets this hyper from cake. Well… Except that time we gave her a whole cake for herself…. But she never eats that much anymore."
I eyed Hugo and Lily with suspicion.
They looked back at me innocently. "Why are you looking at us?" Hugo asked.
I cocked an eyebrow.
Lily tilted her head, "Yes?"
I scanned her and Hugo again. "Why did you give her sugar?"
"Who said we gave her sugar?" The two chorused.
"You just did," I replied, smirking.
"When!?" They yelled, wide-eyed.
"Few seconds ago, of course."
Lily pouted, "Darn…"
"Aha, so you did give her sugar!" I exclaimed, smirking.
"I told her not to!" Hugo announced.
Lily pouted even more, "Traitor."
I turned around to face Light and opened my mouth to say something. But I closed it, widening my eyes. The glass was empty, and Light was bouncing around. Fay looked absolutely horrified as he realised what happened to the contents of the glass.
"YOU SERIOUSLY DRANK THAT!?" I screamed. It had no effect; she was still bouncing around, hyper. The others flinched.
Fay sighed and somehow pulled Light onto the bench, "Sit."
"NOPE! WHY SHOULD I?" She jumped up and kept bouncing. I thought of some spells.
"Locomotor Mortis!" I shouted, pointing my wand at Light. Her legs locked together, and I shouted again, "Petrificus Totalus!" She was still, and I positioned her to sit.
"There," I sighed.
"She'll be screaming the moment you lift that spell." Scorpius pointed out.
I shrugged, "I'll cast the Silencing Charm."
"What happens when it wears off?" Rose inquired.
"Let's figure that out later," Albus said, rubbing his temples. "I have a killer headache."
Fay laughed a bit, "Sorry about her. She's always been like that."
"I've never noticed, even if I've been with her for 3 years," he countered sarcastically.
"It's worse in camp," Scorpius said flatly.
"How can you deal with that?" He furrowed his eyebrows. He looked rather cute doing so.
Wait, what!?
I mentally slapped myself and scolded myself for thinking something that was out of context.
"We're used to it." I answered, "And it gets kind of endearing in a way… When she isn't too hyper anyway."
Lily looked at the clock, and said "It's almost time for bed, guys."
I nodded and pointed my wand at Light, "Finite Incantatem." Before the Demi-Witch could start screaming, I casted another spell, "Silencio."
Once she realised she couldn't yell anymore, Light pouted. Fay laughed and held out a glass of water to her, "You may want to drink."
Knowing that she couldn't do anything else, she drank the water. I sighed in relief, knowing that she won't be as hyper as before now.
"I'm off to bed," I stood up, looked at the people at the table, and tilted my head. "Albus?" His head was on the table, and he was rubbing his temples. "You okay?"
"Does sleeping make my headache go away?" He groaned.
"Usually, yes." I answered. Light nodded enthusiastically in agreement with my statement.
He stood up and winced. "I'm going to bed, then."
"Might as well go then," Scorpius said, standing up, "'Night everyone."
Soon after, Fay and Light decided to leave, I pity the boy for having to force her to sleep. Then Rose and Hugo rose, waving goodbye.
I waved back and headed up to my dorm, Lily tagging along as we were in the same house. I showered and for some reason, I slept peacefully. People might enjoy this, but I did not. Something was wrong.
I woke to sunlight streaming inside my dorm. I got up, and looked at the digital alarm clock. I squinted and sat there, processing the time. It was 7:50 AM. 7:50? I sat up, eyes wide, and looked at the alarm clock again. It was Saturday. Oh, thank the gods. I lay down, only to discover that I couldn't sleep. I grumbled and got ready. I got dressed into a light blue dress like shirt and jeans. I put on my converse and combed my hair, strapped my dagger and my wand to my hip, and headed down.
"Morning," I said, as I reached the Great Hall. The others waved and I helped myself to some fruit, I asked, "So, what's the schedule for today?"
They merely shrugged in reply, and Fay asked, "When's the trip to Hogsmeade taking place?"
"In a couple of weeks." Scorpius answered.
"What to do, what to do…" I mumbled.
"Ooh, we can duel since our secret's revealed!" Light exclaimed. I brightened up at this.
"Let's do that, then!"
"Let me ask Piper if she knows where we can do it," I stood up and ran to her.
"Hi Piper! Do you know where we can train?" I asked, tilting my head.
"Good Morning to you too Ari," she smiled, but it was gone after a few seconds. "No, I don't. Sorry."
"That's okay, sis," I grinned at her and ran back to the others. "Nope. No can do."
"What about the Room of Requirement?" Albus suggested.
"Alright, then."
Albus lead us somewhere, and we (coincidentally) passed James. I swear, I saw Albus nick something from his back pocket. I cocked an eyebrow and tilted my head a bit.
He grinned and held up the Marauder's Map.
"Sly snake," I chuckled.
"What can I say? I'm a Slytherin after all."
We headed to the seventh floor. "Let's all think of a place where we can train and duel, with wands and weapons, okay?" Fay said, and we walked past the wall three times, thinking.
A door appeared, and we entered. When we stepped in, I widened my eyes. It looked like a mini Camp Half Blood.
"It looks like home!" Light yelled happily.
"Race you to the climbing wall!" I exclaimed, already off.
"NO FAIR!" She yelled, sprinting off after me.
I looked back and saw Scorpius shrugging before chasing after us, "Last one there is a rotten egg!"
"Much as I like all of you, I don't want to be an egg." I heard Fay say to the wizards. He ran off and yelled, "Try to keep up!"
I sprinted to the Climbing Wall, arriving there first. I smirked and waited. Scorpius arrived first and Fay after. As expected, Light somehow managed to lag behind and ended up last.
"Stop being so fast." She said, a bit out of breath.
"Being a gymnast helps," I shrugged.
A while later, the wizards caught up to us, breathless. "How can you run so fast?" Hugo asked, panting.
"Lots of practice and training." Scorpius answered.
"We can't beat the nymphs in training, no matter how hard we try," I grumbled.
"They do have hundreds of years worth of practice." Fay muttered, sounding like he was trying to get himself to stop being annoyed at losing to tree spirits. (Probably was, knowing him.)
I rolled my eyes, and got started. "Last one up is a squishy watermelon!"
I climbed up, getting a headstart. Someone - most likely Light - yelled that I was a cheater and everyone climbed up after me. The wizards, I assume, were looking up at us with wide eyes as we climbed up the Lava Climbing Wall.
The lava was catching up, fast. I climbed higher, and grabbed a ledge, and brought all my body up in one swift movement. I looked down, the rest were catching up fast. I finally reached the top, and wiped the sweat off my face. Fay and Scorpius arrived soon after.
"You are a cheater, Ari," Light stated as she finally reached the top.
"You have to pay attention, Light," I laughed and smirked.
She pouted a bit and looked down at Rose, Albus, Lily and Hugo. Seeing that they were still staring, she grinned wide and waved at them. I did the same.
"Wanna duel?" I inquired.
"Magic, or weapons?" Scorp asked.
"Magic, just to cool off." We all went down. "Want to duel, guys?" I asked the wizards and witches.
They blinked, then nodded. We drew lots to see who would duel who.
Light was against Scorpius, Fay was against Lily, I was against Rose, while Hugo was against Albus. Light and Scorpius were first.
The two faced each other and bowed. The moment they straightened, spells and curses started flying everywhere.
Lights were flashing everywhere. I shielded my eyes.
When it stopped, Light was on the floor, stuck, with Scorpius standing with a triumphant smirk.
"I win."
"Ugh, fine. You win. Now, GET ME OFF THE FLOOR!" Light yelled. Scorpius's smirk grew and he undid the charm. Light stood up, grumbling.
Fay and Lily now. After the flashes of light died down, they were both standing, panting, wands still pointed at each other.
They both declared it even. Now it was me against Rose.
We bowed, and straightened. I waited. Rose narrowed her eyes, doing the same thing. I tried to wait, and be patient.
Sadly, because of my (non-existent) patience, I grew irritated and sent a jet of blue sparks in her direction. She dodged it.
"Expelliarmus!" I ducked.
"Locomotor Mortis!" She dodged.
"Petrificus Totalus!" She had good aim; but I dodged it by doing a backwards flip.
"Stupefy!"
"Protego!"
It carried on, and we were still standing, sweating, and our wands pointed.
"I think that's enough," I managed between heavy breaths.
"I agree." We walked to the benches nearby and sat.
It was Hugo versus Albus now.
There were many shouts and flashes of light.
In the end, Albus stood over his cousin, smirking. Hugo was in a Full Body Bind Curse. "Fine, you win,"Hugo sighed after the curse was lifted.
"Let's take a shower, yeah?" I asked. And, on cue, a path appeared, leading to separate bathrooms, girls on the left, quys on the right.
It was nearing lunch when we went out of the Room of Requirement, refreshed and grinning.
"Had fun?" Light grinned.
"Of course!" I cheered.
"It's lunch soon," Hugo pointed at the clock nearby.
"To the Great Hall, then," Albus said, and we did so.
We arrived and sat, and an owl glided in gracefully. There was a letter tied to its leg, and the owl landed in front of Albus, and he untied the letter, opened it up, and read it. He frowned as he read it, and his eyebrows furrowed.
"Who's it from?" asked Lily.
"Dad," he muttered. He folded the letter and slipped it into his pocket. We started eating when Percy and the rest of the seven (along with Reyna, Calypso, and Nico) walked to us and sat.
"Hi guys! And hello, m'lady," Leo winked at Rose, who looked away. Scorpius raised his eyebrow at Leo, and Leo got smacked by Calypso, his girlfriend.
I rolled my eyes. "Hi, Leo."
Percy laughed and looked at Albus, Lily, Rose, and Hugo. "So I heard that you're the children of the Saviours of the Wizarding world." He grinned. "Do reporters keep annoying you?" Said people we're taken back by the question. I couldn't help but notice how adorable Albus looked.
What?! Why am I noticing these things? I was tempted to bang my head on the table, but I didn't.
I was pulled out of my thoughts when Annabeth smacked Percy's arm. "Percy!" Percy chuckled and kissed the top of her head. I grinned at them.
"Ew." Someone said, "Not in front of everyone, please. It's gross."
I stood up and glared. "Better get used to it, darling." My voice was sickly sweet, and I faked a smile.
The girl kept quiet after that, huh, maybe my glares can be a bit intimidating. I sat down, satisfied.
"So, did you find a place to practice?" Piper asked.
"Yup!" I answered, "The Room of Requirements! It turned into a mini-camp."
Her eyes widened. "Oh, wow. Okay then."
"What did you guys do?" I asked as food appeared on the tables.
She shrugged. "Just explored the castle."
"How many times did you get lost?"
"Er… Lots?"
I laughed and we started eating.
We weren't even halfway through our meal when Grover ran in, screaming at the top of his lungs.
"TROUBLE! THERE ARE MONSTERS COMING TO ATTACK!"
I jumped, and my dagger was in hand. Light fumbled with her bow and arrows, Fay and Scorp with their swords.
Percy got Riptide out, Annabeth her (other) dagger, Piper with her dagger, Katropis, Jason with his Gladius, Hazel with her Spatha, Leo burst into flames, and so on.
The students looked shocked. I kind of pitied them, they had no idea what was happening.
"Grover. What kind of monsters? How many?" Annabeth asked.
"A pack of Telekhines, 3 hellhounds, some Empousa, and Dracanae." He spoke clearly. I remember when he used to stammer. War has changed him.
I turned to the teachers table. They looked calm, and Professor McGonagall said, "I assume that you know what you're doing. We shall provide help when needed." I nodded stiffly.
I ran to Annabeth and Reyna. "Wizards and Witches will provide the distraction." She nodded and ordered everyone to listen.
"The monsters are coming from the Forbidden Forest," Annabeth said, "We need you wizards to be the distraction. Shoot spells at them or something."
Reyna continued, "While that's being done, we'll be able to get rid of them."
All of the demigods and wizards were crowded together, planning a strategy.
"We need to attack from above. Jason, Frank, and Hazel are the only ones who can fly.. Do you guys have any charms or something?" asked Reyna.
I grinned. "We have brooms." I was one of the Chasers for the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team. Reyna nodded.
"We brought some Pegasi," said Percy.
"Good. So Apollo kids, you're on Pegasi. Wizards, you're on brooms. Jason, summon some lightning if needed. Frank and Hazel, you can fly and lead some of the Romans to the back of the Forbidden Forest. Piper and Leo, lead the Greeks to the sides of the Forest. We're going to surround them. The rest, follow me and Reyna." Annabeth commanded.
Scorpius then shouted to the wizards, "OI! Listen, the lot of you! The Quidditch team are going to be on brooms. Fly up and distract the monsters by showering them with sparks, curses, hexes, jinxes, etcetera. Try using the Disarming Charm and Stunners. The rest of you, split up into four groups. Piper, Leo, Frank and Hazel will choose a group to accompany them. Understood?"
They nodded.
"OI! QUIDDITCH TEAM, FOLLOW ME!" I yelled. They did so. I led them to the Quidditch Pitch. They grabbed their brooms from the broom shed, and mounted them. I got my broom and flew up. I arranged them into a 'V' formation. Scorp was next to me, nodding. I guided them to the Forbidden Forest.
From where we were flying, we could see some of the monsters. I could see some Hellhounds. They were ripping apart the forest in their attempt to get to the castle. I suddenly remembered the centaurs who were living in the forest. They will not be happy with this…
The centaurs were, indeed, not happy at all. They had their bow and arrows out, already shooting. For the first time, I noticed that their weapons were made up of celestial bronze. They had managed to destroy quite a few of the monsters already.
I could hear the faint sound of Percy shouting over the commotion, "OUTSIDE TO THE FOREST!"
Once they were all out, Annabeth shouted, "NOW!". I dove down and shouted at a Hellhound, "HEY, YOU BIG POODLE! WHO'S BEEN A GOOD BOY?"
"STUPEFY!" I heard someone shout. It hit the hellhound's eye. Then, multiple arrows were shot. It howled in pain, but stayed there. I dove down and came to a stop near the Hellhound, so it wouldn't hit me. I jumped off and somersaulted on the Hellhound's head, and dove my dagger straight in. Before it could explode to dust, I jumped and caught my broomstick. "Not you," I grinned.
I looked up. Everyone in the air was shooting spells at the monsters, and on land, the demigods were doing a helluva good job.
I dove and landed next to a Telekhine. I swiped, but it dodged. I flew higher, as it tried to attack me. I threw my dagger it's body, and it exploded into dust.
"Accio Dagger!" I shouted. The dagger flew towards me, and I grinned.
"Ari, look out!" I wasn't sure who said that, but it was probably Scorpius. I turned around to see an Empousa behind me. It hissed and lunged, and I ducked. It managed to scrape my arm. I hissed in pain and threw my dagger at her, and she exploded, like the others. I checked my arm. There was a deep, long gash, from my elbow to my wrist.. I tore a strip from my shirt and wrapped it around my arm tightly, wincing. There. That should stop it from bleeding.
I mounted my broom again, and stunned a couple of Dracanae and I killed them. It sounds brutal (to me anyway), but you have to live with it, I guess. You'd never survive if you couldn't do at least this much.
Light was shooting arrows at an impressive speed, hitting every monster. Fay was doing a pretty remarkable job as well.
Scorp was fighting a Hellhound, and he was doing a good job. I lunged at it, and with a couple of jabs from Scorpius, it disappeared.
When it was done, we headed back to the Great Hall. I was really dizzy, and I asked Light to heal my arm. When I unwrapped it, the wound has yellow and the skin around it was sort of grey. Which means it was infected. Rose, Lily, Albus, and Hugo gasped. Light widened her eyes, and poured nectar on it. She started cleaning it, and made me eat Ambrosia. The Ambrosia tasted like Chocolate Milkshakes, and I smiled weakly. She mumbled a hymn and the wound started closing. She wrapped it tightly with a bandage. She gave me a Blood-Replenishing Potion, and I drank it. I winced at the taste, but I started feeling better. I was more awake, and I unwrapped the bandage. There was only a faint scar. Satisfied, Light ran off to see if anyone else needed help.
I grinned at Rose, "Told you she was a good healer."
Looking at the scar, she muttered, "I don't think I'll ever doubt that anymore." I laughed.
I felt a sudden chill and looked around. The temperature dropped a few degrees, but nobody noticed. Or it was only happening to me. Then, a voice came, and it was cold and heartless. Exactly like the voice from my dream a couple of days ago.
I shuddered and paled.
"This is only the very beginning, my dear."
Ari: AND THAT'S IT! Don't worry, we're already on the next chapter, so it'll be up soon. :D
Hope: Whee~~~ That was fun~~~ But, speaking of weird drink mixes, it's almost Eid. Which means there'll be a celebration at my school. Which means that there'll be lots of drinks… I hope they don't go and mix the Soya Bean with the Pepsi with the Coke with the Mirinda with the Sprite with everything else they brought. It looks gross. -.- How can they drink those stuff?
Ari: *shrug* I don't know. But, Ramadan Kareem, for all of the Muslim Readers :)
Hope: And Eid Mubarrak! (In advance :P)
Ari: We don't own what we don't own. Hope you enjoyed~ :)
Both: Review please! Bye~ :D
-Ari & Hope
