I just want to thank all the people who are reading this or have followed/faved this story. This is the first time I've written a crossover, or written any story for that matter, and I'm reassured by the fact that so many people are reading it after it being up for literally one day. Please continue to read, and please review this story, constructive criticism is appreciated. Thanks again everyone, now, on to the story!
-Silverwing321
Spending the night at cabin eleven was by far the worst part of the ordeal for Harry. After having their wands returned to them, he, Ron and Hermione were taken by two boys named Connor and Travis Stoll. They were scarily similar to the Weasely twins Fred and George, with the same mischievous grins and personalities. Harry could have sworn they had tried to pick pocket him three times in the short walk to the cabin.
Cabin eleven looked like an ordinary cabin, unlike all the other cabins he had seen. Some were made or sod bricks while another had walls of pure obsidian. Above the doorway of cabin eleven was a caduceus, the symbol he often saw at doctor's offices. The inside was packed with campers, some on bunk beds, but most sprawled on the floor in sleeping bags. As they walked in, the babble of talk quieted for a few moments, and then started up again in whispers. Harry wondered if the campers had already somehow gotten word of them being wizards.
After a few minutes in the cabin, Harry's suspicion was confirmed. The campers were all staring at Ron, Hermione, and him eyeing them warily as if they were about to explode. Hermione clutched her beaded bag so tightly her knuckles were white. Harry could understand why, it contained everything they had except for their wands and the invisibility cloak. They couldn't risk it getting stolen.
In the end the only way they could get a moment of privacy was when they left the cabin altogether and walked a fair amount of distance so they wouldn't be overheard.
"What is this place?" asked Ron when they were out of earshot, "And who are these people?"
"Well it's obviously some sort of training camp," said Harry, "probably teaching kids how to be fighters or something, judging by the sword fighting and archery practice.
"Did you see those…those…things?!" cried Hermione, "the half goat, half human creatures wandering around?!"
"If these people have some kind of magic we don't know about, it makes sense they have magical creatures we don't know about." Said Ron reasonably.
"That still doesn't answer the question of who these people are." Said Harry.
"There are a lot of references the Greek Gods here…" said Hermione "there was that big statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and the caduceus is the sign of Hermes, the god of Travelers, that might be why we're in the cabin with the caduceus on it…oh, and did you see that one brick cabin; it was covered in ancient Greek words, and I knew some of those words, they were spells! And the biggest brick above the doorway said 'Hecate'; she's the Greek goddess of magic!"
"Wow Hermione, where do you get time to learn all this stuff?!" said Ron, rolling his eyes.
"The point is these people obviously have some strong connection to the Greek gods, which could help us find out who they are!" snapped Hermione.
"Okay, okay." Said Ron "I'm just saying-
"We should get back to the cabin" said Harry, cutting him off. He was beginning to notice faces in the windows of cabin eleven, "we have a big day tomorrow, we should get some rest." he continued. And they headed back to cabin eleven.
Percy had already had a rough day, and what he needed was some restful sleep, not a fitful night of demigod dreams. No such luck came his way.
Percy first dreamed that he was in a large chamber; there were no windows or furniture, just one large mirror, a man with a funny turban, and a young boy. He looked about eleven years old. Percy looked closer and saw that the boy was Harry, only younger.
The turban-man began to speak, muttering to himself "What does this mirror do? How does it work? Help me master!"
To Young-Harry and Percy's horror, a horrible, rasping noise that was a voice answered him out of nowhere, "Use the boy…Use the boy"
Turban man rounded on Young-Harry
"POTTER," he shouted "Come here! Look in the mirror and tell me what you see."
Young-Harry slowly walked towards the mirror, all Percy saw was Young-Harry's reflection, but Harry's eyes widened, as if he saw something completely different.
"What is it?! What do you see?!" inquired the Turban man
I-I'm shaking hands with Dumbledore! I-I've won the House Cup" stuttered young Harry. Percy could tell he was lying, and so could the voice.
"He lies." It rasped. "Let me speak to him, face to face"
The turban man turned around and began to unravel his turban, and to Percy's horror, where the back of his head should have been, there was the most gruesome face Percy had ever seen. It was white as chalk and seemed to be rotting away at the edges and had slit-pupil, scarlet eyes.
"Harry Potter" it rasped "we meet again"
"Voldemort…" Young-Harry whispered, terrified.
"Yes, you see what I've become? See what I must do to survive, live on another, and be a parasite. Unicorn blood has sustained me, but it cannot give me a body of my own. But there is something that can…something that LIES WITHIN YOUR POCKET!"
Young-Harry began to sprint towards the exit, but Turban Man was faster. Within seconds, he was on top of Harry, with his wand raised. In desperation, Harry seized his face. Turban man began to scream in agony, the place where Harry touched him was burnt raw. He continued to scream as Harry looked at his hands in amazement, and then grabbed him again.
Percy could still hear the thing called Voldemort screaming 'KILL HIM! KILL HIIIIMM!' as he awoke with a start. For a second, he panicked, trying to get back to sleep. What had happened to Harry? Was he alright? But after a moment, he calmed himself. Harry was fine, here at camp half-blood. Percy had a new respect for that guy, and wondered what else he had faced as he drifted off to sleep.
Okay, this chapter might have been a bit boring because it didn't advance the plot, but I felt it was necessary to have Percy know a bit about Harry's past and to show Harry, Ron, and Hermione trying to figure out these guys are Demigods.
