Percabeth Vampire Lover: Thank you, I'm glad you like it!

mirie: Interesting idea.

Book_Maniac_Girl: Unfortunately, interaction between main characters during crossovers puts the author on very thin ice. She has already spoken to Ron, and I may or may not put a scene involving Harry or Hermione later on in the story.

Cookie05: Thanks!

hunter of artemis 73: Yeah, that would be cool.

killerpizza504: Sorry, typo. I wrote the last chapter over another one and I must have missed it when replying to my reviews. Thanks for the heads up, I went back and fixed it.

Meagan Snow: Sort of.

miller123456789: I have no idea. By the way, I really like your profile, it looks like mine except organized. The random facts were really cool (because everyone knows how I feel about random facts!) I knew all except for eleven of them. And just so you know, after death the skin dries up, thus making it appear as if the hair has grown longer (I am referring to number eleven on your list.) Also, elephants are not the only mammals that cannot jump. Sloths, hippos, and rhinos are incapable of doing so as well (number twenty.) Both of these, however, are extremely common misconceptions.

Lilly: Good question. Percy will be mentioned for sure at some point in this story. And I may or may not have an epilogue involving him. However, he wil not play a major role in this story since it takes place prior to the events in TLT.

AN/: Yay, President's Day! No school! I recently saw the Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe. It was a good movie, but I hated the the ending.

"We'll start with a simple experiment," Annabeth said. "A dog's main sense is smell, so I figured if we got Canis something with a muggle's scent and slowly got him accustomed to it, he could learn that muggles aren't so threatening after all."

Vaisey nodded. It made sense to him.

Annabeth pulled out a small, shinny black case. "This was my stepmother's favorite lipstick. It came from some brand in Paris with a name I couldn't pronounce. When she heard that the company was going out of business, she bought every last damn container the store had! A couple of days later, the two of us got into a fight and she got me grounded. So to get even, I snuck into her bathroom in the middle of the night and stole every last lipstick she had- -I couldn't really tell the difference between the brands." Annabeth cleared her throat. "Anyway, enough with my reminiscing, let's try it out." She opened the container and held it about a meter from Canis's nose.
The dog's reaction was instantaneous. Immediately after the lipstick was opened, the Crup pulled his ears forward, hunched his shoulders, and pulled his teeth into a menacing "grin". Canis's tail moved back and fourth with excitement and he began to bark loudly. Vaisey pulled back on the leash, trying to keep the dog under control. He was amazed how much strength the little animal had.

Annabeth closed the lipstick and sealed it in a Ziplock bag. "Okay, you weren't kidding."

"Crups were bred to attack muggles; it's not his fault, he's just doing what he's supposed to do."

"Well, Christmas is only a few days away, and there is no way Canis is ready for his test . . ." Annabeth chewed on her lip thoughtfully. "What if I take him back to the camp with me over holidays? Then he can get more interaction in a safe environment."

"Camp? What camp?"

"Oh it's . . . uh . . . where I live."

"Why are there muggles there?"

"Well, they aren't really muggles. They just . . . well, they're kind of like me . . . just . . ." Annabeth's voice trailed off. "It's kind of like a summer camp for American wizards and witches, but to some it's open all year long. Let's leave it at that."

Vaisey knew that she was lying. It didn't take a genius to figure that out. Still, he decided not to press her about it. She was doing him a huge favor, after all.

Rose Zeller did not show up until halfway through dinner that night. The main course was nearly finished when she entered. But instead of going to her own table, Zeller ran over to the Ravenclaws. "Anthony!" she cried, beckoning him over frantically.

For a moment Goldstein appeared confused. Suddenly his eyes widened. "It's tonight?" he mouthed. Rose nodded and the prefect groaned loudly. "Sorry, Padma," he said, "we can talk about Ancient Runes later, there's something I need to do." And with that, he and Rose exited the Great Hall.

A couple of student watched them leave curiously, but only one dared to follow them. Making sure that no one was looking, Forest Harper tiptoed out of the hall, determined to find out what they were up to.

"Did they get it?"

"Of course. They've been doing it since the 70s when a couple of Islamic students needed to celebrate Ramadan. The room is designed especially for this purpose." He smiled comfortingly at the younger girl. "Hey, don't worry. I'm sure your dad would be proud that your keeping your faith. By the way, how is that going?"

Rose moaned. "Ugh, it's brutal! I can hardly eat a thing. And I have to lock myself in my dorm all Saturday. My friends all probably think I'm a hermit or something!" Anthony laughed.

The two entered a dimly lit room. Harper waited a couple of seconds before opening the door a tiny crack. Inside the room there was a table with two candelabras. Harper watched in confusion as Zeller lit the first candle whist muttering something in a strange language. Rose lit Anthony's candle and then placed her own inside of the middle of the candelabra.

Anthony mimicked her steps as he lit only two of the candles on his own candelabra, speaking the same, strange words.

The two looked at each other and grinned. Rose's eyes wandered before noticing an eye peeking through the door. "Harper!"

"Uh-oh."

"Alright, Nott. I have been generous with you. I have been kind. I have been considerate. But as of now, my patience is running out. Do you understand?"

Theodore looked up from the book he was reading. "Huh? Did you say something, Malfoy?"

Draco, much to Nott's amusement, shook with fury. "Why are you being so difficult? We're on the same side here!- - And why is there a trampoline in the corner?"

"Don't tell me whose side I'm on!"

"Oh, lay off it, Nott. We both know where we're going to end up someday. We'll be just like our fathers. I know you know what they're after. Why are you fighting me?"

"That's not true. Maybe I'll decide to go a different path. Unlike you, I'm my own person who can make his own decisions. That is because unlike you, I'm not bound to my father."

Malfoy took a step back. He had never heard such a terrible thing. Although not truly understanding where Nott was going, he was not about to stand there and be insulted like a . . . a . . . well, someone who gets insulted, anyways. "I'm not bound to my dad!" Hufflepuffs! They always get insulted. Yeah, I should have gone with that.

Theodore smirked knowingly. "I do, however, happen to know what weapon they are after. I also know that something critical is going to happen tonight. He is on the move."

Draco did not believe him. How could he possibly know when the Dark Lord would make his move. There was no way he was trusted with that sort of information.

Three hours later, Arthur Weasley was attacked by Voldemort's snake, Nagini.

For those of you that didn't know what they were doing, Rose and Anthony were lighting the candles for the first night of Hanukah. Yep, Hanukah of the year 1995 began on December 18, the night Harry had the dream about Mr. Weasley getting mauled in the Department of Mysteries.

In honor of President's Day I'm putting an extra Harry Potter fact.

Random HP fact 1: Harry Potter's name is mentioned 18956 times in the series (and, no, I did not count. Even I'm not THAT crazy!)

Random HP fact 2: Neville Longbottom actually asked the Sorting Hat to put him in Hufflepuff because he found Gryffindor's reputation for bravery to be too intimidating.

Random fact: There are more Barbie Dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.

So how did Nott know what was going to happen? Does anyone want to take a guess?