Hey guys it's Rose! Sorry this chapter is a little late, so I made it extra long to make up for it :) It's so long that at one point I was going to seperate it into 2 chapters, but decided you deserved extra since it's been almost a week and a half since I last updated.
I hope you enjoy!
A Little Trip To Hogwarts – Chapter 5
Percy
Nothing makes me as happy as waking up with Annabeth does. To open my eyes and have her be the first thing I see in the morning is the best feeling ever, especially knowing that she's mine. For a moment, her beauty blinds me, before the realization of where I am and what we're doing here hits me. I sigh, and know that I should wake her. Looking around, the only other person awake is Harry, who sits on his bed using his wand as a torch, reading. Our eyes meet for an awkward moment, and I look down at Annabeth.
"Annabeth." I whisper in her ear, and kiss gently from her ear along her jawline and neck. Small kisses, barely touching her warm skin. I feel Harry's eyes on me, and choose to ignore him. Annabeth rolls over so she now faces me and smiles. I feel myself grin, but the only thing I can possibly think at this moment in time is how stunning she is, and how lucky I am to have her. I pull her in for a kiss, long and slow.
"I'll see you at breakfast." She whispers, and I tickle her sides lightly when she stands up, loving the way she giggles and squirms – she's adorable in the morning.
"Love you Wise Girl." I whisper, and pull her down for another kiss before she leaves.
"Love you Seaweed Brain." She smiles into the kiss, and in an instant she's gone, closing the door silently behind her. I sigh, instantly missing her. I lay down, and decide that there's no harm in just laying here for a while, doing nothing. Ten minutes or so later Travis and Connor wake up, and I can instantly tell they're planning something. They're always the last up. I look at them, one eyebrow raised, and Travis answers my unasked question.
"Leo."
Connor produces a can of shaving cream and I cough a little to cover my laugh.
"Let me leave first, I don't think the guys will be happy to know I'm in on this." I shake my head at them as I leave the room, a confused Harry following behind me.
"Why wouldn't they be happy with you? Surely it's expected of you to go along with the other guys?" He questions me, and I can tell he knows what the answer it.
"They kind of look up to me as their leader – of sorts. It's a long story." He raises an eyebrow at me. "I can't go into it, I'm sorry." I close my eyes, blocking out the images of the war that immediately flood into my mind.
"Okay. Let's go back in, it's time to wake everyone up." We go back in and I slam the door behind me, waking Leo up while Travis and Connor are still in the process of pranking him, which means not only is Leo covered in the shaving cream, but Travis, Connor, and Leo's bed are too. We all start laughing, minus Travis and Connor who are running in circles to get away from the angry Leo. Everyone is awake by now, so I pull on some jeans and head down to breakfast. I never bother with a shirt unless I'm actually going somewhere, neither do Jason or Nico. Only when we're halfway down the stairs do I realize that we're not at camp, and the Weasley's might not appreciate our lack of clothing much. That thought is soon banished from my mind when Jason falsely accuses my muscles of being smaller than his.
Annabeth
When I got back to the girls' room, everyone was up and getting ready. I knew Percy and the guys would just mess around until the last minute, so I knew we had plenty of time to have breakfast before they came and ate all the food. I chose to wear Percy's shirt – yes, the same blue one he's worn yesterday and let me sleep in (a bad habit of mine) – and a pair of denim shorts. I was warned by Piper that Scotland would be much colder than camp, but I don't care, I don't really get cold. I put on a pair of black converse, and throw my hair in a ponytail, braiding a few strands so it at least looked like I tried a little. I don't wear makeup, so I'm ready. I sit and read an architectural book until Piper stands up and announces that she's done.
"Finally… I'm starving." Thalia sighs dramatically, and we make our way downstairs. Mr and Mrs Weasley are laying the massive table for breakfast.
"We can help." I say politely, taking the knives and forks off of Molly Weasley and go round the table laying them beside the plates.
"Thank you dear." She smiles widely, but I see the streak of pity in her eyes and steel myself. I don't like to be pitied. Harry and George come downstairs, mumbling about how the others will be down in a minute, so we sit down and fill our plates just as the boys come downstairs, being loud as always.
"Oh c'mon Perce! You know I'm far stronger than you could ever dream of being." Jason smirks, obviously being sarcastic. The three usual guys are shirtless as always, and I must admit that I appreciate Percy's habit of being shirtless.
"Keep telling yourself that." Percy mutters, and flexes his muscles, showing off. They all laugh, and then realize where they are. Percy flushes red, and I laugh at him. I stand up, and we wrap our arms around each other. I kiss his jawline, and sit back down, not wanting to draw attention. I notice Harry and Ginny look away from us awkwardly when we sit down, and I swallow, shooting a glare at Ginny. She gets the message, going red and turning away from us to reply to Travis and Connor.
"Nice shirt." Percy says in my ear, talking quietly but not to the degree of whispering. His breath tickles my neck and I blush. I wish he wouldn't draw attention to the fact that I like wearing his shirts.
"Yeah, I got it from this guy I know."
"Is that so? Who is he?" A smile grows on his face.
"Oh, he's amazing. I couldn't wish for anyone better." I reply, very truthfully. I turn and look at him, and he's giving me the look. The look that makes me want to melt into his arms, make me tell him how much I love him over and over again just so that he knows, because the look he gives me is a look of pure love and adoration and I can't help but love it.
I kiss him on the cheek, and then begin eating my breakfast, wondering what we'll be doing today, as we still have plenty of time before wizard school starts. I guess after breakfast we should sit down and tell Mr and Mrs Weasley about our lives. Everything about them. It wouldn't be fair to make their family lose sleep because of us.
Almost as if he could tell what I was thinking about, Percy grabs my hand under the table and begins rubbing small circles on it soothingly. I give him a small smile and squeeze his hand in return, thanking him for the gesture. He takes my hand up and kisses it softly, before dropping it and stuffing his face with food. That's something I love about Percy – the way he can take things seriously, and be so mature, yet still make me laugh just by being his simple, childish self. He can always find a way to make me smile – even when we were in there.
"So do you need to go and get books for school before it starts?" Molly Weasley makes conversation, and we shake our heads politely.
"No ma'am, Dumbledore said he'd sort all that out for us." Jason replies, and gives her a charming smile. I swear I see Piper swoon, and supress a laugh. She notices, and shoots me a glare before giggling herself.
"Sometimes you're just so Aphrodite." I mouth at her silently, and she narrows her eyes and sticks out her tongue.
"Well then, I suppose there's not much to do other than study. Actually, do any of you like swimming?" The second Molly – she'd asked us to stop being so formal and refer to her as Molly instead of 'Mrs Weasley' or 'ma'am' – asked that question, Percy's face brightened and I couldn't help but smile at the sight of him so happy. He nodded, grinning, his mouth full of food. Everyone laughed at his enthusiasm. He swallowed loudly, and coughed a little.
"Yeah." He answered shortly, blushing brightly with embarrassment. I chuckle, and take his hand again. This time I kiss his knuckles, and he smiles down at me fondly.
"So what were you saying about swimming?" Connor asks, drawing attention away from us, thankfully.
"Oh, yes. There's a small lake a little to the west of here if you'd like to go there for the day? You could all go; it'd be a good chance to get to know each other." Molly smiles, and nods between us demi-gods, and the wizards.
"That sounds like a lovely idea. But first, could we," I motion to all 10 of us, "talk to you two in private? It might take a while, but it's rather… important." I say, and the others catch on to what I mean. They nod a little to themselves, and their eyes become slightly haunted as they start thinking about everything they've buried under a happy exterior.
"Yes of course, my dears. Follow me. Harry, Ron, George, and Ginny. Could you all be darlings and do the washing up?" She smiled at her children and they all sighed, nodding their heads. Ginny fake-glared at us – well, mainly Percy – and giggled as she left the room, a stack of plates in her arms.
We stood and followed the Weasleys' through their house, up and down stairs so deep into the house that there was no way even I could find my way back on my own. Finally we entered a room that was filled with bookshelves, but also had an area with sofa's in a circle. After everyone had entered the room, I locked the door and put a spell of soundproofing on the door. If any of the young wizards heard then the mission would be compromised and the Gods would not be happy. Everyone took a seat, and I curled up next to Percy, the two of us taking up a whole sofa to ourselves. I lay practically on top of his, his bare chest and arms warm around me. He kissed my cheek, and I smiled at him, kissing him properly for a moment.
"There's something about us that you don't know. That Dumbledore hasn't told you." Jason says, and I sit up a little, knowing I had to make my usual speech.
"You know the legends about Greek Gods?" Both Weasley parents nod. "Basically they're all true. The God's are real, the heroes and the myths; all real." I give them a second to take it in. "The God's occasionally come down to Earth, and have children with mortals. These children are called demi-Gods; half God, half human. We are demi-Gods."
"Okay. Now, not to say I don't believe you, but… I don't believe you. Can you prove it?" Arthur Weasley says sceptically, and I don't blame him.
"Yes. My father is Zeus, God of the Sky. This means that I have inherited some of his powers, such as flight," He floats a little, then pulls out his sword. "Also, I can control lightning, and storms." He makes a few bolts of lightning spark around his sword.
"Uh…" The Weasleys' are shocked into silence.
"My mother is Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love. I can tell when two people are meant to be, and I have a certain gift from my mother that is quite rare for her demi-god children to possess. It's called Charmspeak, which basically means that I can convince people to do something just by using my voice. I don't really like to use on people much though, as I hear it's not a particularly nice feeling." Piper admits, and smiles at them a little. The others confess their parents. Travis and Connor steal a couple of items from them – and give them back of course. Nico summons two undead skeletal warriors and shadow travels from one side of the room to the other. Will Shoots an arrow into a bullseye 10 times in a row. Thalia does the same, also showing off a few lightning tricks too.
"What about you two?" I'm off in my own world, outlining Percy's abs with my finger-tips as I wait for the others to finish their demonstrations.
"My mother is Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War. And I'm sorry, but I don't have any abilities I can show you." I look down. I'm not sad about that fact, I'm not ashamed about my brain. It's the best gift my mother could ever have given me. I nudge Percy.
"Oh, uh, my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. I can control water," He draws all the water out of the vase of flowers on the table in from of us and forms it into the shape of a rose in mid-air, before putting it back into the vase. "I can breathe underwater, talk to horses and sea-creatures, and swim really really fast…" He chuckles, and I shake my head smiling. When he's finished talking I lay back down on him, preparing myself for what's to come. Now came the titles, and I was pretty sure Annabeth's and mine were going to take a forever… We went around, saying our titles, before we told our story. They asked questions, and we answered everything, honestly. We made sure they knew that they could never tell anyone what we told them, not their children, not the ministry, not even Dumbledore could know that we told them about us.
We stayed in that room for most of the day, since the sun was setting when we finally came out. But Percy and I stayed there, enjoying the peace for a while. I kissed him softly, wiping the tears from my face that had fallen whilst I told our story of Tartarus.
"Annabeth?" I look up at him.
"Yeah?"
"Do you feel a little better after talking about it?"
"I didn't think I would, but yeah Percy. I do." I smile a little. It did feel like a small portion of the weight was lifted from my shoulders.
"Good. I do too." He kisses me again. "We should talk about it sometimes. I don't want you to keep anything bottled up. You know you can talk to me about anything, right?"
"I know. And you can talk to me to. We've been to hell and back together Percy, the world can only get better from here on out." I smile at him, and for once I truly believe what I'm saying.
So, what did you think?
I'm super happy with this chapter, and yeah yeah, I'm a cheater. I cut out the part of the conversation where I had to write all the titles of the demi-godsbecause I was scared I'd mess it up.
Also, while writing this chapter, I referred back to chapter 3 and realized that I never actually had Percy introduced. I just said 'some of rons friends, harry potter and hermione granger will be joining us tomorrow'... so lets pretend harry was already there and hermione will be join soon. I'm sorry, I completely messed that up!
This weeks question is; who's POV do you want? Next chapter is going to be them down at the lake, possibly camping, so yeah... I could do multiple small chapters of different people's POV during the whole camping session, so we can see a couple of things that happen. I won't rewrite the same scene in more than one POV though, because I personally find it boring, and pointless.
But yeah, some POV's you'd like to see would be great!
Another point I'd like to make is yes, I do not have Harry and Ginny together in this story yet, I want to have a protective/territorial Annabeth and an oblivious Percy, so Harry and Ginny will be the bad guys in that sense for a little while longer. Sorry if you ship them together!
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-Rose x