Time flew by again, Alexander and Hermione splitting their time between classes, studying, and Firenze/Nye times. Both were intent on getting as many of the OWLs and NEWTs that they could, making it a friendly competition that the professors had caught wind of; there was now a pool on the outcome. The Weasley boys had returned to school at the start of February, the twins all-out kissing the demigods' heads in thanks for saving Ginny, while the other two would just shoot them hate-filled glares. The young girl was still struggling but their parents didn't want them missing anymore school than necessary, so sent them back.
On Valentine's Day, Lex had given Mia a crystal rose he had created, earning himself a kiss on the cheek from the girl and caused every other female lion to 'aww' and the males to groan. The pair had had great fun down with Nye; while he was sleeping they had braided his mane and tail with hundreds of flowers. When the, now, 20 hands high, full grown Golden Pegasus woke, he had joined in with the laughter. Firenze had begun getting the magical horse involved with the training, getting the demigods to become comfortable battling while astride their familiar whilst he was on the ground before going into the air.
It seemed that the professors were already getting ready for the young pair to become assistant professors as they had them taking over a class a week, always their own, just to watch them go and assist them in their teaching methods. Filius was the first to do so, and he had enjoyed watching Hermione tell one of his own Ravenclaws that he had detention for the way he spoke to her; he had then added to that punishment, forcing the boy to do a week with Severus in detention.
The Gryffindors, as a whole, were pleased with the two youngsters, and it was a common occurrence to see the pair surrounded by others in need of assistance. Not that they minded, it gave them both a great feeling to see someone who was failing a class get a passing mark after their help. There was a definite possibility that they would be teachers, if they were able to of course, the whole demigod part was still somewhat of a mystery.
Over the months, Lex, Mia and Severus had scoured through the text books they had retrieved from the Chamber of Secrets, and found that the former would be transcribing everything, it was all in Parselmouth and they were unable to change it. Alexander was just grateful he could actually read the language, it had been one of their fears; but he had already completed a couple, reading it out while Hermione wrote it all down.
The goblins and Unspeakables had spent time working together, trying to find a way to destroy the soul encased in the diary, which was still safe in one of the bank's most secure vaults, with round the clock goblin guards and a dragon. It wasn't until the start of April that the answer was found in one of Slytherin's books, the man had been researching the idea of becoming immortal but instantly put aside the method of creating a Horcrux, it was too risky for one such as himself. Nevertheless, he had made sure to research every aspect, including how to destroy the Horcrux, which was quickly handed over to those in charge. One Fiendfyre in an abandoned vault and the diary and soul were destroyed plus a few scorched hairs. On request from the demigods, the two factions kept the alliance to search for more of the dark items, finding one more inside of the bank; Hufflepuff's cup inside of Bellatrix Lestrange's vault, which was destroyed just as quickly.
With all that was happening, Alexander and Hermione would still, every night, sit together and try to send out their magic in search of their perfect weapons. They could feel they were getting closer to it leaving, like a rubber band in sensation, and when it finally let fly, they were sure they would know. Firenze wasn't concerned, he explained numerous times that they were only in the bodies of kids and it would take time to get it done.
Middle of May the pair began having odd dreams; they were together which wasn't all that odd as it was a common occurrence, but in these dreams they were in Ancient Greece. It rotated between two different buildings; one was the Temple of Olympian Zeus while the other was the Temple of Poseidon. Not finding them disturbing, the pair kept it to themselves, just grateful to be in the sacred areas of their fathers, even if in their dreams.
It was June 1st when things changed. Lex and Mia were relaxing in the ROR, trying to forget that their exams were only in 2 weeks and everyone in the bloody school knew that they were going to be sitting the exams with the 5th and 7th years. As they did whenever a moment alone lately, they were trying to send out their magic, only this time things were different. Instead of feeling the magic fling back into them, the rubber band snapped and it flew from them like a bullet from a gun.
"Holy hell!" Lex swore, rubbing his chest to rid himself of the ache.
"Firenze could have told us it would hurt when it finally let loose," the brunette groaned out.
"But where would his fun be then?" Getting up, Lex helped his friend, "Let's go see him."
Hermione grumbled threats about what she intended to do to the centaur, but jogged with the wizard. As they breached the forest, it was like coming home once more, loving the wilderness and took the well walked path towards Firenze and Nye's home. Their large Golden Pegasus instantly spotted them, "Lex! Mia! What are you doing here?"
"What, we can't come see you without a reason?" The wizard joked, scratching under Nye's chin.
"Lex," Hermione admonished, "Nye we love coming to see you and shouldn't need a reason but we do this time. Where's Firenze?"
Pointing his growing horn towards the training area, the horse replied, "Repairing a sword that I stepped on."
Planting a kiss on the golden hair, the brunette told him, "I'm sure he knows that it was an accident. Come on."
They made their way through the forest, and were about to emerge from the trees when Firenze, who had his back to them, said, "You sent off your magic, congratulations, I knew you would get it."
"Dammit, you really need to stop doing that Firenze," Lex joked, laying back on the soft grass in front of their trainer/friend.
"Ahh but where would I get all of my entertainment then?" The centaur placed the repaired weapon back in the rack, "Now, have you gotten anything back, or have any clue as to where your weapons could be?"
The pair shook their heads before Hermione stopped and looked at Firenze, "We have been having dreams of Ancient Greece."
That had the centaur perking up to attention, "Ancient Greece would fit as that is your original homeland, where the locations would be now though could be completely different than where they seem to be in your dreams, things in Greece have changed over the millennia. Where did your dreams take you both?"
"The Temples of Olympian Zeus and Poseidon"
Firenze chuckled, "Not exactly the well-hidden of hiding locations, nor the most original. You should both go and tell Severus, he will no doubt want to start your holiday planning."
Hugging the centaur and Nye, the demigods raced back to the castle, the other students all jumping out of the way from habit; some not even paying attention as they did so. Crashing into the potions lab, the duo was already speaking, "Severus, we need to talk to you."
"Talk," Severus instructed, not even looking up from the gleaming potion on his desk.
"We've found our weapons; they're in Greece"
The potions master quirked an eyebrow, "Not very inventive of your fathers. We'll need to get in touch with the goblins and Wade and Kelly, make travel arrangements. Mia, grab me that vial will you? Which would you prefer, International Portkey, International Floo or Muggle transport?"
The brunette passed over the asked for vial of Runespoor tongues, "Muggle transport, we will have enough time to, so why not?"
Severus laughed and sighed happily as his potion foamed a periwinkle blue, "Perfect. Take a few days on the way down, get some ingredients, and get to Greece. When we're there it will have to be in and out, bloody country is crawling with creatures able to sense demigods, more so around the temples. Then, if we are monster free, we can have a holiday. How does that sound to you both?"
"Yes!" The kids hugged the man tightly and went to leave, but Lex poked his head back in just to say, "Hey Severus, that antidote could go for a few more minutes."
"Get you cheeky bugger," Severus threw a rat eye at the laughing wizard before bottling his potion.