"Half Blood Harry Potter"

By Loki Palmer

Author's Note: Harry Potter and all related characters belong to J.K. Rowling. Percy Jackson and all related demigods (with the exception of Loki) belong to Rick Riordan.

DZ2: Yeah, Jennifer Lawrence is kinda cute … there could be a whole list of beautiful actresses that could play Aphrodite's part … [unravels a long list]

GryffindorPoseidens Divergents: Yes, I am a big fan of that series of movies … [grins].

WhiteElfElder: What do you mean, acting like a corpse?

Northwind Tweak: Glad you're enjoying the story; welcome aboard!

Chapter 23

"Ωπα!"

With jubilant cries, the welcoming celebration swung into full gear.

"你的家欢迎你，洛基。" (Welcome home, Loki), said Neville as he hugged him.

"纳威，你知不知道我也会说英文？ 你可以跟我说英文。" (Neville, do you know I can also speak English? You may speak English with me.)

"我知道，但是说中文真好玩儿啊！" (I know, but speaking Chinese is so fun!)

"对了！哦，我就难记了- 我带来了你一个礼物。" (That's right! O, I've just remembered – I brought you a present.)

Neville's eyes widened, but he broke into a grin. "告诉我多一点儿吧！" (Tell me more!)

"这个舞会完了以后，我们都非常人困马乏。明天早上，来见面我吧。好吧？" (After this dance party is over, we will all be exhausted. Tomorrow morning, come meet me. Okay?)

"好吧。" (Okay.)

Loki saw Neville hang his head. "有事吗？" (What's the matter?)

"我不知道怎么跳舞。" (I don't know how to dance.)

"寻思舞这么：一个舞相像一个套路， 你懂不懂？" (Consider the dance like this: a dance is like a kata, you understand?)

"我觉得我懂，但是。。。对吗？" (I feel I understand, but … is that so?)

"不相信我吗？咱们让这个阿波罗的女孩教你怎么跳舞吧。" (You don't believe me? Let's allow this daughter of Apollo to teach you how to dance.)

"哪个阿波罗的女孩？" (Which daughter of Apollo?)

Loki chuckled. "还没见看她吗？她在你的前面。" (You haven't seen her yet? She's in front of you.)

Neville recoiled in shock, much to Loki's increased amusement. The girl joined with Loki's laughter, and her laugh warmed like a ray of sunshine.

"What are you two laughing at?"

"The look on your face when you saw her – what else do you think we were laughing at?"

"Oh, don't worry about me," she said. "I don't bite … hard ..."

The renewed shock on Neville's face had Loki holding his sides as his laughter grew to a roar.

"O, HO! SHE HAS A SOUL OF WIT, THIS ONE! By the way, Luna … have … you met Neville?"

"Loki!"

Much to his bafflement, Loki had disappeared.

"How in blazes does he do that?"

"What I would like to know is," said Luna, "how can a son of the God of Drunkenness and Parties be uncomfortable at one?"

"Do the words two left feet mean anything to you?"

"Yes. They mean you are a klutz and unable to dance."

"That's me in a nutshell."

"No, this would be you in a nutshell: Help! I can't breathe because I'm stuck in a nutshell!"

Neville had to snort as a laugh busted out of him.

"There, Neville … are you feeling more relaxed?"

"Oh, yes, Luna … I'm feeling loads better, thanks."

She held out her hand to him. "May I have this dance?"

~HALF BLOOD HARRY POTTER~

"They sure make a cute couple, don't they, Thalia?"

"Yes, they sure do. Did you even stop to think that one is a daughter of Apollo, the other a son of Dionysus? They balance each other out –"

"– just like Yin and Yang! I hate to brag, but …"

"What? No, you enjoy bragging, don't you? You have as big an ego as Harry!"

"HEY!" said Harry.

"Don't you deny it, brother. Your ego is so big because our Father is King of the Gods, and Loki's ego is so big because his Father is the scariest."

"What about me?" said Percy.

"Well, Percy," said Harry, "you have great loyalty towards your friends and family, which is praiseworthy – but it makes it hard for you to think of the bigger picture. Where would your loyalty lead if it came down to a choice between whether you or one of your friends died?"

"Yet," said Hermione, "doesn't Harry have a strong tendency to want to save others at the possible expense of losing his own life?"

Annabeth nodded. "Yes. It is interesting to see the similarities between you three, and yet, there are striking differences."

Loki grinned. "Vive la différence, as the French would say. Now, as I was saying: I hate to brag, but I feel like I am a fucking genius!"

This earned him an immediate three-lady slap to the back of the head. "LANGUAGE!"

~HALF BLOOD HARRY POTTER~

"Now that I have conquered Azkaban," said Loki as he looked at Thalia on his bed, "the time has come to claim my prize."

Thalia's screams of pleasure echoed all over the Camp as they engaged in that old dance …

~HALF BLOOD HARRY POTTER~

"Oy ..." said Percy as he saw Loki, Thalia, Harry and Hermione enter the mess hall for breakfast. "Did the four of you have to spend the whole night –"

"– competing to see who could make his Lady scream the loudest?" said Annabeth. "I don't think any of us got a wink of sleep."

"What," said Loki, "you mean you and Percy didn't join in the fun?"

"Which one of us won that competition, by the way?" said Harry.

"Was it a competition, Harry?"

"Yeah, I think it was."

"Well, it seems you turned it into a competition."

"Hey, Hermione and I couldn't get any sleep, and with you hammering Thalia away like no tomorrow – that was obvious enough from her high-decibel orgasmic screams – Hermione thought she could try to out-scream her."

"High decibel orgasmic screams … the increase in the level of your vocabulary is astounding … or is she having an influence on you?"

Harry stuck his tongue out for a brief moment. "Bite me, Loki."

"Sorry, I don't swing that way, but thanks for the thought. I presume you had fun?"

"Just look at Hermione ..."

"For my part, look at Thalia ..."

Both ladies mentioned had permanent grins etched on their faces.

"早上好，你们好色的新婚燕尔。" (Good morning, you horny lovebirds), said Neville as he came in.

"What did he call us?" said Harry.

"He called us horny lovebirds."

"Even I'm used to sleepless nights," said Remus, "but gods have mercy, you were loud!"

"Yeah, the four of you may have had fun last night –"

"–but some of us need our beauty sleep," said Fred and George as they entered.

Loki snorted. "Yeah, you two troublemakers need some more beauty sleep."

"George, was that a joke Loki made at our expense?"

"I believe it was, Fred."

"Such an insult we cannot allow to stand."

"Too true, brother mine."

"If you, the Twin Terrors, think you can pull a prank on me and come away unscathed," said Loki, "let me give you fair warning: I always pay my debts. Don't forget that my Father named me after an infamous prankster."

"If that is a challenge to a Prank War –"

"– we accept."

"Still, please … don't kill us," they said together.

"No worries on that count," said Loki with a grin. "I won't kill you, but I will make you sorry ..."

~HALF BLOOD HARRY POTTER~

Exiting the mess hall after breakfast, Loki turned to Neville.

"纳威，我没忘你的礼物。它在我的客舱的里头。请等一下吧。" (Neville, I didn't forget your present. It's in my Cabin. Please wait a moment.)

"Is there some reason or another why he speaks to you so much in Chinese?" said Harry.

"Well, it is a beautiful language, Harry," said Neville. "It can communicate so much in a mere few characters … when you write it out. Not only is it more concise, the grammar is among the simplest of all languages."

Loki came back out with a box. "This present is not for the squeamish or for the faint of heart. Ready Neville?"

"I'm ready."

"Go ahead."

He opened the box, and within was …

The head of Bellatrix Lestrange!

Author's Note: Another fun chapter done. I usually update my fanfics at least once a week, but I can only focus on one at a time. More to come, I'm sure! I also will be doing NaNoWriMo this upcoming November, so don't be surprised if I seem a bit incommunicado for the duration. I'm on there under the same name as I am here – Loki Palmer. Read and review!

Smiles and laughter,

Loki Palmer