they drew their wands which made everybody finger their weapons nervously. The wizards showed simple tricks like stunning spells and shields. Percy volunteered to feel what a stunning spell would feel like.
It bounced harmlessly of his chest, the wizards gasped though Artemis spoke up "…"
Artemis failed to speak, she ran the scene through her head over and over.
"Did you do something wrong?" Ron asked Hermione, Hermione fingered her wand nervously "I did it right, it was just a simple stunning spell"
"It bounced of his chest" Harry gawped
"Indeed not, that would be very disappointing…of course it would bounce of any other demigod" someone said, everyone turned to face Aphrodite. All the Demigods bowed but Percy stood up straight faster than anyone else.
"What do you mean?" he questioned nervously
"Point at Harry and imagine that you're performing the spell Hermione just did" Aphrodite said smiling, no one liked that smile but Percy obeyed.
He focused and raised his hand, a flash of light escaped his fingertips, Harry put up a shield just in time for the spell to bounce off.
"How…" Percy was at a loss for words, he gulped.
"But we saw the spell bounce off Percy" gasped Annabeth
"Dear, that was only the physical form of the spell, the actual magic merged with his own powers and was stored for use…" everyone turned to face Aphrodite.
"When did you become smart?" asked Annabeth
Aphrodite glared coldly at Annabeth but was interrupted before she could say anything.
"She didn't…I explained that" everyone turned again this time facing Athena, no one had noticed her appear.
"But that gives you guys an unfair advantage" complained Ron
Athena glared sharply at him "life is unfair Ronald Weasly, you've got to learn how to live with it"
"How do you know my name" asked a clearly stunned Ron
Some of the Demigods sniggered as they rose from their bows to Athena, Annabeth though spoke up "That is not your business Ron"
"Annabeth, why aren't you at your table" Athena asked
Annabeth blushed but Percy covered up "We were discussing a few Camp things and…stuff"
"Anyway, we might have to go on a quest soon mom" Annabeth said trying to stop Athena from glaring at Percy like he was a piece of garbage that a homeless senile person would savage and eat, and yet he wasn't even worthy of that faith.
"She's your mom?" Hermione questioned
Annabeth gave Hermione a look that told her to keep quiet, Annabeth didn't want the two other wizards to figure out that Athena was a god too soon, she didn't know why but she knew that they wouldn't accept it as easily as Hermione did.
Percy though hadn't been paying attention, he took a sip of his blue cherry coke.
"I assume you want to know why you could do that" Aphrodite asked Percy
Percy was so stunned that he spat out his soda, the soda hit some kind of barrier.
"Nice way to greet your father!" said a grinning Poseidon, his face was covered in blue cherry coke. The coke merged with water and disappeared revealing a completely clean Poseidon.
Athena glared at the pair of them with distaste.
'At least she didn't know that Percy had asked Annabeth out, now that would make her really mad' thought Aphrodite grinning.
"Anyway do you want to know why Demigods can repel the power of wizards?" asked a very cheerful Aphrodite
The wizards gulped and nodded, Demigods really did have weird families.
"Demigods are protected by the gods, nothing mortals can do will harm those under the protection of the gods. A monster though, would evaporate if you shot any kind of spell at them" Aphrodite explained
"So we can help you by killing monsters, but we can't harm you" said Ron to no one in particular.
"Even better, you can help Demigods like Percy by shooting spells at them that they can shoot at monsters" Aphrodite said
"What exactly do you mean by Demigods like me?" Percy asked…