disclaimer: I don't Own Percy Jackson or Harry Potter
Chapter 6: We crash the ship (Again)
Annabeth P.O.V.
Our day has been pretty much uneventful, besides dropping of Ginny and the others for their quest. Nothing happened, no attacks, no monsters around. We flew in the sky for a while and as the sun started to set we decided to go down in the ocean for a while. We just sat around all day trying to plan, and come up with an idea on what to do when we get to Harry, nobody would agree on anything; everyone was just fighting, and yelling, untill Piper stood and told everyone to shut the hell up. She then went on to say we were playing right in Gaea's hands, this was the reason Harmonia was kidnapped, so we would fight and never get to Harry. She was right of course and so far the only ones not arguing with each other was Percy, Piper and I.
After blowing up at everyone Piper stormed out of the meeting room, not long after she left, Percy and I went to check on her. We found her in her room, but for once she wasn't crying, she had a Laptop she had gotten from somewhere and was looking up maps of Mount Olympus, the moment we knocked on her room door and went in she said. "If they want to argue and fight like little kids then I'll just save Harry myself." So the rest of the day was spent with Percy and I in Piper's room helping her come up with a plan. We haven't worked out all the details yet, but I think it's a good plan.
Right now I was in mine and Percy's room, I was sitting at my desk going over something in Daedalus' Laptop, Percy was laying on the bed, one arm under his head and was just staring up at the ceiling, ever once in a while he would turn over on his side, just to turn back over on his back.
"I'm bored." Percy complained. I rolled my eyes.
"Then go find something to do." I said. "Or go to sleep it is getting pretty late." I looked at the clock hanging above the desk. It was 11:00 p.m. At camp we would've had to go to bed two hours ago.
"I'm not tired." Percy said.
"Then find something to do." I said.
"I know something me and you can do." Percy said. I turned around and looked at him, he was on his side again, with his elbow on the bed and his head popped up in his hand, when I looked at him Percy gave me a cocky grin and padded the spot next to him, while wiggling his eyebrows. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"Sorry, Seaweed brain, I'm not in the mood." I said, turning back to my Laptop, I was trying to get all the details in our plan worked out and put together.
"What are you doing anyway?" Percy asked. I heard the sound of the bed as he got up and walked over, he pulled another chair over and sat by me.
"I'm going over the plans we made to save Harry." I said. "We need to work out every little detail."
"Bethy, we already worked out the plans." Percy said, he leaned over and started kissing my neck and I pushed him away.
"Seaweed Brian." I said. "Cut it out, I'm trying to work here, besides we just came up with a few plans we haven't put them all together yet." Percy stood and got behind me and started playing with my hair, he then leaned down and started kissing down my neck again.
"Percy!" I snapped.
"Come on, Wise Girl." Percy said. Now kissing the other side of my neck. "I love you."
I snorted. "Yeah when you want something." Percy knelt next to my side.
"That's not true, you know I love you." Percy said. He then reached up and kissed my lips, then down my jaw, before starting back on my neck again, I sighed and Percy's face split into a grin, he stood, then picked me up and carried me over to our bed.
I woke at around two in the morning, at first I didn't know what woke me, after Percy and I had made love we both fall asleep in each other's arms, I was now on my side Percy's arm wrapped around my waist, I was sleeping well, the best I had slept since we started this quest. So I couldn't figure out what woke me or why I had this feeling something was wrong or about to happen.
"Percy, Percy, wake up." I said, rolling over and shaken his shoulder. "Percy, wake up." Percy's eyes opened and he looked around confused for a moment, before looking at me.
"What?" He asked, his eyes closing back.
"Percy." I said louder. His eyes flew back open.
"What is it?" He demanded. "Is something wrong." He suddenly grinned. "Do you want more?" He leaned in to kiss me and pushed him away.
"Get up." I said, standing and grabbing my clothes. "I have this feeling something is wrong." I put my clothes on, as Percy slowly sat up, and reached for his.
"I don't hear anything." Percy said, slipping on his boxers then grabbed his jeans. "Everyone is probably asleep. Which is what we should be doing." He slipped his shirt on and then sat on the edge of the bed to put his shoes on.
"Really," I said, sitting and putting my shoes on. "Sleeping isn't what you wanted to do a second ago." Percy rolled his sea-green eyes.
"I was just joking a second ago." He said, standing.
"Sure you were." I said, standing too. "Now come on, I still have this feeling something is wrong." I walked toward the door holding my hand out for him, Percy smiled and took it, but as I turned the knob and went to open it Percy stopped me, I looked at him and he shook his head and put his fingers to his lips, then he made me get behind him, as he took Riptide out of his pocket and slowly opened the door a crack and peeped out. He then backed up and looked at me.
"Nothing is out there." He said, frowning, we both then opened the door and went out it. He grabbed my hand and we made it up to the deck nothing, nobody and the ocean was calm. It looked beautiful with the stars trickling.
"I told you it was nothing." Percy said, he wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my neck, before looking up at the sky. "Wonder if we're somewhere cold or somewhere warm."
"I don't know." I said. "But I still have that feeling that something is not right."
"Yeah, I have that feeling too." Percy said. He reached a hand up and started playing with my hair. "Maybe we're just too use to something happening, nothing has happened since we crashed on that island with them creature things."
"Maybe." I said, turning around and wrapping my arms around Percy's waist, and laid my head on his chest, he just held me as we stood there.
"What's that?" Percy suddenly asked, I pulled away from him and looked up, I saw shapes in the sky coming our way. About a dozen of them.
I squinted my eyes to look, but it was hard to see. "I don't know, looks like something is flying right at us." The things got closer and I realized it wasn't things it was people on broomsticks, Death Eaters on broomsticks. Before I could tell Percy, he suddenly grabbed me and threw me to the bottom of the ship and covered me with his body, all around us spells flew at us. Percy didn't even try to get up and fight them off, too worried about me getting hit by some spell.
I suddenly heard footsteps as our friends came running up on deck. I heard shouts of surprise as they ducked down beside us, the Death Eaters stayed in the distance and threw spell and jinx at us. I saw Hermione, Ron, and Luna, jumping up and throwing jinx of their own, then they would duck back down, hiding against the side of the ship.
"I don't freaking think so." Piper now came running on deck, her bow and arrow in her hand. She got down next to me and hooked an arrow and pointed it up, then shot it, it flew through the air and stuck a Death Eater right in the chest, he or she; couldn't tell who or what it was under the mask, grabbed his or her chest, fell off his broom and down in the water with a big splash. Leo took his crossbow out of his belt and started shooting arrows too, Hermione came up and pointed her wand at a Death Eater.
"Stupefy," She called, but the Death Eater she for swerved out of the way, but then threw a curse at her, I don't know what it was, but it hit Hermione right in the chest and she went flying backwards, hit the other side of the boat and fell face first and didn't move.
"HERMIONE!" Leo yelled, his face suddenly took on this angry look, one I've never seen on him before. His eyes looked as if they were on fire. He tossed down his crossbow. "Now you've done it!" A fireball came to life in his hand and he threw it at the Death Eater that had cursed Hermione, it hit him right on the bottom of the robes and it caught fire, the Death Eater let out a scream and fell to the Ocean below. Leo forgot about his crossbow, (I still don't know when he ever got one) and started to throw fireballs.
Ron and Luna were still throwing spells, but most the Death Eaters were taken out by Piper's arrows. Suddenly there was loud pops behind us and we spun around to see a bunch of Death Eaters had appeared on the ship. Percy threw me behind him as he pulled out Riptide, and he ran forward, the spell a Death Eater threw at him just bounced off, as he brought his sword down and sliced his wand in half, before twisting around and hitting him across the head with the bottom of his sword, and the Death Eater hit the floor and didn't move. I got up as a Death Eater came at me, I ducked his spell grabbed his arm, twisted it and though him over my shoulder and overboard, I heard a splash as he landed in the Ocean. Another one came at me and I pulled out my dagger, got him in the side, then tossed him over my shoulder and into the Ocean.
Now we had Death Eaters in the air behind us and ones right in front of us. Nico stood and held out his hand, and shadows began to swirl around a few of the Death Eaters in front of us, as one stepped forward and tossed another spell at Percy, it just bounced off like always, Percy came back with a hit so hard it sent the Death Eater flying over the ship and into the water below.
Luna hit another Death Eater and knocked him off his broom, as Nico stood next to her wrapping the Death Eaters on the ship with shadows.
"Percy," Nico called. "I'll get these guys. You get the others." Percy gave him a nod and ran back over to this side of the ship.
"You guys hold on." He called, then he thrust out his hands and this giant wave came flying up and at the Death Eaters, some flew out of the way and out of sight, but the wave washed most of the Death Eaters out of the sky. Nico had wrapped all the Death Eaters on the ship with shadows, so tight you could barely see them, then with real loud awful screams the shadows covered the Death Eaters completely and they disappeared.
"Ops," Percy said, as he let the water fall back down into the ocean, it caused a massive wave that hit the side of the ship and washed us up out of the ocean and on land. I was thrown along with all my friends out of the ship and into a pile of snow as the ship overturned and landed on its side in the snow, it was snowing pretty hard too and there was about four or five inches of snow on the ground.
"Wise Girl." Percy cried, running over and helping me to my feet. "You alright." I nodded and looked around, as our friends got to their feet. I looked behind us and the ship didn't look like it was in too bad of shape. The only one who hadn't got up was Hermione, I saw Leo run over to her. I watched as he turned her over on her back and dust the snow off her face.
"Damn it." Piper cried. She kicked the ground. "Now this is going to take up more of the time we have."
"Sorry, Piper." Percy said. "I didn't mean to knock us out of the water."
Piper sighed and shook her head. "It's not your fault, it's the freaking Death Eaters and Voldemort." She walked over to Leo and Hermione and got down on her knees in front of them. "How is she?"
"I don't know." Leo said. "She's breathing, but she hasn't moved any. And she's real cold." He rubbed his hands together, untill they were smoking and the palms turned red, he then held them over Hermione as if he was trying to warm her up.
"Does anyone have any nectar." Piper asked. I could tell she was worried. Piper and Hermione were good friends, but when Aphrodite claimed her, that made Hermione, her sister.
"There is some on the ship." Luna said. "I'll go see." She ran over to the ship, and climbed on, then disappeared through a door.
"What are we going to do?" Ron asked. "We now only have four days to save Harry."
"Damn Death Eaters." Piper cursed. She then smacked the ground with her hand.
Leo now had both his hands on fire and was melting the snow on the ground in front of Hermione. I think he was trying to make a dry place to lay her. I was getting a little worried myself, Hermione still hadn't moved.
"Is anyone as cold as I am?" Percy asked. "Where are we anyway?"
"I have no idea." Leo said. The snow was coming down harder now, and it was real cold. He had melted a lot of the snow away and was now using fire to try to dry the ground.
"We're somewhere cold." Nico said, Percy rolled his eyes.
"Really, I hadn't noticed." Percy said. Luna appeared back out of the ship, she had a first aid kit in one hand, and an arm full of blankets in the other. She ran over to Leo and Hermione. She handed Leo three of the blankets and the first aid kit.
"I put a warming charm on them." Luna said. Leo laid one fo the on the ground in the dry spot he made. He then picked Hermione up and laid her on the blanket, then covered her with both the other two.
"I brought us all a blanket a piece." Luna said. "Except for Hermione, I brought her two." She handed Nico one, he smiled at her and they gave each other a quick kiss. It always surprised me when they showed any kind of emotions toward each other. I don't know how they acted when they were alone, but when people were around you could barely tell they were a couple. Luna went around and handed everyone a blanket.
"Thanks, Luna." I said, when she handed me one, and I was happy to find it nice and warm as I wrapped it around my shoulders.
"Thanks, Lulu." Percy said, when Luna handed him a blanket, she smiled slightly at the new nickname. But Nico glared at Percy.
"Don't call her that." Nico demanded, Percy just smirked.
"Leo," Piper said. "I know you're worried about Hermione, but maybe you should go see what shape the ship is in. So we can go."
"I can't just leave Hermione laying here like this." Leo protested.
"I'll keep an eye on her." Piper said. "So will Marauder, but it would be better if you can get the ship up and running. We're running out of time."
"And it would be better for Hermione if we can get her in a warm place." I added. Leo sighed.
"Alright." Leo said. "But I'm building a fire first." Leo cleared away more snow, he then made a big fireball in his hand and then laid the fire on the ground where it stayed. Leo then stood. "You guys have to keep it going yourselves, I'll be on the ship fixing whatever needs fixing, and while I'm at it. I might as well fix what we were going to have stop and fix anyway. So we don't have to make anymore stops."
"I'll come with you." Ron said. "Maybe I can help somehow." Leo nodded, and he and Ron went into the ship.
"Nico and I will find some sticks or something, so we can keep the fire going." Percy said. Him and Nico then walked into the woods. Luna and I went over and sat on either side of Piper. Marauder was laying across Hermione helping to keep her warm.
"I'm sure glad you put a warming charm on this blanket, Luna." Piper said. I nodded in agreement, if she hadn't we all would be freezing.
We all fell silent the only sounds was hammering and banging coming from the ship and the sound of the wind howling. We put the blankets over our heads like a hood to keep the wind from hitting our faces.
"What's taken Percy and Nico so long?" Piper asked. I frowned, they were taking a long time.
"I hope they haven't run into anything." Luna said. That made me worry, I hope not either. We fell silent again, it was getting colder and none of us really felt like talking. It was an hour later, though it felt like more; when we finally the hammering and banging stopped, then suddenly the ship made a noise as it began to raise up and then a big splash as it landed in the water the right way.
"It's fixed." Leo shouted, as he and Ron appeared smiling, then Leo frowned as he looked around. "Where's grumpy and dopey?" He asked, I head Piper snort.
"They went to look for sticks for the fire and hasn't returned." Luna said. Leo frowned.
"I guess maybe Ron and I can go look for them." Leo said. I shook my head.
"No, you two stay here." I said, standing. "Get Hermione on the ship, to the Sickbay, take care of her. Us girls will find the two boys." Leo frowned then shrugged and went over to Hermione, Marauder moved out of his way, as he lifted her up and carried her on the ship. Us girls got aboard and put on warmer clothes, and big heavy coats along with winter boots. than we left the ship in hunt of the two stupid boys who most likely have gotten themselves lost.
The wind howled and blow, more snow was coming down, as we walked into a forest.
"When we find them I'm going to smack both of them upside the head." Piper said. She had to held on to her hood, to keep it from falling off. She talked Marauder into staying on the ship, lying next to Hermione in one of the beds in the Sickbay; his body heat was helping to warm her up, and she hasn't woke up yet, not even with Leo given her nectar.
We walked for about an hour into we reached the end of the forest, my head was down to stop the snow and wind from hitting my face, so I couldn't see. And I barely heard Luna's gasped.
"Look," She said. I looked up and at the end of the forest was a giant size cave, and outside the cave was two giant bird cages, inside the cages were Nico and Percy.
"What in the word?" Piper asked, she went to take a step toward them, but I grabbed Piper's arm and pulled her back.
"Something put them in those cages." I whispered. "And that something could still be around." All three of us hide behind a tree and sure enough there was a sound from inside the cage, and to my shocked two gianst about twenty-five feet tall came out. They didn't look like any of the giants we had come across lately, they had normal giant looking feet, hands, arms, and legs, with massive size heads, but they were funny looking.
"They are from the wizard world." Luna whispered. "They use to be over hundred tribes of them all over the world, but due to mostly their violent nature they're now only about eighty left."
"Why do they have Nico and Percy?" I asked.
"Probably to eat them." Luna said. "In the first wizard war they were on Voldemort's side and a lot of the killings and tortures back then was done by giants. I don't know if they're known for eating humans, but I think that's what those two want with Percy and Nico, look how skinny they are. They're starving."
"I'm sure they are plenty of animals around here they can eat." I said. "But they're not eating my boyfriend."
"Could they even eat Percy?" Piper asked. "I mean with his Achilles curse. If they put him in his mouth would they be able to chew him up?" I glared at her. "What it's a good question?"
"I don't know." I admited. "I'm sure one of their teeth would hit his heel and kill him anyway. I like to know how they got him."
"That doesn't matter." Piper said. "We need to save them so we can go." She looked at me. "Any plan?"
"If you're up to trying to charmspeak them, I could slip on my Yankees cap and sneak over and let them out of the cage while you keep their attention on you." I said.
Piper nodded, then took her quiver from her back and pulled out Harry's cloak. "It'll be quicker if you break out Percy and Luna breaks out Nico, that way you have less of a chance getting caught." She handed Luna Harry's cloak. I nodded to that idea, and pulled my cap out of my pocket. Piper took a deep breath and walked out from behind the trees and up to the two giants who were now arguing over who would be the one who gets to eat Percy.
"Excess me." Piper said, the giants stopped arguing and looked down at her. "I'm lost can you tell me how to get back to the Ocean?" Her charmspeak was getting better; I almost stopped to tell her the way. I shook my head and walked as quietly as I could to Percy, who had sat up at the sight of Piper. I climbed up the side of the cave he was hanging from, I slipped once and almost fell, I just hope Luna was doing the same on Nico's side. The way they had it hanging the back of the cage was touching the cave, so I could reach the door, but it had a large padlock on it.
"More food." I heard one of the giants say.
"Percy." I whispered, he turned around real fast.
"Annabeth," He asked. "Under your cap?"
"Yeah, I came to let you out but the door had a lock on it." I said. Percy reached his hand out of the cage feeling around, I knew what he wanted and put my hand in his.
"Forget about me just go." Percy whispered. "Before they realized you're here."
"No, I'm getting you out." I told him. I let go of Percy's hand, took a hairpin out of my hair and stuck it in the lock. I just hoped I could figure out how to pick it. Piper was talking to the giants, I looked over toward Luna and Nico, and Luna had gotten Nico's cage open, and he was climbing out. I didn't see her, so I guessed she was still under Harry's cloak. I put my attention back to the lock when Nico suddenly disappeared. Under the cloak I guessed.
"I see her first." One of the giants suddenly yelled. He then pushed the giant next to him.
"I see first." The other yelled and pushed him back. I guess Luna had been right about their violent nature. They started punching at each other. Piper ran around them and toward us. She got to the cave and looked up.
"I have them fighting with each other so come on." Piper said. "While they fight we can get away. The lock suddenly clicked and then opened.
"Yes." I cried, opening the door, and got out of the way so Percy could climb down. We then ran toward the woods but suddenly a giant club landed in front of us.
"We tricked, food no get away." He said. Percy pulled Riptide out of his pocket and held it up. The giant swung his club around, Piper and I dodged out of the way, as Percy rolled under the club and up to the heel of the giant ,where he sliced crossed it with Riptide. It cried out as blood spilled out of the wound, he swung at Percy again, and he jumped over the club and landed on the giant's hand, then ran up his arm and to his shoulder, he raised Riptide before the giant even knew what happen and sliced him across the neck. The giant's eyes rolled in the back of his head and he fell down dead, making the ground shake for about two minutes.
The other giant cried out and ripped a tree right out of the ground, he then swung it at us, but a shadow wrapped around the tree and pulled it back. I looked and both Nico and Luna were standing there out from under Harry's cloak. Nico raised his sword and ran at the giant and sliced its leg, he cried out and fell to one leg, Nico then slammed his sword on the ground and it started to shake, I grabbed hold of Percy's arm to stop from falling as a large hole opened up and the giant fall down in it.
"Come on." I said, pulling on Percy's arm, I led him and Piper over to Nico and Luna. "Leo has the ship fixed so we can go once..."
The ground started shaking again, it felt like an earthquake. I held on tighte to Percy's arm
"Nico, stop!" I said.
"That's not me." He said. He was trying to look at me, but instead was looking over my shoulder.
"Percy?" I asked.
"It's not me." He denied. "Why would I start..."
"Okay, Okay," I interrupted, before he could go on and on.
"It's them." Piper said, pointed over to the side, we turned to see about twenty giants heading toward the cave.
"It's a tribe." Luna said. "They're not going to be happy that Percy killed the Gurg."
"The who?" Percy demanded.
"Leader of the giants." Luna said. "See, he was the biggest one so that means he was the Gurg." It sometimes surprised me how much Luna knows, she doesn't seem or act like someone smart, but she was, especially when it came to creatures and monsters, myth or wizard she knew them all.
"Maybe we should just get out of here, before we're seen." Nico said. Too late the giants were now pointing our way, well not me I was still under my cap.
"There is way too many to fight." Percy said, he grabbed my hand and we all started to run back the way we came, the ground shook more as the giants came after us. I didn't know if we could make it, it was hard to run in the snow. We heard shouts as they ran after us.
I was doubting we would ever get there when the ship finally came into view, we picked up speed when we saw it and made Ron almost jump out of his skin when we came rushing on board.
"Bloody hell!" Ron cried.
"LEO!" Percy yelled, "LEO!" Leo came running from below deck with a hammer raised.
"What is it?" he asked. Looking around, he then frowned. "I was sitting with Hermione."
"Get the ship in the air." Piper demanded. "Come on quick we really have to go."
"Why, what happen." Leo asked.
"Percy pissed off a tribe of twenty-foot giants." Nico said. Ron's eyes about popped out of his head.
"Where's Goldilocks?" Leo asked, looking around; oh yeah I still had my cap on.
"Don't call me that." I demanded, taken my cap off, both Leo and Ron jumped.
"Look!" Piper cried, pointing toward the forest. The giants were not far from us now.
"Holy Hephaestus!" Leo cried, he then ran toward the hull and in no time the ship were taking off, and the ship was raising in the air.
"Just what the bloody hell happened!" Ron demanded. Percy opened his mouth to say something, but his eyes got big.
"Oh shit!" He cried rushing over to the other side of the ship. I looked to see the giants were stepping into the Ocean still trying to come after us. The water came up to just below their waist, like a child in a kiddy pool.
"Leo" Percy yelled. "Take the ship higher!" We were still low enough that a giant could just grab hold of the ship, out of the corner of my eye I saw Nico grab Luna's arm and put her behind him, as he took out his sword and held it up. Piper shot an arrow, I heard a female giant scream as it got her in the eye. She then shot another one. I was beginning to think her quiver was magic, because she never ran out of arrows.
"I'll take care of them." Percy said, he held out his hands and the ocean began to raise in a giant wave, taken the giants with it, Percy then raised one hand palm up and the wave came crashing down on the land, taken out all the trees and everything, the water then went back down into the Ocean, and I could see a few giant bodies lying around dead, but most of them most of drawn in the wave and was now under water, because I didn't see them anywhere.
Percy stumbled and sat down and leaned up against the side of the ship, he looked real tired. I sat down next to him, he smiled and pulled me to him. Leo came back on deck.
"I'm going to sit with Hermione, don't come get me unless something is wrong with the ship." He said, then disappeared below deck.
"How is she?" I asked. Ron shrugged.
"I don't know." He said. "She won't wake up." Piper sighed and ran her hand through her hair, which was now a burgundy color. Her eyes were purple. I didn't know if she had them that way or if she still couldn't control them changing.
"I'm going to go check on her." Piper said. "Maybe we should have brought an Apollo kid with us." She then disappeared the way Leo went.
"I still want to know what the bloody hell happened?" Ron demanded. Percy let go of me and ran his hand though is hair.
"Please don't ask." Percy said.
A.N. Hope that was a good chapter, I don't have Nico and Luna kissing or hugging too much, because I don't see Nico as someone who would show emotions like that in front of other people and Luna doesn't really seem like someone who would either. I probably won't get back to Ginny's group for another chapter or two. The next chapter will be either Hermione's or Leo's P.O.V.