CHAPTER 8:

Hazel POV

"Wise Girl!" Percy whined. "Why did we have to tell them?"

Before Annabeth could answer, I interrupt. "Perce, you know that in order to protect them, it'd be SO much easier for us if they actually knew our… Situation." I explained to him.

"Piper could've used her charm speak, or you or Thals could have manipulated the Mist so that she forgot!" Grover argued.

I shook my head. "You guys. It'll be easier on our part. The faster they trust us, the faster we can get rid of Voldemort, and the sooner we can go home." I say, knowing that the thought of going back home would appeal to all of us.

Percy sighed in defeat. "Fiiiiiiiiine." He draws out the word.

Then he breaks into laughter. Annabeth looks worried.

"Seaweed Brain, are you okay?" She asks.

"Sorry, just VOLDEMORT, what a stupid name!" He says through his laughter.

We all break into laughter. Oh, Percy, only he can turn a deadly situation into something funny.

Ron POV

Hermione looked super happy when we arrived to Lunch. Why? I have absolutely NO idea.

Bouncing on her toes, she told Harry, Ginny and me that the new kids had this insane secret and they would tell us after classes.

She was smiling so wide-she looked so pretty. Wait. WHAT?

I had to knock some sense into myself! Hermione is one of my best friends! That's it.

Right?

Right.

After a full day of horrid classes, we made one last stop, to our last class of the day. Divination.

Hermione thinks that this class is a poor excuse for teaching and a joke. I only take it because Harry takes it and because it's an easy class. Stupid, but easy nonetheless.

Harry and I led the others to the door that led to the Astronomy Tower. They looked around in fascination, but Piper's nose wrinkled when she saw Professor Trelawney.

"Who is that?" She asked in a slightly disgusted tone.

"Professor Trelawney." I answer, proud to know something for once.

Piper's eyes widened as she took in the teacher's outfit. She whispered something to Jason and Leo. It sounded like she said, "Hideous!"

Then Leo answered with his troublemaker grin. "Pipes, your mom's side is showing!"

Piper glared at him so fiercely I was surprised that he didn't just die, but he smiled up at her, though I think, if you looked closely, you could see a hint of fear flickering through his eyes.

She muttered something to him in Greek. "Idiot. I should charm speak you into doing something stupid so you make a fool of yourself."

Whatever she said made his eyes widen and he got down on his knees. "PLEASE DON'T BEAUTY QUEEN!" He shouted.

"Fine, but get up and DON'T CALL ME BEAUTY QUEEN." She thundered.

He gulped, but nodded.

We gathered around Professor Trelawney.

"Oh! New students! I am an oracle and a fortune teller." Trelawney said in her creepy mystical voice, to inform the newer kids.

Immediately their faces hardened.

"Oracle? The oracle is Rachel! Apollo wouldn't give this hag clairvoyant powers and I hate to say it, but I think that she might actually be a worse fortune teller than Octavian." Annabeth scoffed in the weird language that they used a lot.

Percy got a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Alright, professor. Could you tell us something about our futures?" He asked, smirking.

The other were laughing with him.

"This should be good." Thalia murmured to her brother.

Trelawney went to Percy first. "You will die of drowning!" She announced. They cracked up for some strange reason.

Confused, Trelawney moved over to Thalia. "You will die of being struck by lightning!" She declared. They laughed even harder.

Determine, Trelawney walked to Jason, "You will die of falling off of a high building." Jason shook his head as the others continued to laugh.

Leo was next. "You will be burned to death!" The professor shouted out.

All of them just continued to laugh, even harder if that was even possible.

Trelawney was mystified. "What is so funny?" She asked. When they shook their heads, she shrugged and continued with her 'fortunetelling.'

She walked up to Piper. "You will die from not being pretty enough." Piper rolled her eyes, but everyone else just cracked up.

"Your mom won't let that happen." Leo said, smirking. Piper smacked him upside the head.

Curious at their change in emotion, the teacher turned to Hazel. "You will die from not being rich enough." They all laughed again. For what reason, I have absolutely no idea.

"Nico, you will die from being afraid of death." That brought even more laughter.

"Frank, you will die from not being able to camouflage yourself." Leo fell out of his chair laughing so hard, and Percy wasn't far behind.

Grover was next. "You will die from polluting." They all stopped laughing. Everyone glared at the professor. All their glares alone were scary enough, but altogether, they were menacing.

"Annabeth, dear, you will die from strategic weakness and stupidity." Trelawney announced.

Percy stood up immediately and stalked over to the professor. "Don't you dare EVER call Annabeth stupid or I will kill you." His sea-green eyes flashed murderously.

Annabeth had tears in her eyes, but was blinking them away.

Thalia stood up to comfort her. "Annabeth, you know that you're a genius." She said.

Annabeth ran out of the room.

Cursing in another language under his breath, Percy ran out after her.

"What was that about?" Harry asked, confused.

I shook my head. "I don't know, mate."

Annabeth POV

I know that I shouldn't take what that idiot said to heart, but I can't help but think that's she's right. After all, Percy and I could have died a few times because I didn't think something through.

I ran away from the Astronomy Tower, and into Percy and my separate room.

I put my head in my hands and sobbed.

I few seconds later, I heard the door creak open, and I knew that it was Percy.

He took in the sight of me on my bed crying my heart out and sighed.

"Wise Girl? You know that she's stupid, right? And that she's an insult to Apollo?" He asked, walking over to me. He wrapped his arms around me and I cried into his shoulder.

"I know, Seaweed Brain, but when we were… down there… a few of my plans nearly got us killed. Honestly, mother should be ashamed to call me her daughter." I sob.

He sits up suddenly and pulls me away so that he can see my face. He wipes the tears off of my face with his thumbs and looks at me. "Listen to me Wise Girl. Did I ever tell you that after mine, Frank and Hazel's quest, I was scared that would drown, because I almost did and it was not good. So when she said that would die of drowning I thought that maybe she could be right. Then she called you stupid and I knew that she was a liar-because there is no way that you are stupid, okay Wise Girl?"

I nodded in response. "Thanks Seaweed Brain."

He smiled and I looked at him. "That was pretty idiotic of her, huh? Saying those things." I say, laughing even more.

Perce nods and laughs with me. We laugh for a little while until we hear a knock on our door.

We exchanged looks. "I suppose we tell them, now?" Seaweed Brain says warily.