Hey everyone,
Well, I made my decision. So far the choice for Harry and Annabeth to Grow Apart has had the upper hand with either one or two votes and personally, with how the story is going, do I agree on this as the winning vote. It could very well be that Remain Friends will increase in votes, but for now – oh well.
You agree,

Venquine1990


Chapter 11
Going Home Angry

Thalia's POV

I know Harry and the others didn't see her, but I did hear the door to our cabin open after I had told Percy to call for some water and we had used it to Iris-Message my and Harry's father and while I hate how it has to be Annabeth that had followed Percy's summoned water here, do I wish she would prove herself a daughter of Athena.
Instead of that, does the girl seem too angered with Harry for distrusting Luke to think straight, something I can't fully fault her over as Luke had been her hero since we all first met all those years ago, yet it seems as if that hero-worshiping of days long past is now mixing with her teenage hormones, making a bad combo.

The girl is standing in the entrance to our cabin, her actual dagger in her hand and she says: "I saw Poseidon's magic coming here so I thought I should come and protect Thalia from Seaweed Brain over here and now I come and find that you're still on your paranoia spree against one of the best people in all of Camp?
How could you?" The girl shrieks, yet while Percy's Hey had been overshadowed by Annabeth raising her voice, do I roll my eyes and decide that enough is enough. Annabeth had come to me and taken me apart from Harry shortly after he had revived me and had tried warning me about Harry and his danger to Luke.
Naturally I had disbelieved her, but now I see that, due to her hero-worshipping and her hormones making her have a crush on Kronos' main follower, she is just blind to all of Luke's faults and the danger he currently poses to Camp – and even to her and her friends. And so, while the others look shocked, do I ask:

"Sorry to ask, Annabeth, but since when does a Daughter of Zeus have to be protected against a Son of Poseidon? And more importantly, when exactly did I ask for the protection of a Daughter of Athena when I have my own brother at my side at all times?" The girl looks shocked and affronted, yet I couldn't care less and say:
"I know you're a stubborn creature of habit, Annabeth, I've known that my whole life and so I get that you want for the friendship we had outside of Camp to continue now that all of us are at Camp. However, circumstances – and more importantly people – change and that makes it so that some friendships stay and some go."
"SO YOU PICK HIM OVER ME?" Annabeth shouts in pure fury, but then suddenly she gets blows out, making me turn to my brother who is glaring with the fury of a thunderstorm and with his entire body tense, proving he is holding back on his actual powers, does he move past us all and out of the cabin.

At the doorway, does he keep standing, his hands on either of the large double doors as he says: "I had a friend like you once, Annabeth Chase, and he turned out to be a back-stabbing, double-crossing, jealous, self-centered, prat. I made the mistake of spending 5 years as his friend – I will not let Thalia make the same mistake.
I am not saying she should pick between me and you, I am saying that you should accept that friendship, loyalty and trust – is not for one person only." And with that he slams the door, Annabeth's wide eyes being the last thing we see of her before Harry storms back and actually climbs through the window in the back cabin wall.

Percy, Nico, Bianca and I all share looks with each other and while I know that we are all wondering where Harry is planning to go to relieve stress and let go on his powers, do we quickly climb through the same window, Nico needing a bit of a hand as he is just too short to properly jump down from the other end before we follow my brother.
And to my relief does this decision turn out to be the right one as Harry, his face set in a stone mask of fury, his footsteps causing the grass under his feet to stand up as if touched by static electricity and an aura of wind blowing practically everyone a good feet away from him which shocks them, is moving straight for the sound.
Running after my brother, as he is walking a regular pace, but still managing to stay several feet ahead of us as if running himself, do I look at Percy and the brown haired boy nods, his face aimed for where Harry is going and his eyes sharp as he seems to focus his full power on the watery surface, wishing to bend it to his will.

Yet this seems unnecessary as the power that apparently allows Harry to move to the Sound without anyone getting in his way also allows Harry to walk above the water and the minute he reaches shore, do his feet start to float above surface, Harry himself not even consciously aware of this as he just keeps walking.
By now, many people look at Harry shocked, yet while he walked did something happen that makes me hear Nico snicker as Luke had actually tried getting to Harry, yet the power surrounding him had done more than just push him away, it had launched him off his feet and made him land in the Strawberry fields with a scream of fear.
Many of the Hermes Cabin goers and several of Luke's friends had been shocked to death by seeing this, yet Nico had snickered at seeing it, Bianca had whispered: "A fair warning, if you ask me." And Ethan had a look of happy acceptance on his face, before we had all focused back on our previous and more important target.

Once Harry had started walking on the water had Percy reached out to the Sound itself and had he caused for an actual bubble of air and water to grow around us, our feet off the ground and our faces only a few inches from the surface, allowing us to breath under water and clearly see my brother and wherever it is he planned to go to.
The black-haired teen had travelled over the watery surface for a good couple of hours and to our shock had we actually passed a large scale of land on our right for some time before he had set foot at a harbor, Percy making the bubble disappear and turn back into vapor once we arrived on shore ourselves.
Yet Harry's anger still seemed to burn strong and to make matters worse had it even seemed as if arriving here had given him a new reason to be angry as his eyes had practically burned with a furious rage and he had left straight for the city ahead, traveling through it and seemingly only caring for passing through.
This had happened throughout several towns and cities and while I had used a little Aero-kinesis to grab some fruits and vegetables off of trees and out of a few shops, had we continued traveling, going for a full day and arriving in a very busy and very thriving city the next morning, Harry's temper apparently fueling his body.

Finally, when we arrive here, does Bianca gasp as she looks at a street sign and says: "We're in London. Harry travelled all the way back to England out of nothing but pure anger." This makes me and Percy share a shocked look and while I wonder who here angers my brother so, do we still follow him as he travels.
Harry's feet seem to know exactly where to go as he moves himself to an abandoned business street with several large square towers and high buildings all made of grey stone, which makes the red-painted telephone booth standing on the street stand out like a sore thumb, yet this seems to be Harry's actual destination.

The boy uses his wind power to make the door slam open and close as he enters and I quickly press myself against the glass of the windows, seeing him press certain numbers on the telephone before he says something I cannot here in the device and to my shock does a small badge fall out of the slot that is usually used for change.
Then something else happens and this makes me realize that this telephone booth is magical as the inside of the booth actually drops itself into the ground, a second booth looking like a twin to the other dropping from the ceiling and taking its place, shocking my friends, but making me determined to instantly follow my brother.
I pull the door open and quickly press the same digits as I saw my brother press, yet to my shock does this make an electronic voice ask: "Welcome, guest, to the Ministry for Magic. Please state your name and reason for visit." And while my friends move in with me and look around for the voice in shock, do I answer:

"Thalia Grace, Percy Jackson, Nico and Bianca Di Angelo and Ethan Nakamura. We're on a trip from the US to visit family." And five badges with our names and the words foreign visitors fall from the change slot as the voice says: "Welcome visitors, please remember to have your wand checked at the registration desk."
And with that does the same happen as what we saw with Harry. The whole booth shakes and trembles and while this happens, do I slowly see the outside world grow up higher and higher, the booth itself descending into the earth of London and down a shaft that is apparently lit by magical beams of light every few miles.
My friends and I put our badges on and Nico asks: "What do they mean with wands?" And while waiting for the descending to end, do I say: "Harry's birthmother as you saw is actually a man. He's a wizard and through him, Harry is one too. We're currently at the Ministry for Magic of Britain – or at least entering it."

"So witches and wizards still exist and use wands?" Bianca asks shocked and then the pipe ends and my eyes widen as I say: "See for yourself." Making the others gaze at what I'm seeing and making their eyes widen as well at the sight that greets them as our booth slowly moves down the new hallway we've entered.
A giant hallway made of pure deep green stone with what looks like gold cement keeping the bricks together and with a large round room at the end of the hallway, a statue of pure gold standing in the middle of this round room and the statue itself acting as a fountain. Yet the most shocking of it all is the people.
Hundreds of humans and what look like half-humans and even creatures that don't look fully human are standing in the hallway, a large empty pathway in the middle of them indicating that Harry's powers are still active and that they caused the same thing as they did at Camp and to my shock are some people even wet.
I look further and to my amusement, do I see several people, most of them looking mostly human, pulling themselves out of the fountain and using wands, all made of different kinds of wood, to dry themselves off, all of them muttering under their breaths in anger and indignation as they do so and help each other out.

"No doubt about it, Harry was definitely here." Ethan says and Nico follows: "Let's follow the empty path before it fills up. If we don't we might never find Harry again." To this I nod and the minute the booth trembles to indicate that it landed on the floor, does Percy push the door open and do we move down the pathway.
Many of those that had been blown back look at us in shock and I quickly tell them: "Don't worry, we're here to help." Before I move on and over to where the pathway leads to the staircase, my eyes wide when I see that someone is actually dangling off the railing, his voice shouting for others to help him back up.

My heart stops in shock at the fact that my brother almost threw someone down several floors and to my relief does Percy aim a hand for the fountain, a beam of water flowing out and moving to wrap itself around the man's torso before pulling him up, back on the floor and then vanishing back into the fountain itself.
The man's cloths are wet, yet his eyes are wide with shock and I ask: "Are you alright? Sorry for my brother, he seems to be on the path of war.""And with good reason too, I'd say." A strong, deep and slightly gruffly sounding voice suddenly says from behind me and we all look back into the large atrium looking room.
A man with an army's jacket, who has his brown hair cut military style and who has a pair of sunglasses on has somehow managed to ride an actual motorcycle into the atrium, the vehicle parked sideways on the open path as its rider smirks at us, his gaze making me feel angry for reasons I can't even understand.

"Lord Ares, does thy know why our brother and friend is on this route?" Ethan then asks and while my eyes turn wide at the fact that I am standing in front of the God of War himself, does the brutal looking man nod and say: "I sure do, little Thunder decided it's time for some revenge of his own. He's his mother's kid, alright."
"Wait, you mean he's after that back-stabber of his?" I ask in shock and when Ares nods, do I ask: "Why? I thought Harry wasn't ready to come back yet." The God shrugs and says: "I guess you can blame me, Thunder Lass. I've been sensing that brother of yours feeling a need for revenge and then settling down for weeks now.
Thought it high time he gets those feelings out of his system already, especially if what Uncle from Down Under believes is indeed true." This makes me and my friends share a concerned look, to which the man says: "Which by looking at your mugs I'd have to say it is. Only better than that little Boy Thunder gets this out of his system."

Yet while the man makes his motorcycle roar with its steaming engine, many of those around us slapping their hands on their ears with screams of shock, does he then vanish with vehicle and all as the smoke that the motorcycle emits covers the entire vehicle and rider before vanishing into thin air with its passengers.
"That sure is a way to go." Nico then says, but I am no longer looking at the trail left by the God of War. Instead I have my focus on the staircase aiming downstairs and I whisper: "Harry deserves his revenge, to that I agree, but – what will happen to him when the emotions Ares is making him feel wear off?"
And while the others now also look down worriedly, does Ethan ask: "Sir, where is Ron Weasley being held?" And the man cringes as he says: "He's not being held here. The Ministry put all three Weasleys under House Arrest at the Burrow. They've had everything of value taken and then got locked up there.
The only visitor they have is a House Elf that is under strict loyalty to Madam Bones and she has a fealty with House Potter, so the House Elf will do everything the Weasleys ask it to, but then the opposite way." To this I nod and Ethan says: "That's a pretty good punishment, though I doubt Harry will like it when he finds out."

This makes both me and my friends and those who have come to surround us cringe and I sigh and ask: "So where are the dungeons around here?" And the man answers: "Just keep moving down. Once the staircases stop turn left and then right and you'll be there." I nod and thank the man and then we all move down.
Hoping beyond hope that I am not too late to stop my brother on his hate induced rampage, do I suddenly hear a furious shout from down below before a storm wind blows me and the others against the outer wall of the staircases and Nico states the obvious in his dazed state as he says: "Well, Harry knows the truth."
And immediately do we all get up and move back into the Atrium, the same pathway showing us that Harry is even more furious than before as the diameter of the path is even wider than before and strangely enough leads to one of the many fireplaces stationed against the outer walls of the hallway room.

Yet then the fireplace next to it lights up green and a wizard steps out, his eyes turning wide when he sees what has happened here and I see the same man who helped us before now leaning over a security desk with one arm slung over the desk. I rush over to the man and ask: "Where did you say those Weasleys were at?"
"The Burrow. Just shout it when you enter the fireplace and the floo powder will take you there. Don't worry, the fireplaces here have an endless amount that is magically thrown in whenever one steps into them." I nod, amazed at this form of magic, but too worried over my brother to really care for it and lead the others to the fireplace.
There I step in and say: "Hang on tight, THE BURROW!" And the fire below my feet bursts up in green flames, surrounding us and making me feel as if I am bursting through a really long sliding pipe at a playground, the sound of the wind rushing past me making me keep focused while the others shout in astonishment.

I keep my face aimed for the sky the entire time, but then suddenly the wind brushing past us stops and a second one pushes me in the back, making me roll onto a wooden floor and making me release the hands of the others as they all fall down with me and we all tumble out of the strange method of Wizarding traveling.
I look up from where I rolled on into a crouched position and instantly see something that worries me. Harry, his full form surrounded by funnel winds, his feet two feet off the ground and his hair blowing in every direction while he glares at two males and an elder female who are all cowering in a corner under his glare.

"You lowlife bastards! You knew! You knew I cared for you! That I respected you! That I wanted to give my entire fortune just to be one of you! And all those feelings! All those feelings of care, of respect, of trust – WERE FAKED! THEY WERE FAKE AND THEY WERE MADE BY YOU! YOU FAKED MY EMOTIONS!"
The three tremble and squeak in fear as Harry shouts at them, his shouts accompanied by gusts of wind that shoot from him and actually attack the three before him, cutting into their robes and into their skins, making small bleeding cuts appear and making the three mewl in pain before my brother goes on and says:

"You tried creating me! You tried making me into some kind of robot. You didn't care for me as a person! Neither of you ever did. Yet I did. I cared. I cared for you. I respected you. I trusted you. Or – or – or – or did – did I? Did I ever really feel any of – of this?" And with that the thing I dreaded the most happens.
The winds recede and Harry gets dropped back onto the ground, yet the minute his feet touch the wooden floor, do his legs sag out from under him, his hair now messier than ever before as the wind is no longer moving it in every single direction and covering his face as he lowers it to the ground with pain clear in his eyes.
Yet, where his eyes were alight with fury, a need for revenge and a thirst to get even before are they now empty and hollow, the color drained from the iris. Harry's whole body, which had proven him to be a Prince of Olympus before, now looks like someone who has just been told that his whole family was murdered or something.

Yet, while I feel terribly for my brother, did I already see something like this coming and before any of the three Weasleys can respond more than look at each other, do I move over, pulling my own sword out of its scabbard and standing before my brother with a furious look in my eyes, telling them: "Don't try a thing."
The two males and the elder female cower before my glare and I hiss: "Percy, make another Iris message. Call someone who knew Harry from here. Tell them Harry needs a new living address for the time being." My friend nods and I look at Bianca, Nico and Ethan, all three of them coming to join me a moment later.

I keep my eyes on the three in the corner, my glare on them telling them how angry I am with what they have caused my brother and I can sense that the three around me feel the same as Bianca and Nico actually make me feel as if someone is walking over my grave, their auras of Death coming out thanks to their anger.
This makes me want to shiver as I stand next to them, Bianca on my side and Nico on her other, yet I keep in mind who I have behind me and this allows me to remain strong, my relief great when I hear Percy calling for the man named Arthur Weasley, who I know is the father of the two boys and the husband of the woman.
The man himself seems shocked to see an Iris message and even more so to see the Burrow, yet Percy doesn't allow for his shock to overwhelm him as he quickly explains the situation and asks: "Where can we bring, Harry? Camp doesn't have a fireplace like your Ministry does." And to my relief does the man seem calm as he says:

"Leave it to me." Before he apparently seems to know how to end the Iris message as I can, from the corner of my eye, see the rainbow disappear, Percy's face showing shock, worry and a slight bit of confusion before he turns to us and turns off the tap that he used to make the call before joining us with his sword in hand.
Yet only a few minutes later does something happen that shocks me as I hear a pop from behind me before I see a creature with long ears and tennis-ball like eyes appear there and say: "Dobby always be protecting Harry Potter sir. Him and friends." And before I know what's happening has the creature taken us out of the Burrow.

WOW, okay?
That happened! But seriously, this SOOOO didn't go according to plan. I just made this go like this because of one of the rules that you can find at Chapter 1 which states that Harry is to have a breakdown after finding out what the Weasleys did and I really felt it would be best to have this happen before the big reveal.
So sorry, but the big surprise that Hera mentioned in one of the first chapters is going to be postponed a little longer as right now Harry is going to need his sister and his UK friends to get his confidence and his belief in others and himself back. This might take 1 chapter, it might take a few, I am not sure yet.
Also, where it comes to Annabeth, she will be angry, but by the time Harry and the others have returned, will she have calmed down and accepted that, while she wants to keep her friendship with Thalia, she doesn't want to get between Thalia and her brother, yet Harry's problems with Luke are just too much for her.
This might change once it becomes public that Luke makes his second attempt at the Bolt – the first having been at the last Winter Solstice and having failed, but that is still quite some time away, so until then will it be up to you and up to the poll. It might be that I will keep them civil with each other, it might not.
Who knows,

Venquine1990
PS. For Rules, check chapter 01.