WTF Annabeth

Chapter 19

Selina

"I wonder what time it is" Harry asked when we finally broke off our kiss, reluctantly.

"I have no idea" I replied. Gosh his eyes were gorgeous. And he had the cutest smile. I felt warm and safe and loved in his arms. Just... oh my. Why didn't I figure this out sooner?

"It is time for us to talk, we have a half hour or so before the evening supper." Dumbledore said as he came into the parlor or family room of the first year boys' dormitory with McGonagall with him. He looked around, and continued. "I don't recall the dormitory being this large, or having private rooms."

"Oh, that's the tents, we have three amazon tents set up, before then it was too crowded." Harry told him.

"I see, very clever. Now I know why the upper classmen are complaining. Harry, Miss Beauregard, I must ask, Did you just have a"

"Yes. A prophetic dream. We all did, with Chiron, Hecate and mom." I answered.

"I see. Professor McGonagall reports the same. So, it is true, a war is coming. I have feared this but had no confirmation. I felt Tom Riddle was back, and you told me Ares and Hecate had said so, but I hoped, well I hoped it would not be an all out war, We are not prepared. You... you have a unicorn." Dumbledore said with smile, finally noticing the horned horse at his feet.

"Why don't you sit down Professors, Rue, could you fetch Annabeth and Percy? They know more about it than we do, plus maybe Percy can talk to Lemur and tell us some information on who attacked him."

"Sure, I'll be right back."

"Thank you Harry, I would send for them magically but I fear Annabeth would simply stab the messenger thinking it a ghost." Dumbledore said.

Rue left, which gave me an opportunity to talk to the professors alone.

"Have you had dreams like this before?" I asked.

"Well, prophetic dreams are usually veiled in mystery and require great pondering to illuminate their meanings."

"Mom is kind of direct. See, the gods can't mingle in human affairs. They send their half blood children to do so for them, or as we have been called since Hercules, their 'heros.' We represent them. Sometimes they are vague in what they want, you should read some of the prophecies we get from Apollo through the Oracle, or worse directly from him. He's been on a haiku kick lately. Which is better than limericks, those are always horrible, but sometimes they are just straight up marching orders. Those are nice because you can just do your job. My job is to learn fencing and magic well enough to teach my mother's other children in our cabin. Oh, and what she said about being the goddess of procreation, she is totally serious about that. Ironically I must, as her representative to her other children, remain pure until I am eighteen."

"Well, that's a good thing really. Children start so young these days." McGonagall smiled.

"I suppose, but our average lifespan is about sixteen." I frowned.

"Oh. Well if that is average, then half of you must live longer." McGonagall said.

"Good point, and since my brothers and sisters and I don't stomp around the world on quests looking for monsters to kill, we tend to survive, many to old age. Its Annabeth I worry about."

"Not Percy?" Dumbledore asked.

"Well of course, and you know, he's not supposed to be alive anyway. He's got it tougher than anyone. But as a child of the big three, he will soon be stronger and more powerful than anyone."

"Why is he not supposed to be alive?"

"Well as I understand, during World War II the big three, or as they are called by some, 'the brothers,' Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, well their children fought and nearly led to the destruction of the world as we know it. It took several children of Prometheus, Fermi, Bohr and Oppenheimer, to end that war by gathering in Los Alamos to teach the secrets of unleashing energy from the atom. Anyway, seeing the harm they caused, the three entered a pact to not have any kids. And so far Zeus and Poseidon have broken that pact. Zeus had a daughter, Thalia. She was best friends with Annabeth actually, but she died at the edge of camp. Zeus turned her spirit into a tree which now helps guard it. Percy is the only known surviving big three child, and he's not supposed to exist. Big three kids are supposed to become incredibly powerful as they age, so every monster and agent of evil will be constantly after him to prevent that. That is why what mom told Chiron about there being more was so disturbing. Oh, and mom has a lot of kids, Celibacy just doesn't work for her. Not at all. She had kids like a stray cat with a viagra prescription."

"But you're her favorite?"

"I'm not sure about favorite, but I am the one that was selected to be her representative at this time."

"I see, well..."

"Hey guys! What's up? Feeling better Selina?" Percy asked as he came in with Annabeth, Harry, Hermione and Ron with them.

"Yes much! The nap helped tremendously! And I think Lemur likes being where it is warm and he can rest."

"You're not going to keep him here are you Mr Potter? We can arrange for stables." McGonagall said.

"Oh no, Lemur is going home with Selina, then will rejoin his herd in a week or so once he's completely healed."

"I just worry he won't get along with Blackjack and the others." Selina said. "Plus its so cold out there, he needs warmth to get his health back."

"You're not keeping him at Aphrodite?" Percy asked.

"I would, but its already crowded. We have enough year rounds to go only two to a room, but there is no room for a unicorn. And mom says it is about to get more crowded."

"Oh, well, keep him in Poseidon then. Its heated and there is no one else there." Percy said, then whinnied something to Lemur, who whinnied back.

"Yeah, he doesn't want to be alone. Why don't you stay in Harry's room and keep Lemur with you? They don't feel safe alone. Bring a few friends from Aphrodite and make a house party of it. Just clean up the mess."

"Oh, I think he'll go outside to..."

"I meant from the girls at Aphrodite." Percy snickered.

"Ha ha! But what an excellent and generous idea! Thanks Percy! Now, why were are here, we all had a prophetic dream, and it effects all of us. Professors, you want to tell them about it?"

Dumbledore went over the dream, which only took him a minute. He didn't mention the wands, only the confirmation that two wars were brewing and that I was to be trained with the epee and what magic I could. He added that epees suitable for combat would be available once training had reached the point that it was merited. Then he turned it over to Harry.

Harry laid his satchel on the small table beside Lemur, and then laid out the bundle of wands from Hecate. He looked them over while everyone else watched, and after a moment smiled when he found the one he liked.

"It tingles." He said as he smiled at me.

"Mine did too!" Both Professor McGonagall and I said in unison, then we giggled together as well.

"Okay guys, these are a gift from Hecate and Aphrodite. Their cores are a hair given by each, and they rival the most powerful wands created. Also, they can do no evil. They are a gift to help us prepare for the wars coming, and we should honor that gift. I was to give you each one, as well as the rest of our training class, but no method was given as to how to give them out, so, each of you pick one that seems right to you. That's what I just did and I think it worked for me."

Each in turn took a moment to look them over, and each found one that they liked, and all reported a strong sensation when they picked up the one they chose.

"Okay, so what do we do now?" Annabeth asked.

"We go to the evening meal of course." Dumbledore said, "Then you go to the room of requirement and see how well your wands work."

"You guys go ahead, I'm going to stay with Lemur and keep him company. Perhaps the boys kitchen can provide him with some nourishment." I said.

"Oh bring Lemur with you, most of our students have never seen a unicorn, and I am sure the house elves can find some oats, sweet feed or salad" Dumbledore said as he scratched him behind his horn.

I knew I liked Dumbledore for a reason.