And boom baby! I'm back for round two! Here we go guys!
HARRY POV
It's been about a day since Hagrid disappeared. We were all sitting in the demigod's common room, waiting for news. It had been a normal night! How could things have gotten this bad? I mean, we couldn't do anything. By the time Jason had managed to fly to the ground, after dodging multiple stunning spells, Hagrid was gone.
Suddenly, the air shimmered in front of us, and a centaur appeared in front of us.
"Woah!" I yelped in surprise as I fell off the back of the couch.
"Chiron!" All the demigods yelled, jumping to their feet.
"Is everyone okay?" The centaur dubbed Chiron asked, glancing around the room.
"Yeah, we're fine, but Hagrid's gone." Percy said, stepping to the front of the group. "McGonagall is down, hit by too many stunning spells, and we're being tailed."
Chiron sighed, shaking his head. "This is grave news. I fear we may need to withdraw."
"Chiron, what are you talking about? You sent us here! And we aren't leaving until Harry is safe." Percy said, crossing his arms.
"We can't do much else Percy. If anything else happens, the Ministry will try to take you out."
"Let them try."
Chiron grimaced. "I guess we could send in more reinforcements, but I doubt they would be able to get to the U.K. without being blown out of the sky. I somehow get the feeling the Ministry wouldn't care about mortal casualties."
"Don't try it Chiron. We'll stick this out. Don't worry about us." Annabeth said, taking her place next to Percy. "We'll figure this out."
"Be safe. And remem-" He was cut off by an explosion and screams in the background. He groaned, rolling his eyes. "Capture the Flag." He said, before swiping his hand through the image, disrupting it.
"Well, that was something." I said, leaning on the couch. I glanced out the window to see, to my dismay, the sun beginning to come up. I groaned, thinking about the day of exams ahead of me. Thankfully, the first was history of magic. I could probably take a nap during that.
Our large group headed down to breakfast, where we stayed, for the most part, quiet. Like yesterday, the bell rang to signal the start of the exam. I stared at the test in front of me, words swimming. Maybe if I closed my eyes for just a moment…..
I glanced to my right to see the door. The door I had been trying to open for months. I walked toward it, reaching out for the knob. The second my hand came in contact with the metal, the door swung open, revealing rows and rows of orbs that glowed and swirled. I sped forward, and stopped dead in my tracks. It was Sirius.
PERCY POV
I noticed Harry had passed out. Can't really blame him, he had a late night. I glanced to my left to see the Ministry guards out cold, thanks to a little sleeping serum Annabeth had made. Finally. We had been wanting a day without the drones hovering for weeks.
Suddenly Harry shot upright, making people in his immediate vicinity jump. He raised his hand, and one of the little proctors walked over to him. After a brief whispered conversation, he got up and motioned us to follow. I signaled the rest of the demigods, and we filed out after him.
"Harry, what's wrong?" Piper asked the second to Great Hall doors closed.
"It's Sirius. He's got Sirius, and I know where. We have to get to Umbridge's office, we can take the Floo from there, and-"
"Harry! Stop! Who has Sirius?" Hazel said, walking up to him.
"Voldemort! We've got to-"
"How do you know?" Annabeth asked, reaching for her sword. Harry pulled at his hair, making an exasperated noise. "Because I dreamed it!"
"Oooh." We all said, knowing full and well what that was like.
"But wait, what if Voldemort wanted you to see that? What if he just made that up to lure you there?" Annabeth said, eyebrows knitted.
"I don't know, I… Wait, the floo network. We could use that to see if he's at Grimmauld Place!"
"What's the floo network?" Jason asked, looking confused.
"It doesn't matter right now! We need a distraction, um, anything."
"Mind if we help?" Two voices asked, I turned around to see the Weasly twins walking towards us. I grinned, knowing exactly where their thoughts were headed.
"Oh yeah." I said, high-fiving them.
TIME SKIP: 45 MINUTES
We had gotten Lou to tell Ron and Hermione about the plan, then half of our group snuck to their hiding places while the rest went with the Weasly twins to set the distraction.
"Ready you guys?" I called, looking down from the rafters where I was hiding with the Stolls, Leo, Jason and Thalia.
"Definetly!" The twins yelled, giving each other fist bumps. I heard the bell ring in the distance, signaling everyone to leave their classes. People started pouring into the halls. And then, it happened. A huge swap appeared out of nowhere, taking up the entirety of the hallway. People started yelling, chaos was erupting. And then, our part came.
"BRACCAS MEAS VESCIMINI!" I yelled, jumping off the rafter, counting on the harness to hold as I flew around like Superman, throwing Leo's newest creation. A modifies paint grenade, that expanded into bubbles the were almost impossible to get rid of.
Giant bubbles of purple, blue, green, hot pink, bright red, orange, yellow, and multiple other colored bubbles appeared out of nowhere, covering the hallway. I looked down as I flew over, seeing people stuck in the bubbles like flies. I laughed, fist bumping Thalia as she flew around.
"What is going on here!" The toad had arrived. I unhooked myself from the harness and flipped, landing on my feet in front of her, beside the Weaslys. Jason and Thalia landed beside me, the Stolls on the other side of the Weaslys and Leo fell on his butt beside them. Oh well.
"Well, Headmistress," Fred said, voice full of sarcasm, "We've decided that continuing our education is not in out career path. As for these guys," He motioned to us, "They're making our dreams come true." Both of them raised their wands, and shouted, "Accio brooms!"
Their brooms shot around the corner, and they hopped on, dangling a few feet above the crowd.
"If you ever want to visit us, our new Headquarters in Diagon Alley is called Weasly's Wizard Wheezys, and discounts to all Hogwarts students who are trying to get rid of this toad faced hag!" George shouted.
Fred looked at Peeves, who none of us had noticed until this point. "Peeves?" The poltergeist looked to the red head.
"Give her hell for us." The poltergeist took off his hat and bowed, as the twins shot out of Hogwarts, throwing fireworks in their wake.
For a few moments, the room was silent. Then, we were mobbed by Ministry officials, who had been revived, to our utter dismay.
"Bring those six to my office. Now." The toad said, fuming. I hoped we had bought them enough time.
ANNABETH POV
Harry needed to hurry up. The ten minutes was almost up. I paced nervously, and then, the door burst open, revealing the toad, along with my boyfriend, and a bunch of angry witches and wizards. The officials ran in and started casting spells at us, effectively cornering us.
"Well well well. Look at what we have here." The toad said. She grabbed Harry by his jacket, yanking him out of the fire and throwing him into a chair.
"You were trying to contact Dumbledore, weren't you?" She asked him, pointing her wand and causing ropes to wrap around his arms.
Draco and a few of his cronies chose that moment to burst through the door, dragging Luna, Ginny, and Neville.
"Found them in the hall trying to tip them off!" He explained dragging them to the wall.
Umbridge nodded, turning back to Harry.
"Who were you trying to contact?"
"No one!"
She backslapped Harry across the face, making all of us yell in protest.
"Don't you lie to me! I know you were trying to contact Dumbledore!"
"You wished to see me?" I looked to the doorway, and saw Snape standing there.
"Yes, did you bring the veritaserum?"
"I'm afraid you used the last of it on the Ravenclaw girl. Now, unless you wish to poison him, in which case you have my deepest sympathy."
"How long will it take you to brew more?"
"About a month."
"A month?" She shrieked, then she turned back to Harry. "Very well, you are no longer needed here Serverus."
Snape turned to leave, but Harry yelled out.
"He's got Padfoot! He's got Padfoot at the place where it's hidden."
Umbridge looked confused.
"Padfoot, what is Padfoot?" She turned to Snape, who stared at her, and said "No idea."
Snape left with a swish of his cloak. Umbridge closed the door behind her, glancing around the room.
"There is still one way to loosen your tongue." She said, before firing off a spell that made all of the Minisrty guards pass out. I reached forward, catching the cloak of a small wizard.
"The cruciatus curse."
Shouts of, "No!" "It's illegal!" And, "You can't!" echoed around the room. Umbridge put the picture of the Minister she had on her desk face down.
"What the minister doesn't know won't kill him." She raised her wand, and was about to say the first part of the spell when Hermione screamed.
"Harry! Just tell her!"
Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and stared at her.
"Tell me what?"
Hermione looked at Harry, as if pleading, and then gulped. "Well if you won't, I will. We were trying to contact Dumbledore, about a weapon. We needed instructions to finish putting it together." She said. The toad's face lit up, an evil grin making an appearance. She flicked her wand and the officials woke up, good as new.
"Guard them, and don't let anyone touch anything." She snarled as she walked forward and grabbed Hermione's hair, dragging her toward the door. She retrieved Harry from his chair as well, and dragged them toward the door.
"Take me to this weapon." She said, slamming the door closed.
I looked around, meeting eyes with everyone in my group, before letting out a small sigh. So much for an easy year.
And done with the double update! Again, rule still applies, but let's get 15 reviews in a week! Can we do it? And please, check out my Avengers fic. Love you all, have a good first week of summer, (I know I am, the beach rules!) AND BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! (shakalaka)