Author's Note: I'M BACK! Did you miss me? I couldn't wait to post this chapter. A LOT is going to happen. I won't tell you now because it will ruin the surprise. So with that please R&R.

Disclaimer: Mira capítulo uno (Look at chapter one in Spanish.)

Chapter 4

Percy's P.o.V

I was completely and utterly exhausted when I went to bed last night. I couldn't sleep worth a crap one, because the bed was very uncomfortable, and two, because my mind kept replaying today like a broken record. Every time I closed my eyes I watched as I lost the one person that mattered most to me, then found that the two people I knew would always support me were gone too. The only good things that happened yesterday were meeting Dumbledore, finding out that Nico still had my back, and the nagging feeling that I would get to see her after all these years. I felt giddy just thinking about it. I'm pretty sure if someone told me that all this would happen to me I'd one, beat the crap out of them for sprouting such nonsense, and two, I'd send them to a psych ward because they would have to be insane to even think that. But no matter how hard I tried to tell myself that this was some strange nightmare, and I'd wake up next to Annabeth and everything would be fine, I knew that it wouldn't. I even tried clicking the balls of my feet together and saying 'There's no place like home. There's no place like home.' Over and over and over again. I actually thought that it might work, until Nico woke up and threw a pillow at me, saying to be quiet and let him sleep. It was just hard to accept the fact that everything I had worked so hard to achieve was just snatched away from me by my own brother. I don't think that I will ever forgive him. That is saying a lot considering I forgive people VERY easily. I just couldn't wait to get to Hogwarts. Mainly so I could see her again. I looked at the clock and after a lot of concentration, realized that it was around 5:26 in the morning. I decided to get ready for the day. Dumbledore did say that we had a lot to do before the day's end. I'm still kind of curious as to who is going to be helping us. I mean he said that we couldn't miss him. Did that mean that he had some physical aspect that made him hard to not see or that he radiated some kind of immense power that made him hard not to sense. Either way I needed to get ready. I grabbed some clean clothes and went to take a shower. Once finished I got dressed, brushed my hair, unsuccessfully, and brushed my teeth so that they looked pearly white. When I finished I walked back into the bedroom and looked at the time. 5:41. I figured I should wake up Nico since he was still sound asleep. It took me a while but he eventually got his lazy but out of bed, grumbling to himself as he walked to the bathroom. I hoped that they had a clothes store in Diagon Alley because if they don't then Nico will be wearing the same clothes for the rest of the school year. That would be very depressing. When we were both ready to go it was 6:00 even. We walked out the door and found a very um,…large sight before us. He was tall. Really tall, kind of pudgy, and had long, dark, curly hair, and a long, dark beard.

"Oi! And who might you be?" the man asked

"I-I-I'm Percy, and this is my friend Nico. W-w-we were sent here by D-D-D-Dumbledore." I stuttered nervously.

I was scared for my life. The guy was HUGE and even if Nico and I could get past him, I had no doubt in my mind that he knew how to handle magic. We wouldn't stand a chance.

"OH! So you boys are the ones I'm supposed to be helping. Okay then, first things first. You boys need wands."

"Wands?" Nico and I asked

"Yes, wands. Wands are a wizards' weapon. If you want to learn to become a wizard, then you need a wand, otherwise what's the point? By the way, my name is Hagrid. I'm the gate keeper of Hogwarts and also a teacher at the school." Said Hagrid

"That's cool. We'll keep that in mind. We may stop by and see you sometime. Oh wait! What exactly do you teach?" asked Nico.

"I teach Care of Magical Creatures." Said Hagrid.

"Wow. I wish we had something like that at Camp. If you could only hear what some of the Pegasus are saying, you'd want to help them. They always talk about how they are mistreated by the campers. I really hope that they will be alright." I said.

Thinking about camp instantly ruined what little enthusiasm I had for the day. Nico could definitely see it. I'm not sure if Dumbledore told Hagrid about it or not. I can only hope that he did. I really didn't feel like explaining it to him. Having to live it was bad enough. I hate having to remember it. I hope that I can overcome this. It's not affecting me at the moment, possible because it hasn't really sunk in yet. I'm sure that when it does, I'll be a wreck. I just need to try to forget what happened. That could be easy. The hard part would be to forget my mom and Paul. It just won't be the same without them. No more reassuring hugs from mom, no more lectures on good behavior from Paul, no more blue…well anything. Even if they annoy me to no end, I still love them. I can't just forget them. It's impossible. And don't even get me started on Annabeth. I can wrap my head around the fact that I'll no longer get to hear her tell me I'm doing something wrong, then correct it for me, not being able to hear her call me my annoying nickname she gave me when we were twelve, not getting to see her when I wake up, not getting to hold, or kiss, her anymore. The fact that she left me stings the most out of everything. I was sure that she was my other half. I was going to PROPOSE to her for Gods' sake. I don't want any of what happened yesterday to be real. But it was, and I can't do anything about it. The only thing I can do is move on. Or at least try to. Oh, who am I kidding? I'll never be able to move on. I'll be stuck, loving someone who not only betrayed me, but doesn't love me back, for the rest of my life. I didn't even realize that I was moving until Nico, Hagrid, and I got to a large stone wall. I don't even remember leaving the Leaky Cauldron. I guess I was too lost in thought to realize what was going on.

"What are we doing here Hagrid?" Nico asked.

"Were going to Diagon Alley." Stated Hagrid

"But, we're at a brick wall. I think you might have taken a wrong turn." I said.

"No, no wrong turn." Said Hagrid

Hagrid pulled out his umbrella and taped the bricks in a pattern. We stood there for a few seconds, just staring at the wall, then the bricks started to move. Forming a passageway into a different world. The streets were lined with people in dark robes, going in and out of some very interesting looking, and named, shops. All of the people had little decorative sticks that shout out some kind of light and did something to someone else. I think that those were the "wands" that Hagrid had mentioned. I can't wait till' Nico and I can get some. Nico and I were amazed. To think that the Gods don't know about this place is amazing. It's a place of secrecy that I find quite calming. If the Gods don't know where anything about this world, then there is no way that they will be able to find me or Nico. I found a way to escape my past. I was overwhelmed with gratitude for the place. It gave me a place to stay and be safe. I couldn't wait to start the school year. I wonder what the kids would be like. I got lost in thought again, and that doesn't happen often, by the time we made it to the first building. I couldn't make out what the sign said. Stupid dyslexia. Luckily, Hagrid realized Nico and my problem.

"First stop, Gringott's Bank."

"What do we need to go to a bank for? I've got plenty of money with me." I said.

Showing him the drachmas and mortal money. He simply shook his head and went into the building. Nico and I followed. Once inside we were astounded. Not by the look of the bank, It looked like an ordinary bank. What astounded us was the little goblins working the bank.

"You see, we don't use the same money as demigods or mortals. We have our own currency, and this is where the majority of it is kept. Don't worry about not having any money here either, Dumbledore has everything all taken care of for you boys to get settled into the wizarding world." Said Hagrid.

"I didn't realize that everyone used a different currency. I would have guessed that the wizards would use our money or mortals. It's weird to think that everyone uses different currency. What is your currency anyway Hagrid?" asked Nico.

"Well we have knuts, sickles, and galleons. A Knut is the lowest value of currency. There are 29 Knuts in one sickle, and there are 493 Knuts in one galleon. A sickle is the next highest value of currency. There are 17 sickles in one galleon. The highest currency we have is a galleon. A galleon is equal to $10.17 in American currency." said Hagrid.

Nico and I stood there, silent. That was a lot to comprehend. I think I can remember that…Nope. I already forgot what he said.

"Hey Hagrid?" I asked

"Yes Percy."

"Do you think that you could give us that in writing?" I asked

"Um…sure. I don't see why not." Said Hagrid.

"Thanks." I said.

"You're welcome. Now let's get to your vaults." He said.

"Wait! We have vaults!?" Nico and I asked.

"Yes Dumbledore set you both up with vaults last night. He said you boys would need a place to put your money. So he created two of them for you both." Said Hagrid.

"So we have a place to put our mortal and demigod money while we're here. That's cool and all, but we can keep our money on us because to be honest, we don't have that much to begin with." Stated Nico

"You will also put your wizarding money you earn from teaching in here as well." Stated Hagrid.

"Wait! Did you say the money we earn from teaching?" I asked

"Yes. You both will get teachers wages for working at Hogwarts. Anyway why don't we go to your vaults and get some money to spend for your school supplies." Said Hagrid.

We followed Hagrid and a goblin into the mine carts. It was kind of a fun ride, except for the waterfall. It didn't seem normal. It gave me a weird chill that more or less scared me. When I asked Hagrid about it, he said that it was to detect any thieves that may come through Gringott's. Once we got to a landing we had to use shakers to get past a dragon that was trained to be inflicted with pain when he heard the sound. That poor thing. That's animal cruelty right there. We got to my vault first. To say that it was a sight was not entirely wrong. I don't think I've ever seen that much money in one place before. I wish I had this man when I was like twelve, or younger. Then I could've helped my mother get rid of Gabe earlier than we did. Thinking about my mother instantly soured my mood again. Once I got what money I needed, I got back into the mine cart and looked at Nico. He gave me an understanding look and put his hand on my shoulder. I knew he was trying to reassure me that everything would be okay, but I had a hard time believing it. What if I got like this while teaching? I don't think I could do this for long without breaking down. Nico went into his vault and got what he needed, then came back out. I'm glad he didn't waste much time, because I just wanted to get out of here. This whole place was getting on my nerves. We backtracked to the dragon, and, once we got past it, we got into a mine cart and went back to the front desk, and out the front door. I was so grateful to see the sun. It instantly lifted my mood. I don't know if it was the warmth of the sunlight or Apollo trying to help me. I hope that he is, then I know that at least one god still believes in me. We walked around the shops until Hagrid found the one he was looking for. Looking at the sign I couldn't tell you what it said. It was all just jumbled up letters and I couldn't make out the words. The Hagrid asked.

"So are you boys ready to get your wands?"

"YES!" We both shouted.

"Well go on in then. Oh and before I forget, make sure that you're alone then say 'Minerva' it's a code word for him so he knows what to give you for a wand. If he asks you for your godly parents' name, just tell him. It will make things easier for him."

We turned around and walked into the store. When we looked back, Hagrid was gone. We continued into the store and were hit with a smell like old books. Kind of reminded me of a library. There was an old man behind a counter giving a little boy a long box. I had a feeling that that was the man we needed to talk to. I walked over to him, while Nico looked around the room. I beckoned Nico over, and we approached the old man. He look at us both with uncertain eyes. I checked to see if anyone was in the room and then said.

"Minerva."

His eyes went wide, as he stared at us in shock. Then he seemed to recompose himself and a large smile spread across his face.

"It's a pleasure to be assisting such fine young gentlemen as yourselves. Now I have a feeling that you are both here to get wands, am I right?" he asked

"Yes sir, we are." I said

"Good. Now first things first, I must know your godly parents' names. It will be easier to find you both wands if you do. Now how about you first young man." He said. Pointing at Nico.

"My name is Nico di'Angelo. I'm a son of Hades." He stated.

"Ah! A son of hades. Most interesting. Most interesting indeed. Now let me see. Where did I put that box?" He asked himself as he went into the back room.

We heard some rustling in the back room and a lot of nope, noes, and that's not rights. Then we he came back out he held out a box like the little boy's. He opened it and presented it to Nico.

"11in, Ash wood, with a phoenix feather core. Now give it a wave and we'll see if it's right for you." Said the man.

"Excuse me sir, but you talk as if the wand is real, like it has feelings." I said

"Yes, that is because it does. The wand chooses the wizard, not the other way around. Oh, where are my manners? Call me Ollivander. What are you waiting for boy give the wand a wave!" he practically yelled.

Nico waved the wand and a weird kind of light fell over him. Ollivander looked upon him and practically squealed. I think Nico found his wand. Ollivander boxed Nico's wand up and gave it to him. I stepped up to the counter and said,

"My name is Perseus Jackson. I'm a son of Poseidon." I stated. I felt a small amount of bile in my mouth saying that.

"Ah! A son of Poseidon. I know the perfect wand for you." He said, then took off for the back room again.

It didn't take him as long to find my wand as it did to find Nico's. He was in and out of the back room in less than a minute.

"10 ½ in, Vine wood, and Pegasus hair core. Now give it a wave." He said.

I waved it and the same thing that happened to Nico happened to me. I felt happy for some reason. I guess I felt like if I couldn't get a wand, then I wouldn't be able to fit in here. Then I'd have to leave and I won't know what to do. I'm glad that it worked though. We thanked Ollivander then walked out the door. Hagrid wasn't back yet and Nico and I were starved. We decided to find something to eat. While we walked we talked about what the school year would be like.

"So, what do you think the classes will be like?" asked Nico.

"I don't know. I think that they'll be easier that moral classes though. I hope there isn't much reading that we'll have to do. I don't think that I could handle trying to read. Unless we have books in Latin, then I think we could read them."

"Yeah, what about the class we'll be teaching. What do you think we should do?"

"We should train them the way we were trained. No books. That will only make things harder for them. We'll teach them how to fight like we did. We spar and train and do what we can to help them learn. We also have to learn to fight from them too."

"What do you mean?"

"Nico, do you know how to use a wand?"

"No."

"Neither do I. if we teach them how to fight with swords, daggers, bows and arrows, and spears, then they can teach us how to use wands. We can also teach them about the gods, and in return, they'll teach us about them. I say that's our best bet with these kids. What do think?"

"I think that you may actually have a brain in that thick head of yours. Seriously Perce, that's a really good plan. I don't see anything that could go wrong with it."

"Are you being serious or are you being sarcastic, because it is really hard to tell."

"I'm being serious. I'm glad that you are starting to think more. Maybe coming here was a good idea. I mean, just one day here and you're using your head the proper way. I'm proud of you Perce."

"Um… Thanks, I guess."

"Look Perce, there's something I need to tell you. You see, I think that I'm in lo-."

But I drown him out. In that moment, I saw her. She was talking to two other boys. One had red hair, the other had black hair and glasses. I couldn't believe it was her. I need to talk to her. Does she even remember me? It's been, what, four or five years since we've seen each other. I didn't think about Nico or anything. I just ran. I ran to her. I had to talk to her. I was getting closer to her, but then she went into one of the stores with the two boys in tow. After a few minutes of questioning myself if I should bother her, I decided to go in, but not disturb her. The place was packed with people. I couldn't see her anywhere. Did I enter the right shop, did she see me and run away, did I imagine her? I really hope not. I looked around some more, but I still had no luck. I left the shop and went to find Nico. He was sitting on a crate next to a vendor. He looked really sad for some reason. I didn't know what for though. I sat down next to him and asked him what's wrong. He just shook it off and asked me why I ran away. I was reluctant to tell him. But I'm not sure why. I told him everything. I told him about her and about everything we did. He softened his look after I told him, but he still looked sad. I asked him about what he thought I should do. He didn't know. He had never been in my positon before. I really hope I actually get a chance to see her again. I want to get to know her again. I want to know what she's been up to for the past four or five years. I missed her like crazy. I'm pretty sure that she's the reason I even considered coming here in the first place. I hope I can find her.

Hermione's P.o.V

I couldn't figure out why my nerves all of a sudden stood on end. I got this feeling that something was about to happen and I didn't know what to do. So I dragged Ron and Harry into some shop. I didn't know why I felt the way I did. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. I shook it off as superstition. I was currently trying to figure out what to do to calm Harry's ranting about his court sentence.

"I mean, come on, I was defending my cousin. I had a witness as well. I shouldn't have had to go to a court sentence for HELPING my cousin. I'm really getting sick of the ministry. They're all paranoid. They called a FULL sentence. A FULL SENTENCE for a little bit of underage magic…."

"Harry! Calm down. Dumbledore helped you. He got you out of punishment. You should be thanking him for helping you, not ranting about how unfair the ministry is. You already have bad press in the wizard world. If someone hears you talking about the ministry in that way, you could get worse press than you already have. Especially after what happened last year at the tri-wizard tournament. Just calm down okay?" I asked.

"Yeah. You're right Hermione. As always." He said.

"What would we do without you Hermione? You know exactly what to say to calm us down and you know what to do when we get into some really sticky situations." Stated Ron.

I didn't know how to respond to that. It was so sweet of him to say that. Now I'm not crushing on him or anything, he's just really nice to me now a days. There was a time when he used to hate me and make fun of me, but now he's got past that and we're pretty good friends. As we are walking around I noticed two boys sitting on some crates a ways down the road. The closer we got to them the more one of them started to look familiar. When I finally got a good look at the boy I was shocked. It couldn't be. How is he here? The last time I saw him, he was telling me good bye, at the airport check-in in America when I was eleven. My heart started racing. He had really filled out since then. He still had his unkempt raven hair and piercing sea-green eyes, but he was taller, definitely taller than me, he was more muscular to. He was talking to some boy who looked to be dead. He was really pale and wore a lot of black clothing. I took off, ignoring the protests from Harry and Ron. I wanted to see him again. I wanted to talk to him and ask him how that camp was and about any other adventures he might have gone on. I couldn't believe he was here. I was getting closer to him. Then a large crowd came out of nowhere and swept me away. By the time I got out of the crowd and back on track. He and his friend were gone. My heart instantly sank. I back tracked and found Ron and Harry.

"Bloody hell Hermione. What did you run off for? We thought something happened to you. Are you okay?" asked Ron with concern on his face.

"Yeah. I'm fine. I thought I saw someone familiar." I said

"Well, don't do that again. We thought the worst after you took off. You gave us quite a scare there Hermione." Said Harry

"Alright. I won't." I said

"Let's get back to Sirius's place. It's getting late. We've got everything right?" asked Harry

After checking the list of school supplies, I confirmed that we had everything. I didn't even realize that it was already dark out. We found a Floo and appeared at Number 12, Grimmauld Place. The whole time I couldn't stop thinking about him. It's been about four or five years since I've seen him. I wanted to know what he was doing in Diagon Alley today. Was he going to Hogwarts this year? I hope he is. Then I can talk to him about what's been going on. When we were kids he was always the person I would go to for advice. He's always been a good listener, he gave some pretty bad advice sometimes, but the majority of it was actually good. It would be nice to let some of the weight that's been put on my shoulders go. Being the smartest witch of my age is not always a good thing. Especially when EVERYONE seems to think that you have all of the answers. I climbed the staircase, ignoring the insults I got from the house elf, and went into my room. I got into bed. I didn't even realize how tired I was until I laid down to sleep. I was out before my head hit the pillow. While I slept I dreamed of the raven haired, sea-green eyed boy, with a smile that made my heart melt, and a very contagious laugh.

Authors Note 2: So now we know who she is and I'm pretty sure we all know who he is. It took me a while to type this because I had to watch my brother. He is very annoying when he wants to be. Anyway hope you liked the chapter. Next chapter Nico and Percy will be going to Hogwarts. What do you guys think will happen? How do you think Percy and Hermione will react to actually seeing each other? How will the students react to being taught by Percy and Nico?