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Harry
It didn't take a genius to figure out something wasn't completely right with the American students. The way Annabeth and Percy clung together when they weren't in classes, the way Calypso held herself like a queen and looked much older than her age.
The way Piper smiled and laughed though her eyes held the look of a war veteran. The way Jason's fingers would spark sometimes. The way Leo would joke and smile and laugh, though his eyes were sad and held the echoes of war.
The way Hazel and Frank went together all the time and acted like a boyfriend-girlfriend couple. The way Reyna let her face be an emotionless mask, the way Nico's eyes were hollow and empty and dark. But Harry decided not to push for answers, just in case it hurt them too much.
Malfoy couldn't believe his eyes when he saw that Harry and Ron were still at Hogwarts the next day, looking tired but perfectly cheerful. Hermione was nowhere to be seen, and she had refused to talk to them all.
Harry and Ron filled the American students in on the adventure, and Piper was looking thoughtful.
"That thing that dog was guarding," said Piper. "If it needed such a heavy protection..."
"It's either really valuable or really dangerous," finished Jason.
"Or both," added Calypso.
As the owls flooded in, Leo's phoenix swooped down and dropped a parcel in front of him. Leo opened it and grinned. Inside was a bag full of churros. Then everyone's attention was caught by two long thin packages. One package was dropped in front of Reyna, who kept her face impassive, and in front of Harry himself.
Harry ripped open the letter, just like Reyna. It told him not to open it.
Everyone (American students) leaned in.
"It's a broomstick," said Harry.
"We gathered," said Percy dryly.
"Let's go upstairs," suggested Frank.
"Agreed," said Leo with a shudder. "Creepy Snape is staring at us."
"I'll get Annabeth and the others," said Percy and got up. He returned a moment later with the other students, Reyna fingering her broomstick.
Hazel's tan skin looked sweaty and she wiped sleep out of her light gray eyes.
The group went upstairs, where they were confronted by Crabbe and Goyle. Malfoy seized Harry and Reyna's packages and felt them. "They're broomsticks," he said, giving them back to the two. "You'll be in for it this time, Potter, Ramirez-Arellano. First years aren't allowed."
Ron couldn't resist it. "They're not any old broomsticks," he boasted. "They're Nimbus Two Thousands. What did you say you've got at home, Malfoy, a Comet Two Sixty?" Ron grinned. "Comets look flashy, but they're not in the same league as the Nimbus."
"What would you know about it, Weasley, you couldn't afford half the handle," Malfoy snapped back. "I suppose you and your brothers have to save up twig by twig."
"You want to fight?" growled Leo, fire in his eyes. He grabbed Malfoy's collar. "I could take you out any day, ferret-face."
Malfoy shoved him off. "Why you little-"
"Not arguing, I hope, boys?" squeaked Professor Flitwick who'd appeared at Malfoy's elbow.
"Potter and Ramirez-Arellano have been sent broomsticks, Professor," said Malfoy quickly.
"Yes, yes that's right," said Professor Flitwick, beaming. "Professor McGonagall told me all about the special circumstances. What models are they?"
"Nimbus Two Thousands, sir," said Harry, fighting not to laugh at the look of horror on Malfoy's face.
"And it's really thanks to Malfoy here that we have them," added Reyna, the corner of her mouth twitching in a small smirk. The group went upstairs, laughing at Malfoy's look of rage and confusion.
The Qudditch lesson went well, both for Harry and Reyna. All were surprised when they realized they'd been at Hogwarts for two months.
On Halloween morning they woke up to the delicious smell of pumpkin wafting through the corridors. Percy had wondered whether they would be blue or not. Harry thought not. Even better, Professor Flitwick announced in Double Charms with the Ravenclaws that he thought they were ready to make objects fly, something they'd been dying try since they'd seen him make Neville's toad zoom around the classroom.
Professor Flitwick assigned pairs. Percy and Frank were together, Reyna and Seamus Finnigan, Leo and Calypso, and Jason and Piper. Harry's partner was Annabeth, which was a relief since Neville had been trying to catch his eye. Ron was working with Hermione. Harry couldn't tell whether Ron or Hermione was angrier about that. She hadn't spoken to either of them since the day they had run into the dog.
"Now don't forget that nice wrist movement we've been practicing!" squeaked Professor Flitwick, standing on a pile of books as usual. "Swish and flick, remember swish and flick. And saying the magic words properly is important too-never forget Wizard Baruffio who said 's' instead of 'f' and found himself on the floor with a buffalo on his chest."
It was difficult. Harry was having trouble doing it with his feather, while Annabeth was making her feather zoom around the room with loop-di-loops. Calypso had already made her feather swirl and leap around the room, dancing around. Leo was flicking and swishing, but the feather didn't move. Jason was smirking as the feather obeyed him, but Piper's was just hovering. Frank's was shaking in the air, and Percy's was sitting on the table.
There was an explosion in the back of the room, and Harry turned around to see Seamus' feather floating to the table, burnt to a crisp, while Seamus himself was cowering down as Reyna was yelling at him.
Ron wasn't doing much better.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" he yelled, his arms flailing around.
Hermione corrected him and did it right.
Ron was in a very bad mood by the end of class.
"It's no wonder no one can stand her," he said to Harry as they pushed their way into the crowded corridor. "She's a nightmare, honestly."
Someone knocked into Harry as they hurried past. It was Hermione, and she was in tears.
"I think she heard you."
"So? She must've noticed she had no friends."
Hermione didn't show up at all. Parvati Patil said that she was in the girls bathroom crying, and wanted to be left alone.
At lunch, Harry was helping himself to a baked potato when Professor Quirrell came sprinting into the hall, his turban askew and terror on his face. He reached Dumbledore's table, slumped against it, and gasped, "Troll-in the dungeon-thought you ought to know." He sank to the floor in a dead faint.
There was silence, then Percy jumped up and yelled in a language he didn't understand, "Iroes gia mena!" The other American students flocked towards him, and that was when pandemonium broke out. Harry just managed to see the American students run out, and he motioned for Ron to follow him.
Ron followed him, and Harry slipped out of the Great Hall, watching for any signs of movement. He followed the flicking of a robe into the girls bathroom-
and saw something he'd never believe.
The robes were discarded in a corner, and Percy was attacking. His hands were lifted as if he was controlling the enormous water fists that were bashing the troll and had a glowing bronze sword in his hand, with which he attacked.
Annabeth was darting in and out of action, attacking with a bronze knife the troll's ugly knobbly legs. The troll was bleeding, but he didn't seem to realize it, just roaring and swinging around aimlessly.
Calypso was chanting and her hands were up as the troll's eyes went milky white, as if it was going blind.
Leo was attacking with a bronze-and-gold hammer and he was shooting fireballs at the troll's big ugly stomach, and was slamming the hammer down on the troll's toes. The troll's stomach was covered in burns, and his toes were broken.
Hazel was stabbing the troll with a golden sword, and the troll seemed angrier than ever.
Frank was shooting the troll with arrows, and then changing into a giant eagle to peck and claw the troll's head!? Harry and Ron both rubbed their eyes to make sure what they were seeing was real. And it was.
Piper was stabbing the troll in the ribs with a bronze knife, yelling out commands like, "Hit yourself in the nose!" and so on.
Jason was flying around the troll's head, cutting it with a golden sword.
Reyna was attacking with a golden sword, cutting the troll's stomach and back.
And Nico-what was Nico doing!? Nico was raising an army of skeletons and was making the skeletons attack.
That's when Harry saw. Hermione was cowering in the corner, fear in her eyes. The two Wizards ran over to Hermione and ran out of the bathroom with Hermione in tow. It was surprising, really, that the Americans were so busy fighting they hadn't noticed any of them.
There was a final CRACK! and the troll fell unconscious to the floor.
"Thank you," she said. "Friends?"
"Friends," echoed Harry and Ron. The three went upstairs.
"Let's go through their belongings," suggested Hermione. And they did, and Harry couldn't be more amazed in what he found.
In Percy, Piper and Leo's suitcases there were two orange shirts with Camp Half-Blood printed on, and in Calypso's they found herbs and magical ingredients. In Frank and Jason's they found two purple shirts with SPQR printed on. A loud CLANG from outside made the three jump.
"Let's follow the sound," said Harry, feeling nervous, but curiosity killed the nervousness.
When they went outside they found the Americans practicing with weapons and powers.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron lifted up their wands. "Who are you?" Harry demanded.
"We'll explain upstairs," said Leo. They all went upstairs.
That's when they dropped the bomb.
"We're demigods," said Nico bluntly. "I'm a son of Hades, Hazel is a daughter of Pluto."
"Son of Poseidon," Percy waved.
"Daughter of Athena," said Annabeth.
"I am a titaness," said Calypso. "I am immortal." Harry and Ron's jaws dropped open.
"Son of Hephaestus," said Leo.
"Daughter of Pluto," said Hazel. "As Nico said."
"Son of Mars," said Frank.
"Daughter of Aphrodite," said Piper.
"Son of Jupiter," said Jason.
"Daughter of Bellona," said Reyna coldly.
"We're from the future," said Leo.
"I don't believe any of this!" declared Ron.
"After all you saw you still don't believe?" snapped Reyna.
Ron's jaw opened and closed but he didn't speak a word.
The demigods each took turns explaining exactly about a demigods life and what they were doing at Hogwarts. Leo explained about Celestial Bronze and Imperial Gold and Stygian Iron and steel and everything.
Ron and Harry were flabbergasted and awed, but Hermione wasn't convinced.
She took one long look at the others, frowning, then sighed.
"Okay," said Hermione at last. "I believe you."
"Thank you!" sighed Frank.
Everyone burst out laughing.
They became friends after that, because there are some things you can't share without becoming friends.
And this was one of them.
But even so, Harry couldn't shake the feeling that the demigods hadn't been telling everything.
A/N
This ending was sorta rushed 'cause my mom needed me to go and help her with something. Sowwy.
