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Annabeth POV

Our first day at Hogwarts was certainly interesting.

First, there was the matter of Neville. Apparently, he had been issued a quest five years ago to go to this school and protect Harry Potter. The Oracle (before it was Rachel) had warned him that no one should be told of this quest 'until the time was right'. I guess that time was now.

Neville's quest also got me thinking. Typically, quests were given to a threesome. Since Neville didn't specifically say that he was the only one on the quest, that made me think that there were potentially other demigods at the school.

When I asked him about it, he shrugged it off, saying, "It was a special circumstance."

However, since he didn't look me in the eye when he said that, I didn't entirely believe him. But I trusted Neville, and if he didn't want to tell us about the others, I would respect his privacy. Besides, the only way we could probably tell who the demigods were was if they revealed themselves, taking into account the whole look-changing pendant that Neville had, and that I'm assuming the other two have also.

After we ate, Dumbledore gave a speech. I could tell that the others weren't listening; Percy was playing with my hair and complaining about how the food was already gone, Jason and Piper were talking in whispers, Leo and Thalia were having a glaring contest (Thalia was obviously winning), and Frank and Hazel were talking with Neville, probably becoming acquainted with each other since they hadn't met before.

I, on the other hand, listened. Dumbledore would probably have useful information, and I wanted to know everything there was to know.

"I know that you probably all have questions for the demigods, but now is not the time to ask them. You will have a class tomorrow to learn about Greek mythology. The demigods will be teaching, so you will be able to ask your questions then. Students, I must remind you to not go into the Forbidden Forest. Even if you see the demigods going in there, do not go yourself, or you will be punished."

It was at this point that a woman who resembled a Scythia Dracaena stood up and pushed Dumbledore over, making room for herself at the podium.

"I can assure you all that the demigods will be going nowhere near the Forbidden Forest, for they will be unable to defend themselves against the horrors there. I advise that you all do the same."

Even though I was the only one listening, Thalia also heard that part. While I just laughed, Thalia was up on the table with a bow in her hands, pointed at the teacher, Ms. Umbridge.

"If I ever hear you say that we're unable to defend ourselves again, I will shoot this bow faster then you can say 'stop'. You hear me?" she said in a deathly low voice.

Umbridge nodded, then continued, her voice shaky. "I did not mean any offense by that statement. I was just saying that..." she paused, trying to pick the right words. "I was just saying that you have not yet shown us the power you're capable of, so-" Her statement got cut off when an arrow pierced the chair, an inch from her torso.

"That was just a demonstration," she said.

Suddenly, Hazel and Jason started laughing. And it didn't seem like they could stop.

All eyes turned towards them, and everyone remained silent.

After a few seconds, Hazel gained her composure enough to choke out, "Sciron."

Ah. When Sciron caught us on the coast of Croatia, and almost shot Piper and Frank, he'd said that to them.

After another two minutes of laughing, they eventually stopped.

Umbridge, her face contorted into confusion and anger, yanked the arrow out of the chair, and walked out the doors of the Hall. When she was out, Thalia sat back down, as if nothing had happened at all.

Dumbledore returned to his position, saying, "Well... off to your nights, everyone!"

Everyone stood up and left. Nobody even looked at us. I guess when someone almost shoots a teacher, no matter how awful, it stirs some fear into others.

I turned to Neville. "Are you going to return to the Gryffindor common room, or do you want to join us?"

"You guys," he immediately answered. "I'm afraid my fellow Gryffindors hate me, now that they know I've been lying to them for five years."

Seeing the miserable look on his face, I hugged him. "They'll forgive you, I'm sure. It's not like you had a choice."

With a quick nod from him, we walked back to our common room.

We decided to tour the castle with the remainder of our night. Percy and I were going to try to find the library, and after, I promised Percy we could see the lake.

After several wrong turns, we found it on the first floor. I walked in, Percy trailing apprehensively.

There were easily thousands of books in here! I looked around at all of them, and, after working through my dyslexia, I could tell most of them were about Hogwarts and magic. I checked out a copy of Hogwarts: A History. It seemed like it would be a good idea to learn about this school, seeing how we were going to be here a while.

After I checked it out, Percy practically dragged me to the doors. I guess he could sense where the water was, because he got us to the front doors of the castle easily. He threw them open, and started running. I ran after him.

Eventually we reached the lake. Percy's face immediately became blank, and I could tell he was searching the water for creatures. While he concentrated, I turned around and studied the castle.

After about two minutes, Percy announced that there were mer-creatures and a giant squid, plus Zeus knows what else. As it was getting dark, I convinced him to go back to the castle with me, and not check the lake until another day.

We walked back to our room. I went up to the right, where the girls were staying, and Percy went up to the left. I was worried about being apart from him. If I got a nightmare, how fast could he reach me? I discovered my fears were soon unnecessary, because there was a door separating the rooms upstairs, so he could easily come into our room. But after trying to unlock it, and failing, I assumed that it will only open in an emergency. How a door would sense an emergency, I didn't know, but I trusted that magic would make it work.

With that in mind, I got ready, climbed in bed, and fell asleep.

Chapter six done! How are you guys liking the story so far? And by the way, to my guest who asked that I include Will, he will most likely be in the next chapter or the one after that ;)

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QOTD: Monkey or Hippo?

Yeah, I know it's a really random question, but it's a bet between my two friends.

My answer: Hippo