To all my 'wonderful people': Thank you for all your positive feedback! After reading all your wonderful reviews, I was smiling for a long time (like an hour or so). Now, chapter 7!

Hermoine POV

It was awfully quiet in the Gryffindor common room that night. Most everyone was either thinking about the Gryffindor-demigod, Neville, or just about the demigods in general. Those who weren't deep in thought were either getting the last of their schoolwork done (lazy procrastinators), or already asleep.

I was sitting on one of the couches near the fire, Ron and Harry on either side of me. Neither of them had spoken for nearly 15 minutes, and, while that is somewhat customary for Harry, Ron had a very hard time not talking for longer then a few seconds.

It was quiet for another few hours. By about midnight, almost everyone had gone up to there rooms. A few sixth- and seventh-years were still in the common room, as well as Ron, Harry, Dean, Seamus and I. I figured that Neville's absence from this house had taken the largest toll on the boys in my year; they were the ones that lived with him, after all. I could only hope that this situation could turn out better.

Seamus muttered something about a "lying, deceiving pig", and walked up the stairs, Dean following him.

Ron turned towards me, and said, "I can't believe he lied to us. Us! I mean, we've known him for five years; you think he'd be truthful with us. But no. He lies his face of, the slimy git!"

From my other side, Harry countered, "Yeah, I'm mad at him for lying to us, but he didn't really have a choice."

Ron stared at him as if he had grown a third eye. Holding up his hands in a defensive pose, Harry said, "I know, I know. We thought he was our friend, but he betrayed us. Yet I know that, deep down, he truly never meant to hurt us. In fact, I bet he would have told us if he could! I'm not saying that I forgive him; I'm just saying that we shouldn't immediately hate him when we don't know the full story."

I nodded my agreement, while Ron just sat back, miffed that his best friends didn't agree with him.

"Let's find him tomorrow, and get the whole story," I suggested. It would be more beneficial to us to know the full story before we came to any conclusions.

Grudgingly, Ron nodded his assent, while Harry just remained silent. I turned to him, a questioning look on my face.

"I think he should tell us himself. That way, we can prove that he was really our friend," he suggested.

After pondering his suggestion for a few moments, I agreed. Besides, we wouldn't want to make Neville feel pressured. He may have been a liar, but he was still our friend. I hoped.

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Breakfast the next morning was very awkward. The Great Hall was almost entirely silent; the only people talking were the demigods.

Because there was no excess noise, everyone could hear what they were saying. Yet they didn't seem to mind.

Frank, Hazel and Neville's conversation went like this:

"It's nice to finally meet you," Hazel said to Neville.

"Yeah, the Greeks have told us so much about you!" Frank joined in.

Neville smiled. "That's nice to hear. So, can you tell me a little bit about Camp Jupiter?" Neville asked.

Before Hazel or Frank could answer, Percy leaned over, saying, "Crazy head statue that tries to kill you with it's mind." Then he went back to his conversation with Thalia as if nothing had happened.

Hazel and Frank laughed. "His name is Terminus, the god of boundaries. He's a little... hot-tempered, and absolutely hates Percy because Percy kinda threw him at a giant."

Neville chuckled, turning towards Percy to confirm the story. However, Percy was no longer sitting at the table. He and Thalia were... well, the other conversations first.

Annabeth, Piper, Jason and Leo were talking about the school.

"But Hogwarts!" Leo said, bursting out laughing.

Piper and Annabeth shook their heads, as if the name of our school was something they'd discussed with him before. Jason, on the other hand, cracked a smile, earning him a slap on the arm from Piper.

"Leo, it's rude to laugh at the name," Annabeth told him.

"But seriously, who names a school after pig skin?"

At that point, most of us Hogwartians were very angry at Leo for undermining our school, but it's true-he did have a point.

Piper and Annabeth simultaneously slapped him on the head, and he stopped laughing.

It looked as if Piper was going to scold him again, but their talk was interrupted by Thalia and Percy... well, you'll see.

Thalia and Percy's conversation went like this:

Percy said, "Well, sea disasters are much better then air disasters!" All the other demigods groaned, as if this was a topic they'd discussed before.

"No they're not!" Thalia countered.

"Yes they are!" Percy said, standing up.

"No!" Thalia said, mimicking his action.

"Yes!"

"No!"

Then they both stood up and walked outside, as if it was something they did everyday.

By the first crash of lightning, all the students were crowded out in front of the school.

Thalia summoned a lightning bolt which hit Percy, sending him flying backwards. Right into the lake.

"Oh, Hades!" Thalia said. Well, at least she cared that Percy was most likely dead, now that he got thrown very forcefully into the lake.

There was a collective gasp from the students as that happened. Most of us had never even seen someone get severely hurt, except for the occasional quidditch injury. Now, we had just seen a person get blasted by lightning into a lake filled with deadly creatures.

I looked towards the demigods. Annabeth was laughing-wait, what? Why was she laughing? Her boyfriend is probably dead! The rest of the demigods were either exchanging golden coins (Betting? Seriously?), or just talking with each other.

Through the stunned silence, Annabeth said to Thalia, "No point in continuing this now. Percy's going to be down there a while. He said he wanted to talk to the creatures."

Thalia nodded, and walked back inside, looking very murderous. The rest of the demigods went inside, except Annabeth. She walked to the lake, and, right before she jumped in, I yelled to her, "Don't! You'll probably drown!" I don't know why I yelled out, but all I knew was that this girl seemed very smart, and like someone I would want to be friends with.

Instead of heeding my warning, she laughed, said, "Don't worry, Percy will catch me!", and jumped in.

Horrorstruck, I watched as a giant bubble surrounded Annabeth, pulling her deeper into the lake. Wait, WHAT? o

My brain filled with confusing thoughts I couldn't piece together, I followed the stunned students inside, heading straight for the library. Time to do some reading.

Done! Once again, thanks to all my wonderful people! I was only able to write this chapter fast because I really wanted to make my wonderful people happy. Because you guys make me happy. So it's a CIRCLE OF HAPPINESS!

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