Nerdy Princess 2004: I'm not sure if it was from the cartoon you mentioned; I've never seen it there. The quote was actually from the song 'You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile' from the musical Annie! But nice guess!

Also, I didn't mention this before, but it's currently December at Hogwarts, about 3 weeks before Christmas. So far, the story has only taken place on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but once I have a few things lined out, I'll move the story along a lot faster.

Now, Chapter 13!

Percy POV

I ran upstairs after Annabeth, desperately trying to keep my mind off of the discussion we'd just had.

Unsurprisingly, the way I keep my mind off of something is to think of something else entirely. But, with my ADHD, I don't exactly have an opinion to what I start thinking of.

We're going on a trip in our favorite rocket ship, zooming through the sky. Little Einsteins! Wait, wasn't Einstein the guy who had an apple fall on his head? No, that was Newton! Wait, how do I know this? ANNABETH! Ha... Newton. Like Fig Newtons. Wow, cookies sound really good right now... especially blue. Maybe, if we go back for winter break, I can bring some back here from Mom. It's actually weird how we celebrate Christmas, because our whole existence kind of undermimes the whole point... "but let's not go into the metaphysical," to quote a wise old centaur. Wow, that was so long ago! I can't even remember... Oh, right, it was after I had gotten home from Yancy Academy. With Smelly Gabe! Oh my gods, I'd forgotten all about him!

In my long and complicated ADHD thought process, I had completely zoned out. I came back to the present with a large knot forming on my head where I had hit the door with it.

I stared around for a second, bewildered.

Annabeth... you have changed my mind to your wordy, complicatedness!

Annabeth! That's why I'm up here!

I barged through the door to find Annabeth on one of the beds (probably hers). Running over, I saw that she wasn't in full-on flashback mode, but was just taking shaky breaths; I could immediately tell she was trying to keep herself from having one. I'd done much of the same recently.

Recognizing my presence, she looked over at me. An unspoken understanding passed between us, and I just lied down next to her.

In a few minutes, we had both fallen asleep.

Piper POV

As soon as Percy followed Annabeth up, Hermoine said, "What was that all about?" I didn't trust myself to have enough composure (and I almost always have enough composure) to open my mouth without screaming at her.

I could sense how guilty she felt, but that didn't do a thing to lessen my anger. She seemed like a smart girl, but her decisions in the last minute or so were absolutely and utterly foolish.

Getting only hard glares from most of us, she turned towards Leo, whom she probably assumed to be the most lenient in a situation like this.

What she didn't know was that, even though Leo is mostly always a goofball, he could be just as serious as the rest of us, if a matter as serious as this arose.

"What that is about is none of your business," he told her.

After a few more seconds of them just standing up awkwardly, Thalia said, "It would be best for you guys to leave now, and never ask about it again."

I nodded my assent, and Harry said, "Let's go."

After they had left, we all sat in silence for a few moments before Luna started screaming.

"SPIDER!" she yelped, jumping on top of Neville, who cried out in alarm. Unable to see because of Luna covering his eyes with a death grip, he stumbled over Thalia's outstretched legs, and he and Luna went flying, him on top of Jason and I and Luna right into a painting in the wall, in which the magician in a waistcoat and top hat started sobbing about how no one loved him.

Jason and I threw Neville to the ground, where he groaned dramatically about how we 'had broken his soul', while Leo just laughed at everyone.

Luna, rubbing her head and cursing softly in Greek, walked back over to us, where she sat down next to Thalia. Looking closely at her, I saw that her skin was much paler then usual. Her hair was lighter, too.

Sending her a questioning glare that took her a moment to comprehend, she nodded and pulled out a little bronze book with a single red ruby inlaid in what would be the spine, if it were a real book. She pressed it, and a bright light filled the room.

When it dimmed, I saw the Luna that I knew from camp: Golden-blonde hair, light grey eyes. She was a bit wiry, but don't let that fool you; she was quick and well-balanced, especially with a dagger, which I saw protruding slightly from her boot.

Even though I had only known Luna for a few months, part of which was during a war, I knew her more then I even knew some of the people in my own cabin (i.e. the snobby, conceited ones a.k.a. Drew and her clique).

Thinking about my cabin got me to think about how much I missed camp right now. Sure, it was cool we were at a magic school, and sure, we had only been here for two days, but already so much had happened that I had a growing sense of nostalgia.

My thought of home were interrupted by Nico and Will coming through the door, talking in hushed tones.

They walked straight up to their room.

Jason gave a big yawn, which caused me to yawn to, then Hazel and Frank, then Leo, then... well, you get it.

After we had all given a big yawn, everyone went up their respective staircases, not uttering a word.

When I arrived upstairs, I saw Percy and Annabeth lying on her bed.

Smiling, I grabbed a blanket from off the floor, and laid it over Annabeth, who was still wearing her shorts.

Percy tugged it over him, muttering, "Mine."

With a small laugh, I quickly brushed my teeth, then climbed into bed, not even bothering to change into pajamas.

As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out like a light.

Y'all happy? I had a lot of fun writing Percy's part with the whole ADHD-mind-going-crazy-places thing, because when I'm trying to go to sleep, that's all my mind does. This was my though process (roughly) last night: bed, like cotton. Cotton, like wool, which comes from sheep. Sheep are like cows, and I had a burger for dinner last week, and the day before that I had seafood, and the ocean is big, and Krakatoa was a big volcano. Krakatoa was in a book, with balloons, flying to the mountain. We worked with balloons in Science today...

So yeah, my mind kind of trails off.

Anyway, QOTD time!

QOTD: How many times have you read: The Original PJO series, the HOO series, and the Harry Potter series?

My answer: 11 or 12, 2 I think, 5ish