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Hermione P.O.V.
I wasn't sure what shocked me more: the fact that Draco is a demigod, or that fact that he was being nice to us. I only payed the slightest attention to Annabeth, instead staring at my two friends and one enemy whom I probably didn't know at all.
They were laughing together, the Gryffindor and Slytherin wizard-demigods now apparently friends, when they had hated each other for five years... No, when they had acted like they hated each other for five years, for I was sure it was all an act now.
Thinking it all through, however, would make my brain implode, so I instead turned my attention back to the class.
When Jason said we were going to be learning combat, I got confused. Why would we need to, if we already knew defensive spells?
"Uh, sir?" I asked
"Call me Jason," he replied, and I saw the others nod behind them, clearly not wanting formalities.
"Why do we need to learn combat?" I questioned him, the murmur behind me confirming that my fellow wizards thought the same thing.
Jason gestured for Annabeth to come up, and she started to explain.
"What would happen if you lost your wand during battle?" she asked us rhetorically, though it did make me think.
If we lost our wand in battle, we would be defenseless, unless we mastered a wandless accio charm, which is very difficult, nearly impossible. I guess that having a weapon, or at least knowing hand-to-hand combat, could help us defend ourselves while we either get our wand back or knock our attacker out. When
Annabeth continued, saying, "If you lose your wand, you will be defenseless, open to any attack that might come. As you may or may not believe, the Voldemort guy is alive again... although I can't really say again, seeing as he was never dead."
I nodded as she confirmed my thoughts, and, even though I believed Harry and knew that... Voldemort was back, I was still surprised that she said it so bluntly. However, others, like Seamus Finnigan, voiced their disbelief. Though, I noticed it wasn't as emphatically as he had with Harry, probably because he had seen the demigods spar earlier and did not want to be against them.
"He has, more likely than not..." Annabeth glanced back at the demigods, who nodded at her, making me think that they had come to a certain conclusion. I did not have to wonder long, as Annabeth said, "He has enlisted Greek and Roman monsters into his legions, which are probably immune to a wizard spell, much the same we are."
Okay, pause. So, demigods are immune to wizard spells? Seriously? For a minute, I was envious of them, before I remembered that they were constantly hunted down by monsters trying to kill them, and my envy lessened.
Also, WHAT? In addition to fighting V-Voldemort's Death Eaters, we would have to fight monsters as well? Suddenly, I was very glad that we would be learning combat, for I really didn't want to find myself face-to-face with a monster with only a wand that can't affect them.
After the noise had died down a bit, Annabeth said, "If you ever find yourself up against one of them, and one of us is not near by, or if you lose your wand in battle against another wizard, you'll most likely meet a painful end."
Although I realized it was true, and something the demigods lived with on a daily basis, it was still a mix of horrifying and... well, it was just horrifying to hear those words potentially apply to us.
"Therefore, we will be teaching you how to fight, both with weapons such as swords and daggers, and hand-to-hand in the rare event that you get both your wand and weapon taken from you."
With that said, Annabeth walked back to the line, as Percy and Jason stepped forward.
Percy started talking. "We've decided to break you apart by house. Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, you'll be learning mythology today. Slytherin and Ravenclaw, you'll be working on combat. At our next class, which is on..." Percy glanced at Annabeth, who mouthed Today is Friday, so our next class is Monday. Percy repeated the info to us, continuing to say, "you will be switching groups, learning what you did not learn today. We will continue like this for the rest of... well, however long you guys need. So, Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs, you come with me, and everyone else, go with Jason. For now, you'll just pick your combat weapon, until we can find a good place to actually battle."
As Percy led us over to the corner, where there were a couple tables, I could tell he wasn't happy about being put with our group. I figured that he wanted to teach the combat, and had lost a coin flip or something.
Annabeth, Hazel, Piper and Neville came to our group, whereas Thalia, Frank, Leo, Luna and...Draco went to the other group.
"So, we'll start by giving an overview of the Olympians, and their Greek and Roman names." Piper said.
The demigods' overview was much different than that which I had learned in Muggle school, but seemed similar to the book I had found. It went like this:
"Zeus, Roman name Jupiter, King of the Gods, God of thunder and the sky," she started, causing Percy to say, "Eh, he's okay, when he doesn't want to kill me."
This caused Annabeth to laugh, saying, "When doesn't he want to kill you?" With a loud boom of thunder outside, Annabeth's thought was confirmed.
Hazel paused before nervously saying the next one. "Hera, Roman name Juno, Queen of the Gods, Goddess of family." As soon as she was finished, Percy gave a short, harsh laugh, saying, "Sure, family. Which is totally why she tore me from mine for SIX MONTHS!" Annabeth seemed to be almost literally fuming, and Piper, Hazel and Neville just stood there, before Neville decided to say the next.
Before he could, Percy said, "The next god is the most awesome one in existence: The one, the only: POSEIDON!" As he said the name of whom I remembered to be his dad, the windows opened and water (which I assumed was from the lake) swirled around above us, before forming a giant trident and flying back out the window. I looked back to the demigods to see Percy put his hands down, and realized with a start that he had controlled the water.
Percy was about to step back until a sharp poke from Annabeth reminded him to say, "Roman form Neptune, God of the sea and earthquakes, and my lovely father."
Neville stepped forward next, saying, "Demeter, Roman name Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture." Ah, that explained why Neville was so good in herbology.
When he was finished speaking, Percy said, "And cereal!", causing Hazel to shudder a bit. I guess she had some bad experiences with cereal...
Annabeth stepped forward next, with a proud smile on her face. "Athena, Roman form Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom, and my mother." Ah, that explained why Annabeth seemed so smart.
Piper said the next one. "Apollo, Roman name also Apollo, God of the sun, poetry, and oracles."
"And horrible haikus," Percy added. I guess the God of poetry was bad at poetry...
Hazel continued, saying, "Artemis, Roman name Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, twin sister of Apollo, leader of the Hunters."
Percy practically spat the next one out. "Ares, Roman form Mars, God of War and looking like a pig." Annabeth laughed, Hazel, Neville and Piper smiled, and us wizards stared. After all, he did just insult a god.
"Uh, isn't he going to... blast you for saying that?" Ron asked.
Percy snorted. "I'd like to see him try. After all, I defeated him in a battle when I was only twelve."
Wait, this guy battled the god of war... and won? Remind me never to anger any of the demigods.
Neville said, "Next is Aphrodite, Roman name Venus, Goddess of love, beauty and Percabeth." I wondered what a Percabeth was. At that word, Hazel and Piper laughed, Neville smiled, and Annabeth and Percy blushed. Wait, Percy and Annabeth... Perc-abeth... Oh!
"Aww, it's your couple name!" I said to them before I could help myself. But, honestly, it was so cute that the Goddess of love was the unofficial goddess of their relationship. I could tell that they loved each other. I saw Ron wilt slightly when I gushed about how in love they are, apparently sad that Annabeth wasn't available. For some reason, this made me mad. Sure, she was beautiful, and smart...but looks aren't everything, Ron!
Wait, why do I care? Anyway, Annabeth said the next one. "Hephaestus, Roman form Vulcan, God of fire and forges." Ah, that explained why Leo, the son of Hephaestus, kept spontaneously combusting, seemingly unharmed by the flames.
Annabeth looked bitter as she said, "Hermes, Roman name Mercury, God of travelers, tricksters and thieves and Messenger of the Gods."
I wondered what had happened to make her seem so bitter, but I knew better than to ask. I wouldn't want anyone prying into my personal life, and if she would have the same reaction to my asking about this as she did for me asking about the word they keep refraining from seeing, then I would stay out of it.
Piper said the twelfth god, "Dionysus, also known as Mr. D, Roman name Bacchus, God of wine, madness, and forgetfulness towards everyone's name." That was obviously an inside joke, because the other demigods except Hazel started laughing, even Hazel laughing when Percy said, "The wine dude!"
I knew from Muggle school that there were only twelve olympians, so I got confused when Hazel stepped up, saying, "Pluto, Greek form Hades, God of the Underworld and Riches, and... my father." That was a surprise. After all, how could someone as nice and warm as Hazel be the daughter of the God of the Underworld? But my mouth, of course, decided to voice the other thought in my head.
"Hades isn't an Olympian," I said, remembering a fact from primary school.
"Technically, no, but he's allowed up to Olympus most of the time now. He's sort of an unofficial Olympian after he helped fight in the Second Titan War," Percy said.
Okay... I had no idea what the Second Titan War was. And it was still odd to hear the demigods referring to the Greek Gods in present tense, as well as Olympus, like they'd been there... And, if they knew the Gods, why shouldn't they have been to Olympus?
A bell rang, piercing through my thoughts. With a start, I realized class was already over.
"So, that's all the Gods for you, if you want to learn more, you can talk to us now, or at dinner, or whenever," Hazel said.
Before we left, Piper gave us one last piece of advice. "Don't ever try to get in the middle of a demigod fight, especially not between Thalia, Jason, Nico, Annabeth or Percy, or else you'll probably be run through several times with a sword, completely accidentally. That's all. See you on Monday!"
I had a feeling that some people had thought she was joking about the sword part, but, after seeing the fight earlier, I didn't want to take any chances. Instead, Ron, Harry and I walked to the common room, talking about the demigods' class.
Kinda a filler, but whatever... Are there any entries into the mystery book you want to see in the future? Should I do a chapter in that book on the demigods on the quest? Anyway, tune in next time!
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