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Hermione P.O.V.

Walking down to breakfast, I reviewed last night's mystery page in my head.

So, there were multiple people who had written in the book. Either that, or someone with severe multiple personality disorder, but I was guessing the first.

My guess was they were the demigods, judging by the nicknames they used. Ron, Harry and I had talked this morning about the best way to approach them; should we hint towards the book or ask them straight out?

Ron and Harry wanted to ask straight out, but I was hesitant. After all, the last time I had asked a blunt question, it ended up with us getting kicked out of the demigods' room.

After a bit of thinking, I came up with a solution to both that and the question of what the prophecy for Neville, Luna and Malfoy was. The rest of breakfast went normally until we saw the bright flash, much like the one that had surrounded Neville that first day... Was that really only three days ago?

Anyway, after the light dimmed down, I saw the source: there was a tall, thin guy with golden blonde hair and tanned skin standing at the demigods' table. He looked kind of cute...

Bloody hell! With a start, I realized that was Draco Malfoy. And, with a sick feeling in my stomach, I realized I had just thought he, Draco Malfoy was cute...

Fighting the urge to retch, I wolfed down the rest of my breakfast silently, Ron and Harry doing the same next to me. Five minutes later, we were standing in the common room, still not uttering a word.

Ron was the first one to break the silence. "So... Draco Malfoy, huh?"

I nodded, not sure what to say.

"I wonder if he was truly being mean to us all these years... or if it was just an act..." Harry wondered aloud, and I found myself wondering along with him.

I proposed my idea to them, saying, "I think we should ask them to tell us about the prophecy, and maybe we can slip in a few questions about the book."

Harry and Ron nodded, and I decided we should ask them now, since it was Saturday, I'd already finished my homework, and I knew that, no matter how much I pestered them, Ron and Harry wouldn't even go near something vaguely essay-like.

We found the demigods still at breakfast, and, walking up to them before I lost the nerve, I tapped Luna on the shoulder, asking, "Could you guys talk to us? We'd like to know about your prophecy, and we have a few questions of our own."

Luna nodded, smiling. "Sure thing, we can go to our common room. Just give me a minute to finish."

With that, she turned towards Leo, who I just noticed. He slipped something into the toolbelt, putting it away before I could see it properly, and opened his hand, revealing a flame. I watched as the rest of the demigods grabbed a bit of food from their plate, throwing it into the flame.

Ron's reaction was outrageous. "How can they burn that food? It's precious!" he kept mumbling, while the demigods finished igniting their breakfast.

The smell hit me, and I recoiled, because instead of smelling like what I'd expect burnt food to smell like, it smelt wonderful, like a treacle tart mixed with bouillabaisse, a smell that shouldn't work but somehow did.

After they had all mumbled a few words, most of the demigods got up, Luna with them. She gestured for us to follow.

When we got into their common room, Ron, Harry and I sat down on one of the unoccupied couches as I looked at who was still in the room. The three Hogwartian demigods, Percy, Jason, Hazel, Thalia, Will, Frank and Nico were all there, leaving me to wonder where Leo, Annabeth and Piper were.

I did not have to wonder long, however, as Piper and Annabeth dragged Leo into the room, Piper at his shoulders and Annabeth at his feet. They were both wearing gloves, which I realized were probably flame-proof to protect them from Leo's spontaneous combustion. They threw him on one of the seats, where he sat and grumbled something about not wanting to wait for lunch. I shuddered, wondering what chaos was going to be started by him.

Speaking of chaos, the room seemed pretty chaotic, nothing like the Gryffindor common room. The magician in the painting on the wall was talking with Nico, Will was running back and forth from the kitchen to a table by the sitting area, Percy was chasing Jason until Jason flew behind Percy, and the chaser became the chased, and Hazel was laughing as Frank stumbled around as different animals.

Piper and Annabeth were chasing after Percy and Jason, and Leo was throwing bits and pieces of stuff around as he assembled a little toy helicopter. Thalia was shooting arrows at targets that appeared all around the room, one appearing right in front of the still-running Percy. I didn't think he saw the target, but, despite seeing him, Thalia still fired at it. Percy was nearly impaled in the leg before jumping a split second before the arrow hit him, the target disappearing as bullseye was hit.

To anyone else, this room would be complete and utter chaos, but apparently the demigods didn't think so, because so far, no one had been barreled into, poured on by a steaming liquid, sat on by an elephant or tiger, or impaled. I guess this was normal demigod life.

Turning towards Luna, I watched as she said, "We're gonna tell them about the quest." Somehow, that caught everyone's attention. In five seconds, everyone was seated in couches around us, Annabeth holding a book and a pencil.

Luna started to tell the story.

3rd Person P.O.V. (Five years ago)

Luna was running on the beach, trying to work off the adrenaline she got whenever she fought in the arena. She was thinking about her half-sister, Annabeth, and hoping that she was alright. Annabeth had been given a quest with the new kid, Percy. Luna didn't like Percy. It was mostly because of their parents' rivalry, of course, but it was hard to not like him. He genuinley tried to please everyone.

As she ran closer to the big house, she saw her half-brother Draco running towards her.

"Hey, Chiron wants us in the big house. Apparently, there's a new quest, and he chose us and Neville for it." Draco looked excited, and Luna was sure she did, too, but she was also nervous. Though, her excitement prevailed, and she ran with her brother to the big house.

They met Neville outside, and walked in together. As soon as Luna saw Chiron's concerned expression, her worry started to grow.

"Ah, heroes, come in, sit down," Chiron told the three. Chiron noticed them sitting down nervously, and tried to wipe the concerned look from his face.

"It's not much of an issue," he started, trying to relieve the demigods' nervousness. "A friend of mine has recently brought to my attention a... problem, occurring in his world, the wizarding world."

The three demigods sat silently for a second, before Neville laughed nervously. "Wizarding world? Like, the guys with pointy black hats and wands?"

Chiron nodded, completely serious, and Neville stopped laughing. "The wizarding world, Hecate's pet world, is as real as the mythological one. My friend is the headmaster of a wizarding school, and it has come to my attention that there is a threat in the world, a wizard who has gone bad. While only ranking roughly empousa-level on the monster scale, he is a large threat to the wizards, and so my friend has asked me to send help. I have decided to send you three for multiple reasons.

"First of all, you are all British demigods, and the school I'll be sending you to, assuming you accept, is in Scotland, so there would be no questions." Luna nodded, seeing the sense in that. "In addition, you are all fairly powerful, not to the point of attracting too many monsters, but able to defend the school should a problem arise. In addition, you have all been here for several years, yet are all eleven, the age to start the school. I am sure you'll be able to protect the school for at least a few years, and, if the threat grows, I can send a larger group to assist you.

"If you all accept, you can go to the attic and get your prophecy from the oracle. Do you all accept?"

After a moment of hesitation, Luna nodded. If the wizarding world was in trouble, she would want to help. Neville and Draco nodded as well, and they all got up to go to the attic.

The attic was really creepy, to say the least. There were old, dusty relics up there, along with a few newer ones. At the end, sitting on a small stool, was a mummy, decked out in clothes and jewelry. As soon as the three demigods entered the room, green mist started flowing out of the mummy's mouth, a raspy voice echoing through the attic.

Back in the common room

Hermione P.O.V.

Percy had shuddered after hearing the description of the attic. I guess he didn't have great memories of that place.

When Luna had finished that part, he said, "I'm glad we got rid of the old mummy. And the old manuscripts. The book's so much easier."

Annabeth nodded, closing the book she was holding. I got a glance of the cover, and paled.

"H-h-h-how did you get that book?" I asked her, recognizing the cover.

Hand shaking, I reached into my bag, and paled further when I pulled out a book identical to hers. However, flipping to the back of the book, I saw there was a new page now.

Quest: Wizarding World

Questers: Luna Lovegood, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom

Below that was a description of what Luna had told us about her quest. Somehow, the information had been transferred into my book.

I looked up at Annabeth, knowing she would explain.

And Hermione finally finds out about the book! I'll finish this section in the next chapter.

QOTD: Chinese or Italian food?

My answer: Chinese