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Unexpected Allies

Harry Pov:_

Once the Americans and Dumbledore left I found myself making my way back up to my room in the Leaky Cauldron. Waiting for Ron and Hermione to show as Professor Dumbledore said. After waiting for what felt like almost an hour and dying of boredom in my room I decided my best bet would be to go downstairs and wait for my mates there.

The second I reached the landing Hermione and Ron both walked in the door the two of them looking around, searching for something or someone. Finally, their eyes met mine, and waved over at me smiling madly. I quickly made my way over to them, certain that I looked certifiably insane with my grin. Hermione was the first to speak up.

"Oh Harry, how have you been? Have you gotten your books yet?"

"I have been good Hermione, I tried to do a little bit of studying. That did not turn out well though."

She looked a little crestfallen at the fact I gave up on studying and Ron looked shocked that I even attempted.

"The Minister was kind enough to buy the books for me."

Ron was the next to speak up. "Blimey that's lucky mate, Hermione and I still need to get our books and other school supplies. We were going to go with my family but when mum found out about you being here all alone she sent us ahead. They should all be here within an hour or so, before we left she said something about n incompetent Minister."

I grinned. "Well let's get going then."

We first went to Flourish & Blotts to get the text books, I was giddy to see how they would react to the Care of Magical Creatures book. When we walked inside the first thing that I noticed was a giant cage that seemed to hold all the monster books. Ron looked a little confused and Hermione looked puzzled, but after looking at her book list she seemed to understand.

A manger quickly made his way toward us. "Hogwarts students? Third Year? Looking to get your books?"

Hermione nodded her head.

"Alright get out the way."

The manager said a bit rudely as he approached the monster book cage putting on some thick gloves, as well as grabbing a large stick.

"I have already been bitten five times today by these stupid things."

I grimaced and quickly told him that I didn't need one, as I already had one.

He grinned in relief and quickly grabbed two books, hitting all the others back with his stick. He then set the books on the table nearby, another employee came over, and while he held down one book, the manager secured a belt around it, proceeding to do the same for the other one. He then handed the books to Ron and Hermione.

"There ya go, Robbie here will help you all get your other books, I need to stay here an-. Hey!"

The manager turned back around after hearing two books start to attack each other and started hitting them away with his stick. The guy named Robbie took Hermione's and Ron's list and we left a couple minutes later with all the books they needed. Hermione got Arithmancy as well as Divination books, Which I found odd, but I figured she would tell us when she was ready.

We visited a whole mess of stores as we just walked around Diagon Alley waiting for the rest of the Weasleys to show up. We swung by the Apothecary to stock up on some potion supplies. After that Ron and I dragged Hermione to the Quidditch supply shop, where after a while she dragged the two of us out.

Finally, I ran into Eyelop's to grab some treats for Hedwig, which reminded Ron that he wanted to get some tonic for Scabbers, so we set off for the Magical Menagerie. When we walked inside I saw hundreds of animals of all types in cages. Hermione got distracted by a weird looking cat over in the corner, where she quickly went off towards it.

Ron and I made our way to the store clerk behind the counter, however I was stunned when I noticed a deep ocean blue phoenix nesting behind the clerk slightly dozing off. Ron was also staring at the bird, I have never seen one for sale, and I guess neither had Ron.

Before Ron or I could ask about the bird, the door to the shop opened, and in walked the two teachers from America. I think their names were Percy and Annabeth.

They waved at me, and I waved back Ron looked at me inquiringly, however, before I could answer the strong smell of the ocean wafted through the shop. At the same time the phoenix cried out loudly, I looked over towards it, and was amazed as I saw it surrounded by blue flames.

The clerk was clearly surprised as well, because he jumped away from the bird's cage. After a moment however, he seemed to come to a realization and asked if Percy was Perseus. Percy nodded his head, but his right hand went to his back pocket while Annabeth's hand went to her waistband.

Percy spoke up with his hand still in his back pocket.

"Yeah, but my friends call me Percy, why do you ask?"

The clerk responded. "A man came in about two days ago with this beautiful phoenix, he said I would know when the right person would walk in, and his name would be Perseus."

Percy's hand retreated from his back pocket and a look of relief washed across his face, Annabeth looked a little relieved as well. Percy then rubbed the back of his neck a bit sheepishly.

"Okay then what are some things I need to know to take care of her?"

The clerk shrugged his shoulders. "I am not for sure, the store hasn't received a phoenix in quite some time. You might try talking to the Headmaster of Hogwarts, rumor has it he has a pet phoenix. I was also told to give you this note as well. It might explain some things. I can't read it for the life of me though."

The clerk handed Percy the phoenix's cage as well as the letter. The two thanked him and made their way over to me and Ron. Annabeth was the one to speak up when we got close.

"Hey there Harry, is this your friend?"

Ron immediately started blushing, and I couldn't blame him Annabeth was extremely beautiful. If I didn't know that the two of them were dating, I would be nervous as well. I laughed a bit and said.

"Yeah this is Ron, sorry he just had a really hot pepper, and my other friend Hermione is over there looking at that cat."

Ron gave me a small glare but stuttered out a hello, Hermione looked up at her name being called and walked over to us. I could see her face get red as she looked at Percy, and I started laughing. Hermione gave me a look but composed herself a lot better than Ron and said hello.

We got to talking a little bit and Ron & Hermione found out that those two, would be coming to Hogwarts as two new grounds keepers. After a minute the two of them said their goodbyes and walked out of the store.

Hermione was the first to say something. "Those two are really nice, and they make a cute couple, we should visit them while we are at Hogwarts."

Ron seemed to deflate a bit when Hermione said they were a couple but nodded his head nonetheless. I agreed as well, they seemed really nice and would make for some good friends. The store clerk looked over at us and seemed to be waiting to see what we wanted.

Ron asked for some rat tonic, while Hermione asked about the price of the cat she was looking at. Several minutes later we walked out of the store with some rat tonic and a cat named Crookshanks.

With that, we made our way back to the Leaky Cauldron because the Weasley family should be arriving any minute.

After a couple of minutes where Ron and I played exploding snap, and Hermione watched us like we were buffoons as usual I heard the lovely voice of Molly.

"Oh, there you are Harry dear, I don't know what Fudge was thinking letting you stay here all by yourself while that awful Sirius Black is on the loose."

"What do you mean Mrs. Weasley? Why would Sirius come after me?"

She seemed startled by the question at first, but Mr. Weasley stepped in with an answer.

"Because Harry, Sirius was one of You-Know-Who's biggest supporters and you are the one that defeated You-Know-Who, many at the Ministry believe he is going to come after you Harry."

I nodded my head in acceptance, at that moment Percy and Annabeth came down into the room we were all sitting in. They waved at Hermione, Ron, and I. Then proceeded to get a table and order some food. Fred and George were the only ones to catch the two of them waving at us, so shortly after they sat down the twins were on top of us.

"Hey there Ronniekins and friends who are those two, and why did they wave at you?"

I grinned a little at the brothers nickname for Ron, it made me slightly envious of not having any siblings. But I answered the question nonetheless over Ron's indignant grumble about the nickname.

"They are from America and coming to Hogwarts this year as groundskeepers."

Fred and George seemed to look a little surprised before whispering a bit to themselves I only caught the word 'dementors' before they walked off discussing something between them. I figured probably on how to prank and mess with the foreigners. Ron Hermione and I all looked at each other like that was strange before going back to what we were doing before the Weasleys arrived. Playing exploding snap while Hermione read a book and scolded us for not studying a little bit for the first day.

However, after a short while Mr. Weasley pulled me aside to talk with me. We started walking around the craziness of the Leaky Cauldron.

"Now Harry, I shouldn't be telling you this, because the Ministry doesn't want you to know the real reason why Black is after you."

I was confused what and why the Ministry would want to hide the reason Black was after me? The look must have been portrayed on my face clearly because Mr. Weasley was quick to continue.

"The real reason Harry is because Sirius and your father use to be the close friends and we at the Ministry believe it is because of that along with his allegiance to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named that they are after you. So tomorrow the Ministry has given me cars to make sure you get to the train safely."

I was in shock, I couldn't believe that a man who was apparently best friends with my dad would betray him and then hunt me down. Slowly that shock turned into anger and by the time I sat down with Ron and Hermione I was fuming. They, noticing my anger, quickly asked what was wrong, I told them. They were shocked, and while Ron tried to take my mind off things it didn't work so I told them I was off to bed and that I would see them tomorrow when we left for King's Cross.

As I made my way up to the stairs I saw the two Americans who had apparently finished eating and were making their way up to their room as well. We talked for a bit on our way to our rooms. I found out that they were from a new magic school in America called Olympia which only accepted 20 students a year. Making the school very small with a focus on Defense Against the Dark Arts, and not a lot else.

I also learned that they wouldn't be replacing Hagrid which came as a relief, it was a concern Ron Hermione and I had had. Although they wouldn't say what Hagrid would be doing either. Finally, we reached my room and they bid me goodnight before going into their room a few doors down. I crashed onto my bed exhausted from the day and immediately went to sleep ready to start school the next day.

Percy Pov:_

When Annabeth and I followed Harry and his friends to the shop which I noticed was called Magical Menagerie. I didn't expect the smell of the ocean or a sharp cry of hello to enter my brain or to notice a bird covered in blue flames. The clerk asked if my name was Perseus which immediately had me reaching for riptide and Annabeth her wand. It made me think that I should start to make that my primary go to, so I don't blow my cover. But thankfully it turned out to be a nice gift from my father that he said would be here when I arrived in London.

After getting the note and cage from the clerk and putting the note in my back pocket to read later I carried the bird with me and Annabeth to talk to Harry and his friends. After finding out who his friends where we made our way back to the room me setting my cage next to Carmines and pulling out the note to read noticing it was in greek, while Annabeth pet and talked with her Owl.

Dear Perseus,

This is a water phoenix, a rare species of the phoenix that is blue instead of red or orange her name is ζαφείρι or sapphire. Because of England being so far away from our power Iris Messaging may not always be reliable. Sapphire can get to New York while an Owl cannot due to the ocean. This will allow you to send letters back home. Oh, and before I forget the spell "állaxe glóssa" should convert any book you are reading to greek, so that you have an easier time reading them. I am sorry for all that has been thrust upon you son, know that I will always have your back

Sincerely Poseidon

I smiled at the letter glancing up as Annabeth was still petting her Owl, looking prettier than the goddess of beauty herself. I got up off the bed giving my beautiful girlfriend a kiss on the cheek before setting the letter down on the table where Sapphire and Carmine were. I took the blanket off over Sapphire's cage and she chirped happily. I stroked her head and she leaned into my hand almost like a cat, cawing softly. I smiled to myself before giving her a treat that the clerk told me she would like.

My stomach chose that time to grumble loudly and Annabeth laughed a little before grabbing my hand saying.

"Come on Seaweed Brain lets go fill that empty void you call a stomach."

I laughed at her "I can't help that I am a growing boy Wise Girl."

She smirked at me, and before I knew it we were downstairs in the pub. We quickly noticed Harry was there with his friends and what seemed to be Ron's family considering they all had red hair and freckles. Annabeth and I waved over at Harry and his friends before sitting down to eat. We both laughed when we heard them interrogated by two twins that were probably Ron's older brothers thanks to our demigod senses. After that we kind of zoned out not wanting to ruin Harry's privacy.

Just as Annabeth and I finished eating we saw Harry start heading towards the stairs to his room. we immediately got up to join up paying for our stews with a couple galleons before talking with Harry about what school we came from, and why he wouldn't find it in a text book. Annabeth came up with that one when she noticed how studious and curious Hermione was and figured Hermione might try and figure out what school we came from. That is why my Wise Girl is a daughter of Athena.

Finally, we made it to our room where I immediately kicked off my shoes and laid down on the bed Annabeth not far behind we were both exhausted and knew tomorrow was going to be a long day. I took off my shirt and pants before getting under the covers and noticed Annabeth changing into PJs before getting under the covers with me. I kissed her goodnight to which she replied in full, which was quickly turned into something much more than a chaste kiss goodnight. Man was it gonna be a long night.

I woke up with Annabeth snuggled next to me her blonde hair spread out over my chest I smiled a little to myself as I remembered all the fun last night. I started to absentmindedly stroke her blonde princess curls thinking I could stay like this forever. However, a harsh squawk from Carmine and a screech from Sapphire made me jump and Annabeth to rollover looking alert awake and deadly. Somehow, I knew I was gonna pay for waking her up so suddenly, despite it not being my fault.

After noticing nothing was wrong her glare turned to me.

"Gods I can't believe you would wake me like that Percy, I mean do I wake you up like we are about to be atta-"

I kind of zoned her out and just admired how beautiful she was with her messy curls and the cute freckles on her cheeks.

"-Re you even listening to me right now Percy?"

I grinned at her before kissing her.

"Kinda, it's not my fault you look so beautiful in the morning. Plus, I can't help the two birds over there"

I said as I shrugged in their direction, she huffed but I saw the slight blush in her cheeks and her eyes shine with love. The birds screamed again, that was when I looked at the time and noticed we would be late for the train. It seemed Annabeth did as well because it was a madhouse after that.

We barely made it on time after the mad dash in our room to get everything ready, and the taxi driver I had to pay double too, so he could get us to King Cross on time. We caught Harry running head on into a brick wall and then disappearing. Annabeth and I after some debating followed.

I was stunned when we burst through the wall and into a whole separate train platform. The train's whistle brought me out of my revere, forcing Annabeth and I to hurry, putting our stuff with the teacher luggage, letting Sapphire and Carmine fly ahead while we put their cages with the rest of our stuff.

We boarded the train trying to find any compartment that wasn't full. Finally, we noticed Harry in one that had just enough room for me and Annabeth. We knocked, and Harry opened the door.

"Hey Harry, sorry, we don't want to intrude but, we couldn't find another compartment. Care if we join you?"

He shook his head before stepping aside letting us enter we noticed Ron and Hermione along with someone asleep in the corner I sat between him and Annabeth while Harry and his friends sat on the other side. We made small talk for a while before suddenly the train stopped.

I asked Harry if this happened often and he shook his head.

"No, the train has never stopped before until we reached Hogwarts."

That put Annabeth and myself on high alert quickly grabbing our wands. The second we had our wands out the lights went off and everything became extremely cold. I started to relive my worst fears and felt all the happiness sucked out of me. I could tell Annabeth was feeling the same thing, meanwhile Harry seemed to be petrified. Hecate's blessing kicked in and immediately knew we were facing dementors and how to cast the patronus charm to turn these creatures away.

However, at the same time I cast the spell thinking of the first time I kissed Annabeth underwater. The man beside us woke up and cast it as well. Three voices shouted

"Expecto Patronum"

Meanwhile a fourth voice screamed in pain. A beautiful and majestic Pegasus came out of my wand while Annabeth had a giant Owl, and the mystery man projected a wolf. The two dementors at the door disintegrated with the power of the three patronus charms. The mystery man seemed shocked as the dementors turned into black sand before turning to take care of Harry.

It made me wonder whether he was shocked about them on board the train, or that they disintegrated, or both. However, Annabeth and I quickly cleaned up the dust before turning to Harry noticing he was now conscious. As we made our way over I realized I was shaking, despite their short stay, the dementors had a big impact. If they stayed any longer I might have gone into a flashback.

I looked over at Annabeth and noticed she was pale and shaking, they must have affected her the same way. I grabbed her hand and interlocked our fingers giving her a reassuring squeeze which she gave one back, both of us relishing in the fact that we were safe and together. The mystery man turned to us after giving Harry a piece of chocolate.

"I am going to go talk to the conductor. Keep him safe."

We nodded, and he was off towards the front of the train. I got up and shut the compartment door as I noticed everyone staring at Harry like he was a poor bunny. I hated it. For the small amount of time I had known Harry I already knew he hated all this attention he was getting. So, glared at all the kids looking and shooed them off, to which they all basically tripped over each other to get away while I shut the compartment door.

I turned back to everyone sitting down beside Annabeth while Harry got his bearings and nibbled on the chocolate bar.

"Did anyone else hear the woman screaming?"

I was startled by the sound at first, before I realized it was from Harry we all shook our heads and Harry looked extremely saddened by the fact. I suppose it had to do with how he wanted to be more normal, which was something I can relate to. He spoke up again, but this time I wasn't as surprised.

"What were those things, anyway?"

He took another bite of chocolate waiting for Annabeth or myself to answer. I let her speak up knowing she would be better at explaining it than me.

"Harry, those were dementors. They suck the happiness out of everything, not to mention they make you relive your worst nightmares. As for why they were here I do not know."

"I think I can answer that."

It was the mystery man again, he took off his hood to reveal a man with a strong blonde mustache with a slightly round face and a shaggy head.

"I am Remus Lupin sorry for not introducing myself earlier I was quite tired. However, I believe those foul beasts stopped the train to look for Sirius Black."

After that announcement the rest of the ride to Hogwarts was silent. While Ron Hermione and Remus worked on helping Harry, Annabeth and I supported each other as we tried to get over the encounter with the dementors.

It wasn't long until the train stopped, and everyone got off. The second we stepped out I heard Annabeth gasp at the beauty of the castle and I was impressed myself. It was no Olympus, but it did look grand. We quickly got into the horse drawn carriages with Remus who looked shocked that the horses bowed to me, along with the fact that we saw said horses.

I asked one of the horses what they were, and one who called himself Solomon responded.

"We are Thestrals Lord, we only allow those who have seen death to see us"

I figured I would tell Annabeth later, so she wouldn't be caught off guard by anything. We intertwined our hands as the carriage went towards the castle. As we disembarked from the carriage Dumbledore was there to meet us.

"Ah Remus I see you have met our two new groundskeepers Percy and Annabeth."

Remus nodded his head.

"Yes, they are both very capable wizards, a couple dementors boarded the train caused Harry quite the scare. But these two handled themselves very nicely."

We blushed a little at the praise and Dumbledore looked impressed.

"Well come on let's get in for the feast don't want to keep the students waiting now do we?"

With that Dumbledore turned around and we followed him into what would be our home for the next 9 months.

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