When Swords Meet Wands

Ooh! Magic Sticks!

Harry

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Mrs Weasley were in Diagon Alley to buy their books and things. Harry, Ron and Hermione went to the Gringotts Bank while Mrs Weasley and Ginny went off to buy books. Harry pushed open the bronze door and saw the engravings on the silver one:

Enter stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn,

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.

Harry had a flashback to when they had broken in to Gringotts. He shook off the horrible memory and walked in with his friends. He immediately spotted a big group of teenagers who were talking and laughing with one another. They all seemed to be about 17 or 18, except for a girl and a boy, who looked about 14. There were a total of 11 people. As Harry got closer to them, he could hear what they were saying and they seemed to have American accents, all of them except the small boy, who had a slight Italian accent.

"-all marble and stone. And look at those colum- oh, THERE'S A HUMONGOUS LIBRARY HERE," a blonde girl was saying, clutching the arm of an incredibly handsome black haired boy. She was pointing out things in the room to him, and the boy tried his best to listen. Her eyes were sparkling, as if she had found out something truly incredible. The boy had green eyes and black hair, and looked a bit like Harry, but his eyes were more of a sea green rather than emerald green.

Then a brown haired girl caught Harry staring at them and nudged the blonde minutely, who immediately turned to look at me. The brown haired girl whispered something to the blonde, who nodded. With a huge smile on her face, the brown-haired girl strode over to Harry, Ron and Hermione. She was absolutely beautiful. She looked like she was trying to downplay her beauty, but she still looked pretty.

"Hi! You must be Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger! I'm Piper McLean, an exchange student from America," she said and held out her hand. Harry shook it, followed by Hermione and then Ron, whose eyes were rather unfocused.

"Nice to meet you, and yes, I am Hermione Granger and these are Harry and Ron. What are your names?" said Hermione, smiling.

"Percy Jackson," the boy with green eyes.

"Annabeth Chase," the blonde girl.

"Hazel Levesque," the curly haired, young girl.

"Frank Zhang," said a buff, baby-looking boy.

"Nico di Angelo," a black haired small boy.

"Will Solace," a golden haired boy.

"Leo Valdez," said a boy with an impish smile, flashing a peace sign.

"Lou Ellen," a dark haired, up-to-no-good-looking girl said.

"Jason Grace," a blond boy with blue eyes.

"Thalia," a punk looking girl.

"Oh, um, no surname?" asked Ron. Thalia glared and said, "I don't use it anymore." Jason chuckled and threw his arm around Thalia. "She's my sister."

"We were just exchanging our money for Britain's currency. Very interesting, you have three tiers. We have just the one, drachmas," explained Annabeth. Harry thought she looked like the leader of them all although her couldn't be sure. Her grey eyes seemed to see everything, a little like Professor McGonagall.