Percy Teaches At Hogwarts

The Battle Part 1

Harry POV

While Professor Jackson's cousin Nico went to find him in the forest, Thalia took control of the situation. She got all of the first years through to the fifth years to go into hiding under the castle.

"We don't want to include young people if we don't need to. If things go wrong we'll come back and get the fifth years to come and help." She says. She stands where the headmaster usually stands, looking powerful and in control. The perfect leader. 

All of the students in the younger years shuffle out of the Great Hall to take refuge underneath Hogwarts. We have a series of tunnels to help get people out, along with bomb shelters that have spells enchanted on them to protect the rooms. The students will be safe there, and the monsters don't know where it is so I doubt that they'll look there. 

I am kinda worried about the safety of my friends but I'm mainly worried about Professor Jackson. He got taken because he was looking out for me. He was protecting me and now he's in the enemie's hands. I'm terrified at the thought of what they're doing to him. I need to help get him back, I'm not doing anything just siting here!

I can feel my frustration bubble up inside of me, getting ready to burst and explode all over everyone within 50m of me. 

When did I start to get this angry all of the time?

Thalia's voice breaks me out of my thoughts as she continues to explain her plan, "Okay so we should have three year groups left; sixth years, seventh years, and the returning seventh years, correct?"

At our hesitant nods she continues. 

"Great, so I want all of the sixth years to go on that wall, seventh years on the opposite wall, and everyone else to stay in the middle." The students go to either side of the hall and press their backs to the wall. All of the 'left overs' squish closer together in the middle, we don't want someone as intimidating as Thalia to catch us alone. 

"Sixth years you will be going on the mission to get Percy back, along with half of this group here. Any volunteers?"

I immediately put my hand up. It's my fault that he's there, I need to get him back. I feel so guilty, I can't control what I'll do if I don't even try. 

Without waiting for Thalia to say anything I storm over to the sixth years and join them. I see Hermione and Ron join me, along with a few other people from the group. 

"Okay," Thalia begins, "That should be enough. The rest of you will be coming with me and the hunters. Nico will be going with the group to get Percy back, you will listen to us and do exactly as we say, alright!? Good."

Her eyes sweep along the lines of students, studying us condescendingly. I can practically see her turn her nose up at us and declare us to be too weak for battle. 

"My side of the army," She yells fiercely, "Will be targeting the main monster army. We will be a ... distraction. Most of the monsters will come to fight us off, giving the other group a chance to go and get Percy. We will be leaving as soon as Nico gets back to tell us where they are positio-"

"I FOUND PERCY!" 

Speak of the devil and he shall come. 

Nico storms through the great hall like a hurricane, wild and frantic. 

"WE NEED TO GO NOW THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED HURTING HIM!"

"Be quiet, Nico." Thalia orders calmly, "We'll quickly make a map and I'll draw our war strategy on it, then we will strike. Understand?" 

Nico nods and takes out a permanent marker (when and where did he get that?) and starts to draw on the floor. 

"This is hogwarts." He draws a wonky square on the floor, "And this is the dark forest," He adds an equally wonky semicircle. "The monsters are kinda, somewhere near here.." He draws a squashed circle...? oval? potato? "And this is where Percy is," He finally places a tiny dot on the edge of the 'circle', farthest away from hogwarts. "Understand?" He asks looking up at Thalia.