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(3.1) Harry

A/N: This is the beginning of part 3, which still takes place the summer before the Order of the Phoenix (Harry's 5th year); thus, you are to assume everything that happened in the Goblet of Fire (Harry's 4th year) occurred. Be warned, I'm diverging slightly from both book and movie plots, so get ready for that. We are back to Harry's POV, so I will use British spelling and terms/slang and sentence structure (e.g., single quotes) to represent how he'd think (apologies in advance if it's inaccurate or cringey). Without further ado, let the story continue!

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'You're half god?'

'Yes.'

'You? Half god?'

'Yup.'

'You ran into a wall this morning.'

'I fail to see the relevance.'

Percy finally told me the truth, which I could hardly believe until he sprayed me in the face with water using his powers from Poseidon, his pen transfigured into a sword that can't touch Aunt Sally yet can cut me (apparently wizards are different enough from mortals), and his other cousin (by complete coincidence, mind you) popped out of the shadows to steal his cookies.

After the last one happened, we took an hour pause so Percy could Iris Message (whatever that was) someone named Will to 'get back at that cookie stealing fiend' as he so eloquently put it.

And then we sat at the kitchen table to resume the questioning that led to me pointing out that a direct descendant of a very powerful immortal being had run into a wall because they couldn't get their shirt all the way on.

'Fine. Let's ignore that for a second. You said monsters regularly attack you?'

'Yeah.'

Again with Percy's one-word answers. They were getting bloody annoying.

'And there are gods who want to kill you but are also your family?'

'Yep.'

'And that's why you wouldn't tell me?'

'Look. When you find out about the gods and stuff, monsters are more aware of you. And I wasn't entirely sure if wizards had a scent like demigods do. I didn't want to put you in more danger.'

I nodded thoughtfully. It made sense. And now I felt horrible for the way I'd been treating him. To be honest, I was a complete arse. But he seemed glad to finally share this with me. I was glad it meant he wasn't too freaked out about me and my magic. At least my American relatives wouldn't cast me out, call me a freak, or punish me if anything weird happened.

'Well, what now?' I asked.

'Nothing really', he said. 'I could finally introduce you to my other cousins.'

It shouldn't have, but hearing that sent my stomach into knots. These were the cousins he shared on the godly side. They'd done interesting things together. They grew up together. They'd protected the world together, some of them. I knew it wasn't a competition, but if it were, I would come in last. And on top of that, he had an entire camp of friends. Friends I was probably keeping him from for the past two summers. But I didn't need to worry Percy further with my insecurities.

'Great. Brilliant. Er, when would I meet them?'

Percy furrowed his eyebrows as he usually did when he was trying to figure something out. As he opened his mouth to answer, an owl flew through the open window.

Percy was startled and grabbed for his pen. He probably thought it was sent by Lady Athena. That theory was quickly proven wrong when the letter in its mouth was dropped to the floor.