Intertwined || Percabeth Hogwarts AU

Chapter 9

Until he wasn't consistent anymore.

Percy, Annabeth, Connor, and Travis stood nervously in Professor Artemis's classroom. Her striking silver-grey eyes poured into the four students in front of her and her anger seemed to roll off of her in waves. The fifth years squirmed and averted their gaze.

"In all my years as both a student and Professor at Hogwarts, I've never seen anyone do something so inappropriate or revolting," she seethed, glaring at them.

"Do you even understand the severity of your actions?" She practically screamed at them. "There are seven students in the hospital wing suffering because of you four."

Connor tried to protest. "Some of them laughed about it—"

"Quiet!" She snapped, glaring daggers at the poor boy. "This by no means was amusing. I will be writing to all of your families tonight. I'm deducting thirty points from each of you and you will all be serving detention every day for the next month. Pray that I don't have you expelled."

"Professor, please—" Annabeth objected.

"And you, Annabeth. I never expected you to stoop the level of these boys," she spat out the word like it was venom.

With a flair of her robe, she walked past them and out of the door. A collective sigh escaped all of them when her footsteps had faded out of earshot.

"Holy shit," Percy breathed. "We're still alive."

Travis laughed lightly and shook his head, still scared. "Guess the explosive diarrhea potions weren't such a good idea."

The three boys chuckled but Annabeth stayed silent and rooted where she stood. Her heart began to beat faster with a sense of impending doom, in fear of what her mother would say.

Annabeth couldn't sleep at all that night. She tossed and turned, staring at different corners of the room until the morning light peered into her room. She groaned as she got up and headed down to the common room. She didn't make it two steps before someone managed to annoy her.

"Yikes, you look terrible," Drew Tanaka, a fellow fifth year Slytherin, told her.

Annabeth scowled. "Shut up, Drew. I'm not in the mood to deal with you today."

Before the other girl could speak again, Annabeth quickly left for the Great Hall. She sat away from her other housemates and pointedly ignored Percy waving at her from the Gryffindor table. To say that she was annoyed with him would be an understatement. She wasn't even supposed to be a part of their little prank, but like usual, she got roped into one of their ridiculous antics.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Cole, her owl, flying at her with urgency.

"Oh, no..." Annabeth murmured.

Her mouth went dry and a pang of fear went through her when she saw the flash of red clutched in her talons.

A howler.

From across the room, Percy watched his best friend dash away with concern on his face.