Hogwart's Professor

Chapter 4

"Two more things Harry," I said, we had just made it to the floo point, and I wanted to get a final word in before he headed off. I waited until I held his attention before continuing.

"First off, Dumbledore wants to start up some private lessons with you, I know you idolize the man but be careful about what he wants, and always ask 'why' be as insubordinate with him as you would be with Sevy," Harry stared at me in shock,

"You- want me to be insubordinate," he clarified and I nodded quickly,

"Yes."

"Alright- if I'm being honest, I don't idolize him all that much anymore," Harry admitted looking around and I grinned.

"That's good, the second is simple- I'm not sure if you had a chance to look into that orb thingy but know that despite how simple it may seem, prophecies have a tendency to unfold in the most unexpected way possible,"

"I... I'm pretty sure what this one means," Harry swallowed and I nodded,

"'To storm or fire, the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath' I recited with a breath, crossing my arms and Harry's eyes widening,

"It clearly stated that one of us would die," My eyes closed as I thought back to the Argo II

"What happened?" Harry asked, and I smiled,

"He was lost for a bit before coming back with an old friend," I said uncrossing my arms and shrugging, "Like I said- prophecies tell you what's going to happen, without actually telling you anything." Harry nodded and swallowed,

"Is that why you're not fighting?" he asked softly, "Because you've been through this before," I nodded slowly,

"I've done my time Harry, and I will protect my students, but beyond that, I will stay neutral," Harry swallowed and nodded,

"Right then, I'll see you at school professor!" He said waving as he took some floo powered announcing 'the burrow' quickly before smashing it into the fireplace. I smiled as I saw that, I had told Leo about it and he seemed eager to imamate it.  

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I had a few days to kill in the wizarding world before heading to Hogwarts so I decided to stay at the Leaky Cauldron, last year I learned that just simply any type of magic dispelled my presence. Go figure. I smiled and greeted my students that I ran into, helping them pick out their swords when they were confused- I had managed to get Fred and George to buy some from the camps, that way the students could have some quality product when they got to Hogwarts- that being said Fred and George also started selling prank swords that looked pretty dam close to the real ones. I shook my head as I pashed one over to Draco,

"What do you think?" I asked as he felt the weight a bit- that would be the first lesson I would officially give, but since Draco had spent so much time in my study hall, he already knew the weapon better than most beginning Demigods.

"Feels nice Professor!" He beamed, swinging it slightly before going over to pick out a sheath for it.

"Anything else you need here Draco?" I asked leaning back against the shelves- it probably wasn't wise in a shop run by the twins but since when did I do anything wise? That was Annabeth's job.

"Yeah- I have to get some robes, and then..." he drifted off but I nodded,

"Alright let's go then,"

"What?" Draco asked looking up,

"Well, your father said to look after you, so until we meet back up with them, at like- what? 5? For dinner, Imma help you shop!" Draco stood there, opening and closing his mouth until he looked down at the sword in his hands, something was clearly wrong and I placed a gentle hand on his shoulder,

"Come on," I said, "Let's get you checked out," Pushing him towards the cashier,

"Percy!"

"Welcome back!"

"Shopping for yourself yet?"

"Going to take advantage of your 'favorite teacher' discount?" The twins greeted and I smiled and shook my head,

"Just grabbing another sword for a student," I said pushing Malfoy forward,

"Yeah- I would like this," he grumbled setting it on the checkout counter, the twins exchanged glances before smiling at Malfoy,

"100 gallons!" they announced,

"And we'll throw in a prank one as well," I rolled my eyes, crossing my arms, huffing slightly as Draco eagerly nodded and paid,

"You know the rules, Percy!" Fred declared,

"Go wait by the front, we'll deliver Malfoy to you once we've explained how to work it," I rolled my eyes but left to do as they said, some plausible deniability wouldn't be a bad thing.

I wondered back to the front, to wait for Draco. Various things catching my attention as I went. My feet caught as my gaze snagged on a particularly familiar-looking stress ball, it was a simple felt ball with the text 'throw me, lose me' printed across it,

"Like it?" Fred asked from behind me, Draco smirking behind them, obviously pleased with the prank sword,

"We modeled it after that one that you confiscated," Goerge said, picking one up and tossing it over to me,

I caught it instinctively, giving it a test squeeze before tossing it up- er well- I tried to toss it up. It had stuck to my hand. I looked up to see Fred and Goerge snickering, Draco's lips were twitching in what I assumed to be a way to conceal his own snicker.

"Thought you'd like that one, they change colors too!" Fred said picking up one himself and giving it a squeeze, it turned a bright pink.

"Er- great- how do I get it off?" I asked peering at the ball in my hand.

"Simple- just say 'throw it, lose it,'" Fred beamed and I snorted,

"Is that supposed to be my catchphrase or something?" I asked, causing the twins to groan, 'Throw it, lose it," I muttered under my breath, dropping it back into the bin,

"Well, Draco mentioned needing some new robes," I said,

"Here," George said tossing one over to me, I caught it and quickly muttered the release phrase under my breath, "Keep it,"

I shook my head, tossing it back into the bin, "I'll confiscate one instead," I said and they grinned at each other.

"Come on, let's get you some new robes," I said to Draco, following him out of the store. 

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