Magicians, Half-Bloods and Wizards

ch. 3

September1stCARTER'SPOV

It took a while for us to get everyone organised but we were finally ready to leave for th Competition. When Everyone was finally in the kitchen, I briefed them.

"Okay, as you all know, We are going to a magic competition in England. None there is expecting us not to be wizards so don't be too open about it. This is a friendly Competition and we don't want an unnecessary conflit while we're there. We'll be travelling by portal to this place called Diagon Alley. There, we'll meet a friend of mine. His name is Percy Jackson he is responsible for another school participating in the Competition. With the other students, we'll buy the supplies we'll need this year then Head to Hogwarts."

Sadie created a portal and we all passed through.

—-I'mgoingtoskipoverthewholebuyingsuppliesanddescribingDiagonAlleybecauseweallknowwhatitlookslikeandect.—

We Bought our things and left to meet Percy. We found him at Fortescue's ice cream parlour surrounded by about six teenagers and his girlfriend, all of them wearing identical orange shirts with CHB written on them.

We talked together and Annabeth gave us the rest of the plan.

We were supposed to arrive at Hogwarts around seven. Because it was when they had dinner and when we would be sorted into the different houses.

"Oh! I almost forgot to tell you we need to get there in a special way."added Annabeth "To make an entrance of sorts. We're planning on flying in on our pegasi with a few extra things. That's how we got here by the way"

"I'm pretty sure we will figure something out" I assured them.

We had a lot of time to kill so Sadie and I gave some money to our charges and told them to rendezvous back here at six thirty.

The Half-Bloods on the other hand left so they could get there on time since they were flying.

——TIME SKIP TO 6:30——-

Sadie'sPOV

My brother and I arrived five minutes early at the rendezvous point and waited for the others. Thr first group to arrive was Jaz with three ankle-bitters. She had been taking care of them all day and believe me, they were a handful. She was probably the only one actually capable of making them behave. The four of them were quickly followed by Felix sliding in with his penguins and Cleo who had bought a large volume with a picture of a castle named HOGWARTS, A HISTORY. The last few arrived shortly after and I explained the plan.

Jaz helped me place the students in two rows according to their height. Son in front, we had the ankle-bitters and in the back row were Jaz, Zia, Walt, Cleo and Felix. In front of them, Sadie and I stood as she opened a portal leading us right into the Great hall thanks to a picture in Cleo's book. In Unison, we jumped through.

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Hermione's POV

We sat in the Great Hall. Professor McGonagall was giving the beginning of year speech and introducing (yet another) Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. His name was professor Ernest Frost and for once, he looked pretty normal.

McGonagall started doing the traditional welcoming speech to the first years and got them all sorted into houses. In front of me, Ron was preparing to tuck into the food that usually appeared around that time. All around me, I could see students picking up knives and forks with an expectant look in their eyes. Then, Professor McGonagall did something quite unexpected; she kept talking.

"Dear students, as you very well know, due to last year's unfortunate events, and not only at Hogwarts it appears," that comment confused me slightly. What did she mean by it appears? Everyone knew the entire wizarding community was affected by the War. "you have all been asked to recommence your years at Hogwarts." she announced "So, to punctuate this years as a positive one, the administrators of two other, well, peculiar schools have decided to create competition between our sp-" she hesitated there "our specialities. This year, we shall be hosting the first ever international Hallow Competition!" of this, she seemed quite proud. "Seeming as all of our values and experiences are different, each school was aloud to pick their own requirements for their students' entry in the Competition. At Hogwarts, only students of over fourteen years old may put their names in the sorting hat which will select the two students from each school who are most powerful or deserving." This earned a few groans from a few eager third years. "And now, Please welcome the students from the Twenty First Nome!"

A huge whirlpool-like thing appeared at the back of the room. What was that thing? In all my years of studious learning had I ever encountered a description of ay thing even resembling the glowing disk before us. Suddenly, a group of people jumped out of the black hole in perfect formation. How had they managed to apparate inside school grounds? By the look on the other Hogwarts students they were just as surprised as I was. Then, as they walked up to the front of the Great Hall, I got a better look at them. At the front, there was a bloke that looked as though he might have been a bit less than eighteen. He was dressed all in black and had an aura of power surrounding him that made you want to bow down as he passed you. They were all standing in two rows. The ones in the first row couldn't have been more than six by the looks of it but the ages of the ones in the back were various. All of them carried either a carved staff or a strangely curved wand. The only exception to this was the teenager in black. He was empty handed but his aforementioned aura told you he was not one to be messed with. All the students were dressed in a different color. A fierce looking blond with blue streaks in her hair was in uniform white while a girl with HOGWARTS, A HISTORY in her hand was dressed in greenish brown. Beside her, a probably ten year old boy was light blue and a tall chocolate skinned young man was wearing ash grey.

Once we got over our surprise, the whole hall erupted in cheers. Professor McGonagall stood up and went to shake the boy in black's hand.

"It is with great pleasure that I present to you Carter Kane, Pharaoh of the House of Life!"

Wow, that sounded like a very important title for someone even younger than me!

"Please, there is to use such formalities. I am still learning just like the trainees."

"Well," said McGonagall "Have a seat." she gestured to the empty seats around the room and they sat down at random tables.