Draco (PercyPOV.)

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After we'd all changed into our robes, (That made Nico look even more emo.) we stepped out of the train.
There were dozens of carriages pulled by some... demonic-looking, crow-horse things.
"What're those guys called?" I pointed at them.
Harry looked up and said,
"They're called Threstals. Wait, you can see them?"
"Yeeee-ah?" Was I not supposed to?
"Who'd you see die?" Ron asked.
Hermione smacked him on his arm and apologized,
"It's just, only those who've seen someone die can see them."
Oh.
"It's okay, Ron. I, uh, saw a friend of mine die. Um, he sacrificed himself, in a way," I swallowed. The fact that Luke Castellan had to die, just to save us, still made me guilty.
The three looked at us, clearly awkward.
"Uh, who else can see them?" Ron asked. Hermione glared at him.
All of us raised our hands.
They looked at us with pity.
I sighed and pointed at a carriage,
"They're all being taken, let's go. We'll have to seperate here," I directed the last bit at the trio.
They nodded and waved us goodbye.
After we'd settled in, I realized only six people could fit. There were nine of us.
I sighed again and said,
"Who wants to sit else where?"
Nico, Thalia and Reyna raised their hands.
"Might as well let The Seven be seven again," Thalia said. She realized her mistake and looked away quickly.
Even months later, we would leave a chair or space meant for the fallen hero, Jason.
Once they left, I sat down beside Annabeth and sighed tiredly.
"Why're you sighing so much?" She asked.
I shrugged,
"I'm tired," I yawned and leaned against her.
My vision slowly darkened and I fell asleep.
(NicoPOV.)

I did not like this trip.
Like, come on! It hasn't even been a whole fawning year since our last quest. It hasn't even been a year since... Jason.
I followed Thalia and Reyna, letting them lead the way. At one point, the crowds pulled me away and Reyna had to hold my hand.
Cons of being short, I guess.
Once we found a carriage with only three people, I let go and climbed on. The steps were too tall and one of the people, a girl, sniggered at me. Immediately, both of the girls glared at her. She looked away, quickly.
I sat in a corner with Reyna inbetween me and Thalia.
I glanced at the people we sat with.
A guy, two girls.
The guy was across my seat and he had silvery hair, the other two girls had brown hair and brownish skin, similar to Hazel's.
They kept glaring daggers at the boy who was sulking away with his head leaning on the seat and eyes opened, glued to the scenary as we rode to... uh. What was it again?
Right, Pigwarts. (What, Hazel? Oh.)
Nevermind, it was Hogwarts.
The guy finally tore his eyes away from staring at grass, grass and trees.
He glanced over at me and smiled a forced smile.
I ignored him.
No need to socialise, Hades no.
The girls across us began to chat with Thalia and Reyna.
Reyna glanced over at me and nodded towards Silver-Boy, like:
"Socialise."
Fine. Only 'cause I owe her.
"Uh, hi? I'm Draco."
The guy spoke first. Not sharing his surname? Fine by me, I'd rather not either.
"I'm Nico, not Nicole or Nicolas."
We shook hands, I didn't want to, but he was friendly and I didn't want to seem rude.
"Uh, what's your house? I'm..." Draco hesitated.
"Slytherin."
The two girls glanced at him with disgust and continued talking with Thalia, interested in where she'd got her hair done.
Reyna, bored of the conversation, had fallen asleep. She leaned her head on Thalia's shoulder.
"Uh, I guess I'm gonna find out," I said to Draco, who seemed hurt by the glances.
I took note of the fact he wore a silver and green tie with green lining while the girls had gold and red with red linings.
He noticed me looking and said,
"Green and silver's for my house, they're, uh, Gryffindors. House of courage or some crap."
"Ah, what's Slytherin for?" I asked.
"We're supposed to be ambitious, but...nowadays we're considered, how do I put this simply, villains?"
"Oh."
I was probably gonna be in Slytherin.
I leaned back into the soft, seats and said,
"Hey, people aren't one-dimensional," I said, saying something Will had told me before.
"They change, they can be different from their exteriors and interiors. I mean, I doubt you can even know your closest family perfectly. No one's easy to know, you just gotta... try and know them again,"
That was a lame finish.
Draco stayed silent, his head bowed downwards, but I noticed a brighter light in his eyes. He looked up and smiled at me.
"Hey, Dravo, is that your name?"
Thalia said, suddenly. Clearly, she'd been eavesdropping on us while holding a conversation.
"How much longer 'till we arrive?"
Draco stared for a moment before realising she had been talking to him.
"I, uh-" He looked out of the window. "An hour or half? Give or take, I guess," He smiled nervously at Thalia. Bad idea.
"Don't smile at me, it looks weird," She said.
Draco's lips twisted down so fast that Reyna, who was faking her deep sleep, even smiled.
I snorted.
I shut my mouth immediately and looked up at him guiltily.
The next half hour passed by in awkward silence. Turns out it was an hour before we arrive to Hoggywarts. Yayyy, thirty minutes in silence.
Draco reached into a large pocket in his robes and the two girls glared even harder than I thought possible.
He pulled out a long, wooden stick. In a way, it was beautiful.
Intricately cut and carved, knobs and veins running through the long, brown oak, speckled with gold.
It was clearly a wand. Thalia, Reyna and I had gotten them with the others the day before.
"You guys got yours, yet?" He asked, looking at us, except Thalia.
All three of us pulled our wands out. (thatsoundssowrongomg.)
Mine was pure black and thin. A single knob was in the middle. It was to prevent it from slipping down while holding it, of course. There was some purple colour speckled on the front tip.
It had a beautiful and small design on the bottom tip, that was flat, of the wand. It was of my father wearing his Helm Of Darkness, sitting on a throne of bones.
Thalia had one that was a cool, diamond-like blue. It had a slightly jagged tip and the bottom tip of her wand has a bow with lightning instead of an arrow.
Reyna's wand was straight, sword-like and it was brown. In a way, it reminded me of her. Always straightforward, sharp and despite looking normal, she was magical and special. Gods, that sounds like some magical tv-show quote.
The bottom tip of her wand had a chariot with a spear and sword leaning against the side of it in a cross with a shield in the middle, also leaning on the two weapons. There was a Roman soldier's helmet on top of the sword and spear.
Clearly, it was a mix of Bellona's sign. (🤓.)
How did I know? Ages of Mytho-Magic! (Stop, sniggering, Will.) Ahem, I meant... anyways. We began to chat for some time. We meaning Thalia and Reyna.
Finally, the carriage slowed down and we shoved our wands back into our pockets. I waited for Thalia and Reyna to hop out and then, I tried to get down.
The carriage was too tall and I nearly fell to the ground by accident. Thalia tried to grab me, but Reyna got there faster and stopped me from falling. She helped me down and we made our way to... DisneyLand?
Huh, wow. That's a biggggggg castle.
I swallowed and we went inside, hopefully we don't have to do much on this quest.
Hah, who am I kidding?

A/N:
It's twelve, so I probably made some POV mistakes. Yep. Sad. Go to sleep. Bye.

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