Lil bro

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Harry's POV

Christmas morning, the only morning I wake up early willingly.

Apollo is starting his trip, meaning that Will will wake up soon and Nico will in a few more hours.

Or not.

I jump onto Nico's bed, which is basically Will's now too, and I giggle at their reactions. Nico swears in Italian while Will squints at me, repeatedly rubbing his eyes.

"Get here, you little devil." Nico grumbles, hooking his arms under my armpits and pulling me down with them.

As I fall, a grunt is heard. Oops, I landed on Will. I roll off him, resting between them.

"Merry Christmas!"

"You too." Nico mumbles, reaching over me to hold Will's hand.

"Damn, Harry, how many presents did you get?" Will asks me surprised as he looks at the foot of my bed.

Nico and I sit up at the same time, our eyes widening at my pile of presents.

"You sure you only made four friends?" Nico asks me, blinking a few times to see if he wasn't hallucinating.

"Yeah... I'm pretty sure."

Now fully awake, the three of us scramble out of Nico's bed and onto mine, practically ogling at my pile of presents.

"This one's from Hermione Granger." Will says with a fake British accent, passing me a heavy rectangle.

I unwrap the present to find a thick, leather covered book. Legends and Myths: A wizards guide to magical legends and myths. We all laugh at the irony, but it's still useful, especially if they're about the wizarding world specifically. 

Nico passes me another rectangle-shaped present, this one not as heavy or thick. A beginners guide to wizarding laws and politics.

"Damn, that's from the Italian kid, right?" He asks. As he sees my nod, he adds, "Why send you such a book? Not that I'm complaining, I'll read it too."

"He's been raised to know these things and his knowledge has helped us a lot. Like when Malfoy asked me to a duel and I accepted. As Malfoy didn't attend and therefore broke the magical oath, he now owes me... I don't know, I can't remember."

Nico nods as Will just stares at us blankly. "Changing topic, a certain Neville Longbottom has sent you something too." Will says, a certain tone of questioning as he says Neville's name.

It turned out to be seeds to a rare flower that only opens up when the moon light hits it. In the note Neville also explained a few more facts, its name and how to take care of it. Will carefully set it on my bed sight table along with the note.

"Ron Weasley?" Nico asks me as he gives me a wrapped lump. "I've never heard you mention him."

"Ronald sent me something?!" I exclaim. "It might be jinxed or cursed."

"Cursed?" Will repeats after me, his voice going slightly higher.

"Yeah. Ronald is this red-haired boy that's been bothering me about being my 'best friend' and how I need a mother figure in my life and bla bla bla. But he's also a really racist and, basically, a close-minded person."

"Let's get rid of that." Nico says, grabbing it between his thumb and index finger, keeping it at arms length and throwing it into the fire place, where the fire is quick to burn it.

I grabbed a present wrapped in bright yellow wrapping, which Will grinned in approval. I instantly know it's from Soleil. 

"This is the only one sent via mail." Nico points out, pointing at the stamp and addresses. 

"It's from Soleil." I tell them.

"What does her middle name start with an 'E'?" Will asks, pointing at her handwritten name.

"Yep, stand for Elio."

Nico and Will share a quick silent conversation that seems to happen just with their eyes and eyebrows.

"No father around, three sun related names, wakes up with the sun, blonde and blue eyes..." Nico trails off. "Have you considered the possibility that she might be one of us?"

"Honestly? Yeah, I have. But she hasn't shown any other sign. No magical healing, no amazing musical abilities, no light pow-" I'm quick to cut myself off. "Yes light powers."

Nico's eyebrows comically raise and Will's face splits into a grin. "Like me?"

I nod. "While we were fighting that troll on Halloween. She had this glow around her and her hair looked gold. Her eyes looked like small burning fires, too. She raised both her hands and did two finger guns and one light beam shot out of each extended finger, hitting the troll."

"Let's discuss this with Chiron tomorrow, today's Christmas."

Chiron's POV

As I drank my morning coffee,a loud knock could be heard at the front door of the Big House.

"The door's open."

I have enough time for one sip before Nico, Will and Harry walk into my office, their cheeks and noses pink from the cold.

"Ithinkmybestfriendfromschoolisademigod."

I blinked several times before taking a deep breath in. I took a large gulp of my coffee and addressed them.

"So you think a witch or wizard from Hogwarts is a demigod?" I ask Harry, knowing how to translate speed talking that many demigods have used when talking to me.

Harry explained to me the whole thing about defeating a troll on Halloween's Eve and how Soleil resembled a child of Apollo in many ways.

"What should I do?"

I look down at Harry, his puppy eyes and pouting lips getting the best of me.

"See if you spot anymore signs during the rest of the year or if she uses her light powers again. If she does, tell her to come by during the summer."