Demigods at Hogwarts

Chapter Twelve: The Black Lake

Leo's POV
The next morning, I woke up in the dormitory that I was sharing with the rest of the exchange students who were boys. I smiled as I got out of bed, remembering that it was a Saturday. Quickly, I got changed into my typical clothing. It was fireproof; one of the outfits that Calypso had made for me on Ogygia so if I accidentally set myself on fire then it wouldn't burn up. They also didn't get dirty or rip. They were great.

When everybody was up, we went down to the hall. The girls were already there, as were Hermione and Ginny. I took a seat on the bench next to Calypso, giving her a quick kiss good morning.
"Morning Sunshine," I say.
"Morning, Repair Boy," she replies.
"Who told you that nickname?" I ask quizzically.
"Piper did. I thought that it was funny and decided that I would use it," she replies, smiling. I shot Piper a death glare and she grinned at me. I helped myself to a bacon sandwich and bit into it.
"So, what should we do today?" Jason asks, as Ron Harry and Neville walk into the room.
"Normally, we just hang out at the weekends. There are trips to Hogsmeade sometimes too," Ginny said, smiling at Harry as he sat down next to her
"Hogsmeade?" I ask curiously.
"Yeah. It's a village, just by Hogwarts. It's where the train station we get off the Hogwarts Express is," Hermione explained.
"Ohh... So not far then?" I say.
"No, not far at all," Ginny agreed.
"But no trip today?" Nico checks.
"Nope," Harry says.
"Well, where should we go today?" I ask.
"We could just stay in the common room," Reyna suggests.
"Or the library?" Hermione asks, causing everyone accept Annabeth to groan.
"Not that, then..." Annabeth says.
"We could go to the lake..." Percy suggests, with a hopeful expression, causing all of the exchange students to laugh. Hermione, Ron, Harry, Ginny and Neville gave us all a blank look.
"It's freezing at this time of year, it's September!" Harry exclaimed.
"Meh," Percy said, shrugging.
"There're is a giant squid and there are tons of mer-people," Ron piled on. Percy's face lit up at this.
"Awesome! I wonder what they're like," Percy exclaimed. They gave him a weird look and I tried to hold in my laughter. "Who's up for it?" He asked, grinning. All of the demigods agreed, them so did Calypso, though with hesitation.
"You guys are all mad, but what the heck, I'm in," Ginny said.
"If you're in, I'll go too," Harry said.
"Me too," added Neville.
"I'll join!" Ron said.
"Ummm... Sure..." Hermione said with uncertainty. "But if I die, I'm blaming you, Percy," she added.
"We should get Luna to come too. I'll be right back," Ginny said, standing up and walking over to the Ravenclaw table.

Agee minutes later, she returned, smiling.
"Luna said she would come, too," she said, grinning.
"So, it's decided. We'll go to the Black Lake today," Ron concluded.

When we had finished breakfast, we went into our dormitories and got changed into our swim suits, which we had luckily all decided to pack, as had the wizards and witches we have befriended.

On the way, we were approaching a picture of a pear, when Ginny said,
"Hey, we should get some snacks for later!"
"Yeah, we should," Hermione agreed. The walked over to the pear painting an tickled it which confused me, but then it swung open. Awesome! We walked through the doorway behind it and found ourselves in a kitchen. We asked the elves, as Hermione informed us that was what they were. We got som food, put it in a basket and proceeded to the lake.

As soon as we got there, Percy pulled off the clothes he had over his trunks and ran into the water without any hesitation. He dived underwater, disappearing from view.
"Oh, Seaweed Brain..." Annabeth muttered under her breath, chuckling. After getting ready to go in the lake, I walked slowly over to the water with Calypso. We stepped into to the water and it was freezing. Calypso screamed, but carried on walking into the water and I followed her. Then, Jason came and pushed me and I fell straight into the water and as I was holding Calypso's hand, I pulled her down with me. Luckily, the water went up to the top of our legs so we didn't graze our knees as we fell. She stood up, soaked and splashed Jason, making me burst out laughing. Piper then splashed me. That was how the fully fledged water fight broke out between all of us. I saw that people were staring at us like we were mad men and women. I couldn't really care less, to be honest. They could think what they wanted.

Later, we sat by the lake, wrapped in towels, shivering as we ate the food the elves had given us. As we ate, I thought about whether or not we should tell them. Maybe we should wait a little longer, though. Chiron had said wait a bit, but they seem so trustworthy and I feel like we're really good friends already. Like we've known each other for years. We could talk about it later. I mean, there was no reason not to trust them, anyway.

When we had finished lunch, Percy stood up, grabbed Annabeth and ran back into the lake with her, making her yelp in surprise. He dived underwater with her, and I knew he had made an air bubble for the two of them. Hermione stood up suddenly.
"Oh my god! They're gonna drown!" She exclaimed.
"No, they're not. It's fine. Percy is good with water," Jason said calmly.
"But... It looks like they just got pulled underwater!" Ginny added, standing up with Hermione.
"Trust us, it's fine. They've done this before," Thalia said.
"But... They're still not back up!" Hermione said, worriedly.
"Really, it's fine. They've been under for longer than this, before," Piper said. Hermione and Ginny stopped and sat back down, though they still seemed unsettled.
"So, when do we find out what our schedules are?" Frank asked. He currently had his arm around Hazel, who was still shivering.
"Oh, timetables are normally given out on the first day of lessons, so Monday," Luna said.
"Oh, OK. Thanks, Luna," he said, smiling at her.
"I'm kinda worried that we're not going to fit in," Reyna said. "I mean, we've just come an it's going to be the last year. We don't know any spells or anything yet,"
"Annabeth does. She was practicing in the Leaky Cauldron hotel room," Thalia said with a grimace.
"But she's Annabeth. She's a daughter of - you know. Her family is very high achieving," Piper said with a grin.
"Well, if you want, we can teach you some of the spells," Hermione offered.
"Oh, we should! It'll be fun!" Ginny added. I thought it sounded like a good idea.
"Yeah, OK, then," Reyna said as Percy and Annabeth came back out of the lake and joined us, soaking wet. Percy had obviously been willing himself to let the water affect him, otherwise it'd be really odd for our new friends.
"OK, so do you all have your wands?" Hermione questioned. We all did, so we got them out, ready.
"We should start with some simpler spells," Ginny says.
"That's what I'm doing," Hermione replied. "OK, one of the first spells we learnt was wingardium leviosa, which means you can levitate objects. We can try with some of these pebbles," she said. "The movement of the wand for the spell is a swish and flick," she added. "Like this," and she moved her wand, sure enough, with a swish and a flick. "Now, you try it," she instructed.

After a few hours, Hermione and Ginny had taught us quite a few spells, which had taken quite a while for all of us to get right, but we got there in the end. We decided to go back up to the common room, after a long day of spells and water fights. It was pretty much an amazing day.