Deception - PJO & HP Crossover

~ Chapter 6 ~

"The world isn't split into good people and death eaters."

~ Sirius Black

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"I don't think they are following us, Can anyone see them?"

The five demigods broke their sprint into a jog and looked back for the group chasing after them. To their luck, there was nothing to see but the silhouette of the trees towering over them and the bright moon. The teenagers had been running for what felt like forever to get away from the death eaters through the twists and turns of the forest until the trees began to thicken and managed to block them from the death eaters.

The jog abruptly stopped in a halt as they all panted with difficulty. Their lungs were killing them with every breath they took making it a struggle to breathe but they didn't really have a choice when it came to that.

"We... are done..." Leo struggled to say, "Lets... go-home"

The demigods suddenly came to realise that they had finally  completed of their mission and thoughts of the comfort waiting for them back at the camp plagued them. They  would finally be home and at no more risk of constant danger. No death eaters. No wizards or witches. Just the safety of their camp, well after the last few years it couldn't really be called safe but it was definitely better than the constant on the run kind of danger.

"I am so glad that you finally got what you wanted in the end," Luna said, interrupting their dreams of home, "I must be getting back to the castle though so I wish you the best of luck".

"We all would like to say thank you so much for not just telling us where the diadem was but for taking the risk and showing it to us as well despite the danger," Annabeth exclaimed followed by the rest nodding, "We owe you!"

"Thank you but I'm all right. I wanted an adventure and you guys gave me one so that is more than enough!" Luna smiled at each and every one of them.

"How will you go back to the school with all of those people patrolling?" Jason questioned concerned for her safety.

"It's fine. I am a witch after all so I have a few tricks up my sleeve," Luna winked and strolled back towards her school.

"Bye Lovegood!" Leo waved frantically whilst jumping up and down.

The light that came from the wand began dimmer and dimmer until it was nothing but a mere speck in between the sea of trees.

"She was one crazy girl but I liked her!" Piper erupted, causing everyone to laugh.

And off they went into the trees, somewhere they could easily shadow travel from to their campsite. But they had yet to notice that the quiet boy who was to shadow travel them was missing.

~*~

After the dreadful torment of squishing through the tube, the three arrived at the Forest of Dean...again. The forest looked the same as usual with the same tall trees. But now there would be a change, this was going to be the place where they would finally do something that would help in killing the enemy, the person who was tormenting all of Great Britain at this very moment, Lord Voldemort. It was time to break his horcrux.

The three faces darkened with severity as they surrounded the locket with Harry holding the Gryfindor sword tightly. The locket seemed to shrink back from the three, no longer laughing at them.

Harry looked at the locket, then to the sword and back at Ron and Hermione. "This is it. Any last words you'd like to say to this annoying object?"

"You have made us go through a lot of things!" Ron laughed warily causing the others to smile and nod in agreement.

With a deep breath, Harry brought his sword up and slashed at the locket. The object broke in two halves, draining the colour out of it, followed by dark, inhumane smoke. The smoke swirled rapidly around Harry until there was only darkness his eyes could see.