Demigods at Hogwarts

Chapter Eight: Of Owls And Dresses

{Annabeth's POV}

I smiled at Percy as they started making hot chocolate; Sally taught them how to homemade hot chocolate, and it's delicious. Thalia was sipping coffee.

"I'm going to make breakfast pizza. I'll just triple the recipe. Thalia, get eggs, sausage, cheese, milk, and bacon. Make scrambled eggs and cook the sausage and bacon, then cut it up into pieces. I'm going to make the dough." I swept into action, mixing up the dough quickly and rolling it on a giant pan. Then I put eggs, cheese, sausage, bacon, and more cheese on, thanks to Percy, making sure to leave a section with just eggs and cheese for Piper. I put it in the oven and turned to see Percy smiling and handing out cups of hot chocolate to everyone. They glanced at me and their smile grew. They grabbed the last two cups of hot chocolate and handed me one. They offered their arm, and I took it.

"How about we all go to the common room and wake up? It'll be fifteen minutes until the pizza is done." Percy smiled and we led the way to the common room. Thalia and Reyna sat on the same couch, which went unnoticed by no one. We chatted lightly, mostly about Hogwarts. When the timer when off, Percy stood. "I'll go get everything set up." I listened for noises from the kitchen, but there were none. After a minute, Percy can back. "Breakfast is ready." I stood and grabbed their hand, and we led the way back to the kitchen. We talked significantly less over breakfast, because everyone was eating. As Jason was finishing up the dishes, Headmistress McGonagall walked in.

"As seeing that you are all ready for the day, we shall be leaving. Here are your lists. Follow them, and you'll be fine." We all caught the rolls of parchment floated at us. Headmistress McGonagall started walking, clearly expecting us to follow. We did.

{Percy's POV}

When we tumbled into Diagon Alley, I just stared. "I'll show you around quickly, then you pair off and go to different shops. No more than four of you may go into a shop at once. We don't want to overwhelm them. And you're not to go down Knockturn Alley." The headmistress started walking again. After a quick tour, we were left on our own, already pairing off. Annabeth and I, Piper and Jason, Hazel and Frank, Nico and Will, Thalia and Reyna (that was rather scary to think about) and Leo and Calypso, which left Clarisse. After we grouped with Thalia and Reyna, Clarisse followed us at a distance. We went to get our robes first. When we stepped into the shop, a woman hurried up to us.

"We need five of everything on this list." Annabeth handed her the list, and she glanced at it.

"Outgrown your old uniforms, I see. Well, come along. I'll take your measurements and have you all done within the hour." She pulled me up on the stool, and got to work. After she had the measurements, she waved her wand and three people came out from the back. "I'll need you to get starts on this while I take the rest of their measurements." They took the paper she gave them with my measurements, along with a list of what we needed. She turned to me. "They'll be done with that by the time I'm done with this young lady here." It had taken her fifteen minutes with me, and I assumed it would be the same for Annabeth. Sure enough, I got my uniform right before Annabeth was done, and in the end, we only had to wait fifteen minutes for Clarisse's uniform.

"You'll have to go somewhere else for for dress robes and dresses, I'm sorry." She handed us back the list. "That'll be 300 galleons." I had no idea what she meant, but Reyna seemed to. She pulled out a bunch of gold coins, and handed them to her. When we got outside, Thalia, Reyna, and Clarisse went off on their own. Annabeth looked at the list of books and frowned. "I wonder which of these we're supposed to get." I shrugged. I could barely read it. When we arrived at the shop, Headmistress McGonagall was standing outside.