Wandless

Party of my Peers

Harry

"I can't believe you got a wand." I stated.

After all the arguing this morning and he ends up going to Ollivanders anyways. I was sitting on his bed, watching as he neatly packed his trunk full of his school and personal stuff.

His wand lay on top the counter in the sunlight. We weren't at the shop for long, but he did try more then two wands. Percy's wand was an odd combination.

Mr. Ollivander gave him a wand made of ivory with the core of a unicorn and phoenix tail. He said that the ivory was for strength, the unicorn tail for purity, and the phoenix tail for power. It was a beautiful wand, but I preferred mine.

"I can't believe I got a cat." Percy countered.

He paused for a minute to pet said animal. The kitten somehow managed to purr and meow at the same time. To me it sounded weird, but I could see the way that Percy smiled, he loved it.

"That too, what's its name again?" I asked him curiously.

Percy continued packing, the room was almost empty with the exception of his night clothes and cat. His trunk didn't look full, but I bet he cast an expansion spell on it so it could hold everything.

"Her name is Sally." Percy replied, laughing as Sally jumped on his shoulder at the mention of her name.

I jumped off the bed as Percy finally finished packing. He zipped up his trunk and put it by the door. I should start packing, wait no I shouldn't. Hogwarts started in three days, I had time.

"Harry!" Sirius' voice rang from downstairs,"You've got company!"

Yes! I ran to the stairs and looked over the edge. I was just in time to see the flash of red hair as the Weasley's bounded upstairs. The twins were up first, but not without the pop from apparition. Ron came next, then Ginny.

My eyes fell on her, she kept getting more beautiful which I didn't think was possible. Suddenly I was tackled by Ron in a hug. Thanks for that Ronald.

"Bloody hell, Harry! I haven't seen you all summer, and suddenly Sirius' nephew is staying with you all?" Ron shouted, not even acknowledging Percy who was standing behind me.

"Yeah, mate!" George agreed.

"We didn't even know—" Fred continued.

"That Sirius had a sister!" George exclaimed.

"Don't be rude, boys!" Ginny intervened,"He's right there."

We all turned to look at Percy who was looking at the cat on his shoulder. He had a smile on his face and was petting Sally affectionately. Distinctly I heard Ginny coo from behind me, drawing Percy's attention.

"So you see me now?" Percy asked amusedly with a raised eyebrow.

The Weasley's, with the exception of Ginny had the decency to blush in embarrassment. Ginny stepped forward, giving me a hug, then towards Percy, she extended her hand to which Percy filled.

"Ginny Weasley, nice to meet you."

"Percy Jackson, to you as well."

The twins grinned at each other, uh oh. Something told me they were up to no good.

"I'm George—"

"And I'm Fred."

"We own a special shop—"

"Which you should stop by sometime."

Percy looked at them suspiciously. Distrust was clear in his eyes, but when he noticed the humor in the twins, he relaxed. Nodding, Percy agreed reluctantly, but he didn't have to worry. Sirius was bringing us tomorrow.

"Ignore them, mate." Ron cut in,"Its a joke shop with magic intertwined. I'm Ron by the way."

"Do you all go to Hogwarts?" Percy questioned them.

We all started walking to the other guest rooms where the Weasley's could stay. We ended up in the the room where two twin beds rest. We all sat down while the rest of the grown ups got situated downstairs.

"No, only Ron and I are enrolled." Ginny replied.

"We dropped out in our—"

"Last year because of this b—"

"Okay, enough now." Ginny interrupted.

"I'm a sixth year, mate. And my sister is a fifth." Ron said, leaning forward,"What year do you reckon you'll be in?"

"Percy's going to be a sixth year with us!" I input excitedly,"Because of Dumbledore."

"Cool!" Ron exclaimed,"Do you think you'll be a Gryffindor like us?"

Percy shrugged,"Who knows, I just hope that I don't get into trouble with my housemates."

"You should be fine, unless you get placed in with the Slytherins." Ron informed,"They're all downright nasty! But they'll all probably turn out to be evil anyways. The house is cursed with bad wizards and witches."

"That's not true, Ron," Ginny said, rolling her eyes,"Its not because they're Slytherin that they're mean, I know plenty of people in other houses that are worse."

"What about Malfoy?" I reminded her,"I bet he's following in his father's footsteps and is already tattooed with the dark mark."

"Thats rude, Harry," Percy scolded.

"You don't know Malfoy, Percy,"I warned him,"He's a git that's been on our tails since we started at Hogwarts. His father is a deatheater and I have no doubt that he'll be one too."

"Because of his father or because of him?" Percy questioned.

"Both." Ron spat.

"Say, what's that—" Fred interrupted.

"On your arm—" George continued.

"Percy?" They synchronized.

We all looked at his arm. Sally was snuggled under it, I looked at the twins confused.

"No, the other arm, Harry." Ginny said exasperated.

That's when I saw it. A black tattoo on his forearm, right where a dark mark would be. I shouldn't jump to conclusions, but was there a possibility? He's very talented at magic already without even going to Hogwarts, and he's able to be silent and sneaky—

"A tattoo I got from the camp my father's side sent me to." Percy informed, inspecting his arm.

"What's it say?" Ron asked suspiciously.

"SPQR, its Latin. The tridents symbolism for the Roman god, Neptune, and the bars are for my years of service." Percy explained slowly.

He presented his arm as evidence. I got a closer look and it actually was pretty cool. I'm glad I didn't jump to that much of a conclusion because Percy was a pretty swell guy.

"That's neat, mate." Ron stated, impressed.

Changing the subject, I spoke,"When's Hermione coming?"

"Tomorrow morning." Ginny replied happily,"She wants to buy her things tomorrow."

"I've got to get going," Percy suddenly said, standing up.

"Where are—"

"You going?"

"They're about to start a meeting." Percy replied, carefully placing Sally on his shoulder.

"What meeting?" Ron asked, squinting his eyes in disbelief.

"The Order's, everyone's just arrived." Percy explained, turning around in the doorway to face us.

"How do you know that?" I asked incredulously.

Suddenly he grinned at us,"Magic."

Then he disappeared without a sound.

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