Between Black and Blue, the path of Harry Potter.

Partie 3 : Little guy.

It was their first winter to London and it was really cold, one of the colder winters in decades.

Streets was snow-covered, most of the citizens didn't move by their own car and used the subway instead of bus.

Percy was certainly one of them, well, he didn't have a car but Nico had persuaded him to not take the bus.

Speaking work, it was complicated. Not the job itself, but the quantity. He was, for the moment, the "new guy" and it was completely worse than to be an intern. His superiors always gave him an incredible amount of papers and stupid physical work as "check the water in London zoo in penguin zone."

Well, happily, he really love penguin, they was so cute animals.

During he did this nonsense job, his superiors were in the most fantastic places in the middle of an ocean or tropical zone surrounded by whales or crocodiles : he really wanted to do those kind of work.

So, here he is, working from 8AM to 8PM every day except the weekend... And he wasn't pay for the overtime.

Poseidon's son were always tired when he get home, if it wasn't for Nico, he would just sleep and would forget to eat. But, his best friend was here, to push him, keep him alive and clean. The tattoo artist even recalled him to shave... Percy seriously thought to grow a beard, it could be cool.

*

Night fell early. 4:30PM, the snow tumbled from the sky, moon and stars were nowhere to be seen.

And a little boy ran in the dark streets of London, shoes ruined, hands naked, nothing to cover his head or his neck and a coat too small and not thick enough for winter.

But he ran, his feet burning. He didn't even know if it was because of the exhaustion or the cold. He ran, his lungs burned stronger than before.

And yet the day began well... They gone out with the school, the travel was planned since a long time so even this horrible weather didn't stop the teachers to taking the bus and go to Natural History Museum.

Well, some parents didn't authorize the trip, his uncle and his aunt didn't want that their son go but they had said nothing for him. So they were just 10 to go.

The museum was cool, they saw dinosaurs and other animals, even this big whale. They past all the morning in the museum and eat in the canteen... Well, he had nothing to eat, his aunt gave him nothing. But his teacher shared with him her sandwich and it was really delicious.

They had the afternoon free, teachers asked them what they wanted to do and everyone agree to go to the zoo. Him too, that was the first time he went to zoo.

That was really perfect until the bus have an accident. With the snow, the road was slippery and someone crossed the road... Everything would be alright if this person would not fall.

The bus needed to brake and the driver lost the control and went in a building. Even the cold couldn't stop a fire.

He was so afraid. There was scream and blood and noises. And he saw nothing because his glasses were broke.

He felt something in his chest... And when he opened his eyes, he was in a completely different place.

Then, he started to run.

*

5PM.

Percy worked when someone placed himself in the middle of the room:

"Guys, a snow tempest are planned soon. You're free to go home, be careful on the road. There was an accident, a bus full of children... Not many make it alive."

Certainly the way to motivate people to leave.

Before he knew, he was dressed with everything he could wear and was out to join the next subway station.

Despite the cold, he send a text to Nico, warn him that he get back home early. He didn't wait the answer, Nico was home because his tattoo shop was closed : all the tattoo artists said "fuck this weather" and just close for the moment. Percy wasn't jealous at all. Not at all.

He was in the good subway (How many times did he get it wrong ? It was so complicated.) .

He was in the street of where they lived and the snow started to fall harder. Shivering, he walked faster. Even the light from the street lamp didn't help him to see more than two meters ahead.

However, he couldn't miss the muffled noise.

He stopped, his senses was on watch.

Slowly, he went toward the back alley between two buildings... He gets out his phone to have a light and stood here, observing during a moment. Then, he saw him.

A little body, shivering and certainly blue because of the cold and the snow. The little guy was lying on the floor, eyes closed.

He came closer and sat next to the body, taking him in his arm. Then he walked quickly and silently.

Until he remarked emerald green eyes fixe him, he smiled.

"Hey little guy, I'm going to help you, okay?"

Finish! Well, it was hard to write, so many word that I didn't know. But we finally enter in the story.

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