Knowing French is useful sometimes

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"Voldemort."
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!" cried Percy and Jason, eyes glistening with tears, whilst the more 'sensible' girls simply snickered.

"What's so funny?" Harry demanded.
"Vol...de...mort..." Percy spluttered between laughs, before crumbling into a pile of nonsensial nonsense.

All the demigods found this name funny, but the reasons differ for, well, one of them.

Piper, being the daughter of Afro-dite, found this funny because 'Vol de Mort' means 'Flight of Death' in French. I can't believe why anyone would call themselves that!

Annabeth, being the nerd that she was, had gotten so bored of just sitting around after the defeat of Gaea and doing nothing that she started learning French. Even with her dyslexia. Which is really impressive, so she also knows the translation.

Jason, being the Roman boyfriend of Piper, had French drilled into his head by none other that the great Piper McLean herself (it was painful enduring the constant lectures about how important grammar was), therefore knowing the translation as well.

Percy, being the seaweed brain that he was, just thought that it sounded funny.

"Does this happen often?" questioned Dumbledore, looking at the supposedly evil Grandson of Voldemort as he died from lack of oxygen, soul floating away but grabbed by Annabeth and forced back into Percy's body via mouth.

"Oh, don't mind the children. They're just having the fun that they need. Ahh. It's so nice seeing them cooperate and not at each other's throats all the time, " Sally sighed as Jason also collapsed from lack of oxygen.

"SILENCE!" Harry screeched. He was getting irritated by the fake innocence of the VG. No way in hell was he going to believe that facade.

"You're planning something. Stop acting all innocent. We all know that you are evil. I bet that there's an evil plan in that good for nothing brain of yours. I bet-"

Now it was Annabeth's turn to burst into laughter.

______———~•Annabeth•~———_______

"Percy? Brain? PLAN? Those words shouldn't belong in a sentence together, with the exception of "Percy has no brain nor plan, so let's DIE!" or something along the lines of that," I exclaim, laughing and clutching my sides.

My Seaweed Brain, secretly devising a plan? Even the thought of it makes me want to go to a secluded area and laugh till I die.

"He probably doesn't even have a brain! No offence Percy. Even if he has a brain, it would be tiny..." I stated seriously.

"And it would be blue, and in the shape of a cookie, and flopping around like a brainless fish, " Piper piped in (get it?).

Percy gives me an 'Are you serious' look, and I return his look with a 'Yes I am' look. He rolls his eyes and sighs in mock defeat, over emphasizing hunching his back.

By now, Jason is laughing so hard that his face has the hue of a tomato and it looks like he's just swallowed a live eel and it's wriggling and tickling him from the inside.

Finally, after what felt like hours to my ADHD, Jason and Percy calmed down, returned to their rightful health, colours and all (*cough* Jason) and Dumbledore continued his speech.

"As I was saying, Perseus-"

"Percy please, " Percy injected. The only people who use his full name are those who are complete idiots or those who want to kill him.

"Percy's grandfather was Voldemort, therefore he is a wizard. No snarky comments please, I would like to finish what the news that I brought."

My eyebrows crept up at the word wizard, and were threatening to fall off my head. If Dumbledore had allowed our 'snarky comments', then I would've use PEE (Point Evidence Explain) to tell him that wizards do not exist in a clear speech set perfectly in chronological order.

Dumbledore ignored my raised eyebrow and proceeded with his 'news'.

"Wizards and witches do exist, and we are wizards. Wizards and witches are humans who have magical capabilities. Within their bodies there is a type of magical energy. Different people know this energy as different things. Chi, mana, chakra, it really just depends if your religion. Wizards may use spells differently depending on their religion, but the most common way is to harness the magical power within your body into a hollowed stick with a certain core that is best suited to you. There are countless cores for wands, dragon heartstring, phoenix feather, and the choice for wood is just as varied. Yew, oak, maple; absolutely endless. These sticks are known as wands. The wand automatically draws out the energy in you and restructures it depending on the spell that the user says. Spells are magical words that wands are, let's say, programmed to react to. Since there are so many spells, wand movement is also necessarily to produce the right spell. The way that the spell is pronounced is also crucial to the outcome. The origins of most spells are ancient languages, since magic was first founded a long time ago. For instance, Expecto Patronum, the spell to summon a Patronus, means something along the lines of 'I await for my protector' in Latin. In the Wizarding World, there are also many magical creatures, some harmless, like house elves, whilst some are hazards to wizards, like dragons. Young wizards and witches such as yourself, go to schools specialized for the developing of magical abilities. There are many schools, mostly hidden away from the muggle, people with no magical capabilities, eyes. The most impressive one is Hogwarts, the school which I am the headmaster of, and also the place that you will stay in to learn your magic. Understood?"

"Um... ok... I mean... er... wow...?"

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