The Heroes of Olympus: Quest for Hogwarts

Chapter 3

PERCY

As we wondered through the castle behind the other first years, Annabeth couldn't help but stare at everything. It was pretty amazing. If all the Athena cabin were here, they could all have a heart attack together! I thought to myself dryly with a chuckle. Leo looked at me funny and I told him what I was thinking. His lips twitched and I could see how hard it was for him to not laugh. He then told Jason, who told Piper, who told Clarisse, who told the twins, who told Hazel, who then told Frank. Frank told Thalia and then finally, she told Nico. They were all twitching uncontrollably and I thought we could keep it in, but that resolve went away when Nico said, 'you're absolutely right Percy, I can totally imagine that.' I completely lost it. So did the others. Annabeth stopped and looked back to find us all of the floor holding our sides, laughing so hard tears were streaming down our faces.

'Percy, what did you say?' she asked suspiciously.

'Who said it was me?' I said indigenously.

Annabeth lowered her cold hard stare to my eyes and I literally fell over laughing once again. Nothing needed to be said, she knew it was me.

'Thalia, what did he say?' she asked Thalia who was still crying and rolling around on the floor.

'He...said.....if Athena cabin....were here.....you could all....have a heart attack...together,' she said between giggles, muttering the last word quietly. Just as we all calmed down, we lost it again. Nico started banging his head on a wall and Frank turned into an owl and flew over to Annabeth. Man, my sides were hurting so bad it's not funny. The others looked the same. Then I realized something. 'We're gonna be late.' We all got up, brushed ourselves off and headed in the direction of the voices. We stood in front of two mahogany doors , and Thalia blew them open with a gust of wind. Here goes nothing.

HARRY

Just as we sat down, Professor McGonagall started making the announcements. I noticed that two of the teacher's chairs were currently empty. The two usually occupied by the DADA teacher and a new one I hadn't seen before.

'Students, students, calm down please. This year we have some very special exchange students from America coming to stay with-' She never got to finish. The Great Halls door had opened with a bang, and in the doorway stood a group of teens. I counted 13 in total, but my eyes were once again drawn to the black-haired boy at the front.

I noticed that they had seemingly unconsciously, made some sort of triangle. In the last two rows, there was a beautiful blonde haired girl with stormy grey eyes, a buff but baby looking Chinese dude, a dark-skinned girl, a guy that just would not stop grinning and flashing peace signs, a girl that was well muscled, a pale boy that looked a few years younger than the rest of them who seemed to slink into the shadows, beside him was a gorgeous girl who looked as if she tried to downplay her beauty, but she was too perfect.

Then my eyes went to the front of the triangle. Power oozed of the three of them. The first was a boy with blonde hair and electric blue eyes the colour of the sky; he seemed ridiculously perfect, just like the girl at the back.

Then there was a raven haired girl, who dressed in all black, and there was something wild about her, not just because of her clothes but because of the sense she gave out. Do not mess with me. Finally, at the front, was the dark haired boy he had seen on the train. When you looked at him closely, he actually looked like a skater that you would stay away from at the mall. Unconsciously though, he was there leader.

They looked to him for instructions, you could see it. Then he noticed something. They were all grinning ear to ear and they had tears in their eyes from laughter, well, all of them except they girl with the grey eyes. The guy at the front was smiling a lopsided grin that made all the girls swoon, but their hopes of anything vanished when the blonde came up to him and he wrapped an arm around her waist. Whispered something in her ear and I heard someone in the group say, 'Hand it over. Come on, I told you this would happen.' The peace sign dude selected coins from his pocket, but they weren't normal coins, they looked like something different. The goth-girl took them in her own hand before I could get a closer look. Looks like they had been betting on something. The way they walked up the isle of the hall surprised me though, it was as if they could take on anything together. It would be interesting to see who was sorted into where.

PERCY

As we walked down the aisle, all eyes were on us. We were all still grinning and some of us still had tears in our eyes. Now everyone was in one of those moods where everything was hilarious, but I had control, and lead everyone to the line of first years to be sorted.

'Saba, Jessica,' McGonagall called out. The girl walked up, sat on the stool and a minute later, the hat shouted 'RAWENCLAW'. From then on I completely zoned out until I heard Annabeth's name.

'Chase, Annabeth,' she nervously took a seat and 30 seconds later, the hat was shouting, 'GRYFFINDOR!' After her, everyone had been sorted but me, all of them seated at the Gryffindor table, even Nico was placed in the bravery house.

'Jackson, Perseus.'

'Percy!' my friends and I automatically corrected. I walked up to the stool and took a seat. The hat was slowly lowered onto my head and immediately I heard a voice in my head.

Hello Mr Jackson. A demigod I see. It has been a long time since I have had one of you.

I jumped and attempted to remove it, but McGonagall gave me a stern look that stopped me in my tracks.

Calm down, Son of Poseidon, I mean no harm. The real question is where to out you? Very brave and willing to take any enemy on. Not the smartest but excellent strategy skills when in battle. Your fatal flaw is loyalty and you would do anything for a friend, but you can also be cunning. I cannot decide purely from this information. I will need to search deeper into your memories for an accurate answer. This may cause some memories to resurface, but just stay still and it will be over soon.

'No!' I shouted, attempting to stop it, but I was too late. Within a matter of seconds I was on the floor screaming with every detail of my life in high definition flashing before my eyes.