The Heroes of Olympus: Quest for Hogwarts

Chapter 6

RON

That night after dinner, Hermione dragged us to the library and immediately started scanning the shelves for anything she thought could help her on her quest to find Percy's identity.She was muttering book names under her breath, such as: 'Professor Chelz, Charms and Spells and How to Train A Mouse.' Her hand jumped up and down as she ran her pointer finger over the spines, a determined look on her face.

'She's incredibly determined to find out what or who he is, isn't he mate,' he whispered softly to Harry, who nodded his head discreetly in agreement.
'Greek mythology- Wait! What was Percy's full name? McGonagall said it when he was being sorted!' she suddenly exclaimed.
'Um, Percival........ Perseus! It was Perseus!' Harry said, snapping his fingers in an I-know-this way.

'Perseus?' she muttered to herself as she gently bough the Greek mythology book down from the shelf and dropped it onto the table, a bang echoing through the library. She flipped through pages until she let out a triumphant yell and stabbed her finger into the heading of the page: Perseus Son of Zeus. The trio bent over the book and read the first short introductory paragraph.

"Perseus was one of the most celebrated of the Greek heroes. His story was as follows:--Perseus' mother Danae was locked in a bronze chamber by her father Akrisios, where she was impregnated by Zeus in the form of a golden shower. Akrisios put both mother and child in a chest and set them adrift in the sea, but they washed safely ashore on the island of Seriphos. Later when Perseus was grown, King Polydektes, command he bring back the head of Medousa. With the help of the gods, Perseus first obtained an invisible helm, magical sword, and winged sandals. He then stole the single eye of the Graiai, three ancient hags, who told him where to find the Gorgones. The hero approached the sleeping Medousa, and beheaded her with eyes turned away, to avoid her petrifying visage. On his way back to Greece, he spied the princess Andromeda chained to the rocks as a sacrifice to a sea-monster. Perseus slew the monster, and rescued the girl, bringing her back to Greece as his bride. On Seriphos, he turned King Polydektes to stone, then travelled to his grandfather's kingdom to claim the throne. The old man fled, and was later accidentally killed by Perseus at some Games with an awry discus throw
(Copy and paste from Wikipedia, I did not right that. Too lazy)

'So Perseus was a demigod?' Harry questions, looking at Hermione for guidance.
'Yes. Half god, half mortal, he was worshiped as one of the greatest heroes in history,' she said, 'but what does this have to do with Percy?'
'Do you think he's the Perseus?' I asked, flabbergasted.

'No Ron, demigods don't exist. They're fairy tales,' she said dismissively as she put the book back on the shelf and walked out of the I library. Harry and I shared a glance and quickly rushed after her.

HARRY

When we got back to the dorms, we found Percy passed out, clothes and all, face down on his bed. He was snoring softly and occasionally muttering things in his sleep. Every time he did so, Nico would glance at him as if to make sure he was ok, then go back to doing his astronomy homework. Ron and I got ready to go to bed, still wondering about how a Greek hero's story connected to the funny, laid back teenager before us. I was still pondering the though when I fell into a deep sleep.

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JASON (surprise!)

We walked into History of Magic the next day fresh and revitalised. Well, Piper, Hazel, Frank, Leo, Nico, Thalia and I were. I suspected differently for Annabeth and Percy. They looked terrible, with purple bags under their eyes and back at camp we could hear their muffled screams every night. Morpheus must have done...well something, because last night was only murmurs. For this I was thankful. Gods know they deserve a break.

The green eyed boy next to me was darting in and out of the group, getting a look much like a child of Hermes. One that makes you want to go lock yourself in a room so they can't find you or your stuff. Suddenly, a foot was in front of Piper and she let out an Aphrodite-like squeal as she started to fall forward. I held out my arms where she was going to fall and stopped her face planting before she hurt herself. That would be hilarious, I thought to myself, if she survives a war but gets a concussion because someone on our own side tripped her. I saw Hazel and Frank give him a scolding look and by their expressions he was probably being Percy and just grinning sheepishly.

I turned to glare at the teen but faltered as I saw his expression.

Somehow Percy still had a smile on his face, but sometimes, if you looked hard enough, you could see the vulnerability under his fake smile. Even though he's not dead, sometimes he looks it. I was broken out of my think-fest when Piper nudged me with her arm.

'I was just thinking-' I began to explain, but she cut me off.
'Did it hurt?' she joked, a small forming on her face.
'Well-' but I was once again cut of by yelling.

'What is the meaning of this,' an angry ghost yelled from the front of the classroom. Was he the teacher? I'm sorry to anyone in the same situation, but he looked a little, well, dead. And see through.

Nico turned around and suddenly got a murderous expression on his face. Uh-oh. Look like someone cheated death!

'Binns ! Τι κάνεις εδώ μπάσταρδε του ένα φάντασμα?' (Binns! What are you doing here you bastard of a ghost!') He yelled while Binns shrunk back in fear- wait, fear?
'είστε υποθέτει να είναι στον κάτω κόσμο ! εγώ θα έλεγε ο πατέρας μου γι 'αυτό !' (You're supposed to be in the underworld! I will be telling my father about this!)

'Λυπάμαι άρχοντας ! παρακαλώ dont πείτε Άδη !' (I'm sorry lord! Please don't tell Hades).

Nico let out something like a growl and slouched down in his seat next to Thalia. The wizards looked very confused, but we just laughed. This has happened at least 15 times in the last day, and Nico looked extremely, excuse my French, pissed.

We laughed it off and I saw Leo-the-ladies-man (as he liked to be called) flashing a toothy grin and a peace sign as a frizzy haired girl. I shook my head and sat down. I didn't like the look on her face; suspicious and determined. We were going to have to watch our backs.

HERMIONE

The next day we walked into History of Magic and a cross looking Professor Binns floated moodily at the front of the class.
'Remember guys, pay attention to the Americans' closely. They might accidentally slip up some information and we could piece this whole thing together. Get it? Got it? Good.' I said quietly, leaning over so Harry and Ron could hear me.

Just as she finished her sentence, the nine foreigners waltzed in and Percy seemed to be attempting to trip people up. He stuck his foot in front of the ridiculously pretty girls' path. I think her name is Piper, but I hadn't really talked to her much. A look of surprise graced her gorgeous features as she fell forward, but the tall, lanky but still muscled blonde boy with blue eyes quickly caught her before she could fall to the floor. They shot Percy an amused but annoyed glance, then silently started whispering to eachother.

The dark skinned, golden eyed girl shot Percy a scolding look and he grinned at her sheepishly. The panda boy next to her just rolled his eyes and shook his head as if this were normal.

'What is the meaning of this?' Binns yelled, seeming aggregated by the undisciplined nature of the students. Nico turned around, and for some reason, suddenly got very, very mad. His usually ghostly pale (Child of Hades? Ghostly pale? Haha I'm so funny :) features were red and his eyes sparkled dangerously.

He started rapidly yelling in another language at a fearful Binns. They had a small conversation which consisted of Nico screaming and the ghost pleading. Binns said one last thing and Nico seemed to growl before he sat down with the other students who seemed to both comprehend what had been said and also found it incredibly funny. Leo seemed to notice our lost and suspicious expressions and flashed us a grin paired with a peace sign. What language were they speaking?

Hermione's eyes were glazed over and she was staring out the window the whole lesson. It was now definite that something was up with the exchange students......but what?