Demigods at Hogwarts

Chapter 8

I do not own Percy Jackson's or Harry Potter's universe. All rights to J.K. Rowling and Rick Riordan respectively.
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Nico's POV

As all the 8th year Gryffindors and Ravenclaws filed into the DADA classroom, a gasp came from those who were entering the room. As I and the others entered, I saw why. Albus Dumbledore was sitting behind the teacher's desk looking comfortable. He smiled as we all walked in and, realizing our shock, said "I could not, unfortunately, find a new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher. As I am a fully qualified wizard and taught this subject in the past, I took up the job. It is one of the most important subjects Hogwarts has to offer nowadays. Please, everyone take a seat."

We all did as we were told. Sitting down, I heard Harry mutter to Ron, "I wonder what Dumbledore will teach us today. Something extraordinary, I suppose."

 And Ron whispering back "Well obviously, it's Dumbledore we're talking about." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Dumbledore smile and wink at the boys. 'Gosh, I wonder who Dumbledore's favorite students are?' I thought sarcastically. I could tell just by looking at the headmaster that he was an overly-optimistic person. Everything from his gray robes to his wizards' hat told me so.

"Today, we will be studying Empousa." Dumbledore said, snapping my attention back to him.
 All the demigods in the room gasped and Jason actually yelled "Empousa?!"

"Mr. Grace, I see you have some background knowledge on these dark creatures?" Dumbledore glanced at the other demigods before adding "You're friends do too, it seems."

Annabeth nodded. "We have all heard of them. Please Professor, continue to enlighten the rest of the class."

Dumbledore smiled at her before continuing. "These creatures are from ancient Greece and Rome. They have one leg of a donkey and one leg that is metal. Can anyone tell me one disadvantage of having inhuman legs?"

Surprisingly enough, Percy raised his hand awkwardly. He was one of the three who did. (Guess who the other two are?)

"Yes, Mr. Jackson?"

"Well, uh," Percy started. "If the Empousa's prey notices the odd legs, the prey will run away. Also, walking on two different legs is probably hard." After he finished, Annabeth gave Percy an impressed smile. Percy smiled back appreciatively and Piper smirked in a way that obviously meant "Awww, Percabeth!" 

Thinking about Percy and Annabeth made my heart ache for Will. I had Iris Messaged him every night since coming to Hogwarts but it still wasn't enough. When I had opened up my trunk to find 300 golden drachmas (though I will probably not need them all) on top of my clothes I almost jumped in joy.

"Correct. Do you know what the rare hypnosis that empousi posses is called?" Dumbledore asked. Percy shook his head and Piper raised her hand hesitantly. "Yes my dear?"
"Charmspeak." Piper replied as Percy's eyes widened.

The whole lesson was like this. We demigods, who for obvious reasons knew about the Empousa, answered all of Dumbledore's questions with Hermione chirping in occasionally. Our other classmates were listening (which was, no doubt, because Dumbledore was teaching us) but they didn't participate. 

After that wonderful DADA class, everyone headed to dinner.

Ron's POV

After DADA, Harry and I went to  dinner. We were just starting on pudding when Harry asked a question that I was not expecting: "Should we make up with the Americans and Hermione?"

I almost choked on my Ice cream. "What?"

"Well, I mean it's kind of our fault-- my fault that we're arguing. If Percy 'Suffered more than the chosen one himself' like the hat said, it would've been hard to endure. Bringing that up very stupid and I was just too selfish and curious to realize it!"