Big Three at Hogwarts

Part 9

Harry and Ron went back down when Percy and Nico never came up to see the commons empty. They found Hermione also there, looking around confused.

"Thalia never came in, did Percy or Nico?" She asked.

"No, do you know why?" Harry said.

"I don't. I mean, I heard them talking to Professor McGonagall ad she said something about going out during curfew, maybe it's nothing." Hermione said.

"We should find them," Ron said, "I don't trust them. They're probably Death Eaters!" His tone had venom in it but Hermione looked unconvinced.

"I don't think so. They did get into Gryffindor, after all." SHe said. Ron scoffed.

"They probably just enchanted the Sorting Hat."

"Do you think they're that powerful?" Harry said.

"You heard what Dumbledore said!" Ron exclaimed, "He said more powerful than maybe even him!"

"That's an exaggeration," Hermione stated matter-of-factly.

"Why would he say it then?" Harry asked.

"They're like fourteen!" She said.

"Why would he lie? He did apparate into Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Can't you feel the power rippling off of them?" Harry argued.

"We just need to see if they have the Dark Mark. That'll prove to you that they're Death Eaters." Ron concluded. Harry nodded. Hermione still looked a bit skeptical but eventually said, "Fine, and then you can see that they're just normal, ultra-powerful, mysterious, good-looking — yeah, okay, I'm starting to see it now."

Thalia, Percy, and Nico stepped out of a shadow at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. They stepped in and pulled out their weapons.

"SPARTOI ME, NEEKS!" Thalia yelled. Nico summoned a few and Percy decapitated one immediately.

"YEET!" He yelled. Thalia pointed a finger at one of the skeletons and called down lightning on it and it disintegrated. She whooped and Nico rolled his eyes.

"Haven't done that in years."

"I am shooketh," Nico said. Thalia snorted.

"You're next." She said gravely. Nico rolled his eyes again and pulled off his ring, it transformed into his black, Stygian Iron sword. He stabbed two spartoi and the bones unraveled.

They went like that for half-an-hour before Percy yawned.

"I'm tired. Why'd you keep us up, Nico?" Nico scoffed.

"How is this my fault?" He asked. Percy shrugged.

"Needed someone to blame and I don't wanna get zapped again." He said. Nico scowled.

"Let's go to sleep then." They all shrugged and Nico shadow traveled them to the commons. They all went to the dormitories and fell asleep.

Nico woke from a dreamless sleep by Percy clapping in his ears and yelling, "I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP 'CAUSE A' YA! YA NOT GANNA SLEEP 'CAUSE A' ME!" Nico startled awake. No one else seemed to hear anything and Nico punched Percy in the nose. He fell out of the — what Nico assumed was a — silencing charm and proceed to curse and yell, now everybody who was still left in the room (about half ) was awake.

"Dude!" Percy yelled.

"You could not have thought that that was going to end well!" Nico said. Percy glared at him and Nico glared back.

"What is going on?" Harry asked. Percy shifted his glare to him and Harry squirmed.

"Nothing," Percy grumbled, stood up, and walked out of the dorms. All of the boys were sitting up, groggy and grumbling. Nico stood, changed, and went down the stairs. Thalia and Percy were already sitting there, bags under their eyes.