Demigods at Hogwarts

Chapter 11

I do not (sadly) own Rick Riordan or J.K. Rowling's books.
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Nico's POV

I couldn't believe it! In around three hours I would be back at camp for the winter holidays. I'd be back with Will. Will Solace, son of Apollo, thief of my heart. 

I was about to board the Hogwarts train again with Ginny, Percy, Jason, Frank, Piper, Hazel, Annabeth, Calypso, and Leo. Harry, Ron and Hermione were invited to stay with the Weasleys, but they said that they "had to maintain tradition" or something. Ginny was more than happy to go though.

"All aboard!" The conductor called as the train's doors flew open.

"Let's go!" Annabeth said, obviously trying to hide her excitement.

We found an empty compartment near the front of the train.

"So why are you all so excited to go back to America? Won't you just be at home for a few weeks then come back to London?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah," Piper smiled. "We will be home." All us demigods grinned at that. Even me, which I think surprised Ginny even more.

"Annabeth, were you able to IM Chi-Mr. Brunner? Will he be meeting us at 'Platform 9 3/4'?" I questioned.

Annabeth smirked. "Yeah, him and a couple of our other friends will be there. I don't know how we're getting back though."

My eyes widened, but I didn't want to give Annabeth the reaction she wanted.  

"Yeah," Percy pressed. "The Stolls, Katie, Malcolm, Lou, and some other people will be there." He put emphasis on 'will', and I got the feeling I knew who else was coming.

Jason looked like he couldn't decide whether to hit Percy on the head with a brick or high-five him. He compromised by punch Percy's arm lightly.

"Aww, someone missing his boyfriend?" Leo teased.

I stood up and reached for my Stygian-Iron sword. (We decided it was better to keep weapons with us at all times; eight powerful demigods and a titaness usually attract a lot of monsters.) Before I could draw it, I felt a hand on my arm.

"Stop it." Piper charmspoke. She glanced at Ginny, who was watching with a mixture of curiosity and fear on her face before adding "Some people don't need to see that."

I knew she was charmspeaking, but she was still right. If I ran Leo through with my sword people might ask questions (though most would thank me). I shot Leo a murderous glare and sat down.

Just then the compartment door opened and Malfoy stepped in."Why Di Angelo, your girlfriend is right. If you did something to poor Rio here, I would have to tell a teacher. We don't want that, do we?"

I couldn't tell who was going to hit Malfoy first: Piper, Jason, or me. Surprisingly, it was Ginny who spoke up. 

"Malfoy," she said in a deadly calm voice. "If you don't leave right now you are going to get a lot more than a knee in the groin."

I could see the fear in his eyes. Ginny had a reputation as the best caster of the bat-bogey hex.

"Whatever." Malfoy said as he turned towards the door. He stopped and looked at Annabeth, a wicked smile on his pale face. "And Annie, my compartment is only a short walk away. Join me when these losers become too annoying." Then he walked back to his compartment.

"Kolotripa." Annabeth cursed. (A/N: Kolotripa supposedly means asshole, but I don't speak Greek so I don't know.)

The train came to a stop and Ginny let out an excited squeak. Everyone stood up and grabbed their luggage, setting it down on the floor. Frank, being closest to the door, opened it and we began to file out.

Ginny was able to find her parents easily. Their flaming red hair was near the back of the train, so she waved to us and ran towards them. We, however, had no such luck.

Finally, Hazel spotted them. Just as Percy had said, Katie Gardner, Lou Ellen, Connor Stoll, Travis Stoll, Malcom Pace, Chiron, and Will Solace were there. I was pretty sure I also saw Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Nyssa Barrera, Thalia Grace, Grover Underwood, and Valentina Diaz, but all I cared about was Will.

He walked over to me, a smirk on his face, and kissed me, full on in the mouth. It was like I was in the Halls of the Blessed. The kiss was cut short when Chiron cleared his throat loudly. I blushed, wishing I could find a shadow to escape in. 

"So why are you all here? We are going to camp, aren't we?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

"Nyssa, Lou, and Malcolm wanted to see how the magic of this place was concealed. Rachel wanted to meet some of the witches and wizards. Grover wanted to see Annabeth and Percy. Valentina wanted to 'check out magical fashion', wasn't it? The rest are going to come with you to Hogwarts." Chiron answered.

Annabeth hugged Malcolm, Grover, Thalia before frowning at Chiron. "But what about the prophecy? 'Nine shall go to the land of magic'. We have nine already."

Chiron looked around before answering. "We shall discuss this later. For right now, we must get home." 

I raised my eyebrows at him. "You want me to shadow travel?"

"Child-" Chiron was cut off by Will.

"No." He said. "You are too weak. There are twenty-one of us plus nine suitcases. Nico is NOT going to shadow travel, even with Hazel's help." 

"You are right. We will not be going back to camp by shadow travel." Chiron told us. "Travis, do you have the fleece?"

Travis nodded. And took a fleece out of his pocket. I had no clue how it fit in there, but Hermes was the god of travel. Maybe his powers extended to fitting things into spaces they shouldn't fit into?

"Fleece? Is that-" Percy started to ask.

"The golden fleece? Nah. Just a regular sheep's skin." Connor explained.

"So what are we going to do with it?" Frank asked. 

"We're gonna sacrifice it to Hermes. If he likes it, which he probably will since he's the patron of shepherds, he'll send us back to camp." Travis said.

"Did you use another fleece to get here?" Hazel inquired.

"Nah, we flew." Connor answered. "Travis, Chiron, and I figured that we shouldn't ask for too many favors even if we do have a sacrifice. Besides," he gave us a lop-sided grin. "We didn't have any children of the big three that couldn't fly."

Thalia punched him in the ribs and said "Well then. Let's get moving."
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This chapter is way too long considering they haven't even gotten back to camp.
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