When Granger meets Jackson

Percy - IV

Ginny had been quite enthusiastic in inviting Annabeth to her house as she and Luna had been childhood friends. It had ended with the two of us returning to the Burrow with Annabeth, Luna and Luna's dad Xeno in tow.

We had barely settled down in the living room when Hermione descended on us and kidnapped Annabeth to 'discuss some things I found while researching so-and-so'. One of the redheaded twins had called out after her, "See if you can figure out a way to fix those communication mirrors, while you're at it, love!"

From this, I deduced he was Fred Weasley. I looked at my sister's boyfriend with a critical eye, trying to figure out if he was good enough for her. From what I could see, he reminded me of the Stolls from back home, and I wasn't able to decide if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Anyway, the girls' disappearance upstairs meant that I was ledt alone to face the inquisition. I was literally bombarded with questions from everyone.

"What's your name?"

"How old are you?"

"How did you meet Hermione?"

"Are you a Muggle?"

"Is-"

"GUYS!" I finally yelled, "CHILL OUT! I'LL ANSWER YOUR DAM QUESTIONS!"

Thank the gods, they listened and shut up. "Thanks. Can we go one at a time?"

"Fine. Your name?" Ginny asked.

"Perseus Jackson, but I prefer just Percy or Jackson. And before you ask, I'm a year younger than Hermione."

"How did you guys meet?"

"Mom and Aunt Monica got in touch and decided to spend Christmas together with their families."

"Are you Muggle?"

"Muggle?" I frowned.

"Non-magical." Luna explained.

"Yeah. So are Mom and Paul. Hermione said that Estelle was like her - a witch born to non-magic people."

There were a few more questions, but we finished faster than I expected. Our talk was interrupted by loud 'Pop!' and the weirdest being I ever saw appeared out of nowhere in the room, a few feet away from me. "What the Hades?!" I yelled, scrambling away from whatever it was, barely stopping myself from drawing Riptide in self defense.

The 'thing' was around three feet tall and had bat-like ears, a huge head and eyes the size of dinner-plates. It bowed to me, saying, "Winky is sorry, sir! Winky is not wanting to scare you, sir!" in a really high-pitched but feminine voice.

"Um...Winky?" I asked weakly, looking around at the magic people who were laughing.

Luna took pity on me and said, "Winky is a house elf, Percy. House elves do the house work and help look after the kids in a wizarding family."

My heartbeat had calmed a little, so I faced Winky again and the despair on her face was heart-breaking. "It's alright, Winky. I've never seen a house-elf before, so you scared me a little when you appeared so suddenly. "

She looked happier at that. Harry asked her, "Is something wrong with the kids, Winky?"

"No, Master Harry. Young sir and miss are tired, so Winky is telling them to nap. They is just fallen asleep, Master Harry."

"Thank you Winky. Why don't you get some rest as well? I'm quite sure that keeping up with two energetic kids is tiring."

"Master Harry is very kind! Winky is honoured to serve Master Harry Potter!" She disappeared with another 'Pop!'.