CHAPTER 1
Percy's POV
Camp Half-Blood had never been more peacefull. The Giant War had ended three weeks ago, and the demigods could not be happier. You could say it was strange for them to be out of danger, and not be concerned about the gods asking them favors. All the pieces were falling into place.
Well, it was. That afternoon, Percy was in his cabin with his girlfriend, Annabeth. Having gone through hell itself, their relationship had become stronger. They were not talking about anything, just were side by side, talking without words, saying they never separated.
"Percy" Annabeth called.
"Yeah?"
"Remember that talk we had when we arrived Camp? About going to New Rome?" She asked.
"Why do you ask?" Percy said, he was clearly confused.
"I mean, it sounds wonderfull, but… Do you really want to leave Camp Half-Blood?" She explained herself. "This is our home, we met in this place, and I know that you want me to forget everything, but I don't thing we should leave."
"Wise Girl, you know why I asked you that. I just want you to be happy, I want us to be happy, together. Wherever you wanna go, I'll be by your side. If it's New Rome, if it's Camp, even China" He laughed. "All I want is to be with you, make a few babies and then give my mother a heart attack when we tell her."
"You're such a jerk!" She said, hugging him.
"But I'm your jerk, and you love me" Said Percy.
"You're right."
"And I love you too, of course." He said, getting closer to her face.
And they kissed slowly, it didn't need to be aggressive, they just loved each other and they like to show it.
Obviously they had to be interrupted by someone. They heard how the door was getting knocked. "Hey, Percy. Can I come in?" Asked a very familiar voice, a male voice.
"Come in, Nico." Percy answered
The boy opened the door slowly, in case Aphrodite's favorite couple were…you know, in a compromised situation.
When Nico saw that they were just laying down next to each other, he look relieved.
"Oh, thank you Gods." He said. "I though I caught you naked!" He joked.
Percy just laughed, while Annabeth was blushing furiously. "What do you want, Death Breath?" Percy asked.
After Nico told him about his crush on him, they were closer. Percy finally understood everything, why Nico was so cold with him, why he 'hated' the son of Poseidon. But right after he said it, he made himself clear; Percy wasn't his type. Clearly, his type was some blondie, cute and funny guy. Ironicly, they had the same type. (About the blonde and cute, not the guy.)
Nico seemed worried, like he knew what he was going to annoy the shit out of the couple.
"Mm, Chiron wants to see you in the Big House, he says it's important" Nico tried not to look at the faces they were about to do.
"WHAT? Oh my gods, I swear it on the river Styx , if it's another quest I will punch Chiron in his stupid b-" Annabeth stopped talking. Percy's hand was covering her mouth.
"We'll be there in a minute, Nico." Percy said while controling his girlfriend.
In the moment Nico got himself out of the Poseidon cabin, Annabeth was free of Percy's hand.
"Percy, what the Hades was that?" She asked.
"Annie, I love you. And I know it's weird that Chiron called us. But I need to go, and we don't even know if it's a quest. It will be alright." Percy calmed Annabeth.
"Well, f it was a quest I wouldn't be able to stop you."
"You're right"
"Ugh, you and your stupid fatal flaw" She said. "Okay, go. But I need you to promise me something…"
"Anything" Said Percy smiling at her.
"Promise me that you'll be ok" She continued before Percy could talk. "Don't say anything, we both know that is obviously a quest, Chiron would not call you if it wasn't."
Percy looks at her eyes, those beautiful grey eyes that drive him crazy. They were almost tearing up. He put his hands on her cheeks. "I can't promise you that, Wise girl. But I will do everything in my power to come back to you."
"As long we're together." Annabeth murmured, remembering the day they fell into Tartarus.
"I have to go." He said. "I'll tell you everything when I get back." He kissed her one more time before getting up the bed and walked out of the Cabin 3.
Nico was waiting outside, waiting for him. If he heard something, he didn't say it, and Percy thanked him internally for it.
In the moment Chiron saw Nico was back with Percy by his side, he looked pleased. Percy saw Jason sitting in the corner, apparently waiting for them. And he did not look happy.
"Nico, you're finally here! Percy, long times no see." It was kind of obvious that Chiron was trying to make things easier. It wasn't working.
"What's the quest, Chiron?" Jason asked coldly, he wasn't in the mood for tolerating this kind of things.
Chiron sighed. He didn't want to send them away, he understood better than anyone what they were feeling, but the decision wasn't in his hands. This was a life or death situation. "Boys, this is out of my power, the gods have command it, and it shall be done." He tried to explain.
"We know we don't have another option but going, so just say it. But don't expect us to be happy about it" Percy said. He hated to be this rude to Chiron, but.. C'mon, the giant war ad ended 3 weeks ago; all of them were expecting to have a peaceful time with their friends and family. In Percy's case, he stayed with her mother for a week. Since then he called her every day.
"First of all, you need to have your minds wide open. Okay?" The three boys nodded. "Good. Many, many years ago, the goddess Hecate blessed a couple of mortals, which gave them incredible powers. She blessed them to create a new world, a magic world where her powers will be used with the right intentions. And it did, until a evil wizard called Tom Riddle decided to find wizards with his thoughts, he called them Death Eaters" All three of them tried not to laugh. C'mon, who would eat Thanatos? He was pretty hot, but not that much " this people were purebloods, which mean having both parents with abilities in magic, should rule the world, and the wizards with muggle parents-" He was interrupted by Jason.
"Wait. What the Hades is a muggle? It sounds like that stupid nickname Leo has for himself." He raised his hand, and Nico high fived him.
"That's how they called mortals in their world." Chiron explained. "Anyway, he started calling himself Voldemort, and all he wanted was to kill all the muggleborns he could find. One day, he tried to kill a one year old, and he couldn't do it."
"What, he felt guilty or something?"
"No. He kill his parents, and when he tried to kill the boy, the spell he used went back to him, and he got killed by his own hand."
"I really want to know everything, but this story is way too long. Can you resume it for me?" Percy yawned.
Chiron seemed both annoyed and amused. "The thing is that Voldemort is back and he wants to end the job, he wants to killed the boy that ended with his life"
"What's his name?" Nico asked
"Harry Potter"
"And what we have to do in there is…?"
"Harry is about to start his 5th year in a school of magic called Hogwarts-"
This time they could not help it. They started laughing until tears were coming out of their eyes.
"Dude, what the heck is wrong with wizards? They pick such weird names for their stuff" Percy said trying to stop laughing.
Even Chiron could not help but laugh too. "What you have to do on this quest is; going to Hogwarts pretending to be exchanged students from New York, and protect Harry in this year."
"But, we are older than him, what are we going to do if we aren't with him in the classes?" Jason asked.
"Don't worry about that, you'll say that the educational system in your school is slower, so you'll be in 5th grade."
The big three looked each other, they knew it was a dangerous task, but they had no other choice. If they didn't go on the quest, a lot of people will die. And obviously, Percy won't let that happen.
"We'll do it." Jason said.
"Great" Chiron said. "Go pack your bags, you'll be shadow travelling with Nico in an hour."
"But I don't know where to go! If I don't' have the direction clear, we could end up anywhere!" Nico yelled.
"Oh, just think about going to No.12 Grimmauld Place. You'll meet some aurors, and you'll tell them your story, every part of it. Then you'll shadow travell to a place called The Burrow, and you will be staying there with Harry until the classes begin. And you don't have to worry about the magic; Lady Hecate has already blessed you with her magic and the knowledge of all the existing spells, shops, history and famous names in their world."
"What about the wands? I want a wand! Tell me they use wands please." Percy asked with emotion, if he had a wand during the task everything will be much cooler.
"You'll buy it in Diagon Ally." Percy realized that he knew what that was, and by the looks on Jason and Nico, they knew too.
"Ok, I'll go say goodbye to Annie." Percy said with a sad tone. He didn't want to leave her.
Jason's POV
He wasn't happy about the new task. The reason why he decided to stay in Camp Half-Blood was because he wanted to spend time with Piper, his girlfriend. And of course it was like his new home, and Jason wanted to enjoy it. But now head to leave again, at least it was for a good reason; saving people (hunting things, the family business. Ok, I'm sorry but I love Supernatural. Keep reading).
He was hoping that the wizards would be friendly to him and his friends; after all, he was going to put his life at risk for them.
Piper was helping him with his bag. She looked sad, but she knew it was an important quest so she had to support Jason.
"I'll miss you, you know" Piper said to him when they had finished with Jason's bag.
"I'll miss you too." He said back to her. "I love you"
"And I love you" She said before kissing him.
"I'll bring you a present, and then we will have the best date ever!" He tried to make her laugh, and it worked. Piper started giggling.
"Okay, Sparky. Just go, and don't forget to IM when you get to London!" She said waving at him while he walked to the tree that once was her sister, Thalia.
Nico's POV
I was almost end up packing when I heard a knock on the door, it was Will. I didn't know why, but every time he gets close to him, his heart races and her hands are sweating. Well, maybe he knew why, but he didn't want to admit it.
"Hey, you. Why are you packing?" Oh no. If Nico told him about the task he would be pissed; he is not supposed to shadow travel. He was strong enough, but Will was his 'nurse' so he had to listen to him.
"Oh I'm going to the underworld… My father needs help with the dead again. There's a guy that is hiding from him down there, so he called me." He lied, even though he didn't want to, but he had to go to the quest, and if he had to lie to Will, he would do it.
Besides, it wasn't completely a lie. When he heard the name of tom riddle he knew who he was. His father always got angry when his ghost said something about him; 'Always cheating death, that poor bastard is so going to pay'. It was the routine, he said things like that every day he remembered that dickface.
"Oh, that sucks. Well I hope you get there safe, and remember…NO SHADOW TRAVELING!" Will said with his angry voice.
"Yeah, I know. Thanks to you I'll have to take a bus. Hope you're happy."
"I am" Will smile, showing his white and perfect teeth.
Then there was a silence, Will was walking towards him, getting his face closer to Nico's. Immediately he started blushing, he knew where this was going, and he was freaking out.
Then he did something that he will regret.
"So… I got to go. Bye, Will" He said, and he walked away. Leaving a blonde boy with a disappointed look on his face.