HARRY

It had been over two days since they had lost the Hogwarts Intruders in Georgia. Harry still hadn't told the other aurors that he had let them go in Atlanta. He just wasn't convinced they had all the clues and his gut told him that they were innocent. Over the years Harry had learned to trust his instincts.

He had just finished a conversation on the floo with Andromeda and was now ready to retire to his hotel room. Harry desperately needed some sleep.

"Auror Potter, sir, there was another detection of Mr. Lupin's magic last evening. Some aurors went out to try and figure out more. He seems to have cancelled the shrinking charm he placed earlier. What should we do?", a voice called from the doorway of the small office he was sitting in.

Harry supressed a tired groan. Couldn't they do anything without consulting him? Not that Harry didn't want to be in the loop how the case was going but it was morning already and Harry hadn't seen a bed in over twenty-four hours. He wanted to sleep.

He turned towards the young man standing in the doorway. He was one of the junior aurors on the MACUSA squad and assigned to his case. It seemed to be his first major case and was therefore annoyingly enthusiastic.

"Where was the spell cast?", Harry asked.

The young man bounded forwards, a piece of parchment clutched in his hand. "New York, sir. But weren't we looking for them in the south? How do you think they got here so fast?", he asked as he placed his parchment on Harry's desk.

It turned out to be a map of New York State, a glowing dot indicating the magic to have happened in Long Island.

Harry frowned. So they had bypassed New York City without detection. But yes, it was interesting. They had aurors stationed at every major train and bus station all the way from Atlanta to New York City. They had always assumed they would come to the city and were therefore patrolling it. Harry never had guessed that Teddy meant the state as their destination. To be fair, Teddy probably hadn't known the difference and assumed the city just as Harry had. He nodded towards the junior auror in thanks and pinned up the parchment on his pin board.

On it were most of the clues they had gathered, including the pictures of their suspects and Teddy and a map which marked all the locations they had been sighted in. The last glowing dot was in southern Virginia, just at the border to North Carolina, from this morning. How had they gotten from there to Long Island in such a short amount of time. Harry had been sure they were travelling by muggle means so as to either avoid detection or because of his suspicions that they couldn't do magic at all. Did they use an airplane? No, Harry doubted that, they had weapons that would never get through security. Not to mention their shrunken statue. But the statue wasn't shrunken anymore, was she? If Teddy had cancelled the spell in Long Island, did that mean that had been their final destination? Didn't they have to travel so quickly anymore and could afford to unshrink it?

Harry looked at the sketch of the big statue they had taken from Professor McGonagall's memories. It was a woman in ancient Greek clothing and armour. In her hand she was holding the figure of another woman. It was obviously a Greek statue and if Teddy had been right then the origins of it was Greece. Was the statue stolen? Was that why they were travelling so quickly? Or was it just the wizards chasing them that made them hurry up?

Every time Harry had hoped to have the case figured out another clue popped up and made him doubt his entire thought process again and again. These Hogwarts Intruders just seemed to continue to surprise them. Harry glanced at the map again, his gaze landing on the glowing dot hovering over Puerto Rico. They still hadn't figured out who had killed these girls. Harry was pretty sure it hadn't been the trio they were chasing but their appearance at the same place and same time was too strange to be a coincidence.

The day after Harry had arrived on the island the corpses of the girls had disappeared and the entire house looked as if nothing had happened in the first place. The spiky haired girl had disappeared as well and hadn't surfaced again. Harry doubted they would ever see her again. By now he mostly wanted to find the trio and Teddy to get his godson back home and clear up what had happened and if it was indeed a giant misunderstanding.

But he would do that after he had a couple hours of sleep. Harry had just put on his cloak when the map of Long Island started blinking crazily. He stared at it dumbfounded. The junior auror came up next to it. "More dots are appearing. I think the hostage is using more magic, Auror Potter", he said, turning towards Harry in excitement.

Harry walked over and studied the map. The dots were appearing about a mile or two west of where the first on was. Something was making Teddy use a lot of magic. Whatever it was, it couldn't be good.

"We need an entire squad, or two at best", Harry said to the junior auror. "We are going in."

TEDDY

The appearance of the Athena Parthenos had shocked the demigods on both sides of the hill. Reyna walked over to Hedge, who was sliding off of Guido's back. They clasped hands and then turned towards the crowd watching them.

"Now, I hope the Greeks will accept our gift. The Romans will stand down and call back their forces!", she proclaimed.

Clarisse stepped forward and offered Reyna her hand. "We accept your offer of peace. The Greeks will stand down as well."

Cheers were heard on the Greek side. Teddy clapped enthusiastically. They had done it, they had really done it. He turned around and hugged the nearest demigod he could. Nico looked like he didn't much appreciate it but he patted him on the back anyways. Teddy grinned at him and then, because he could, he hugged the blond boy as well. He laughed and hugged him back. "I have no idea who you are, but its nice to meet you, too, I guess."

Before Teddy could extend the Hufflepuff-friendliness towards the other demigods a voice interrupted.

"Halt!"

Teddy turned towards the offending voice. It was a pale blond boy making his way out of the Roman campsite and towards them. He was followed by several Romans in golden armour. Teddy noticed that even more of them had arrived at the foot of the hill and were staring up at them. Some of them had been clapping as well and now looked confused at the pale dude.

"Who's that?", Teddy asked in distaste. He didn't like the guy much. Who would interrupt such an happy occasion.

"That's Octavian", Nico said quietly.

Teddy glanced over at him. Nico looked ready to stab his sword through Octavian's neck. He decided to make sure that wouldn't happen, Nico didn't need to kill another person.

"Reyna! You no longer hold power over this legion, ex-praetor!", Octavian yelled. "You are a traitor, conspiring with Graecus scum to betray your own people. The legion will take no orders from you!"

Forget it, Teddy would gladly let Nico attack him. Not to kill, of course, but to knock him around a bit. Octavian obviously was a bit of a jerk.

The Greek demigods were all glaring down at him, some were pulling out there weapons again. This was bad.

Someone within the Roman ranks shouldered their way forward. "Reyna is the praetor until voted otherwise by the Senate", he said. Parts of the legion nodded in encouragement.

"This is war", Octavian snapped at him. Then he turned to be heard by his entire legion. "I've brought you to the brink of ultimate victory and you want to give up? First Cohort: arrest Centurion Dakota and any who stand with him or Reyna. Fifth Cohort: remember your vows to Rome and the legion. You will obey me!"

Unrest broke out in the Roman ranks. Nico muttered some choice words under his breath.

"Formation!", Clarisse yelled towards the other demigods. Quickly they obeyed, fanning out behind her, their weapons at the ready.

Teddy could only watch in horror as their entire hard work dissolved in a matter of minutes. Reyna looked conflicted, for the first time it seemed like she didn't know what to do.

"See, it was only a trick to confuse us. Legion, cuneum formate!", Octavian yelled. With lightening speed the legion formed ranks.

They were going to fight. The two Camps were going to destroy each other and then who would stand to oppose Gaia if she woke? And all these children, not all of them would survive. No, Teddy could not let that happen. Nico moved backwards, towards the shadows of the pine tree. Teddy knew what was on his mind, but he couldn't let that happen either. Octavian's life, too, was worth saving even if the boy was despicable. And the Romans would surely kill Nico for attacking their leader and then launch a war against the Greeks, no that wasn't possible. Reyna looked lost. She stood apart from everyone, neither Greek nor Roman.

It was decided.

Teddy Lupin was a Hufflepuff, they were not overly brave or smart or cunning, no they were friendly and fair. And that meant he wouldn't stand back to watch a bunch of children and teenagers murder each other, not if there was a way to stop it. Over the last days he had learnt what it meant to be brave. It wasn't recklessly charging into a fight, but to know when a battle was worth fighting and then giving his all. And the lives of innocent children was worth it. He if he hadn't been sure of that he would have stayed on the cruise ship. That or gotten himself killed in Puerto Rico by charging ahead.

There was dissention in the Roman ranks who had come here to get revenge for their destroyed city and the Greeks obviously didn't want war but were prepared to defend themselves. Octavian was the reason and the solution.

Teddy Lupin may be a Hufflepuff, but his father had been a Gryffindor and they were known for being reckless to the point of stupidity. He needed a bit of that now.

He stepped forward, his wand raised and pointed at Octavian's sneering face. The boy looked at him first with confusion and them mockery.

"A stick. Is that the great power of the Greaci?", he asked.

"No", Teddy said. "It's mine. Stupefy!"

A red light hit Octavian square in the face and he toppled over. The legion stared at their leader sprawled in the trampled grass before looking up at Teddy. Someone pointed an arrow at his face. 'Gryffindor, Gryffindor, some help please!', Teddy thought.

"Seeing as I am neither a Greek nor a Roman demigod I would like to consider myself a neutral party. Therefore this was not an act of aggression from the Greek side, please cease pointing your weapons at them", Teddy spoke and turned his back towards the Romans. "Praetor Reyna, it seems their leader is indisposed. As their only remaining leader, would you be so kind and tell them to stand down?" Reyna looked absolutely startled. Teddy now faced the Greek demigods. They all looked a mixture of shocked and amused. "It seems there are some longstanding issues between your two factions, may I propose you stand down and have your leaders discuss them with the Roman ones? And stand down from a fight. We might be facing a bigger threat tomorrow, after all."

It was probably mostly their confusion that made them all listen to him. None of them knew who he was or what he wanted but he had just walked up and knocked out one of their leaders with magic. It got them moving pretty fast, neither wanted to get a spell in their face. Or that's what Teddy guessed to be their motivations.

Reyna commanded the Romans to retreat into the campsite and prepare for a battle the next morning. Clarisse and the centaur slowly herded the Greeks back down the hill.

"We will meet at midnight for a Roman-Greek war council. Choose your most trusted and I will bring mine", Reyna said in parting.

"Up here, under the tree", the centaur agreed.

Reyna gave Teddy one last long look before entering the camp. Two Romans dragged off the prone figure of Octavian.

"You should tie him up, the spell won't last much longer!", Teddy yelled after her. He wasn't sure she heard but Teddy hoped they would heed his advice.

"Well that was unexpected. I didn't think you had it in you, you silly wizard", Hedge said.

He came up behind Teddy and put a hand on his shoulder, steering him down the hill and towards the big house. Teddy slowly paled as he registered what had just happened. "Yeah … I can't believe I did that", he whispered.

"Better than a war. Peaceful solutions are always the best choice", the blond boy commented. He was walking after them, with Nico trailing behind him.

"Dialogue", Hedge mused. "Not my preferred way of solving problems but it works, I guess."

When they stood at the bottom of the porch, Teddy finally registered what had happened.

"We did it!", he yelped. He threw his arms around Hedge. "Let's go see your wife!" Hedge happily returned the hug, probably more because he was excited to see her and not because he wanted to hug Teddy.

"She's in the infirmary. I was headed there, so I can take you. Death Boy over here needs to go too", the blond boy said and pointed over his shoulder at Nico. Said Death Boy didn't seem happy with that.

"No I don't", he grumbled.

"Yes you do. And no more death magic, that's not healthy", the boy said and dragged a protesting Nico off.

"Well, let's go. Give Mellie a quick visit and then you rest up, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow", Hedge said.

Teddy glanced once more at the top of the hill, where the Athena Parthenos was happily sparkling in the starlight. "Rest sounds good."

Rest was unfortunately short lived. After spending a couple minutes with Mellie, Chiron – the centaur – had asked him some questions and then send him to sleep in one of the spare rooms in the Big House. Before he had dozed off he had heard the war council leave for Half-Blood Hill and the meeting with the Romans. He had hoped they would find a temporary solution quickly and that Reyna and Nico could finally rest some. It felt slightly selfish to stay back and rest up while the rest worked, but once Teddy had seen the soft pillow he had forgotten all about it.

Morning had come faster than he wanted. A frantic Gleeson Hedge had burst in, yelling about a baby. Teddy had followed him through the dark and into the infirmary where Mellie's pained screams had greeted them. She had been in the back behind a curtain separating her from the rest of the room. The blond boy, Will, had ordered Teddy around to fetch heated water – which he had conjured – and other things he needed, while Hedge had been a frantic mess and Clarisse was patting Mellie's clenched hand.

Teddy had spend the rest of the birth sitting on a bed, next to Nico who was trying to sleep through the chaos. How he managed that, Teddy would never know. Afterwards Will had stumbled from behind the curtain, a tired and pale mess, and fallen on the end of Teddy's bed.

"Never again", he had mumbled and then fallen asleep.

Hedge had come by with a crying mini-satyr and then Teddy had retired back to the Big House.

He was on his way up the porch when he noticed a few figures on the hill. Curious, the young wizard made his way towards them. Most of the camps were still asleep, they would start their preparations in a few hours. The figures turned out to be a tired-looking Reyna, the Roman who had earlier stood up against Octavian and a Greek demigod in bronze armour. They were discussing shifting the line of defence.

"But we don't even know if she will wake", the Greek boy argued.

"We can't take that chance, Stoll", Reyna said. "At least the auxiliae forces will be a problem come sundown. They won't like that they came here for nothing. What was Octavian thinking, bringing monsters along?"

"He wasn't, I'm guessing. And a lot of them just showed up", the Roman explained.

Reyna sighed and shook her head. "We need to turn the onagers, make some of them face the monsters but be sure that they don't notice", she ordered. "Then stock up on our infirmary, coordinate with the Greeks to get them fully staffed. The legion shall be ready for battle come sunrise."

"Of course, praetor", the boy said and then slowly made his way down the hill.

"We will arm our demigods and I will tell them to be ready", Stoll agreed, before he too left.

Reyna sighed again and rubbed her neck.

"Are you alright?", Teddy asked, making his presence known. Reyna startled and turned, her sword out and poised to strike.

"Gods, Teddy. Don't scare me like that", she said.

"Sorry. Have you slept at all?"

Reyna shook her head. "I'm headed to the beach for a bit, gather my thoughts", she said. "There is a lot to be done to be ready for tomorrow."

"If Gaia wakes", Teddy said.

"Yes … we have to be prepared for the worst case scenario."

Teddy nodded in understanding. He didn't like it, but she was right. There was a big chance Reyna's friends in Greece couldn't stop the Earth Goddess. She would probably try to strike the demigods first, so they had to prepare for her arrival.

"Get some sleep after, all right?", Teddy said.

"Sure, I'll try", Reyna conceded and affectionally ruffled Teddy's hair. "You go back to bed too. The last few days were hard on all of us."

Teddy was lugging around a stack of some sort of salve. He was supposed to carry it from the Big House to the infirmary set up in the Roman camp. Will had assigned him to help out there because neither Hedge nor Reyna wanted him directly on the battlefield. So he was supposed to act as a field medic. They had stitched up Reyna, who had another run-in with Orion at the beach. Only this time she was the victor and now the proud owner of a new cloak.

The sun had risen a couple minutes ago. The campers had mostly migrated to the Roman side of the hill. Only the aerial cavalry and a few guards remained in Camp Half-Blood. The monster army surrounding the demigods had been deemed the biggest threat and to make sure it didn't come to an ambush that would separate them they had rallied together. Both factions of demigods were nervous, the air thick with tension. They were waiting for something to happen.

Teddy passed by Clarisse and two legionnaires who were discussing a strategy for an attack to slowly take out the left flank of the monster army. They had begun to focus the onagers on the monsters and picking off stragglers that wandered too close into the demigod camp. It made Teddy happy to see them cooperate so well. Nico passed by him as well, telling him he was going up the hill. Teddy wished him luck and watched with a frown as Will ran after the son of Hades. Wasn't Will the head medic? Shouldn't he be in the infirmary as well? Teddy shrugged. Will probably knew what he was doing.

Teddy still hadn't reached his destination when the earth rumbled.

Everybody froze.

YOU WILL DIE.

The voice boomed across the entire camp. Teddy thought he recognised it from somewhere.

A horn sounded. "Heroes on your positions!", Clarisse yelled, running towards the hill.

A wind started up, pulling at Teddy's hair. He dropped his salves and pulled out his wand. The demigods were racing up towards the Hill or the edge of the camp, forming a rank so that there wasn't a single hole in their defence. Archers pulled up behind them, readying their bows. Chiron came galloping from the biggest tent and up the hill. They were joined by satyrs and nature spirits.

YOUR UNITY IS FUTILE.

The voice boomed again.

Teddy slowly ran towards the hill as well. He needed to see what was going on and if he was going to help bring the wounded to safety he needed to stay near the battle but also far enough away that he wouldn't be hurt. He stopped behind the archers and next to another daughter of Apollo who was also assigned as a field medic. She glanced at him with fear.

"Is that her?", she whispered. Teddy couldn't answer.

BUT, IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY, YOU MAY DIE TOGETHER.

The earth shook as the the pegasi and giant eagles took to the air and hovered over the demigods. Teddy tightened his grip on his wand. It had begun.

Due to their advanced planning they had managed to fortify the Roman campsite against the army of monsters surrounding them. Walls of wood, plants, stones, tents and whatever else they had found were stepping stones in the way of the monsters. Those that made it over them were met with a rain of arrows, both from the ground and from up in the air. Then the demigods met the surviving monsters on the ground one-against-one.

The Roman legion was marching in a clear formation while the Greeks were a whirlwind of chaos but not less effective. Reyna was riding Blackjack into battle, together they were a storm of black and purple fury. It was impressive to watch, Teddy had to admit. Not that he had much time to do that.

The monsters were starting to climb up the sides of the hill, attacking the unprotected eastern flank of the Greeks. Teddy was staying close to the Athena Parthenos, using her as cover. If a monster came to close he would shoot an Leg-Binding Junx at it or freeze the ground under their feet. That method was less and less effective the more control Gaia had. So he resorted to setting them on fire instead. He just needed to distract them enough for one of the demigods to rush in and finish the monster off.

The battle had only been going for a couple minutes and already Teddy was exhausted. He had never been under so much stress before.

With a scream a demigod girl went down, one of the one-eyed men standing above her, raising his club.

"Stupefy!", Teddy yelled, sending the cyclops stumbling back. "Incendio!" The upper body of the monster burst into flames. Another Stupefy send him sprawling. Quickly arrows sprung from his chest and he turned to dust. The archer who had shot nodded at Teddy in thanks.

The wizard didn't have time to dwell on that. He raced towards the girl and dropped down besides her. She was bleeding heavily from a wound in her leg. It was clear she wouldn't be able to stand and make her way to the medic tent. She was older and taller than Teddy, so much too heavy for him to carry.

He looked around helplessly, pressing a piece of cloth against her leg. He needed help. He caught the eye of the daughter of Apollo and she started their way.

"It's alright, I will be fine", the bleeding girl rasped.

"We will help you", Teddy tried to assure her.

His hands were getting sticky with her blood. She was loosing too much. He rapped his brain, there had to be a spell to help. "Episkey!", he tried, pointing it at her leg, hoping it would mend the skin slightly. The girl twitched in pain and groaned. So that had been useless.

The other medic had reached them by now and dropped down next to them. She shooed Teddy's hands away so that she could pour some liquid over it. He reluctantly let go and got up.

A two-headed man was storming towards them. A quick incendio and he was down in flames. The medic struggled to help the injured girl up, but she was too heavy. Teddy quickly performed the feather-light-charm and then the girl lifted her without any trouble. She looked at him astounded but gratefully hurried off to the tent.

Teddy turned back to the fight, firing spells at whatever monster he saw. It was draining his energy quickly, but he needed to help.

He was making his way across the battlefield, searching for injured demigods that needed his help. Once he stumbled over a lifeless body. He didn't dare look who it was or how old they were. Instead he hurried onwards, more determined than ever.

"Ready to fire!", a voice yelled.

"Fire!", Reyna screamed back.

With a loud whistle the onagers catapulted fiery balls of gold into the air. Teddy followed them with his eyes and watched as they smashed into the auxilia forces, burning holes in their ranks.

"Refill and fire when ready!", Reyna yelled. Then she vaulted back into the fight.

A loud crash sounded and Teddy looked up in confusion to see a burning ship fall out of the sky. Huh.

It was accompanied by a dragon and a few humanoid figures. When they landed on the hill cheers sounded from the Greeks. The Romans and Teddy quickly followed suit, realising that they must be back-up of some sort.

Wait, flying warship? Were those the friend fighting Gaia and her giants in Greece? But Gaia was awake, right? So had they succeeded or not? Teddy decided there were more important things to think about.

He turned back to his search and set another monster on fire. He cast the aquamenti spell on another and then froze it with the freezing charm. The monster fell over, unable to move and was quickly finished off by one of the newcomers.

"That's a handy stick you got there", he said.

He had black hair and startling green eyes and reminded Teddy a bit of his Uncle Harry. Teddy grinned at him.

Then he turned and headed back down the hill.

Wave after wave the onagers fired, monster after monster was being slain, spell after spell was being cast. Slowly the demigods pushed back the forces.

Teddy was dead on his feet but still, he kept on waving his wand, kept on saying the words, kept one practicing magic. It was life or death now, not just for him but also the demigods he pulled to safety. He cast feather-light-charms on most of them so they could be carried easily. He fixed a couple broken bones with Episkey and swords with Reparo. He wanted to lie down and sleep for three days.

Unfortunately he had forgotten about the main enemy. She reminded them of her presence by appearing on the hill. It was the woman from his dream. Teddy shuddered.

AWAKE her voice boomed. The demigods closed ranks.

The earth turned into a fluid, pulling Teddy into the ground. He struggled but only sank faster. Suddenly Gaia was being lifted into the air by a bronze dragon, a small figure on its back. Teddy gaped. The earth solidified again and he was starting to dig his way back out.

The monsters were faster and descended upon the outer ranks. Teddy watched in horror as they slaughtered the defenceless and disoriented demigods. A scream escaped his lips joining those of the fighters around him. With renewed speed he dug himself out, jumped up and fired a fire-spell at the nearest monster.

The fight started up again with full force.

Cracks sounded in the air and purple and red robed wizards started appearing all around the battlefield.

A groan sounded next to Teddy. Apparently Hedge wasn't too happy about them. Teddy was thoughtful. Maybe they could help them.

The wizards stood, looking around confused. Apparently they weren't expecting a full out battle against mythical monsters and Mother Earth. They should have prepared themselves better.

Some of the demigods stared at them in confusion but didn't engage. "Who's that?", the black haired boy from earlier called.

"Wizards. They are the least thing I wanted to see right now", Nico explained. He came over to stand by them, Will still trailing behind him. He gave Teddy a short smile.

One of the wizards seemed to have found their composure and turned towards them. He stepped forward, wand raised. The demigods surrounding them were giving them wary looks and those currently not involved in a fight turned to watch what would happen.

"You are under arrest for the practicing of dark magic, murder, forceful break-in, kidnapping and resisting arrest multiple times", he spoke, his voice hard.

It was nearly the same as last time. Nico rolled his eyes while the other boys stared at him in confusion.

"Yeah, sorry, but we are in the middle of something here", Teddy said. "If you would please wait until after these monsters aren't trying to brutally murder everyone here that would be much appreciated." The black haired boy snorted.

"Now, listen here kid –"

"No, you listen here!", Will snapped. "In case you haven't noticed but people are dying right now. You sound like some sort of law enforcement, so shut up and help us save them. Or get lost!"

The wizard looked annoyed. The others had regained their composure as well and were now holding several demigods at wandpoint. This was going hell really fast.

"Teddy!", a familiar voice said.

Teddy looked to the side, where his Uncle Harry was standing. What was he doing here? Had he gotten his letter?

Teddy couldn't answer. A scream sounded. One of the wizards had been attacked by the monsters. They didn't seem to care that a third side had just joined the fight, they attacked them too. The stunned or bound demigods, struggled to get free when the monsters started attacking again.

"Help them!", Teddy screamed at Harry. "They are going to die!"

That snapped Harry out of his daze. "Unbind the children, the monsters are the enemy!", he yelled.

The wizards quickly followed his orders, seeing sense in it. With the help of the wizards the monsters were quickly taken care of and Teddy turned back to his godfather.

"What is going on here? What happened, Teddy?", Harry asked.

"We are fighting the goddess of the earth", Teddy said, motioning to were Gaia was still suspended in the air. "That is what we have been trying to do all this time. The statue was needed to save the world."

Harry didn't look like he really believed it, but he still glanced at were the Athena Parthenos stood and nodded. "Get out of the fight. A battlefield is no place for children."

Teddy shook his head. "Sorry but I can't do that. I need to help", Teddy said, his voice fierce. He wouldn't let Harry pull him away, not when the battle was far from over.

His godfather just nodded in defeat. "Stay close then"

Nico still looked sceptical, but Will dragged him off to fight some monsters further away.

"Well this is weird", the black haired boy commented. "But welcome to the fight, I guess."

Going back to Hogwarts was weird.

After the battle with Gaia Teddy had spent most of summer at Camp Half-Blood. He had helped out in the infirmary, practiced fighting with a sword with Percy, followed Reyna around to learn more about the demigods and had some talks with the children of Hecate about their magical education. One of them was attending Ilvermorny and they had compared their academic career. But once September 1st came around Teddy was back on the train to Hogwarts. The last couple days were spent with his grandmother who was scolding him about being a reckless fool.

His friends were telling him about their summer, the nice relaxing days they had had. All Teddy could think about were the days spent travelling to New York, sleeping on the ground, fighting for his life and that of others. Nothing about that had been relaxing.

After Gaia had disappeared in an explosion aided by magic they had a ceremony to honour the dead. The grieving faces and crying siblings were something Teddy would never forget. Neither were the dead body he had stumbled over or the slaughter when they were stuck in the earth. No, his summer had been horrible. Still, Teddy wouldn't change a thing about it. Not only had he gotten new friends, he had also learned a lot about life and himself.

He hadn't spoken much on the journey to Hogwarts and his friends were eyeing him, worried. He ignored it.

They made their way towards the carriages that would bring them back to Hogwarts. Teddy froze in horror when he saw them.

Up until now he had always thought they moved by magic. But now there were dark skeletal horses pulling them.

Well, that's it. I hope you enjoyed this story. :)