'I really didn't expect to find myself in American Hogwarts.' I muttered under my breath. The train shunted along at speeds to rival a pegasus, and that was saying something.

'It's called Ilvermorny, Seaweed Brain,' chided Annabeth, 'You might as well learn to say it properly.'

We were sitting in the carriage of Arion Express, named after that speed demon of a horse. The curtains were drawn back to reveal a corridor, but the glass doors were shut so we didn't need to smell the musky grandma smell 24/7. Chiron has told us to go to Ilverrrrmorr...you know what, I should just call it American Hogwarts. Anyway, Chiron has told us to go to American Hogwarts because it turns out that all our mortal parents had magical blood.

'Who named this place anyway?' I asked Annabeth. As I expected, she answered.

'Isolt Sayer,' she replied, 'She named it after her hometown in Ireland.'

This girl is one Hades of a genius.

'How do I bribe you?'

'Excuse me?' she glared at me.

'I meant for my exams here. How do I bribe you so that you give me the answers and I don't fail?'

'You don't.' she growled, 'You study, like everyone else.'

Nico sighed, staring out the window.

'I can't believe it,' he muttered, 'Now we're demigods and wizards?'

'Chill out, Nico.' Will reassured.

'Right now I can't. Not when I'm seeing your death-auras getting that much thicker.'

A silence fell in the room as the train sped towards our possible death. Will's eyes showed an expression when summed up into words spelled out: Oh, shit, what have I done?

'We'll be fine.' the blond replied, 'You'll be fine. We're demigods, which made us powerful enough already. Now we're wizards, which makes us twice as powerful.'

'I guess.' Nico muttered, staring back out the window.

I wasn't exactly sure if I was used to Nico's new look. He'd grown his hair just past his shoulders and tied it in a low ponytail which didn't exactly hold all of his hair back.

And the one detail that really made me gawk at him?

The gods-damned piercings.

An ear cuff glinted and a dark steel stud winked at me in the light. A flash of metal indicated his silver lip piercing present and accounted for.

The pain must have been unbearable. I thought, then realised, Then again….

I cast the thought out as frantically as I could. I stared out at the New England scenery. The colours of fall stood out against the dark blue of the nearby lake. Even for a son of Poseidon, I found the fiery shades mesmerizing.

I took a deep breath and let it out. It was a new age, and I'll be stuck with the three of them.

'Here we go,' I told Annabeth. 'Magic School.'

'Here we go.' she agreed as the Arion Express huffed and puffed towards Ilvermorny.