Chapter 10
Percy's POV:
Climbing through the window, I slide it closed behind me as I balance on a wooden beam spanning across the length of the ceiling. Once the window is closed and trick latched, something Hermes showed me how to do so that I could reopen it from the outside but nobody else could, I walk to the center of the beam. One of the candles that float through the air comes up to hover just behind me, catching the attention of McGonagall. Or I guess I should say Headmistress McGonagall. Smiling slightly, she stands up, catching the attention of the rest of the room before clearing her throat and beginning to speak.
"It seems that our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has finally arrived..." At this the room erupts into chaos, causing the stern Headmistress to pause waiting for the rom to quiet down before continuing. "If you are all finished I would like to introduce Professor Jackson."
At this I leap down from my perch landing just behind my seat at the teachers table. As I fall I hear anything from gasps of surprise to shrieks of pure terror before I land and everyone goes silent. Looking up I manage to get out "Please, call me Percy," before I hear an enraged roar come from the back of the room.
"Persephone Jackson, I swear I'm going to kill you!" Looking over I see exactly three students and a teacher standing up looking at me with murder in their gaze.
I manage to murmur "Oh schist" before running out of the room as though my life depended on it, which it kind of did. Glancing back, I see four very angry demigods chasing after me. Taking a flurry of turns hoping to find my way outside. Holy Hephaestus why didn't I do the whole mental map of the castle thing first.
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Status update... I have been running for the whole day. I managed to hide for a few hours, but they still managed to find me. Why did we play so many games of hide and seek and pulverize back at camp? Seeing a seemingly well-hidden door up ahead, I push my way though. Well great, of course it leads into the dining hall during dinner. Creeping around the side I try to go unnoticed. Seeing the group from the Burrow up ahead slowly make my way over to where they are sitting. Plopping down on the bench I make my presence know by grabbing some food and putting it on the plate in front of me.
"So how was everybody's day? Has everyone gotten settled down into their rooms?"
"Yes, we have and it has been good seeing everyone again," Hermione starts. "Might I ask why you are being chased around by..."
"They're old friends," I but in, "Old friends that happen to have believed that I was dead." Before I could get any further I hear a battle screech come from the main entrance. As the door slams open I see my four friends and pursuers decked out in full battle regalia. Sighing I look up before heading towards them. Passing them I head out the door before calling over my shoulder back to them that if they want to beat me up to meet me outside so that we don't destroy the building. Listening to the confused murmurs from the students I walk out to the clearing between the school and the lake where we can fight without harming anything. Reaching my destination, I turn towards my assailants before addressing them.
"Hi Cloudy, Nev, Snow, Sevvy. How are you doing? What's going on in your lives? Any new interesting developments?"
"Oh you know, nothing much. Just fighting a war, thinking you were dead, the usual. How do you think we are Kelphead! We thought you were killed when you were taken back into the Pit!" Neville yells glaring at me.
"Oh Percy, when did you start dressing like your cousins. It fits you, makes you look badass." Luna cuts in in her usual calm way, though by the reactions from the crowd that had formed around us it seems that they aren't used to hearing her curse, which is funny considering she is best friends with the Mars and Ares kids.
"Welcome back Perce," Severus says with a grin.
"Don't welcome her back she should have told us she was back as soon as she could, instead of letting us believe that she was still down there, knowing that she was alive and un-unable to d-do anything ab-bout it." At this Draco broke down into sobs and I rushed forward to catch him before he hit the ground.
"Awe Snowflake you know that I would have returned if I could have. I met up with a higher power when I escaped that made a deal with me. In the end, it was safer to let you all stay oblivious than to let you know where I was. I hope you know that I wouldn't hurt you all if I could have avoided it."
You see Draco is a son of Boreas who lived in the Hermes cabin during the summer before Boreas got his own cabin. Same is for Severus, who is a son of Iris who would come teach magic at the camp during the summer. Neville is a son of Ares who, as far as I knew, was the least violent kid of Ares I knew, more like a kid of Mars than anything. Luna is a special case, she is the child of Jupiter born before the war. Soon after she learned of her heritage she joined the Hunters of Artemis, where she stayed until she was released from her vows so that she would age on a mission to help at Hogwarts and keep an eye on Harry.
Standing up I go to turn around before grabbing the arrow headed towards my head from out of the air. Looking up I see Luna standing there with her bow still humming from shooting the arrow.
"What, did you think we would give up that easily," she says with a grin before the rest of them pull out their weapons and advance towards me. Whelp, I'm screwed...