Percy PoV

"Percy!"

Harry, Ron and Hermione have just returned to the common room, where I have settled in after resting.

"Hey guys! How's it going?"

"Where have you been? We've been looking for you since yesterday!"Ron tells me.

Yesterday? Wow, so it really worked!

"Of course it worked, what do you think!"Nyx said to me, offended.

"Uh I... I was working and I didn't see how long it took and then I fell asleep at the library." I answer to Ron.

"It's not nice to lie..."

"Oh it's ok ! I can't tell them everything either !"

Hermione frowns.
"You were at the library? We didn't see you there though..."

"Yeah, well I was in the corner... Anyway, what's up?"

"The schools have arrived."Harry tells me. "Tonight's banquet is going to be great!"

"That's good, I'm starving! Shall we go?"

I head towards the exit, but I can see that my story does not satisfy them.

"You astonish me."Nyx takes a mocking voice: "«I was at the library working».Only at the fifth word we know you're talking nonsense."

"What are you implying?!"

"Oh nothing..."then she starts whistling.

Having a goddess in your head is not always easy.

Well I know that my excuse was not necessarily the most credible...

"Are you sure ?"

...but that's all I found at that moment !

In truth I trained the equivalent of a month, which Nyx was able to condense into one day with his powers.

"I do not have a mastery like that of Cronos but we primordials touch a little bit on everything."

During this month of training, I perfected my mastery of my powers acquired by awakening my potential.

"Who are you talking to?"

But despite this, Chaos still thinks that I lack the power to face the approaching danger.

"The best you can do is to survive the upcoming events that are about to happen. But the enemy is a sorcerer, so that's probably not enough."

That's one thing. Now I have to master the magic.

"Well, Percy, I'm sorry to say you're doing a monologue. I think you're not alone in your head!" Laughs Nyx.

"I'm thinking it's different! And I do have a goddess constantly in my head and another one that comes along every once in a while! So sanctity of mind is not simple!"

We arrive in the banquet hall and settle down.

I see Professor Moody at the back table staring at me with a satisfied smile.
He raises his empty glass to me, as if to taunt me.

Without even making an effort, water from nowhere fills his glass and throws itself on his face, making him lose his smile.

I repress a grin and raise my empty glass to him.

If he thinks I'm going to be impressed, he's wrong.

My mother and family are safe, I warned Chiron.
But I don't talk to Dumbledore about what he did to me.

It's a personal matter. And Dumbledore has other things on his mind. I can handle it.

The director stands up.

"Dear students! Today begins a special event! Please give a warm welcome to the candidates from Durmstrang School!"

The big door opens and students in red uniforms advance in formation. There are about twenty boys and only half a dozen girls.

At the end of the procession there is a man hugging Dumbledore like old friends.

The students of this school take a bow and go sit among the Hogwarts students.

The girls from Durmstrang look at the people at the tables before sitting down.

"Dirty little dung beetle... that's what Malfoy is all about..."

I turn to Ron.
"What's up?"

"That proud little... why is Krum going with him?"

"And now, please give a round of applause for the students of Beauxbatons !"

Students in light blue uniforms this time come forward. This time there is a greater majority of girls than boys.

"Wow," Ron lets it slip out.

I look at him and I see him, as if obsessed with the parade.

I look around me.
The boys in the room all seem dreamy. Strange.

"These are veelas."says Ron.

"Veela ?"I ask.

"Creatures irresistible to men. Stop talking nonsense Ron."answers Hermione.

"I'm telling you there's a trick."

"You're rambling, otherwise Percy would be affected too!"

I shrug my shoulders.
I'm not interested in that anymore. Not since... well, I haven't really gotten over it...

"Percy, are you listening to us?"

"what?"

"We were just saying how funny it was to see Dumbledore look small."

I look at him, and indeed, a tall woman was talking to him, and he was only to her chin. And yet he was tall.

The students from beauxbatons are going to sit down in their turn.

"I now declare the banquet OPEN!"Announces the director.

The tables fill up with all kinds of victuals, and we start eating.

"Excuse me, could you pass me that dish please?"

I'm turning around.
One of the girls from Durmstrang is standing in front of me, waiting for me to answer.

"Uh, yes, of course."

I pass her the dish.
"My name is Anna. Nice to meet you!"

"Percy. Nice to meet you."

She's a rather pretty girl in my age group.

She gives me a piece of parchment.
I open it.
It just has her name written on it.

I look up to ask why, but she had already left to join the other girls waiting for her, giggling.

I look at Harry Ron and Hermione.
Harry and Ron are speechless while Hermione has a small laugh.

"I don't understand."I say.

"She gave you this so that you could contact her by owl."

"Oh."
I say nothing more and I start eating again.

The fact is that I'm not ready. I can't forget Annabeth.

I decide to stop thinking about it.
I hurt myself unnecessarily.

"Harry, can you pass me the chicken please?"

The banquet continues in a funny and good mood, then at the end of the meal the director gets up again.

"Now I will tell you what we are all looking forward to. The "Six Wizards Tournament!""

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Hello demigod! 😄🔱

Percy has been training, how strong has he become?
Obviously not strong enough!
In the next chapter,
the :

"Six Wizards Tournament"

will make sense.
I hope you'll like it!

See you soon for a new chapter,
Stay cool, demigod 😄🔱

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