Chapter 17: The War Begins Pt. 3
BANG!
I was on the ground. Everything around me became blurry, but I could tell that people were beginning to surround me.
They were probably speaking, but I didn't know what they were talking about. I couldn't hear. My mouth tasted like it was burnt.
I tried to get up, but pain shot through my body.
Then, I felt nothing.
My vision began to focus, and I started to hear sounds of murmuring.
"Is he dead?"
"He has to be."
"Get Professor Dumbledore, and Madam Pomfrey too!"
Pins and needles then shot through my body before they subsided.
I groaned.
Everyone gasped as if I had just come back from the dead.
I started to get up, but it wasn't easy. It was like my arms and legs fell asleep.
After a few seconds, I was fully on my feet. I tried to take a step before I collapsed to the ground.
Luckily, Jason caught me, "Hold on there."
As he guided me to the nearest bench, I saw Nico yelling at Harry.
"What was that! You almost killed him! You're lucky I'm not his father. If I was, you would be long dead!"
Harry looked shaken by Nico's rage. "He's Voldemort's Grandson! Who cares if he dies. At least he wouldn't be able to murder anyone. And how did he survive anyway? That's my thing."
I slowly got up and walked over to Nico and Harry. "I don't know how I survived either. But Voldemort is back."
Harry scoffed, "Yeah right. If he's alive, then you didn't kill your girlfriend!"
At that moment, Nico punched him in the face. "You don't even want to imagine what Percy has been through. What he's done for Annabeth. What he's done for all of us. If I were you, I would shut up."
Harry tried to say something, but the words wouldn't come out.
Nico and I then began to walk back into the castle.
Time Skip
1 day later
Today is the first game for a wizard sport called Quidditch between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.
We made our way to the arena, which was a lengthy walk from the castle. Hermione and I made our way to our seats, which was in the second row. As we were waiting for the game to start, Hermione explained the rules to me.
"It's basically a mix of American football and soccer. You have to score into goals, and each goal is ten points, but there can be knocking players of their brooms like football. Instead of one ball, in Quidditch, there are three balls. The Quaffle is the main ball, which is used to score. The Bludger is used to knock players off their brooms. And finally, their is the Golden Snitch. Each team has one Seeker, whose job is to catch the Snitch. It flies around the field at very high speeds. The team that catches the Snitch receives one hundred and fifty points, and the game ends."
As soon as she was done explaining Quidditch to me, the game began.
The field was immersed with streaks of red and yellow. Thanks to my blessing from Hermes, I was able to watch everything with ease. As I was watching, I noticed that Harry was playing.
I whispered to Hermione, "Harry plays Quidditch?"
She nodded, "He's the Seeker for Gryffindor."
I watched Harry fly all over the field. At some points, he was flying over the stands.
His eyes seemed to look over the field, trying to locate the Snitch. Then, he saw it.
He changed directions so quickly that I wouldn't have been able to see it without Hermes' blessing. He sped up as he got closer and closer to the Snitch.
He extended his arm and---
BOOM!
Their was an explosion on the field. Wizards dressed in black robes and masks used to conceal their identities.
Following the wizards were Greek Monsters. Specifically, hellhounds, the Chimera, some dracaena, and my old friend, the Minotaur.
Hermione, like the other wizards, pulled out her wand, while I uncapped Riptide.
I jumped out of my seat and leaped off of the ledge, separating the stands from the field.
Controlling the air around me, I landed onto the field safely.
A hellhound immediately started to attack me.
I blocked some of its strikes before stabbing it, causing it to turn into golden dust.
Next was a dracaena. She lunged at me, which allowed me to parry with a slash to her gut.
After she disintegrated, I made my way to the Minotaur.
I called out, "Yo Beef Head, how do you keep getting out of Tartarus so fast?"
Old Beef Head turned to look at me and charged at me.
I sidestepped out of the way at slashed at his leg, causing him to fall.
He got back up and swung his axe at my head.
I ducked, but the force from the strike caused me to stumble. I quickly recovered and summoned some lightning.
The Minotaur was slow to recover and I stabbed him in the gut.
It seemed as if the Minotaur was the leader of the monsters, because once he was killed, all the remaining monsters retreated. Leaving only the wizards to fight.
I saw Hermione using a piece of debris as cover while two wizards were firing spells at her.
I sped next to her and asked if she was okay.
She responded, "Yeah, I'm fine, but why would the Death Eaters attack during a Quidditch game? Every wizard at Hogwarts is here. Including Dumbledore. They wouldn't be that stupid..."
A spell struck the ground next to me. I looked at Hermione and said, "Hold that thought."
I pulled out my wand and jumped out of the safety of the debris. "Stupefy!"
I struck one of the Death Eaters, causing him to drop to the ground. The other one looked to fire at me, but before he could, he too was on the ground.
I turned around and saw Hermione with her wand pointed at the Death Eater.
"Thanks," I said.
Hermione nodded and said, "You need to stop this. Now."
I rose up into the air, and summoned a bolt of lightning so powerful, even Zeus would be jealous. It struck down all of the retreating monsters, creating a massive pile of gold dust.
After safely landing, I told Hermione to get down.
I clenched my fists and created a 6.5 earthquake.
The whole arena began to shake, and all the wizards fell.
I then created a fire ball and threw it at a Death Eater.
Another Death Eater drew his wand, and fired. But before the spell could hit me, I vapor traveled behind him.
I put him in a head lock, and threw him onto the ground. I then smashed the butt of Riptide's hilt into his face. This caused his mask to crack.
After I knocked him out, the Death Eaters also began to retreat. They turned into black smoke and flew away.
Once a couple seconds passed, the teachers started to escort everyone back into the castle.
I tried to find Hermione in the crowd, but I couldn't find her until Nico told me that Dumbledore wanted to meet with us in his office and she was already there.
I found a dark spot and shadow traveled to Dumbledore's office.
The remaining seven, Nico, and Hermione were already there when I arrived.
Dumbledore greeted, "Welcome Mr. Jackson. I called you all here because it is time to reveal this new threat to the Wizarding World. Today's attack showed me how unprepared we are. We must prepare for war."
Frank spoke up. "And how are we supposed to do that. No offense, but you wizards aren't trained for battle. The demigods are."
Dumbledore just smiled. "That is correct. We will immediately begin training the students for battle. But first, we must tell the students about the gods."
We all looked at each other and nodded.
Dumbledore clapped his hands together, "The students are gathering in the Great Hall as we speak."
Dumbledore led us out of his office and we entered the Great Hall.
As soon as the doors opened, the students looked at us and began whispering to each other.
If I weren't for me being a demigod, I wouldn't have been able to hear what they were talking about.
"Did you see him defeat those monsters?"
"What about the lightning."
"Don't forget about how fast he was moving."
Hermione went to the Gryffindor table while Dumbledore went up to the podium, and we stood behind him.
He started, "Students, I would like to first thank each and every one of you for your part in defending yourself and your fellow students when we were attacked during our Quidditch game. However, I am suspending this year's Quidditch season indefinitely."
There was a huge uproar.
Dumbledore put his wand to his mouth and shouted, "Silence."
The students froze.
He continued, "Also, Percy Jackson will be making an important announcement on what will be happening this year."
I looked at the seven, not expecting that I would making the announcement myself. But they just nodded.
I stepped up to the podium, and said, "Um, many of you know that my grandfather is Voldemort."
I waited a second before continuing, "You also know that he caused the attack today. But what you don't know is that he has an ally. There is a war coming. And this war cannot be won by the Wizarding World. At least not alone."
I took at breath for dramatic effect, "My father is Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. And in order to defeat this threat, the Wizarding World must work side by side with Olympus."
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