Warning: Very OOC Percy up ahead, also: Disclaimer. If I owned Percy Jackson or Harry Potter a large part of the world's teenage population would hate me instead of ol' Ricky for that many Cliffies... and for the HP series making them too emotional... 

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Percy POV

 I am SOOOO excited! I'm even more excited than the time Leo braught me an entire plate filled with melty delicious blue chocolate chip cookies!

....Well.... maybe not that excited...

... and the cookies turned out to be pranked...

as I mourned my misfortune we came to a stop in front of a brick wall. 

"WHERE ARE ALL THE COOL WIZARD SHOPS?!?!" well, looks like Leo beat me to that line.

The big hairy dude that was escorting us (and had still not introduced himself... psh, rude...) chuckled and tapped the wall with a...

giant pink umbrella. Then, a hole appeared in the wall.. and got bigger

and bigger

until it was wide enough to fit a laistrygonian giant through. 

Woah, magic is cool. 

We all walked through the new doorway and guess you could say that I looked like a fish out of water... wait.. actually I am... nevermind I think you get what I'm trying to say...

I noticed a shop that we passed and my eyes probably blew to about triple their normal size.

"OWLS? YOU GUYS SELL OWLS?!?!?" I exclaimed and everyone gave me a look that I'm quite used to and still don't understand..

"yes...?"

Its official. I'm getting an owl... or some pet. it depends... I started making grabby motions with my hands and it looked like hairy dude was starting to doubt if it was a good idea to bring us to protect Hairy Potty or whatever-his-name-is.

"I guess 'yer can go... umm..?"

 I smiled and headed towards the store, I could faintly hear Hairy dude and Annabeth whispering behind me "Is he usually like this...?" "you'd be suprised.. this is TAME..."

Ignoring their doubt of my sanity, I opened the door and... 

"They are so CUTE!"

In front of me was an assortment of owls, frogs, cats, even bats.

Excited, I ran up to one cage and started trying to pet the owl. 

"CAN'T YOU SEE?" I jumped, behind me a man was storming out from behind the counter. "IT SAYS NO PETTING!!!" Sure enough, there was a sign nearby. I couldn't honestly read what it said though. 

"Sorry I'm dyslexic." I apologied. 

"What does that even MEAN? GET OUT!!!" he shooed me out the door. disgruntled, I walked out of the shop to the waiting crowd of demigods+1 with awed stares following me. 

"Great, just great. we let you roam for literally," Annabeth checked her watch, "two minutes and 30 seconds.. and you get kicked out of a store." Leo snickered.

"that's a new record, Perce"

"HEY" what's that supposed to mean?

"..."

hm...

Soon we passed "Olivander's"  a wand shop!

"Welcome, welcome to Ollivander's! Makers of fine wands for longer than your parents have even been alive!"the old man chuckled, and I whispered to Annabeth.

"I kind of doubt that" we all smirked. If only he knew....

"You! young sir! the impish one with the mischievious look! step forwards!"

"Who, who?" Leo looked around. "Oh.. wait.. Ok?"

Leo stepped forwards and a measuring tape floated over to fim and started taking weird measurements. 

"hm... you look like a springy fellow, very bright spirit! I would recommend this: Spruce, phoenix feather core, 10 inches, flexible! good for hexes and jinxes." he handed said wand to leo, who waved it around a bit.... which caused the end to produce a small metal dragon figurine. Leo was in awe.

"Next, how about the tall blonde lad?" Jason stepped forwards and the measuring tape started working again. The old man started inspecting Jason before his eyes lit up and he got a rather tall ladder and used it to get to a high shelf to get a wand-box. 

"Sturdy, and noble! you are a strong willed person. I have just the thing!" he opened the box and brought out the wand. "Pine, Copper strip core infused with silver; created by the dwarves! 11 inches, sturdy. Good for elemental spells." Jason waved the wand and a mini cloud formed near the tip

As Jason walked away with his wand, The man beckoned Hazel forwards. 

"Ah, hello there. You are brave, kind and persistant, that much is clear." the tape only measured for a minute before the shopkeeper picked out a wand for Hazel. 

"Hazel, core of pure gold, also made by the dwarves. 10 and a hald inches, sturdy! This wand will help you with more physical spells." Hazel's wand brought forth gold sparks.

Hazel thanked him and stepped back, only for the man, who I now knew was called olivander, according to a plaque on his desk, again beckoned one of my friends over. "The young, dark haired one, with the dark clothes." Nico stepped forwards and the tape started its job.

"You are an intresting young fellow, very reserved, yet proud and loyal... Ah, I have just the thing!" he reached towards a low shelf and brought out another box. "Birch, Thestral hoof shavings for a core, 11 and a half inches, very light and flexible. This wand is good for curses." First Nico lazily waved his wand a rat skull dropped to the floor. Then he nodded and moved to the back of the room.

"Ah, now... the... chinese... canadian.. baby man?" this caused all of us, except Nico, Annabeth, and Frank, to double over laughing. "uhhhm.." Mr. Olivander looked confused before shrugging and continuing. "This wand is made from bonsai wood, with a core of dragon heartstring. It is 13 inches long and sturdy. A wand good for combat and long range spells." Frank waved it, which caused red sparks to be produced, and grudgingly walked over to Nico.

"I see we are almost done! Next is the girl with feathers braided into her hair." Piper stepped forwards. It seemed that Olivander needed no measurements, he immediately rushed to a shelf near the front of the room and carried it back to her. "This wand is made from the wood of a Japanese cherry blossom. It has a strange core, we were on our last veela hair so we added dragon heartstring. it is 11 inches long. This wand can be easily used for transfiguration and close ranged defensive spells. Don't let it's beauty decieve you, this is a very strong wand. this is a good fit for a rebelious spirit such as yourself!" Piper waved it, causing a flower to pop out the end, thanked Olivander and stood next to Frank.

"I see we are almost done! How about we have the blonde go next?" Annabeth walked up to the shopkeeper and waited as the tape started taking measurements. "How about this one?" Olivander asked himself as he held up a box and braught it to Annabeth. "Olive, unicorn hair, 12 and a half inches? good for transfiguration and charms. It fits your proud, strong, beautiful, and smart personality nicely." Annabeth waved her wand and a bookmark popped out the top, it was quickly snatched up by it's maker and cradled almost lovingly.. weird. Annabeth walked back to our little queue.

"And at long last, the lad with eyes like the sea." I stepped forwards. "You are Loyal, no doubt; and unpredictable, untamed, uncontrollable... Mischievious."the man had a twinkle in his eyes. Olivander then looked really excited and rushed to a shelf in the middle of the room. he soon came back with yet another box. "Try this!" Holly, 13 inches with mermaid bone shavings for a core!" I was disgusted! MERMAID? IN WOOD?!?? THATS NOT COOL!!! Yet, I grudgingly tried waving the wand and... to my relief.. kind of.. a lamp burst into flames, and was quickly extinguished by the wand makers own wand. "Hmph" he looked pretty put out before his eyes lit up again and he climbed on the ladder to the highest shelf to pull out a really dusty box with reverie. When he returned to me he almost lovingly lifted the lid and pulled out the wand. 

"This is one of my finest wands, driftwood, 14 and a half inches, flexible, with a rare core of sea serpent fang shavings." This got me pretty excited. "Amazing for protection and elemental spells." I waved it and a seashell came out of the top of it. Wow.. I have a wand! 

"Now that we have finished finsing your wands, that will be 10 galleons each."

I felt nervous.. this again? "Uh.. Sir?" he looked at me. "are these okay? I pulled out a handful of drachma. The man's eyes widened. "Oh, merlin's beard!" he breathed, "Each of these is worth about 100 galleons!" my eyes widened dramatically "So.. I'll give you one then? You can keep the change?" He smiled. 

"That would be very appreciated"

I payed and we walked out of the store. Now we just have to find the actual school stuff...