Percy PoV

"Kelp Head!" Piper grinned widely, throwing her arms around me.  I laughed. 

"Hi, Beauty Queen.  It's great seeing you again.  How's Sparky and Repair Boy?"

"They miss you, as does Hazel, Frank, and Annabeth, of course."

Then she said something that made my eyes widen. "Thalia, on the other hand, is ready to kill you for not saying goodbye." Her amused expression was not at all sympathetic towards my horrifying situation.

"Uh oh," I gulped. "Did Jason or Annabeth try to calm her down?"

"No. They thought they'd enjoy the show."

"I hate all of you." I said darkly.

"We love you too, Prissy!" Piper beamed.

I groaned. "You've been hanging around Clarisse, haven't you?"

"You bet! And who are these people?" She smiled at Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Sirius, and Molly Weasley. Everyone else was off on Order duty or something. The male half was staring at her like they'd never seen a girl before. They'd never seen a daughter of Aphrodite before, let alone the most powerful daughter of Aphrodite.

"Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, and that is Sirius Black and Molly Weasley."

"Cool. I'm Piper McLean."

"Like Tristan McLean?" That was Hermione. Not surprisingly, since she was the only on that had—nice 'muggle/mortal' parents, so she was allowed to do stuff like watch TV and new about Piper's dad, being one of the most famous actors...well, ever.

"Hera's pants!" Piper cursed under her breath. Hermione looked abut taken back from the strange curse. Well, strange to her, anyway. Piper grimaced. Then she grinned sheepishly. "Guilty."

"Wow," Hermione said softly, a look of awe clearly on her face. That amused me. She could do magic, and was amazed by an actor. These people...hilarious. Although wizards may be cool and all...nothing could ever, ever beat the sheer awesomeness of Percy Jackson and Leo Valdez. And demigods in general. And Annabeth Chase, his awesome and amazing girlfriend. Of course, he meant that. But he also said it because if she found out he had ever thought that she wasn't any of those things...her awesome gift from Damasen, that wicked Drakon bone sword would find his...well, there wouldn't be any Poseidon or Athena legacies running around.

Totally off original topic. I'm going to blame the ADHD. Maybe I am just down right weird, and that's why my mind is so strange...but I'm going to blame ADHD. Easier to blame ADHD.

"So, down to business." Piper said, her face suddenly serious with hard eyes. The sudden change didn't phase me-she was actually a pretty good actor at being bubbly and carefree, or maybe she's been in the Aphrodite cabin too long. Either way, I wasn't phased. Everyone else, however, seemed very taken back.

"Yeah. To business." Sirius said. "Percy said you could help Harry."

"He did?"

"You lied! You said she could help!" Sirius sneered at me.

"Oh, she totally can. She just doesn't know what she's helping him with. He has a hearing," I turned to her. "And you gotta hang around to make sure he gets off."

"Oh," suddenly she smirked, and I knew the idea amused her. "I can do it all right." Her smirk widened when Sirius asked;

"How exactly are you going to help Harry?" Sirius questioned cautiously.

"I can be...convincing." Piper said slyly.

"What do you mean by convincing?" Sirius demanded.

"I have a...way with words."

"I don't care!  The Ministry wants to expel him!  Being good with words won't help!"

Harry frowned. I would frown too, if I was him. But, I'm not him, and have gotten expelled tons of time, and have even been a national terrorist for a little while. A stupid hearing would be the least of my worries.

"Beauty Queen...we can't explain this to them.  They won't understand."  Everyone looked at me.  "But...you can give Sirius a demonstration of your gift."

She smirked.  "I can use my gift, or, I can threaten them."  Quick as a viper, her knife was at Sirius' throat.  "See, I don't like it when people question my ability.  It annoys me."

Sirius gulped, but looked at the knife, he said nothing.

She waved the knife away from him, and flicked it.  Everyone backed up, but I laughed.  "You should thank her, Sirius.  She just took out your mother."

Piper calmly went to retrieve it, and we followed.  Just as I thought, Katropis was in Sirius' mother's mouth.

Sirius gulped. Then he looked at the picture of his mother, her expression one of absolute terror. Her mouth open and closed a few times, gaping like a fish. I like fish. They have some pretty interesting stories.

"Like I said, I have a lot if gifts. So what kind of hearing are we talking about here?"

"See, I was attached by these Dementors..." Harry told her his story after shaking off his surprise.

"I see. Should be easy." She grinned at me.

"How exactly do you figure that?" Sirius asked wearily. He had seen her accuracy with her knife, and I had a feeling he didn't want to get on the wrong end of it.

"Wait and see." Her eyes had a mischievous glint in them.

"This will be hilarious. Do you think that they will hold another trial from sheer embarrassment?" I asked Piper, laughing.

Everyone looked at us confused. Piper laughed. "Maybe. But it isn't like it will matter. They can hold as many trials as they please. I am here to stay."

"Seriously?" I asked her, my eyes growing wide.

"Yeah! Bumble Door-" I snickered. She glared. "Sorry, Dumbledore enrolled me in Hogwarts." She grinned.

"But why?" I asked, completely ignoring everyone's faces of bewilderment. And yes, I know what the word bewilderment means. Hardy har har.

"Jason is out doing something for his father. Annabeth is doing her job. Hazel and Frank are in California with Reyna. Nico is with Will-which is adorable, by the way. And Leo and Calypso are...in the honeymoon phase."

I burst out laughing.

"Are serious?" I looked at Sirius. "No offense." He snickered and I turned to Piper. "They aren't even married!"

"They keep going on about a...repair shop? Anyways, Leo and Calypso are in their own little bubble, and I was bored." She gave me a look. "Knocking Drew off her high horse, watching the Stolls put spiders in Cabin 6, and messing with Octavian is only so entertaining. I haven't done anything interesting in a while, so I decided to follow up on you after you asked for my help. And that," she gave a little dramatic bow, "is how I am gracing your presence at the moment."

I snorted, and burst out laughing.

"Are you taking lessons from my uncle?"

Piper glared at me.  "Ha ha.  Very funny, Mr. Comedian."

"I try," I shrugged.

"You people make no sense," Alastor Moody said, coming into the room.  "So you are Piper McLean...the one Perseus has spoken so highly about."

Piper blushed, but looked at me weirdly.  "Why did he just call you Perseus?  And you didn't even punch him?"

A lot of people looked taken back.  "My nickname isn't a good name here...so to make it easier on everyone," I eyed Molly and Arthur, "I said they could call me Perseus instead."

Piper laughed.  "You certainly are a Kelp Head.  I get why Thalia calls you that."

"And you get why Nico and I call her Pinecone Face?"

Piper's jaw dropped.  "You get away with that?  And why do you...?"  A look of realization came over her.  "You sly dog."

"You know that dog spelled backwards is god."

"I know." She looked confused.  Everyone else...Harry, Hermione, Ron, Sirius...everyone, they just sort of retreated.  No doubt our conversation was giving them a headache since they had absolutely no idea what we were talking about.

"When I read the first thingy in the Rec Room, I said dogs.  Curse dyslexia." I muttered.

Piper smiled at me.  "I wish the seven, Nico, Thalia...and ever Reyna were here.  I miss all of us together."

"You miss Thalia, Nico, and me...together?  In the same room?"

I must have heard wrong.  Every time Nico, Thalia, and I got into the same room, five minutes later, it was a battlefield with swords, spears, bows and arrows, shadows, lightning, and a lot of seaweed. 

She thought about it.  "Actually, I would like to change my previous statement..."

"I thought so," I said with a smirk. I'd missed the daughter of Aphrodite.