Percy POV (again I know but what did you expect he's the one fighting it, this is a longer chapter but it's worth it)

I'm going to die. That's the only thought I have as I step into the arena. The Drakon spins on its tail and begins to spray acid at me without hesitation, I barely manage to dodge out of the way. A collective gasp comes from the stands above me, Which only angers me more. I have now been a spectacle to watch me fight for my life for possibly the fifteenth time since I was 12 if you don't count the fact that the gods watch me suffer on a daily basis.

While in the tent I had had plenty of time to come to terms with my fate and how I could get the egg without killing the Drakon, I had asked one of the tamers about it. He had looked at me horrified and told me to refrain from killing their dragons, that they were on loan from Romania. I was in a moral battle the whole time, on whether to listen or not and had come to the conclusion that whatever happened, happened. As each of my fellow contestants came and went I became more and more agitated. The injuries had progressively gotten worse. Fleur had no real damage to her, and by the time Harry had come back smelling like a BBQ and cradling his shoulder, claiming that he was chased by said dragon that got loose around the Hogwarts towers, I was ready to cause some damage. Harry had sat with me and forced me to breathe slowly with him when the water bottle from the water cooler in the corner blew off the cooler itself, covering everyone nearby with the water. He had tried to distract me while they adjusted the arena for me and my 'dragon'. He talked about this sport he played called Quidditch which was played on a broom like the one he had walked in with. It sounded like the perfect excuse for Zeus to blow me out of the sky and when Harry demonstrated by jumping on said broom and hovering in front of me, I had vowed to never ever get on one. That no matter what there was no way in Hades that I would get on the floating stick. His smile and laugh when I told him as such reminded me of the daughter of Aphrodite who was currently occupying a large portion of my brain and therefore Beck was there too. The mere thought of fighting the thing that killed Selena makes my skin boil, add the fact that I am not permitted to kill it- just threw on an extra stressor. It would no doubt smell me and be out for blood and therefore my friends. There is a higher than average chance that I was about to lead a mutiny against the old wizards responsible for this injustice, I was pretty positive the other demigods would join me.

The Drakon chased me around the arena, I had no time to try and create a plan. The fact that I was facing this thing by myself was awful enough, I had a newfound respect for Clarisse and swore that if I survived would tell her so. The majority of the arena was covered in acid that was slowly burning through my shoes, I silently thanked Styx for blessing me. I dodged behind a larger boulder just as the acid flew by me, so close that some of the spittle grazed my arm and began to burn through the clothing there. Cursing I ripped the sleeve off. I took a quick glance behind me to see the Drakon standing over its eggs with the familiar malice in its eyes. It seemed torn between protecting the eggs and trying to kill me. Leaning back to my safe space I close my eyes for a moment to try and clear my mind of my fallen friends.

"You need to get it together. Do this for her. Come on Percy." I chant to myself, pulling out my wand. I need to pretend to be using it. I don't need to say the words to go along with it if I don't need to, everyone at this point knows that at my 'school' we learn differently and that I may know better spells. During my race away from certain death I saw a small pool in one of the back corners and thanked the gods that I didn't need to pull any from the ground or the Black lake. I point my wand hand at the body of water to make it seem like I am using it and not my powers of Poseidon. The familiar tug in my gut brings me comfort. This is my playground, I hold all the cards. I've fought Titans and Giants and Primordial Gods and Goddesses. A Drakon should be easy as pie, if only I could get my emotions out of my head too.

"It's just a Drakon, its eyes are its weak spot. I can't kill it and maiming it will lose me points, as will destroying eggs, but if I can push it far enough away then it should be fine." I reassure myself, as the Monster spits at me again and I run to a new bolder, closer to the damn thing.

I reach out once more for the water in the pond. There isn't much but I can make it work. With a thrust of my hands, the water now stands between me and the Drakon like a wall. Angered it spits at me the poison sizzling as it joins my barrier. With a yell I shove my hands forward hitting the Drakon with my wall of water, the sound that erupts from my mouth brings all of my emotions about this tournament to the forefront, some of it being thrown with the water. I can hear the gasps of surprise and cheers from above me as I successfully toss the Drakon across the arena with the blast. I race to the center of the room to grab my prize, but just before I get there I hear a shriek of surprise and fear. My head snaps in the direction of the sound to see the Drakon no longer facing me but instead the stands. The students in that area begin to scream but most do not run, they seem to be frozen in place, from their fear. The students not frozen in terror are running away. The air around that area seems to be altered slightly and with a jolt, I realize that it's the mist, that that's where my friends are. I just threw a monster that can smell them all in one place directly at them. There was no way it didn't smell them now, no matter how powerful they were making it. The shimmering barrier of mist drops and I can see the orange of their shirt again.

Almost as if to mock me for my stupidity, the Drakon roars at the area they take up. I watch as it spits directly at them. With a scream and a frantic tug, the acid comes soaring my way, barely missing the stands it was aimed at. I hear more screams as I barely dodge it. I trip over the egg in my haste to get out of the way but l pay it no attention. The Acid flying past the monster's head had caused me to get its attention all over again. From across the room, it swipes its tail at me, causing me to drop to the acid covered floor. I can't feel the pain that goes with acid burns and it didn't show up on my skin but my clothes were being slowly burned away. I jump back to my feet and watch in horror as my friends split up running in a multitude of directions trying to throw off their scent, of them only Jason is armed with something that would usually be used to kill it, Dumbledore forced us to leave all our weapons in the dorms, we would be having a serious talk about that decision after this. The Drakon is no longer concerned with protecting its eggs just as I am not concerned about getting its eggs. We are both more focused on the Demigods running as fast as they can away from it. I yell out at it again, drawing its attention.

"Hey! Hey Stupid, over here! A tasty meal right here, come and get it! I bet I taste like Fish! Tasty tasty fish fry! My friend Clarisse says hi! She wants to know if your eye still twitches from the electric shock she gave you." that last comment got its attention really fast. So much so that I swore, colourfully when, it opened its wings and flew my way. I pulled the water I had released previously at it towards me once more and used it to propel me back towards the golden egg. Landing a few feet from it I changed course and threw my hands at the creature about to eat me. Hitting the beast again, I knocked it slightly off-balance and took the opportunity to run to the egg, hoping that would cause the adults and tamers to come and assist me before I brought out Riptide. Just as I grabbed the egg I was flying through the air. I could hear screams of horror from all around me when I slammed into the wall.

The world seemed to be spinning, and I could only barely make out the fact that something was flying my way. Instinctively I threw my hands up to defend myself, feeling the tug in my gut as I grabbed the liquid and stopped it in the air, and letting it drop where I caught it. I reached out and dragged some of the remaining water to me and when it touched my skin, my surroundings came back into focus. I couldn't see the Drakon anymore but I did see the golden egg next to me. Looking across the arena I realized why I had suddenly felt dizzy. The Drakon had thrown me clear across the arena, probably a few dozen yards towards where my friends had been seated, any normal person would have died on impact. It was no wonder the students in the stands were silent. I should definitely be dead right now, demigod or not, that should have been a death blow. I am fully aware that at the moment I am the only thing keeping this monster from my unarmed friends, from Annabeth. Riptide feels heavy in my pocket and I debate uncapping it, but somewhere deep inside me a voice tells me you don't need it, you have the power to stop it. Use it. Your friends are in danger, it will kill them if you don't. And just like that the urge to kill the monster stalking towards me, and anything that stood in my way is overpowering. The blood pounding through my head was louder than everything around me and the silence from before becomes deafening as I realize that there is sound I just can't be bothered to hear it. As I look at the Drakon coming towards me, I know that I can stop it. I throw out my hand, focusing on the acid coming up its throat, stopping it before it exits stopping the Drakon in its place. It's eyes bulge out and I smile at the thought of getting more ammunition to stop it. The previously broken pieces in me began to shatter once more, when something else shatters my concentration,

"Percy!" A single scream tears through the silence, Annabeth. I looked just to my right where she had obviously run too and there she was struggling against someone's arms wrapped around her, their hair is blonde, her face is out of focus, but I feel her emotion. I don't want her to worry, I am fine but the monster and anyone in my way will not be, I surround myself in water to give myself the energy to get up and grab the damn egg I'd thrown, some small unbroken part of me knew that that was important, but I'd forgotten why. The Drakon still being held in place with my hand outstretched. When I stood up there was a collective gasp before cheers broke out all around me. I felt my anger rise with their cheers, and I couldn't hear Annabeth anymore so I took my eyes off of the stands where she had been and drop my hand at the notion that she was gone, egg still in my other hand as I search the arena for my statue, only to see it being escorted out of the arena no longer choking on the acid in its throat, free the second I had released it. That same anger took over my body as the rest of my resolve broke, I began to walk after it with the ground shaking with every step I took. I could hear someone on the announcement addressing me or the crowd but I didn't care about that, all I cared about was making everyone who had put me and my friends and all of the other children here in danger. I no longer felt the need to push my anger down for later, and it all came bubbling up. Knocked loose by my hitting the wall and watching my unarmed friends run for their lives with the small children surrounding them being ushered off in an attempt to keep them safe. At the injustice Selena had faced, of the pain thinking Beckendorf and all those I had lost brought me. Of seeing a young boy who looked like me being forced to put his life on the line. If I couldn't hurt the gods I could hurt the next best thing. My thoughts were a jumbled mess as I walked and some part of me rationalized that I hadn't died but that I was about to commit some sort of felony. The ground was shaking more noticeably now and the water and acid that was covering the arena began to rise off the floor as I walked slowly towards the door, good I thought give me something to work with.

Just as suddenly as the cheers had started they stopped and were replaced with cries of confusion and fear. I could hear someone calling my name again from far away, but I couldn't identify what it was saying. The blood pumping through my ears was drowning out all other sounds other than the anger I felt, the brief calm I had felt seeing Annabeth was gone now that I could no longer see or hear her, I just wanted to make sure that nothing could hurt her, that she would be safe with my friends. I could feel my blood coursing through my veins and with a jolt I realised I could feel it moving like I could with Ahkyls poison. I could feel the difference between my blood and the acid and the water around me. I raise my arms and force just the acid around me to rise with them, I grin and send it all violently across the room from me, towards the door the Drakon had left from. I then did the same to the water, creating a sort of barrier around the stadium separating me and the scrambling children. I could now clearly see where all of the professors were seated, I left their section unprotected, I wanted them to understand that it wasn't okay to play with people's lives like this. That using kids for their own entertainment wasn't okay. That this challenge was wrong. I wanted them to feel my ache, my anger, my loyalty. Just as I raised my arms to destroy their stands, I felt someone grab my shoulders and spin me towards them, forcing my hands down. My green eyes met grey ones.

"Percy please, stop. You're safe now. It's over. We're safe. We're okay, no one got hurt. Please." I didn't understand her words, didn't she get it they had caused this, that they deserved to pay for their actions. That had I not been safe due to the dip in the Styx that I would be dead? Did she not care? I turned my head once more away from hers to the adult's cover. Noticing my hesitation she called my name once more, physically pulling my face closer to hers so all I could see was her frantic and scared face.

"Percy, please. You promised me. 'Somethings aren't meant to be controlled,' remember? Come on Percy come back to me." with a frown I realized that she was crying. She was now holding my face between her hands so that I could only look at her, see her pain, feel her tears.

"Please Seaweed brain. I love you, don't do this." I blinked and the world around me began to reshape itself back into my reality. The broken pieces began fitting themselves back in place, but I could feel how fragile they were now. The edges were jagged and missing in some spots. But the sound around me came back with a force and the liquid around the stadium hit the ground with a crash and I could hear everything around me again. Annabeth's forehead was against mine and the heat from her head and hands were just as suddenly on my own. I hadn't realized that I couldn't feel her heat in my anger. And it all drained away when her contrasting cold tear hit my cheek. I pulled a hissed breath into my lungs as I pulled her to me, collapsing into her arms, now fully aware of what I had just about done.

"I- I'm sorry. I- I just, oh gods." After a moment I pull out of her loving grasp and turn looking at the destruction around me. My earthquake hadn't caused any real damage but it had obviously happened, anything that hadn't been bolted down had fallen to the earth, the few remaining students were glancing around nervously, afraid the earth would move again. One wall had been nearly obliterated with the force of the poison I had thrown. I covered my mouth with a shaking hand, I felt the bile rising in my throat when I realized that the people around me were scared of something I had caused. Annabeth pulled my attention back to her by grabbing said hand and putting it to her chest. I could now feel her heartbeat, under my fingers.

"Breath Seaweed Brain. Can you feel my heartbeat?" Her voice is still shaky, but after taking a look at her wide eyes I avert my own quickly with a nod, terrified at what I'd done, what I'd been about to do. And how she would react, I'd ignored her. I had sworn to never leave her again. And for a moment I'd debated it, I'd thought about ignoring her words and continuing on my path of destruction. I couldn't look at her, the shame that I'd almost been another person in her life to abandon her was overwhelming in a way I hadn't ever felt before.

"Good, focus on that, it's not beating fast is it?" I didn't answer so for the third time she grabbed my chin in her other hand, pulling me down so that we were eye level with each other.

"Look at me Percy. Come on, it's okay." Once upon a time, we had been the same height but now I was a few inches taller. I still can't bring myself to speak now that I am forced to look into her grey eyes that had scared me so much when we were younger, so I just focus on her steady heartbeat, trying to copy it.

"Come on Seaweed brain, it isn't, is it? That's because I love you, and it's okay. I don't blame you, I understand. And it's okay, we are okay. Please-" she asks again, her stormy grey eyes now focused on mine, I look deep into her eyes trying to figure out what she was feeling. But all I found was concern and love. I've known her since we were twelve, we've been through hell and back. This is the second time now that I have lost control like this and she still loves me. I could feel the anger recede even more into my body, those few remaining pieces of glass moving back into place. How could I be angry and destructive when I had someone who loved me like this, unconditionally, no matter how awful I was.

"No-" I choked out, feeling tears run down my cheeks as I slowly reach to caress her face. She smiles and closes her eyes at the contact, a few stray tears rolling down her face.

"I'm sorry." I could hear myself say, as I pulled her into a hug and dragged her to the ground with me, no longer having the strength to stand. She shakes her head once more, pulling away but not letting go.

"It's okay, it's okay. No one got hurt. Everyone is fine. There were protective spells up all around the arena. Almost everybody was already on their way out when the drakon began to focus on the stands and the remaining few ran when the earth started to shake, only a few people actually saw the end. But it's okay. Everyone is okay. Focus on my heartbeat and make yours match." Her hand touches my achilles spot and I hiss in pain. Her eyes show worry and fear now as she snatches her hand away.

"Are You okay?" I don't answer her, still focused on the warmth that she gives me, as I try to ignore the shot of pain that went through my body a moment ago, which shouldn't have been possible. She still hadn't broken eye contact and the calm beating of her heart was forcing all the hate and anger away. Her eyes searched mine and she didn't seem to like what she found so when she grabbed my shoulders with a tighter grip than usual I was surprised.

"Are you okay? You hit that wall pretty hard. You hit it back first, gods I thought you'd died for a moment. We need to go find Will, I think he has some ambrosia or something. And we need to make some calls obviously about why That hurts. And a shower because you smell like an old Pegasus stall." She rushed out and I realized that she was the one shaking, not me. To stop her rambling I pull her into a hug, her face in the crook of my neck. Her smell enveloping me as a small chuckle escapes me.

"I'm sorry. I'm okay, don't worry about me. I'm sorry, some ambrosia would be nice though I am inexplicably sore right now" I rubbed her back as she chokes on her laughter and tears as she cries softly into my arms. I squeez her closer to my body when I heard more shouts from our side where the doors to the tent are. Glancing over her shoulder I see all of our friends running towards us, worry plastered on their faces and I feel gratitude rise up in my chest as I count the ten of them and a hobbling two slightly behind them.

That's when I notice the old bearded men behind them and I feel my anger rise as I made direct eye contact with Albus Dumbledore. My skin feels hot again and I tense up against Annabeth hoping to keep that old jolly man away from us. I may be less mad than I was but I wasn't sure how far I would go right now if his calm demeanor got too close to me. Annabeth, sensing the change in my stance pulls away and when I don't answer her, follows my line of sight. Her eyes widen before jumping away from me and holding her hands out in a stop motion. I could feel her absence immediately and the barely contained anger was bubbling once again, so I stand and wrap my arms around her protectively, never taking my eyes away from the headmasters. Annabeth dropped her left hand to cover mine, keeping her right hand up in a stop motion, and the anger subsides once again, I realize how little control I have right now over my emotions and focus on putting those barriers back into place as she speaks.

"Wait! Please! Stay there! Give me a minute!" She calls out to the advancing group, our friends in turn stop recognising the protective stance I now held and her unusually panicked voice, they turn and hold the adults back. Dumbledore is still watching me with a twinkle in his eye, I sneer at him, and for the second time since I've met the unnaturally jolly man he falters and looks away. Annabeth spins in my arms and the action pulls my eyes back down to hers. Her presence seems to be the only thing keeping me grounded right now. She may not need anyone to protect her, but I need her to protect people from me, and that fact scares me. Athena's words from so many years ago begin to echo in my mind, personal loyalty. You would allow the world to burn to protect those you care about. It makes you dangerous, and unpredictable. Looking at Annabeth I couldn't help but agree with her. As long as Annabeth and the rest of my friends survived I didn't care what happened around me.

"You need to breathe. I know you're angry, I am too and we can deal with that later, but there are a lot of innocent people still here, and they are confused and scared. We need to be strong for them okay. But later we can go swimming, we can call Mrs. O'Leary and go somewhere where you can blow off some steam, but right now I need you to be calm. Can you do that for me? I'll be here the whole time, I won't leave you, I promise." the anger subsides again and after a moment of me matching my breathing to hers now that I can feel her body breathing under mine again, my shoulders fall and I drop my head to my chest, exhaustion taking over my body at the strenuous things I've done in the last few minutes..

"Yeah, yeah okay. I'm tired, Wise Girl. That took a lot out of me. I think I'm going to have one hell of a power hangover in the morning." I joke with her, earning a small smile that lights up my whole world.

"Just stay with me okay?" I all but beg, I feel her squeeze my hand tighter in hers as she speaks.

"You're not getting away from me Seaweed Brain, never again remember? Now come on let's get you checked out. Try not to kill anyone." she laughs bringing her hand up to my cheek. Her smile is all I can see for a few moments and just like a wave all the animosity for the people behind her falls away, not gone but hidden under the surface, and I know that as long as I have Annabeth by my side I will be okay. The whole world could burn to the ground, but as long as she kept smiling at me like that, I knew I would be okay.

We begin to walk towards the group of probably 15 or 20 people, Annabeth has my hand in such a hold that you would think she was trying to literally be keeping me grounded, which in the grand scheme of things, she was. We reach them and an older lady begins to fuss over me immediately.

"Mr. Jackson! I will not have you injuring yourself further! Sit down, you took quite the hit! Why we allow such a beast in is beyond me." she seemed to be aiming her words at the men behind her and I snort in agreement, Annabeth sits next to me, the lady tries to get me to let go of Annabeth's hand but a growl escapes my throat and she tuts at me in response but leaves our hands alone. "How you aren't dead is beyond me! Hardly a scratch! How is this possible? How are you walking? How are you not Dead?" she shot off another round of questions at me. None of which I felt confident in answering without giving away a crucial detail in our cover story. Luckily Annabeth jumped in with an answer ready. Athena always has a plan, I remember with a rush of happiness at my girlfriend.

"Madam Pomfrey, as you've probably heard, at our school we study specialized elements. Percy's element just so happens to be water, and a few years back we were toying around with some potions and he spilled a few all over himself and created a kind of protective covering over him. We aren't entirely sure how it works but it makes him nearly indestructible, and due to his control over his element he has unlocked the ability to renerverate himself using water alone. It is only a temporary solution but it works pretty well. Which is why he is both standing and walking." the silence that followed was deafening, I actually began to wonder if I had actually gone deaf when the lady in front of me, Madam Pomfrey made a hmm sound, and did one last check on me and returned to a now clean Harry, and began to fuss over him, much to his obvious displeasure.

"Mr. Jackson." I turned to see a white as a sheet Barty Crouch staring at me. "I am glad you are alright for a moment. I feared that we had lost you. That was some of the best maneuverings I have seen in response to a dragon. A very much altered dragon if I do say so myself. Well done boy, and I see you have your egg. That is good. The judges are still debating the scores for each of you, so you have a few minutes to clean yourself up." The old man took one last long look of me before stalking off leading the other teachers back with him. I attempted to Wolf glare a hole through Dumbledores stupid hat and hair, before Annabeth redirected my attention to our friends. Who were all silent for a moment longer before Hazel and Piper let soft sobs escape their throats and launched themselves at me.

"Oh gods, Percy I thought you were dead." Piper cried,

"That was awful, you were so close to death I could feel it. If you didn't have that damn curse, oh, I don't know what we would have done!" Hazel hickuped into my chest. Both girls took heaving breaths as they stepped away from me. Figuring it would be better to stand than to be tackled onto my already sore back again, I do so as Frank stalks toward me, silently gave me a bone crushing hug obviously holding back tears,

"Don't make me cry Perce." I resist the snort that crawls up my throat as he lets go and Jason takes his place,

"Dude, Never do that again. The sound Annabeth made when you hit that wall, I don't even want to think about it. Let alone the actual sound you made hitting the wall." I flinch at the son of Jupiter's words,

"No need to worry about that, once was enough for me." No one laughs, The Stolls both walked over to me softly punching each arm respectively Connor looks like he's seen a ghost and Travis' hand is shaking visibly,

"I don't want to explain to Clarisse that the Drakon she killed also killed you before she did." Travis jokes at me despite his tremor. I smile at him and pat his back as Connor just stares blankly at me nodding. Leo follows the brothers and gives me a quick hug,

"How about we leave all future fire-related things to me, deal water-boy?" I laugh and give him a high five, wincing at the sudden shock in my back.

"Deal Repair Boy, I don't think flames suit me very well." With a chuckle he moves out of the way of the remaining three demigods in front of me. Will wordlessly reaches for me snatching my bare wrist in his hand as he stares intently at my face.

"Idiot. Stupid, Suicidal, Idiot. Large bite dumbass." He pulls a small square of ambrosia out for his pocket and into my hand and waits until I eat it before leaning in towards my ear and whispers,

"You have a bruise on the small of your back forming, I'm going to assume that's your mark, your secret is safe with me but just know you came too close Jackson, like Nico dissolving into shadows close." He pulls away and with a pointed look walks back to stand next to Nico. The boy in question is staring me down. His eyes are slightly bloodshot and his complexion is lighter than normal, which is saying something. After a moment of silence I begin to try and break the tension,

"What Neeks? No hug for your favo-" he cuts me off as he barrels into me in a tight hug.

"You almost died. I felt your soul flutter. That was too close, Perce. Please don't joke right now." His voice was small and soft reminding me of when he was just that scared 10-year old on the side of a cliff clutching to his sister. The realization makes me hug him harder, letting go of Annabeth's hand to hug him with both hands. The loss of touch is shocking for a moment but I push down that fear knowing that I've seriously scared my cousin and he needs a proper hug.

"You aren't allowed to die like her." he mumbles into my shirt. Annabeth gasps softly when I let go of her and the group around us is silent as I nod into his hair, he's still much smaller than I am. After a few moments of silence I whisper to him,

"I'm sorry Neeks. I- I didn't think. But I'm okay, really. You can't get rid of me that easily." He just nods and pulls away from me. I turn to the last person and with a boom and a shriek all the hair on my body stands up. Thalia jumps away from me with her hair sticking up in every direction, a style I'm sure I share. Her eyes are wide with terror. It takes a moment for my microwaved brain to realize she's just shocked my lights out. I can feel a tingle in my toes as the electricity runs up and down my legs.

"Holy Hera! I'm sorry! That was unintentional! But Idiot is right Will, if you ever do something like that again where I have to be restrained from zapping you back to life, so help me Perseus Jackson I WILL kill you myself." she hesitated a moment before continuing. "Besides who will I bicker with if you died? Nico? He plays dirty. So don't get killed again Kelp Head, you hear?" Her eyes were still large and the hair on her head was still standing up. Seeing Thalia care was weird and a bit of an extra shock to my system but nonetheless I roll my eyes, after shaking the fuzz out of my brain.

"Come here Thals. Or are you too cool to hug your back from the dead cousin?" I joke with her holding my arms open and she scoffs before joining the hug, with no electric shock this time.

"That being said, Pinecone Face, try not to kill me immediately after coming back next time, I think you microwaved the brain cells I had left." and with that, she punches me away from her. Rubbing my arm as I chuckle, I retake Annabeth's hand to calm my nerves and to use her as support, as I look at the circle of friends around me feeling gratitude for them rise. Piper, Hazel, Nico and Frank seem to have gotten their tears under control now. I squeeze Annabeth's hand and smile at her indicating that I'm okay for now. She smiles back and I pull her into my side, leaning heavily on her as the exhaustion takes over, she is going to need to take me to the black lake as soon as possible if I am to make it up those damn moving staircases tonight.

"Thanks guys. Sorry about that, not really sure what happened for a second there but i don't recommend it. I'm sorry for uh- shaking the ground and scaring you all." Rubbing the back of my neck, Jason chortles at my apology.

"You can be one scary dude sometimes you know that right?" I nod, as everyone around me begins to laugh. Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Hermione standing off to the sides, with a calculating look gracing her features, noticing my gaze she throws a smile on and a thumbs up before turning and following the path Pomfrey and Harry had taken. I turn back to my friends and my smile falls, and my question sends everyone into another fit of giggles.

"Can you guys help me find my wand? I'm not sure where it ended up but I no longer have it."