Quests of Valdez: The School of Magic (Harry Potter x Percy Jackson fic)

07 • Dinner Feast Goes Wrong [Part 01]

SURPRISE I'M BACK

Some quick things:

1. I changed some minor things in the past chapters like what class they're taking, and the time Leo arrives at Hogwarts. I mistakenly put October 30, 1994 on a Friday when it should be a Monday. See the end for the whole timeline.

2. I removed some things in Pomfrey's diagnostic spell cos it seems too meta. Like instead of saying Leo has god blood and mortal blood, I simply wrote Hephaestus and mortal, so it's like just showing him as another species, specifically a Hephaestus kid. I also removed the titles, batch, and house from the diagnostic spell because they're irrelevant to diagnostics.

3. I added maps in the previous chapters because that's how I made them in AO3.

4. I also made new timetables for the trio and Leo. To make sure that all classes are distributed evenly, I made a mock timetable for a Ravenclaw and a Hufflepuff as well. You can see them at the end of this chapter.

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"SLYTHERIN!"

Leo winces at the booming sound of the weird old hat on his head. He assumes that's how one gets sorted, so he removes the hat away from his head and gives it back to Professor McDonald's.

"So, I'll just, uhh—" Leo starts. He looks towards the twins who are the only ones clapping in the whole room. "Is there like a...?" he asks, looking towards Professor Big Mac for help.

He's not an idiot. He knows there is some sort of segregation in this room—like the seating per cabin at Camp Half-Blood. He's not too sure where he would sit since everyone in the room is politely clapping... which is why he's panicking on which one is the Slytherin table.

"Go to the Slytherin table, Mister Valdez," Professor Quarter Pounder with Cheese answers.

"And where is—" He nods when Professor McChicken gestures towards the far right table from where the staff table is [1].

He's not going to lie to himself and say he isn't disappointed with his house. He would have preferred to be with the twins and the three other students he met whose names he had already forgotten. He's surprised, however, that it seems that the people on his table seem to be a more subdued group of people—and seems too proper for him. He has no idea why he was a part of this group.

As he slowly makes his way towards the Slytherin table, the twins give out hoots and whistles, which he immediately responds with a flying kiss and a wave as if he's a famous popstar about to perform. He twirls on his way to his table and bows when the twins stand on their seats and yell a loud, "Encore!"

He was going to shout back but he heard a loud clearing of the throat and he turned around to see the stern glare of Professor Double Cheeseburger—Damn, I'm starting to crave some McDonald's meal right now—with eyes that say, "Don't you dare." And no, he did not dare, indeed.

Sheepishly, he goes to the table without another word and sits at the very edge of the far right of the whole room since it's the only available seat—which is near the staff table as well. Not really wanting to be seen too much by the professors but seeing that he's too much in their view, he sighs and tries to look around the room to find Fred and George again. But to his dismay, there is too big a gap between them, not to mention the many heads of the students between them.

Dumbledore then starts his welcoming speech.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts and—most particularly—guests and our newest Hogwarts student," he says, beaming around at the foreign students and giving a warm smile at Leo. "I have great pleasure in welcoming you all to Hogwarts. I hope and trust that your stay here will be both comfortable and enjoyable. The tournament will be officially opened at the end of the feast." Leo perks up at this, knowing that there will be dragons in this tournament. "I now invite you all to eat, drink, and make yourselves at home!" [2]