Perseus Riddle *REWRITING*

Chapter 12

I've got some questions about Harry Potter that you should siriusly think about (I'm slightly proud of myself for the word play there). How is Hermione the smartest witch of her age. Does she even know algebra? Does she know what y=mx+b means? Does she know how to solve for x? The answer is probably no, but for all I know she was reading books about it during her summer vacation. Here's another question that's a lot more serious than the first one, in Harry's fourth year Voldemort comes back with the help of Harry's blood. Now if I remember correctly (and I believe I do) Dumbledore based the wards on Harry's aunt and uncles house based on his mothers blood right? Now how did Voldemort not think of just waltzing in and killing Harry? I mean in his sixth year he had this whole plan to kill Harry as he was transferred to the safe house (AKA the Burrow) which ended up FAILING. I bet Voldemort feels pretty stupid now, cause he's dead since he wasn't smart enough to think of it. How did Dumbledore not think of this, doesn't he know everything? Didn't Harry explain everything that happened in that graveyard to him? Anyway I'm done blowing your minds with questions about Harry Potter that you should siriusly think about. Enjoy chapter 12. Really think about those questions, but if you feel like your mind is about to explode with how much you're thinking about them then please stop thinking about it, until your mind calms down of course.

Third POV (Throne room the night before)

The gods all sat in their respective throne as they looked at Iris message in the middle of the room. They were all watching a black haired teen stare at a wall in silence. "He's been staring at the wall for the past thirty minutes. He's supposed to have ADHD, so how is he sitting that still?", asked a stunned Poseidon. Athena sighed and rolled her eyes, "You disowned him so he won't have dyslexia or ADHD anymore." Poseidon looked down sadly. Apollo leaned forward in his seat excitedly, "Look, he's getting up!" The gods all looked at the Iris message again and Apollo was right, the boy was getting off of the floor and walking towards the bed that was in the room. The boy laid on the bed and tangled himself up in the sheets before settling down with his back facing the gods. The gods watched him sleep for a while before Zeus sighed, "Well, looks like he's asleep. We'll check on him again tomorrow, but this time we'll bring the seven and Thalia and Nico. Thalia has been asking me when they get to see Percy." The gods looked once more at the boy, now identified as Percy, before Zeus swiped his hand through the image, making the image disappear. The gods nodded before disappearing in a flash of light. Soon only Poseidon remained, He stared at the place where the Iris message once was before sighing sadly and disappearing.

Percy POV

I was still standing close to Ginny when the rest of the Weasley family and Harry and Hermione appeared. I noticed Harry, Hermione, and Ron stared at the small distance that was between Ginny and me. Ron looked slightly mad, Hermione looked indifferent, and Harry looked..... Jealous? Yep, he definitely looked jealous, he probably likes Ginny, but I don't like Ginny in a romantic way. I don't think I could ever like someone in a romantic way after Annabeth. I took a step away from Ginny and turned to look at Dumbledore, who I knew heard the words that were exchanged between Ginny and me a little while before. Dumbledore flitted his gaze from each person as if taking a note that each one was there before he nodded and started walking to the biggest building there. For someone in robes that constricted movement, Dumbledore walked fast. The other adults seemed to know where they were going so they walked slowly and got lost in the crowd, Harry, Hermione, and Ron staying with them. I, on the other hand, had to jog and doge people who kept cutting me off to keep up with Dumbledore I also had Ginny grasping my wrist tightly so that she didn't get separated from me. When I finally caught up with Dumbledore he was already standing in front of the building with his hands clasped in front of him. It was only when my feet were planted firmly on the ground in front of Dumbledore that Ginny let go of my wrist. We waited in silence for a couple of minutes while we waited for the rest to get here. When everyone was here Dumbledore changed his hands so that they were clasped behind his back instead of in front of him. I was in the in the front of the group as we walked into the huge white building. As we walked through I noticed that there were two guards posted in front of the building. I didn't know what species they were so I didn't know their customs, but I bowed my head to them as I walked past them. They looked surprised that I acknowledged them but they bowed their heads back. When we walked through the doors the group stopped walking and Ginny looked at me with astonishment, "How did you get them to bow to you?" I looked at her confused, "I didn't get them to do anything, I just bowed my head to them as we walked by. Why do you look so surprised?" Dumbledore answered, "My dear boy, goblins don't show respect to anyone, let alone a wizard! What made you bow to them in the first place?" I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't know, respect." He seemed to accept my answer for he walked on heading to a desk with a goblin, or that's what Dumbledore called them, sitting at the top. As we followed him I asked Ginny what this place was. She moved her red hair out of her eyes before she answered, "Gringotts is a wizard bank. It's the safest place in the world, besides Hogwarts of course. As far as I know, no one has ever been able to steal from Gringotts." I slowly nodded my head as she spoke, "And we're here to get money for school supplies", at her nod I continued, "But I don't have any money." Dumbledore walked over right as I asked that question, "Your grandmother, Antila MacDougal, was from a pureblood family. She naturally had several vaults but you probably have more because purebloods are known to have several pureblood families intermixed with them." I nodded my head that I understood just as a goblin walked up to us. I, once again, bowed my head to him. And the goblin was once again surprised at my actions but bowed his head back. Dumbledore didn't look all that surprised at my actions anymore as the goblin gestured for us to follow him, "Headmaster Dumbledore has told me that we will be visiting Mr. Potter's vault, the Weasley vault, and Mr. Jackson's main vault." The goblin led us to some cart thing that did not look safe. We all piled into the unsafe cart and the goblin pulled a lever. The cart was just like a roller coaster only a hundred times faster! When the cart stopped only ten seconds later the goblin called out, "Vault 687, Potter vault". Harry got out and handed the goblin a golden key. The goblin put the key into a lock and the door swung open. Inside the vault were mounds of golden coins that reminded me of drachmas. Harry filled a bag with the golden coins and walked back to the cart. The vault door swung shut and the goblin said, "Next up, vault number 506, Weasley vault". Then he pulled the lever and we took off. Another ten seconds later and the cart came to a screeching halt. The Weasley's vault is further above ground than Harry's vault so I don't understand why we didn't go to their vault first, but I'm not about to tell a goblin how to do their job. The goblin pulled the lever and the cart stopped, he stood up and called out, "Vault 506, Weasley vault". The goblin stepped out of the super-fast-cart-that-I'm-starting-to-get-scared-of-falling-out-of and stood by the vault door waiting for something. Mrs. Weasley stepped out of the cart and started digging through this old brown bag that was hanging off her shoulder. A minute later she pulled her hand out of the bag holding a slightly rusted gold key that was a lot smaller than Harry's. She handed the key to the goblin and he put the key into a small lock. The vault door slowly opened, creaking the entire time. The door still hasn't opened fully and the creaking just got louder. What that door really need is some oil. When the vault door finally opened up all the way Mrs. Weasley walked inside. From what I could see there wasn't a lot of coins in there. It actually looked like Mrs. Weasley only grabbed one gold coin, put it in her purse and walked out. When Mrs. Weasley was about to step into the death cart the goblin stopped her, "Mr. Jackson's main is farther down where there is security that only he can get through." Slowly everyone stepped out of the cart. Dumbledore didn't really look happy that someone couldn't come with me to my vault, "Yes but young Perseus needs someone to guide him through the wizarding currency". The goblin looked annoyed at someone arguing with his words, "I suppose Mr. Jackson can pick someone of his choosing to accompany him down to his main vault, although it will be challenging to navigate his companion to the vault". Dumbledore nodded and started walking toward the cart, "Now that that's settled. Perseus shall we visit your vault". What was he playing at? The goblin clearly stated that I chose who came with me. I voiced my thoughts, "Mr. Dumbledore, though I would love your company, Mr. "I turned to look at the goblin who answered my unasked question with the name Griphook, "Griphook clearly stated that I could choose who could come with me to my vault and somehow I don't remember picking you to come". Dumbledore looked stunned that I stood up to him, so did everyone else actually. Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak but I cut him off, "If I get to choose who comes with me, then I choose Ginny". With those words, I stepped back into the cart and waited for Ginny and Griphook. With a shocked look, Ginny entered the cart and sat next to me, "Why did you pick me"? I felt my eyebrows furrow with confusion, "My obvious choice is to pick my friend, so I did". Ginny looked happy that I considered her my friend. I turned to look at Griphook who looked way to smug as he walked to the cart. Griphook stared at Dumbledore with a smirk as he spoke, "Vault 989, MacDougal main vault". He pulled the lever and the cart seemed to speed off faster than before. When the cart came to a halt I slowly stood up with shaking legs . As I walked off the cart I muttered to Ginny, "The cart ride was fun the first time. The second time I was getting tired of it. The third time I'm sick of it. I imagine that the fourth and fifth time I'll never want to see this death cart again". Ginny laughed at my words but the look on her face showed that she agreed. I stepped out of the cart after my legs stopped shaking with Ginny following close behind me. Griphook got off the cart and started walking with Ginny and I following, "So, do I need a key like Harry and Mrs. Weasley?" Griphook shook his head, "No, your vault, or vaults, are much older than the Weasley and Potter vault, therefore yours have more protection". My facial expression must have asked why because he explained more about Gringotts, "You see Mr. Jackson, the older the vault, the further underground it is. If the vault is older then it generally has more money or valuable objects. The older vaults are generally from the older pureblood families that can date back thousands of years as there weren't a lot of muggle-borns or half-bloods". I nodded at his explanation but leaned over to whisper to Ginny, "What are muggle-borns and half-bloods?" She whispered back her answer, "A muggle-born is a witch or wizard that was born from two muggle, non-wizard, parents. A half-blood is a witch or wizard that have muggle blood in their ancestory." I nodded and straightened up again. We walked a little further until Griphook stopped suddenly. He stopped so quickly that I almost ran into him. He turned around to look at me, "Up ahead is the first security measure that we have for your vault. It's a dragon that only lets MacDougal blood and the goblin that is leading them pass by to go to the vault. The dragon has a spell on the collar that's around its neck so that it can understand and speak English. You can speak to the dragon and try to get it to let Ms. Weasley pass as well, but I'm warning you MacDougal blood or not that dragon is not going to want to listen to you ask for someone who is not MacDougal blood pass. Talk importantly, dragons love when someone who talks regally to them" With those encouraging words, he pointed his finger in the direction of the dragon. I walked in the direction his finger pointed in and came across a circular room that had at least ten, if not more, tunnels that led from the room. In the center room that I walked in there was a dragon that was sitting down. The dragon had to be at least thirty feet tall and it was just sitting! The dragon was beautiful. Its scales were a cerulean blue but when the scales were hit by the light it would change to the dark blue color of the night sky. The dragons eyes were an artic blue color and able to freeze anyone with a single stare. The horns on top of its head curled in a elegant loop. The horns were colored to match the night sky when it was at its darkest it even had glowing dots that resembled stars, I could even make out constellations. One constellation glowed brightly as if wanting to catch my attention. The Huntress shined bright from her perch on the great dragons horns, her arrow poised and ready to fire at a moments notice. The dragon stood and started walking toward me, all four of its massive feet never lifting more than an inch off of the ground as it walked slowly and majestically to me. The huge dragon stopped a little less than five feet from me and stooped its burly head so that we were staring at eye level. While most would have flinched or looked away from the icy glare of the dragon, I stood tall with my head held high and stared straight into the dragons polar stare unflinchingly. The dragon blew a puff of smoke through its nose before speaking in a deep, rumbling voice, "I am Xalryn, the Dragonlord. I sit in the center of all the vaults that belong to MacDougal. I am not only the guardian of the MacDougal vaults, I also am the guardian to MacDougal blood. I sense that you, young one, are of MacDougal blood, the last one with MacDougal blood if I'm not mistaken." When Xalryn stopped speaking he just stood there staring at me, as if he was trying to find out everything about me from the way I looked. I remember what Griphook said about talking regally, when I opened my mouth to speak his eyes snapped to look into my eyes, "Hello Xalryn, I'm Perseus. Xalryn, I was wondering if you could let my friend, Ms. Ginny Weasley, come with me to my main vault." He let out a low growl when I spoke the words 'come with me', "My job is to guard the vaults from everyone without MacDougal blood and you want me to let this Ginny Weasley into the main vault no less! The main vault does not just have money it has hundreds maybe thousands of priceless heirlooms. Not to mention that letting someone in who isn't of MacDougal blood would make the purpose of me being here useless. If I let the girl in then I would have failed my purpose for being here". I looked in the direction that Griphook and Ginny were in before turning my head to look at Xalryn again, "I understand why my request would upset you and I don't want you to feel like you've failed your job. What if I had Griphook, the goblin that's leading me to my vault, keep an eye on her and have her wait outside the vault"? He sat down and curled his tail around his legs as he tilted his head to the side, thinking about what I asked, "I suppose if she doesn't go in the vault and if the goblin watches her every move then it would be alright for her pass. But when you come back I want to make sure that she doesn't have anything that belongs in that vault". I nodded agreeing to his terms and walked back to where Griphook and Ginny were waiting. When I arrived to where they were Griphook turned to me immediately, "Well? Will he let her pass"? I looked down at him because he's like four feet shorter than me, "He agreed to let her pass but she has to stay outside the vault at all times and you have to watch her every move. He also wants to check her as we make our way out to make sure that she hasn't taken anything". Griphook nodded and started walking towards Xalryn. I walked by Ginny, "Are you ok with those rules"? She nodded as we stepped into the 'center of all the vaults' as Xalryn put it. When we walked into the center Xalryn, who was laying down with his head of his front legs, lifted his head and sniffed the air. As soon as he inhaled air his head snapped to look at Ginny, who shuddered when his artic eyes glared at her. He growled at her but he didn't make any move to get up from the spot he was laying in. Griphook led us to one tunnel whose entrance look a little bigger then the other tunnels. Griphook stopped us at the entrance to the tunnel. I looked into the tunnel, trying to see further in but it was pitch black. I turned to Griphook about to ask how we were supposed to get to the vault if we couldn't see it. It looked like Griphook was reading my mind cause he was holding a lantern in his hand. He gestured with his arm to follow him. He started walking, holding out the lantern to light the way. Griphook lifted his arm higher to light up as much of the tunnel as possible. We were walking for about eight minutes before Griphook stopped. Right in front of us were huge silver doors. The doors had a dragon with its mouth open in a roar made of colored gems that made it look like Xalryn. It even had an ice blue gem for his eye and really small gems on his horns to make constellations. Surrounding the dragon was a gold circle that had gold lines coming off of it and swirling around the door. The was no key hole. Ginny must have noticed the lack of keyhole too, "How is Perseus supposed to enter the vault if there's no keyhole"? Griphook looked at her as if she should know. I raised my hand in the air and waved it around obnoxiously, "I know! I know! Is it magic"? When I said the word magic I wiggled my fingers in Ginny's face. Ginny looked at me unimpressed but I had a big grin on my face and I knew my expression just screamed 'proud of myself'. Griphook sighed and set the lantern on the ground right in front of the doors. He then looked at me and held his hand out. I kept switching my gaze from his hand and his face with a confused expression on my face. I kept doing this for about five minutes before Griphook got frustrated. He sighed loudly, dropped his hand, and lifted it back up, "Your hand Mr. Jackson". I slowly lifted my hand, and Griphook being impatient grabbed my hand and lead me closer to the door. He the proceeded to lift my hand to the dragon, who I swear blinked at me, and stuck my pointer finger in its mouth. The dragon then kindly BIT MY FINGER WITH ITS RAZOR SHARP TEETH! My finger healed right after but still... It hurt. My blood dripped off of the teeth as the dragons mouth closed. The dragons eye blinked (how does it blink it doesn't even have any eyelids. Yet another mystery of the wizarding world) and the doors opened like how the automatic doors at grocery store open, but much slower with no noise at all. The room behind the doors was huge! The room was lit up by bright chandeliers that hung in a row going all the way down the room in a straight line. There were huge mounds of gold, sliver, and bronze coins. I stepped into the room and approached and little wooden table that was placed directly in front of the doors. On the table was a black box. I picked up the box and opened it. Inside was a ring. No it was not a proposal ring, it was a ring that looked masculine but what do I know. The ring was simple band that was colored pitch black. On the ring was unsurprisingly a dragon that looked like the dragon on the doors, this one better not bite me. I feel like dragons is a repeating thing here. I mean a dragon to protect the vaults, a dragon on the vault doors that looks like the guardian dragon, and now the same dragon on this ring. I closed the box and put it in my pocket so I could ask Griphook about it later. I found a black bag that I could use to carry my books at school. I opened the bag and looked inside. Inside the bag was five books. I turned the bag upside down and started shaking it to get the books out. Instead of five books coming out, more than twenty came tumbling out of the bag. When the last book came out I shook the bag one more time just to make sure. When I was sure the bag was empty I turned it right side up again and looked inside confused before shrugging off what happened and looking through the side pocket of the bag. When I opened the pocket a little gold blur rushed past my face, on instinct I reached out and snatched it out of the air as it tried zoom past my face. In my hand was a little gold ball with wings, the wings fluttered slowly before retreating into the ball. I Put this in my pocket as well. I dug through the bag a little more but there was nothing else in the bag. I then turned my attention to the twenty books that fell out of it. I read the titles before putting four books that I deemed worth reading, the titles were The History of the Wizarding World, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and Greek Gods Demigods and Monsters. I chose the first one because I figured I should learn more about the wizarding world. The second one because I wanted to know what kind of creatures this world had. The third was because on the cover there was a picture that looked like the gold ball I found. The last book was so I could read it and correct everything that was wrong with it and for my amusement. After putting the four books back into the bag and leaving the bag by the door I continued to look around until I found two pouches that were a little bigger than my hand. I grabbed the two pouches and walked over to a pile of gold, sliver, and bronze coins, I grabbed a handful and stuffed them into one pouch expecting it to be full. Of course my expectations were wrong and the coins just fell deeper into the pouch. I figured it was enchanted like the bag so that it could hold a lot of stuff. With this thought I just started dumping some the coins into the pouches. When I was satisfied with how much coins were in both pouches, it occurred to me that I probably didn't really need both pouches. I decided that I only needed one pouch and that I would give the other to Ginny. I thought Ginny could use it because her mother only grabbed one gold coin and she had to split that between Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny. Ginny could use it to help her siblings too I really didn't care what she did with it once I give it to her. I walked back to the vault doors, picked up the bag and stepped out. As soon as my feet were outside the vault, the doors slid shut faster then they opened with a loud 'thud'. I was probably only a couple inches away from the doors when they shut, once they shut I turned to Griphook and Ginny clutching my chest and breathing heavily. Ginny stepped up to me and put her hand on my shoulder, "Perseus are you ok"? I controlled my breathing and looked at her with wide eyes, "Am I ok? Am I ok!? That door almost slammed on my nose! My life flashed before my eyes! I thought I was going to die"! I overdramatically put my hands on her shoulders and started shaking her, "I am not ok Ginny"! Ginny simply giggled at antics and pushed my hands off of her shoulders. I gave her a big grin before remembering the ring in my pocket. I pulled the box out, opened it, and turned to Griphook, "I found this on a table in he vault and I was wondering if you could tell me what it is". Griphook looked at it for a minute before taking it out of the box and looking at the inside of the ring. After looking closely at the ring for a minute he put it back in the box and started to explain, "That's a lordship ring. The eldest of the family generally gets it and since you are the only wizard with MacDougal blood left you are the Lord. Once you claim your lordship, the ring will glow, and you are to wear it on your right ring finger. Once you do that you will be Lord MacDougal". I then asked him how I claim my lordship. "Repeat these words after me. Ego accipit quod MacDougal dominium et conveniunt ut facti sunt dominus MacDougal". (This roughly translates to "I accept the MacDougal lordship and agree to become Lord MacDougal" If any of this is wrong please tell me and I will fix it eventually. I used Google Translate for this so I don't think that everything is right) After I repeated those words the ring glowed a dark blue color. The dragon on the ring closed it's mouth once before opening it again and letting out a huge roar that echoed throughout the tunnel. When the roar died down the dragon went still in it's original position. I slipped the ring onto my right ring finger, it was too big but the ring resized itself to fit to fit. I raised my hand and looked at the ring before lowering it again. Griphook picked the lantern off of the ground and started walking towards the entrance of the tunnel. Ginny and I followed close behind him. As we walked Ginny and I started talking, "Did you and Griphook talk while I was in the vault"? She shook her head, "No he just stood there staring at me the entire time, it was really creepy. I was just about to ask him to stop when you came out". I smirked slightly. "Was little Gin-Gin scared by Griphook staring at her". She glared at me slightly but she had a small smile on her face, "First of all don't call me Gin-Gin. Second of all it was really creepy, if you were in my position you'd be creeped out too". I laughed, "Remember the deal, you had to stay out of the vault and Griphook had to watch you at all times. Besides we're friends so I need a nickname for you and everyone calls you Ginny, so Gin-Gin it is". She smiled slightly and shook her head, "I didn't think he would take the keeping his eyes on me part so seriously. If my nickname is Gin-Gin then I want to call you P.J". I tilted my head to the side, "P.J? Why P.J"? Ginny grinned widely at me, "I can't call you Percy cause that's my older brothers name and it would be weird. The only other thing I could think of was your initials". I grinned back at her, "I'm glad you didn't choose Percy, I don't really like that name. And unlike you, I like the nickname you chose". I laughed lightly at the end and she rolled her eyes, "I never said I didn't like it". I raised an eyebrow, "Then why did you tell me not to call you Gin-Gin, Gin-Gin"? She shrugged your shoulders, "I was just surprised when first called me Gin-Gin, but I'm starting to get used to it". I nodded and we came to the entrance of the tunnel. Griphook put the lantern back on the wall and we walked to Xalryn who slammed his tail in front of us to keep us from leaving, "Do you not remember our deal? I am to check the girl to make sure she didn't take anything from the vault". I nodded and took a step back from his tail, "Of course I remember Xalryn. I also remember the other parts of our deal, Ginny was to stay outside of the vault the entire time and Griphook had to watch her every move. Both of which have been completed. Even if she wanted yo she couldn't have taken anything. But if you must, then search her". Xalryn nodded and bent his head to be at eye level with Ginny. Xalryn stared into Ginny's eyes, he glared slightly before taking a deep breath through his nose. When he breathed in he closed his eyes as if concentrating on scent he breathed in. He opened his eyes again as he exhaled, sending a puff of smoke into Ginny's face. Xalryn sat back down as Ginny coughed and fanned the air around her, trying to clear the smoke. Xalryn glared at Ginny one more time before he moved his tail and looked at me, "She does not have anything from the vault". Xalryn lifted his tail up and wrapped it around his feet. Griphook started to walk again with me and Ginny walking close behind. As we walked out of the chamber Xalryn moved his head to follow Ginny as she walked, when I look at him I noticed that he was still glaring at her. I notice that Ginny doesn't look back yet she shivers as if she can feel the icy glare that Xalryn is giving her. When we stepped out of the sight of Xalryn, Ginny visibly relaxed. I groaned when I noticed the cart that Griphook led us back to. Griphook climbed into the cart and stood behind the lever. Ginny climbed in next with me close behind. I gripped the seat as Griphook spoke, "506, Weasley vault". He pulled the lever and the cart sped off, heading aboveground. Within seconds the cart was screeching to a halt in front of the Weasley vault. This time Griphook didn't get out. The rest of the Weasley's, Harry, Hermione, and Dumbledore stepped into the cart. Dumbledore sat across from me and started questioning me, "Was Ms. Weasley able to go with you to the vault"? As soon as I nodded my head he asked several more questions, "If I may ask, what was guarding the vault? Did you gather what you needed from the vault"? "A dragon guards the vault. The door itself doesn't require a key, you need to give it blood. I got a couple books, an enchanted bag, a small gold ball that has wings, two small bags that can hold a lot more gold than they look like they can, and this ring". When I mentioned the ring I held up my right hand so Dumbledore could see it. Dumbledore gasped when he looked at the ring, "My boy, do you know what this is"? I nodded my head and lowered my hand, "Yeah, it's the MacDougal lordship ring. Griphook already explained it to me. He also helped me accept the lordship, so I am officially Lord MacDougal". Everyone except for Ginny looked surprised at this. Harry looked at little confused, "How am I not Lord Potter when I'm the last living Potter?" Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes, "Honestly Harry, do you even read? You're underage so you can't accept the Lordship yet. Whereas Perseus is eighteen." Harry looked annoyed at Hermione's first sentence, but his expression turned to understanding at her second sentence. They kept talking but I wasn't really paying attention because I was trying to remember something. I was trying to remember something about the things I got from my vault. I was going over my conversation with Dumbledore, trying to figure out what triggered the sensation that I was forgetting something. That's when it hit me. I pulled out one of the small bags full of money that I got from my vault and held it up gaining the attention of everyone, "I completely forgot! Ginny this is for you. I was going to give it to you but I figured if I gave it to you before we passed Xalryn then he would accuse you of stealing." I held the bag out to Ginny, who looked confused, "What is it?" I took her hand and placed the bag into it, "It's an enchanted bag that can hold a lot more than it looks. And it's full of some coins I found in the vault, I figure it's wizard money cause it's the only coin I saw in there." She tried to hand the bag back but I just waved her off, "I filled up the two bags before I realized I probably only needed one. So I decided to give you the other. You can do whatever you want with the money." Ginny look at the bag in awe as she slowly retracted her arms. When the bag was close to her body she clutched the bag tightly with both hands, like if she held the bag lightly then it would disappear. Griphook pulled the lever and we shot off towards the surface. Even when the cart was at a complete stop I was still holding the side of the cart so tightly my knuckles where white. Griphook got off first, who was quickly followed by Dumbledore. They waited by the cart for all of us to get out. When the last person, AKA me, was off Griphook led us out to the main entrance of Gringotts. I bowed my head to him in thanks and he returned the bow before walking off. Dumbledore led us through the doors once again. I bowed to the guards again before rushing off to catch up with Dumbledore. He stopped just before the big crowd of wizards and witches that hustled and busted about. I looked at Dumbledore, "Now what do we do?" His eyes twinkled as he answered, "Now you journey through Diagon Alley."

Well would you look at that. It's chapter 12. Sorry about not updating but I kinda sorta procrastinated with the reading part of my summer homework (Which is due the first day of school) so I've been working on that. I'm still not done with it but I thought I should update. I know Percy didn't exactly explore Diagon Alley, nor did he meet Luna. But that will all definitely happen in the next chapter, I have an idea of how Luna and Percy will meet. I would've added more but this is as much as I could do before school starts. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Again I'm sorry about not updating in so long.