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Monsters and Magic

Harry Potter was weightless.

The ground beneath him shifted and groaned, like Harry was actually there. He saw two figures, shrouded in smoke and golden dust.

"Father, it is done," the boy kneeling said.

"Good," the one on the throne said. "Warn the others. They must be prepared for what will happen next. Without their help, Olympus will fall."

The man turned to him. "Do tell the wizards, will you? We must band together to have the slightest chance to defeat our enemy. Tell your Headmaster that Lord Hades sent you."

He waved his hand, and everything went black.

* * *

Harry awoke to the sound of muffled screams pounding on his bedroom door, yelling at him to unlock it and get out of bed, now. Of course, he jumped out of bed, not realizing it was 9:23am (4:23 am EST to GMT+1). Throwing open the door, he screamed at the sight of Tonks, in her ever-so-purple hair, holding her wand up like she was going to blast his door off.

Tonks' eyes widened as soon as she say Harry, and blushed and looked down. "You know what...? I'll wait here until you're... decent, Harry."

Harry looked down and saw he was completely naked. His cheeks immediately reddened, and he slammed the door in Tonks' face and fell to the ground, groaning. "Come on! The one time I decide to sleep naked, I get a visit from a psychopathic woman who likes to wake people up from their sleep!"

He heard a yell outside, the words Stupefy and Obliviate, and Tonks yelling, "I heard that, Harry! You better get out here in ten seconds, or I'll smash the door and bring you with me, naked or not!"

Harry scrambled for clothes and his trunk, stuffing his not-quite-done homework and his quill in his truck, grabbing it with Hedwig's cage, and was out of the room in seconds.

"I'm... here," he panted. He noticed Vernon and Petunia on the ground, snoring like they toppled over and fell asleep. He pointed accusingly at Tonks. "Did you do... that?"

Lupin spoke up, causing Harry to stumble over. "I did. And I am quite surprised to say that they dodged my first couple spells, causing poor Ronald here to get hit."

Harry shook his head. Ron, always so charming, groaned and said, "Bloody hell! Can you not hit me sometime soon with a Stunning Spell? I forgot how it felt to get Stunned, and, frankly, I did not want to get stunned."

Harry smiled. He asked Tonks, "why are you guys here? It's, like, 9:30 in the morning, and frankly, I don't fancy waking up this early."

Tonks smiled. "We're here to bring you to... the base," she said, looking around. She leaned in to whisper, "12 Grimmauld Place. I assume you can apparate there?"

Harry smiled, remembering the days when he, Hermione and Ron would apparate on the small steps on one of the back doors. "Yeah," he started. "I can do that."

Tonks smiled. "Great! I guess we'll be going, now, then."

She, Lupin and Ron disappeared with a loud crack! Sighing, Harry followed them and was swallowed into darkness.

* * *

Percy hated homework.

Like, hated it.

So he jumped for joy when the air in front of him shimmered, revealing an Iris-Message. Percy grinned and yelled his greetings, not realizing it was, like, 5 in the morning. "Hey, horse-man! Hi, Oracle-girl!"

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Honestly, Percy, you yell too much. We have a couple things to tell you. Long story short, you're a descendant of some magical wizard thing, and you should totally get here in a few hours. Chiron has much to explain. Lady Hecate as well."

Percy nodded, the words not flowing in until much later. "Okay! Anything els—" He was interrupted by a loud wail from the room beside him, causing him to groan. "Whoops," he whispered. "I kind of woke my sister. I'll be at camp as early as I can. Bye!"

And with that, he swiped his hand through the Iris-Message and the mystical image shattered.

* * *

Severus Snape knelt at the feet of Lord Voldemort, his master. "My Lord," he began uneasily. "The Potter boy will be going to Hogwarts for an unusual eighth year, even after the battle. I propose that this is the best time to reach out to our... mythical friends to aid us in destroying the castle." He cringed internally as those words came out. He was loyal to Albus Dumbledore through and through.

"Your words do not match your thoughts, Severus," Voldemort spoke softly. "You are still allied with that excuse of a demigod and legacy of Hecate. I do not sense any loyalty inside you. Because of this, I relieve you of your duty."

A wave of uneasiness gripped Snape's stomach. "My... my Lord?"

Voldemort smiled. "You see, I have some... allies that would like to kill you slowly and painfully. However, I will spare them the work."

A wave of his hand, and Severus Snape collapsed, eyes rolling to the back of his head, never to be heard from again.

As Snape's soul drifted to the realms unknown, he heard the Dark Lord murmuring, "September twenty-first... Hogwarts will drown."