Chapter 30

Fleur looked at the potion in her hands and raised her nose in disgust, "it looks like shit."

"It'll taste much worse, trust me," Percy said with a sadistic smirk. Kelly giggled from her position on his desk, "sucker!"

"You both are horrible!" Fleur hissed, "Percy, you're supposed to say, 'no Fleur my love, it tastes much better than it looks!'"

"You would rather I lie to you?" Percy asked.

"To spare me the pain?! Yes!" Kelly threw her head back and laughed, hard..

Percy laughed, "okay, I'll do that next time. Now...stop stalling! Drink up Tweety bird!"

Fleur grumbled, "this had better be worth it." she squinted her eyes and tossed the potion back, drinking the thick liquid in one gulp. She shivered as the animagus potion went down her throat, she looked at Percy and squinted in pain, "that was horrible. Like salt!"

Percy nodded, "yup, that's what it is. Anyway remember, you'll start to feel sleepy, fight it for as long as you can, and then allow yourself to look around the place you dream off. For me it was my camp, I'm assuming for you it would be home or Beauxbatons. If you have trouble keeping awake just try doing math in your head."

Fleur nodded, "right," she said as Percy conjured a bed in the middle of their secret room and helped her on it. She smirked as he tucked her in, "you better not try anything when I'm asleep Mr. Jackson."

Percy smirked as he kissed her forehead, "ok please Fleur, I know if I ever want you to do something for me, all I have to do," he lowered down and whispered, "is ask."

Fleur chuckled as he eyes became heavy, "cheeky sea boy."

"Love you too honey," Percy whispered, but by then Fleur's eyes were shut, she had gone alpsee. That wasn't very long, Percy hoped she would be able to find her animagus form without any issues.

With her now asleep Percy went up to his table and grabbed his copy of advanced potion making. It was the kind of book people used when they were going to obtain a mastery in potion making. It was a long and tiresome task, but for Percy it was a light read.

"Book!" Kelly cried out as she demanded Percy's attention.

The demigod chuckled, "right, sorry, almost forgot," he took out a small 30 page children's book he had gotten on his last trip to Hogsmeade just for Kelly. It seems Hecate's magic made her able to understand words as well.

Percy was curious as to just what magic Hecate used on the doll, if he didn't know any better he would say she basically gave her life in the form of a child. Well, a child in the shape of a toy. But nevertheless, it was a mystery for another time.

He reached into his desk drawer and took out the magical blood band that improved his intelligence. Ever since Percy made his promise to Fleur to become a professor so that they can be together he had been working like crazy.

Though at certain points he didn't feel like it was even possible. Sure in the mortal world college students become professors right out of college and teach students just a year younger than them, but could the same be applied here?

So he went ahead and asked Hecate for permission to use the blood band again, to help him learn quicker like before. The goddess wrote back quicker this time around, giving him her blessing and going on and on about how he was acting like a love sick puppy. Told him to grow a pair of balls, but Percy knew secretly she was happy for him...he hoped.

He had been using the blood band a lot, though without Fleur's knowledge, she wouldn't like the fact he used it, if she knew what it was. She didn't realise he couldn't suffer from any of the damages of the band, she would just worry a lot and feel like blaming herself, which Percy really wanted to avoid.

He eventually also had a talk with Maxim in private a few days ago without Fleur's knowledge. He had wanted to know what she expected from a professor and didn't want Fleur t know he was doing this, else she start getting her hopes up that this would actually work.

Maxim was first surprised Percy was even considering taking up a job in Beauxbatons. But once he explained why she became much more understanding. She spoke to him in detail about what she expected and how to go about obtaining the job.

Maxim also told him that if he did apply he would have her support. From what she saw him do so far she was impressed. Any school would be proud to have a professor with such achievements under his belt, even if he was inexperienced.

That last part gave Percy a little hope, which is why he even bothered to try.

Fleur had been helping him, he did have to learn over a year's worth of subjects in a few months. But these months were very very long and Percy felt confident he could obtain an early pass in almost all the subjects he took, expect DADA, because of fucking Moody, and Charms, which he really did try to fix.

So far Flitwick commanded Percy's charm work, claiming it had improved, but the demigod needed to do more, he had too. He needed to get an early pass, Fleur did promise to wait for im, but coming for another year at school just to attend two classes seemed a little...moronic.

It was twenty minutes later when Fleur woke up with a gasp as she began to pant. Immediately Percy put away the blood band and was by her side helping her sit up, "what did you see?" he asked.

Fleur panted as she looked at him, her sweat covered face made the demigod's heart skip a beat as he waited for her to speak. She licked her beautifully full lips and spoke, "a-a, I'm a 'ummingbird, a yellow 'ummingbird."

Percy's eyes widened for a moment before he threw his head back and laughed, "a hummingbird! That's perfect!"

"Don't laugh!" Fleur hissed, "it's not funny! You get to be a beautiful pegasus and I-I'm a stupid little bird!"

Percy stopped his laughter as he saw Fleur look away in quiet pain, she looked like he wanted to cry, but he knew she wouldn't not in front of him. Percy wrapped his arms around her shoulders and made her look at him, "Fleur...you'll always be a beautiful little bird to me, no matter what you are. Be it an ugly little crow or a giant eagle. You, will always be amazing, got that?"

Fleur looked up slowly, she smiled before suddenly grabbing him by the collar and pulling him into the bed. Percy rested on top of her, his arms holding him up, she forced him down, kissing his lips with such vigor Percy felt himself melt into her hold.

The demigod raked his arms along Fleur's sides before slowly going to her hips, cupping her ample behind, giving it a tight squeeze making the veela chuckle into his mouth.

Slowly she deepened the kiss, biting his lips as her tongue battled his in a losing battle for domination. Her arms moved from his neck to his shoulders before going down further, making their way to the helm of his robes.

Percy stopped, pulling away as he looked into her eyes, he could see her lust for him, her desire and just below that, her love. "A-are you sure?" he asked.

Fleur smirked, her smile was so full of joy he couldn't fathom it. She nodded, "yez Perzy, I'm zure," she slowly unbuttoned her shirt revealing her lacey black bra with floral decoration hiding her large breasts from him. She threw her shirt off and rolled Percy under, straddling his groin as she began to kiss him once more.

The demigod didn't think, he just acted. Slowly piece by piece, clothes began to fly all over their room as for the rest of the day and well into the night, the two lovers spent every second running their hands through every single part of each other's bodies.

It was around midnight when Fleur finally felt herself slow down as she landed on her back on the bed, her breath short and every pore on her perfectly smooth skin covered in sweat. Her hair stuck to her scalp as her breasts and legs were tinged red from being handled.

Percy smiled as he layed down next to her, allowing Fleur to rest her head on his biceps as she snuggled in close. Percy used wandless magic to summon a blanket to cover them both, pulling her close as her breath finally became steady.

"'O-ow are you able to do that?" she asked between breaths looking up at the skylight of their secret room.

Percy smiled, "stamina of a demi-ah, I mean a demi-spirit like myself have advanced stamina."

Fleur nodded, "w-well it lookz like t'at," she panted pushing her sweat coated hair away form her face looking at her lover, "Perzy...t'at waz..."

"Amazing?"

"Oui."

Percy smiled as he kissed her forehead, "you….want to go again?"

Fleur's eyes went wide to the size of saucers, "w'at?! Again?! It'z been 'ourz! It'z nig't out Perzy Jackzon! We mizzed an entire day of sc'ool!"

Percy scoffed, "oh please, as if one day of classes can make that much difference."

Fleur huffed as she smiled resting her head over his chest, "you're insatiable, I'll need two of me just to keep up. Also, you better learn to control that strength of yours!"

Percy chuckled, "sorry," he kissed her forehead, "now, you want to spend the night here or go back to your carriage?"

Fleur smiled as she closed her eyes and snuggled closer, "I don't think I can move even if I want to."

Percy felt his blood rush down south, "see, it's things like that that makes me want to go again."

Fleur looked up and raised an eyebrow. Percy pointed down and the veela's eyes slowly moved south landing on a slowly rising bulge underneath the sheets. Fleur's fingers wrapped around the hardening shaft a she felt herself tremble in anticipation, "w-well, I zuppoze t'iz would be a wazte to juzt let t'iz go."

Percy smiled as he immediately pounced on her, biting her neck causing her to shrink in playful joy as they once again became one, her screams of joy ringing out into the night. She didn't care how loud she was, all that was in her mind was this amazing man she had with her right then and there.

The next day:

Using his cloak Percy was able to take Fleur back to her carriage at around three in the morning. They both wanted to spend more time together, but they simply couldn't do that. Fleur gave him a kiss goodbye and had to slowly walk herself inside. Percy would never admit it, but seeing a slight limp in her step made him proud.

He went back to the Forest and worked for a bit longer, using a pepperup potion to keep himself awake as he read a few books on potions, fully intending to get that job for Fleur. It was dawn soon and Percy decided it was time for a break.

He walked out of the trap door and began to walk around the castle's empty halls. It was very quiet this time of day, and Percy understood how much that meant. He found himself in the Astrology tower soon enough as he watched the sun fully rise up into the sky.

Around 6 he came down for dinner and he was surprised to find a few of his friends already there along with quite a few Ravenclaws.

"Morning guys, why are you all up so early?" Percy asked as he sat next to Cedric who was munching on a piece of toast.

"We couldn't sleep," Juan grumbled, "some moron had flooded the dorms, the whole place smells like shit."

Percy's eyes went wide, "what? Why?! Who?!"

They shrugged, "we don't' know," said Heather, "but whoever they are they are bloody mad. They also tossed everyone's stuff! They like destroyed all our clothes throwing it into the grey water!"

"How did they do that without you noticing?!" Percy asked.

"He was quite," Michael replied, "he must have come in late at night when we were all really out of it. Korean claimed he saw something, but he must have been stunned because the next thing he knows he's waking up on the couch surrounding by dirty water."

"I'm guessing invisibility cloak," Gordan growled, "and we all know who has one of those."

"Oh shut up Gorgan," Juan said rolling his eyes, "you know Potter doesn't have the balls, plus he's not that cruel. Whoever did this? They were cruel."

"Damn," Percy grunted, "how bad was the damage?"

Cedric sighed, "most of the upper year boys' clothes were trashed. A few of the girls got off easy, just the seventh years, but yeah, most of the boy's' clothes were ruined."

"No mine," Michael replied with a lazy smile, "I put my under a powerful ward, made sure no one could touch it."

"Your clothes are fine too Percy," Juan replied, "but ah, I don't think they liked you had it all under a ward. Last I saw your mattress was trashed and thrown into the water."

Percy sighed, "shit man, I'm glad no one got hurt," he looked over his shoulder and noticed the Ravenclaws looking sleep deprived. Worried Percy turned around and spoke, "what happened to you guys? Didn't you get any sleep?"

"No!" one seventh year exclaimed as she threw her hands up and cried, "we couldn't get a damn wink of sleep! Fucking crazy couple!"

Percy blinked, "what do you mean?"

"Well, we have an test in Potions today, so we all decided to do some late night studying," said another seventh year who sipped his coffee looking ready to sleep on the spot, "we have a private study room for the seventh years and fifth years in the Ravenclaw tower, but..."

"They wouldn't stop fucking!" the girl cried out as the rest of the seventh years nodded in annoyance.

"Who?" Juan asked, his interest peaking.

"We don't know!" the same girl cried out, "we tried, all night we tried searching for them to shut them up! We searched the entire fifth floor corridor ten times! Ten fucking times! But we couldn't find them! It's like they were fuckign inside the walls!"

Percy's eyes slowly widened comically as he began to join the dots. "But wait, what does a couple have to do with you all studying?" Cedric asked.

"Well, you see the problem was..." another girl started before stopping midway, blushing up a storm. She cleared her throat, "you see-"

"-They wouldn't stop screaming!" the first eccentric girl yelled out throwing her cup across the room hitting the Slytherin table and shattering, "all night, that bitch kept screaming! It was like on a fucking record! One moment she's mumbling and the next she screamin on the top of her lungs!"

"That is so hot!" Juan said, his full interest now with the Ravenclaws, "what happen? Did you guys here something good?"

A Ravenclaw boy shrugged, "no, the walls were thick enough that we couldn't' hear any names-"

"-Though the bitch sure liked saying, 'my god' 'my god' a lot," the snarky ravenclaw girl growled.

"Why didn't you just cast a muffling charm in your study room?" Heather asked.

"Can't," a Ravenclaw boy replied, "room in spell proof."

"Then why didn't you just go to your rooms and study?" Gordan asked, "if you wanted to study together you could have just used the seventh years boy's dorm right? There isn't any rules against the girls being in the boy's room."

The Ravenclaws blinked at that. They looked at each other, eyes blinking utter confusion at each other before realization dawned on them.

"FUCKING HELL!" the girl from Ravenclaw screamed as her housemates all hanged their heads in shame.

"Ha!," Cedric snorted, "these claws are all the same. They can remember every spell they ever read but lack common sense. Isn't that right Percy? Percy?" Cedric turned to see Percy looking up at the ceiling doing his best to hold back a blush. "Percy, mate? You okay?"

Percy looked down, "oh? What? Y-yeah, I'm fine."

"You sure? Because you look red," Heather said looking worried.

"Oh, yeah it's just, well, I was in my lab at the time so I also heard the ah, the couple going at it," Percy gulped as he spoke his hastily made up lie.

"You did? How did you get any sleep?! That bitch must have been screaming till midnight! I thought they had finally stopped, but then they started again until three in the bloody morning!" once again, the energetic girl from Ravenclaw yelled out.

Percy cleared his throat, "I used ear plugs."

The Ravenclaws once again looked stumped. Juan laughed loudly, "you were right Cedric, they are kind of idiots!"

The Claws however didn't seem like they were in the mode for a fight as they just laid down, stuffing their faces with food, praying that today's test would be easy.

Just then however Percy noticed Fleur walk in, a slight limp in her walk. She spotted him and immediately walked over kissing his cheek, "good morning my love. Did you sleep?"

Percy shrugged, "not really. Studied a little. You?"

Fleur nodded, "yes, and believe me, I needed it," she sat down and noticed the Ravenclaws, "what 'appened to t'em?"

"There was a couple that was doing it near the Ravenclaw tower all night long," Juan snorted, "apparently the girl was really loud, kept them all up."

Fleur's face immediately went red as she snapped to Percy who shook his head violently. The veela gulped, "it-t'at'z too bad. It'z a z'ame t'ey weren't more conziderate. Maybe next time t'ey'll t'ink to uze zilencing c'armz," she hissed kicking Percy in the shin under the table.

"Hey! I was busy!" Percy cried out in french. His girlfriend just rolled her eyes, clearly uninterested in his excuses.

For the next few months Percy's life was perfect. Every day he spent with people he loved. Every single day.

For the first time in his life, he had everything he ever wanted. He had friends that respected him and didn't think he was a loser. He had a school that valued him that wanted him to actually stay with them.

He had people who were proud to be his friends, he had teachers who encouraged him to exceed instead of claiming him to be nothing more than a dyslexic waste of space. He had a school where for the first time he truly felt at home.

He was happy. And he spent those days like they were running away from him, which they were. Before he knew it, two months had passed like it was nothing. Percy had been so pre-occupied he didn't even realise the days go by.

He spent so much time just enjoying life with his friends and girlfriend he didn't notice it was already near the end of the school year.

Thanks to the blood band he could now easily take on the NEWT exams and pass. It took him all the spare time he had to catch up to the portions being taught, the blood band helped a lot in that regard. He learnt so much, it wasn't funny.

Seventh years like Cedric had actually come up to him several time for lessons, which Percy willingly gave out, since it would help him with teaching students in the future.

Even Flitwick was satisfied with Percy in charms, he said with a little luck Percy might just get an EE, if not an O. Which was more than enough for Percy. And so the only problem came down to Moddy.

The man was a fucking stone wall. Percy got all the other professors on his side to ask Moody to let him take his DADA NEWT's, even Snape agreed! But the ex-auror was adamant, he refused to budge. McGonagall had gone as far as to ask Dumbledore for help, but the old wizard couldn't do much, giving a student permission to take the NEWTs early was a power only the individual professor had.

So now Percy had only one hope. According to the rumor mill the positions of DADA had apparently been cursed and that next year a new teacher would be there. Hopeful Percy could convince that one to allow him to take the tests early next year.

27th May:

Around the afternoon Percy and the other champions found themselves brought towards the quidditch pitch with Bagman. And on the pitch Percy could see shrubs growing in a maze like pattern.

"What have they done to it?" Harry asked in horror.

"It is sad seeing something so amazing...scarred like this," Krum agreed.

"Oh think nothing of it," Bagman chuckled, "you'll have your field back in no time! This you see is the location of the third and final task! Care you guess what it will be?"

"A maze," saif Fleur immediately.

"Correct mademoiselle!" Bag Man smiled, "yes indeed, this here may not look like much, but in a mere months time they will be giant hedges the size of houses!"

"So our final task...after all we've been through...is going to be a maze?" Percy asked with a raised eyebrow.

"If I said yes, would you believe me?"

"No," was his reply. It honestly didn't look too scary for Percy, considering he was once trapped inside The Labyrinth of myth. Compared to that, this thing was a kiddy maze you get on table mats. So of course he knew this wasn't it.

"Smart man!" Bagman nodded, "yes you see, the final task will not just be your skill to navigate through a maze, but also the various creatures and challenges inside!"

"Creaturez? Like w'at?" Fleur asked.

"Well that would be spoiling the surprise," the man chuckled, "but as I understand it, Hagrid, the groundskeeper will be providing a few of them."

"Blast ended skrewt" Harry whispered like a curse under his breath. This caused Percy to wince, he agreed with the curse, if that thing was going to be in the maze...well, Percy really hoped he didn't run into one. Those things were disgusting!

The month leading up to the third task Fleur was a wreck. Percy was used to the anticipation before a battle, for a lack of a better word, one could even call him a veteran. But this was going to be Fleur's first battle and she was nervous.

Percy spent that entire month either training her to get stronger or teaching himself. He cherished every second he spent with her, her laughter and her eyes making him that much more determined she knew more than enough to live.

And soon enough, it was the 24th of June, the day of the third task.

The whole castle had been buzzing with excitement for over a week. When Percy walked into the Great Hall for breakfast that morning people kept sending him worried glances. Percy understood they were worried, really, he did, but one would think they had a little faith after seeing the things he could do.

He was about to sit down for breakfast when Sprout quickly walked up to him, her usual bright cheering smile on her face, "Mr. Jackson! Come with me, we have a surprise for you!"

Percy blinked, "a surprise? This….this isn't because you think I put super glue under your pots is it?"

"You did what?"

"Nothing!" Percy jumped on his feet, "lead the way!"

Sport rolled her eyes, "I knew you were trouble the day you joined my house Mr. Jackson. Sigh, well, at least you earned us more than enough points to put us at first place for the house cup," she said looking up that the yellow hourglass that was nearly filled to the brim with yellow gems.

Percy smiled, "oh yeah, forgot about that. Now, what's this surprise you wanted to show me?"

"You'll see soon enough," she smiled as she lead Percy to the door in the back to the room where he went after he got selected as a champion during the start of the year. Which honestly felt like a lifetime ago.

Just as they approached the door Percy noticed HArry coming with them, McGonagall following closely behind him.

"Harry's coming too?" Percy asked.

"Indeed he is," Sprout smiled as she opened the door motioning us inside.

Percy walked in and immediately noticed that Fleur and Krum were already here. And they weren't alone.

Krum were with a man and a woman, both with butch features and looked similar to the young seeker. Percy immediately realised they were his parents. They spoke in hushed tones in one corner of the room, not bothering with the rest of the world. Guess Krum's silence was both genetic and learnt.

Next Percy turned to Fleur, who was talking to an older man with a pouch stomach, dirty blonde hair and a french beard. Standing next to him was a woman that looked like she was around Percy's height, which was quite an achievement considering he was around 6 feet 3. She looked like an older version of Fleur, beauty not tarnished by the few age lines she possessed, but rather enhancing it.

And Percy didn't even need to look down to know that little Gabriel was also there, chatting animatedly with her sister who simply nodded and smiled.

Almost like she knew he was looking at her, Fleur turned to him and smiled, waving gently at him. Percy gulped and waved back, making eye contact with her family. Her father's eyes narrowed in guarded contempt while her mother and Gabriel smiled and waved back.

Fleur called Percy over, but before he could move he heard it, "PERCY!"

Hecate jumped into Percy's arms, wrapping her arms around his neck as she pulled him around, "I missed you you brat!"

Percy grinned, "I missed you too Hecate," he said hugging her back.

"Woof!" came a dog's bark. Both Percy and Harry turned to see a giant black dog wagging it's tail as it leaped into Harry's arm,barking as it snuggled close to his legs.

"Ah, Harry, I see you've met Foodo! The amazing mutt!" Hecate said as she laughed.

Percy rolled his eyes, "Foodo? Really?"

"What? Foodo is a great name! Much better that Hoothoot," Hecate snorted.

"Woof!" the dog barked as it growled at Hecate.

"What's that Mr. Foodo? You want another bath when we get home?" Hecate's smile turned downright evil, "I'm sure that can be arranged."

Percy chuckled as the dog immediately dropped it's ears and whined in horror and fear. It ran behind Harry and shivered, whatever Hecate did last time, clearly Sirius didn't like it.

"What's going on here?" Harry asked, "why is Hecate and S-Foodo here?"

Sprout smiled, "well you see Mr. Potter, before the end of the Triwizard tournament, the champions are allowed to meet their family members!"

"It's because if they die, they can do so with their parents blessing!" Hecate supplied.

"Ms. Blackfyre!" McGonagall gasped.

"What? They kid needs to know these kinds of things," Hecate shrugged, "but don't worry Harry, I'm sure you won't die," she ended with a wink.

"What about me?" Percy asked in a teasing tone.

"Oh please, if Kro-I mean, if that crazy old man couldn't do it, no one can," she chuckled

Harry smiled, "this is amazing. Thank you," he bent down scratching behind Frodo's ear.

"What are you talking about Mr. Potter?" McGonagall asked.

"You know...for bringing Hecate and Foodo here," Harry pointed at the dog who barked loudly and playfully.

"I wasn't aware you were so close to them," Sprout said with wide eyes.

Harry shrugged, "Hecate's like a crazy aunt and Foodo...well technically he's my dog. Percy just takes care of him."

"Woof!"

"Well that's nice, but actually we invited someone else for you," McGonagall said.

"Really? Who?" Harry asked in surprise.

Just then the door to the inner chamber opened up as two redheads walked in. One who Percy immediately recognized, Bill Weasley, the twins oldest brother, and the other was a plump fat woman with dull brown robes and a charming smile.

"Mrs. Weasley?" Harry asked in surprise.

"Harry! It's so good to see you again!" she said immediately giving the boy a bear hug that seemed to shatter a couple of ribs, "how are you? Are you eating enough?"

As Harry quickly answered all of Mrs. Weasley's questions, Bill approached Percy with a smile, "hello there other Percy, long time no see."

Percy smiled, "indeed it is Bill. How have you been? Egypt giving you trouble?" Percy gave Bill a firm handshake, the older boy was a curse breaker a very cool profession that Percy was sure he would do well in, but he honestly did not want to willingly jump into danger every day in office, he fully planned on making it to his 30's at least.

"It's fine," Bill nodded, "uncovered a very interesting tomb the other day, some king with no name," the man smiled before his eyes wandered over Percy's shoulder and landed on Fleur. Percy turned and noticed the veela looking at Bill with frowning eyes, she noticed Percy also looking at her and immediately blushed, quickly turning away.

"That's one fine bird," Bill whistled.

Percy turned to the man and raised a single unimpressed eyebrow, "Bill, that's my girlfriend."

Bill blinked, "ah...sorry."

Percy sighed, "horny bastard. Why don't you get your girlfriend?"

Bill chuckled, "believe me, I'm trying."

"Excuse me?! Who the hell do you think you are?!" Percy heard someone scream. Bill rolled his eyes and muttered, 'not again', they both turned around and saw Hecate standing between Mrs. Weasley and Harry, looking very very pissed off.

"I am no one, just someone with an interest in Harry's welfare," Hecate said with a glare that Percy recognized as Hecate's pissed off face. Meaning she was moments away from blowing shit up.

"How dare you claim I'm trying to replace his mother! How dare you?!"

Hecate rolled her eyes, "honestly woman, think of another sentence why don't you? And, am I wrong?"

"Listen here you hussy! I don't care who you are, I will not stand here and let you disrespect the memory of a good woman or claim that I want to do the same! You tramp!"

Percy saw Hecate's eyes twitch and immediately he moved, "alright, that's enough drama for one day, come on Hecate, I want to introduce you to Fleur's family," Percy said he gently pushed Hecate away from the Weasley's leaving Foodo with Harry who looked very heartbroken.

Hecate and Percy slowly walked away, Percy saw Bill rush to his mother's side and whisper into her ear, the own calmed down quickly before whispering something to Harry. Whatever it was, Hecate didn't like it as she let out a little growl and murmured, "bitch."

Percy sighed, "what was that all about?"

Hecate growled and crossed her arms, "if there's one thing I can't stand it's people trying to replace someone else."

"You think she' replacing Harry's mom?" Percy raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, obviously the red haired bitch," Hecate looked over her shoulder sending a glare at the woman, "she pisses me off."

Percy sighed, "right, well then come on," he took her by the hand and guided her towards Fleur, who noticed him walking towards her.

"Right," Hecate's eyes sparkled, her personality doing a complete 180, "let's go meet your future in laws!"

Percy blushed red, "Hecate!" But he couldn't say anything as the goddess ran past him and stopped right before Fleur, throwing her hands up and hugging the girl.

"Hello birdie! It's so nice to see you again!" Hecate said as he bounced on her feet quickly breaking the hug, "how have you been? Eating well? Has Percy down something stupid? Does his snoring keep you up?"

"Hey! I don't snore!" Percy cried out.

"Yes you do," Hecate snorted, "you're so loud, I can hear you across the house!"

Fleur smiled, she was used to Hecate's antics now, "I'm doing well Hecate, it's nice to zee you again az well. May I introduce my family," she turned to her mother, "thiz iz my mother, Apolline Delacour," her father, who looked curiously at Hecate's presences, "my papa, Pierre Delacour and finally-"

"-Horsey!" Gabriel ran from behind her mother and collided into Percy's legs starling the boy as she hugged him tightly. She looked up with sparkling eyes, "can we go flying again?! Can we? Can we?!"

Percy chuckled, "sure, maybe after this is done I'll fly you again."

Hecate whistled, "nice Percy, I didn't realise you picked up french that fast."

Percy smiled as he ruffled Gabby's hair making the little girl chuckle, "well, I had the right motivation," he smiled at Fleur's parents, "hello, I'm Percy Jackson. It's a pleasure to met you."

Pierre scoffed, "your french needs work."

"Papa!" Fleur scolded.

Percy shrugged, "it's difficult learning a new language when you're also preparing to take your NEWTS a year early."

The man' eyes winded, "you are? I see...and how are the preparations coming along?"

Percy shrugged, "decent, but I probably won't make it in time."

"And why is that?"

"I need my professor's permission to take a test early, I have everyone's permission, except my DADA professor, Moody."

The man's eyes winded, "mad eye is your professor? That is...well, I suppose he was always a man on the side of caution. So tell me...Percy was it?" Percy nodded, "tell me, what exactly are you planning to do once you graduate from school?"

Percy shrugged, "well I honestly didn't have much of a plan, just focused on staying alive for the most of my life. But after I met your daughter, " que Fleur grinning like a cheshire cat, "I figured it was time I actually had a plan in mind. I plan on getting my potions mastery and joining Beauxbaton as the new potion's professor."

The man raised a single eyebrow, "oh, I see...although I doubt Maxim would allow such an...inexperienced british man to teach her students."

Fleur sighed, "papa-"

"-Actually I already spoke to Madam Maxime, she is fully on broad with the idea," Percy replied with a triumphant smile, "so it's all good."

"Percy, when did you speak to headmistress?" Fleur asked with blinking eyes.

Percy turned to her, "I wanted to keep it a surprise, didn't want you to worry if she said no."

"Well then, if we're done with the impromptu penis measuring contest, maybe it's time we spoke a little more about you Percy," Apoline said with a thinly veiled glare which she leveled on her husband, "unless you want to integrate the boy some more?"

Pierre blushed as he coughed into his hand, "whatever you say dear."

"Good," she turned to Percy, her smile more real now, "now Percy, tell me, I have hear a lot from my daughter about you. Is it true that you found a way to block the veela allure?"

Percy nodded, "yes, I-"

"Perseus," came the chorus of three voice that sent a shiver down Percy's spine and knocked the air out of his mouth. The demigod paused, his eyes widened as he recognized the voices.

"Percy?" Fleur asked, "are you okay? You seem distracted."

"Perseus Jackson," the voice called again. Slowly the french family, the demigod and goddess all turned and found three old women looking at them, all identical wearing matching grey robes and grey eyes that seemed to have seen eternity.

"No," Percy whispered, his face going deathly pale as his eye's widened.

"What are you three doing here?" Hecate asked, the goddess hiding her emotions far better than the demigod.

"We need to speak to Perseus," the one in the middle spoke up, "it is urgent."

"I'm sorry, but who are you ladies?" Fleur asked, noticing the reaction her boyfriend gave off. Obviously, he did not like the three old women before them.

"None of your concern bird," the one on the right said, not even looking at her. All three looked at Percy, "we need to speak son of the sea, now."

The title shook Percy out of his shock, "r-right," he bent down and pushed Gabriel off his leg, "I have to go, I'm sorry."

"But why?" Gabby asked, but Percy couldn't bring himself to answer.

He turned and walked away, following the Fates as they lead him to one corner of the room. In the back of his head his thoughts were pounding. He only ever saw the Fates twice before. The first time was when he began his journey as a demigod. The second was when he found out he was sent fifteen years into the past. And now? What could possible happen now?

Fleur watched her boyfriend leave, dismissing her without a second thought. She snapped ot Hecate, "who are they?"

The goddess of magic cleared her throat, "they are...his grandmother's. My aunts."

Fleur's eyes went wide, "w-what? He never mentioned them."

Hecate sighed, "believe me, the last thing you want is the attention of those three. It's like a family tradition, if those three visit you, shit is about to go down."

With Percy:

"W-what are you doing here?" Percy asked, fear of death, prophecy and destiny rattled on inside his head.

"We came to you to warn you," the middle spoke.

"Your actions here has impacted destiny," the right spoke.

"You're mere presence in this time is breaking destiny."

Percy's eyes narrowed, "but I didn't do anything!"

"You're leading," the middle spoke.

"And if all goes according to plan, you will win this tournament by the end of the night."

"That cannot happen."

"It is Harry Potter's destiny to win, it always has been."

Percy's eyes went wide, "w-what?! Why?!"

"Harry Potter is a child of destiny-"

"-Like you."

"Only his journey is just beginning. And it begins tonight….you have no choice, he must be the one to touch the triwizard cup, not you. Do you understand?"

Percy looked at them, three pairs of eyes looking at him, staring into his very soul. Slowly the demigod nodded, "I understand."

And suddenly, like they were never there, they were gone. No smoke, no sound, nothing. They were just gone.

Percy turned and walked back, his steps heavy. He turned to Harry, the boy was smiling and laughing, Sirius rubbing his head up against his side. Percy knew Harry was important, he was the boy-who-lived, Voldemort made him important.

But to think he had a destiny on the same level as himself? The demigod could never imagine a mortal having the same burden as he once did. He looked at the boy, so carefree, destiny was right around the corner to bite him...and he had no idea.

Percy walked back to Fleur, his head spinning with the knowledge he just acquired. "Percy? Percy is everything alright?" the french vella asked with concern.

Percy looked at her, "y-yeah...everything's fine...I guess."

"Well, this certainly has been a wonderful experience," Peire snorted, "Fleur, we'll have to go now, our time is almost up. But we'll be cheering for you tonight."

"But papa! I haven't gone flying with horsey yet!" Gabby whined.

"Oh hush now dear," Alpine rubbed her youngest's hair, "I'm sure Percy and your sister need all the time they can get preparing for tonight's task."

"Do you have to leave so soon?" Fleur asked sneaking a peak at Percy who was still zoned out, "we-we haven't even spoken about...Percy and I."

"We will, I promise," Peire said looking at the boy who was cheerful as a bird now unable to even look up from the floor, "I have a lot to discuss with this young man."

The Delacour family left, Fleur walking them out. This left Percy and Hecate allow, the goddess of magic immediately whirled on Percy, "what did they say?"

"I-I have to throw the last task," Percy gulped, "Harry's the one who has to win, it's...it's his destiny."

Hecate looked over at the wizard in worry before turning back to Percy, did they say he has to win? Those exact words?"

"Yes, -" he stopped, "no...they didn't. They said he had to be the first one to touch the triwizard cup...whatever that means."

"That means they're giving us a chance," Hecate said immediately assuming the thinker's pose. "The Fates aren't as neutral as everyone believes. They chose sides, always have always will. Why else do you think Zeus still has his head after all the stunts he pulled over the years?"

Percy raised an eyebrow, "so you think they might have been trying to give me a clue?"

Hecate nodded, "yes. They said he has to touch the cup, meaning that is inevitable, but...they never mentioned anything about you being unable to be there with him. If you both touch the cup at the same time...technically his destiny will be fulfilled. All you have to do, is make sure you're there when that happens."

Percy nodded, "yeah...I think I can manage that. But...what if I don't make it? Just by chance?"

Hecate frowned for a moment before snapping her fingers, "a reverse portkey."

Percy blinked, "ah...si that even possible?"

Hecate shrugged, "no clue. But you should try and make one!"

"You're the goddess of magic! How do you not know if it's possible or not?!"

Hecate shrugged, "a huge part of magic is how it reacts individually for each person. I'm sure there are certain types of magic I may not know, like an easier version of the colour changing charm or something similar. After all, Ares might be the god of war, but that doesn't mean he can know an art style created in someone's head and never performed in public."

Percy blinked, "I see….so, a reverse port key?"

Hecate nodded, "honestly? It's your only chance."

Percy gulped and nodded. Fleur then walked back in, looking disappointed. She looked at Percy and groaned, "what happened Perzy? You look like you zaw a ghozt."

Percy cleared his throat, "well you see...those three women..."

"Your grandmother's?" Fleur asked with a raised eyebrow.

Percy blinked, he turned to Hecate who nodded. Percy sighed, "right, my grandmothers. They are...they aren't the nicest people around. They tend to be downers...sorry I acted freaky like that in front of your parents. I promise I'll make it up to you."

Fleur smiled, "well you better," she turned to Hecate, "it's nice to zee you again Hecate. I hope you enjoy watching me kick your nephew'z behind."

Percy snorted, "you wish."

Hecate sighed, "ah, young love. Such a wonderful thing. And here I was thinking Percy was just going to go from one orgy to another."

Percy's face went red, "Hecate!"

"And that's my cue to leave!" Hecate hugged Fleur, "good luck in there Birdie! Don't go dying on me okay?" she then ran to Harry's side, "Foodo! Come on it's time to go!"

Percy sighed as the goddess practically dragged Sirius away, who keeping giving Harry pleading looks only for the boy to chuckle and wave the dog away. Fleur smiled as she hugged Percy and whispered, "who were those three really Percy?"

Percy held her tightly, "bad news Fleur...bad news...be careful out there tonight okay? I have a bad feeling about this."

Fleur didn't know why he asked that, but promised just the same.

A few minutes later they left the small room to go their separate ways. Percy went to the Forest, claiming he wanted to make some last minute adjustments, while Fleur wanted to take a nap to be alert for tonight.

When he got into the Forest Percy moved like a man possessed. He took out every advanced charms book he knew and began dissecting the portus charm step by step. In an hours time he had it fully figured out, each and every system broken down into a singular process.

He then began to find a method to reverse it, such that an object would be linked to a person, rather than a location. The person would act like an anchor, allowing the liked up object, and whoever was holding it, to travel to said person's location instantly.

This process was a bit more complicated than a simple portus charm as Percy came to find out. He had to establish a link between the teleporting object and the person in question. Luckily, this was where the Marauder's map came in to help.

Thanks to the runes and charms they used to detect people on the map, Percy was able to create a charm that acted like an anchor for the reverse portus charm. To keep things simple, Percy decided to call this the Zipline charm.

Now there was only one problem, how to get Harry to agree to this?

It was during lunch when Percy finally decided to throw caution to the wind and called Harry aside after lunch into an abandoned classroom.

Quickly the demigod began to cast privacy charms on the room, no one, not even the Fates, sould be privy to his plans.

"Percy, what's going on? Why did you call me here?" Harry asked, sounding a little worried.

Percy sighed and turned around, he looked at Harry, "Harry...do you trust me?"

Harry blinked, "of course I do. If it wasn't for you I'm pretty sure I would have been dead by now. You've always looked out for me Percy...what is this about?"

Percy sighed rubbing his forehead, "its'...it's about the third task tonight Harry. I...I have a bad feeling about it."

Harry blinked, "like what kind of bad feeling?"

"Like I'm pretty sure some shit about to go sideways in the worst possible way," Percy grumbled, "look...you might be in trouble. If Voldemort was the person who put you into this tournament, then he could be hoping you die, tonight."

Harry's eyes winded, "you really think so?"

"A maze filled with monster? Please, it screams trap," PErcy snorted.

"W-what do you think I should do?"

Percy shrugged, "honestly? I think you should run away," Harry frowned, the demigod rolled his eyes, 'stupid Gryffindor,' "but, since I know you, I know you won't ever run away. So, I'm going to give you this," Percy pulled out a metal ring and tossed it to Harry.

The wizard grabbed it and looked it over, noting the intricate designs along the outer sides. They looked like runes, but as he never took the class he couldn't understand what they meant, "what is it?"

"It's sort of like a reverse portkey," Percy explained, "that is an anchor, using that I can travel to your location using this," Percy held up his hand revealing an identical ring, only this time it was blue in colour, "I call it a zipline."

Harry's eyes winded, "amazing! How did you make it?"

Percy sighed, "with a lot of effort. Listen Harry, if anything goes wrong...anything at all. I want you to call out the phrase, 'Black wings'. It will activate the ring and I can use it to come to your side instantly. Got that?"

Harry nodded, "right...but won't they check for magical items before the task begins?"

Percy smirked, "that's the beauty of it. Until you activate it using the phrase, it will only be a ring and nothing more. So that means Harry, be very very careful with that thing okay? Use it if and only if you get into trouble."

Harry slowly nodded, "right," he put the ring on and sighed, "I really hope this doesn't turn out to be a life and death situation."

Percy chuckled, "oh please Harry. With your track record and my luck, I would be surprised if it was anything but that."

As they walked away from each other Percy could only hope and pray that he did enough to prepare for...whatever was coming. He took out a second anchor ring. Hopefully Fleur won't be insulted if he offered to help her out.