Demigods At Hogwarts

Chapter 8

Percy POV

The next day we had Charms, we did summoning charms. It was much harder than we expected because Flitwick was trying to prepare us for our OWLs. We had Transfiguration in the next period. We did vanishing charms. They are easier than conjuring charms but still much more difficult than we were expecting. Our next subject was Care of Magical Creatures. We looked at bowtruckles. They were fascinating creature which only lived in wand quality trees. We had a Herbology session before our detention with Umbridge.

Harry and I walked into Umbridge's office it was horribly pink and filled with kittens. She gestured for us to sit down at two identical desks in front of hers. We sat down and got out quills

"No, you won't need those quills, I have special quills just for you" Umbridge said, a little too sweetly

"here they are" she handed out two large black quills

"Now write I must not tell lies"

"How many times" I asked

"Oh, as long as it takes to sink in" she said mysteriously

We started scratching on the paper. I realised I was scratching the words into my hand. It wasn't painful on my pain scale, but it was annoying. I stood up. As I stood up my sleeve pulled up, Harry glanced over and saw my SPQR tattoo. His eyes narrowed. Schist was my first thought. However I couldn't dwell on that now.

"What are you doing" asked the toad

"I refuse to cut my hand open as punishment for something that was not a crime" I replied angrily

"You will sit back down" she commanded

"No, I will not" I said before leaving the room.

Harry POV

He has the dark mark, the traitor. I will tell Hermione immediately (or as soon as I get out of this detention). Umbridge was furious about Percy but was at loathe to do anything because the five didn't seem like the type to listen to authority (with the possible exception of Hazel).

I finished my detention and went back to the common room. I got back to the common room and sat down to do my homework. Everyone else had gone to bed. I went up to the dorms and fell asleep fully dressed.

The next morning, at breakfast, I told Hermione about what I had seen on Percy's arm. She glanced over to check no-one was listening

"How do you know it was the dark mark, not just a tattoo?" She questioned

"Why else would he have a tattoo in that place?" I asked back

" We'll be careful" she concludes.

We kept eating. Hermione was reading the newspaper.

"Oh my" she explained "Sturgis Podmore had been sentenced to 6 months in Azkaban for trying to get through a door in the Ministry of Magic" she continued "this is very bad".

We continued eating before going to class. The Americans were still sitting near us. I was suspicious but asked a question that had been bothering me

"Ummmm, Percy" I began

"Yeah" he replied

"What is the tattoo on your arm?" I asked

"Oh, that's why you've been acting coldly, you think we're death eaters" he said, relieved. Here it is. He pulled up his sleeve and showed me the tattoo. It had the letters SPQR, a three-pronged fork and a few tally marks.

"Thanks Percy" I said happily before returning to tell Hermione what

Percy had said. We walked out together.