Living In StoryBrooke - ON HOLD

Chapter 3

Harry Potter's Point Of View

"Percy!" I yelled. I had no idea of what was happening. Why was the door locked? You can only lock it from the inside, and I was the last one there. The door was locked, yet no one could have locked it. Percy ran over as soon as he heard the panic in my voice.

"Yes Harry?" He panted. He had run from the other side of the campsite, and that was quite a long sprint. Percy put his hands on his knees and breathed heavily. "The door... the door... it's locked!" "But, weren't you the last one in there?" "Yes, well, at least I thought I was. I can assure you that I did NOT lock the door." "So who did?" "That. Is. Exactly. What. I. Was. Going. To. Ask. You." I said a little annoyed. "I can assure you that it was no one from our cabin because they were all outside at the 'presentation'." Percy told me. "Ok, so that cancels out less than 10 kids. But, they are the ones who would have the power to lock the door. Except for..." "Another leader!" Percy and I said at the same time. "But, who would it be?" I asked Percy. "I don't know. But I've got an idea." Percy said mysteriously.

"Ok, I think we should ask Four though, he seems more..." "Kind." Percy finished for me. He had just whispered in my ear a whole scheme-plan that we would use to find out if and who the other leader was. We were going to ask one of the other leaders, and we have both decided that it would be safer to ask Four.

"Four, how many leaders are there in Dauntless?" I asked Four. "Um... In total I think about 5. There's me, Eric, two others for people that come back after Hogwarts and before Camp Half-Blood, and one at Hogwarts. Oh no! There's 6! There's also one at Camp Half-Blood." "Thanks." I replied. "Wait! How many Dauntless leaders can open and lock the cabin?" Percy asked, just as I was about to leave. "Um... I think 4. Me, Eric, and the two others that are here between the times of Hogwarts and Camp Half-Blood." "Ok, thanks!" "Hey, wait up!" Four called after us as we started to run back to our cabin. We stopped running and looked at Four. "Why do you want to know that?" Four asked us. "Oh, just...just some background information." I said. Then we ran back to our cabin. We tried once more to open the door, and this time it opened.

"Oh, thank god you're here! Where were you?" Luke asked us as we collapsed on our beds. "How did you get in?" We asked back. "What do you mean? I just walked in!" Luke said as though it was obvious. "Well, I'd better be off."

"That was weird." I said, looking at Percy.

"You don't say." Percy replied, looking back at me.

"When do you reckon we'll find out more about StoryBrooke?"

"Lunch maybe?"

"Ok, do you have any idea how late lunch is?"

"I think it's in 2 hours. Do you want to meet my mum? We have time!"

"Sure, I'd love to!"

We walked for a while, and finally we reached a gate. Eric was standing at the gate, keeping watch. "And where do you think you're going?" He asked us as we approached. "To my mum." Percy replied. "Give me proof!" Eric said. Percy started to whistle a tune. After 5 seconds, a woman with long blonde hair walked out. "Hi there!" She said to Eric. She then looked over Eric's shoulder and saw Percy and I. "Percy?" She asked. He nodded his head. "Oh Perce!!!!" She screamed happily. "Eric, Harry, this is my mum. Mum, this is my friend Harry and my leader Eric." "Very well, you may go." Eric grumbled.

We walked to a small apartment in the middle of the small Dauntless town. "This town is for the women and if their kids want to live with them. There is another town for the men and their kids." Percy explained. "Oh, by the way, my name is Sally. Sally Jackson. But call me Sally." Percy's mum told me.

Sally opened the apartment door and invited us inside. The apartment was covered in a sea blue-green. The colour of the walls reminded me of Percy's eyes. "Perce, bring Harry to your room. I'll make some tea and cake."

I walked into Percy's room. The walls were covered in the same blue-green colour as in the hallway. Percy's bed was made up, and there was a blue dotted blanket on top of his duvet. His room was neat and empty. I could see that Sally had sat on Percy's bed earlier, crying, because you could see teardrop stains. Suddenly, I realised something. "One minute," I said to Percy. "Your mum didn't find out what housing faction you are in until now!" "Yes," Percy told me solemnly "no one's parents find out what housing faction their kids are in, unless their kids visit them, or unless the kids' godly parent tells the kids' mortal parents." Percy told me. "Oh... Ok..." I replied, not knowing how to react. Luckily, Sally called us then. She had made some blue chocolate cake and some blue tea. "What's with all the blue?" I asked. Everything in the house seemed to be blue. "Oh, that." Sally said, half giggling. "Well, Percy loves everything that is blue. Food most importantly. I think that if you'll end up sharing a cabin with him, you shouldn't be surprised if it ends up being a blue-mania." She giggled. "Oh Perce, do tell me about everything that has happened since I had to say goodbye to you!"

"Ok. The sorting hat told me that my best option would be Dauntlessing Gryffindor, however, if I wanted to because of the colour I could try out Eruditing Ravenclaw. From there my choice was obvious. I could come back to my home, to you. I chose Dauntlessing Gryffindor, as you can tell. After everyone had been sorted, we went to Dauntless headquarters. We had to walk in one by one because some lucky people get their godly parent as soon as they walk in, and so they had to be assigned a cabin. I was not one of the lucky ones, so I went to the cabin for people whose godly parents hadn't claimed them. The first day we didn't do much. We woke up at 5:30. We had to get dressed and ready really fast. I met Harry then. After that, we all had to run outside. There we introduced ourselves. Then we had some rules and education stuff, and we went back inside. And now we are here. I think that, maybe, you would like to hear Harry's crazy story too." I felt honoured, but then I remembered that everyone had gasped when I was introducing myself.

"Um... Ok.... I think I should start of by saying that I was an infant when I went to the TOH, so I never had any parents. The sorting hat told me that Dauntlessing Gryffindor would be good for me, so I went there. My story goes a bit different to Percy's though. I had to stay behind after everyone had gone to their cabins. After about 10 hours since I had entered Dauntless headquarters, it was established that neither of my parents were gods." Sally gasped "No one really knew what to do with me so they told me to go into the unclaimed kids' cabin. I went there, but everyone was already asleep. I fell asleep too, but woke up at 5. I stayed awake, which was good because half an hour later, indeed, we were woken up. We all went outside, and from thereon my story is the same as Percy's. Oh, by the way, the blue-chocolate cake is yum!" I said, licking my lips.

"Your mum is really nice!" I told Percy as we walked out of Sally's apartment. "Thanks!" We kept on moving until we were just walking absentmindedly. I accidentally bumped into someone. I looked up and saw that it was one of the new Dauntless kids named Leo Valdez. Percy obviously knew him from before because he said "Hi Leo! What are you doing here?" "Um... I am Dauntless born you know. I was just looking for my house. I can't find it." "Oh. Well, I would have invited you to my house, but we just came from there and I don't want to bother my mum." "Oh my god! Guys, we have to run. It's lunchtime and Eric won't be happy!" I screamed, looking at my watch. I didn't mean to interrupt, but I just didn't want us getting into trouble. We got to the gate.

"Well, well, well, we are in trouble..." Eric said as he locked the gate.