18 They Know

Third Person P.O.V.

Hermione was tired of waiting for Harry and Ron to take action on the demigods. So she had to take her own hands by taking out one of the transfer students. It took Hermione awhile before she decided to take out Asteria instead of Thalia and Jason. It would take more than just take Asteria without restraining her. So Hermione got this great idea to stun Asteria and make her drink Veritaserum so she can get the truth.

It was the middle of the night when Hermione devised her plan. Asteria was off guard and didn't have Thalia with her. She had used strained herself with practicing controlling her powers. Asteria wasn't at her best when Hermione approached her. So when the trio all stunned her it made her body automatically shut down. Hermione was the deciding to takes Asteria to an empty classroom to interrogate when she wakes up.

Asteria wakes up to being tied up to a chair in a dark room. Hermione was sitting in front of her eyes suspicious of what Asteria might do without moving. Harry and Ron were in the background contemplating if this was a good idea. Asteria knew that her powers weren't fully coming back to her and would take some time before that happens. Fighting them would do her no good as it would strain her even more than necessary.

"Why did you tie me up?" Asteria asks. "Like was that necessary."

"Yes, it is necessary when you're possible plotting to tell Umbridge about the D.A.," Hermione says.

"Like I ever do that."

"I just need to drink this and I'll know you're not lying."

Hermione points at the cup of water. In it were three drops of Veritaserum. Asteria shrugs as Harry puts a cup of water to drink. She takes it and didn't feel anything change. Since her powers shut down on her the Veritaserum would last slightly longer before she figures out awhile to control it.

"Where do you and your friends come from?" Harry asks.

"Well, I'm from Philly, think Percy is from Manhattan, Annabeth from San Francisco, Leo from Houston, Hazel is from New Orleans, and I don't know about the others so do with that how you will," Asteria says.

"So you are from America?" Ron asks.

"Yes, why would you think otherwise?" Asteria says looking at the trio confused.

Hermione's eyes were wandering and full of thoughts of what they are. Harry wasn't asking the right questions in her opinion. They need everything about the transfer students and they need it now. And Asteria didn't seem to notice the Veritaserum kicking in.

"That's unimportant," Hermione says. "What do you learn at Delphi Academy?"

"There is no Delphi Academy," Asteria says and then pulls back in shock.

"WHAT?!?" Harry and Ron said in unison.

Hermione suspected that was the case and know wanted to know what these transfers are really doing here. Asteria being in a state of shock gave enough time for Hermione to pick another question for her to answer. Asteria was trying to figure out what was going on without making it obvious that shouldn't have happened.

"Did the Ministry send you to help Umbridge?" Hermione asks. "Or did You-Know-Who send you?"

"First we weren't sent by the Ministry. And second, who's You-Know-Who?" Asteria says. "Honestly if it weren't for the fact that this is my mother's and Nico's father's pet world I would have been out of here in no time."

Hermione looks at Asteria confused. It was only a matter of time before the Veritaserum wears off. Unknowning to Hermione and Asteria was the only one trying to make this longer than needed. It was the only thing she was hoping for.

"What's Delphi Academy really?" Hermione asks.

"A camp for half-blood like us," Asteria says.

Harry pushes Hermione aside and slams his hand on the table. His eyes were enraged. Nothing was going to stop him from destroying Asteria into pieces. He hated anyone who that themselves superior to the rest of them.

"So your place is even more discriminative against people. Thinking half-bloods are the only one who needs help," Harry says angrily. "That's why you guys are keeping to yourselves you don't care about anyone."

Asteria snapped and started pulling on her restrained. Her eyes changed to pitch black and she looks like she was ready to kill. Even without her powers working she had a plan formulating to just take them all down.

"We're hunted like dogs because we're half-bloods. Percy has been in two prophecies that lead to wars," Asteria snaps angrily. "Almost all of us have been in a war so you need to get off your high horse you asshole. We're only trying to help."

Harry a step back from her. He could see from her tone that there was definitely something up with those transfer students. Hermione walks up from behind Harry seeing Asteria enraged and talking about wars.

"What war have you guys been in?" Hermione asks.

"Titan War and the Giant War," Asteria says slightly calming down. "Wars our parents want us to fight in."

Her eyes were averted from them and the effects of Veritaserum were slowly wearing off. Hermione pulls Harry and Ron aside. Her suspicions were changing from the transfer to something else. And she knew that Asteria wasn't going to talk much about what she meant.

"What are you?" Hermione asked

"We're demigods. What do you think half-bloods mean?" Asteria says.

Hermione was in shock and puts a cloth on her out before taking her back to the dorms. The trio didn't say anything when she woke up and she didn't say anything to them it was a cycle of no one speaking a word. But it wouldn't be long before the demigods had a meeting and it's not going to be pretty.