5123: Tournament of the Gods - Percy Jackson, Amelia Bones, Mad Eye Moody
The fandom that comes in second regarding what fandom are crossed over with Harry Potter on the pit just so happens to be Percy Jackson and the Olympians which has over 3.5k in crossovers. I’d originally planned on doing just one entry and moving onto the next fandom, but there were actually three stories which stood out to me the moment I clicked on the fandom.
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Title: Tournament of the Gods
Perpetrator: JaguarAJG
Sue-O-Meter: Awful
Cover/Banner Art: Didn't stop and see.
Summary: “During the fight with Kronos, something goes wrong. This something is so disastrous, it draws the attention of wizard Newt Scamander, and before you know it, Percy, Nico and Annabeth are shipped off to Hogwarts to compete in a Tournament, with a Dark Lord prophesized to return! AU. Percy at Hogwarts. Post LO. GOF. Percy centric with multiple POVs. Discontinued.”
Full Name: Amelia Bones, Percy Jackson, Moody (yes, Moody)
Sueworts House(s): Quanonreip before I even get into the story. Why? Because if you have that many people calling you out in the reviews regarding Amelia Bones being out of character something is off.
Species: demi-gods and canon characters
Physical Description: nothing specific
Possessions: nothing specific
Origin: My first thought when I read the summary was to ask why Newt was getting involved. Sure, I get the fact he is younger than Dumbledore, but his line or work doesn’t lean in this direction and if he’s in America why isn’t he sending them to the school there. But, as you can see from the summary, this one’s been DISCONTINUED. This made me look at the summary and the first review I saw was, “You clearly have a hard on for the wizards being in control for no reason. The gods wouldn’t put wizards above their children in such a manner. And frankly its unrealistic with how they are acting.”
I get into the actual story and see the writer say, “In this fic, I have taken the cliché ‘Percy goes to Hogwarts’ fic, and attempted to make it more unique.” This is, by the way, a writer who’s only been on the site since May of last year. In fact, this particular story was published only a year after they started.
Connection to Canon: I’m not actually into the story yet, but one of the connections to canon is Amelia Bones apparently being a very major bitch demanding certain things. Whether this is the case or not, I will look and see when I get that point, though the fact someone pointed out it should be MACUSA’s jurisdiction is telling in itself.
The story starts off by recapping the final battle between Kronos and Percy through Percy’s eyes. (Why do I suspect this story will follow GOF plot-point by plot-point? We then switch to Nico’s POV and eventually Annabeth is yelling at Zeus in all caps because he can’t remember Percy’s name among other things while Hades tells his son he is proud of him.
This is where they decided to pack the demigods off to Hogwarts while saying “I am more than happy to receive requests for minor Ocs or mini plots.” Actually, what happens is Zeus loses Percy and Newt finds him and brings him into the care of Albus. Amelia gets lectured about him not being a wizard because she’s sure he is while the camp holds a funeral for Percy because it happened in canon and for some reason Percy ending up there instead of where he does in his canon makes sense.
Suddenly, the Wizards show up with Percy hurah and Annabeth gets excited and rushes forward only to get knocked back by a spell Moody sends her way. (Okay. Moody is being added to the list as is Percy.) Then he’s in the infirmary with Annabeth beside him. Then the prophesies are given despite not being relevant to the plot, which may be worse than making up the plots, but Chiron starts talking about Demigod’s magic while shopping in Diagon Alley because for some reason all the kids are now going to attend Hogwarts.
That’s mid way through the third chapter and, not including the author’s note, there are nine chapters with around 27k in words, so I’m not even a third of what’s there. Some of the titles I’ve not read include, “Basket Case”, “Sheeple of Britian” and “American Idiot”.
Special Abilities: We’ve yet another story where the demigods participate in the GOF tournament.
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Notes: This is just me. If you want the Percy Jackson characters to participate in the GOF tournament, why not have them attend the American school rather than the camp while having said school invited in addition to the schools normally associated with the tournament? Also, putting the original story into the first person POV of someone present for the events doesn’t make your story unique.
The writer is also convinced regarding the requests they receive, “such requests help fluff out fanfics, and also make it a bit more personal to my readers.” This is someone whose only been on the site for a month, but a good writer can do both of those things without taking on requests. A good writer decides where the story goes, but they’re capable of making these decisions on their own.
Of course, it should be admitted that the writer admits this. “When I created my account, I behaved like a spontaneous child: I leapt straight in without a plan, and it shows. In this fic and the other two [that they’re discontinuing], I have sort of stumbled through a plot, with little originality and poor believability. Oh, and not to mention the overwhelming cliché-ness.”
It takes guts to realize that.
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Sample:
???'Albus, it's so good to see you,' Newt said, shaking his hand vigorously.
'I was thinking you'd never turn up,' Mad-Eye grunted. 'You gotta hear what Mr Scamander's got to say. It's reaching the paper tomorrow, but we need yer expertise.'
'Well, I'm here,' Dumbledore replied, slightly irritated. 'Now, what is so important that it requires my presence.'
'So, Albus,' Newt said. 'I was in New York to pick up a Hippogriff from a man by the name of Padfoot. I got it, but the man was cloaked in shadow. Anyway, that isn't the important bit. I was in the town, and all the Muggles just collapsed - asleep. And then hundreds of magical beasts and tribes came marching into war - against a bunch of kids and a lone centaur!' Ah. That must be Chiron and his students.
Albus had known about that realm for quite some time, with him and Chiron keeping a mutual eye upon each other. At the fall of the Plantagenet's, the two worlds - Greek and Wizarding, were forced into hiding. Demigods and Gods faded into legend, with only Chiron and the Headmaster of Hogwarts knowing about the others' existence. There was some sort of connection between the two worlds, but Chiron was not willing to explain. And now it seemed the Worlds were about to rediscover each other.
'But then I saw it,' Newt continued. 'Aa floating, burning city, flickering in and out of existence. And it's not magical New York - that's underground. And two specks fell out, and one exploded, causing all this damage. Whatever did this is incredibly powerful, Albus, and we need to find them.'
Albus just stood there. What was he to do? He was sworn on the Styx not to reveal the other world, but it seemed inevitable. Fortunately for him, his dilemma was solved for him.
Newt's eyes widened, and the Aurors stood on guard, staring behind him. Whipping round, Dumbledore was just in time to see a tumbling ball of flames, steadily growing bigger. Within seconds, it reached them, suspended in the air, held up by the wards.
It was a boy, he realised. A boy on fire, in a tattered orange shirt, and ripped jeans. He was barefoot, but had no scratches or burns, just a few old scars. His skin was glowing a soft gold, practically humming with power.
He was not held there for long, however. The invisible shields began to glow a scarlet red, and visible cracks of blue light spread throughout. The boy himself began to glow a dim red, encompassing all exposed flesh. Then, with an audible crash, the wards gave way, and the energy around the boy exploded, knocking them all off of their feet. The boy crashed into the ground, cracking it, skiing scraping against the uneven ground.
Albus was the first back up, rushing over to the boy. A faint bronze glow rose off of him, quickly dissipating, and his exposed skin was raked with thin, bloody cuts and scrapes. Overall, the boy seemed fine, but unconscious - possibly in a coma. The boy was covered in a thin layer of frost, yet was warm to touch, feverish, even. It was strange, Dumbledore thought. He had never seen anything like it.
'He's one of them!' Newt exclaimed, pointing at the shirt. 'All the children were wearing one of those, with the words 'Camp Half Blood' in Greek, and a symbol beneath.'
'Well,' Amelia said at last. 'We'll have to nurse him back to health, and investigate later. Kingsley, can you find us a Hotel? This might take a while.'