Heart of the Jungle

Prologue

I do not own Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, or Hercules

J. K. Rowling, Rick Riordan, and Steve Moore do.

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Authors notes: Having gotten permission from WhiteTigerWolf to use her Hercules One Shot, and after seeing the movie with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, this came to me days after buying and watching the movie, so review and let me know what you think.

Prologue

"I hope you have found peace my son, no one deserves it more."

The spirit of the man, once known as Hercules, Champion of both Greece and Thrace, heard his mothers words, even from within the afterlife's version of Heaven, Elysium. He had learned shortly after the deaths of the Tyrants King Lord Cotys and King Eurystheus, the truth of his origin. Hera came to him, his friends, and allies shortly after the destruction of her statue that resulted in the death of King Eurystheus and many of his men that Hercules and his brothers and sister in all but blood had trained.

Her appearance warranted Hercules to almost attack her until she commanded him to stop and listen. His pause allowed her to reveal the truth about who he really was and their connection to each other, and that he was not the son of Zeus, but he was her son, the son of Hera, Queen of the Gods of Olympus. That his true name was Heracles, that she had taken a piece of herself and placed it within Alcmene, allowing his birth to be possible. But the death of his Wife, his Children, and the death of his brother Tydeus was too much, weighing heavily on his heart, and shortly thereafter, Hercules was found dead in his bed, having voluntarily drank a poison that ensured he would be dead before anyone could stop it. He died in peace, much to Hera's broken heart. Almost two days later, he was cremated as was tradition as he was given his last rites. His fellow warriors consisting of Autolycus, Atalanta, and Amphiaraus had faded into obscurity, leaving behind story's of the great hero Hercules as their children listened, even for the last of the great hero's blood kin and nephew Iolaus who also made sure his Uncle would be remembered, even when he swore to Lady Hera that he would make sure Hercules was remembered as one of the greatest alongside the Heroes who came before him.

And now, centuries later, even in Elysium, his family and friends who was currently with him had heard Hera wishing for her sons peace alongside the Goddesses son. Alcmene, Megara, and Hercules and his children were permitted a home within the Hall of Heroes, where he belonged. He was currently laughing in good fun due to his children playing with their father as his mother, wife, nephew, and adopted Kin watched from nearby, his sons wrestling with him on the ground while his daughter played with his hair and braiding it. It was then, an unexpected arrival of an unknown being came before him in a flash of light with the sound of what sounded like wings echoing around the room.

He stood quickly, gently pushing his children behind him, his friends stood beside him the second he jumped to his feet, his fist bared. Alcmene and Megara moving the children off to the side. Though they were in what appeared to be in a small home with plenty of room, the son of Hera and and his comrades stood beside him, protecting Alcmene, Megara, and the children as they remained behind the fighters.

The being that stood before them had on a white two piece suit, with short golden blond hair and blue eyes, and a gentle smile.

It was Amphiaraus who spoke first as this person seemed to be suspiciously familiar and resonated a peaceful yet warrior-esque aura, "Who are you, what do you want?"

"I am Michael, and I have need of you, as well as your brothers and sister in arms."

Hercules, with his hair pulled back and tied off due to his little girl having had fun time with her father at his Mother, wife, and friends amusement, wearing the same clothes he wore when he died, asked, "What do want us for?"

"It is not I that wants you, truthfully, but my father. He who has higher power than the Gods of Olympus, including having power over Death that not even the Gods can dispute. He sends me with a message, and an offer."

"What offer?" Hercules asked.

"Rebirth. All of you, yes, even Megara and your children are being given a chance to be reborn. But there is a catch."

"Which is?" Autolycus asked with his head held high. He knew that such offers almost always came at a cost.

"There is a war going on within the Magical Realm that Hecate and the other so-called Gods of Magic are responsible for creating. Mainly in Great Britain. We want you to stop it. In doing so, should you choose to accept, and I hope you do, you will remember who you really are when you all reach the age of 11. You will be gifted with Magical Cores marking you as witches and wizards. You will also feel a pull to an undisclosed land together so that upon visual contact, you will know who each other are. Hercules, your strength will be enhanced threefold, though you will need to take control of your life at that time as I will send a care package to you with a set of instructions on what to do. As for the others, Autolycus, Atalanta, Amphiauraus, Tydeus, and yes, even you Iolaus will have your own unique set of skills enhanced three-fold."

"What are we meant to do once we find each other?" Atalanta asked.

"The Monster that currently plagues Great Britains Magical Population has committed a most heinous act through murder. And he will again unless you all stop him. The moment you find one another, the set of instructions left to you by my father will help you prepare yourselves. Hercules, I'm sorry to say, that the parents you will be reborn to will not live much longer and have already been promised a place in my fathers kingdom. But the moment they fall, Hera will have already known of your rebirth, collect you, and will take you to prepare you for the task that lies ahead, as your adventures will not stop there. She may be Queen of Olympus, but even she answers to a higher authority and will be all too happy to accept the mission that will be given to her."

Hercules turned to Megara who he looked to for guidance as she smiled and with her children in front of her, they came before the son of Hera and kissed her husband on the lips. "Megara?" He softly spoke as he looked into her eyes.

"I'm willing my love. This is our second chance, and a second chance to watch our children grow without having to be afraid of Kings like Eurystheus, Cotys, or even Zeus."

Tydeus grasped his brothers shoulder and nodded with a firm grunt.

"Save the magical world. I don't know about the rest of you, but it sounds like it could be fun." Amphiaraus said with a smile and a chuckle, looking at his friends faces of both being unsure and wanting to give it a go. His tri-blabe staff at his side as the others weapons somehow appeared within their hands. Even Hercules' War club appeared in his hands as his decision was finalized upon his wife giving her support. Looking to the others, Autolycus, Iolaus, and Tydeus, all who nodded that they were up for another adventure.

Hercules then looked to his children and knelt so they could wrap their arms around him in love and support. "We'll see you again soon, right Papa?" his daughter asked of him.

Hercules just smiled and nodded his head as he hugged his children one last time, "Of course we will, my daughter and sons, of course we will." he then stood and turned back to the one called Michael. "We'll do it."

"Good. You won't have to worry about Zeus as you will all be agents of my father who will protect you from the Olympian King, and should you run into the one who tarnished your name, well, he's free game. Hera will be the only one who will be in on everything that happens from here on.

"When do we leave?" Hercules asked.

Michael smiled softly, "You already have." Before Hercules and the others knew it, there was a bright light, and then they were all gone.

Back on Olympus

Hera's Temple

Hera, Queen of the Gods was currently weeping in her bed within her temple before a soft and yet unfamiliar voice whispered into her ear, bringing her back to reality as she turned and noticed the room where her favored son, the true Hercules' weapon, the War Club, lay as it shined brightly for a few moments and then returned to its original lighting. Hera quickly sprang from her bed and ran to the place where her sons weapon had lain and noticed it was gone, with a note replacing it. It simply said, "He has returned. The bond between you both is open once more. Find him and the others. My father has chosen a suitable location for him and the others in which to train. He and the others will be safe from Zeus, you have my word and the word of my father. Upon his retrieval, the location of the others, their new names and the identities of who they once were, will be revealed as will the location of the safe haven to which they will train. Prepare yourself Goddess Hera, and Good luck. Signed, Gabriel."

Hera gasped as a hand flew to her mouth in shock. She knew who Gabriel was, and that the true God had chosen to act through his Angels. Not wasting anymore time, she rushed to her room and began to plan and then when she was ready, she stretched out her senses and found him. Her son had been reborn to a magical couple in the ancient castle of Hogwarts in Scotland, in the Magical World of Great Britain.

Hera watched, invisible to all as her son took her first breath of life again. His name was Harry James Potter. To Hera, he will always be Heracles, and to most who heard of his legends, Hercules.

To the Greengrass family, A young blond child had been born as Daphne Ann, but in truth, she was Megara, wife of Hercules.

To the Grangers, Hermione Granger looked up as an unknown force spoke to her as she smiled, Atalanta, though not yet wakened, did stir.

To the Malfoy family, though the world would know him a Draco Abraxas Malfoy, truthfully, he was Autolycus.

Of the Longbottoms, Tydeus too stirred within the child called Neville Longbottom who slept several feet from his Godbrother.

Of the Lovegood's, when the death of Selene Lovegood came about, Amphiaraus would awaken within the body of Luna Lovegood, something that Autolycus would one day tease her about, though only as a brother would tease his sister.

Of the Creevy's within a year, Colin Creevy, reborn from the spirit of Iolaus would be born.

Alcmene and her grandchildren watched from a special viewing image that sprang before them, as they watched each and every individual member of their family was being reborn one after the other in time. As for Hera, she placed her own special protections on her son as she listened to the old man known as Albus Dumbledore inform two families, the Potters and the Longbottoms about a prophecy. She hated prophecies and looked through the old man's soul and saw the treacherous thoughts running through his head and heart and decided to implement her own plans into motion. And she started by speaking to the goblins who knew of her and listened to her as well as followed her orders should either the Potters and or the Longbottoms fall. Ragnok, King of the Goblins would ensure her orders were followed to the letter as he had no wish to anger the Gods, let alone someone like Hera whose temper was legendary.

Hera watched from afar knowing she could not interfere in the Potters and Longbottoms life until the right moment. She was saddened to watch the lives of both of the newly made parents she had watched over for over a year, one whose lives had been snuffed out by the mad man plaguing the magical world as well as his followers, the other tortured to insanity. When he turned his wand on her son, she acted. Before he could utter a single letter that began the deadliest curse known to the Magical World that had taken many lives including the Potters, she raised her hand and released a beam of pure energy that incinerated him. She had already transported the body of James Potter to her temple to receive his last rites after sensing the danger around their home. Moments after her arrival, when she saw the body of James Potter whose face had a look of agony upon it, but was lifeless, she softened his face and closed his eyes, waved her hand over the body, and watched it disappear before ascending the stairs quickly, as they led to the room her son was currently in with his other mother Lily Potter and the monster Lord Voldemort. The moment she saw Lily fall to the curse, her senses allowed her to realize what the man that was Voldemort had done to himself by binding his soul to the living realm. When he raised his wand to her son, she reacted as any mother would and destroyed him and his wand in a single blast of her Godly powers. She then found his specter attempting to attack her son again when it rose, looked upon her and then her son. Not having it, she smacked him away with the back of her hand before his ghastly essence could touch her son, and watched as he was sent flying from the burning wreckage of the room and into the night. Not stopping there, she then closed Lily Potter's eyes and also sent her to her temple for her last rites as well. Hera then took little Harry James Potter into her arms and fussed over his crying form until he grew silent and fell asleep within her arms. Safe and secure, she then transfigured a purse-like bag from thin air and summoned all of his things his parents bought for him and even shrank his crib and placed it inside the bag.

Hearing a voice downstairs and recognizing it to be Sirius Black, she silently, yet quickly walked downstairs to speak to the man with Harry now asleep, yet nuzzling against and upon her left breast. As she did, her Godly senses went on alert as one of the Wizards responsible for the Potters death, was currently in the house, and trying to sneak into the upstairs bedroom. With a quick wave of her hand, she reversed the animagus form of Peter Pettigrew and looked upon him with hate. A beam of red light caught Pettigrew in the back as Sirius came forward with his wand held aloft. Pettigrew dropped unconscious as if his strings were cut. Hera further bound Pettigrews animagus form and then looked at Sirius Black who now trained his wand on her.

"Who are you? Why do you have my Godson?" he growled. "Where is James. Is Lily alive?"

"Calm yourself, Sirius Black. As for who I am, I am Hera, Queen of the Gods of Olympus. And as for why I have Harold, it is because I am his true mother."

"Lily?" Sirius asked wide-eyed, his wand arm dropping.

Smiling, she chuckled softly, yet sadly shook her head, "No. Lily has joined James in Elysium, her body now resides with his inside my temple on Olympus where they will be given their last rites. As for my claim of him being my son, it is because he is Heracles reborn. He was never Zeus' son, he was mine. Now that I have him again, I intend to raise him as I should have the first time in his first life."

"Qu...Queen Hera!" Sirius stammered as his legs gave out on him and he knelt to one knee and bowed his head in submission.

"Rise Sirius Black. I have a mission for you."

As he did, suddenly, a flash was seen overhead by both and a letter fell to the ground. Picking it up, Sirius saw that it was addressed to Hera. Handing it over, she failed to notice Sirius looking upon Pettigrew with hate. Since the envelope was sealed shut, she had Sirius hold her son while she tore open the envelope and read its contents. Her face then took on a smile as she closed the letter and placed it within her bag.

She had Sirius hand her son back as she then informed him to take Pettigrew and send him to the DMLE. Before he could do so, she bound the rat animagus' magic with a mere wave of her hand. She then informed Sirius to meet her at an undisclosed location with Remus Lupin in tow to join her in raising Harry and in finding several other children that needed finding.

Once Sirius was gone with the now rope-bound squib in the side-cart of his magically modified motorbike, Hera too disappeared with Harry in her arms after she used her powers to restore the home and hide it within her own version of the 'Fidelius charm' with herself as the keeper.

When she and Sirius Black went their own separate ways, a Rubeus Hagrid and Severus Snape arrived as Albus Dumbledore ordered them too. Neither could find the Potter Cottage and by the time they returned to Hogwarts to report their findings to the old meddler, it would already be too late as Hera would three steps ahead of the old mans plans.