Chapter 1-The Dreams from our Father
Dylan's POV
I was lying in a hidden hammock high above the ground. I was hoping for a peaceful sleep tonight (no demigod dreams, no monsters waking him up to try and eat me) but it appeared that this was not going to happen when I drifted off and immediately found myself in my father's palace. He saw Percy and Jack as well so it appeared that whatever it was Dad wanted done it was supposed to be dome together.
"Hey guys," I greeted my brothers. Jackie was four years younger than me (14) and Percy was only a year younger (17). Technically speaking I was 17 too but I had been a year older than Percy when I had died and been sucked into the life force of the boarders of Camp Half-Blood and made into an Ash Tree. I didn't even understand it; I understood Thalia sure, her father turned her into a tree. Me turning into a tree by being near death near Thalia's Pine Tree and the boarder of Camp Half-Blood, that's what was confusing.
"Hey Dyl, do you know why we're here?" Jack asked him.
"No but this is Dad's palace," I shrugged. A flash of bright light got their attention and after covering their eyes the three demigods turned to see their father smiling at them. Poseidon also looked nervous, not as nervous as when his palace was attacked sure but nervous none the less. "Hey Dad," I said, if only to drop the tension in the room.
"Hello Dylan," their father responded. "There is an important job that Hera, and I need your help with. You know that gods can have different forms; at one point I was even living another life. The form I was in had no idea he was a god or about the oath he made, for about twenty-one years I was James Potter. I was married to Lily Evans who I now know was possessed by another goddess her whole life. Hera who Lily both respected and feared wished for demigod children. Hera wanted to show Zeus that she could have children without him while also not cheating—"
"But Hera hates demigods! Why would she want children?" Jack asked, for the first time in a while sounding confused. Jackie was smart—like child of Athena smart. It irritated the goddess to no end that her rival's child was as smart as one of her own.
"Hera wanted to show Zeus that if she had demigod children then they could be as great as one of his. She was tired of his children getting all the glory and fame when he had to cheat to have the demigods. She blessed Lily so that any child of Lily's would be hers."
"But Lily was already possessed. Wouldn't that mean that any kids would be Thrice-Blessed demigods? That's never even been heard of!" Jackie exclaimed, an almost excited look on his face.
"Yes, as well as a descendant of Hades," Poseidon answered.
"So with that much godly blood wouldn't he be a god?" Percy asked sounding confused. 'Well at least that was normal' I thought.
"No, because James Potter, and Lily Evans were mortal when we possessed and blessed them they're still part mortal. They're just godlings, more powerful than regular demigods but less powerful than a god."
"Oh, ok, wait did you say they!?"Percy asked, shocked. I didn't blame him.
"Yes, in my time as James Potter, Lily and I had two sons. Hadrian is almost 14 a few months younger than Jack. James who was named after me is almost 13 a year younger than Hadrian. I will warn you in their world they know about demigods and it's even legal to use their blood for rituals."
"They're wizards!" My brothers and I exclaimed, angry and upset. Not many demigods were wizards because in many places it was legal to use their blood for rituals that would take their power and essentially kill them. In the American Ministry of Magic it was declared illegal to do such a thing but in most of the world it was legal. Like Britain for example, the British wizarding world was so extremely prejudiced that the American Ministry wanted nothing to do with it. Here in America demigods were accepted for what they were, so were werewolves, vampires, ect. After all it's no like you chose to be what you were.
"Yes," Poseidon responded calmly as if a big bomb hadn't just been dropped.
"Please don't tell us they're British wizards," Jack spat out. Percy and I understood his anger, In Britain Dark Magic was illegal bur many still practiced it. Necromancy was strictly illegal and even children or descendants of Hades could no perform this 'seriously Dark Magic.' Nico di Angelo Jack's best friend, cousin, was a son of Hades and therefore a necromancer.
"Yes, and that is why you must help them. Their godly powers are starting to show and Albus Dumbledore will use them more than he is now. Many demigods are already at Hogwarts. Two of my daughters are starting Hogwarts and their younger sister will be starting next year. You must warn them about Albus Dumbledore."
Who are the demigods in Hogwarts and do they know what they are?" Jack asked.
"Here is a list of the demigods at Hogwarts, some of them are there to protect the Potters. Like my mortal friends children Alexander and Elizabeth Black and Cole Lupin." Poseidon looked a little nervous when he mentioned Cole, like he was hiding something. We'd have to look into that. For now we needed to find the demigods before this Dumbledore person.
The List
Name
Godly Parent or Heritage
Knowledge of Godly Heritage (Yes/No)
Alexander Black
Hecate
Yes
Elizabeth Black
Hecate
Yes
Regulus Black
Hecate
Yes
Luna Lovegood
Athena and descendant of Apollo
Yes
Hermione Granger
Twice-Blessed Athena Aphrodite
No
Minevera McGonagall
Athena
Yes
Cedric Diggory
Aphrodite
No
Cho Chang
Aphrodite
No
Lavender Brown
Aphrodite
No
Draco Malfoy
Hermes descendant of Aphrodite
No
Jezabel Malfoy
Hermes descendant of Aphrodite
No
Seamus Finnegan
Hephaestus
No
Dean Thomas
No
Raven Lestrange
Eris
Yes
Cole Lupin
Blocked
Yes
Blaise Zabini
Apollo
No
Padma Patil
Apollo
No
Parvarti Patil
Apollo
No
Neville Longbottom
Demeter
No
Oliver Wood
Nike
Yes
Ashley Coral
Poseidon
No
Allison Coral
Poseidon
No
Abigail Coral
Poseidon
No
Scotty Snape
Melinoe
Yes
"I thought your friend only had two kids," Percy said confused.
"That's his brother's son, Regulus was named after his father," their father answered.
"Ok, but he has the same godly mother," Percy continued still confused.
"Gods don't care," Jackie reminded him before their father could answer. "Who made this list?" he asked suddenly.
"Athena, Hephaestus, Apollo, and Hecate. They all worked together using their powers and knowledge to find demigods. Hecate has been very disappointed in her blessed mortals and descendants in Britain, Scotland, and Germany lately."
"Because of the prejudice," I guessed, and Poseidon nodded sadly. "How is Cole Lupin blocked?" I asked.
"His mother doesn't want it known who they are," Poseidon again looked nervous at the mention of Cole Lupin. He was hiding something obviously about Cole.
"It's ok you can tell us," Jack told their father, "We won't tell anyone."
"I'm sorry but it is forbidden to tell, and has been kept secret for centuries. Only the Blacks know of his godly parent and have sworn on the River Styx not to tell anyone, as he has of them."
"Why?" Jack asked, "We know it's Hecate." It appeared we were not supposed to know the answer because they were waking up. "Hold up," Jack's voice faded, "What secret, who's Cole's parent?"
I looked around, I was no longer in the treetops of some random forest. I remember this cabin from last year before I went off to hunt monsters for sport. Percy and Jackie were there too, All their bags were packed with all their weapons and godly food, there was even snacks and extra pairs of clothes. Well I guess we got a quest!
Authors Note
I hope the explanation about the ash tree explained about Dylan. You'll get to see who the Potters other parent is in the next chapter. I hope you liked the Potters two parents and who they are descendants of. The Potter brothers won't be ultra powerful, they will have weaknesses. Dumbledore isn't evil, just misguided, he may turn full evil or turn good in the end. Tell me if you want Severus Snape to be biased towards Poseidon because of James Potter. I like both irrationally biased Snape and good, helpful Snape so tell which one you want. Snape will not be evil.
Review or I'll have to decide by myself.
RosettaRoseburn out!