"Kruphix, the God of the Endless Horizons. He whose form bears similarity to Nyx itself. He who keeps the stars away from mortals, who transcribes the secrets of the world, who lords over the cycle of time. Kruphix of the horizon, of potential, of mystery."
Chapter 2:
The past couple of months were the best times of Harry Potter's life. The Higgins family took the love deprived boy in when they found out that Harry lived alone in the park. He had Eliza and Alexander to thank for that.
He adored Eliza. It was hard not to like the energetic young blonde. But when they weren't playing with Eliza's dolls, he talked with Alexander. That was a friendship he never expected to take off. When they first met, Alexander was guarded and he stared at Harry in a way that made the younger boy uncomfortable. The incident at the restaurant changed things though and the two boys gained a mutual understanding for each other.
They were gods.
It wasn't quite as simple as that, though. Harry hasn't really managed to do anything out of the ordinary other than moving from place to place instantaneously, a little feat that Alexander called "teleportation". Apparently, the older boy heard the term in one of those science fiction thingies.
According to the older boy, gods supposedly gain power through worship. Harry didn't think anyone would worship someone as young as he was. Then Alexander said something about not actually worshipping per se but merely the act of acknowledging their realms. This made even less sense to Harry. So, Alexander had to explain the finer details of godhood to a nine-year old, using himself as an example.
Alexander Higgins was Heliod. God of the Sun. Wielder of the Sun Spear, Khrusor. And his power is drawn from the moments when the morals celebrate the rising or setting of the sun. From the way mortals acknowledge the sun as it moves across the sky. From the very first glance that mortals send to the sun whenever they escape from the clutches of sleep.
Harry found the entire lecture boring. Then they had to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what exactly being the God of Horizons means. It was something that would stump the two of them for quite a while.
For now, Alexander's parents, as well as Eliza, were calling for them. And both boys agreed, that a trip to the zoo sounded nice.
-Horizons-
Great Britain took some getting used to. The climate was cold, quite unlike the omnipresent tropical heat of the Philippine Islands. The vast majority of people were white. And the feel of magic in the air is more palpable.
But the black haired boy was here on business. Someone, or something, was capable of moving instantaneously across the folds of space like he was. It was interesting and the feeling of knowing about it despite being halfway around the world was rather new. It was like a pinging sound in his head, a voice that says "Someone is trespassing in your territory." And for all intents and purposes, someone was.
It wasn't like the transportation ability of the wand wavers. Something they called Apparation. It was different. More refined, yet more natural. As if that was simply how the being travelled, nothing more, nothing less. Quite similar to what he himself does. The same mode of transportation that brought him to England all the way from the Philippines, completely ignoring the boundaries set by local wand wavers. Wards, they are called, if he remembered correctly.
Following the traveller's trail was easy for someone like him. It was to be expected though. It fell within his realm and the disturbance in the fabric of space was rather easy to find. No, what had the teen worried was what he may find at the end of the trail. Few beings could travel as he does, considering who and what he is.
The trail led him to a zoo, of all places, and he had to suppress a snort. The clerk in the ticket booth didn't give him a single glance as he passed. Neither did the guards. Entrances were a specialty of his, after all.
-Horizons-
Harry Potter was talking to a snake. A large boa constrictor who, despite the reptile's lack of eyelids, managed to wink at him. Mrs. Higgins laughed at him, saying that he had a healthy imagination. Eliza was asking him what the snake was saying. And so, Harry Potter ended up translating for the girl. Said girl then wanted to set the snake free so he could go back to Brazil. Alexander Higgins was amused.
Still, while the young wizard was having fun with the nice family who took him in, he couldn't help but feel that he was being watched.
"What's wrong?"
It would seem that the concern was showing on his face as Eliza was now peering up at him curiously.
He shook his head. No need to tell her that they were probably being watched by an unknown person.
-Horizons-
The boy was talking to a snake. It may seem like he was just hissing and spouting random nonsense to the little girl beside him about the snake missing Brazil. But he knew better. The boy could talk to snakes. The college student shook his head.
This was what I was following? A kid?
A kid who had an unusual ability to talk to snakes.
Pharika?
No. The Serpent Goddess wouldn't take the form of a young boy. Perhaps if it was the young girl beside him, it would make more sense. Or maybe the boy was merely blessed by the Goddess? It would seem possible, considering the number of mortals he himself has acknowledged with certain boons. Gods were awesome like that.
But the Serpent Goddess didn't have the power to grant mortals the ability of instantaneous travel. It simply wasn't within her realm.
Could it be Phenax? Nyx knows that while not at the same level as Pharika, Phenax had an unhealthy interest in serpentkind. But he already knew what form Phenax took. At least, he thought he knew. He wouldn't put it past the sneaky bastard to have some kind of shapeshifting ability. But once again, it was the instantaneous travel that stumped him. He was well aware of Phenax's mode of transportation. He should be. There lies his center of power. But this one was different. Only one other being can travel with the same ease that this boy could. That being was himself.
This didn't make sense. And things that didn't make sense interested him. This boy would prove amusing to watch. Who cares about Biology assignments anyway?
He was a god after all.
-Horizons-
"Heliod, the God of The Sun. Heliod, whose bright presence blocks the mortal view of dark, starry Nyx. He who brings greatest aid, and strictest justice. His spear, Khrusor, follows the sun's path, smiting the wicked with divine retribution."