Welcome to the Author's notes (Chapter(s) 3) of Harry Potter and the Deal with the Gods.

Thanks much for the views and reviews so far!

The updates for now will continue to be sporadic at best.

Key note(s):

(OvO) repeated will indicate a scene break. It's the only thing that would work, I stopped counting around 50 reuploads!

While Chapter 3 'The Morning After' doesn't necessarily have a scene break, the gap of time while waiting for the Medic crew to arrive is indiscernible to Hadrian. Thus I felt a scene break was fitting to readjust the flow. Still getting issues with uploads, scene breaks disappearing, font/typography changing/resetting to base when I upload. (OvO) repeated will indicate a scene break. It's the only thing that would work, I stopped counting around 50 reuploads!

In this Chapter I attempt to show a little more of the AU world as seen through the eyes of Hadrian. I might re-iterate things in the ANs but it's only to dissuade some questions/comments before they're made.

First up!

Things like Regulus being a factor in Hadrian's upbringing and also Walburga being present. Even Madam Longbottom had a cameo! (To what extent though…who knows? Well I do…but I'm not telling yet)

Then we have!

Mr. Vernon Mr. Dursley Mr. Man? Ever meet someone, and someone calls them Tim? But someone else calls them Timmy…or Timothy….or T-dawg…or DJ F33-NX Gheh-thR? (Hint the gh makes 'fa' sound like in enough.) You just don't know what to call them because they didn't introduce themselves?

Hadrian doesn't know Vernon, and is somewhat polite. Although he seems to have bias against Muggles the fact that Vernon didn't give a specific name he speculates which is the correct one. Dursley Vernon? Vernon Dursley? Is Vernon a name like Sirius 'Padfoot' Black?

And also!

Petunia's reaction to the news of the Potter's deaths. In the original version of the story, a reaction almost nonexistent. That always bugged me, that there was like Nothing there. It always seemed to plain, as if the fact the girls were sisters and best of friends for years before/during her first years of Hogwarts never mattered.

Finally!

Though I touched on this both in Chapters 1-2 Ans. It's something more apparent in this Chapter. Hadrian is rather perceptive for his age.

Now in the Harry Potter series one of the most common things discussed with magic was Theory. Such as Gamp's law of elemental transfiguration. The world seems a mix between memorizing the right spell for the right occasion, and study glyphs for 20 years like enchanters. McGonagall mentions it often enough, as does Flitwick. 20 inches on this spell due Monday!

So, the AU of this (That Regulus touched on) is magic gives Pureblood's an edge to make them smarter/better than 'Muggles'. Maybe in more ways than one. While that may be his Opinion this idea always held weight to me. We've already seen that Wizards and Witches live in average much longer than their Muggle counterparts.

Shown so far, is that he seems naturally more cognitive, rational, and perhaps arrogant. Time will tell how this unfolds later.

The way the story is planned: I cannot stress this enough.

Is for the reader(s) to learn things integral to the story via a method the 'main' character would. This will mean Hadrian will often not know of events that happen when they happen, or even if they happen. He'll also know certain things before others because they simply failed to notice it.

The last thing I really want is for example: Hadrian to be washing his face one day, and you (the Reader(s) to be screaming at him to turn around! Malfoy teamed up with Neville to steal Snape's baby from him, and they've got Muggle Machine guns from Flitwick that they picked up while he was in the shower! Turn around you idiot! You don't know but we do, and we know how it was all done!

I'd much rather Hadrian to turn around, and both him and you (Again the reader(s) to be both surprised, alarmed, and perhaps confused. Hadrian will find out the who, the where, the why of key plot elements or…..he won't. Why did that guy cut you off in traffic and made you late for work? You may Never know. That's part of your life story, and that's okay. Sometimes things happen and we never know why. It's something I find fascinating and horrifying all the same.

Again, thank you for reading, and reviewing (if applicable)! Feel more than free to comment on what you think of the world so far, the writing style, or plot lines that interest you as the appear!