AN: Okay after a long time here is the next chapter, i hope you all enjoy and i am sorry for the wait, but the next chapter might not be ready for a while so please have patience.
"WAKE UP DADDY! WE'RE GOING ON A QUEST!"
"I'M UP! Now get off my back little lady you're getting heavy."
Rosaline slapped Harry on the back and he chuckled "I am not fat!"
Harry smiled as he rolled over and began to tickle her relentlessly, Rosaline squealed and Harry smiled "I never said that my Princess is fat, my little Princess is the cutest in the land."
"That maybe so but your Princess needs air just like the rest of us."
Harry let Rosa go and smiled when he saw Zoe Nightshade standing in the doorway to his room "Hey there Zoe how's the hunt?"
Zoe nodded to him with a slight smile "The hunt goes well when you don't interrupt."
"Daddy interrupted Zoe during a hunt." Rosa giggled.
"I did not young lady, Zoe and the others were nowhere near when I engaged the Nemean Lion, now that that is settled, what brings you here?"
"We're going on a quest Daddy!" Harry raised an eyebrow at Zoe who nodded and Rosa continued "Aunt Artemis is sending us to find her sword that was left in Greek long ago."
"Rosaline, it's Greece not Greek, Greek are the people that live in Greece, but she is right, Lady Artemis has asked me to find her blade that was lost eons ago in Greece, so I decided to bring you and Rosaline with me. Do you agree?"
Harry nodded as he helped Rosa up "Sounds like fun to me, we just need to let the Headmaster know that I'll be gone. Now unless you want to see me naked you should leave so I can take a shower and get ready."
Rosa giggled when Zoe's face turned red as she blushed and left with Rosa. After he was done in the shower Harry got dressed in a dark green button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a pair of black jeans and his comfy sneakers.
"So Zoe, where will this quest take us, where was the Blade of Artemis last seen?"
Zoe turned and stopped going through his homework "To Greece, we are headed to the ancient temple of Pandora in the Desert of Lost Souls."
Harry stopped and looked at her "Are you serious?"
Zoe nodded and Harry buckled slightly as Rosa jumped on his back from behind "Yeah, Piggyback Ride, mush Daddy!"
Harry smiled and headed out the door with Zoe following him, once they exited the Headboy's room Harry found Susan, Hannah and Justin "Hey Harry, we're going to watch the Quidditch team practice, you want to come with- Who is that?"
Zoe stood next to Harry and immediately all the girls in the room felt ugly and inadequate next to the amazing form of Zoe Nightshade, and Rosa popped her head over Harry's shoulder and smiled "HI!"
Susan and Hannah were shocked and waved at Rosa while Harry smiled slightly "This is Zoe, and this is my daughter Rosaline, and sorry guys but we're going on a kind of vacation so I'll see you when I get back."
Harry, Zoe and Rosa had no idea as they headed for the Headmasters office that rumours were beginning to spread already about Harry, his apparent wife Zoe and their daughter Rosaline.
"Come in Harry, you too Ms Nightshade."
Harry, Zoe and Rosa entered the office to find Albus going over his paperwork "And this must be little Rosaline, or do you prefer Rosa."
Rosa smiled from Harry's back and said "Rosa please Mr Dumbles."
Albus laughed and motioned for them to sit down "So what brings you here?"
"A quest given to me by Lady Artemis, I was asked to take Rosaline and Harry with me to recover her Blade lost in the ancient Temple of Pandora when Lady Artemis and Lady Athena oversaw its construction."
"I see, this will be a very difficult quest, not to offend Rosa but are you sure it wise to take her along with you?"
"Rosa will come to no harm, she knows to leave the fighting to us and cover us from a distance with Blue Rose or her bow, don't you Rosa."
Rosa nodded suddenly very serious "Yes, Aunt Artemis explained that if I get involved Zoe and Daddy will be distracted worrying for me and could be hurt or worse."
Harry smiled and kissed her on the forehead and Zoe nodded "Very good Rosaline, this will be good experience for her, one day I hope when my time comes she will take my place at my Ladies side as her Lieutenant."
Rosa smiled "That won't happen because Zoe can't be beaten!"
Albus smiled as Zoe began to speak with Rosa and he turned back to Harry "Harry have you gotten your armour back from Lord Hephaestus?" Harry shook his head and Albus nodded and retrieved the Armour and Helm of Achilles and handed them to Harry, Zoe saw this and went silent "Harry, you are a fine warrior, it is time this armour was passed on to someone worthy, you are worthy, so wear this armour with pride and honour."
Harry took the armour and carefully placed it on the desk, he then tore of his shirt and went to place the armour over his chest but Zoe stopped him, she took the chest armour and placed it over his toned chest and began to carefully tie it shut, then she placed the grieves on his arms and shins and then bowed to him as she handed him the Helm "You are a great warrior and you are indeed worthy of this armour, I knew of Achilles, if they tell stories of me, tell them that I walked in the time of Achilles, you and he are remarkably similar, tell me, what is your dream?"
"Immortality, I want my name to go down as one of the greatest hero's that ever lived."
Zoe smiled at him "Just like Achilles, he fought for immortality just like you, he succeeded and now I can't help but hope that you too will succeed."
Harry smiled and summoned the Shield of Helios, he examined the shield carefully and smiled, he then summoned Velox Mors in its sword form and slid it into the holder on the inside of the shield meant for a sword, he then drew his wand and conjured two ancient Greek Spears and held both in his right hand. Albus and Zoe smiled at the look while Rosa laughed "Daddy looks like the Greek warriors in the stories Aunt Artemis tells me."
"You look like a true warrior Harry, if I were younger and not nearing the end of my journey I would fight beside you."
Harry smiled at the aged wizard and shook his hand "The honour would have been mine sir."
"It's time we should be going."
Harry nodded to Zoe and took Rosa's hand and then Zoe's and the three of them vanished in a flash of moonlight.
As soon as they landed Harry raised his shield to block the sand form buffeting Zoe and Rosa "Where is the temple from here?"
Zoe looked around before she pointed "That way, we need to find the entrance to a temple hidden by the raging sands, and then we go through the temple and find the desert."
Harry nodded and led them through the sands with his shield in front of them to protect from the sands, along the way they could hear the sound of sensual voices singing in the sands and Rosa glared around her at the sands "Stupid Banshee's. Stay away from my Daddy!"
Harry blushed in embarrassment while Zoe laughed "That is what the English call them, we call them Sirens Rosaline."
Rosa pouted "I don't care what I call them" she showed Blue Rose to Zoe "They come near my Daddy and they'll get it just like the last one." Harry sighed and continued to lead the way, and after what seemed like hours they reached a large stone temple which would have been considered small back in ancient Greece.
Harry kept his eyes on the sands for enemies while Zoe searched for a way to open the door "Okay, I believe that I need to kill three Sirens to open the door, You two stay here while I go search for them, from my understanding this area is an unending sandstorm formed by the gods long ago to protect the temple, one side is meet by stone walls and the other a cliff, this area is near where Athens once stood."
Harry nodded "Right, Rosa and I shall stay here," He handed her a small stone after he enchanted it and another "If you get lost then hold this stone up and it will lead you to this stone here with me."
Zoe nodded and then turned and marched off into the sands.
"Daddy" Harry turned and stabbed his spears into the ground before he sat next to Rosa "can I ask you something?"
"Of course you can, what's on your mind?"
"Aunt Artemis said that you and Annybeth aren't in love anymore."
Harry sighed but he had known that this was coming sooner or later "It's true. Annabeth and I aren't in love anymore."
"But why, you told me that you were in love, did you just stop being in love?"
Harry scratched his chin "No, I love- I loved Annabeth with all my heart, but she hurt me deeply, she betrayed me and now I can't be near her without it hurting."
"But any wounds should have healed, was the wound really that bad?"
Harry smiled and hugged her "She didn't hurt my flesh, she hurt my heart" Harry watched as a white spectral magic soul flew into the door "Did you hear about our last quest?"
Rosa nodded and buried her head into his side "Yeah, I was so sad when they said you died, but I didn't believe them, and I was right!"
Harry smiled at her as a second Siren magic soul entered the door "Well I tried to protect Annabeth and almost died, but when I returned to camp I found her with Percy."
"But isn't Percy your friend, how did that hurt you?"
Harry sighed "One day you'll understand, until then, just know that Annabeth hurt me and I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive her."
Rosa nodded and being smart for her age could tell this topic was hurting her father so she changed it "Do you think I'll ever get to go to Camp?"
Harry smiled at her "Do you want to go to Camp?" Rosa nodded "Then you shall, I'll speak with Aunt Artemis when this quest is done. But you might have to wait a few years until you're older."
Rosa whined and Harry chuckled "But I don't want to wait Daddy, please!"
Harry had to look away from the dreaded Puppy-Dog-Eyes lest he cave in to her demands but he found himself looking at her and he caved "Okay, I'll see what I can do."
Rosa smiled and cheered and then tried to grab the third magic Siren Soul as it passed and entered the door which began to shake and then slowly opened, a moment later Zoe appeared and Harry smiled "You did that awfully fast."
Zoe scowled at him "I do not like to keep Lady Artemis waiting."
Harry smiled and bowed and motioned with his arm for her to lead "Well then by all means please don't let me keep you my dear Lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis."
Rosa giggled as she followed Harry and Zoe into the ancient temple.
Harry's reflex's proved to once again be the best as he grabbed both Zoe and Rosa by their shirts and stopped them.
"You two should be paying more attention to where you're going."
Zoe scowled "We aren't all blessed with your eyes."
Harry smiled as he stepped forwards and the hall way that they had been walking down suddenly ended and dropped down into another area which was lit up by many torches around the room revealing a primitive conveyer belt and at the end was a large wooden spiked log that rotated and crushed anything that got caught in it. He examined the room carefully and when he looked down he saw that a section of the wall beneath him could be lifted like a door of sorts. He looked down the conveyer belt and saw a high entrance at the other end.
"Okay you two head down and get to the far end and keep an eye open for any monsters while I check this door here."
Zoe looked and shook her head "We can't reach that height."
Harry sighed and nodded "Wait here."
Harry dropped down and grabbed the bronze bar and lifted, it was difficult as he was standing on the edge of the conveyer belt, but with a heave he lifted the door and found a large stone block, he grabbed the block and began to pull, slowly the stone began to move and he began to try and push it along the conveyer belt as it moved in the opposite direction.
But as he did un-dead warriors began to rise from the conveyer belt in a portal of black smoke, Zoe began to fire rapidly at them while Rosa started giggling as she was shooting the un-dead soldiers in the head.
Harry smiled he continued to push the stone slab towards the high exit and when he reached it he stopped pushing but the stone slab began to move with the conveyer belt "Damn, you two need to make your way here and climb now!"
Rosa was the first, she jumped onto a corpse soldier and fired and bolt into its head, she smiled and began to run through the group of un-dead soldiers towards Harry and when she reached him she jumped up on the stone and then jumped up and just managed to grab the ledge and pull herself up, once she had she turned and began to shot at the Un-dead soldiers again while Zoe drew her hunting knife and began to cut through the un-dead soldiers as she made her way to Harry, but as she did she saw an un-dead try to attack Harry from behind, she threw her knife at it striking it in the back of the head.
"Thanks Zoe, now hurry it up!"
Zoe smirked and instead of jumping of the stone slab she jumped up of Harry's shoulders, Harry glared as he spun and impaled an un-dead soldier with the spears in his right hand once he picked them up of the slab and then turned back and climbed up with Zoe and Rosa "Well that was fun."
The three adventurers made their way to the end of the temple, and once they were out they found a large horn and a wall of a sandstorm, Harry shrugged his shoulders and went to blow the horn, as he did the sandstorm began to part revealing a path through the desert.
The three of them started running not knowing how long the path would remain and within a minute they reached a large stone platform on a cliff that overlooked the Desert of Lost Souls, and there, of in the distance was the enormous Temple of Pandora.
"Well there, it is, but how do we get to it."
Zoe shrugged "I don't know, but we can't cross the desert, we wouldn't make it anywhere near the Temple."
Harry smiled suddenly catching the eye of Rosa "I think Daddy has an idea."
Zoe turned to see Harry step forwards and begin to change, slowly the Son of Apollo changed from a human to a creature was about half as large as an elephant, it had four legs and the body type of a leopard or panther, its torso was like a leopards, as was its hind quarters until you got to its legs, all four of which were like a leopards at first before ending in large talons like a bird of some sort, on its back were two large wings big enough to support the large size of the creature and fly with ease and its head was very much like a leopards but with the eyes of a bird and a what appeared to be a long line of poison green feathers along its spine and wings.
Harry had completed the animagus transformation; he lowered himself to the ground and motioned with his head for them to climb on his back. Rosa climbed up immediately almost pulling out some fur in the process while Zoe was cautious and carefully climbed up and perched herself behind the wing joints while Rosa sat up in front of them so she could pet Harry's furred and feathered head.
Harry rose to his feet and without a moments warning he jumped of the edge of the platform and began to free fall, Zoe couldn't help herself and screamed while Rosa screamed like it was a roller-coaster, and before he reached the desert floor he opened his wings and began to soar towards the Temple of Pandora of in the Desert of Lost Souls.
Harry in his animagus form, which he had discovered was a hybrid between a Phoenix, most likely given to him by Hecate, and a Nundu, a creature that breaths plagues that can wipe out an entire village, no doubt the personification of his father's Godhood over Plague, Harry swooped down and landed on a large open area on the temple, Zoe and Rosa dismounted and Harry changed back, they looked around and found bones all over the place.
"This place needs a decorator quick, fast and in a hurry."
Rosa giggled while Zoe shook her head "Fool."
Harry just grinned and led the way towards the stone steps that led upwards to the entrance of the temple "Anyone else getting the feeling that this is to easy."
Rosa nodded and stayed behind Harry while Zoe had her bow notched and at the ready to fire as they walked, as they reached the bottom of the steps where a large spiked wooden gate sat raised the gate slammed down and a magical barrier appeared.
Harry pushed Rosa to the ground and raised his spears and shield just as a large grey skinned Cyclopes fell from above them, the Cyclopes landed on his spears and was impaled but died when Zoe fired a single arrow up through the roof of the monsters mouth as it screamed.
Harry grabbed Rosa and pulled her to her feet "Stay with Zoe!"
Rosa nodded and ran to Zoë who continued to shot at the newly appearing Cyclopes' that were armoured as Harry charged in, he reached the first one and rolled between its massive legs at it swung a club at him, as he was under it he dropped his spears and shield and climbed the beasts back to its head, he flipped over its head and grabbed its eye, he began to pull at the eye and as the Cyclopes began to try and reach for him Zoe pierced its arms with many arrows followed by striking the beast legs bringing it down as Harry tore its eye out.
As he hit the ground Harry was grabbed from behind by a second Cyclopes and lifted up into the beast face, the Cyclopes roared in his face as he tried to break its grip.
"DADDY!"
Harry caught Blue Rose and fired a bolt into the monsters eye, it screamed and threw him to the ground where he rolled and threw Blue Rose back to Rosa and grabbed his Shield and one of his spears, he charged in and slammed his shield into the back of the beasts leg bringing it down to one knee and then with a mighty thrust his spear pierced through the bottom of the Cyclopes' jaw and out the top of its head.
He released the spear and dove for the second spear as a third Cyclopes tried to squash him with its club, he raised his shield as it swung again and Harry was pushed back by the force behind the swing as he blocked with the Shield of Helios. Several arrows struck the back of the Cyclopes' head, the beast roared in pain and Harry climbed up its arms and slammed his shield into its face knocking it of balance and causing it to fall back down where he quickly drew Velox Mors and slashed the Cyclopes' throat.
Harry breathed deeply trying to catch his breath as the magic barrier fell and the gate raised to let them through "I knew that was to easy, I honestly expected traps of some sort, but for them to actually get monsters to defend this place is quite unexpected."
"Indeed, I underestimated this place, that won't happen again. Rosaline, from now on you stay right next to me at all times understood."
Rosa pouted "Why can't I stay with Daddy?"
"Because Zoë is more experienced then I am, she will be able to keep an eye on you and the battles we will have while I'm unable to. Now please don't argue."
Rosa nodded and Harry smiled at her and kissed her on the top of her head causing her to smile before Harry went to gather his spears before continuing on with their quest. Marched up the stairs for almost half an hour before they reached a large entrance carved from the stone, the inside was well crafted in marble and had murals of the gods on the walls. At the other end of the room was a large circular stone door that had to weigh more than a tonne.
"What now?"
"My Lady Artemis' sword should be somewhere just beyond this door."
"Wait" Zoë looked at Harry "You're saying that we don't have to make our way all the way through the temple?" Zoë nodded "Oh thank the Gods."
"You didn't actually think that we had to navigate the whole temple did thou?" Harry chuckled and looked sheepish "Fool."
"Daddy, that's just silly, I knew that we weren't going all the way through." Rosa sighed and shook her head.
Harry glanced at Rosa through his helm "Well excuse me for not being informed of all the details."
Rosa giggled nervously and said "Heh, oops."
Harry looked to Zoë "So where is this sword then?"
"There is an alter somewhere just past this door, My Lady left a message and a blessing there, her sword, no one has ever breached this door and actually entered the temple, in fact I don't believe that anyone has ever past the Cyclopes we slew, so Lady Artemis has requested that I retrieve her sword."
Harry nodded and approached a small alter that held an open book and began to read it aloud "this temple was erected in honour of and at the command of the mighty Lord Zeus.' Only the bravest hero shall solve its puzzles and survive its dangers. Only one man will receive ultimate power. All others shall meet their doom. Well that was ominous."
Harry jumped back spear at the ready when the large circular stone door began to open "Guess Daddy found the key huh."
Harry and Zoë approached the sides of the new entrance and examined the room beyond, it was a simple curved corridor with no ceiling, so they went inside and began to follow the corridor to the left, as they went along Harry suddenly heard heavy footsteps ahead and they stopped and prepared their weapons, from ahead of them came a giant of a man with long blonde hair that was slightly bald on top, he was bulging with muscles and carried a large war-hammer and a square shield wearing ancient Greek leather armour.
The man looked at them before he spotted Harry and smiled "Ah Achilles, my cousin, what brings you to this cursed temple of the gods?"
Harry removed his helm and bowed slightly to the man "I beg your pardon, but I am not Achilles, his armour has been passed on to me, I am Harry Son of Apollo."
The man examined him before nodding "I see, Nightshade, what brings you here with a child of the Sun God."
"Harry, meet Ajax the Great, son of Telamon, who was the son of Aeacus and grandson of Zeus, and his first wife Periboea. He is the cousin of Achilles, and we're here to retrieve Lady Artemis' blade."
Harry nodded "I have read of you, a giant among men who faught at Troy alongside Achilles and Odysseus."
Ajax laughed merrily "That be true boy, now why do you wear the armour of my cousin?"
"I hope to be a great warrior one day, Zoë told me that I am a lot like Achilles, for her to say such a thing is a great honour, Achilles is one of the greatest Hero's to ever have lived, I hope one day to be half as great as he."
"Then come, we shall do battle while Zoë and the young one search for the blade. What says you?"
Harry smiled and placed the helm back on his head "It would be an honour to do battle with a legend such as you."
Ajax laughed and clapped Harry on the back "Then come, let us do honourable battle."
Harry nodded and turned to Zoë and Rosa "You two go on ahead, I'll come find you when I'm done."
Zoë nodded and Rosa was jumping up and down "You can win Daddy, I know you can!"
Harry hugged Rosa before nodding to Zoë and following Ajax as he led him back outside to the flat area where they had battled the Cyclopes, Rosa and Zoë watched him go before Zoë led Rosa down the corridor to find something that would tell them what to do next.
Ajax stood at one side of the area while Harry stood at the other side, Harry took a deep breath and charged, he threw one of his spears but Ajax shattered it with a single swing of his war-hammer, Harry continued his charge and when he reached Ajax he faked to the right followed by a fake to the left and then tried to spear him in the face from the right, Ajax leaned back to avoid it and Harry slammed his shield into Ajax who blocked with his own. Harry was forced to duck as Ajax swung his War-hammer aiming for Harry's head.
Harry tried to knock the War-hammer upwards with his shield but Ajax slammed the shield into the ground and knocked Harry of balance with his shield. Harry recovered with a roll and tried to swipe at Ajax's legs but was blocked by his shield, and then Ajax broke the spear by stomping on it. Harry grabbed the shield of Helios with both hands and swung outwards and sends both the Shield of Helios and Ajax's shield crashing away from them.
Harry leapt forwards and delivered several punches to the giant of a man's stomach before rolling to the side to avoid the War-Hammer as Ajax swung it, Harry rolled over the Shield of Helios and drew Velox Mors and took a ready stance.
"Good you don't retreat, never retreat!"
Harry smiled under his Helm "Scars on the warriors back are a sign of weakness, they are only dealt when a warrior turns his back on an opponent."
Ajax nodded "True, now come, lets us continue."
Harry tried to right-left fake again but Ajax slammed his War-hammer down on him, Harry blocked with Velox Mors but as he did Ajax pulled him into a bear hug with his War-hammer and pinned his sword against Harry's back and began to crush his ribs.
Harry grunted in pain and then head butted Ajax who just laughed, Harry smirked and reared back and head butted him again, Ajax was stunned enough for Harry to break his hold and roll away once he was dropped to the ground, Harry slashed at Ajax's thigh and left a deep gash but it barely even slowed the giant man down and Harry had to lean back as Ajax swung the War-hammer at him. Harry swung his arm as he leaned back and slashed at Ajax who took the slash to his thigh again and kicked with his other leg knocking him down before he swung his War-hammer over his head before bringing it down.
Harry rolled and grabbed Ajax's shield and brought it over himself and he jumped slightly as the head of the War-hammer smashed through the shield but protected him, Harry rolled the shield and thrust Velox Mors at Ajax who groaned as the sword pierced his stomach.
Ajax smirked as blood fell from his lips and he reached down and grabbed Harry by the neck and lifted him of the ground and began to choke him, Harry tried to pry the giant hands from around his neck as he ran out of air.
Harry began to slam his fists into the elbows of Ajax trying to free himself, Ajax laughed and threw Harry across the courtyard where he rolled to a stop, Harry coughed as he tried to get air back into his lungs and found himself lying just next to the spear he had thrown in his initial charge, he grabbed it as he got up and slowly made his way to Ajax who simply stood there with his War-hammer in hand and Velox Mors still impaled through his stomach.
Harry slowly began to pick up speed and soon was sprinting at Ajax who stood ready and Harry tried a desperate lunge at Ajax's midsection, but the larger warrior moved slightly to the side to avoid the spear and grab it, he then swung his War-hammer with a single hand and Harry released the spear and ducked the War-hammer and grabbed Velox Mors and forced the blade deeper.
Ajax dropped to his knees as he once again tried to strangle Harry, but Harry managed to pick up the tip of his broken spear and stab it into Ajax's stomach just under his sword.
"Well done lad, you faught like a true warrior, you should be proud."
"I'm sorry."
"What for boy?"
Harry withdrew Velox Mors "You're dying."
Ajax spat out a mouthful of blood and laughed "Don't fear lad, this was what I waited for, a worthy young warrior to grant me a warriors death, I was tasked long ago to guard that temple, and now I am free to be with my friends and brothers-in-arms in the underworld, take my Hammer boy as a spoil of war. Tell tales of our glorious battle and the honour you have won."
Harry nodded as he removed his Helm "I'd say the boy has earned more than honour old friend."
Harry spun with Velox Mors ready and found a man with long braided brown hair wearing old Greek armour and holding a helm under his arm and Ajax smiled "Ah, Patroclus. Cousin of my cousin, I'm glad... to see... you..."
The man now known as Patroclus smiled at Ajax as he died and placed two drachmas over his eyes and Harry smiled "Two coins for the Boatman."
Patroclus nodded "You wear the armour of my cousin Achilles, and Ajax believed that you were worthy or he wouldn't have battled with you, he would have just killed you, your name child."
"I'm Harry, son of Apollo, and you?"
"I am Patroclus, cousin of Achilles."
