I finally made a decision regarding where I will be going from here on out. Unfortunately, this chapter has an abrupt time skip. But I rewrote the chapter three times, and I could not make it any better. From now on, at the end of each chapter there will be a snippet of Hogwarts years, as I start building up to the Lightning Thief in the main story.

Hope you enjoy this chapter!


Chapter 7

Lunaria got off the Hogwarts Express for the last time. She said her goodbyes to her best friends with a promise of exchanging letters and walked off to find Melinoe. Instead she found,

"Thanatos?"

Thanatos looked up from his tablet and took notice of the Princess of the Underworld.

"Yes, Melinoe bailed out in favour of going to a party." He said drolly. "And pawned it off to me. It's not like I have to collect souls or anything." He muttered sarcastically.

Lunaria shook her head fondly. Thanatos could be grumpy at times, but he cared about her the most out of all the Underworld deities. Or else, he would have refused to come pick her up. Perhaps it was because of her Potter heritage, but she knew not to question it.

Thanatos took her to the Underworld through the shadows. And as odd as it may seem, the darkness of the Underworld was comforting. Lunaria entered the Throne Room, to find her father working Paperwork. She was very happy to see him, and even more happy to be home for good.

Hades noticed Lunaria standing there, and beckoned her forward with a smile on his face.

"Father!" Lunaria rushed to hug him, "How have you been? It's so good to see you!"

"I have been fine. I hope that your last term at school was fine."Hades said.

"I sent you updates every week, father. It's not like you don't know what happened."

"Oh yes. I do. I almost came to Hogwarts to give Dumbledore a piece of my mind."

"Father, we do not need to even see his face anymore, so let's not talk about that, please." Lunaria pleaded.

"Oh Fine! Hades sighed, "But you are not going to ever go to the Wizarding world alone, ever again."

"Stop with the Overprotective father routine. I already get enough of that from Papa." Lunaria said with a roll of her eyes.


It was Lunaria's thirteenth birthday, and she was celebrating with her Family in the Underworld. This meant the Olympians were absent. Even Sirius and Remus were permitted to enter the Underworld for the occasion. Her thirteenth birthday was one of her best, but she had never anticipated what was coming next.


Hades was very worried. His Father was stirring, and that was a very dangerous prospect. Of course, Kronos had stirred many times over the eons, but this time it was worse than usual. This time, it was starting to affect the regeneration , which was never a good thing. Just as Hades was getting ready to leave, Lunaria came in.

"Where are you going, Father?"

"To Tartarus." He said absently.

"What!" Lunaria's shriek broke Hades out of his haze.

"Oh! I am just going down to check on your Grandfather." Hades soothed his daughter.

Lunaria's worry bled away to give way to excitement. "Can I come with you?" widening her luminous green eyes for full effect.

"I am going to Tartarus, Lunaria. You are not going there until you have reached fifteen." Hades said, with stern look entering his onyx eyes.

"But Father, it's the only part of the Underworld you have not let me visit. You even let me go to the Fields of Punishment."

"You went there with Thanatos."

"And I am going to Tartarus with you."

"Fine, but stay close to me."

"Yes, Father."

Hades refused to travel by the shadows when it came to Tartarus. The shadows of the Pit were very strong and all consuming. Even he was susceptible to them at times. So, the Father-Daughter Duo walked. The Pit of Tartarus was just beyond Persephone's Garden, no more than a five minute walk. That was all it took to reach the Darkest part of the Underworld. Being in mere vicinity of it was giving creeps to the dark haired girl.

While Lunaria was trying to stop herself from shaking, Hades could feel the malicious magic in the air, though as old as he was he couldn't decipher it. The silence of the Pit was marred by muttering in an age old tongue, indecipherable even to Hades.

Once she calmed down marginally, Lunaria became susceptible to the magic emanating from the dark gaping hole in the ground. It was intoxicating and disgusting at the same time. The energy was evil, but Lunaria could not help being entranced by the sheer amount of magic being released.

Hades tried shaking her free from her trance, but could do nothing but watch as she lost control over her considerable amount of magic. Her hair floated in a non-existent wind, and the energy rolling off her was palpable. Hades watched in horror as the magic was absorbed by the malevolent energy.

In a fit of desperation, Hades blasted Lunaria with a burst of his own power to knock her out. He knew that she would be hurt, but he could not risk the Titan king getting more power than he already had.

As he walked back towards the Palace with an unconscious Lunaria is his arms, he looked at her tenderly and thought, 'Pray that your mothers never find out about this, little one. She would have my hide, otherwise.'


Hogwarts

Lunaria's ride on the train had been uneventful so far. However, it had begun barely twenty minutes ago, so that wasn't saying much.

Nevertheless, over the course of the eight hour journey, her solitude was interrupted several times.

The first annoyance came in the form of a red haired, freckled boy with no manners. The boy- Ron Weasley, as she later found out- had just barged into her compartment without so much as an excuse me and proceeded to make himself comfortable.

His incessant chattering was stopped by the arrival of his twin brothers, who were very interesting, quite unlike Ron. They were quickly on the road to become her friends, especially when they dragged their arachnophobic brother to see a tarantula so he wouldn't annoy her.

The other two annoyances were named Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger. Both of them were also very arrogant. Malfoy was a pampered prince whose every desire was fulfilled since he was born. He had just barged in, and demanded her name. Lunaria just swatted him down like a bug, metaphorically of course.

Granger on the other hand was a know-it-all of the worst kind. She came off as a girl who was believed to be special because of her intellect. The girl had prattled off useless facts about anything and everything without even being engaged. Lunaria didn't say a word to her, and had to listen to her insisting chatter.

Once Granger was kicked out of the cabin, the rest of the ride was peaceful. Though that might have been because of the three different locking charms she had put on the door.


I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter, even though it is very short. But, I don't have much time as I have to submit the first drafts of eight different assignments by the 13th.

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