"...and has sent me to make a request for you to accompany me to Olympus."

Loki and Tony just stared at Hermes in shock. For Tony because he had not even thought about the possibility of meeting the Greek gods and for Loki who had put two and two together when Harry told them that he was changing their DNA to be the same as the Greek gods felt a little apprehensive. They had gone for over a thousand years without coming across them and now they were on their radar.

They both bowed to Hermes with Evan copying them. Loki spoke for them "Of course Lord Hermes. Please lead the way."

Hermes smiled and said "Okay I will transport us there, you don't have to do anything."

One second they were standing in their living room and the next they were in a huge room that seemed to be fit for giants with twelve seats all around each one occupied. It was pretty obvious they on Olympus in the presence of the gods. In front of them was someone who could only be Zeus. Loki held onto Evan tighter as they were in unknown territory. Bowing both Tony and Loki figured they were better off starting on a good note. They were acknowledged by the Olympians, Then Zeus spoke "I have no idea what to make of you. You seem to have come out of nowhere and yet you are Greek gods. Would you care to explain?"

Tony replied this time. "Well we came here over a thousand years ago from a universe separate from this one. Similar in many ways but different in others. As far as we know we were the only ones of our kind there. The being who brought us here was an angel of Chaos, he brought us here to heal and protect our small family from those who wished us harm."

Zeus was shocked to find out that they had been around for so long without his knowledge. He asked "You have not answered my question, how did we not know about you, especially if you have been around for so long?"

Loki spoke this time "We were behind wards lord Zeus, for our protection. Even now there are those who seek to take our son and use him for their own gain."

Poseidon who was sat next to Zeus cut in, "If you were in hiding for your safety then why did you expose yourselves today fighting?"

Loki replied "We did not feel we had much choice. There was a chance that if we did not make sure that the one responsible for the invasion was destroyed he would bring back the titan Thanos."

At the mention of Thanos the whole room erupted in shocked gasps and disbelieving sounds. Hades pipped in his two cents "Thanos was banished eons ago when we formed an alliance with the Norse Parthenon. He has not returned since."

Loki faced Hades and said "He was banished but he found a way to our universe's earth and tried to take it over much like what what today, however the angel of Chaos who saved me from Thanos when he captured me destroyed him and the Other was the one one who led the invasion today had access to the means to bring him back. Well he's dead now too so there is no coming back for him. At least not that way."

They spent the next few hours relating their pasts to the Greeks and Zeus deciding that since they were gods they had to follow the laws like everyone else. It was not until he mentioned leaving Evan at camp halfblood and cutting off any communication with him that they clashed for the first time.

As soon as the words were out of Zeus' mouth both Loki and Tony replied with the same answer "No! not going to happen. Just because you are okay with leaving your kids for someone else to raise does not mean we are. Besides Evan is not a halfblood."

They could both see the anger on Zeus's face and the lightning flashing in the room. Evan was now in Tony's arms where Loki had passed him when he was speaking to the king of the gods. Both Tony and Loki were prepared to flash out if push came to shove. It was pretty clear that there was nothing they could say to make them leave their son at the camp short of forcefully separating them, something that they could tell would not end well.

Before anyone could say anything a wormhole appeared in front of the little family and as soon as it was big enough for a person to fit through a familiar face walked out of it huge wings spread out behind him before it closed itself. Evan shouted "Harry!" then wriggled down and ran into his arms. Harry smiled and hugged the little boy back happy to see that he was okay. Harry turned to face the Olympians and said "You know it get s kind of confusing going from one world to another and finding your family there and they don't recognise you. I really hope I 'm not developing some kind of complex."

He looked at Poseidon and said "In my home world you are my dad. Has Percy been born yet? I haven't had time to check."

Poseidon had a look of shock on his face. This was his son from another world. Harry didn't wait for a reply and said to Zeus, you know it seems we are doomed to clash in every world we meet. I think you are just stubborn. I saw what you were about to do. You can't go around splitting up families because they refuse to do as you ordered them. In anticipation for something like this I connected Tony to Gaiae's powers. He is a part of the earth. If you take away Tony and Loki's son they will destroy the planet in their grief. I put them together because they need each other. They have a bond that you cannot break and if you try the backlash would affect everything."

Zeus had a look of horror on his face. Gaiae was not someone he wanted waking up. The last time she was awake they were hard pressed to get her down again before she destroyed the world. He was not the only one with a look of fear on his face. Harry rolled his eyes and said "As long as Tony has control of Gaiae's powers she cannot wake up at least as long as none of you wake her up and even then she is now bound to Tony's will."

Tony's head spun to face Harry so fast he was sure he got whiplash and said "What? You never told me that!"

Harry smiled and said "Of course not, I needed to know how you would deal with the power you already had and seeing as you barely used it even for your own gain for over a thousand years, I can see you won't take advantage knowing about this. Evan has a mixture of both your powers and Loki's. You guys are going to need help with them so that a repeat of earlier today does not happen."

Turning back to Zeus Harry said "Evan is a full godling so the laws do not include him. You just have to decide if you wish to help them or leave them to deal with everything on their own. I am only here to caution you against making enemies of them, a lot more will be lost than will be gained and believe me I will be protecting them in any way I can."

Zeus could see being stubborn would do him no favors. He sat back down on his throne and said "Fine what help do they need?"

Now smiling Harry replied "They have learned how to use their powers but they are ruled by their emotions, and as their powers are connected to their emotions well you saw what happened earlier today when they got angry. It's a good thing that Loki has more control than Tony because the whole city would have burned to the ground. There is no-one better to teach them control than those with similar power and has had theme for eons like you guys."

Zeus nodded and said "Fine we will do what we can."

Evan spoke up when he heard that "What about school?"

Poseidon answered him "You can go to school here in America, whether you want to go to a magic school or mundane school its up to you."

Loki and Tony looked at each other. This was moving too fast. They did not even have time to discuss this and make a decision on whether they want to leave their home or not. They figured the one who would be affected the most was Evan. He would have to leave his new friends and adjust all over again to a new environment. Evan was looking down as he said "I don't want to leave my school and my friends."

Tears were gathering in the corner of his eyes and his bottom lip trembled. Zeus made the mistake of looking at him and was drawn in by the look Evan mastered to getting his way. The look made everyone who saw it feel like they had done something very wrong by refusing him. Not having been exposed to kids Zeus found himself saying much to shock of everyone "Don't cry little one, of course you can return to your school and your friends."

Harry, Tony and Loki started laughing. Loki said "Looks like Tony is the only one immune to that look."

Zeus looked a little sheepish for having fallen in to the trap and tried to keep face. "He is just a child, anyone would have to be heartless to refuse a request like that. He can go to his school during term time and during the holidays he can learn his powers with whoever he is assigned to. Even if he has to go to camp his parents have my permission to go there too."

Evan had a huge smile on his face knowing he did not have to give up his friends. He hugged Harry who was about to leave before going to stand with his parents. The rest of the day was spent celebrating the new gods in their mist and introducing them to everyone. This was the most interesting thing to happen in a while. Zeus still had his bolt to find and time was running short. The summer solstice was getting closer.

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Returning to school for Evan felt a little bit anti climactic after his christmas holiday. He smiled as he remembered spending time with Apollo and Hermes who were assigned to help him with his powers. The smile faded a little as he remembered Artemis and what her hunters were like. Artemis herself was okay it was her hunters who had a jaded view of anyone with a male anatomy. Having been abused he could understand why they would want to have nothing to do with men but he could not understand why they would be horrible to someone they had never even met. The last time Artemis had him for training his self confidence had taken a dive. He tried not to show it to Artemis who did not know what was going on and the girls behaved completely different in front of her as she seemed to have taken a liking to Evan.

He was going to be meeting up with Appollo, Artemis and her hunters every other weekend. He was learning archery and stealth. When he showed interest Appollo blessed him to improve his skills. He would endure whatever the hunters threw at him and learn what he needed to. If he could not handle what the hunters threw at him how would he cope with the people who are trying to hurt him. With his resolve made he knew he would be okay.

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Evan walked into the tent he had been pointed to by Zoe, Lady Artemis' second in command left in charge of his training while Artemis was in Olympus dealing with the her father's missing lightning bolt which had been reported to have been found. He picked up the clothes as instructed and made his way to a river to wash them. Zoe told him he could not use magic on them as it would mess with the protection spells already on them. He had to hand wash each garment then lay it out to dry. He had been doing this with all the girls clothes and had yet to begin the training he was there for. His hands and his back hurt from the washing, he felt like crying when one of the girls brought a pile of her own and dumped it next to him and said "Zoe said finish with these then go get some fire wood for the camp."

As she walked away she managed to knock down the clothes he had washed and put up to dry in the mud. Dropping the clothes knowing he was not going to get the training he was to be given Evan fire flashed to Olympus in front of Artemis in tears. He was wet and covered in mud. His hands were raw from scrubbing. As Artemis was in the throne room where all the Olympians were sitting Evan had all their attention. He didn't acknowledge anyone instead ran right into Artemis' arms and cried as she held him.

The arguments over the lightning bolt and threats of war stopped at the sound of the crying child. Zeus and Poseidon stood up and said "Artemis what is going on?"

Artemis looked up and said "I don't know, I will find out."

She turned to the child in her arms and said "Evan, what is wrong child?"

Unable to get himself understood through his tears, Evan didn't answer instead he used legilimency to show her. Artemis was furious. The memories Evan showed her were from the very first time she left him alone with her hunters. The first memory showed the girls smiling sweetly and being nice to Evan just before she left but as soon as she was gone the cruel pranks had begun. She watched as Grace one of her girls make Evan remove a few things she threw in poison ivy bush. Evan not knowing the plant had gone in and ended up scratching. He healed himself and kept quiet about the incident.

The next girl deliberately pushed him into a river, luckily Evan could control water and was fine when he got out. It was as if they fond it annoying that with each of them that did something to Evan he found a way to reverse it. That was when the words began, they told him he was worthless because he was a boy and he would always be.

Evan had practice hiding his emotions from his time with his old family and said nothing, showed no resentment or that he was affected. The crack in his stance came when Zoe took a chain he kept on him, he received from Loki for christmas it had some of his magic in it to give him comfort whenever he was away from them. She claimed she did not want him to lose it while he was doing his chores and she return it when he was done. She did not return it and when he asked for it after returning she told him she did not have it any more.

The last memories he showed her were of his day with the hunters where he was worked like a packed mule and no matter what he did it did not seem like enough. Artemis felt a little touched when she realised that the only reason Evan had not gone straight to his parents who would no doubt be furious was so she would not get in trouble. He liked her and hoped she would deal with her hunters as he no longer wished to be around them.

She looked at her father who was still waiting and said "I will be back soon father I have something to take care of, I will explain everything then." just as a boy and a girl about Evan's age walked into the carrying the lightning bolt diverting Zeus' attention and giving her the go ahead.

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Artemis arrived at her camp with Evan followed by Apollo and surprisingly Hermes. She was furious. Zoe and the other hunters' eyes widened when they saw their lady standing with the boy they thought was still at the river washing their clothes. They did not think he would say anything to her as he had not for a while now. They were equally shocked to see a Apollo who was usually smiling standing there fury on his face as he asked before his sister could "What the hell did you do to him?"

This was the first time they had ever seen the usually cheery god angry at them or anyone for that matter. They were not sure what to do about it or how to cam him down. He continued speaking "Evan was placed in your care, you were entrusted with him. I have been training Evan and spending time with him and I know him enough to know that he does not get upset easily so start talking."

When the hunters looked down in shame Artemis spoke in a deceptively calm voice. "I wish I could say please tell me you did not spew your man hating tendencies to an eleven year old child, but I know that would just be wishful thinking because I know you did. Is this what I have been teaching you? That it is okay to treat a child who has already been in an abusive home the way you have been treating Evan?"

At that bit of information the hunters' eyes widened. They had not known about that, Zoe realised it was probably why he did not say anything the first time they were mean to him.

Artemis did not stop there "I formed the hunters to offer family and protection to girls who needed it. Some of you understandably do not like men but when you do this to an innocent child is way off line. That is some thing I will never approve of and right now I am ashamed of all of you. You are banned from going anywhere near Evan and I will speak to you later about your punishments. I have never been more disappointed in all of you. Leave my sight, I will speak to you when I am no longer upset."

Apollo took Evan's hand and said "I will not leave you with them again Evan."

He sent a rhyming couplet at the hunters and another spell to make them spontaneously break into song. The spells would last for a few days and by then he knew they would be regretting their behaviour.

Evan gave Apollo a smile and said "Okay but .."

He looked at Artemis and Apolo realised he was asking if he would still spend time with Artemis. "It's up to Artie."

Artemis smiled and said "Don't worry Evan I will still keep teaching you, if you still want to that is."

Evan smiled shyly and said "Yes please."

Zoe stood to the side looking like she wanted to say something. Regret clear in the depth of her eyes. She had allowed her prejudice to get the best of her and knew that anything she said right now would be taken as regret for getting caught. She would have to figure out a way to apologise and show she meant it.

Hermes smiled and left, he had been sent by Zeus to find out what was going on and report it back as he knew Artemis would most likely take ages to return. It was unfortunate that Loki and Tony were in Olympus when he gave his report and they were not happy...