Hey everyone,
So this chapter will be a little hard for me, yet it will also be very important for the future of this story as the progression of this chapter – while I am not an entire 100% sure what the progression will be like/what will happen in this chapter – will decide whether the story will end in December or if it will be ended in January.
Let's see, shall we,

Venquine1990

Chapter 21
It's Not Potter, It's Black

Mount Olympus
Harry's POV

After the magic of Kronos allowed for Luke to escape our grasp, did Father leave the entire mountain in a rage of anger over the fact that, even though they had been a step ahead of Luke, he had still bested us when it mattered most, whereas I myself worried for why Kronos would make Luke leave without even a fight.
"Surely he would at least try and have us be weakened slightly before he returns to form, right? So why flee without a fight? Why make Luke go against his Demigod nature, not to mention his own love and need for revenge? This act just doesn't make sense." Goes through my mind, only then something else draws my attention.

"Why, Luke? Why would you do this? Why would you betray us? Betray Thalia? Betray Grover? Betray – me?" I hear someone whispering to themselves and when I look up from my thoughts, I feel like a right fool as I had completely forgotten that Annabeth had followed us after we had given chase to the now fugitive son of Hermes.
And while I am sure that some people – cough, cough Ron Weasley cough, cough – would go over and give it to her that they were right and she was wrong, do I never feel gladder that I am nothing like my former friend turned traitor as I move over, yet Annabeth seems to notice it and sends me a furious glare that actually shocks me.

"Happy, are you? You were right and I was wrong. A son of Zeus knew better than a daughter of Athena. An occupant of the Thunder God Cabin beat the Head Counsellor of the Cabin of the Wise Owl. You must feel so proud of yourself right now. Just don't –." Yet by now Thalia interrupts her and shouts:
"Use your bloody eyes, will you?" Her friend looks shocked and then turns her gaze back at me, her eyes widening as she sees how hurt I feel over hearing her talk about how she thinks so low of me as to believe that I would behave like Ron of all people. Yet before she can say anything, do I turn my own head away and say:

"I am no Ron Weasley, but right now we have someone equal to the monster that took me my adoptive parents out in the open and his right-hand man no longer there where we can keep our eye on him. We need to take action first, find Luke and hope to prevent him from whatever Kronos has planned before we discuss the rest of this."
And while the girl looks conflicted over this, does she seem to get herself together and she nods before I walk through the huge doors of the Main Temple, yet once I part with the temple, does a wave of dark magic actually hit me, making me scream and reach for my scar in utter pain as suddenly a vision flashes before my eyes.

And this vision is enough to make me feel as if I am falling down the edge of the mountain above the Empire State Building as it makes my blood freeze and my heart stop in utter fear and as I recover from the shock, the utter horror and the magic that caused me to see the vision, do I whisper: "Great Olympus, save us all."
Shocking the others before I make a mad-dash, just like before, this time Ethan being the first to recover from his shock and following me only a step behind my own running pace and while he, Thalia and Annabeth all ask me what is wrong and what I saw, do I keep my focus on running and finding my target.
To my utter relief have the Gods all returned to the new Hogwarts grounds and the minute I pass the cloud-like walls, do I smash them with my new wand and shout: "PROTEGO MAXIMA! COLLOPORTUS! EXPELLAT TENEBRAS!" And I repeat the spells three times just to be absolutely sure of their security.
The spells make the Divine wards around the castle and grounds rumble as they accept the new magic as well as flash in several colors with each spell and when I have finished the third round of spells, does an array of rainbow colors flash through the spell, before the entire castle rumbles as if pleased with its new protection.

"Harry! What's wrong? Why are you locking everyone up in here?" Mum asks as he, dad and the others reach me and while I hate that I have to further ruin this amazing party, do I still fight the fear that is trying to overwhelm me from seeing the vision and then say: "We have a huge problem. Voldemort joined with Kronos."
And mum steps back in utter horror, dad grabbing onto him as his mate steps closer to him and then, while hating it might prove Annabeth right, do I turn to the other Gods and say: "I cast these spells out of fear he could come here, however, I doubt he would. I saw him in front of Hogwarts and thus I panicked and came here.

Only, he's not at this Hogwarts –." And Ares growls: "Those two cowards are at the English Hogwarts." And I nod before Annabeth asks: "But how? How could Kronos be with Voldemort at England, when he is supposed to be locked away in Tartarus, of which the entrance is at Los Angeles here in America?"
And while I wonder how she knows this, do I say: "It's not really Kronos. Voldemort somehow obtained Kronos' heart and apparently the two of them are feeding each other some kind of energy. I – I didn't see much, but I saw them there and I saw two forms of energy leaving one and entering the other and vice versa."
Here the Gods look at each other and then Hera says: "Voldemort must be feeding Kronos magic and I guess Kronos is feeding him ichor or something." Here I nod and say: "Listen, this Hogwarts is safe, but that Hogwarts is not. Is there any way we can get there before he starts cursing the place? Cause there is currently a feast going on there."

And the Gods all look at each other, before to my shock a female voice asks: "You're not leaving us behind here, are you?" And when we all look behind the Gods, do we see Clarisse and her siblings standing with weapons in their hands, alongside Remus, kids of Apollo and other Divines that are specialized in battling.
I look shocked and Annabeth quickly joins her siblings before she says: "I may have been wrong and we may have a lot of stuff to discuss regarding traitors and friends and feelings, but right now – that's not important. Your former home is being attacked and just like if Camp were attacked, we fight for what and who's important.
You are not leaving without us, Harry Black." And while this makes me smile in utter gratitude, does mum then look at me and ask: "You really think you're ready for this?" Yet instead of me, does Ethan answer and say: "Yes, we are. This may not be the final fight, but at least it will be a fight without losses. We are ready."
And both of us can, this time, see that the boy is being used by his mother to reassure us and while I wonder what the Goddess of Vengeance could have against Kronos and Voldemort, do I then get surprised by dad, who sweeps himself in a perfect circle on his axis and makes for a gust of wind to blow us all off the fields.

Hogwarts castle
Some time later
Voldemort's POV

"This plan is flawless. Potter and his little merry band of friends will be so scared for their precious school, they will never realize that they are defending the wrong Hogwarts. Attacking this once great realm of education on the day most important to both Divine Realms will make this win almost too easy, especially with my new associate."
I think to myself as I am seated upon a throne made of marble, bones and dried blood of Muggles I have been torturing for the last several weeks as an outlet for my frustrations upon the sudden disappearance of the Potter brat and which is being carried by four of my Death Eaters who are more brawn than magic or brain.
The loss of Avery had definitely angered one of my Death Eaters and while Macnair had taken the huge mutt with him, had he also almost put an end to the beast's immortality, yet I had calmed him and assured him that his anger was much better spent on those actually unworthy of experiencing anything but his wrath.

Now I won't deny that the vengeance and bloodlust that had come off the man had unnerved me and made me glad it hadn't been me who had ended Avery's life, yet it had also taken me a little bit of time to realize that the sisters paying for Avery's boat trip practically made him useless in my need to gather the waiting souls.
"Avery, I hope you manage to evade that boat trip as long as possible, you simple minded fool. This may be only the first of many battles, but to have an army of those who once opposed me would definitely work in my benefit against weak-hearted fools like Dumbledore." Goes through my mind as we arrive at the front gates.

Yet as we do, does something shock me as suddenly a wind so harsh it feels like the start of a budding tornado blows from behind us, the wind strangely making the soul in my arms curse in Ancient Greek before I look up, having kept most of my bearings through his unexpected attack of nature and the sight that greets me infuriates me.
"POTTER! HOW DID YOU GET HERE! WHY ARE YOU NOT GUARDING YOUR PRECIOUS SCHOOL?" I shout in rage at the boy standing before me, not caring in the slightest for the army standing behind him as I am confident my men can take them and then Potter further incenses as he calmly says: "I am."
He then turns his eyes away from me, a sign of unconcern that I silently vow I will make him regret before he coldly says: "Just ask your little lackey over there. I promised him, in presence of Dumbledore, that I would always be there to save the day." And the furious sneer on Lucius' face proves the boy's words true.

Potter then draws his wand again, yet I laugh and sneer: "Don't be a fool, Potter, you've already seen that you can't beat me with magic. There is no spell you know that I can't deflect and the gateway is much too small for you to try and avoid counter spells. Just give up, because Hogwarts is mine." Yet then Potter looks at me and asks:
"You done yet?" And his simple question makes me shout: "AVADA KEDAVRA!" Yet while my men all shout the same spell, does Potter strangely enough aim for the flying boar on the left of the gate and shout: "EXPELLAT TENEBRAS!" And to my shock does the spell hit the boar before my spell can reach him.
The boar's eyes glow with great magic and I barely hold onto my wand in shock as, to the cries of disbelief of my men, a wave of magic – like a ward – spreads from the boar and absorbs all of the spells before shooting them back at them and while guarding the soul in my arms, do I actually jump out of my carried throne.

"Leave me. Deal with him!" The Soul hisses at me and I hurriedly thrust him into Arwind Flint's arms, sending the man a glare that tells him to guard the soul and beating heart within with his life or face the consequences and then reaffirm the grasp on my wand before straightening my pose and look directly at Potter.
Yet to my utter horror and rage has the boy actually continued his spellwork and added other protective spells to his first and while I want to scoff at his simple locking and protego spell, does the last one in his arsenal make me infuriated with the fact that I have lost this battle even before it could properly begin.
"MOVERE FIDEM VETERUM!" The boy chants together with his other three spells and each time he finishes one of his chains he switches between the two boars. Yet to my utter anger, does the boy not stop at just the third chant, he continues until he has actually chanted the group of protective enchantments three times on each boar.
Potter then looks at me and the look in his eyes proves me that, wherever the boy has been, he has been preparing for a fight against me and has seen things that I thought only I was capable of making him see and feel before the boy delivers the final blow – or should I say final nail to his coffin – as he coldly states:

"It's not Potter, it's Black." And with that the boy turns to those standing behind him, the whole group of warriors still looking like they are ready to do battle and he says: "We best stay here. Hogwarts always opens its doors for those in need and right now, it needs us as much as we need her. We are safe here and we can protect her."
"So – we came for nothing?" One of the people in the group asks, yet Harry shakes his head and then turns to me again, yet only gazes at me from over his shoulder as he says: "No, we came here, because soon – the real fight will commence. I just won't let it happen here, not today, not ever." And this confidence infuriates me.

"Keep calm. Your servants will help you win this. Our united power is much stronger than his. He is nothing compared to you and I. Retreat for now; you and I both know you can come back a thousand times stronger." The soul then whispers at me as Flint is still besides me and its words calm me down and make me smirk:
"You may think you are invincible, little Potter. But even Hogwarts has her weaknesses – and no one knows those better than I." And with that do I sign my men, all of them Apparating away from the premises just as the teachers leave the castle, yet before I leave, do I hear two words that again enrage me coming from Potter: "You're wrong."

Same time
Harry's POV

"You're wrong." I whisper softly, having been able to hear the soul's whispers even from the distance I was at and then turn my attention to the teachers, specifically to McGonagall as I say: "I need the Head of the Snakes now." And the woman looks shocked before dad says: "Harry just single-handedly made Voldemort retreat. Listen to him."
The woman nods and ten minutes later am I back in her office for the first time in a long while, my army of friends all waiting in the Courtyard and mum at my side alongside Hermione and the twins while dad and the other gods keep the Demigods busy and help Dumbledore understand what kind of battle just took place.

Then the Head of my Former House returns and with her does the one man who has single-handedly tried to make me leave several times, the man glaring at me with utter rage, yet I only level him a calm, uncaring stare and say: "We're fighting bigger battles now." Before turning back to where McGonagall takes her seat.
"May I ask why you didn't take your father or Lady Athena along, Heir Black?" The woman asks as Snape sits down and I say: "Because it won't be my job to use the talents of Lady Wisdom, I intend to leave that to Hermione, the twins and some others." The woman looks confused and I reach into an inner pocket of my robe.
And from that do I pull the Marauder's Map, something I had decided to take with me out of honor to this amazing school and I use my new wand as I say: "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." And while this makes the twins look at the two Heads of House worriedly, do I level them a stare that says: "Not important right now."
And the two nod before I say: "This Map shows all of Hogwarts. Voldemort got told that his servants know how to get through the weaknesses of the castle. The weaknesses are the hidden corridors and escape routes. The problem for them is that the twins, Remus, I myself, Hermione and Professor Snape know them as well."

I then turn to Snape and say: "And that is why I asked Professor McGonagall to call on you. You saw this Map 2 years ago and you saw enough of it that you knew where to find Lupin when you saw him vanish. So now, it's time for you to decide. Are you going to betray these weaknesses to Voldemort – or protect your House with your Life?"
The man glares at me and asks: "And why do you think my House will need any protection, Potter?" And I answer: "Black." Making the man sneer before I say: "Because I know which side they will pick and I know two other things. One, if they fail, Voldemort will not take their youth into account. Two, the Divine are a Warrior race."

"Are you threatening my snakes, Black?" Snape snarls in anger and I calmly answer: "No, I'm warning you to protect them. Lucius Malfoy failed that three years ago when he tried getting revenge on Arthur Weasley through his daughter and through it unleashed a beast that cared less than zero for whose blood it got to drink.
The Basilisk then may not have killed, but Penelope Clearwater and Ginny Weasley were proof enough. And here's the worst of it, Professor Snape; the culprit – was a youthful version of Lord Voldemort himself. So imagine how little he really cares for those he attacks and then decide where you stand. Professors."
And with that do I stand up, give a nod of respect to Professor McGonagall and a motion of the head for Hermione and the twins to follow me and after sending one last protective look at Snape, do I leave the office. And when the door closes behind me, does Hermione ask: "You really think you convinced him there, Harry?"

Yet instead of answering, do I turn from her to Ethan and he says: "He's safe." And while these two words don't convince me that the man will switch sides or whether or not he will betray us, do they still relieve me and I ask: "Ethan, where would we be without you?" And the boy shrugs as he asks: "Worrying your asses off?"
Making me laugh before, to my utter shock and the concern of my friends, another wave of dark magic hits me, yet this time much less painful and thus only making me close my eyes in shock, yet this allows for the magic to show me something that, while not as terrifying, is a dozen times more shocking than the previous vision.

Luke stands above Voldemort's dead Body, a heart without a soul covering it lying in the man's dead arms and the traitor of Hermes is actually glaring at the former Dark Lord with a look of utter fury and hatred on his face before he spits down at the now dead body of the Heir of Slytherin and slurs at him: "Kronos Only."
Before he apparently looks up to where an army trice as big as the one that approached Hogwarts stands in as utter shock as I feel and with the bloody war knife in his hand raised above his head, does he shout: "Hogwarts is protected, but Hogsmeade is not. Those wizards will feel the power of KRONOS ONLY!"
And while the boy actually starts repeating these two words, does it take the Death Eaters, Vampires, Goblins, Dragons, Drakons, Dark Veela, Werewolves and other horrendous beasts on a few chants before they join him and as I leave my vision, do I see Ethan's eyes glaze over before he whispers: "The Final Fight; it approaches."

Holy MOTHER OF HERA!
I will be honest with you, I had actually planned on Voldemort running a massacre somewhere, but for some reason I just couldn't get myself to do so. Now don't get me wrong, it will definitely happen in the next chapter and there will definitely be casualties, but for some reason I wanted Harry to win the first fight.
Also, I already have the deaths picked out for the final battle and while some of them will be cannon, some of them will not. However, I am conflicted about one thing; should I let the Finale Battle be Between Harry And Luke or Luke and someone else? I am actually thinking either Thalia or Annabeth, but I am unsure.
Let me know, okay,

Venquine1990
PS. For Rules, check chapter 01
PPS. Ending Chapter will be December
PPPS. Let me know which part you loved best.