Fred:

"Come on Lee, we need to talk," I said, I got out of bed and went over to Lee. I grabbed his arm and pulled him out of his bed. George was already asleep so I left him alone, though unusually he wasn't snoring like he normally does. I pulled Lee into the bathroom and shut the door behind us. "This has got to stop," I said

"What?" Lee said

"You have got to stop being mean to him, sure he has some flaws and has done some questionable things but it's clear that he regrets it. I could see it on him, he truly looked sorry. What you have said has really hurt him, he spent dinner up here crying. He was truly by you." I said

"You don't understand what that freak can and has done," Lee said

"All those things have a reason, I am sure of it. I have a feeling things were different during his youth, the ancient days, everything can be forgiven" I said

"No, you never forgive an Immortal" Lee said

"What has he done?" I asked playing peacekeeper was not the job for me. George had always been better at that than me. He said for me too let them handle it on their own terms but I wanted to help Apollo, just because he was a God didn't mean he could handle it or even knew what to do, he was naive to the world of magic. His awestruck expressions at all magic proved that.

"He tried to cast my dad into Tartarus" Lee said

"Why?" I asked

"Dad stole his cattle when he was a newborn" Lee said

"But Apollo didn't throw him it to hell now did he?" I said

"Tried is just as bad." Lee said "He helped to destroy Troy, struck down Orion, shot down seven boys in front of their mother because she bragged, slew python who was just guarding a shrine, taking the sight of prophecy. Slain the Giants Tityos, slew his own lover by a disk, chased a nymph until she turned into a laurel tree cursed a girl because she refused to sleep with him-"

"That's enough," I said "I'll look it all up"

"You?" Lee scoffed "Going to the library?"

"I have the book you're father gave me" I said "Look both you and Fred are our friends, we can't-"

"Save it, I'll never be friends with him" Lee spat his name like it was poison

"Just swear one thing for me" I said

"What" Lee said

"Swear that you won't reveal him to anyone without his permission and stop trying to get him in trouble," George said walking in "I heard the whole conversation"

"Fine, the two of you better swear as well," Lee said

"Well, we can only swear the first" I said

"I swear upon the river styx that I will not reveal Lord Apollo's true identity without permission from the god himself" Lee said, there was a clap of thunder

"We swear on the river of Styx not to tell Apollo's Identity without permission from him" George and I said thunder rumbled again

"Go ahead, Fred and I need too talk" George sad and Lee left the bathroom "Don't try to play peacekeeper, He's a big boy he can handle himself He's a God"

"Georgie" I sighed "You saw how upset he was, he looked distraught too me"

"Yeah, but-"

"Being a god doesn't mean he can handle it" I said "All that means is he will live forever and be idolized for no reason. Forever is a long time too wonder why you're friends never helped you"

"I guess you're right Freddie" George said, "But can his misshapes really be-"

"It's no longer the ancient times, as I told Lee, he was a kid when he did those things, I'm sure he's grown up a bit since then" I said

"It's hard to believe he's loved men" George said with a small smile

"Yeah, it's a bit funny" I said, I needed to figure out what this feeling was, for some reason I had an urge to protect the sun god and to be near him, what was this feeling?

"Let's go on too bed" george said with a yawn.I opened the bathroom door and we headed back to our beds. I laid down facing Apollo whose hair was framing his face in ringlets. He also appeared to be glowing putting some light into the dark dormitory. His hair looked really soft and I wanted to run my hands through it like I do Ginny's. He had one earbud in and I noticed he had stripped his shirt off and kicked all his blankets and pillows off the bed, just like he did every night at home. I noticed his six pack that he had, for someone as small as he was, he sure was pretty fit. His tan skin was a normal fair skinned pale tone now and the remaining bruises that he had were visible. He jerked and whimpered in his sleep

"Fred, wake up" I said "It's just a dream"

"W...Will" He whimpered

"Fred," I said a little louder "It's just a dream, wake up"

"I.. I co..come" he whimpered

"Fred" I said getting up and going too him

"N...No" he cried in his sleep lashing out a kick that I hardly dodged, I shook his shoulder

"Fred, come on, it's just a dream wake up" I said, he groaned and whimpered but opened his eyes. His bright blue eyes were full of fear and he was shivering. I grabbed his blanket and put it over him. "It's okay, you're safe here" I said I went to walk back to my bed but he grabbed my wrist

"Stay" He whimpered

"Fre-" I made the mistake of looking back at him. He was doing the puppy eyes at me and I couldn't resist it. "Oh fine" I said letting him pull me into the bed with him.I got under the blankets and he sifted me on top of him "If George somehow finds out, you're taking the blame" he flashed me a smile that made my heart flutter, I couldn't quite understand why there was something about the smile that was was different from the other ones I had got from him. I just couldn't place it.

"Unless he gets up with da sun we have nothin' to worry 'bout" Apollo said. I closed my eyes listening to his heartbeat. I felt his hand on my waist and tried to Ignore how it made my heart race. I didn't know why. His other hand was under my rear I couldn't tell if he was touching my bum or my leg. My breath caught in my throat. I wrapped my arms around him like I did George when the two of us slept together, one arm around his torso, mid back and the other hand tangled in his hair. His hair was really soft, softer than Ginny's. I heard his breathing even out.

"Bloody hell" I whispered.