Location: Midgard, United States of America, New York, Long Island, Farm Road 3.141, Half-Blood Hill, Camp Halfblood
POV: Narrator
Adrian had initially planned to blend into the shadows in the demigod, magical and muggle worlds. Not only would it make his task of subtly changing the course of history easier but it's also how he prefers things. Not hated, but not adored. Just left the Hel alone. Unfortunately, anonymity is not even a remote possibility for him. He's a celebrity in the wizarding world because he can't bloody well die. He's a Prince twice over from his father, Loki. His father, Loki, is the adopted son of King Odin and Queen Frigga in addition to secretly being the current King of Jotunheim and the Hindi pantheon. Through his mother, Lady Hecate, he's a child of the Underworld not to mention being her firstborn child and heir. Everyone is still hung up on how she gave birth while maintaining her maidenhood. It doesn't help that his mother's mortal family, the Addams, are considered unusual or creepy to nearly every society they come into contact with. Finally, he's already labeled as The-Master-of-Death meaning he's been assured to eventually become a full-blown God.
Despite loathing his fame with a fiery passion and hating being singled out he loves and treasures his family dearly. He and Nico did come back in time and choose to relive their entire life from infancy onward to save their family's rather than remake the world from the ashes Ragnarök created. So far their plan has caused minor ripples in time such as his being raised by the Addams's rather than the Durselys. Hopefully nothing too drastic changes. They may be full-blooded Gods now but their still trapped in their demigod bodies. If Nico's anything like him, he has limited but growing access to his powers.
He's managed to remain unnoticed while living here in America with his Uncle Gomez and Aunt Tish but that's likely due to his unpredictable luck and no small amount of mist and magic disillusionment. For his first two weeks at the crudely named Greek demigod camp, Camp Half-Blood, Hadrian successfully blended into the shadows, sometimes quite literally. He was an oddity sure, being claimed on one's first night in any demigod camp is rare. Even rarer is for said demigod to be declared the child of a supposedly virgin goddess only for said declaration to be followed up with Death offering her sigil of protection and mastery. Despite such a claiming being unheard of before him, he was still mostly left alone with the exception of his half-siblings and the camp directors.
Then on a run, he Nero quite literally stumbled into Fred and George Weasley planning a prank with their younger brother's Conor and Travis Stoll. Hadrian doesn't exactly match the given descriptions of him. His rumored messy brown hair is naturally jet black and curly. Additionally, he was born with complete heterochromia, one eye is neon green and the other emerald green. Still yet, the Twins immediately recognized him from those blasted Boy-Who-Lived books. Apparently they are still being sold despite the ongoing lawsuit against the publishers. To say the trio were shocked to meet in a Greek demigod camp would be a vast understatement. Before Hadrian could completely overcome his shock George and Fred pulled him and a confused Nero aside with worried frowns while Conor and Travis set up a privacy ward.
Location: Midgard, United States of America, New York, Long Island, Farm Road 3.141, Half-Blood Hill, Camp Halfblood
Date: Saturday, Aug, 14th, 2005
Time: 12:05 am
POV: Hadrian 'Adrian' Frey Peverell aka Harry James Potter, The-Boy-Who-Lived
"Look," Fred began, "we get that-"
"-you don't know us but-" George continues.
"-you need to watch your back." Fred continues before both twins wince.
"Wait, that didn't come out right," they say in horrified unison while Nero growls lowly.
"Than how did you mean it?" Hadrian asks confused while petting Nero to calm him down.
"Look, there's no easy way to say this okay?" Fred begins while running both hands through his short ginger hair. "Our sister-"
"not one of the demigods," George hastily assures him.
"Right, Ginny's a mortal witch and she lives in England," Fred confirms with a nod and a wary glance to Nero.
"-she's OBSESSED with you, mate," George says with a terrified shutter.
"She's only five but our Mum has her convinced she going to marry you one day," Fred explains while Travis and Conor respectively gape and wince behind the twins at the news.
"What?" Hadrian asks dumbly looking between Fred and George. 'Ginny Weasely? As in my crazy ex-wife Ginevra?! Hadrian thinks to himself in a panic before demanding in an oddly shrill voice. "I'm 8! Why the fuck is someone already planning for their daughter to marry me?!"
"Look you probably don't realize this-" Fred begins
"or maybe you do given that you're here and all-" George continues waving his hands and gesturing vaguely to their surroundings.
"-but you're a living legend back in England." Fred finishes.
"A legend because you lived," George says nodding sagely.
"Right. Back home, they have entire bookshelves filled with History books written about your survival." Fred says with a disappointed shake of his head.
"They have several Fantasy series written about you too," George tacks on.
"-but everyone thinks they're real," Fred says giving a pointed and questioning look to George.
"Are they?" George asks hesitantly.
"No," Adrain says with a shake of his head. He absentmindedly beings petting Nero while mulling over the fact that apparently five-year-old Ginvinra is already planning to marry him. "Uncle Gomez is currently suing them over the fact that none of the book series are true. Not even the so-called history books. They have all the facts wrong. All they have gotten correct is my parent's mortal names and that I survived the killing curse."
"Mum's gone round the bend declaring Gin will be the next Lady Potter to anyone who will listen," Fred says sadly shaking his head before starting and sharing a look with George. "You said, 'mortal names'."
"Did you mean mortal names as in plural?" George asks hesitantly.
"Yes. The Olympians know but my Father's pantheon's don't. We're trying to keep it a secret for a while yet." Adrian explains. "I'm enough of an abnormality as it is."
"Got it," Fred says with a serious nod.
"Our lips are sealed," George promises.
"I'm sorry but for the sake of my family's continued survival I'm going to need a magical oath," Adrian says running his hands through his shoulder-length curly hair. "From all four of you," Adrian says sparing Travis and Conor a worried look. "This cannot get out. The Norse will kill my Dad if they ever find out."
George and Fred share a considering look then nod to their younger brothers. "Understandable." Fred begins turning back to face him. "But we have conditions."
"We can't in good faith make a vow to someone without giving introductions," George says with a sly grin.
"You could be pulling our leg. For all, we know your not even The-Boy-Who-Lived." Fred tacks on.
"Your right." Adrian readily agrees. "I vow on my magic, my blood and the river of Styx that I am The Master-of-Death, Hadrian Frey Peverell, son and heir of the Olympian Titan Goddess of magic and necromancy Lady Hecate and the Norse God of trickery and magic King Loki." Adrain introduces with a mock bow. "Additionally, I vow on my magic, my blood and the river of Styx that the mortals in Great Britain know me by my alias Harry James Potter, and the acronym The-Boy-Who-Lived." Adrian continues pausing to cast a wandless Lumos once he's risen from his mock bow.
Wide-eyed the four sons of Hermes repeat his words aloud before breaking out into wide grins. "I'm Frederick Damianos Weasley, your majesty." Fred introduces still wide-eyed. "I prefer to go by Fred."
"I'm Fred's twin Georgios Damianus Weasely. I prefer to go by George," George greets next "It's an honor to meet a child of Loki."
"Conor Eculid Stoll." Conor introduces next "It's always awesome to meet a fellow demigod who's also the son of a trickster God."
"Travis Akakios Stoll." Travis introduces last. "Loki is our Idol and patron God next to our Dad, of course. "So how exactly do we make this vow?"
"Allow us to demonstrate little proteges," Fred says with a wide grin finally over his shock. "I Frederick Damianos Weasley,"
"-and I Georgios Damianus Weasely," George continues before the twins begin to speak in unified twin-speak.
"-twin demigod sons of the Olympian trickster God Hermes and the mortal witch Margaret Mary Weesely nee Prewett. Hereby swear on our magic and by the river of Styx to maintain the secrets entrusted to us by-" here the twins' pause and look to Adrian bemused. "The Master-of-Death, Hadrian Frey Peverell, son and heir the Olympian Goddess Lady Hecate and the Norse God-King Loki." The twins are surrounded by light pink, gold and silver glow.
"By swearing on our magic we made an oath and agreed that the price of breaking said oath is losing our magic," Fred explains once the glow has died down.
"Right." George confirms "By swearing by the river of Styx we made a second oath and put a bind on our soul and magic." George explains "By swearing by the river of Styx we physically can't break the oath even after dying."
"The important thing to remember about binding oaths like this is that they have to be willingly made," Fred explains.
"So, do you still want to make the oath?" George asks with a grin.
"Yeah!" Conor immediately replies.
"Of course we do," Travis confirms
"Think you can do it?"
"Yep," Conor and Travis agree with a grin.
"I Travis Akakios Stoll," Travis says with a wide grin
"-and I Conor Eculid Stoll," Conor continues before the brothers begin to speak in unison.
"-demigod sons of the Olympian trickster God Hermes and the mortal witch Catrina Fiona Stoll. Hereby swear on our magic and by the river of Styx to maintain the secrets entrusted to us by The Master-of-Death, Hadrian Frey Peverell, son and heir the Olympian Goddess Lady Hecate and the Norse God-King Loki."
Lately, Adrain's been having a blast pulling the odd prank and slide of hand against the other demigod campers. He's yet to be caught by the camp directors and normally the Weasley twins or the Stoll brothers get the credit and subsequent punishment. He always makes it up to them by gifting them something or ensuring their punishment chores are completed by the time they get around to doing them. The Stoll brothers and the Weasley twins, eventually caught him when he permanently dyed the Ares cabin's bed sheets pink. Following the incident, the four Tricksters have taken to referring to him as their honorary brother much to his delight.
Like him, the Trickster quartet, as he now calls them, were each gifted a portkey to escape for months at a time by their godly parent, Hermes. According to them, his portkey will take him back home to just when he left once he's ready to leave. The thought is amusing given the dramatic send off his family arranged for him. Recently the twins have begun teaching him how to manipulate the mist to alter his appearance or to mess with people. Thanks to their lessons he's discovered he's a natural shapeshifter. He's learned enough that he can now change his jet black hair dirty blonde, ginger red, midnight blue, or emerald green. Additionally, he can alter his skin to almost any tone and give himself freckles.
Fred and George must miss the rest of the Weasley brood terribly or just be in the habit of helping others younger than them. Once they realized he was in the habit of waking up at sunrise they began to wake up with him. Naturally, Travis and Conor followed suit. The five of them don't get much sleep as thanks to Luke no one in the Hermes cabin goes to bed before at least midnight despite the enforced curfew. Luke could keep a child of Morpheus awake with his online gaming.
During the late nights and early mornings, the Weasley Twins have taken to sneaking Adrian and the Stoll brothers away in order to teach them everything they know. Mostly that involves pranks but it always starts with a serious magic lesson from what they've learned at home. After the lessons, they all try to improve on the pranks and magic. Hadrian's found he's surprisingly good at creating and pulling off pranks. Of course, he's much better at the little magic they've taught him. In return for the twins teaching them the Stoll brothers share the little magic they know and Adrian teaches the few wandless spells and non-family rituals he's learned.
The Weasley twins aren't alone in teaching him non-curriculum oriented lessons. Luke Castellan takes his title of head counselor of Cabin 11 very seriously. Luke has taken it upon himself to train each demigod under his care in the art of thievery, survival, swordsmanship, and defense. Additionally Luke carves out time for smaller group lessons on what he considers life skills. Hadrian's worst subject so far is using the internet. He's not sure if it's because his magic is interfering or because Luke is just that bad of a teacher.
It may seem like years ago now but Hadrian still remembers Nico mentioning a child of Hermes named Luke who went off the rails. Nico never knew the guy and the Luke in question was more of a warning legend than anything by the time Nico attended camp Half-blood. Given that the legend doesn't yet exist, it's not looking good for Luke Castellan but Adrain's not going to judge until he has solid facts. In Luke's defense, he's a good fighter, older brother, and head counselor. Luke's teaching skills, on the other hand, could use some serious work. Hadrian suspects he's unknowingly trying to teach upon skills the campers do not yet have.
For example, Adrian rarely uses any electronics. Despite this Luke wants him and his fellow Hermes cabin members to understand computer coding so they can track Internet Protocol or IP addresses across the planet. It just seems like a bit too much to expect from an eight-year-old. Still, he's gotten the hang of it… mostly... maybe. He doesn't have anyone to compare his new hacking, researching, and gaming skills to other than his fellow campers. So far they've learned to play; Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil, Call of Duty 2, and guitar hero despite Luke's protests that 'its a shit game with no life skills.' His complaints just result in good-natured ribbing in return from the entire Hermes cabin.
By his third week at camp half-blood Adrain was competing alongside the Stoll's for top place in hacking into random gamers accounts and tracing their IP addresses. Fred and George are of no help because they're still learning the basics. They live in the Britsh magical community where muggle technology is banned. It's weird from an outsider's perspective. Even his Aunt Morticia and Uncle Gomez use some modern appliances and technology despite still cooking with cauldrons and such. It's only thanks to Aunt Tish and Uncle Gomez that he learned how to operate a TV remote. Due to experience in both lifetimes, he can hold a phone conversation and get information from even the worst and most evasive conversationalists.
Despite his initial wariness on the subject, it turns out he's a natural warrior. Given that at 12 he battled against a 1000-year-old Basilisk with nothing but a sword a phoenix and a talking hat and not only survived but won the battle it shouldn't have been so surprising. What was surprising was Annabeth's reaction. Annabeth was so impressed by his first fight that she's taken to training him herself. They quickly got over their animosity and work it out through fighting when it pops up again. He's picked up the weapons training, martial arts and various fighting styles like a child of both Athena and Ares. Together their techniques have allotted their team's several victories. According to Annabeth, he's impressed the entirety of the Athena cabin.
