"Remus!" Apollo yelled out as he entered the family wing of the Olympus Palace.

Remus poked his head out the door to the suite that Harald, Sandraudiga, and himself occupied. Harald also poked his head out right underneath Remus; it was so cute how Harald tended to mimic Remus.

"Remus, I was exploring Diagon Alley, and after visiting the apothecary shop, I discovered your people use broomsticks to fly. So I bought some and want to try them out. Will you accompany me?"

"YES!" Five-year-old Harald screamed in happiness, making all the adults wince at the tonal level the excited boy reached. Then, jumping up and down in the hallway, getting a couple of guards on duty to chuckle.

"I don't know," Remus said, winking at Apollo to play along, "five years old is a little young for broom flying."

"Mumy!" Harry whined.

"Moony!" Sirius whined, pushing the werewolf out into the hallway so he could join the conversation, "I bought Harry his first broomstick at one-year-old. He was an exceptional flyer. So don't be such a worry wort."

"Broom flying?" Alexiares and Anicetus, Heracles's sons, said together as they poked their heads out of their suite of rooms, "we're in!"

"It is impossible to guard him when you all take him out flying. First Pegasus, now brooms!" Sandraudiga complained.

"Lighten up, sweetheart…" Alexiares said, winking at the Valkyrie

"Yeah, we are on top of…" Anicetus replied, following his twin's train of thought.

"Security around here…" Alexiares said as he moved towards Sandraudiga, trying to flirt with her.

"We are the gatekeepers to…" Anicetus replied, shaking his head at his twins' failure to seduce the Valkyrie as she pulled her sword out of the scabbard to keep his twin at sword length away.

"Olympus! Nothing gets past us!" Alexiares and Anicetus said at the same time.

"How can you be on top of security at the gate when you are never there?" Sandraudiga asked snidely, "Heimdall seldom leaves his post."

"Heimdall is not just Asgard's gatekeeper but the God of Sight also. He doesn't leave the Rainbow Bridge because that is the one place in Asgard where he can see almost anywhere in the Galaxy," Heracles said as he came out and grabbed his twins by their ear as they were both making kissy faces at the Valkyrie while Harald watched and giggled. The twins threw a wink Harald's way, making him laugh harder. "Just like great-aunt, Thea doesn't like to leave the tower of Mytikas. I'm sure Heimdall uses the same spells, charms, and magic we do when he does leave the Rainbow Bridge."

"Why are you complaining anyways? Don't Valkyrie ride Pegasuses?" Sirius asked, not knowing the different times Harald had disappeared on whichever God was supposed to be babysitting…I mean, teaching Harald at the time.

"Oh, have her tell you about the Great Peggy Escape of 1984," one of Heracles twins called out.

"Come on," Apollo whined, "let's go already!"

"Great Peggy Escape of 1984? Oh, I got to hear that story!" Sirius said as he pulled Sandraudiga with him as they followed Apollo outside the palace to a grand square with a fountain in the middle.

"Once you learn how to fly on a broom, I'll teach you how to fly without one," Apollo said as he walked with Harald with his arm across the boy's shoulder.

"NO!" Remus yelled, "No flying without assistance!"

"NO!" Sandraudiga called out, "No flying in ways I cannot follow."

"You worry too much!" Apollo called over his shoulder, winking at Harald, who just giggled.

"Harald, come on, baby, it's time to wake up," a woman whispered in Harry's ear.

"What? Huh?" Harry said as he sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Come with me, Harald; Zeus wants you to learn how to track in the forest," Artemis said as she helped dress him in browns and greens as she and her hunters dressed.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!" Sandraudiga yelled as she exited her bedroom into the suite's living area, her sword raised.

Artemis's hunters raised their weapons, aiming them at the Asgardian. Remus opened his door, only half-dressed, and some of Artemis's hunters gasped at his nudity. He raised an eyebrow at Sandraudiga before yawning, "Sandy, calm down. Today is the day Artemis is taking Harry out into the forest to learn how to track. It will be every Saturday until the school year ends." Remus yawned again and went back into his bedroom to go back to bed; four o'clock in the morning was just too early for the werewolf.

"Yes, Sandraudiga," Hera said as she came into the room carrying a breakfast tray for the boy, "take today off, get out of Olympus, visit Asgard. Artemis and her hunters will take care of Harald while they start his tracking training."

"No offense, Queen Hera, but doesn't Artemis and her hunter track monsters? As a half-blood, the monsters will try to kill the boy. I am his bodyguard; I will fail my duty if I let him get killed by a monster while someone else is watching him," Sandraudiga snarked back, too tired to be nice to the Queen.

"That would be true if he were a half-blood, but Harald is now a whole God, as you are aware. So the monsters will no longer attack Harald," Queen Hera responded, disregarding the Asgardian's rudeness just as she ignored that the Valkyrie was having an affair with Odin. Frigga was her friend, but there were just some things you did not, should not tell your friends. Support them when they learn the truth, but do not tell them unless you can engineer a confrontation without anyone knowing.

"Ya-ya!" Harald cried out as he entered the living area and saw his grandmother, "are you coming too?"

"No, little one, it is just auntie Artemis and her hunters," Hera explained as she lifted him to sit at a table to eat his breakfast, handing him a potion to drink. Then, she passed a bag to Artemis, "this is some potions he has to take with his meals to counter the malnutrition from that brute of a mortal."

"Still?" Artemis questioned, thinking back to the hunt of the boy's uncle she participated in.

"Yes," Hera snarled, "this should be the last year. By summer, he won't need them anymore."

"I will take the Saturdays off that the child goes with Artemis, but I must know where you are taking him each time," Sandraudig compromised.

"That sounds fair. Go home and visit your family," Hera said, smiling.

"Yes, perhaps, I can bring my own Pegasus back with me?" Sandraudig asked.

"Of course!" Hera responded happily.

"All done, Ya-ya!" Harry chirped from the table, and the hunters looked at each other; there would be no hunting done on these excursions; the boy was loud.

"We will be headed to the South American Amazon in the country called Brazil today," Artemis told Sandraudig; she did not want the vicious Valkyrie to join them on their trips. She could sense people and did not like what she recognized in the Asgardian. Moreover, she did not want to put her hunters at risk by having the woman with them. Not to mention, the boy was still young; he could be trained to be quiet. But unfortunately, the Valkyrie was past the training stage, and she was still louder than an elephant.

~LGCHB~

Earlier in the week

"Once you learn how to fly on a broom, I'll teach you how to fly without one," Apollo said as he walked with Harald with his arm across the boy's shoulder.

"NO!" Remus yelled, "No flying without assistance!"

"NO!" Sandraudig called out, "No flying in ways I cannot follow."

"You worry too much!" Apollo called over his shoulder, winking at Harald, who just giggled.

Apollo put down all the brooms except two; one for himself and a smaller one for Harald. Waving his arm, the brooms made two lines facing each other. Remus stood next to a broom at one end, and Sirius stood next to a broom on the opposite side towards the middle. Since they knew what they were doing, they would help Apollo teach the others how to fly on a broom.

"Now, everyone stands next to a broom and call firmly 'UP,'" Apollo stated as he watched Ares and Heracles each stand next to a broom. Artemis and Athena joined in, with Zoë standing next to Sirius. Artemis took Zoë's place, moving her in between herself and Athena.

"Hi," Sirius said, winking at Artemis, "Sirius Orion Black the III at your service." Remus facepalmed and groaned.

"SIRIUS!" Apollo yelled out, catching him flirting with his twin sister. He grew to his twelve feet tall persona and leaned over, "Do not flirt with my maiden sister!"

"Maiden? As in virgin?" Sirius squeaked only to clear his throat.

"Sirius, who did your family worship?" Remus asked.

"We worshipped the Celtic Gods; why?" Sirius responded.

"So you don't know anything about the Greek Gods?"

"I know a little," Sirius whined.

"Do you know about Orion?" Remus asked, smirking. Apollo seeing Remus smirking knew Sirius was about to be put in his place and returned to his standard size.

"Ahh…no…" Sirius said as he looked around and noticed other Gods and Goddesses smirking.

"Orion was Artemis's only male hunter, and Apollo killed him thinking Orion was about to take advantage of his TWIN sister," Remus summed up a long story into a short version.

"Ahh…" Sirius said, "so what he's saying," Sirius said, turning to Artemis, "is don't let your brother catch me flirting with you," Remus facepalmed again while Apollo huffed. Ares laughed and said that Sirius had a death wish, while Heracles forced Sirius to switch places with Remus.

Sandraudig and Nemesis joined those wanting to learn how to fly on a broomstick, while Hephaestus just came up and stole one of the brooms to study. By the end of the year, everyone knew that the Greek gods would have their own version of the broomstick, and everyone would be flying on one.

"Now, as I was saying," Apollo glared at Sirius, who was busy flirting with Nemesis, "stand next to the broomstick and call 'UP.'"

~LGCHB~

"My Lord," Sandraudig purred as she met with Odin at a café in Paris.

"What news do you have that is so urgent?" Odin replied, taking a sip of his coffee and waving his hand towards the seat across from him, inviting Sandraudig to sit down.

"The Huntress and her hunters will take the Little Monster out every Saturday to teach him how to track. They have told me I am not needed while they are around," Sandraudig huffed, feeling scorned.

"So what you are saying is they are so arrogant in their abilities that they believe they can protect the boy," Odin surmised, "that this time frame would be the best to send out a monster of my own to kill the boy."

"Ahh…yes, My Lord," Sandraudig replied, not thinking that at all. She thought it would be a good time for a bit of nookie with the All-Father, but his plan was good too.