Okay, so I'm sooo sorry it took me forever to update! I've been so busy with a few of my other stories and completely forgot about this one, which I hadn't meant to do. And I got distracted watching Game of Thrones.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, if I did Sirius and Fred wouldn't have died and more than half the characters would be gay.
Warnings: the usual
Pairings so far:
Fred/George/Harry
Thana/Salazar/Hermione/Ginny/Daphne
Chapter Five
Thana burst into the Great Hall, giggling uncontrollably, mischief sparkling in her eyes. Dashing over to her son and his friends, she leapt over the table and ducked behind Ginny and Hermione, who were holding hands and chatting about plans for their next Hogsmeade Weekend . Everyone turned to the woman with confusion and curiosity, wondering at her sudden entrance and odd behavior.
"Mum? Who'd you prank this time?" Harry asked her exasperatedly.
Before Thana could answer, two figures, a male and a female, stormed into the Hall. The male had dark brown hair that fell to his shoulders, steel grey eyes, and tanned skin. He had a five o'clock shadow and he was buff, his muscles straining against the tight, pink cocktail dress he was currently sporting (Harry's eyes widened in horror as he stared at the male). The female had long, silky black hair and lavender eyes, her skin a beautiful ivory and clear of imperfections. The dress she wore was darker than her hair, as were the stilettos she wore. She was gorgeous, her beauty unnatural and enchanting, even with the dark scowl that twisted her lips.
"Thana! Where are you, you damned imp!?" the female yelled.
"You are so fucking dead when I find you, brat." the male growled furiously. "You better show yourself and get this monstrosity off me!"
Another male walked into the room, amusement and laughter shining in his clear blue eyes with a grin on his lips. "Now, now Ares, I think the dress looks good on you."
The male, Ares, snarled and lunged at him, murderous intent in his eyes. "You helped the little shit, didn't you!"
The male easily dodged and smirked at him. "Of course I did, dear brother."
Thana giggled again as she watched the trio.
The woman's head shot up, purple eyes narrowed. "I heard you! I swear on my father, Thana, if you don't change me and my clothing back, I'm going to make every person in this room fall into lust with you." she threatened heatedly.
Thana paled and shot up. "No! I- I'll change you back. Just please, Dite, don't make everyone fall in lust with me." the goddess of the undead gave in, nearly begging at the end. She still had nightmares about the last time her fellow goddess did that. She had been in the middle of a mall. A very crowded mall.
Waving her hand with a few muttered words, Aphrodite's hair returned to it's golden color and her dress faded to a pretty shell pink. The goddess of love conjured a mirror and sighed in relief when she saw her golden locks.
"I don't know, Ana. I think she looked better with black hair, don't you?" the blue eyed male asked Thana, who snickered.
Aphrodite glared darkly at him. "Shut it, Hermes, or I'll charm your beloved shoes pink."
Hermes pouted.
"Hello! I'm still here. In this pink monstrosity you call a dress." the steel eyed male grit out, a furious glare on his face.
Thana studied him. "Hermes was right. The dress looks good on you. Pink is so your color." she winked at the man, who roared and sprinted at her.
The grim reaper danced out of his reach, laughing.
Aphrodite sighed in annoyance. "Thana, change the dress back. I'd like to continue my previous activities with Ares." she huffed.
Thana grimaced at the image that drifted through her head. "Fine, fine." she grumbled, flicking her fingers at Ares.
The dress immediately transformed into leather pants and steel toed combat boots. "That's more like it." Ares grinned, wrapping his arm around Aphrodite. "Lets go, babe, I got plans for us." he leered at the blonde, who giggled and gave him bedroom eyes, as he led her out of the Hall.
Hermes stared after them for a moment before he turned to Thana with a grin. "You took pictures, right?"
Thana gave him an offended look. "Of course I did! Why do you think I gave in and changed them back so easily?"
Hermes chuckled. "So, who should we prank next? My dear old dad?"
Thunder rumbled loudly in the sky outside, startling some of the students and staff.
Hermes pouted again. "Killjoy." he muttered.
"Cheer up, uncle Hermes. You could always prank Apollo or Artemis." Harry stated.
Hermes beamed at him. "You're right, dear nephew. How've you been, by the way? I haven't seen you much since school's started, though you're mom's been down right pissy. Came to me ranting about toads and old goats the other day. Was rather confusing until I got her to tell me everything."
Thana glared at the brunette. "I have not been pissy." she hissed at him.
Hermes rolled his eyes and turned his attention to the Weasley twins, who were staring at him with unconcealed awe. "You two would be Fred and George, yes?"
"He knows our names." the twins whispered, swooning.
"Should I be jealous right now?" Harry asked playfully, nudging his boyfriends.
The twins snapped out of their daze and wrapped him in their arms. "Of course not, Harry." George started.
"You're the only one for us." Fred added.
Both twins kissed him on the cheek.
Hermes nodded with approval. "I like them." he told Thana and Harry, who grinned at him.
Harry turned to his mother. "Where's Sal?"
"He's talking to your grandfather and Seph. He'll be here soon, though. Hopefully." Thana said absentmindedly, taking in a deep breath. Her eyes drifted over to the Slytherin table, stopping on a blonde with stormy grey eyes. "Hmm. Interesting. Sal will be happy."
"I'll be happy about what?" Salazar asked his eldest mate as he strolled into the Hall. He wrapped an arm around Thana's waist and smiled at her, placing a gentle kiss on her lips. "Hello, my love."
Thana returned the smile. "Hi. How'd the talk with my parents go?"
"Fine. Your fath-"
"Morgana's tits! That's Salazar Slytherin!" a voice from the Slytherin table exclaimed, making everyone still.
Salazar turned to the fifth year. "Indeed I am, miss...?"
"Bulstrode, Millicent Bulstrode. May I ask how you're here? You're supposed to be dead." the teen asked. "And why are you with Potter's mum of all people?"
Salazar arched an eyebrow as he studied the girl, before a scent caught his attention. His gaze snapped to the blonde Thana had been eyeing earlier. "Mate." he hissed.
The girl's jaw dropped in shock as her fellow student glared at her with envy.
"That's what I meant when I said you'd be happy. A mate from your House." Thana told the other vampire before she smiled at the girl. "May I have your name, beautiful?"
"Daphne Greengrass." the teen responded, a tad dazed.
Salazar smirked and held out his hand to her. "Would you mind coming with us? We have much to talk about."
"I'm afraid I can't allow that."
Both Thana and Salazar hissed in anger as they whirled around to glare at the old goat, who was staring at them with narrowed eyes.
"That's not for you to decide." Thana growled.
"It is, since I'm the Headmaster and Ms. Greengrass is a student, who I want you two to stay away from. Now, if you'd kindly leave this school and not return, I'd be most thankful." Dumbledore told them, threats burning in his eyes.
Salazar's eyes darkened in rage. "You dare to try to keep us from our mates?!" he hissed, his anger making him revert to Parseltongue.
Dumbledore visibly paled at the snake tongue.
"Salazar dear, the bumblebee doesn't understand the snake language." Thana hissed back to her mate, making many gasp in shock and fear.
Hermes stepped forward, eyes hard and cold as steel. "Careful what you say to my cousin and her mate, old coot, or I'll throw you into Tartarus."
Dumbledore glared at him. "Tartarus is a myth, my boy." he bit out.
Hermes growled. "I'm not 'your boy', old man. And I assure you, Tartarus is very much real."
Thana grinned at her favorite cousin. "He doesn't know, Herm. About us or Harry."
"Oh? Should we tell them, then?" Hermes smirked at her, eyes glinting.
"I don't see why not. He'll be dealt with soon."
Hermes grinned evilly and bowed mockingly to Dumbledore. " I am Hermes, Messenger of the gods, God of trade, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, and border crossings, guide to the Underworld."
Thana bowed this time. "And I am Thana, daughter of the God Hades, Goddess of the Undead and Reaper of Souls, Princess of the Underworld."
"Don't forget Queen of the Brazilian Coven." Harry spoke up, a cheeky smile on his face.
Thana rolled her eyes. "I haven't been Queen of the coven for nearly fifteen hundred years, Harry." she retorted.
"They still view you as such, though, even if Belladonna sits in the throne." Harry told her.
"Wha- how they hell do you know that?" Thana blinked in confusion. She wasn't aware that the Brazil Coven still saw her as their Queen.
Harry huffed. "Bella told me a few years ago, said that you're the True Queen. She didn't tell you?"
Thana scowled. "No, your sister didn't tell me. I swear, she does this on purpose sometimes." Thana grumbled.
Hermes snorted before sighing when his phone started beeping. Glancing at it, he grinned. "I gotta go, but I'll see you later, Thana. Oh! Harry, I have something for you." he said, reaching into his bag, pulling out a white shoe box and handing it to the emerald eyed boy.
Harry took it and lifted the lid, eyes widening when he saw what was inside. "Are these what I think they are?" he asked, excitement in his eyes.
"You're own winged shoes. Now you can stop taking mine." Hermes winked at him, making him flush.
Thana snorted. "He'll never come down from the sky now."
Hermes shrugged and gave Harry a brief, yet tight, hug before walking out of the Hall. Thana turned to Daphne, who was staring at her with wide eyes, and held out her hand.
"Would you mind coming with us? You're friends can come as well, if you want them to."
Daphne looked at Draco, Blaise, Theo, and Pansy. "Do you want to come along?" she asked them.
They nodded, standing. Daphne placed her hand on Thana's, the goddess beaming at her. Gently pulling Daphne to her feet, the reaper turned to her male mate.
"Can you bring the others to our meeting place?" she asked him.
Salazar nodded and gave her a quick kiss. "Of course, my love."
Giving him a smile, she led the five Slytherin teens out of the Great Hall.
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Silence blanketed the Room of Requirement as Thana waited for the others to show up. The Slytherins were studying her, questions burning in their eyes. Theo was the first to break.
"Are you really a goddess?" he blurted out, flushing a deep red when the reaper turned her attention fully on to him, an eyebrow arched.
"I am. I was born a demi-god, though, my mother having been a vampire." Thana responded to the violet eyed boy.
"So Hades is truly your father?" Draco asked, eyes wide.
"Indeed he is."
"Amazing." the platinum boy breathed.
Before anything else could be said, Zephyr appeared in the room. He bowed his head to Thana. "Thana." he greeted.
"Zephyr. I thought you were watching the toad."
Zephyr grimaced. "I was. And she's absolutely horrid. Her office, for one," he shuddered, a look of disgust on his face. "It's torture, watching her."
Thana gave him a look of sympathy. "I feel for you, Zeph, I really do."
"There's no way. It's impossible." Draco muttered, staring at Zephyr with wide eyes.
Zephyr turned to him. "Ah. You must be one of my decedents. You have that Malfoy look to you. Are you Lucius's son?"
Draco nodded, clearing his throat. "So, you're really my ancestor, Zephyr Malfoy?"
"Yup. And before you ask, Thana made me one of her reapers when I died, as well as returned my youth." the blonde reaper explained.
"Her reapers?" Daphne repeated.
"Thana is the Reaper of Souls. When someone dies, it's her job to separate the soul from the body and bring the soul to Charon. But there are so many people on earth and so many death in one day, that she couldn't do the job herself. So she made souls that she hand-picked herself into Grim Reapers. There are ten groups of six, each having a leader and a second in command. I'm the leader of my group."
"That makes sense." Blaise said, a thoughtful look on his face.
Zephyr nodded his head and turned to Thana. "Anyway, I came here to tell you that the toad fire called Fudge and told him what happened in the Great Hall. You should probably know that the goat is furious right know. I fear that both he and the toad might try to take out their frustrations on Harry. Umbridge is planning to give him another detention," Thana's fists clenched tightly at this, her eyes flashing darkly, "and I heard the goat muttering about ancient binding rituals and getting your and Harry's blood."
Thana froze, paling before she hissed furiously, electrical sparks cackling angry around her fingers, the shadows around her darkening and twining around her. "He wants to try a ritual that'll bind Harry and I to him, so we're under his control. His slaves."
Thunder rumbled loudly and furiously in the sky and rain fell heavily from nearly black clouds.
Zephyr's eyes widened in horror. "Such a ritual exists?"
Thana forced herself to relax as she nodded. "Long ago, a demi-god who was also a powerful witch created a ritual that would not only summon a god, but bind them to the caster, forcing them to become their slaves. If you were to some how get the blood of the god you wished to summon, it strengthened the ritual tenfold. The witch, Alandra, was power hungry to near insanity and not only wanted control of all beings on earth, but those on Olympus as well. She made a mistake though. She tried to summon three gods at once; Athena, Poseidon, and Artemis. She succeeded in summoning Artemis and Athena, who she locked in chains forged by Hephaestus, which she had stolen, but she couldn't summon Poseidon. But my uncle still felt the pull. Realizing something was wrong, he went to Zeus, who immediately called a meeting. When Athena and Artemis didn't show, there was panic. With the help of Hermes, Apollo and I found the two goddesses in a cave somewhere in Asia. Alandra was in the process of binding Athena and Artemis to her, but we interrupted it. I took care of the bitch, binding her magic and taking her straight to Olympus to face punishment. She had her magic ripped from her and she was cast into Tartarus until she died. Her remains are still there, actually." she explained. "Want to know what the worst part was?"
"What?" Pansy asked hesitantly.
"Athena was Alandra's mother."
Everyone's eyes widened.
"She- she tried to make her own mother her slave?!" Theo exclaimed in horror.
Thana nodded, face grim. "Athena loves her children and she was devastated when she realized what Alandra was planning to do to her."
"And Dumbledore wants to use this ritual on you and Harry." Zephyr said, face hard and eyes cold.
"He won't succeed. Athena changed the ritual so the caster would only be able to summon us, but if they tried to bind us, the magic of the ritual would turn on them and destroy their magic core. She destroyed all copies of the original."
Zephyr visibly sagged with relief. "Good. You becoming a mindless servant would be bad. Very bad." he stated.
"Yes, yes it would be."
Just then, the door opened and Salazar entered the room with Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Fred, George, Luna, and Neville. Salazar's eyes narrowed on Zephyr.
"And why would Thana become a mindless servant?" he asked, tone a deadly calm.
The Slytherins and Zephyr stiffened, paling rapidly. Thana smiled nervously.
"Sal, sweetie, you might want to sit down."
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Aaaaand cliffhanger! Don't you just hate those? But don't worry, I'm working on the next chapter as you read this.