This is probably one of the shortest waits between chapters, but I've been inspired lately to work on this story. My muse has started to stare longingly at Highschool DxD however so either some of that story will start to intrude on this one or I'll start or continue working on a Highschool DxD story.

Now this chapter is somewhat longer than usual and it's a fair amount of exposition and explanation. Now the Olympians (except Apollo and Artemis) will only make a small appearance in this chapter, they'll become more prominent when the PJO arcs begin and Athena rises to Adulthood and full Divinity.

Now as a warning some might think that I'm shipping Athena (Potter-Black) and Apollo in this chapter, that answer is no. I'm only setting the foundations for a future possibility, Apollo is an interesting character that is often used for slapstick comedy in PJO fan-fictions, in this one while he'll still be a lovable jokester he'll also have a serious (hold the puns please) side.

This chapter also marks the beginning of the Philosopher's stone Arc and the first part of the Harry Potter stories.

-TBH-

Act 2: Halcyon Days

Chapter 6

Daughter of the Springtime Shadows

-TBH-

"Oh"

The entire room watched on in amazement as the young Goddess' face shifted from shocked surprise to almost radiant joy from that one act.

Athena finally had a confirmation, she finally had proof that not only were her parents actually immortals, but that they loved her and wanted the world to know it.

The resulting joy was almost strange to observe if one was a deity, while asleep or unconscious a God or Goddess' aura is almost unremarkable, you would not be able to tell the greatest of the Olympians from the weakest of all Gods or Goddess. However upon awakening that is a completely different story, the act of awakening opens a God or Goddess to their domain, in a way it can be likened to watching a blank canvas become a masterpiece, with each brush and stroke representing a portion of the deities' soul. It was this aura that made looking at an immortal's true form impossible for mortals, a mortal mind simply couldn't handle the entirety of an immortals being being shown to it in all its glory... and all it's horror.

Athena's aura was unique at best, it was a combination of the bountiful nature of springtime and the solemn duty of the Underworld. When she allowed the joy of her reunion with her parents to flow through her it felt like simultaneously standing in a meadow with all the glory of springtime growing around you and at the same time being at the funeral of someone who had lived a full and happy life and was leaving this world bound for Elysium. A unique combination of joyous energy and solemn serenity, that was strangely uplifting.

To Artemis it was a heady mix, almost as intoxicating as Dionysus' brews due to her connection to the wild and thus both the bounty of springtime and the silence of the Underworld. Artemis was almost drunk on the energy of young Athena's joy.

To Apollo it was like looking in a strange mirror, Artemis was his opposite in one way and this girl was it in another. While he was the combination of the cleansing power of healing, the unfettered power of prophecy and truth and the relentless power of the sun all bound together with the harmonious serenade of the arts holding it together.

Younger Athena (He'd have to come up with a nickname for her) was a unique and intriguing mix of the bountiful power of springtime, the illuminating truth of death and the inescapable pull of the Underworld, held together in harmony by an arcane energy that reminded him of Hecate.

For Apollo it was a curious mixture of intrigue and desire, he was seriously contemplating courting this young Goddess (Once she was of age) and perhaps swearing vows with her. Which was a major decision for the normal reckless God of Truth and as the God of Truth Apollo could no more break an oath or vow then tell a lie, for what was an oath or vow but a truth sworn to by the oath-bound.

For Apollo to even contemplate the idea of marriage meant that the person was special indeed, only poor Daphne and Hestia had ever garnered such a reaction out of him and for similar reasons, they were unique gems in this world, like his sister.

And in the deep, dark, private depths of his own mind Apollo admitted that if Artemis wasn't his full blood sister he may have been tempted to court her as well, but unlike his father he had lines he would not cross.

For the rest of the room the aura felt like it held immense power and yet only peaceful serene energy flowed from it, dancing around the Campers and Wizards while awakening memories and emotions thought lost to their owners.

Chiron gently blinked away tears as memories of past students rose up out of the depths and yet despite them having passed only he knew that they were at peace in one way or another.

Kaede smiled happily as she nuzzled into Athena's side, happy with her Kaa-san's presence, behind Kaede two spirits could briefly be seen but for a moment, a redheaded woman and a blonde man, both were smiling at the look of happiness on their daughter's face.

Annabeth smiled softly as she sat on the bed next to Kaede, dim almost forgotten memories of her mother's touch and joy upon her birth and the sorrow of having to give her up could be felt.

Daphne and Astoria both smiled joyously at their friend and mistress' ecstatic expression, they knew how much having the love of a parent could affect someone.

Michael smiled gently with thoughts of his family filling his head, he couldn't wait to be reunited with his parents and his younger twin sisters, when they returned to England.

Thalia just gazed off into the distance as memories of playing with her younger brother and of times when her mother was a very different woman who loved her without care. Almost gently a tear worked it's way out of her left eye to roll softly down her cheek, the hard rebellious nature she had formed to protect herself from the misfortunes of her life slowly began to break and her desires to just be a carefree, happy child again came to the forefront of her mind once more.

Luke looked down at his hands in almost disgust, he felt horrible for what he had done, leaving his mother alone without even the slight hope that his presence had brought to her in her cursed state. He began to sob softly in the corner, the healing that Athena's song had begun was nearing it's completion with the feel of her radiant joy flowing through him. Luke made a vow softly to help his mother, and perhaps to begin mending bridges with his father.

And slowly but surely the weave of Fate's design began to change.

The three children of Apollo smiled happily, they could feel it now. The joy their father had at their birth, the sense of his watching over them, helping them when they were alone and afraid. The warm breeze that kept the monsters under the bed and within the closet away.

They briefly glanced at their father only to see his smiling gaze upon them and they knew that it was only because of the ancient laws that he was not present every opportunity he could get.

However despite the aura of peace and happiness that pervaded throughout the room there were still questions to be answered and revelations to be revealed. But before anyone could do or say anything a snowy white barn owl flew in through window that was left open to catch the morning breeze, while carrying a package with a letter attached that should have been far too large for it to be able to even fly with, yet without even the slightest hint of difficulty doing so.

Athena quickly raised her right arm while curling her hand to create a perch and the owl dropped the package on her lap before flying over to her outstretched arm perching on the offered hand "Hedwig, I'm sorry girl, I had forgotten that you would have felt it" Hedwig flared out her wings and almost seemed to glare at Athena "It's alright girl, I may have been injured, but I found out about my parents, that was worth every bit of pain I went through" Hedwig closed her wings softly before hopping over to Athena's shoulder and nuzzling against her head. Several of the watchers were silently cooing over the cuteness of the situation.

-TBH-

To say the Olympians had been surprised when Athena's parentage had been announced would be a monumental understatement.

However despite that the council quickly sorted itself out and began to plan a legendary party to welcome the new Goddess, now many would believe that Zeus would go into some sort of paranoid rant over the presence of a new Goddess, one that was not only at Olympian levels of power, but also a daughter of Hades.

However they would forget that while Zeus is paranoid about the possibility of his children taking over, he was more excited to become a grand-father. That joy was counted by his plans to call up Hades and Persephone for a party to celebrate (if somewhat late) the birth of their daughter.

Next to him Hera was almost as excited, while some would presume that she was annoyed at the birth of Persephone and the infidelity that was the cause of it, they forgot or were unaware that Hera did love her sisters immensely and with Demeter's permission had adopted young Persephone as a sort of 'Godmother' (Pun intended) She had treated the young girl as a daughter and had come to see her as a pseudo-daughter, so she was just as excited about her new 'grand-child'

Demeter was uncharacteristically bouncing around in her throne like a kid hyped up on sugar, then again she was the same when Melinoe was born as well. She loved her grand-child and was not afraid to show it, something Melinoe had come to appreciate over the centuries. Besides, everyone knows that grandma's make the best cookies.

She had been kind enough to let Persephone remain with Hades after the discovery of Athena, she knew that her brother would need the support and was happy to see it was working out so well.

Hestia smiled softly from her place at the Hearth, she had come to enjoy watching over the youngest Goddess and wondered when it would be appropriate to meet with her.

Hermes was rapidly texting and emailing all the immortals to put the word out about the new Goddess.

Aphrodite was watching pensively at the young Goddess, from what she could see the girl had a liking for darker colors and long dresses with beautiful designs running down them. She smiled to herself and thought that she might have to have a Girls Day Out with the young Goddess... and also find out the name and address of her tailor, those dresses were amazing.

Ares idly wondered how the new girl would do in a fight and what her views on fighting were.

Athena didn't know whether or not to be insulted or complimented by the fact that the youngest Goddess was named after her, when Hedwig had come in she couldn't hold off a smile at how the young Goddess interacted with her pet... no her familiar, she could recognize a magical owl anywhere.

Poseidon lazed back on his throne without much care, he had already made up his mind on this young... no on his niece, he liked her. End of story. He hoped that she would keep visiting Sally and Percy. He did pause and reflect on the two nice things that were happening right now, first Zeus was trying and failing to hold back his grand-paternal pride over his newly discovered (immortal) grand-child which was quite amusing to watch and secondly, for the first time in millennia someone had managed to pull the colossus sized stick out of Athena's ass and make her smile. Poseidon grinned maniacally for a split-second, he wondered if it was time for him to pull out that album.

While the mortals may believe that Athena was born fully grown from Zeus' head, he knew better. She was born a babe like any other, he knew because he was the pseudo-midwife to that birth. Ironically he was also the first thing she saw and the one she bugged the most as a kid.

It made him doubly happy that Apollo had taught him the trick for committing memories to photos. He was just waiting for a good reason to pull out the embarrassing baby photos that he had saved, of all his nieces and nephews.

Hephaestus was interested to see what young Athena's domains were, after all he would likely be the one to create her divine symbol once she was ready to receive it.

Now as the Olympians planned and began to celebrate let us return to young Athena's letter.

-TBH-

Athena quickly pulled the letter off of the package once she had finished her little snuggle with Hedwig, she was hoping to avoid the inevitable interrogation for a short while.

It was written in a beautiful cursive style that made her wonder how long the writer had spent making sure that each letter was absolutely perfect, she could tell that no magic had been used in the writing aside from drying the ink.

-TBH-

Lady Athena Artemis Potter-Black

I would first like to apologize for my reaction to your claiming of your titles and emancipation, I was caught off guard and thought that someone your age didn't deserve to be burdened with the weight of adult choices, I now know that I was doing you an extreme disservice and that you are more then capable of holding your titles.

I am Albus Dumbledore.

I would like to formally invite you to a meeting, the location and time can be set by yourself, I just request that it is at least a fortnight before September First as I wish to speak to you regarding Hogwarts.

As a gesture of my goodwill I am not only returning an item given to me by your father, but also a rare tome on Runic Arrays, I have heard mention that you wish to pursue advanced training in Ancient Runes and hope that it will help you in your learning.

With kind regards

Albus Dumbledore.

-TBH-

Athena quickly pulled out the cloak that Dumbledore had sent her, only to be confused by the strange cloak that she discovered. It was even more shocking when the cloak seemed to shift and transformed into a hooded black over cloak with silver trimmings and embellishments covering it, creating a picture of a majestic old oak tree by a river on the back.

Athena pulled it around herself only to hear gasps of surprise.

"Athena, where did you go?" Daphne's surprised voice rang out.

"Go? I didn't go anywhere, I'm right here" Athena answered with a hint of surprise in her voice.

"No, you're definitely not there anymore" Michael's bemused voice commented.

"Mama, you're there, but not there" Kaede stated in her native tongue.

Suddenly Athena reappeared with the cloak draped over her shoulders, she was looking down at it in interest "An invisibility cloak"

Daphne shook her head "No, there's no way that's an ordinary invisibility cloak, they don't work like that. They fade you away slowly as the magic adjusts to the user, with your insanely high magical resistance they would just fail"

Athena looked surprised at that "Okay, first how do you know that? And second, what do you mean 'insanely' high magical resistance?"

Daphne shrugged in response to Athena's first question "I'm a Greengrass, part of our heritage is the creation of magical artifacts like Invisibility Cloaks or Racing Brooms, we're about as good as the Macmillans or the Moons, but nowhere near the legendary skill of the Potters" Athena blinked in surprise at her family being called legendary craftsmen, Daphne waited a second to let Athena get a grasp on her surprise and then charged onwards "And for the second question, do you have any idea how many Wards or magical artifacts fail in just your presence? After you entered the Ministry for the first time my father received an urgent request to recharge and recalibrate Every Single Offensive Ward in the Ministry. The Department of Mysteries was incredibly angry, surprised and terrified that all of their Ward arrays exploded as they tried to get a lock on you to determine your intent" Daphne paused to take a single deep breath to calm herself, as her voice had risen slowly as she had been talking, before continuing "Athena, the amount of magic you produce is beyond any other witch or wizard. The world around you seems almost unable to comprehend your existence, yet at the same time seems more in sync with you then any other being known by magic. This paradox makes it simply impossible for most magics to affect you, to be utterly honest I'm surprised the Killing Curse even scratched you" The whole room had stopped to listen to Daphne's rant.

Athena's jaw was hanging around her chest, before she slowly closed it "Just how powerful am I?" Athena asked with hints of awe and fear in her voice.

Daphne sighed "You are a Goddess, daughter of two Gods. That alone means that you are beyond every witch and wizard by a large measure, but to add to that impossibility you are also descendent, heir and Head of Houses Potter and Black, both of which are known for their inhumanly large magical reserves and abilities. In theory you are most likely approaching Archmagus to the multiple of twenty-four power levels"

Daphne stopped to let the gravity of what she said fall upon her audience, only to notice that they all looked utterly confused with the exception of Athena who was overawed.

Michael spoke up at this point "Daphne, I'm probably speaking for most people here, but... what is an Archmagus, I mean, I've heard of Archmages, Mages, Magus, Sorcerers and Sorceresses, even Priest levels of power"

Unexpectedly Athena responded to the question "Archmagus is a theoretical power level, The official levels are in order from least magical to most: Muggle/Mundane, Squib, Base Witch/Wizard, High Witch/Wizard, Magical Beings, Mages, Grand Magical Beings, Archmages, Sorcerers/Sorceresses, Phantasmal Beings (Also a Theory) and then Archmagus. To put it in perspective, an Archmagus is supposed to be on equal level to a Minor God of a Major Pantheon, or perhaps a better way to portray the power differences is that Dumbledore and Voldemort both weigh in at around Mage levels of power, Merlin on the other hand was a Archmage, while his rival Morganna was a Sorceress" Athena finished with a sigh.

Apollo interjected at this point "While I know this is all a distraction to allow you to come to terms with everything, I'll just ask, if Morganna was so powerful, why was she equal to Merlin? Wouldn't she simply overwhelm him with power?" Athena slowly smiled guiltily at her simplistic plan being outed.

Michael nodded "Normally you would be right, but Morganna was less skilled then Merlin, for the cost of one of her spells he could cast six or seven of the exact same spell at the same or stronger levels of power. To put it simply, it doesn't matter how much magical power you have, in the world of Magic brains will always beat brawn... metaphorically. If you were to actually attack a wizard physically I would imagine that most would lose, badly"

Athena however shook her head in disagreement which gained the attention of the entire room "The biggest problem with that statement Michael is that you are thinking in only modern Wizarding power levels. If I was to use my power at full it would crush any modern Magic user no matter how skilled, it would be akin to a God striking a mortal martial artist at full power, yes the martial artist can redirect the force of a blow, but when that blow is so powerful that it breaks their limbs simply from the attempt to redirect the blow then the ability to do so is useless"

Apollo snickered at that.

Artemis quirked her eyebrow at her twin and asked "What are you finding so amusing Apollo?"

Apollo grinned widely "It's simple Lil' Sis, the example that Lil' Thena here gave was pretty appropriate when you think about it"

Artemis narrowed her eyes "Do not call me that, I am older"

Before Apollo could retaliate Athena interjected with "Don't worry Lady Artemis, there is always hope that your younger brother will grow out of that stage, maybe he'll even be able to understand basic maths as well" Athena didn't care if her friends shortened her name as they were her friends, but she was wary of a God doing so, especially a God of Greece who were known for their... desires.

Now some people may wonder as to how Athena figured out that Apollo was actually Apollo and not named after a God like she was and the answer is actually quite simple.

Like Apollo and Artemis (and all Gods) Athena could sense aspects of a Gods nature and to her knowledge only one God in Greek Mythology (or was that history?) had the combination of what felt like the Sun, Healing, Music and a nebulous feeling of the future. Through this simple piece of knowledge she was easily able to figure out who Artemis was as well, simply due to their immense similarities (They might be called opposites but were actually very similar to one another).

Artemis smiled brightly at Athena "You are right, perhaps he will grow up one day"

Apollo despite being a little let down at how quickly his sister agreed to what Thena said (Which also made him feel a little sad) quickly jumped in with a little line and act he had been just waiting for the opportunity to use, so he quickly teared up and cried "Wah, Big Sis is so mean to me" While the cuteness factor was lost, especially as the line was meant to be used by a smaller individual of around age ten to thirteen and preferably female, the sheer unexpectedness of it combined with Apollo's quite masterful acting made it a potent combination.

Artemis actually had to restrain herself from hugging her brother, she knew he wasn't as hurt as he was acting, but Great Zeus was he good at acting.

Athena on the other hand, decided to go along with the act, even though it would put her in physical contact with Apollo, which she was loath to do simply because of the reputation of Greek Gods. She reasoned that they would wait until she actually went through Puberty before trying anything.

So she reached out to Apollo, who was standing to her right from where he had been scanning her earlier and pulled him into a strange half crouch and half hug before patting him on the back while murmuring "There, there. It'll be alright"

After a few moments of this Athena sighed and asked "Now, I have to ask. What's going to happen now?" (A/N: So tempted to end it here!)

Apollo sighed happily for a moment in Athena's hug before answering "Well, for now probably nothing. You are technically considered as a claimed Demigoddess until you turn sixteen due to the way you were born, There'll probably be a party on Olympus which you'll be invited to, I'd recommend going to as it will be your 'introduction' to the immortals residing their. Your Mother and Father will probably also do something similar for the Underworld and perhaps Poseidon will as well, more for the reason to party then out of any obligation I would imagine. You'll get to live your life as you wish until you turn sixteen" Apollo paused then to allow Athena a moment to think.

Athena did mull over that explanation for a moment before she asked the obvious question "What happens when I turn Sixteen?"

Apollo smiled brightly "When you turn sixteen your Domains will be formally announced, even though you already possess some of them and you'll be inducted into one or more of the three realms. You are already a Princess of the Underworld and Heiress to one the Olympians, in this case your grandmother Demeter. You may be offered a title for Atlantis by Poseidon so that you're not biased against him, it would probably be more formality then anything else, as well as another reason to party. However this will also mean that you'll be bound by the ancient laws of the Council and required to limit your connection to the mortal realm" Athena froze up at that, would she have to abandon her friends?

Apollo sensed and felt her stiffen so he continued with "But seeing as you are already doing that as part of a semi-mythical realm under the purview of the Titaness Hecate, there will be few problems for you to contend with. Now that is out of the way, may I ask what that letter was about and your little Cloak that reeks of Death and the Underworld, so much that I'm tempted to call it a gift from your Father, but that's not his style"

Apollo's words seemed to cause a revelation to Daphne, but she remained silent so that Athena could talk.

Athena sighed wearily as politics always tired her "It was from Albus Dumbledore, he apologized for an outburst he made against my ascendance to the head of Houses Potter and Black and requested a meeting with me regarding Hogwarts, although from the way he wrote the message it doesn't seem to be a request for me to study at Hogwarts" Michael hummed softly as he thought over all the businesses that the Potter and Black houses resided over and which ones had connections with Hogwarts

Daphne nodded at this "Makes sense, he would have been informed as the Hogwarts Headmaster that you had completed your O.W.L.S and were studying for your N.E.W.T.S, I am not sure what it would be about, your families have multiple ties with Hogwarts, he could be requesting overhauls of the Wards, renovations to old rooms, requests for funding or patronage. However as your Lady-in-Waiting I do recommend that you meet with him, it could prove beneficial to your plans to help the Wizarding world and it might give you some leverage with Dumbledore that would be immensely helpful in getting the 'Light' side to help you with some of your proposals to the Wizengamot" Daphne's education in the political state of the Wizarding world was immensely helpful to Athena so when she chose to speak up regarding anything political, Athena listened closely and often agreed with what she proposed.

In fact it was almost like Athena was a monarch listening to the advice of her council with Daphne as her political and diplomatic adviser, Michael as her economics and military (thanks to his training in battle tactics with his father) adviser, Kaede as her pseudo-heir and training to be her intelligence head and Astoria on the road to becoming her ambassador/diplomat following in her elder sister's footsteps.

Athena nodded "Alright" She turned to Chiron "I apologize for this, but do you have a pen and paper I could use. I'll reimburse you for them"

Chiron smiled gently as he pulled out a pen and paper from a bag that he'd been wearing on his horse back "It's no problem my dear, I do tend to have an over-abundance of both as my students seem to despise anything to do with writing" After saying that Chiron shot a glare at the three children of Apollo who were all acting innocent. Unfortunately for them they were not as skilled as their father in acting yet and everyone saw through it.

Athena smiled as she took the pen and paper from Chiron's outstretched hand "Thank you Chiron" and she quickly noted down a message that she'll meet him in a week at Gringotts and then she wrote a second message to Ragnar asking for the use of a Gringotts' conference room. Athena folded over the two messages, named them and retrieved her wand from Daphne to place waterproofing and damage resistance charms on them.

Athena then held them out to Hedwig while flaring a small amount of her magic into her familiar to give her a little boost "Hedwig, would you be a dear and kindly take these to Dumbledore and Ragnar" Hedwig hooted before grabbing the letters and soaring out through the same window she entered through.

"Won't it take several days for her to head back to England? And wouldn't she be hungry?" Artemis asked in confusion.

Athena shook her head "Not at all, you see I can give a portion of my magic to both provide energy to Hedwig and allow her to move at supersonic speeds for a duration. The amount I gave her will allow her to move at around Mach 2.9/3 for up to eight hours, now she can go faster but she is most comfortable with around Mach 3. She'll be in England before long at that rate, once there she'll be able to link up with Potter and Black owned Lay-lines or Magical reserves and recharge herself from them. However while she can live off magic she does prefer food and will happily devour mice and owl treats with gusto" Artemis nodded slowly and decided to speak with Hecate to see if she could replicate such a thing with her wolves, if they could feed of magic they would be much more versatile.

Apollo on the other hand was simultaneously enjoying being in Athena's grasp (She had briefly stopped hugging him to write but once done she had returned to hugging him, something everyone had either overlooked or simply forgot) while also trying to calculate how much power would be needed to provide not only the ability for a slower avian like an owl to fly at supersonic speeds but to also protect it from wind resistance and the difficulties of breathing at such speeds. It took him about ten seconds to just give up and say 'it's Magic'.

Athena slowly let go of Apollo and got out of the bed, the damaged dress she was wearing shimmered and repaired itself, while Death's Cloak wrapped around her with it's hood lying flat against her back [A/N: If it helps think of Caster from Fate/Stay Night, her cloak is the basis for Athena's] Athena stretched out her arms as she reached her full height, she then turned to the rest of the room and said "Well, as fun as it might be to stay here. I have duties to attend to in England and must be on my way"

Daphne, Michael, Astoria and Kaede nodded and all started off towards the door, Athena was about to but before she could a pair of arms wrapped around her legs, she looked down to see Annabeth staring at her with fear in her eyes "Please, don't leave me" Athena's gaze softened and she leaned down to hug Annabeth.

Athena didn't even stop to think as she made an offer "Well now, why don't you come with me Annabeth? I'm sure your mother won't mind" Annabeth froze for a moment before she smiled as wide as she could and nodded rapidly.

Athena stood up with Annabeth in her arms, her tall willowy frame from her Banshee nature combined with the innate strength of a Goddess (even unawakened) allowed her to carry Annabeth with ease.

It would not even seem strange as Athena had the appearance of a fifteen or sixteen year old (albeit with a severe lack of breasts, but she was only ten and eleven months old after all) she then turned to Thalia and Luke and said "Thalia, Luke. If you want you can come with me, the place where I am going doesn't have any mythological monsters and few Gods would be brave enough to anger Lady Hecate by entering her domain"

Luke nodded happily, he wanted to get away from the Gods for a while and rethink his life. Maybe he could find a way to help his mother.

Thalia paused for a moment before asking "Won't Lady Hecate be annoyed at us entering her domain?"

Athena shook her head "Most likely not, I am a part of her domain by birth and am inviting you in. I would recommend sacrificing to her at every meal, but other then that you should have no problems as long as you do not try to reveal magic to those without or summon other Gods into her domain"

Apollo nodded and said "I agree with Thena here, Hecate won't care as long as you two are respectful, you are just Demigods and thus not someone she would bar from her realms, she likes Demigods quite a bit as you fall under her domain of the Crossroads by your ability to enter all realms without consequence"

Thalia smiled at this and turned to Athena "So when do we leave?"

Athena smirked "Right now, we'll have to drop by New York to speak to a couple of people and hopefully pick up a couple more companions on our journey"

Daphne smiled wickedly at this while Kaede and Astoria both looked overjoyed, Michael laughed out loud and said "So you're planning on nabbing Sally and the little rascal of hers, right?"

Athena smiled and nodded in response "Yes, I quite enjoyed both of their company and I think Sally deserves better then that... being she is married to"

Michael cursed softly in Russian "If I wasn't sworn to not use magic outside of school and not to use it on Mundanes, that pig would be squealing"

Athena scoffed "Don't call him a pig, that's an insult to pigs"

Artemis looked intrigued at this "Who are you speaking about?"

Athena glanced at Michael and Daphne before she spoke "A person I hope you get the chance to meet, I would imagine that he wouldn't walk away from such a meeting. He is..."

"Disgusting" Daphne sniffed with disdain.

"A SOB of the highest order" Michael growled out.

"A monster in human form" Athena finished.

Artemis frowned before perking up and handing Athena a silver charm "If you ever meet this... person. Please push some energy into this charm, I would love to meet him"

Apollo seemed almost as eager as his sister, he could read between the lines and knew that if the three Magicals hated a person that much that the person in question was beyond redemption and being a child of Zeus gave him an appreciation for Justice, especially poetic Justice.

With that said the departing group thanked Chiron for the use of his Infirmary (to which he waved them off and said it was his honor to help) before heading back to New York, this time sans Monsters.

-TBH-

To say Sally Jackson was a remarkable individual was a supreme understatement, after all she was incredibly forgiving and had an open helping nature that would have made her a Saint were she Christian.

However such a nature was not infinite, she like any other could get incredibly angry and even more despite her heritage she could hold a grudge like few others when she truly wanted to.

Despite what Poseidon might have thought Sally Jackson was no mortal, a powerful witch and legacy of several Gods (Although she was unaware of this) and right now all she wanted to do was blast Gabriel Ugliano into a thousand bloody chunks, a small portion of her mind even began to catalog spells that she knew that could do such a thing.

So when Athena Artemis Potter-Black (She still snickered mentally at that name as she wondered what the Goddesses in question thought of it) appeared on her door with three Demigods in tow as well as her original companions. She almost wondered if Anakhe, the Fates or Tyche was against her today.

"How would you like to come with me back to England and no longer rely on that thing to protect Percy?" Athena casual asked as she walked in the door.

Sally was dumbstruck, she wondered just how much Athena truly knew. She seemed to know Percy was a Demigod and why she was with Gabriel. She almost said 'no', but... she had gotten sick of Gabriel over the last few days and even her legendary patience had run it's course.

"How soon can we leave?" was her reply.

Athena blinked once before she smirked and handed Sally two magical and mundane passports for herself and Percy as well as Visas for England "Immediately"

"Good" Sally was sure that she might regret this, but she'd had enough and wanted out of this hell.

"Sally, who the hell was at the door..." the voice of Gabriel 'Gabe' Ugliano started, right before he saw Athena and lost fifteen shades of color.

Athena smirked as she silently pulsed some of her power into a certain silver charm "Hello Gabriel, I'm here to take Sally and Percy and leave. Do anything else but nod and get out our way and you'll regret it... understand?" He just nodded and got out the way, he'd learned just how powerful Athena truly was. His nuts were still aching from her parting kick.

Sally just walked past him and Athena followed, she quite enjoyed watching Gabriel cower in the corner... Sally idly wondered what Athena had done to him, but the hands covering his crotch and the fact that he hadn't tried to sleep with her since Athena had left gave her an idea.

Percy was in his room silently kicking the air and reading a sweet comic book about a fat orange striped cat that loved lasagne, it was difficult for him to read but he still tried.

When his mother walked in with Big Sis Athena he jumped off his bed and ran to her "Athena, you're back!" He jumped into her open arms and hugged her. Athena just laughed as she caught the Demigod missile in her arms while Kaede and Astoria waited patiently for Percy to hug them as well and the elder Magicals snickered slightly under their breaths while the three Demigods watched on with a mixture of curiosity and envy, the older two had wished that they'd had someone to hug like that, Thalia especially as she remembered her younger brother. Annabeth on the other hand just wondered who this boy was and if he would be a friend later on like Astoria and Kaede.

Athena finally stopped laughing "Yes I am Percy and I have good news for you. You and your mother will be coming to live with me!"

Percy's eyes went wide and he whispered in her ear "No more smelly Gabe?"

Athena held back a giggle at the name and whispered back "No more smelly Gabe!"

Percy would have exploded into an energetic dance if A. he wasn't being hugged by Athena and B. he hadn't fainted from the overload of both seeing Athena again and learning that he would be free of 'Smelly Gabe' for good.

Athena giggled softly at the now unconscious Demigod in her arms "Come on, lets pack all his stuff and leave" She walked over to Percy's bed and picked up the comic book he was reading "Garfield? Well at least he is reading" Athena remembered well how much of a chore it was getting him to read the last time she was here.

It took no time at all for the group to gather up Percy and Sally's stuff, shrink it down with magic and store it in expanded trunks (to the awe of the three Demigods) and they left the apartment without even a glance at Gabe.

Not long after they left a Silver Glow appeared in the apartment and the Jackalope population almost got another member... that is if Artemis hadn't simply disposed of Gabe within seconds of meeting him.

Gabe quickly found out that pissing off a Princess of the Underworld was a bad idea as he was rushed across the Styx by a darkly grinning Charon, soon the Furies took him off of Charon's hands so that he could enjoy his time in the Fields of Punishment, they even gave his a punishment buddy, a certain fat British man. They quickly discovered that there actually was fates worse then death.

But that is another story...

-TBH-

It didn't take long for the Demigods and Sally to make a home in Number 12 Grimmauld Place and they enjoyed learning about magic, especially after Hecate had given Thalia and Luke magic. She didn't have to give Annabeth any as Athena did.

Athena adopted Annabeth with a blood ritual which not only gave her black streaks in her hair and made her the heir to the Potter-Black family (Due to her being older then Kaede) but also gave her a magical reserve on par with most Fifth-year Hogwarts students. Athena quickly started magic lessons for all four Demigods so that she wouldn't have a burnt down house from some stupid Magical accident.

The days flew by and before long she found herself at Gringotts in a conference room with Albus Dumbledore, who had unexpectedly come alone.

"Now that the pleasantries are out the way, may I ask why you wanted to meet with me Headmaster?" Athena asked in a brisk manner.

Dumbledore smiled at this, he had long since grown tired of pointless verbal maneuvering from his tenure as Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot "Ah, so brisk. I was afraid you'd insist on those pointless little nuances and verbal maneuvers. However to business, Lady Potter-Black in a recent meeting with the Board of Directors of Hogwarts I was able to get permission for the Muggle Studies teacher to be replaced and that is why I requested to meet with you"

Athena raised an eyebrow "You want me to be the Muggle Studies professor?"

Dumbledore shook his head "No, I already have someone for the role who is most qualified. Part of the deal was that I had to start a class on Politics and Noble Etiquette at Hogwarts and I would like for you as the Head of Houses Potter and Black to be the teacher. I would reimburse you for your time and as you are a High Lady you would be given Apparition and Portkey permissions within the Hogwarts Wards so that you could leave to perform any duties required of you"

Athena was dumbstruck, this wasn't something she expected but she recovered quickly "Okay, I accept" Athena had been bored with her constant study and even with time with her friends she needed something to break up the monotony "However I would need my Ladies-in-Waiting, Butler and other members of my Household to be with me. There are ten of us including myself and all but myself and one other would require schooling while at Hogwarts"

Dumbledore nodded to this "Of course, that is no problem. Thank you for deciding to take the position milady. However there is one more reason I called you here"

Athena looked intrigued "Oh, and what would that be?"

A flash of blue fire was the answer and before Athena appeared a glorious blue Phoenix "Crystalline Storm over the Enduring Mountains here contacted me through my familiar Fawkes, she wants to become your second familiar"

Athena stared in awe at the sight of the Phoenix, however this was no ordinary Phoenix
(if the term ordinary could even be applied to a being as magnificent as a Phoenix) this was a rare Star Phoenix, said to be born from the light of a Star and granted powers beyond even regular Phoenix. Athena bowed her head "I would be honored to be your partner Crystalline Storm over the Enduring Mountains"

-TBH-

There's been a lot of content in this chapter, but I don't care. This chapter marks the biggest divergence from Canon so far.

To sum it up.

Thalia's not a Tree.

Luke is more introspective of himself.

Annabeth's got a maternal figure that can actually be with her.

Sally has begun her independence and now you know that she is a legacy, I will reveal that she is the legacy of three Gods (through her Paternal grandmother, her Maternal grandmother and grandfather all of whom were Demigods)

Percy is now in an environment where he actually has people who care enough to help him learn (and his mother is more forceful in getting him to learn now that he no longer has to fear monsters)

Gabe's Punishment Buddies with Vernon, Yay! Now before anyone asks, no I don't dislike the Dudley's in Canon they were actually pretty realistic of an old fashioned Catholic (or perhaps Protestant) family. Gabe's however was a piece of shit and chose to be so him I do hate.

Dumbledore dropped two bombshells on Athena and might not be a manipulative bastard (by choice, however on accident he has been manipulative)

Athena now has a Phoenix Familiar, which was a last second addition like her injury on the Camp Half-Blood Hill, but hopefully it is just a well received and as driving for the plot.

Next Time!

Sirius Black on Trial!

Hogwarts meet Demigods!

Professor Potter-Black is here!

The other two Golden Trio members are here!

Perhaps some aspects of Highschool DxD will Appear... But not likely.

Dragonsong2795 Out!