Title: Harry In a Whole Different World

Rating: T

Summary: When Harry's friends turn their backs on him, he feels all hope vanishing. Getting a mental message from voices that claim to be his parents, he leaves it all behind and heads to the States, to Camp Half-Blood. He finds true friends and unexpected surprises. Based on the Twice Blessed Challenge and a crossover with Harry Potter/Percy Jackson!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of Rowling or Riordan's characters and I'm making nothing from this.

Chapter 11: We Find Out the Truth

Harry's POV

I really had to thank Sirius for being so cunning in getting Crusty to basically cause his own death. Of course the whole thing has turned me off from water beds for the rest of my life. When Sirius told us that we were here I looked up. DOA records looked like a regular recording studio, but a sign on the window told me that I had been wrong. It took time to figure out what had been printed, but my brain finally figured it out.

DOA RECORDS

NO SHOES

NO SHIRTS

LIVING

NO SERVICE

"Kind of limits who can enter," I said.

"Just come up with a good cover story and let me lead you in," Sirius said, "Caron knows me."

I nodded and Sirius opened the door.

The inside was filled with ghosts, all of them muttering. The guy known as Caron was busy reading the paper and listening to what had to be easy listening music. He shook his head and then said, "They'll be coming here soon."

"Hello, Caron," Sirius boomed.

He looked up and said, "Sirius Black, son of Hermes. What are you doing here?"

"Doing dad's work," he said, "Bus accident! Can't remember a thing!"

"The kind without seatbelts?" he asked.

"Yep," Sirius answered. "I'm going to take them down to the Underworld while your busy reading your paper."

"Boats almost full," he said.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure they get through," Sirius told him.

"Fine," he muttered and went back to his paper.

Once in the elevator with other dead souls I said, "That was brilliant."

"That's what happens when you have a liar for a father," he said, grinning, "An ability that I try not to use all the time."

When the door opened Sirius pushed everyone forward and that's when we encountered what had to be the brother of Fluffy. The thing was even larger than the dog that had been guarding the trap door to the Sorcerer's Stone.

"That's Cerberus," Annabeth told us, as though I didn't know that.

"What are we going to do?" Percy asked.

"Let me handle it," she said, sounding way too much like Hermione.

Her solution was one of the red balls that she had gotten from that park. Using it she managed to get us past the three headed dog. I'm not going to give my niece any kind of thanks. She acted way too much like Hermione for my taste.

"We need to head to Hades palace," Sirius told us. "Then we can find out the truth."

We made our way to a large building, going past people that were either waiting in line to be judged or had been judged. The Fields of Asphodel was a sad and depressing site. Sirius shuttered when he saw it.

"Severus told me that his mum brought him her to show him what happened to Death Eaters that died. Hades has a special kind of punishment for them. He sent them down to Tartarus as they offended the gods. Well Hades, mostly!"

"So Draco's grandfather-."

"Yeah, Hades kicked his butt into Tartarus personally," he said. "He was one of the first of Tom's Death Eaters and Hades wanted to show him exactly what he thought of them."

"Weird," I said.

"That's how the gods work," Sirius said. "Come on, let's get this over with."

As we got nearer to the building the shoes that I only noticed Grover was wearing started to flap wildly, dragging him towards a hole in the ground. It was large enough for a human to go through and the feeling that I got from the place was that it wasn't a place that I wanted to go to. It took me, Percy, Annabeth, and Sirius to finally get the shoes off him and get him away from the hole.

"What is that place?" I asked Sirius.

"Tartarus," he answered and I shuttered.

Now that Grover was shoe free we were able to finally make our way back to where we had been. Three women with long wings were staring at us and I felt Percy tensing.

"Don't look at them," Percy suggested.

"What's wrong?" Sirius asked.

"Explain later," Grover told him and we went past them and entered Hades palace.

Have you ever been in the most dank and depressing place in your life? Well if you have then you have a pretty good idea what Hades palace looks like. If you haven't, well then really try and imagine. Hades palace had tons of doors, and I mean that, and I really don't want to know what their used for. I felt really out of my element here, and I had a funny feeling that my Uncle wasn't going to be in a good mood. Solders went past us, all glaring at us with skulls that had no eyes.

How did I know that they were glaring? Well it was a really strong feeling.

A door opened at Sirius touch and we all entered Hades throne room. The throne room was nothing special. Just an empty room that had only four things in it! A long table, which was empty of food but had plenty of plates, knives, and forks, a monster that Annabeth told me was a hellhound, a large hole in the back that I had a funny feeling was another entrance to Tartarus, and the throne of Hades and his wife.

The one on the right was empty, due to the fact that it was summer and she was with her mother. But the other was occupied and from the look on this man's face, he wasn't happy. Sirius bowed to him and said, "Lord Hades."

"I see that Hermes son managed to escape from prison," he said, "I'm sure that your father is proud."

"Naturally," he said.

"And a son of Zeus and Hera," Hades said. "If you were a regular demigod, I would have sent Hellhounds after you. But your not, you're a child of prophecy and I'm not talking about the one that was made after the Second World War. However I can touch what's inside that scar."

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"When you were attacked by Tom Riddle, and you defeated him, a piece of his soul attached to your body. Through that scar that you have! Since all souls belong to me by right, then I will take what is mine by right."

He then turned and looked at the others. "Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and you. You stole my helm."

"WHAT!" Percy shouted. "I didn't steal your helm and I didn't steal the Master Bolt."

Hades glared at him and then Annabeth said, "Your helm was stolen."

"Don't play stupid with me," Hades snarled. "It doesn't become of you. Yes, Percy stole my helm of darkness."

"Wait, how could Percy steal your helm if he didn't even know that he was a demigod?" I asked him.

"Don't you dare try and use Metis wisdom," Hades snarled. "I'm so sure that Percy did it that I took his mother. And now that you're here, I can get my helm back and bring my brother's bolt to him."

"Uncle," Sirius said, "This smells too much like Hermes doing, well more like his children's doing. If you throw Percy into Tartarus, and later on find out that he didn't do it, then you'll have to fish him out. I'm sure that will be too much of a bother for you. And we know that he didn't steal it."

"Really, then what's in that backpack that Percy has?" Hades asked.

My stomach almost dropped and then I noticed something for the first time. The backpack that Percy had dumped at the Lotus Hotel was with him. Percy noticed it as well and went to open it. The smell of the Master Bolt hit me hard and I groaned.

"Ares," we all said.

"Of course," I groaned, "Ares must have stolen it and then gave it to you."

"Ares doesn't have any brains," Hades snarled, "Now give me the bolt and my helm."

"No," Annabeth said, "You want to start a war."

"Look at my kingdom," Hades hissed, "I have had to open new divisions, hire more ghouls. Why would I want a war of the gods? Now give me what I demand and that soul fragment."

"You can have the fragment, but you're not taking the bolt," I told him.

Hades laughed and then I felt something being removed. If it hadn't been for the fact that I'm twice blessed I would have fainted. Voldemort screamed and then went down into the hole. Suddenly I was on my feet with Sirius help and we bolted for the door. Hades screamed for men and I could sense dead solders coming after us.

"We have to get out of here," Annabeth told us.

"Follow me," Sirius said and shadows soon surrounded us and we were gone.