Finding Family chapter 6
Ncalkins doesn't own Harry Potter or Percy Jackson; ooc; might be au; thanks beta
Harry was walking near the forest it was almost dinner time Thalia, Nico and Percy had gone separate ways. As Harry walked, passing some campers who waved at him, he smiled and nodded thinking about how they had him try some of the training sports. Then he cringed at the thought of the pain he kept and was still keeping masked. Putting a hand in his jeans he fingered a razor that he had slipped from the bathroom. 'I'll never be a burden again, besides it's not like anyone will miss me.' Harry took a left into the forest, walking deeper with light fading he found a clearing filled with flowers. ' Beautiful clearly the goddess of spring time has walked here.' Dropping to his knees he took out the razor, the metal caching the sunlight then reflecting Harry's eyes. Harry smiled knowing that peace was coming, he took the razor and pressed it softly to his wrist right over his vein. Pressing harder the razor slowly broke through soft skin, cutting into the vein sending waves of pain though nerves. Harry hissed shook his head and thought 'Come on Harry, you had worst.' swiftly cutting his arm up to his elbow. Fallowing the same procedure on his other arm, then he fell backwards waiting for his old imaginary friend to appear. Looking up to the blue sky that he know would soon turn dark he waited for death and his friend that always seemed to appear before it seemed he was going to die. Unknown to him a Dryad had saw his acts and quickly passed her news through the other trees, which when it reached the edged of the woods a satyr caught wind of the news. Rushing to Chiron who was at the archery field, he delivered his news. As Chiron galloped away he prayed that Chiron would make it.
During these acts Harry's "Imaginary" friend had appeared, as a shadow passed over his eyes, Harry smiled and opened emerald jewels. Standing over him was a man with pale skin, dark brown almost black hair, eyes of midnight blue softened as he looked down on Harry. Lips tainted blue curved into a soft smile "Hello Harry, have you chosen to die today? And on such a lovely day." a voice like the crackling of dead leaves came from this man as he kneeled next to Harry the grass around him dieing. Harry smiled " Hello old friend. Remember when I was eleven and we first meet? You said my death, if I had one would be peaceful? You were right I feel like I'm floating." The man grabbed Harry's hand and squeezed his hand, Harry's eyebrows furrowed into a V. " I can feel you?" said Harry in puzzlement. The man bent down hovering over Harry's head whispering " There is something I wish to tell you." He stopped raised his head looking over to the trees Harry had passed through, " Someone's coming, I must go, stay here I'll be back to explain." the man got up and raced into the cover of the trees. Just as Chiron busted out of the trees taking a leap he stopped next to Harry, taking no notice of the dead grass right in the middle of summer. Taking some nectar from a thermos he kept with him, he raised
Harry's head so he could drink. Harry took a drink and almost moaned it tasted like all kind of sweet things, Chiron gave Harry just enough to heal the cuts on his arms. Seeing the razor still with blood on Harry's chest, Chiron snatched it and broke it in half. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!" Roared Chiron as Harry sat up, for some reason this angered Harry who yelled back, "Its my life! You have no say!" Chiron glared at Harry before hissing out, " Yes I do. If you were to die all of us would pay." Harry about to retort stopped and developed a puzzled look. Before he could ask Chiron said as calmly as he could, "Come on it's almost dinner time." Harry thinking of his friend said, " I want to stay here for a little bit." Chiron seeing the stubborn glint in Harry's eyes sighed, "Fine, but if you are not out of these woods as soon as the conch horn blows signaling dinner I will come charging in here for you. And it won't be pretty."
As soon as Chiron left Harry's friend came out, "Harry I have to tell you some things." Harry and his friend sat in front of each other. " First my name is Thanatos, the Greek Gods are real and I'm the Greek god of death. Well painless death." Harry stared at Thanatos in shock, letting out a little laugh he said, " Way to soften the blow before the punch." Thanatos shrugged and smirked looking at Harry through his bangs " I thought it would be better if I just went strait to the point." Harry smiled " Well it doesn't come to that big of a shock. So anything else I should know?" Thanatos paused then nodded his head " Yes my friend, but it's not my place to say." Harry looked at Thanatos his eyes turning hard, but then the conch horn bellowed. They both stood up, Thanatos looked at Harry, smiled " I think I should leave you now Harry, you have big things to face back there." Just as Thanatos turned to leave Harry grabbed his arm. " Please stay I need my friends more then ever." Thanatos nodded and together they walked out of the forest. As they reached the edge Chiron came galloping over " Harry I'm glade-" he broke off as he caught sight of Thanatos. Nodding his head respectfully, Chiron asked, " Hello Thanatos may I ask what are you doing here?" Thanatos nodded his head back and stated, " I'm here giving support to a friend." As he said friend he put his hand on Harry's shoulder. Chiron nodded and walked ahead of them to the mess hall, Harry leaned over to Thanatos " Is there something I should know about eating here?" Thanatos nodded whispering back " They make offering to the gods of there choice." Harry nodded at the reached the mess hall all eyes were on them. Harry and Thanatos walked to the Hermes's cabins table sat down and Harry put some food on his plate. Less then Thalia, Nico and Percy liked and apparently Thanatos agreed because he piled more into Harry's plate when he wasn't looking. The offerings were made and Harry shocked everyone when he gave almost all the food Thanatos into the fire " For all the gods and goddess and a little more for Thanatos, who apparently wants me to get fat." " I do not want you to get fat, I want you to be healthy, now get you but over here so I can stuff you with food!" Laughter filled the air as Harry walked back to the Hermes table. They finished dinner without incident, then it was time for them to go to the sing along, were they found the gods waiting for them. Greetings were told and as the sat down someone said, " Hey Harry, why don't you tell us of you past?" Harry froze and coughed, " Well you guys wouldn't want to hear my boring life." Nico looked interested and said, " Yes we would!" Harry sighed and took a vile out of his pocket, holding the clear bottle filled with a potion up he showed it to everyone. "This is Veritaserum it's a powerful truth potion, it will make me tell the truth of all your questions. I'm going to take a drop, if you can stomach my childhood with my family then I'll take some more and tell the rest." The campers and gods nodded, Harry took a drop of the potion, his eyes glazed over. Hades started, " How did the Dursleys treated you?" Harry in a voice devoid of all emotion said, " Horrible." Zeus raising a eyebrow said, " Care to give some examples?" Harry opened his mouth and began to recall, " When I was five, I was cooking breakfast the food burned so my Aunt took my hand and pressed it to the flames. When I was six, my family got back from church. My uncle had a metal cross, he took some tongs put the cross into the fire of the fireplace. My cousin held me down as uncle took the red hot cross out 'We're going to burn the freakiness out of you, hopefully this cross will do it.' and he press it to my chest, this became a tradition until I hit eleven." There were gasp and already campers were crying or trying not to, the same for the gods. " It was bad but I got use to it, like the beating I received everyday because every little thing that went wrong they could find a way to blame me. When I was eight it was Christmas time and the Dursleys had just opened their presents, I was standing in a corner getting ready to throw away their trash and I got too close to one of Dudley's many toys. He yelled that I was trying to steal his toys and uncle Vernon throw me out into the cold snowy night. He locked the door and turned up the TV, so they wouldn't hear my banging's and pleads. I walked around until I reached the park were I meet a hobo but a nice one he got me shelter and we shared a fire. He said that I shouldn't be out here a kid like me should be inside drinking coco and be in a warm bed." Harry snorted the effects of the potion starting to wear off. " My room for the first eleven years of my life was the cupboard under the stairs." Harry blinked as the potion wore off, to find everyone crying even the strong Ares cabin and Ares himself were in tears. " C-can you show us?" stuttered Nico as he moved right next to Harry. Harry smiled, waved his hand "Removing one layer of a glammor charm, it hides a persons appearance." Harry took off his shirt to show scares all along his front, back and sides. Nico touched the burned cross and looked at Harry with tears in his eyes, Harry smiled, " I doesn't bother me that much anymore." Thalia jumped to her feet and demanded, " Why not?" Harry looked her right in the face motioning for her to sit down, " It's all I knew. Now do you want me to tell the rest of my life?" Hades looked at everyone collected himself and nodded, but as Harry raised the potion to his lips Hades raised a hand. " Without the potion." Harry nodded and started to tell his story how he meet Ron and Hermione their first year, second, third and forth when Harry got to the part of the other champion's death he choked up. " Its not you fault." said Thanatos he put his arm around Harry, Nico narrowed his eyes at this and asked, " How do you guys know each other?" Harry looked surprised, " I thought I told you guys? Each time I was about to die he showed up and we became best buds." Harry continued with his fifth year when everything changed. " I found out that the Minster had labeled my a dark wizard, a lot of money was for my capture, even more for my death. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny cornered me at the lake, Ron said his family needed the money and Ginny said it was a shame she didn't get to use a love potion on me. Hermione apparently was never my friend just wanted to use me like the rest. They throw a spell at me, I fell into the water and there where these women under water saying they needed to get me to Poseidon. They grabbed me and as we were leaving I saw Fred and Gorge throwing curses at the betrayers. We traveled a while until I was forced out of the water by Death Eaters, I was prisoners for a while. Until Voldemort took me out in front of all the Death Eaters to kill me, in a cemetery, then things got weird. The dead rose, lighting and thunder was everywere, water came out of nowhere and a dead guy on a horse grabbed me and ran. Well for what ever reason I was tired I thought I wanted to be in a safe place, felt like I was being squeezed though a tube and ended up here, went to sleep." As Harry finished he asked, " So is there any thing you need to tell me?" Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon stood up and said no beating around the bush. " We are your fathers." Harry nodded, too tired to react and to keep up his glammors, they failed and Harry's wounds were shown, still bleeding, but the blood was not red it was red and gold, but they look like they were fighting and the gold was winning. For Harry everything went black, the sounds of campers screaming and the gods yelling to get him to the hospital.
"APOLLO! HELP MY SON!" bellowed Harry's fathers as his brothers and sister rush to Harry laying in Thanatos arms.
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