Hey everyone,
Wow, this story is going downright amazing! Second place in the amount of visitors AND second place in the amount of views – and the visitor place is only 52 visitors less than Keyblade's Light! The amount of views has a bit bigger gap, but the other story has more chapters and the last few of them are Christmas based, so I can get that.
Now I'm sure some of you will be saying: "Only 52? That's a mayor gap!" But the gap between 2nd place - A Divine Hogwarts - and 3rd - Fate's Finale - is 459, so I consider the gap between A Divine Hogwarts and Fate's Finale to be okay. Do know that - ever since ADH has been created - it has been on par with KL for 1st/2nd place.
Now, this chapter will be kind of an interlude and will be about the Campers settling in with the new rules, the new cabins and the fact that Capturing the Flag is still postponed for a little while longer – this because the Gods are still working on that little surprise Hera mentioned to Harry a few chapters ago.
I know none of this is really in the last chapter, but it will be mentioned in this one and after that will we be moving a little more in between CBH and Olympus, which for people like V.L. Crawford will mean more Sirius action as he is still staying there. Trust me, I love Sirius just as much, but I got to keep my focus on Harry.
Hope you enjoy,
Venquine1990
PS. For challenge rules: See Chapter 01
Chapter 08
Settling And More News
Harry's POV
Annabeth had definitely been a little pissed with me when she noticed how I had looked at Luke after my dad had given off his slightly threatening warning, yet she hadn't seen Ethan do the same, the boy looking at the Kid of Hermes out of the same instinct I did and we had met a few hours later, after the Gods had left.
However, they had left with shocking news, namely that Capture the Flag was still canceled as a different kind of event would soon take place and that – starting next weekend – the kids of CBH, as they called it, could visit their Divine parent one Cabin at a time and that this parent would show them the surprise during that visit.
Apollo had apparently called dibs on the first weekend, yet dad had made it rule that those in the know were not allowed to speak of the surprise with those not in the know and had informed us all that Hecate – the Goddess of Magic – had already cast a spell on Apollo himself to make sure his truth ability would not spoil the surprise.
The same spell would be cast upon the Apollo kids once they arrived and while some of the more excited campers and the more brainy ones – such as the Athena cabin – had been disappointed at hearing this, had almost everyone been very happy to hear this, the rest of them also when dad said that Minor Gods would not be excluded.
During the meeting I had with Ethan, had we both discussed our united distrust in the Hermes child, me telling Ethan how I had spotted him spying on us at the Riverbank and Ethan informing me how his newfound abilities made Luke give off such a bad vibe it felt as if he was stepping into a fridge in the south pole just looking at him.
Both of us had been highly wary of the guy, yet my time at Hogwarts had taught me one thing and I had taught this to Ethan as well; how to suspect the unsuspected – without them suspecting you. This had been a lesson well learned after my first year and while Ethan was shocked to hear the tale, was he still grateful for the lesson.
After parting, had Annabeth tried cornering me to demand why I had looked at Luke like I did, but I had whisked her off with the question: "Is one stare of mine really more important to you than the possible return of your friend?" And while the girl had been shocked to remember what I discovered, did it still unsettle me.
My dad wanted his kids together and cared so much for me he had even come to my trial, yet with all the power that he had, he couldn't even return my sister from a simple Pine Tree? Was this because he had used a desperate spell in a time of need without knowing which or did this have to do with magic beyond his field of expertise?
Either way I had been determined to see it happen that my sister was returned to me and my cabin at earliest convenience and the fact that I was so determined had driven my little distrustful gaze at a friend of hers completely out of Annabeth's mind and she had left me alone for the rest of the night with a happy smile on her face.
Her smile and the reason behind it, however, had quickly been caught on by her cabin mates and through them by the rest of camp and when I had woken, taken a shower and dressed myself, had I found the front porch of my cabin brimming with campers who all wanted one thing; to see me free my sister from her tree.
I had been overwhelmed and had actually – for the very first time – activated one of my father's powers, shouting: "GO AWAY!" And causing for a massive near tornado to blow all of the campers away from me, creating a distance of a good three miles between them and myself and making me feel calm, but mortified.
Chiron, on the other hand, had been most proud of me and had commended me for using my father's Aero kinetic powers and not his Atmo-kinetic or Caelum-kinetic powers and had even told me how congratulated me on not using dad's Electro-kinetic abilities, while there had actually been a storm outside of Camp that day.
The idea that my dad had made me inherit so many Kinetic abilities had slightly overwhelmed and Chiron had been sad to admit that I would probably have to practice my Electro kinesis outside of the Camp borders, yet the idea that my Aero-kinetic powers could grow into Nixukinesis, Oxykinesis or even Pheumakinesis scared me.
I had vowed with the man to never let my powers reach that far and the Centaur had softly slapped me on the shoulder with his eyes telling me he was dead-certain I would keep to my word no matter what. This had made me feel very proud of myself and later that day, when no one was watching, had I done the deed they wanted me to.
My sister Thalia, who had my black hair and who wore cloths that made her look quite gothic and still badass and powerful, had been slightly drained as I had been forced to make her leave a bit of her life energy within the tree, if only to make sure that the tree could continue to generate the power needed for the barrier to remain.
Still, when Thalia had fallen into my arms and I had pulled some Ambrosia and Nectar from the hip pouch I had acquired during lunch, had Ethan suddenly shown up, his blue eye glazed and foggy as he says: "You just saved her of a near year of endless pain." Before walking off, making me know it had to be his powers at work yet again.
The boy had proven this later by telling me he had no idea what kind of pain my sister would have been in had she stayed in the tree, but it would have been for the same reasons as why the Minotaur and the Fury had attacked Percy, something that had made me hate my uncle's decision of not taking action just yet even more.
We had, again, discussed whatever could be going on and Ethan had told me how he had heard Luke mutter something about the Winter Solstice and how the other boy hoped to actually have a meeting with his father and his cabin during that, something I personally found highly unlikely seeing the meeting that would then take place.
Ethan had agreed with me on this and had voiced his certainty that Luke must have known about this, not to mention that the Solstice meetings had already been a common thing for Demigods to visit before the new rules had been brought up, meaning that Luke only wanted his own siblings there when he did – whatever he was planning.
The fact that the lad was planning something – something that involved a force of power that scared even my own father – had worried me, but the fact that I didn't know what he was planning was even more worrying and reminded me of how I had felt during my Second year, whenever I was fearful of my friends being attacked.
Ethan had noticed this of me and gotten me to spill the beans, making me share yet another year story with the lad, something that made me feel quite close to him as I had been – even to myself – trying to hide all that had happened there, if only to help me come to peace with the painful betrayal of those I considered closest to me.
Yet, this had also been something Ethan had noticed and the day after – yesterday – he had kept me away from all other campers, meeting me in my own cabin and asking Thalia to stay with us there as he helped me break the dam on my emotions, making me break down and cry over the fact that I had been betrayed for years.
The two had been shocked to hear that my adopted parents had been murdered after being betrayed and the two had been furious when they heard that I had almost experienced the same, only then as a person as I had apparently been drugged, mugged and even cursed just so that four people could control my life and have my money.
They had, however, kept their anger to themselves as they had helped me cry, holding me and just staying near me as I had done so, the statue of my father gazing down at all of us and the metal it was made of actually feeling as if it was emitting a comforting heat, as if my father was using the statue to be there for me as well.
Thalia had been very proud of our shared father for this and the fact that I had a sibling had made me feel a little happier myself, until I remembered that the things those four were planning with me would have also badly affected one of my friends and the fact that a mother would control her own daughter like that had broken me.
It had made me actually turn in on myself and feel cold and blank and empty for a while until Thalia proved me that she did control dad's Electro-kinetic abilities as she had shocked me, making me yelp before she and Ethan had made sure that, instead of turning into myself, I cried it all out, which lasted until just before dinner.
By that time had many of the Campers been shocked to see me appear as I didn't really carry myself like a Child of Zeus, but more like someone who took the wrong turn after meeting with Lady Hecate at a crossroad and many of the kids I had become friendly with in the days I've been here had joined me and Thalia at our table.
Yet once dinner and the times of Artemis had passed and I had woken in my bed back in my Cabin, had I felt more complete and in sync with whoever I was meant to be, something that had made Percy, Thalia, Ethan and some other campers very happy, while I personally just spend the rest of the day feeling content.
By now I am back in the cabin with Percy and Thalia and my sister and I are being taught some of the Mundane games by Percy, who had gotten his mother back only two hours after the Gods had left, but who had to accept that – like my own mother – Sally Jackson was not allowed or able to pass through the barrier; Thalia or no Thalia.
This had reminded me of how Muggleborns weren't able to really contact their parents while at Hogwarts because the wards around the school are Muggle Repellent and this had made me only all the more grateful for the new rules and laws my father and the other Divine Gods and Goddesses of Olympus had instated.
I again feel myself remembering what life was like at Hogwarts, yet it no longer hurts me emotionally to recount how I constantly got clobbered by Ron when playing Magical Chess to which Thalia honingly says: "Sure wonder how he would fair with regular chess." And I start laughing at this as I know one thing:
"Ron Weasley is way too lazy for Mundane Chess, sis. He would get tired just moving all of the pieces. Either that or irritated. I would actually stand a chance if we played like that." And Percy and Thalia join me in my laughter, before another jovial voice loudly says: "Good, it's good to see you enjoying yourselves."
And when I look at where the voice is coming from, do my eyes widen when I see dad standing in the doorway to the cabin, Thalia's bed standing next to him as the girl feels easily trapped when she can't access the outdoors and we all stand up, Percy even going so far as to bow, but dad waves us off and speaks as he says:
"Sit down, sit down. My children and nephew don't need to be so formal with me. We're not at a formal meeting now, are we?" I shake my head and Thalia asks: "What brings you here, Father? The Apollo Cabin will be visiting in two days and we're only fourth after them, aren't we?" Dad nods at her and says:
"I'm here for two reasons. One, you can be expecting another two cousins to be coming your way very soon. I am warning you of this, because – well – they are actually sort of like your brother, but then because of me." This shocks me and I ask: "Their Mundane parent is dead – because of you, father?" Dad nods and says:
"As you know by now was the Second World War caused and mostly lead by kids of myself, Hades and Poseidon. Well, at the end of that war, when Hitler's forces were crumbling and the other parties had lost, did the Oracle of Delphi speak a prophesy that made us three swear our – quite broken – Oath to never bare kids again.
However, while Hades, Poseidon and my kids were all either dying, ready to commit suicide or already dead, did Hades still have kids that actually fit the Prophesy and so I demanded of Hades that he sent them here. Hades however refuted me and – well, my temper has become quite legendary over the centuries."
This astounds and shocks me greatly and I ask: "You tried to kill them?" Dad nods and I ask: "What happened? I mean, they obviously survived or Hades wouldn't have made his deal with Percy, so what happened?" The man sighs and says: "I blew up the hotel they were staying at. Hades managed to save his kids – but not their mother.
He actually swore he would make me pay for this and cursed the host of the Oracle of Delphi, yet his threat to crush me – I think now that Percy has made his deal and that Ethan said those troubling words that Hades decided he has other things to care and worry about." To this I nod and then continue the talk as I ask:
"You said you have two reasons for this visit. What is the other, father?" The man sighs again, but this time do I not get a dreadful feeling down in my stomach by hearing it as he smiles afterwards and says: "I know you still have Old Hogwarts on your mind. Will you be okay if we bring those loyal to the Big Reveal?"
This shocks me as I could not have expected such a question in forever, but then I gather myself together and ask: "Who have been proven trustworthy?" And dad answers: "Lupin, the rest of the Weasleys, Hermione, Tonks, Moody and Kingsley. Oh, and George Weasley knew that you were Siri's kid, actually."
I look at my father, wondering how many bombshells he actually plans to drop onto me and he says: "Apparently the two of them became curious about their teacher's certainty that your mother was out to kill you and they each did their own little bit of research, only George's made him discover your actual birth name."
This makes me smile as I had kind of expected the two to come up with something like this and then I ask: "Dad, could I ask the Gods for a favor?" The man looks at me and I say: "Last year I gave the twins my Tri-Wizard Winnings to help them with their Jokeshop. Could one of the Gods go on where I left off, perhaps?"
The man nods and says: "I will make sure of it. You just focus on your upcoming arriving cousins and on the reunion you will have with those loyal to you in a few weeks to months. Oh, and Poseidon and the others are yet to question the teachers, but they asked me if they should wait for when you were ready to join them or not?"
This makes me smile at my dad, but I shake my head and say: "I only just discovered I have parents and getting in tune with my actual abilities. I'm just – not yet ready to face them yet, seeing that even they didn't pick up on what was happening to me. I first – need some more time, not just to train – but to heal just that little bit more."
My dad nods and then makes me feel very warmed and loved as he asks: "I understand and so will Poseidon and the others. Now, is either you or your sister perhaps too old to be put to bed by their father? Artemis is already on journey, after all." And the minute we see the outdoor sky be dark, does Percy bid us goodnight and leave.
Thalia seems a little saddened by this and I wonder if any kind of bond could be growing between my sister from another mother and the Son of Poseidon, but while my sister declines dad's offer, do I happily use my Aerokinesis to dive into bed, Dad laughing and helping me enter the Realm of Morpheus for the night.
There it is!
The interlude. Though I might not really keep it as such as I am actually planning for a few more chapters to come in between what I already had planned by the time I wrote chapter 5 and 6, these being the arrival of Nico and Bianca and another glance back into the World of Great Britain and the Magicals living there.
The trials of the teachers might even make for a chapter, but I personally doubt it as there are even teachers that I either constantly forget the names of or who are a little too unknown and for who I would have to create OC-personalities. Now, I do have one question and this one is inspired by – yet again – DZ2:
Should Harry and Annabeth:
1). Remain friends and grow closer.
2). Grow apart but remain civil
3). Become rivals/enemies
This question is inspired by DZ2 as he makes for some Killer-Arrogant Annabeth's that are very easy to hate, because he fully exploits her Fatal Flaw and I can actually see myself using that for either option 2 or 3, but both of them will be gradual and the Third might make Annabeth join forces with Luke if I so desire. The Voting can be done on a Poll on my Profile Page.
Go there, please,
Venquine1990
