Hey everyone,
So I did a bit of checking and apparently, in order for my story to work flawlessly, I need to change a few dates. I found out about this after reading chapters 8 to 13 a second time and the date on chapter 13, combined with how there is a Demigod to Olympus visit every weekend – yeah, those didn't combine all that well.
So I will be making a few changes to chapters 13 & 14, namely change the date of chapter 13 to the 23rd as that will make it so that Harry's arrival at England in chapter 11 syncs with the Apollo kids having their weekend and the amount of time Hermione waits after Remus' attempt be more than 1 day so that it syncs with another weekend.
Why? Because Harry, in chapter 8, mentions how he and his sister were supposed to be fourth after the Apollo cabin and this helps me set a proper date for this chapter as that is what the chapter will actually be about. Harry and Thalia visiting Olympus, meeting their father and finding out the secret, mysterious surprise.
Okay, enjoy,

Venquine1990
PS. For Rules, check chapter 01


Chapter 17
I Told You So

16th of September 1995
Empire State Building, New York
Harry's POV

It's been a little over three weeks since Hermione, Remus and the twins have all arrived at Camp and while there are some things that might spook or shock them, is it mostly the twins that have the easiest time settling in, which really isn't surprising as they and the others of the Hermes cabin are like four hands on a single stomach.
What is startling is how enthusiastic they are about the more dangerous activities and what has startled Hermione and me the most is that, when it was announced that Capture the Flag would return once all the Demigods had visited Olympus, Fred and George actually called dips on being leaders of opposite teams with large grins on their faces.
A lot of the other Demigods had protested at this, yet Remus and I had talked with Chiron and he had agreed that the twins could do this for the First Capture the Flag, but afterwards everything would go back to how it was, with Cabins picking teams with other Cabins and one Cabin Counselor being the leader of each team.
The twins, when learning that this was protocol, had apologized for ruining a tradition like this, yet Chiron had told them that it was simply their enthusiasm that made them act before thinking, which made them fit in even better with the rest of Camp and which had made more of the other Demigods understand and forgive them.

Hermione had also, slowly but surely, gotten used to Camp and while her hardest trial was the fact that she was learning in a location with more outdoor than indoor space, did it really help her to have Remus with her and to have Thalia and me as her cabin buddies. The problem here is that the girls had hit it off better than expected.
Don't get me wrong, I love seeing the girl I consider a sister getting along with my actual sister like a sibling, yet the two aren't really talking about weapons, Capture the Flag, what they know of certain monsters or how their classes went. They're talking how to mix fashion with weaponry, the kids of Aphrodite and other girly stuff.
And I may love these two girls, but I am as much a hormonal dude as they are hormonal chicks, so – with permission from dad, Lord Poseidon and Percy – have I been sleeping at the Poseidon cabin for quite a few nights now, simply because – even with my level of patience – I can only stand giggling hormonal girls for so long.

And of course, I know that last time, two days ago, the two girls did on purpose just to see how quick they could get me to leave the cabin, yet I had not let myself be purposely scared out of my own private space and instead of that had I called on the powers of the wind every time they would cross a topic that would make them giggle.
Thalia had, after a while, started fighting this with her own lightning, yet I had the upper hand as I had done a little something while staying in my room in Grimmauld Place. I had again delved deep within my own psyche and had created a world within my own mind, where I used both magic and the power of the wind to strengthen myself.
I had trained within my own mind and had become stronger with each session, yet while the sessions themselves never really lasted all that long, did I still use the rest of the time, when I wasn't training, to envision all kinds of mental defenses and forms of protection – mostly because I just don't want to be mind-controlled anymore.
Yes, the dreams I had last year and the fact that I fainted during one of them also play a role, yet the mind games that the former Weasleys – as I have started to call them – have pulled on me play a larger role and also fuel my determination everytime I create something new to keep outside forces where they belong; out of my mind.

Then a soft hand touches mine and I look to my side, smiling as I finally have Thalia to myself again and she says: "Hermione sure sulked jealously when she heard she couldn't come along this morning." To which I roll my eyes and say: "She'll have Lady Hera all to herself next weekend, she has nothing to be jealous about."
And while a soft elevator tune that actually represents a song of flying and being air born sounds as I say this, does the girl nod and I grab her hand in mine as I can't help but say: "Besides, today I only have to share you with mum and dad. Which – sorry to say – is way better than sharing you with a friend seeing our home."
At this the girl giggles as I actually confessed to missing our private cabin time last night after Hermione had fallen asleep reading one of her new favorite books and my sister had felt bad for this and told me she would make sure that Hermione got a similar agreement with a female goddess as I had with Lord Poseidon.

Then finally does the lift end and when we look out of the little cabin, do Thalia's eyes widen as she sees the whole place for the first time, yet I only smile as I just love how warm, strong and welcome Olympus feels and then, just after we have left the elevator, do I get run over by something large, black and barking.
I yelp as I fall, even while clouds are what I land on, but then have to close my mouth as something slick and wet moves all over my face and I sputter before asking: "Really mum? Cut it out already! I'm happy to see you too, but I can't hug you like this now, can I?" To which a strong voice says: "I told you so." Making me look up.
Dad is still standing a little higher up the stairs, a large smile on his face as he looks down at us and then suddenly mum has changed back and has an arm around the shoulders of my sister and I as he says: "Whatever, let's head for our house and start our little weekend. We have a lot of good news we have to share with you two."

This makes both of us smile, but then dad pulls Thalia away from us and holds her at arm's length as he says: "I know this is the second time for Harry, but for you – welcome home, sweet one." And the smile that grows on my sister's face as he says this makes both mum and me smile at the picture the other part of our family represents.
We then all start moving, me feeling very happy when we take the small path over to where our huge temple like home is set and once inside, do I see something that shocks me. A light skinned man with white hair and pale silver colored eyes is sitting in the sitting room of the man, a large smile growing on his face when he sees me.

"Mr. Ollivander, what – what are you doing here?" I ask in shock and the man answers: "I was summoned here by your father with the blessing of Lady Hecate, Mr. Black. And don't worry, not even Albus knows I am here and neither will your possible future adversary." This confuses me and then dad says:
"He's part of a plan we have thought out to keep the Master Bolt safe from Luke. It's a risky one, yet because the risks are so personal, we are quite sure Like will believe that we would never do something like this. It's a bit of expecting the unexpected in such a high standard that it would be an understatement to that fact."
By now I am even more confused and wary and then Thalia asks: "What in Olympus' name are both of you talking about?" And the answer shocks me as Zeus says: "We are going to try and pull the main power out of the Master Bolt and divide it over two wands that Ollivander will be crafting for the both of you two.
All the others who have already seen the surprise know that wands will be part of it so it won't be that strange to see the two of you with wands – you especially, Harry, as the rest already know that you came from the Wizarding World – yet the only difference is that you will be getting your wands today, the rest will get them later."

This makes Thalia and me share a shocked look and then I ask: "But – wait! Won't taking the power out of the Master Bolt make it so that there won't be any more thunderstorms like – anywhere? Won't that, say, draw Luke's attention and make him know we did something with it?" To this my father smiles and says:
"It might, yet we have thought of it long and hard and we've overviewed all of the possibilities of actions that can come from this. If the thunderstorms stay, it will make Luke more tempted to wait for the perfect opportunity, which gives us more time to prepare. If they don't, he will know and will probably get over-cocky."
"And naturally, both of us know all about what it's like to be like that, will that make it easier to predict Luke's moves and stop him in his tracks. Yes, we know Luke is working for Kronos, but we are quite sure that – if we can stop Luke from trying one way or another – it will weaken Kronos just for the time being."

This makes Thalia and me share a look and then I take a deep breath and say: "It definitely sounds like the best idea. I just have one question; what about my old wand? I'm still using that, you know?" And mum sighs as he says: "We know and that's a problem." This shocks and confuses me and I ask: "Why?" To which the man says:
"Your wand is connected, linked even, to Voldemort and his wand and that makes for two problems. One, Voldemort might be able to sense you using magic outside of England and this might draw him here, which might initiate a meeting between him and Kronos. Two, we now have both Kronos and Voldemort to deal with.
That makes for an increase of danger factors and that is something we just want to prepare for and against as much as possible and sorry, Harry, but you constantly depending on you and Voldemort linking wands to each other is a danger factor we just can't risk counting on as it makes it so that you have an unguarded back.

And with two powerfully dangerous enemies now at our neck, we can't take the risk of having unguarded backs, you get that right?" Here I rub a hand over the back of my neck and I say: "I – I didn't even think of the chance of Voldemort being drawn here by me using a wand that is linked to his own, sorry."
The man smiles at me and gives me a one-armed hug as he says: "We don't blame you for not realizing this, kiddo. Now, let's take care of these new wands and then we can show you the big surprise. And of course we need to visit Hecate to make sure you don't share it with anyone not yet in the know."
At this I nod, feeling glad that the man is so positive about all of this, which is more than he had been after I reunited with him in London and while loving to see more and more signs that reuniting with dad is doing him tons of good, do I move over to where Ollivander and dad are waiting, yet my eyes widen a minute later.

Dad pulls out his weapon and just seeing the incredible thunderbolt for all its power and magnificence takes my actual breath away before I see Ollivander analyzing it before he hums and says: "I can definitely get the wind power out of it, as well as the magic that would make it stronger than usual thunderstorms, but else – sorry."
This shocks us and the man says: "The power within it that allows it to create thunder is wilder than that of a dragon and stronger than that of a phoenix in the prime of its life. It's also apparently so that the ability itself is too strongly linked to you yourself, My Lord, so if I were to try, I would weaken it alongside you.
I cannot take that chance, I do not believe I have that kind of power and I just don't have any kind of wood or cores available that would be able to properly channel that kind of power, sorry. Therefore, I will put the power of Aero-kinetic in Mr. Black's wand and the magic that makes it as strong as it does in Mss. Potter's, if that's okay?"

And only then do I realize something shocking and Thalia asks: "When did I become Mss. Potter?" And Sirius answers: "Zeus met with the Goblins and took the Potter Lordship to honor James, Lily and their sacrifice, yet the Goblins refused to make Harry Heir Potter as he is the younger of you and my line is secondary to the Potters."
"How?" Thalia asks and mum answers: "In the eyes of the Goblins and the Purebloods, because Zeus is as powerful as he is, his line overpowers mine and because he took the Potter name, does that usurp the Most Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. Therefore, because Thalia is oldest, she is Heiress Potter and you are Heir Black."

"But how is that fair? Harry was a Potter first." Thalia says, but I shrug and say: "Hey, in heart I am a Potter and a Black. I still slightly look like James Potter and I still consider Lily my surrogate mother and heroin. Plus, you're one of the strongest, most caring people I've ever met and your loyalty is definitely spot-on.
So yeah, I can still honor the Potters by being a good Black and you can prove the world that the name Potter is all but over." And while Thalia looks like she wants to argue, does she stop as she sees me smiling at her and then sighs before she says: "You're right, little brother. Let's get our wands." To which I nod and follow her.


One hour later

"Boy, that was a chore." Thalia sighs, waving her new oak wand with dragon heartstring around while seated in a lounge chair made out of soft spring clouds, yet I myself am happily leaning against the wall behind her, my new willow wand with unicorn wing-hair making it almost child's play for me to play with the walls of the room.
Small specks and bits of cloud fly out of the wall and perform all kinds of tricks as I delegate them with my wand in the air and a few times – feeling as playful as my mother was as a teen – do I snicker as I let a cloud or two brush over the top of my sister's head, pulling her attention away from her own work and glaring at me.
I shrug easily each time and ask: "What? I'm practicing." Making her roll her eyes before she focuses back on her wand, yet after she made her comment, do I say: "Sis, sorry to say it, but that effort was nothing. I tried a good 40 if not 50 wands the first time I got mine when eleven. Besides, Ollivander did most of the work."

And that was definitely true as the man had worked diligently alongside dad in extracting the two parts of the Master Bolt and then controlling them enough to slide them into various pieces of wood and cores, promising he would transfer it all into two single ones once he was sure which core and wand were perfect for us.
Thalia had definitely needed more help than I did for getting both the wood and the core right, yet Ollivander had admitted that the combination should have been an obvious one seeing what her role in this all was going to be. Yet while Willow is definitely a breezy kind of tree, had it still taken me a while to realize this.
In the end my magic, thanks to weeks of practicing my own Aero-kinetic abilities, had been able to pick the perfect combo and after that it had taken the combined effort of dad and Mr. Ollivander together to get the two wands fully charged by the two powers that had been divided over all of the other supplies.

Then mum walks into the room, having just helped dad get Ollivander back into his store without anyone noticing – how that's possible is still beyond me, seeing his popularity – and the man smiles as he sees us practice before he asks: "Okay, who's ready to see the surprise?" To which we sync reply: "Finally." Startling him.
The both of us then put our wands away and move over to the man, who happily waves his own wand actually causing for blindfolds to fold around our eyes, yet because it's mum and because he and the others have been spoiling us with small hints about the surprise for so long, do neither of us even really respond.
We hear the man moan and I say: "If you wanted to shock us, you should have done this instead of asking us if we ready to see the surprise." Before Thalia goes on: "That and you shouldn't have kept trying to liven up the surprise so much." And the man moans again before he lies a hand in my back and moves me forward.

For several minutes does nothing more happen then us other than us being guided by mum, yet while at first I can tell that we are moving down the path leading to dad's home and then up the stairs, yet when we suddenly take another path to the left – which I know won't lead to the main temple – do I get lost.
Yet at the same time do I make sure to safe as many twists and turns in the road to heart as I am almost certain that we will be walking down this same path more often once all the Parental Weekends have been done and then finally, after at least half an hour of walking, does mum stop pushing and leading us and do I hear another voice:
"Okay, little royalty, take off those blindfolds and tell us what you think." And while I feel like snickering at the nickname and wonder what Hera has to do with anything, do I use a bit of my Aero-kinetic ability to pull off both of our blindfolds, yet the sight I see makes me lose control of my power, dropping the two blindfolds.

A giant castle that has more towers than I remember, that has more windows in each of the tower, proving it to have more rooms than I know it to have and having grounds that are covered in both green houses as well as an actual Quidditch pitch, a large fire pit, a patio and a fence to keep all kinds of animals and beasts.
An actual Hogwarts, yet then one that looks as if it got a Divine upgrade or something, is shown to stand right in front of me and to my shock do I suddenly notice how several windows in a few of the towers are made of stained glass with the glass showing various symbols that represent some of the Gods and Goddesses.
"Wait, what am I looking at? Cause this looks AMAZING!" Thalia screams at the end and I whisper: "Hogwarts. It's – it's Hogwarts. You – you guys re-rebuild Hogwarts and – and made it – I – I can't believe I'm saying this, but – you made it better!" And by now my whole body feels alight with amazement and excitement.

"We had a feeling you would say that. So, are you and your sister willing to wait until the rest have had their weekend and then go here for Magic and Divine lessons? Or would you rather stay at Camp?" And instantly the two of us make mum regret asking this as we shout: "ARE YOU KIDDING US? OF COURSE WE'LL COME!"
And due to our excitement going out of control, do our powers mix with our shouts, making it so that a sound of thunder reigns through the sky while at the same time a huge gust of wind blows mum back so hard, the man can consider himself lucky that dad was behind him as the God catches him and says: "I repeat, I told you so."


Yes, this chapter was meant to troll!
Yet, at the same time am I very happy with how the chapter went and while, at first, I did want Luke noticing that something was wrong with the weather, did I feel that it would be a little too Cannon to Lightning Thief and I am really trying to keep it away from that, hence Hades and Zeus not hunting Percy, etc.
Now next chapter will be yet another timejump – I know, I'm a little overusing them – but it won't be too big of a time jump. After all, Harry and Thalia are the 5th in line to have their visit and so there will be another 7 visits with Hestia taking all of the Minor Demigods. Meaning the time jump will end on November 11th.
Okay, see you then,

Venquine1990
PS. As before, if you find any inconsistencies, grammar or spelling errors, please let me know.
PPS. If A Divine Hogwarts is your absolute favorite, please vote on it in my new poll. Thanks in advance.