AN: I cut this scene originally, but I love it too much to let it go. So, here is a little bonus while I work on the next chapter.
Bonus scene:
Severus was once again decently clad (in black of course). He and Athena were walking toward a park in Muggle London.
She waved an elegant hand. "So, this is what we do now. We try to stay in places where people do what we do…Aphrodite spends a lot of time in Paris, Aries hovers around the Middle East like a vulture, I have a Victorian Renovation near M.I.T…Hephaestus has a penthouse in Silicon Valley."
Severus raised a brow. "And Zeus and Hera?"
"They tend to stay mostly in Rome and Greece, though Hera spent most of Queen Victoria's reign in Great Brittan, and Zeus is so annoyed with the current situation with Greece's economy he's refused to set foot in the country since the 90's."
"Tell me about the founders of Hogwarts."
She nodded. "We'd just ballsed up the whole idea of Camelot…and the witches and wizards who didn't get themselves killed in the battles were being persecuted by the muggles around them. Demeter, Aries, Hades and I decided to make a safe place for our bloodlines…it was safer for everyone."
"You designed Hogwarts."
"And Aries and I designed the defenses. They were meant for Muggles though, not for warring factions of wizards."
"It did not matter in the end."
"No, Apollo is ridiculously proud that a prophesy was the end of that conflict."
"The sun god?"
"That's not exactly what we call him behind his back. Hades is always picking off his favored musicians…just to annoy him. Little bastard takes after Zeus."
"I thought Zeus was your father too."
"I emerged full-grown from his mind." Athena shrugged. "I'm the product of his higher brain…the part he doesn't use much."
Severus noticed that the Muggles around them were scribbling on various pieces of paper.
"That's me. When I come around they invent." A couple on the park bench adjacent to them began to embrace passionately.
"And that's you. We'd better keep moving. We don't want to see the results if they get inventive like that in public…after all, you are the God of Sex."
Severus rolled his eyes. "I'll thank you to term it the God of Physical Congress, if you please."