No. 4 Privet Drive
Surrey
Cupboard under the stairs .
Harry was laying on his back looking at the out lightbulb in his cupboard. I'm the pitch dark contemplating life which was a feat in and of itself considering he was only ten. He was here because of the disastrous outing to the zoo. The Dursleys wouldn't let him out until a week at least so he would have to starve again.
However the longer he stared at the ceiling the brighter the room seemed to get. He continued staring until it was obvious that the room was getting lighter so Harry jumped up startled. The light somehow sensing that it was caught flared like a sun at 12 at night.
Olympus
After the blinding lights Harry felt before he saw anything and he felt he was on smooth stone. Opening his eyes he saw that he was looking at the clearest night sky he ever saw. He could probably see all the constellations if he knew any. His hearing then decided to kick in and he heard the low rumbling of voices to his left. When he looked he saw honest to God giants, they were 7 feet tall at least with different races however they were flawless in the very sense of the word. They were sitting on thrones that dwarfed even them but even with that it seemed to match the people.
Harry was dumbfounded and had his mouth open, one of the giants in a pinstriped suit got annoyed and practically boomed
"Are you going to just lay there boy or are you going to bow?"
The giant wasn't shouting but he may as well be with how loud his voice was alongside being accompanied by raging thunder. Harry hurriedly jumped up and bowed so deep he could see between his legs. He heard some soft laughter of varying degrees; some sounded amused, others sounded derisive and some sounded inquisitive like they did not know what to make of him.
A strong voice that sounded as calm as the sea but unsettling as an earthquake said,
"Peace brother, we do not need to scare this young one to our brother. Let's explain why he was summoned so we can get on with our duties."
"Fine, fine get on with it!"
"(Sigh) sorry about him he loves his theatrics a bit too much," a crackling roll of thunder that made Harry almost jump out of his skin echoed, the other giants weren't supposed in the slightest. "As I was saying, you were summoned here to be given a mantle of power and extreme importance. You Harken James Potter had been selected by Fate to be given the mantle of Minor God!"
After that proclamation the previously clear night sky seemed to cloud over with the whitest of clouds which hovered mostly over Harry's head.
Harry startled out of his befuddlement he exclaimed "Wait! I don't know what's happening here and I don't know who you are! ….. sir"
The giant stopped and blinked owlishly before he facepalmed and muttered,
" I knew I forgot something. Ahem my name is Poseidon God of the Seas and Storms, Father of Horses and the Earthshaker. We are the Olympian Council ! Now we can't put off this ceremony any longer."
And with that the clouds over heard that seemed to be waiting impatiently swirled rapidly and Harry with wide eyes looked up just to see an enormous bolt of thunder crash into him so he did the only thing any rational human being would do and screamed.
However after a while he noticed that it didn't hurt and he was instead feeling warmer by the minute.
He was looking around however he could barely see his own body due to the light, his body then was lifted up and another bolt of lightning bigger than the last crashed into him raising the heat to uncomfortably warm but not unbearable.
Through all this the Gods were looking slightly bored waiting for this to be finished. One was on their phone, another was looking in a mirror and another was tinkering with some gadgets.
However they all looked up when they heard a phoenix song and watched fascinated as a phoenix flashed into the throne room. The phoenix hovered behind Harry and if one were to look closely they would see that pieces of fire were being drawn into the blinding sphere holding Harry.
The ominous rumbling was heard again overhead before a final gigantic bolt of lightning crashed into the sphere followed by the beautiful Phoenix song as the phoenix flew around the room. The sphere spontaneously caught on fire with golden and white flames.
The sky above was a colour of the purest gold as small golden wisps of fire fell. Around the world it can almost be said that the world itself was celebrating the mantling of a new God. Snow fell for ten minutes in the hottest places on Earth. Every child born in the hour was born perfectly healthy and would live at least for a century. The wolves and dogs howled and the birds nocturnal or not made the voices be heard. And for an hour around the world no one died.
As soon as the wisps disappeared the sphere holding Harry started to dim. Around the floor one can see that the sphere was held in a spectral field of lilies that glowed a blood red; many were somewhat confused and were confused when an enormous stag with truly majestic horns that seemed to shimmer gold with wisps of fire. The lilies around the sphere floated up and around the rack of the stag. They then infused with the horns so vines of lilies hung down on some and others had the lilies growing from them.
The stag then shrunk until it was the size of a normal fawn then was absorbed by the sphere. The sphere then dimmed considerably showing what seems like a giant egg made from light and fire.
The gods all looked on with slight interest but they didn't make a move to look on the egg other than Hestia who approached the egg as she got within five feet the phoenix from before flashed onto the egg and looked at her with scarily intelligent eyes that seemed to pierce into here core and judged her worthy. Hestia nodded and approached again as she came within touching distance and laid her hand on the egg. She felt that it was warm and vibrating softly.
Zeus now thoroughly annoyed that he was missing his programs- I mean halting his announced duties.
"He is going to need a mentor for his year of godhood. Would any of the council want to take on that responsibility?"
Many of the gods declined and so Zeus dismissed them until only Apollo, Poseidon, Hermes and Aphrodite along with Zeus who declined but needed to approve the mentorship.
Apollo was bored and finding the newest god however minor it may be interesting especially considering the prophecies about him volunteered. Hermes declined but said that he would help Apollo if he had time the same with Aphrodite. Poseidon said that he declined but stayed because he was curious of the domains the new God would have (secretly he stayed because Harry looked scarily like his own secret son.)
As if sensing they were finished deliberating the egg cracked and then exploded gently into sparks and motes of multicolored lights Harry fell onto his hands and knees.
"What the bloody was that!?"
A chirping beside him made him look and he saw an incredibly small fawn that could barely stand and it was probably came up to at least Harry's waist fully standing, right now it was awkwardly standing with it's legs splayed a little too wide. It had small stubby horns that had unopened lily pods coming from them. It had a reddish brown coat with emerald eyes the same shade as his owner. It had small dots on his back that had something that looked like the alphabet or runes possibly.
Harry looked at the giants that were now ordinary human size and then looked around for the first time since being practically abducted.
He was in a colossal room with thrones going around in a circle, the thrones ha different themes some were made of metal others were padded with pink cushions one seemed to be made from the bones of multiple human beings.
The walls had different images chiseled into them one had a figure throwing a bolt that hit someone and another had a woman turning into a spider there were many more but thenimages began to cyce through other images and Harry couldn't keep up now seeing as how his skin felt like the only time his Aunt Petunia bathed him in his memory and used almost scalding hot water to as she said "burn out the freakishness". He felt that he was hearing slight whispers at the edge of his hearing and he was seeing the different locations which seemed to hold many yound children in varying degrees of wellness and care. Another thing included in the room was a giant fire pit and the no ceiling which showed the clear night sky once again.
As Poseidon opened his mouth to explain further the giant doors behind Harry dprand open and when he turnt to look he saw three elderly women who as Harry looked at them he heard a baby crying, the laughter of an adult and then the solemn ringing of bells heard from a church during a funeral.
One of the women snapped their finger and Harry could breathe easy again although he didn't realize he couldn't breathe.
The elderly women said,
"It wouldn't do to have you faint before we can discuss important ones young one."
"We have come here to present Harken with his domains and inform him of his duties."
Harry still confused could only look at them blankly and opened his mouth to ask some important questions however before he could do that the one ldy at the end said,
" We are the Three Fates who hold the lives of everyone on the mortal coil in balance and ensure that they do not abuse what they take for granted. You were chosen for a multiple of factors including but not limited to who you are and is going to be and what is needed to be done to prevent the end of Western Civilization."
Harry slowly closed his mouth having his questions answered for now. The Fates nodded and the one in middle took out an elegant stone tablet from somewhere. The stone tablet we smooth and had characters written in gold perfectly across it, it was made from obsidian which that gold even more striking.
Then as one the Fates announced in clear and ringing voice which was heard across Olympus,
" Welcome Harken Minor God of the Lost, Patron of Orphans and Guardian of Hope."
As they finished the stone tablet flashed and flew gently into Harry's hands when he looked d back up the Fates were gone and it would have seem they werent here if the tablet and the still ringing from the announcement.
Zeus then boomed further adding to the ringing in Harry's ears,
"Harken you have been given the mantle of Minor God and with that comes some benefits such as above human physiology and mental capacity. We gods have the power to influence the mortal and immortal realms however those influences may lead to unforeseen consequences so be warned. You as a mantled God would have limited immortality for full immortality either gain enough devout followers or find a way to sustain your immortality permanently you have a decade if in a decade you haven't become fully immortal your body would combust and your soul torn asunder to slowly piece itself together in unbearable agony for at least a millennia. You would however be given guidance by your mentor and co mentor Apollo and Hermes or Aphrodite respectfully. You should know however that you cannot expose that you are immortal to any mortal being unless they are soulbound to you!"
Here Poseidon took over and although Zeus looked briefly angry he huffed and teleported out with a flash of lightening and an immense light, Poseidon just rolled his eyes and said,
" As a Minor God you are given an allowance of 100 drachmas and 200 blessings. Drachmas can be used to pruchase anything in the immortal realm and blessings can be used to purchase any powers from the FateShop such as smite, Foresight, Dream Weaver and if you have enough and it's available you can purchase more domains to gain more blessings. Any questions?"
Harry slowly shook his head and then fainted straight away the only thing he saw was a surfer and a mailman look at each other in amusement.
This is an unbeta'ed chapter I wrote. I'm planning to write more however I'm using my tablet and not a laptop because money is tight and incant afford one right now. However if you have any improvements or questions put them in the comments.
See y'all hopefully next week.