Demigod Teachers
San Francisco- United States of America.
Percy crashed against the sand on the beach as his body reformed. He very rarely travelled using water molecules because of how much it drained him. But he couldn't waste time waiting for Mrs O'Learly to travel to him just so that they could travel here. He needed to see Clarisse now.
Pushing himself off the sand, he noticed he was getting several concerned glances, he was bleeding severely after all and his clothes were shredded. He had also just randomly appeared which probably didn't help the situation. He walked slowly up the beach, he knew where Clarisse and…and Chris lived as he visited them whenever he was over in the west coast.
As he walked, his mind raced to what Tartarus said about a sister…he knew in his heart that he was talking about Tracey. He knew Tracey was the daughter of a Sea-God after all….but why hadn't she told him…and why hadn't his dad brought it up to him. He had a freaking sister!
He sighed but noticed he was already at the house, he felt his throat dry up suddenly. He hadn't had to deliver news of this kind in a long time. And not to one of his oldest friends. He made his way up the path, past their lawn up to the door and knocked 3 times; each knock sending a spasm through his body.
Wincing from the spasms, he heard Clarisse yell "JUST A MINUTE!" and listened as she approached the door. The Snib was let off and she opened the door with a loud creeeeeek. To say that she looked like Hades was an understatement, she was pale and she had a runny nose, her cheeks were swollen and her eyes red. His heart stung even more.
Suddenly she perked up slightly when she noticed it was him "Percy? What are you doing here you Kelp-Head. Where's Chris?"
He couldn't hold back the tears and said "Clarisse…I'm…I'm so Sorry"
Tears started to run down her face "No….Gods no…Please don't be true." He stepped into the house and opened his arms. He felt her wrap her arms around him tightly. Crushing his ribs as she sobbed, He wrapped his arms around her "He died a Hero's death. Just like Selina did. HE…He wanted me to let you know that He loved you and that he will wait for you."
She continued to sob for a few more seconds before pulling away "Whoever did this is going to suffer the wrath of the daughter of War."
Weasley Household - During the Battle of Azkaban
"So you're telling me that you're all really Magical Wizards and Witches and the reason you never told me before is because you're worried I would be Jealous."
Rachel watched with a internal smirk as her Aunt Molly fumbled trying to figure out what to say and said "That's right Dear, and we're so"
"Ah I knew it! Aunt Molly I've known for years. You are all terrible at keeping it secret. I worked it out when I was like 12. Seeing the House just proved it to me and hearing was confirmation that I wasn't crazy. Plus I found all of my Dad's old letters."
Molly looked like she was about to pass out and said "You knew this whole time. Why didn't you say that?!"
Arthur went up to her to catch her in case she fainted which she didn't but Rachel was glad her uncle was still so caring. "Because I got wrapped up in my own chaos, I didn't need you to tell me, it would have been nice, sure. But I was dealing with my own stuff so I didn't have time to worry about you or the rest." Molly sat down and groaned while both Bill and Charlie were laughing. With Bill handing money of some kind over to Charlie.
Arthur then said "So how much do you know?" She grinned "Oh I know basically everything. I know that Charles is working with dragons in Romania, Bill is Working as a ward breaker in Egypt. You Uncle are working for the useless British Ministry of Magic, as Is Percy. Ron, Ginny, Fred and George are currently at Hogwarts and are being taught by none other than Percy Jackson." She knew that the kids were actually all upstairs because they had that Trial that Annabeth was in charge of but she didn't want to clue them in on the fact that she was listening in.
All of their eyes widened and Charles asked "How did you know they were being taught by Percy?" She smirked "Oh that's easy. Percy was once my partner and he's one of my best friends. That's how."
Before anyone else could say anything, a Golden Anket appeared and everyone backed away as several injured soldiers and Aurors stepped out of the Golden Akhet. Someone of the Soldiers who Rachel recognised gave her a quick salute before making thei rway outside with Bills help "The Movement didn't go well I take it?"
Out of the Ahket stepped Reyna "No, It was actually pretty successful at first. We got all the worst DE out. But then we were attacked like nothing ever before. We were lucky Percy was there" Reyna hadn't noticed her yet. That's when Rachel noticed that she was carrying an unconscious Thalia, by the looks of it, only passed out in the past couple of minutes.
Even without being the oracle of Delphi, she knew that Thalia would be fine. Actually she knew for a fact that she would wake up in the next few minutes. Then Carter came through. Which was the worrying thing because he always came through last. Which meant something was wrong.
He noticed her straight away and smiled, not even focusing on anybody else and she said "Pharaoh Kane, it's a pleasure to see you again."
She bowed slightly to show the Pharaoh respect, he then put his right fist to his left hand and bowed back "Oracle Dare, We didn't expect your presence but having the Oracle of Delphi in our presence is always a treat."
She heard a gasp from around the corner and saw her cousin Ron along with 4 other kids his age standing there in shock. Next to them were two Adults, one she assumed was Sirius Black. Turning back to face Pharaoh Kane, she pondered "Where's Percy? He was helping out wasn't he."
Carter looked down, saddened ..."He's still alive, don't worry but there were some complications….Percy's had to go and do something."
Thalia's voice echoed through the room "Chris is dead Rachel." Her eyes widened. She had not foreseen Chris's death in any of her recent visions. "No….he wasn't meant to die yet. Fate is changing."
Thalia hobbled over to her and hugged her tightly "But your a sight for sore eyes, Oracle"
Rachel's eyes fogged over. From a skyward view she watched the events of the battle unfold. She watched as the Pit rose in Luke Castellan's body and killed Chris. She watched as Percy gave the devastating news to Clarrise.
Suddenly she was in a white field that looked like clouds. A Mysterious figure appeared in front of her. "Thou are the current host of the Oracle of Delphi, aren't thou?Rachel Elizabeth Dare"
She hadn't ever seen or talked to the person before but she immediately knew who she was, a memory from the oracle perhaps? "Your Zoé Nightshade right?"
The Young Woman nodded "That's right. Our destinies briefly overlapped when yourself, Thalia, Percy and I were all at the hoover dam before I died and you became the Oracle. Come take a seat.
A Park bench appeared and Zoé sat down, Rachel followed suit and confidently asked "Thalia touching me is what's allowing us to speak, isn't it. That mixed with my powers as an Oracle of course."
Zoé smirked "You would be correct. I can see why both Perseus and Annabeth like you, you're smart. The Stars are changing, but I'm sure you've already noticed." Rachel gulped "my Visions have never changed before. What's going on?"
The girl sighed "War with a Primordial always shakes the world up. But Tartarus has amassed more power than any other being I can remember. Myself and Bianca are keeping him at bay among the stars and moving the right piece into play…but the future is in a constant state of Flux."
"If Percy has any hope of surviving the oncoming storm, he needs to upgrade Akomolus."
"Upgrade Akomolus?"
"Tartarus is using host bodies, some dead friends, some dead enemies. The darkness it can't be pierced by any old weapon. The children of Hades have control over some of the darkness but they can't truly destroy it. They can give you the chance though. But what happens when they're not around? What do you know about how Akomolus was forged?"
"Not much, why?"
"You need something that can obliterate the darkness. I forged Akomolus, using part of my soul in the forging. You see, I'm the daughter of Atlas but I'm also the daughter of Pleione. A water Goddess. I foolishly gave the sword away to a boy I thought I loved…The damned Heracles. He tainted the balde. He betrayed me and left me out of the story. He's the reason I joined the hunt, you know."
Rachel's eyes widened, Percy had never told her this…actually whenever anybody mentioned Heracles he just got into a grumpy mood. This might explain why.
"Akomolus eventually found its way into Percy's hands. Being a pure hero, he was able to clear the blade. On top of that he could wield the sword like none other. The Part of my soul within the blade recognised him as a child of the sea. It flows with him like a blade. And when I met him…he made me feel things for a man I haven't felt in a long time."
"You're saying you liked him?!"
"Like thou art surprised. He has a way of attracting us to him with how Pure and true he is. But alas even if I had lived I wouldn't have standed a chance."
"Annabeth."
"His heart belonged to her, long before he realised. Anyway, back on track. To defeat the darkness of Tartarus he needs two souls to fuse together within the Sword. He needs to go to the ancient forges of the Sea Gods. Created long ago by Posiedon, Lir, Aegir and many other Sea Gods; A long, long time ago He will need the help of his Sister, Tracey Davis."
"The Girl who is staying with my Cousins?"
"That is somewhat correct, yes. She is just visiting your familial relations. Once Percy gets there, he will have to reforge Akomolous using the same metal and put part of his own soul into the balde. Our two souls will merge and it will make Akmolous unstoppable in his hands."
Rachel gulped, "Why are you telling me this?"
She rubbed her arms "I can't get through to Percy. My connection to Akomolous is weak because of Heracles' taint and Tartarus's meddling. Looks like our time is up. Remember to tell him soon. And Rachel, I'm glad the Oracle is in good hands."
As she started to fade Rachel yelled "Where is this forge" She smiled "Oh Percy will know,"
She exhaled suddenly and Thalia let her go "Rachel are you okay?"
She looked at the daughter of Zeus "I Need to talk to Percy now."before collapsing onto the ground.
Hogwarts - 1 Week Later
"And that concludes our Final class before Christmas. Thank you for all the hard work you've done over the past few months. When we pick up after the Holidays, we will be changing up many of our classes, and my wife and one of my Cousins will be helping with the lessons."
Most of the class looked exhausted, He had pushed them hard over the last week since he had returned from telling Clarisse. He rarely drank, but that night he sat and drank with her and then helped her the next morning.
He ran a hand through his hair "Right see you all after the holidays…Actually, Miss Davies, can you please stay behind." He'd been delaying this conversation but he felt like it made more sense for him to do it right now before the Holidays.
The class started to filter out and it was just himself, Tracey and Harry who was holding her hand "Mr Potter, I know you want to be here for her like she's been here for you. I need to talk to her in private. You can wait outside for her but I ask you as a trusted teacher." He sighed but with a kiss on the cheek left.
Percy pulled two chairs out for them and put them across from each other and sat down, signalling for her to sit. He put his hands into his head as she did so and after a minute or so of silence he asked almost silently "why"
"Why what Sir?"
"Do not play games with me Tracey Davies. I have just lost an old friend and had to deliver the news of it to an even older one."
Tracey gulped, thousands of thoughts ran through her head, she had heard the legends of an angered Percy Jackson. Did he know?"
"Okay if you won't say why, Then tell me when were you going to tell me."
She remained silent.
Percy pulled at his hair "Tracey please, I need to know. I'm at my limit and I need the truth. I'm not going to be angry. I just need to know. Why didn't you tell me you were my sister?!"
She slid down in her seat, running her head through her hands "How did you find out."
"The Pit."
"Oh"
"So why didn't you tell me?"
She groaned "It might be easier for me to tell you the full story. Can I go and tell Harry not to wait?"
He nodded and watched as she did as she said.
She returned to her seat "To start with, I'm not a daughter of Posiedon. I'm a daughter of Neptune."
Percy rolled his eyes "Not much of a difference their"
Tracey groaned "I'm sure you of all people know how much more militaristic, the Roman gods are."
Percy nodded "so here's the thing….I wasn't born 15 years ago. I was born in 1910, to a German mother called Erika Davies and Neptune. Female soldiers were extremely rare and unheard of but my mum's boss was a demigod who knew of her prowess as he had served alongside her deceased husband and my brother's father. But in 1914 at the outbreak of the first world war, a son of Tartarus took command of a large section of the German army. He wanted me to use my powers to destroy the rest of Europe. Our Father, Neptune helped us flee, rodger included to the US and put us in the Lotus Hotel. Originally it was just meant to be until the War ended."
"But the Tensions between the European countries stayed"
She nodded "It was no secret that one of Lord Pluto's son's was rotten to the core. So father kept us hidden and good things he did. WWII broke out.
Percy pulled at his hair and said "Then the great Prophecy happened."
Tracey sighed "correct, Dad stopped visiting as Neptune, he only came as Posiedon. He apparently kept away from his Military side as much as possible. He also didn't know for sure which form was actually my dad. He came once a decade and gave us an update. Then when you defeated Kronos, he decided to let us out. Believing the dangers to be gone."
"Let my guess Lady hecate set you up with a house and new identities?"
"A new House, yes. But we kept our old Identities. We had gained American/British accents from our time stuck in the hotel anyway and our names blended right into modern British culture."
"So I can understand that part, but why not tell me when you met me at the start of the year."
She groaned "I was scared. I'd always wanted to meet you, but seeing the legendary hero in person, and the fact he was my brother. It was terrifying. And then everything with the Pit started happening and I didn't want to bring that into it too."
He stood up and offered a hand to her, she took it and he pulled her into a hug. For the first time she realised how much shorter she was than him as her head rested against his chest. "I would have rather known instead of finding out from the Pit that I actually had a Sister from my dad. But this is better than nothing."
She wrapped his arms around him and hugged him back before he separated and said "right you go and catch up with Mr Potter. He cares about you a lot. Also when we get back from the holidays. Your new training is beginning."
She smiled, a weight off her chest. He knew about her now. She didn't have to keep it a secret and she felt so much better.
Medic's Guild - 2 Days Later
"Are you sure about this Mr Potter?"
Harry was staring at the "Pharaoh of the house of Life," With annoyance. "Yes I'm sure, If I have a bit of Voldemort's soul inside of me, I want it out now. We've already had to delay the surgery by two weeks because all of you have been so injured."
The doctors all looked between themselves meekly when the man with the dog head said "We're just asking young man because You will be on the brink of life and death. If we mess up. You're dead."
He felt Tracey's grip around his hand tighten but he rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb to calm her down.
Anubis was not looking forward to this. Without Will, they were doing this with several less experienced doctors and because they needed him here to keep the Potter boy on the brink of life and death, they were without Walter too as they needed him, the great Anubis to hold to remove the Horcrux.
The God looked at his fellow doctors and sighed "Alright, I guess we are doing this. Prepare surgery room 12."
All of the doctors walked gloomy towards the room, but Harry walked with confidence, if he was going to live his life to the fullest, he was going to get rid of his soul pieces. No more nightmares, no more visions, just freedom.
Harry could tell that Tracey was worried about him so he just continued to hold her hand tightly and rub her knuckles. When they reached the room, the doctors started to filter into it and Anubis said camly "Mr Potter, we need to prepare ourselves, when we're ready for you, one of us will come out for you, is that okay?"
He nodded and watched the Doctor vanish into the room. Harry sighed before turning to face Tracey, her sea-green eyes full of worry, her hair dangling into her face as she hadn't tucked her hair away into hairband like she normally did, he gently moved her hair out of her face and said "Hey, it's going to be alright, I'm going to be running back to you in half an hour, as a man free from Voldemort."
She gulped and said "But what if you don't?! you heard Lord Anubis, you will be on the brink of life and death!"
He silenced her with a kiss to the lips "but I will, I've got so much to come back to now; You, Sirius, Hermione, Susan and her Aunt….my new mum, Neville, Daphne, Draco and Ron. You are all my light home. I'm not afraid of the darkness because I know you are all there lighting my way home."
"But"
"No Buts! How about we had another incentive to everything, If I survive, you tell me everything about this Godly stuff that you've briefly mentioned. From the start. No more secrets between us at all."
She sighed before kissing him on the lips for a proper snog, "I guess, it will have to do, You better come back Potter."
He smirked "Oh Don't you worry I will, Davies."
They were interrupted as the door opened up and one of the doctors said "It's time." Harry nodded and followed the Doctor into the room.
His heart was oddly calm despite the fact that he was about to go under "Surgery" But he supposed it was because he knew he was in good care, even without Dr Solace being their to help him.
Anubis gestured to the bed, before turning to grab the chalk for the final rune that they were going to need to put the young man before him to sleep. In the back of his head he could hear Walter telling him exactly what to do at every stage. Once Harry was sat down on the bed, Anubis used the chalk and the circle of Runes around the Bed glowed bright gold before fading to a light blue, humming colour.
"Dr Hain, Dr Mirkwood, if you would please." The two Doctors formed a healing Heliograph on the boys head as Anubis and the Pharaoh used a Darkness purging spell.
Harry passed out straight away, the minute he lied down. Whatever magic they were using was powerful. His body felt light and floaty, opening his eyes slightly he looked around and the said "Oh it's you"
Standing before him was a being of pure darkness
"Yes puny Mortal, It is I; Tartarus."
Harry rolled his eyes at the being and proudly stood up "You think you scare me, with all that Mortal talk. I've faced Lord Voldemort in combat, not once, not twice, but thrice. I've faced a Basilisk and fought off the Demetors of Azkaban."
It took a half a second for Harry to regret saying that. As his torso bent in on itself as a swift Punch was delivered to his stomach that felt like the basilisks bite times 100. Blood started to fill his mouth but he didn't fall to the ground "Is that all you've got"
He was met by a swift quick to the side and sent tumbling to the 'Ground', more blood filled his mouth and started to run down his chin. His Glasses hit against the 'ground' and shattered; Harry didn't even notice at first as his eyesight was blurry from being pummelled by this bieng.
"You have guts kid, I see why you get on that other Puny Mortal's nerves now."
Slowly Harry stood up, his eyesight starting to clear until he could see the being somewhat clearly again. He could feel an intense pain in his right arm and it didn't take a genius to work out this arm was broken; he broke it before after all. He was also 90% sure he broke some of his ribs. He cleared the blood running down his mouth with his arm and was about to sort his glasses when he suddenly found a empty space where they were "Huh…well i'm not complaining."
Getting into a staggered fighting pose he said "Let me Guess, your here to kill me on Voldemort's orders, while I'm on the brink of death!"
"I don't do anything, on anybody's orders. That Puny Mortal listens to me!"
He snockered "Keep telling yourself that hun."
Harry rolled his eyes and started to pull for his wand as the being pulled out a sword. Behind him, Harry could feel selveral heat sources behind him "You think you can kill me?! Well my friends might have something to say about that, and they are lighting my way back home. See you later sucker, my life has just begun."
Before being flung back into his own body, Sitting up with a gasp as his eyes opened once more, before he had to blink a couple of times to be abel to see properly. Sitting up, he smiled before the pain in his arm started again "By Merlin, he actually broke my arm?!"
Dr Anubis walked around to him and said "The procedure was a success, but clearly your arm broke somehow, what do you mean by he actually broke your arm."
Harry ran a hand through his hair "There was this being made of Darkness, the same one me and Tracey encountered a couple of months ago. He was trying to kill me."
Dr Anubis raised his 'eyebrow' before reverting back to human for or Dr Walter as he went by and said "Carter..do you think?"
"Yes….Mr Potter, you just faced a Primordial being known as Tartarus. One of the greatest threats to ever threaten this world….and you lived. You will be public enemy number 4 for him now. You need to prepare yourself."
"Why?"
"Because when he next appears in the mortal plain, he will try and kill you, right after he kills the Jacksons and Nico Di Angelo-Solace. And he won't stop until either all of you are dead. Or until you kill him."
A/N
Hey all, so this will probably be my last chapter for this story (and most of my stories) for a while...like a while, while. To put it simply, I'm in my third year of University. My final year of University (for the moment) and I don't exactly have a lot of time to write fanfiction or stories in general now. Most of my time over the next year will be spent in research papers, doing placements, Writing essays, making presentations and more. It's a big step up from last year, and I need to put my full focus into it.
And it's not just that. I'm feeling a little bit burnt out on the stories that I am currently releasing. I've got ideas but I'm not entirely sure of the path I want to take to get there. But I will finish this Story, and Boiling Hogwarts, and all my other currently ongoing stories. It just might take a while with me taking a long break. Thank you for all the support on this story, I hope when I return you will all still be supporting me.
We are at the halfway point now with this story, over it in fact. If I had to make an estimate, I would say expect around about 15 Lengthy Chapters left of this when I return (Now I have to stick to this...whoops)
Also me feeling burnt out should not be taken as me not wanting to write at all. I have several ideas for new Percy Jackson stories and One-Shots such as carrying on the story I set up in "Till Death do us Part". But I will not be writing anything to do with that until my return.
You might see me at Christmas for another Chapter, but other than that, see you guys next June.
