Demigod Teachers
Weasley Household - 22nd December
"Thanks for letting me stay over Molly. Amy refused to let me stay in Grimmauld any longer but obviously with the wedding coming up. We can't exactly see each other because of old ridiculous traditions."
Molly smiled as Sirius helped her cook dinner for everyone currently staying in the house and said jolly "It was absolutely no bother at all Sirius. I'm just happy to see you smiling, no.12 was always so depressing."
The two of them worked away cooking the food for the Weasley Family, Harry, Hermione, Sirius, Tracey and Rachel Dare. The house was currently stuffed to the brim with roughly 15 people in the house. Plus members of the order coming and going from the house and some of the school teachers like the Jackson's.
Molly sighed in relief as the final pot of vegetables started to boil and she turned to face her fellow cook and pressed a hand on him "Sirius, I know you're worried about the wedding. But it's going to go amazing. We're going to have the best protections known to all of wizarding kind, and Amelia Bones is the one planning it. She is a literal genius."
He put his hands up in the air and said "I know, I know. It's just everything is going so well right now and I'm worried…I'm really worried something is going to tear it all away from me again." Tears started to pour from his eyes.
Without giving him any warning she enveloped him in a hug, squeezing him tightly. "You just need to believe that everything will be okay, and things will find a way to work themselves out. That's what I tend to do and it seems to work for me."
Slowly hugging her back, he replied "Thanks Molly." The slightly older woman then turned around and said "Now go and make sure your son has taken his painkillers and then get everyone done here for 10 minutes time. Food is about to be served."
Sirius mock saluted and left the head chef to her duties as he walked up the stairs. His first stop was the Weasley twins. The two were chaotic pranksters on the scale that he hadn't seen since himself and James. He was glad the pranking spirit had survived.
"I'm telling you Fred we need more Niffler fur to make the consistency right!"
"And I'm Telling you George it's Trestle Hair that we need"
Grinning, Sirius opened the door and said proudly "Actually boy's it depends on what you're using it for. Niffler fur for potions but Threstle hair for anything solid. But honestly, I would always suggest using centaur hair instead for both. Much more useful for what you need and you need to use a lot less of it in one go. It helps lower the cost."
Their eyes lit up and in unison they said "Thanks Sirius!"
Sirius chuckled and just as he was about to leave the room he told them "By the way, your mum says dinner will be done in about 10 minutes" Their eyes widened and they started to pack their pranking items away. The next door on his way was that of Charlie but he actually found it had Bill and Rachel in it as well.
The three of them turned to face him as Rachel, without turning her head away from him, moved the chess piece in her hand, knocked one of Charlie's pieces off the board and took over. Sirius had to guess it was a regular muggle cheese board for that reason, "Hey guys, sorry for disturbing your match. Dinner will be ready in about…8 minutes so I would head down now."
The three of them stuck their thumbs up before going back to the match…clearly they did not care about Molly's wrath. Finally there was the room with everyone else in it. Ron and Ginny, Hermione, Harry and Tracey. The 5 of them were laughing at something Ron had said, with the young man faking a pout in good gesture. Hermione was knee deep in a book but had a massive grin on her face. Ginny was looking over her friend's shoulder while drawing in a sketchbook that Rachel had brought her. Harry was resting against Tracey's side making sure to keep weight off his stitching and keep his arm in its cast while Tracey ran circles on his leg with her finger.
They looked happy which Sirius was over the moon about. They weren't letting the war get to them and if they could do that. Then Sirius could get married to Amy and fight for their future.
He coughed to grab their attention and said "Hey kiddo's, dinner is almost ready. You should all probably head down otherwise we're all facing Molly's wrath." Everyone chuckled at that and everyone started to stand up to go.
Harry struggled to get up but that wasn't much of a surprise, his injuries from this 'Tartarus' being were still healing and the God Anubis had suggested letting them heal naturally so there was no magic potion to let the bone heal overnight like before. But he was getting there…slowly.
Tracey helped him to his feet, and he kissed her cheek "Thanks, My running pond." She kissed him on the lips back but looking at Sirius released the two needed to talk so she whispered "Love you too. I'll save you a seat next to me."
Once everyone else had left the room, Harry asked his godfather -son to be dad- and said "You look really relaxed. Is everything okay?"
The older man ran a hand through his hair. "Actually yeah, Molly had a few words with me, and it really got rid of the stress that's been building up in the run up to the wedding. The real question is are you okay?"
Harry chuckled "Well, I'm still getting used to not having to put glasses on to be able to see now, and I'm in pain 24/7 even with the meds…but other than that yeah. My life has never been better. I'm not plagued by nightmares anymore, I've made new friends from across the school. I've got Tracey. And now I have you and Amelia. It finally feels like my life is on the right track."
Scuffling Harry's hair, Sirius said, "I'm glad kiddo, after everything you've been through. You deserve to be happy. And soon you, me, Susan and Amy will be one big happy family."
"I'm looking forward to it."
Wrapping an arm gently around Harry, the new father and son duo joined the rest of their friends for dinner as everyone talked about their excitement about the wedding, complained about the school term and were very upbeat.
About halfway through dinner there was a knock, knock, knock on the door. Everyone turned to face the door and it creaked open and standing there was Professor Jackson wearing a flannel shirt over a black T-shirt and a pair of Jeans "Hey everyone, sorry for interrupting."
Everyone waved him off telling him he had no reason to apologise. He closed the door behind him slowly and said "I just came by to let you know that I won't be around for a couple of days or two. I've been called away on a mission that could help us end this god's forsaken war."
Tracey stood up and hugged him tightly "You're leaving already but we've barely had any time to catch up."
Sirius then stood up "You're missing the wedding/1"
Putting the hand that wasn't being crushed by his sister up he said "I hope to be there. Ideally this shouldn't take any longer than a day but it's just me being safe and letting you know it might be longer. And as for you Tracey, I was actually wondering if you would like to come with me. Some brother/sister bonding."
Her eyes widened "Really?!"
A simple nod "Yep and I've cleared it with your mom."
She stopped for a few seconds, she could go with him but then she might miss the wedding but at the same time she wanted to spend some time with him that wasn't in school. "I'll come"
"We'll have to leave now. Are you certain?" She nodded and ran back over to Harry, hugging him gently "I'll be back soon, I promise" Harry whispered something and she smiled.
Percy walked over to Sirius "Hopefully I'll be back in time for the wedding but if I'm not, then good luck." Sirius shook his hand and the brother and sister left the weasley household.
St Andrews, Scotland
Percy warped himself and his younger sister onto cliffs of St Andrews. Since they had confirmation from Rachel who had talked to Zoé that Percy had to infuse Akomolus with godly energy to defeat the darkness. Annabeth and Rachel had scoured tomes of ancient literature in the background trying to find any leads to the temples where Percy could reforge his trusty blade.
Tracey's eyes widened as she saw how high up they were and she turned to face Percy "I thought you said when people graduated from this university, They jumped from this cliff. I Didn't think you meant this high up"
Percy chuckled "They don't jump, they throw their hats up in the air and they fall to the water below, and anyway I think that might be outdated information now. But we are jumping."
Her eyes widened and she screamed "What?!
"According to an ancient piece of text that Annabeth found, the key to opening this Temple is to prove your courage. By jumping from this cliff, you are proving you have the courage to take big risks."
"Is being a demigod enough for these ancient texts"
"Nope"
Tracey started to step back "No this is crazy, this isn't even our dad's domain. How do you know we won't just become squished pancakes when we hit the water."
Stretching Percy said "because I believe. Now do you trust me?" Putting his hand out for her to take. She started to breathe in and out very heavily but took his hand "If we die, I'm haunting you in the afterlife for all of eternity."
He Just chuckled before he pulled her to him. "Let's do this!"
The two jumped in unison off the side of the cliff. They plummeted towards the ocean and Tracey could barely even think, Percy on the other hand screamed "WWWWWHHHHOOOOHOOOO!"
They hit the water and went straight to the bottom but instead of hitting solid rock like they should have, they kept going down as a voice said "Welcome Perseus Jackson and Tracy Davies. You have shown great courage in the face of death. Welcome to the Temple of the Deep."
They came to a slow, controlled stop against some cold, wet brick that had been laid by the servants of the gods, a millennia ago. Tracey shook started to twist her hair to get rid of the water while Percy calmly let the water soak into him drying himself off completely "Told you it would work"
Groaning, Tracey rolled her eyes. Percy had taught herself how to dry herself and clothes off before…all she had to do was focus. The water molecules on her skin slowly joined with her skin, rejuvenating her, the water from her clothes was pulled from the cloth with a light pop, Her T-shirt became lighter within seconds and she sighed in relief. That felt overly restricting there.
She looked around the Temple, The stonework was covered in moss and there were only a couple of the sacred flames that were meant to light the way still lit. She could feel her heart racing as she realised they were completely trapped within the confines of the temple…just like she was trapped within the Casino.
Percy looked at his sister and realised that she had gone as pale as a vampire. Approaching her from the front, he put a hand on her shoulder and crouched down slightly "Tracy? Can you hear me? Listen, we're not trapped down here. The fact that there is plenty of breathable air here tells us that much."
"We're also going to get out soon. Because you're going to take us there."
She snapped back to reality eyes wide "What? Why Me?!"
Her brother let out an old chuckle "Because I'm old, very jaded to the gods and terrible with directions. But you're young, the Gods haven't done anything to wrong you yet and because I believe if you listen to the sound of the ocean you can lead us to the forge and then home."
Tracey then screamed "But the ocean is all above us, how are we meant to trace the sea when it's right above us!"
He raised his eyebrow, "Is it now?"
Breathing in and out, Tracey focused on the ocean and he was right, something was different, they had arrived from the ceiling but the ocean didn't feel like it was above them, but it did feel like it was coming from down the corridor. "What the pit."
A smirk appeared on his face as he slowly started walking down the corridor "We're in the temple of the sea gods. They need to set a sea based challenge somehow, now come on are you going to lead the way."
Picking up a torch he placed into the sacred flame lighting the torch on fire. Traey sighed and started to wonder how she could be related to such a headstrong person. The two of them were walking for about 5 minutes through the various tunnels with Tracey leading them.
Nothing eventful had happened because Tracey managed to lead them away from the traps and such. Tracey sighed and asked "Percy is it true you led the campers of Camp Half-Blood to victory against the Titans. I know you were involved but these stories tend to get out of hand."
He chuckled "Yeah I did, sort of. Annabeth was the strategist of course and I leaned on her through it a lot, but yeah I was the one who provided important speeches and led the battles. Although we definitely would have lost if Thalia and the Hunters hadn't arrived, they really saved our skin."
She felt bad for asking this but she knew she had to "So when you fought Kronos what were you thinking."
He went quiet, she was worried that she had overstepped the boundaries when he screamed "Stop!" She put her hands up "Okay, i overstepped"
"No STOP!" Grabbing her T-shirt and pulling her back as arrows shot past her face, "Holy Tartarus"
"Darkness has managed to breach the temple. We need to be careful, every trap will now be rigged to try and kill us. Let's go back to back."
She nodded and pushed against his back and for the first time she realised how muscular he really was, his back felt like a brick wall. FOr a few minutes, they could only hear their footsteps as they slowly walked through, dodging and weaving out of the way of the arrows.
"I don't know what I was thinking truthfully when I was in the throne room fighting. I like to pretend when others are retelling the story, that I was only thinking of saving the world and keeping those I love safe. But I don't remember, I'm sure there was anger, Jealousy, regret…but it was so long ago now. 10 years is a long time for us demigods. Especially those of us who have gone through as many trials as Annabeth and myself."
He sighed "I wish I could say our lives are peachy and lovely but they truly are not. I want to help you become a person who can defend themselves but never have to go through what me and my friends did. Not just you but all of you. Demigods and Magical people alike. We shouldn't have to worry about war and death constantly. We should be able to live normal freaking lives without looking over our shoulders 24/7."
They went silent again until they arrived at a giant round door and Percy sighed "We made it. Told you that you could do it. Gods you can feel the ancient magic flowing through it."
Tracey placed her hand against and could feel it rush through her, a millennia of history hitting her all at once, empowering her, making her feel sick. "We're entering a place that no Demigod has touched in thousands of years. How do we open it?"
Pulling out Riptide, he said "I believe like this" He flicked the cap off the blade and the blade appeared in a flash of light. Going to the centre of the door, he found an open hole and thrust the blade into it. The Sword fitted perfectly and he slowly twisted the blade, locks on the other side of the door creaking and cracking as they were used again after waiting so long.
The two demigods took a big step back as the door started to separate into three segments that were pulled apart from each other revealing a large open room. Percy whistled as he saw the size of the room "Damn Tyson would love to see this forge."
The two stepped over the gateway and like magic all the flames around the room lit up, the torch Percy was holding going out "Huh." Molten lava started into the force circling the platform where Percy would reforge the Sword. Liquid Celestial Bronze ran down a small slope and rested next to the anvil.
Slowly Percy started walking down the steps to it "Tracey, stay up there, make sure that Tartarus doesn't try anything. This can't be interrupted by him"
"Yes Professor."
He sighed as he reached the Platform, he knew enough about melting weapons and how to reforge them from watching Charles, Leo and Tyson. Didn't mean he wasn't freaking out over the fact that he was about to melt his sword down.
Breathing he placed the sword on the cast that shrunk itself to fit the sword perfectly….he was pretty sure that wasn't meant to happen. Suddenly the magma started to lift itself and placed itself around the case heating up the metal of the sword. The sword melted down and a ghostly appreciation finally appeared next to him "So thy is finally here to finish thy story once n for all"
"Hello Zoé, it's been a while. Tell me what do I need to do next?"
She rested her ghostly hand on his "thou need to fuse our souls, thou see that metal over there. Take the knife next to it and use it to spill thine blood into the metal."
Grabbing the knife in his hands he sliced his hand open without hesitation. Blood sprouted from his hand and he clenched it, forcing the cloud to fall into the metal. The metal shimmered and changed colour as the blood hit before becoming solid and floating over to the melted remains of Akomolous.
"Erm Percy?! You might want to hurry up! Looks like Tartarus has summoned the undead!" Percy turned his head and said "Can you try to hold them off?"
"I'll try. Just Hurry up"
He turned back to face the metal as it dropped onto the melted Akomolous, melting into a puddle that melded with the old blade. The lava rapidly cooled and the sword began to reform. Shining brighter than it ever had before. And Percy felt more connected to it than he had ever before.
"Thigh needs to hammer and adjust it so it's right for you. Hurry" He nodded, now this bit he knew what to do for definite. Grabbing the metal glove, he picked up his sword and took it over to the anavill and slammed it with the hammer, time and time again. He could hear Tracey fighting in the background, he needed to finish this soon.
Clang
There the sword was perfect in his hands again. The metal had cooled so he held it in hands. It didn't feel much more powerful but he definitely felt more attuned to it. "Tracey I'm coming"
"No, thy must wait, Perseus. The process is not complete"
He turned around to see Zoé almost fully solid which did freak him out but he asked "Why? She needs my help"
"Because you won't be able to repel the darkness just yet"
A loud booming voice echoed around the forge, as slowly a bright red and blue dragon lifted itself from the magma, its body wrapping around the entire forge.
Percy raised his sword "Who are you?!"
"I am Farosh, an ocean serpent of the deep. Guardian of this forge. Young kelpian. It was foretold by the gods that you would one day arrive at my sanctuary to save the world one more time. Allow me to help you with this situation. Raise Akomolus to the sky!"
Percy hesitantly raised his sword up and the dragon sprayed its flames against the sword, Percy had to grab the sword with his other hand to keep it steady from the force. The flames surprisingly didn't hurt. Instead it felt like he was sticking his hand in water, and it was passing him by.
The sword glowed bright, and the dragons stopped. The power of pure light ran through the ancient reblade, reborn. Percy turned to face the shadows that were slowly creeping into the room.
Tracey got knocked down to him, most likely breaking her arm in the process and he yelled "Get back, demons of the pit. You hold no power here. This Temple is protected and you do not belong here!"
He sliced his sword vertically and a beam of light shot out from the blade, colliding with the darkness and corpses, removing the Pit's hold on them. Percy sighed as Riptide changed back into penform, slightly more obvious that it wasn't a normal ballpoint with the ink being gold. Helping Tracey to her feet he asked "Is your arm okay?"
Tracey winced, she could tell something was wrong with her arm after the fall and shook her head "I think it's broken." percy sighed "We'll get it fixed asap"
She nodded and watched as he turned to face the ocean serpent again "Thank you, Lord Farosh was it? We would have been overrun if you hadn't done what you did."
"I was just doing what I had been instructed to do. However the blessing I've given the charm will not be enough to stop Tartarus. To stop such a primal being, you will need the blessings of my brothers. It is up to you to find them. Now Leave this Temple. Go forth Heroes!"
Percy nodded, he knew how to stop Tartarus now. Tearing off part of his sleeve he made a makeshift sling for his sister "Learnt this from Will, Should help your arm until we can get some proper help. Do you think you can move?" She nodded. "Good. Let's go."
A Staircase started to form through the dirt while the doors to the forge that they came through began to seal. The two of them walked with conviction to get out of the temple. When they emerged from the tunnel, they found themselves coming out of a cave on a beach near where they had jumped from. Tracey's head hurt from trying to work out how they ended up there but she accepted it.
Percy sighed "Welp we made it…and it only tools us….nearly a day and a half?! It's the morning of the wedding?!"
Tracey's eyes went wide "We need to get down south now. Do you have enough energy to vapour travel." He shook his head "Not alone. But together we can do it."
"Me?! I've never done it before!"
Percy rolled his eyes "You just led us through a labyrinth of a temple and fought the pit. Believe in yourself. You just have to imagine where you want to be, and imagine travelling down the river to reach there. Now the place we want to be is Bones Manor. Got that Pictured?"
She nodded "Now let go" The two breathed out at the same time and they vanished arriving at the ground of Bones manor as the wedding staff got the final items for the wedding ready. Percy moved in a flash catching Tracey as she passed out from using her power too much. "You did a good job kid. You deserve to let everyone in on our secret. Wizards, it's time to meet demigods.
And we're Back! Sorta…. So I got some inspiration from the Owl House finale to write but I remembered I said I would finish my other stories first which gave me the energy to write this…but My return is brief as I still have to finish Uni, which is only like a month but it will be a busy month. However I plan on writing at least one more chapter of this for this week. Till then, byeeeeeeee