Demigod Teachers
Bones Manor, England
Harry twirled Sirius's bowtie in his hands, the dark blue silk running between his fingers as he tightened it. Even though he could only use one arm because of his break, it was still surprisingly easy. If he had to guess as to why that was, he would assume it was because of how much he had practiced it when he was getting ready for the Yule Ball the previous year.
He almost lost all his hard work though when Sirius breathed heavily and nearly knocked Harry's hand out of the way "Sirius, I know you're worried but I need you to stay still to get your bowtie on."
But that just made Sirius squirm more, "Well I'm sorry Harry, but you're not the one about to get married."
Rolling his eyes as he started to pull out his wand he said "I'm not but I'm the one dealing with you as your godson and soon-to-be son, so for Morgana's sake. Stand still"
Harry then whispered "Immobulus". A light blue spell shot from his wand, and struck Sirius, freezing him in place with wide eyes that screamed "why harry?! Why!"
Sorting the tie Harry grabbed a comb and started to tidy up Sirius's hair which had been cut short by Molly the day before, The door burst open as Draco charged in with bottles of cologne and antiperspirant. Throwing a bottle of cologne at Harry, he looked out the window and his eyes widened "Their back?"
He snapped around to where Draco was staring and saw who he was meaning. Professor Jackson and Tracey were outside, the smell of the sea hitting their noses as they stared. He was watching as Tracey passed out into Percy's arms. Harry's eyes widened but knew he couldn't do anything but continue helping Sirius. Professor Jackson didn't seem concerned about her, so why should he be? He knew Tracey was strong.
He turned to face Draco and asked softly "Can you make sure they are okay?" Draco nodded leaving in a hurry. Draco sighed as he made his way down to the Bones family Garden. His step-father was coming to the wedding tonight after being invited by Sirius. Of course, the only reason Sirius invited him was to announce the annulment of the Malfoy/Black marriage arrangement.
Draco was both incredibly excited and extremely nervous. He wasn't sure how Lucius would act when the annulment took place and he was worried the brute of a man would hurt someone Draco cared about but at the same time the freedom that Draco and his mom would have…would be so liberating. He could be himself and he wouldn't have to hide his relationship with Keith/Katie.
He reached the garden and opened the large door to see Perseus Jackson carrying Tracey in his arms "Ah Mr Black, good to see you. Mind holding that door open for me?" Draco nodded and let them in. Percy carried Tracey to a couch before gently putting her down "Is she okay, sir?"
Percy turned to face him "She is just tired. She brought us both down from St Andrew's after fighting the Pit's darkness. Just overdid it a bit. Some Ambrosia and Nectar are all she needs to be as ripe as rain again.
Studying Draco he asked "Are you okay? You seem nervous" Draco's breathing hitched but he managed to get out "I'm worried about how Lucius will react tonight." Percy crouched down slightly, placing a firm hand on Draco's shoulder, and stared right into his eyes "Hey, everything will be okay. He won't dare try anything tonight with how many people are about. Plus your Draco Black, Son of Apollo. I've seen how much you've improved over the past 5 months. You take him on yourself."
Draco smiled, "Really?"
"Really. Now go and get ready for the wedding, we don't have all day y'know" Draco felt the stress start to lift off his shoulders and he straightened himself out. Everything would be fine.
Walking back to what was about to be his room for the foreseeable future, he whistled a small healing song that he had heard his dad sing on the occasional visit. He felt the stress of everyone in the manor chill a bit and could even sense Tracey starting to stir. He didn't realise how much his healing songs had improved.
As he reached his room he felt a presence inside, reaching for his sword which he was keeping on his hip for easy access, he pushed open the door only to find a man in his early 20s looking out the window "Well done on sensing me from there. Thought I had masked my presence pretty well."
Draco's eyes widened "Dad?" Apollo turned around to face him, a mix of Lester and Apollo's appearance "Hey Kiddo." Draco ran towards him and enveloped him in a tight hug "What are you doing here?"
Apollo hugged him back "Just wanted to come and see you, kid."
They separated and Apollo jumped back onto the bed "-and to tell you how proud I am of you. You've become such an amazing hero already."
Draco sat down next to him "Thanks, Dad…Sorry but I need to ask this are you going to stay around to see Mom-"
Apollo shook his head "It wouldn't be fair. But tell her I said hi and that I love her. Okay?"
Draco nodded silently when suddenly Apollo perked up, "Oh I almost forgot. I was going to give you these." There was a flash of light and two Short swords appeared, one glistened of Imperial Gold while the other shimmered like Celestial Bronze "Blind and Burn. Got Hephaestus to make them for you."
Draco took them tentatively "Dad…thank you, I don't know what to say."
Apollo smiled, his smile almost being as bright as the sun "Then don't. Show me on the battlefield."
Apollo stood up "Oh great, Dad's getting stuffy. You're an old Fart Father!" Apollo yelled to the sky." Apollo turned to face Draco "Sorry Kiddo but I've got to run. Remember to keep signing brightly. If you see your brother, Will, tell him I say hi." The God started to glow and Draco closed his eyes. With a flash, his father was gone and he was left alone in his room. But not for long as there was a knock on his door. He turned to face the door and said "Come in."
The door was opened and standing there holding a suit in one hand was their partner. "Kerian, what are you doing here?!" His Boyfriend walked up to him and kissed him on the lips "Seeing my amazing boyfriend and making sure he gets ready in time." Before passing over the suit "Now come on!"
Daphne groaned in frustration as she helped Granger with her hair "Can you really do nothing about straightening your hair?!"Hermione looked at her through the mirror "I've tried, trust me, Greengrass. It's not as easy as it looks."
Grabbing the pair of straighteners once again, Daphne tried to get through the curly hair again but found that it was too bushy to do anything "If I was you Hermione, I would just shave the whole lot off." Hermione giggled which made Daphne's heart warm. She hadn't admitted it to anybody but Neville but she had been starting to crush on Granger for nearly a month now and instead of going away like most of her crushes did. This one just got stronger the more time she spent with her. The fact that they were going to spend most of the holiday with her was going to kill Daphne.
Hermione looked at her through the mirror and asked "Everything okay Daphne?" Daphne snapped back to reality and mumbled, a blush appearing on her face "Is the Ice Queen blushing?"
"No, I don't know what you're talking about?"
Hermione turned around in her spinny chair "Oh were you thinking about Neville? I read in this book that we gals love to subconsciously blush when thinking about guys…I have no idea if it's true though. Harry and Ron are too dense to tell me if I do it."
Daphne squirmed, which was an odd feeling "Not exactly…" Trailing off as she spoke, "Oh who were you thinking about then?"
Daphne mumbled at first, before being pushed even more and whispering "You?" Hermione learned in so she was right in her face "Who?" Daphne could feel Hermione's breath on her face and gulped as her face went as bright as Saint Nicolas's underwear. "You! I like you, Granger!" Granger took a step back "Me? But I thought you liked Neville?"
Daphne nodded "I really like him, and he's been one of my best mates since we were kids…But I also really like you and every minute I'm with you I feel like I'm going crazy. Ugh, I really hate my life right now."
Hermione went red but said, "Well to let you in on a secret I like Neville too, Now can you help me with Bra, we need to get ready for this wedding and it's clear my hair's just not going to go straight."
Daphne nodded, slightly disheartened to learn that Hermione didn't seem to like her back but did like the other person Daphne had a crush on. Hermione pulled her top over her head and Daphne went red again which just got worse as Hermione said "Oh and Greengrass, I've liked you like that for over a year. Who do you think sent you that Yule Ball invite." Daphne felt like she might pass out there.
Draco pouted as his Girlfriend left his side to greet their friends who had arrived to do some sightseeing in the UK and just so happened to arrive on the same day as the wedding but didn't pout for too long as he had a job to do. Help the guests find their way inside the manor to the hall where the wedding was being held.
Draco walked over to the reception desk and sighed as he watched one of the Auors fall asleep. No wonder Voldemort was able to walk over everyone when this was the state of things. He coughed as he got next to him and said "Maybe go for a walk, to wake yourself up" The auror walked off and Draco leaned over the guest list scanning all the names. So many big Politic names from across the wizarding world but he guessed that made sense. The Marriage of the members of House Black and Bones was a big thing.
He still had 10 minutes until the guests were meant to arrive and he could feel himself doing off, he wondered if there was a curse placed on the chair or something. Just as he was about to get cosy on the chair, a female voice spoke behind him. A Voice he hadn't heard in nearly 7 years, "Well if it isn't Little Malfoy all grown up. I'm surprised you've grown so much."
Draco twirled in his seat until he was facing the owner of the voice. The Owner of the voice was a tall slender woman with short fluffy brown hair and an orange streak running through it. Her eyes glowed Violet and a smirk rested on her face. It was Merula Snyde.
"Holy cow, Merula Snyde? I haven't seen you in something like 7 years." The 23-year-old stretched "It has been quite a while hasn't it? Still living with your abusive father?"
He squirmed "Unfortunately…but not for long. Soon I will be freed from him. Anyway, what are you doing here? I thought you were in Exile?" The smirk left her face.
She shifted her black jeans and said "I am but we're still chasing down the remnants of 'R' so we were allowed back, just in case they try any of their old tricks while here."
"Their being-"
"Melody and Ben, yes."
Draco smiled "I'm glad they stuck with you. So are you and Melody still together?" He had heard about them in his early years at Hogwarts. The Two rivals had fallen in love only for twists and turns to tear them apart and bring them back together again.
"We are, we're even expecting. I'm so glad she stuck with me. She didn't have to go into exile with me but she did and now we're going to have a family. It's thrilling."
Draco chuckled "So what have some of your adventures been like? I'm sure you've got some great stories to tell."
Merula summoned a stool and sat down next to him "Oh you have no idea, Let me tell you about the time we were in this 5000-year-old temple in Greece.
Tracey's head hurt like hell when she finally came around, the sound of someone slurping a drink being the only noise she could hear around her. Slowly sitting up she saw Percy drinking a cup of coffee and tea staring into space in her general location. She turned to look at him and said quietly "Professor Jackson, You in there?" He snapped back to reality and looked at her "Tracey, you're awake. Thank our father. Take this nectar and Ambrosia. We don't have much time."
She took the food and drink from him and nibbled/sipped from them, slowly regaining her strength "Much time for what?" He rolled his eyes, "We've got to get ready for the wedding."
"We didn't miss it?"
Percy shook his head "Nope, now the second you feel like you've got enough strength to walk to your room do so. I have to leave, Annabeth is going to kill me if I'm not ready soon."
After a few minutes, Tracey tentatively stood up, her body aching as she did so. Her arm was still broken although it was definitely healing. She basically crawled back to the room she was staying in, hundreds of thoughts running through her head. She had faced the forces of Tartarus on her own. Holding them off for what must have been 5 or 10 minutes, while her eldest brother reforged his sword, which was a weird sentence when she thought about it.
Pushing the door to her room open she groaned which made her current roommate perk up. Susan Bones had been in the middle of applying her makeup by hand when Tracey entered the room. Susan stared at her in shock and said "Oh my god Tracey, you look Awful. And what happened with your arm?" The Hufflepuff rushed over to her, wand in hand and started studying Tracey's arm "Oh I'll explain later. So ready for today?"
Susan nodded "Aunty Amelia's been my mum since I was a kid anyway so to see her get married and the fact that I'm going to be adopted is really exciting. It's going to be weird having Harry as a brother though."
"Oh?"
"Let's just say I had a slight crush on him in 3rd year" Tracey chuckled "Who didn't?! The star quidditch player of Griffindor who had faced death two years in a row and was now the target of a mysterious murder"
Susan smiled, moving her strawberry blond hair out of the way of her face "True. Now let me heal this for you 'Brackium Emendo' There that should do the trick." A Light pink flashed out of Susan's wand and hit Tracey's arm, her bones started to reform and healed up, the pain vanishing as the Nerves around the break healed "Wow thanks, Susan. Where did you learn to do that?"
"Too many late nights with Auntie Amelia coming home with broken bones and just refusing to go to St Mungo's. She's a stubborn woman."
"A bit like you then."
"I am not Stubborn."
Tracey raised her eyebrow and Susan sighed, okay maybe I'm slightly Stubborn. But I'm not that bad!"
The two burst out laughing before continuing to get ready for the wedding.
Half an hour later
Sirius watched as Harry buttoned up his waistcoat after dealing with him for the past hour "You ready pup?"
A small smile appeared on Harry's face "I've never been more ready. But shouldn't I be the one asking you that Snuffles? Your the one getting married after all."
"Don't remind me" He wanted to shift and escape this situation. Become Padfoot and run away from this but he knows he would be hunted down by two furious Bones women along with an angry Potter.
Standing up from the seat he was in, he looked at the clock and sighed "It's time Pup, you ready to go." Harry nodded "Let's go."
The Two left the room. Remus met them halfway to the hall and the two friends caught up after weeks apart while they walked. The werewolf discussed how he had made good progress keeping the monstrous werewolves that the hunters were used to dealing with at bay while bringing more werewolves to the light's side.
Harry made light chat with the other man discussing what he had learnt in his defence against the dark arts since last seeing him, impressing his former teacher "Seems like you've come on quite far Harry. I'm proud of you and I'm sure your Mum and Dad would be too"
"I know they are."
Remus was taken aback by the comment before quickly remembering everything to do with the adoption. He stretched slightly and said, "No turning back now." Sirius and Harry nodded. Straightening themselves out before walking down the aisle. The Groom and two of his best men.
Harry studied the room hard and was surprised by how many politicians and such were in the room but it hit him that half of the people that were his parent's age had died in the war including his Biological parents. And if they hadn't died then they were dark wizards hell-bent on making the world a horrible place to live.
Draco, the third and final best man joined them. Harry turned to face him "You look happy." Draco smiled "Caught up with some people who I haven't seen in a while. It was nice."
Before they could say anything else the door to the hall closed behind the final guest which was Professor Jackson who snuck over to where the other Hogwarts teachers were sitting. The room slowly went quiet as a pair of bagpipes echoed throughout the hall. The door opened revealing Amelia Bones in a Cermeorial Wizarding wedding robe. Adorned in the crest of the House of Bones and all the families that had married into it.
Behind her were her bridesmaids, Susan, Annabeth and Tonks. Sirius looked at her and he felt like his jaw was going to drop to the ground with how beautiful Amelia looked. He didn't remember ever being so in love with her as he did right then.
She arrived in front of him and the two smiled at each other. It had only taken them 15 years since they had gotten engaged for them to finally get married but they were here now.
The Offical register of marriage for the House of Life appeared and apologised "Sorry about the delay everyone. The previous wedding ran over. Now Sirius Black repeat after me"
"I, Sirius Black, take you, Amelia Bones
to be my wife,
to have and to hold
from this day forward;
for better, for worse,
in sickness and in health,
to love and cherish,
till death do us part,
according to Hecate Sacred Magic.
In the presence of Lady Hecate, I make this vow."
Sirius repeated after him then the register turned to face Amelia and said, Now repeat after me
"I, Amelia Bones, take you, Sirius Black
to be my Husband,
to have and to hold
from this day forward;
for better, for worse,
in sickness and in health,
to love and cherish,
till death do us part,
according to Hecate Sacred Magic.
In the presence of Lady Hecate, I make this vow."
Amelia repeated, not turning away from Sirius for a second. They interlocked hands and Sirius said "Amy, We've known each other for nearly 20 years. And even though I was imprisoned for 15 years. My love for you never wavered. I will love you forever and I look forwards to seeing where our lives take us from here."
Amy felt her eyes start to water before saying "Throughout those 15 years I knew you were innocent and to see my faith in you come true, has made me the happiest woman ever, even more than raising Susan. We may have been without each other for 15 years but were spending at least the next 60 together."
The Minister looked between them "If you're finished. You may now kiss" The two launched forwards at each other. Locking lips. A Passionate kiss that made most of the crowd cheer. After a couple of minutes, they split apart and Sirius came to a stop and said "Before you go, Minister, there's something else that I quickly have to do."
The Minister nodded, Of course, he had been filled in before about the arrangements that the newly married couple wanted to make. There was paperwork that had to be filed after all. "Of course Lord Black. What would you like to do?"
"First of all I want to bring the mood down slightly by announcing the annulment of the marriage of Lady Narcissa Black of House Black from her Husband Lord Lucius Malfoy of House Malfoy. With Draco Malfoy officially being taken in by the Black family under the agreement made when the marriage was agreed upon." The Minister nodded and said "Narcissa Black, Draco Black. Do you accept?"
Draco was the first to answer "I do."
Narcissa Black seemed to freeze, unable to work out what to do before slowly "I accept." And standing up, stepping away from her Husband and moving over to her sister. Lucius bounced up, His rage exploding from him "I AM YOUR HUSBAND. YOU WILL STAY AWAY FROM THE THOSE FILTHY BLOOD TRAITORS NARCISSA! AS FOR YOU DRACO, I AM YOUR FATHER. YOU WILL DO AS I SAY AND COME TO MY SIDE THIS INSTANT!"
But Draco just scowled "You are not my father Lucius Malfoy" The Glamour charm that he had kept up for nearly 7 years fell. The dirty silverish blond hair he had as a Malfoy vanished, replaced with glowing blond hair that curled slightly. He became slightly buffer, his entire body filling out while gaining a bright tan that matched that of the Americans in the room.
Lucius snapped around to face Narissca "YOU CHEATED ON MY!" Narcissa shrugged her shoulders, "Of course I did. You don't even know how to pleasure women and you think I was going to have a kid with you, you abusive piece of shit." He pulled his wand out at her but was immediately met by nearly 100 other wands along with a Sword right to his neck from none other than Perseus Jackson "Now I would make your next move very carefully Mr Malfoy. Young Mr Black is under my care after all. Now Kindly leave this Manor and send a message back to your master. His reign of terror is at its end."
Lucius growled but put his wand away, snapping his cape he charged out of the Hall. Everyone slowly put their wands away they realised that he was gone and Sirius continued going again "Now that's dealt with. I would also like to offer the chance for the Tonks to rejoin the House of Black."
"Ted, Adomedra and Nymphodra Tonks. Do you accept this proposal?" Ted Stood up "We do and we're honoured that you're changing the way of House Black for us M'lord"
Amelia smiled "You didn't deserve what happened to your family just because of love. Now I believe the two of us have one final thing to do."
Sirius grinned "That we do. Susan Bones, we wish to formally adopt you and make you a member of House Black. Do you accept?"
Susan's eyes lit up. This was the part she had been waiting for, looking at Amelia she said "Well Aunt Amelia, you've been the only paternal figure I've ever had and I've always considered you my mum anyway. And You love Sirius. So Yes. I accept." The Minister coughed "I officially name you Susan Bones-Black of House Bones and Black"
Sirius and Amelia both then turned to Harry, with Sirius putting a hand on Harry's shoulder "Harry, obviously the time we've spent together is short. Mostly because of my one mistake but also the mistakes of the Ministry. But you are my godson and I want you to have a family that you can lean on-"
"Sirius, Of course, I accept. You broke out of Azkaban for me. The Past doesn't matter. You're here now. And you've been more of a dad to me in the past few weeks than anyone else has. And Amelia has shown me so much love even though she's only known me for a couple of months."
Sirius started to tear up as the Minister said "Then I officially name you Harry James Potter Bones-Black of Houses Potter, Bones and Black."
The rest of the day was filled with festivities and by the end of the night, there were only a few couples still dancing.
Percy and Annabeth slowly danced around the hall together. Annabeth's chin tucked under Percy's chin as he rested one hand on the small baby bump that she now had. Annabeth chuckled as she said, "Remember our wedding?"
Looking down slightly he said "Of course I do. How could anyone forget such an amazing yet chaotic day? Especially when the-"
Annabeth cut in "-When then Hippocampus crashed through the streets of New Rome. That was not your father's smartest move."
"Who said my dad had any brains? There's a reason he infuriates your mother" She chuckled "True."
They went quiet for a few minutes until Percy started to yawn making Sannabeth comment "Want to head back to the castle Seaweed brain? We've got a busy day tomorrow."
"That might be the smartest thing I've heard all night Wise Girl." The two of them slipped away leaving only a fresh smell of salt water behind.
The next day ~ Christmas Day- The Jacksons
Percy and Annabeth woke up early the next morning. Quickly exchanging gifts they got to work on cooking Christmas dinner for the number of guests they were going to have that day. At one point Annabeth vanished through the Floo to go and gather the rest of the Jackson clan.
20 Minutes later she returned with Sally, Paul and Estella. While Paul and Annabeth got the dishes out for the Christmas dinner. The mother-and-son duo of Sally and Percy got to work boiling the potatoes and cooking the various slices of meat. It was 11:59 when they had the first knock on the Portrait, All 5 Jacksons cursed under their breath before Percy called over the boiling of the water "Can you get that Wise Girl?"
Annabeth smiled and walked over to the portrait saying back, "On it." She pulled it open to reveal Thalia and Reyna. She grinned madly and hugged each of them, w "Come in, come in. Make yourself at home, Percy's cooking at the moment but can I get you anything to drink?"
Reyna passed on the drink, but Thalia asked "Can I get a Cider if you have any? Any kind will do. Also, you trust the kelp Head with the cooking?!" Annabeth could tell that Percy was rolling his eyes at Thalia, but we were too busy draining the boiling water. Not that he had to worry about being burnt though.
Annabeth left her friends, briefly returning to them with a drink for Thalia before leaving again. She was just about to help Paul with the table when the shadows of the room wrapped and shifted revealing Nico, Wil, and Their daughter Anne-Marie, along with Clarisse who had been staying with them. She repeated the steps and hugged her friends and led them to the others.
She looked over at the kitchen as Percy and Sally pulled the meat out of the oven and as she expected, the meat was perfectly cooked, Percy had a knack for cooking even if he didn't realise it. Sally had rubbed off on him in that way. Which was great because they needed at least one person who could cook, especially with their first kid on the way.
Percy stopped adding the butter to the potatoes when he felt Annabeth's stare at him, it was one of deep thought and he moved over to her and kissed her on the cheek before touching her nose with a bit of mash that had landed on his finger. He chuckled as she snapped out of it and stuck her tongue out at him, clearing away the mash from her nose.
Over the next 20 minutes, More and more of their friends arrived at their apartment until there were nearly 22 people in total in the room. Using her phone, she turned off All I Want for Christmas and used a spoon against a glass to get everyone's attention "Hey guys, thank you all for coming. Dinner's ready to be served, so can everyone find a seat around the table Clarisse, can we get a hand please?"
All of their friends made their way around the table while Clarisse helped them with bringing all the freshly made food over to the table. The aroma of the glazed Gammon, the Perfectly cooked Turkey and the smell of the roasted vegetables made their friends all lick their lips in hunger.
Finally, Percy managed to make his way to the head of the table and sat down, Annabeth was to his right, while Thalia was to his left. Directly across from him were three empty chairs. He stood up once more, glass in hand with a fork and clanged it once again, getting everyone's attention.
"Thank you all for coming today, I know you've all got your own families, but I felt like today we should celebrate. So, before We eat, I would like to say a few words. The past 15-odd years have been hard. We've lost too many good people over the years. So, let's celebrate our lives so that we make clear that the sacrifices that those that didn't make it, were worth it." Tipping the class to the empty seats. Luke, Binaca, Ethan, Chris, Selina and Charles among the many others they had lost.
Everyone start to eat, and the two Jacksons couldn't be happier, to be catching up with their old friends and family when suddenly a dark shadow appeared at the corner of the room and a Hellhound and Cyclops appeared. The cyclops of some kind appeared groaning "You foolish demigods shall now die." Before looking around the room and Leo going "You, sure you want to even try."
The monster backed up as all the demigods pulled out their weapons. The two children among them looked at the monster curiously. "On the other hand, you all deserve a good break. So Merry Christmas and I'll kill all of you next year." Before both of them vanished into the shadows again. Everyone burst out laughing and went back to their conversations.
Percy wrapped his hand around Annabeth's and said "Merry Christmas Wise Girl", She kissed him on the cheek, "Merry Christmas Seaweed Brain." It had been a difficult few months having lost Chris. But the light at the end of the tunnel was coming.
Bones manor - Also Christmas Day
When Harry woke up, his entire body ached and his throat was on fire. Had he had some fire-whiskey last night? Something was lying on top of him too pressing against his chest. Managing to tuck his chin in, he looked and found a mop of dark brown hair nuzzling him. It was Tracey. It came back to him that the last thing he remembered from the night before was the two of them cuddling in his bed.
For the first time in a while, he felt how toned her body was. Almost every part of her was muscular but lean at the same time. Fast but strong. He was so lucky to be dating her. He tried to shift his hips to make them slightly more comfortable but in doing so he shook Tracey slightly too hard and she grumbled "Why is the ground shaking." She groaned slowly pushing up, her eyes flowy fluttering open until her eyes landed on Harry's eyes. "Oh,"
Then a smile appeared on her face "Morning, Golden boy. I have to say sleeping on you gave me the best sleep I've had in a long time. I think we should do it a lot more"
His face flushed red but before he could respond the door crashed open and Susan…his sister? That was weird to say appeared "Ah good you're both finally awake and fully dressed. I was worried I was going to find you guys in the nude with how you guys were going yesterday."
Both Harry and Tracey went bright red, even more than they already had been which made Susan laugh warmly "Anyway, I just wanted to let you know it's almost noon. The Weasleys will be here in an hour, daphnes mum is already here. Nevile's gran will be here in 20 minutes and you guys need to get ready. Everyone else is down in the living room. All have massive headaches but there awake. Now I'm off to wake Mum and Dad."
She left the room and the two lovebirds looked at each other. Their blushes receded. They stared into each other's eyes before Harry finally said "We should get going shouldn't we".
Tracey collapsed back onto him and sighed "I guess so." Before leaning up and snogging him on the lips "But we're doing this again" The two of them got up and Harry let his girlfriend use the shower first.
He took some painkillers for his headache and throat while he waited for her to come out and looked outside to see light drops of snow falling outside. Harry loved looking at the snow, he hated being outside in it, but snow itself? That he loved.
As he was deep in thought about snow the door to the bathroom creaked open and Tracey walked out wrapped tightly in a towel. When Harry's turned to face her all he could say "Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" Tracey giggled "You have but don't stop. Now hurry up"
Harry hurried into the shower and quickly got dressed. By the time he got out Tracey was done and applying some make-up that she had on her somehow despite all of that being left in Her and Susan's room the night before. The two of them walked down to the Living room where they found their friends all in various forms of recovery from the night before. Daphne was resting her head on Hermione's leg, her eyes shut while Hermione leaned against Neville. Rubbing her forehead. Neville on the other hand had ear plus in his ear and was just absently mindly nodding to whatever his Gran said. Not paying any attention to her.
Draco and Katie were snuggling on a couch next to the fire. The two of them seemed to be the most with it out of the entire group. Susan was gripping a mug of coffee, desperately trying to stay awake and get rid of the pain in her head. Rodger Davies was sipping a cup of tea and waved to his sister and Harry with a smile.
The pair walked over to him and he said "Morning Guys, Glad to see you guys seem fine. Have to say I feel like most of this lot is overreacting. They didn't have that much fire whiskey. From the ground without opening her eyes, Daphne spoke, "Says you Rodger. You were passed out within an hour of the celebrations beginning. Trust us, it's bad."
The room let out a light chuckle but those that were more hungover than others groaned from the sudden movements. Harry could only think that this would be a fun Christmas especially once the Weasleys arrived.
6 days later ~ New Year's Eve
"Harry, are you almost finished packing?" Tracey asked as she finished packing her bag of luggage. She turned to face her boyfriend who was struggling to fit everything back into his travelling chest "Are you bringing your chest?"
He looked at her "I don't have anything else I can bring my stuff in." Tracey rolled her eyes "Of course, you don't. Right, we need to get you a bag that you can fit your stuff in then. So you're not lugging that thing everywhere." He smiled and went back to packing and she started to frown. Before She and Harry left for her mom's in the early hours of the new year, The order of the Pheonix was having an emergency meeting which was called by her brother Percy. To reveal their true natures as demigods. The group had been informed that Percy and Annabeth were coming clean…and they all agreed to come clean as well but she was terrified. She didn't know how everyone would react to the truth…and she didn't want it to impact her relationship with Harry.
Harry turned to face her, his face full of concern "Hey, are you okay? You look stressed" She sighed "Yeah, I'm okay. Just tired." She walked over to him and helped him finish packing his stuff, keeping an eye on the time.
Eventually, it came time for them to go to the meeting, when they arrived it was only the current residents of the manor there along with Percy, Annabeth, Neville and Severus. Tracey separated from Harry and sat down next to Percy and Daphne. Harry wandered over to his dad to discuss his plans for later this evening.
Tracey started to twiddle her thumbs worried about everything, her worry getting worse and worse as more of the order arrived. She had never actually seen the order. Just heard of them. She quickly realised however that most of them were made up of either school teachers or the Weasleys with a couple of other people scattered around. Her twiddling of thumbs got worse to the point where Percy grabbed her wrist and said "You need to relax. Everything is going to be okay."
"She stared at him "How do you know that?" He shrugged his shoulders. "When You're in the world long enough and you start to get a gut instinct about these things. Come on, I'm your big brother. Trust me on this." She sighed but stopped twiddling her thumbs.
After 5 minutes of waiting the final two members of the order arrived. Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore walked into the hall and both got seated. Dumbledore coughed and the entire room went silent. Not even the Weasley twins made a noise. He then stood up and said "Friends and Students. Thank you for coming to this session of the Order of the Phoenix on such short notice. One of our more recent members Perseus Jackson called the meeting to give us information about the war that he says is vital for us all to know. Mr Jackson, please take it away."
Dumbledore sat back down and at the opposite end of the table, Percy stood up, his breathing slow and calm as he studied every person in the room. "Thank you, Professor Dumbledore. Hi everyone, as the Headmaster mentioned I've got some news to share about the war. But first, my amazing wife and I believe it's time we reveal the full truth to you."
Everyone started to whisper between themselves and Percy had to cough loudly to get their attention back "If I can continue. The truth is neither my wife nor I are Wizards. Nor are we what you call Squibs."
Harry raised his hand "So you're some kind of other magical user like the house of life then?" Percy shook his head "We're not that either. We're actually something much older and more powerful than Magical users. Along with the people who joined me at the end of the table. Severus Snape, Daphne Greengrass, Neville Longbottom, Draco Black and Tracey Davies. We're what are more commonly known as half-bloods but as not to confuse you for the wizarding term half-blood. We do also have another name. We're known demigods."
That's when Hermione butted in "Like the old Greek heroes of ancient myth? But those are just legends professor. Have you been drinking?" Percy laughed "No but I might need to after this." That was when Annabeth took over, "How many of you know the true origins of your magic."
The Table went silent but then Sirius spoke up "I don't know much about it, just fairy tales passed on throughout my family for centuries. The Story goes that a couple of thousand years ago when Humans were just beginning to form great cities, A Divine being came down from the mountain. This Divine being was known as Trivia. She Granted magic to a city that start praying to her allowing them to cast a weaker version of her magic. But It's just a fairytale right?"
Annabeth shook her head "Not really, and there's a big hint to it being true in your wedding vows. Miss Granger, You are an incredibly smart young woman who seems to know a lot about mythology. Can you please tell us what the Green name of the Roman Goddess Trivia was?"
Hermione froze for a few seconds before blurting out "Hecate. Her Greek name was Hecate, Goddess of Magic and Crossroads." Sirius and Amy's eyes opened and they looked at each other "Wait a minute we sore our vows to Hecate when we got married."
Annabeth nodded "Correct. The Truth is your magic came from the Goddess Hecate when she took pity on some of the poor people of Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted. These Magic users were able to escape because of her and started to worship her. Eventually, your lot spread across the globe, mixed with the House of Life and became a global powerhouse."
Hermione coughed "Wait. So if Hecate or Tirivia as she was called then really did create magic…then the gods were real? The myths of Heracles and all that are real." Percy scowled at the mention of the famous "Hero" but stood up again "That's correct Miss Granger. 10 Points to Griffindor. The gods are real. The Bastard Heracleus is very much unfortunately real."
Ginny then squeaked up "But Sir, if the Gods were real, they would have to be thousands of years old to be your parents." Percy chuckled "Oh thousands and thousands of years old Miss Weasley. In fact, their ages reach the millennia."
"So you're the children of gods?"
The group nodded and Annabeth said, "We are, and let us reintroduce ourselves to you. I'll go first. My name is Annabeth Chase-Jackson…and I'm the daughter of the goddess Athena."
Draco spoke up next, "I'm Draco Black, and I'm the son of the God Apollo"
Neville went next "I'm Neville Longbottom and I'm actually a son of Demeter, which I only learnt about a few weeks back."
Daphne went after that "I'm Daphne Greengrass, and I'm actually the daughter of Trivia. Our creator"
Everyone's jaw hit the table at that reveal who didn't know already including Harry who knew she was an exceptionally powerful witch.
Severus went next "I am Professor Severus Snape. My father was the God Pluto and I was actually originally born in 1829."
Tracey was the Penultment voice as she said "I'm Tracey Davies, I'm the daughter of Neptune…I'm also from the 1920's" Harry stared at her, shocked that she had kept such a big secret from him."
Percy went last "And I'm Perseus Jackson, Tracey's sorta older brother…it gets complicated to say the least. Anyway, I'm the son of Poseidon. I've faced 2 wold ending disasters with my wife by my side and I'm permanently tired all of the time."
The war veterans chuckled at that but then Dumbledore who had been very quiet asked "Can I ask what this has to do with the war?" Percy sighed and sat back down
"Unfortunately. The Person working with your dark lord…is an old torturer of myself and Annabeth. A being older than our parents. A Primdiroal being who helps make up parts of existence. His Name is Tatarus." And just like that the room went silent.
