Demigod Teachers
Roughly the same time - 1000 Miles above the isle of man
Harry's lungs hurt from how far up in the sky he was. The Firebolt shook and creaked as they higher and higher into the air. He had gone high into the sky before but never as high as this. His goggles clung to his face, rain splattering against them before turning to ice before his very eyes. Around his waist was the strong grip of Professor Perseus Jackson making him feel even more breathless.
The weather was getting worse, the further they went up, with the rain becoming ice quicker and quicker. The clouds became almost black and Thunder and lightning struck around the duo as they ascended. Underneath them, Harry could feel the cracks forming on his firebolt. Professor Jackson put a firm hand on his shoulder and seemed to whisper, "You need to power through this." Harry wanted to scream at his professor. Tell him that he was absolutely insane, that they were going to fall to their deaths.
But something in the back of his mind told him to keep going. They had come this far and if Professor Jackson had asked for his help on this then he was being serious. Leaning forwards on the broom even more, he pushed his favourite broomstick to the max. He could feel the crack in the wood now but he kept on pushing. The crack creaked along the entity of the wood. The whole broomstick groaned enough that they could hear it through the storm. The Wood was about to shatter when the light started shining through the storm.
Snap!
His trusty broom snapped in half, splinters of wood falling to the earth at rapid speeds. In a last-ditch effort, Harry on his small remaining part of the broom came to a sudden halt, the force of which launched himself and his professor through the sky. Harry shut his eyes, fully expecting to drop for thousands of feet and then die as they hit the ground. But his death never came, oh the pain certainly did but he wasn't dead. Pushing against the ground, he could feel the roughness of the land, the bumps on the carved stones. Looking up he saw a large temple. The temple that Professor Jackson had asked him to help out with.
2 Days Prior
Harry was tucked under the cloak of Invivisbility, creeping back to the Gryffindor Common room after spending a couple of extra hours with Tracey than he was meant to. Not his fault that she was so amazing…But it was definitely his fault that they had both fallen asleep on the astronomy tower.
Thankfully the Mauarder's map told him that he wasn't the only one in bed super late but he still didn't want to run into Mrs Norris which would as always be followed by the incredible pain in Merlin's backside, Mr Flich. As he crept along the corridor. He could hear the sound of a small bell jingling about. Harry covered his mouth, worried that his breathing would give him away to the cat when she turned the corner.
She came to a stop right in front of him. Her tail flicked side to side, her nose stuck up in the air as she slowly turned her head to sniff around. Harry took a very quiet step back as the cat sat down and started licking her paws. He could see the size of her massive claws and he just wanted to die. Getting scratched by one of those was hell. The cat then turned to face him and looked him dead in the eyes, before pressing one of her paws in his general direction.
The small bit of cloak that was dangling too close to the feline was snatched back and the paw hit the cold stone floor. A horrid screeching noise was made as it did so. Mr Norris walked away and once Harry was certain she was far enough away, he finally let out a long breath. That cat terrified him.
He started walking back to the common room and was so close when he finally got caught "Y'know Mr Potter Bones-Black. If you want to appear invisible. Maybe try not to stomp across the castle. Or at the very least don't get chewing gum stuck to your shoe?" Harry turned around to see Professor Jackson leaning against the wall, a lollipop in his mouth and his hands in his pockets. Looking both incredibly relaxed and ready for battle at the same time.
Scrambling to take off his cloak of Invisibility he said "Professor, It's not what it looks like, Tracey and I were just doing some-" Professor Jackson put his hand up and said "I really don't care what you and my sister were doing Mr Potter; although judging by those eyes I assume the two of you fell asleep. Anyway, I don't even care that you're actually out of bed when you're not meant to be. I actually need to talk to you, and it saves me trying to grab you at some point tomorrow."
He singled for Harry to follow him which Harry did, Picking up his cloak behind him and tucking it under his right arm. Professor Jackson didn't lead him too far away, just to the closest abandoned classroom and opened it with brute force. Applying pressure to the door using his shoulder and crashing through it.
Professor Jackson walked over to the desk, and leaned against it, a loud yawn escaping his lips. Harry quietly asked, "What can I do for you, Professor?" His teacher sighed, pulling out Riptide in pen form and twirling it in his hands. "I need your help." Harry raised his eyebrows "You need my help?"
The older man nodded "Y'know how right before Sirius and Amelia's wedding. I and Tracey vanished on a little trip?" Harry nodded. Tracey had told him all about the pair's little adventure. It really seemed like Professor Jackson had pushed her hard into improving herself. "I do sir. You went to a temple to reforge your sword right?"
His Professor smiled "That's correct. Anyway. In a couple of days, Well tomorrow now. I'm going to the second temple…but I'm not taking Tracey this time." the gears in Harry's brain chose that very moment to freeze, so he stuttered "What do you mean Sir?" The Man just gave him a hard stare "I brought Stacey last time because she was the right person to deal with that temple and I could give her a confidence boost. If I brought her to this next temple we would both end up dead."
"Can I ask why professor?"
"Because Mr Black, We would be entering one of our uncle's domains. And this uncle is particularly fussy. He would see two children of his brother entering his domain as an act of war. So I need to get in quick and agile. Like fireworks shooting into the sky."
"You need my firebolt, don't you."
He shrugged his shoulder "I'm not going to pretend like that's not the main thing I need…But I do also need a person who can pilot it better than anyone else. I need you, to get me to the temple in the sky. Is that okay with you?"
Harry scrunched up his face before deciding, "Fine, I'll do it on one condition." Professor Jackson smiled, Leaning forwards "Of course. What is it you need."
Harry smiled "You see I've got this very special thing planned."
Present Day
Percy was sore. He wasn't used to so much wind scratching his body as it had, so he had many small scrapes and bruises covering his skin from the wind of all things. His head was spinning and all he wanted to do was go back to bed. But he knew he couldn't.
The thunderclouds that had been all around them while they accended had all vanished leaving a bright blue sky surrounding the temple. He was really confused by how the water gods managed to put one of their temples in the sky, but what he did know is that he hated it.
He slowly got to his feet, his legs feeling like they were on fire the entire time. Looking around he saw Harry push himself up, groaning as he did so.
Rushing over to his student. He helped him up fully and thanked him "Thank you, Harry, I couldn't have done that without you… I owe you a new broom"
"On top of what we agreed already?"
Percy grinned "Of course. I swear on the river Styx" Thunder crackled around as Percy swore the oath.
The two walked towards the door and Percy started feeling the stone slabs that made up the door. His fingers traced lines across the entire door and he could feel the power emanating from the temple. If only he could read what the lines were trying to tell him. But they were so thin that there was no way he could see them from a distance. He could barely see them where he was and he was only getting a small bit of the much larger door.
He stepped back and tidied the door from a distance before it came to him…It's a temple belonging to sea gods. But it's far removed from the sea…so maybe it needs water.
Turning to face Harry, he asked "Can you turn on a constant water spell? I need a water source" Harry obliged and a jet of water shot from his wand, when Percy sensed the water he grimaced. The water wasn't sea or river water and it just felt flat and dead. But As the water flowed he started lifting it against the door and the entire door lit up as the events of the original Titan War appeared, then the events of Ragnarok and then more and more appeared until the entire door was glowing.
The door creaked open and a voice echoed around the, "Welcome Perseus Jackson and Harry Black. You have shown the power to follow through when many would falter. Welcome to the Temple of the Never ending Oceon"
Harry Whistled and the sound reverberated throughout the entire temple a grin entering his face "Now out of all the death-defying stunts I've pulled off, this is by far the coolest" Before walking into the temple and casting Lumos The spell illuminating the tunnel in front of him.
Next to Percy, the shadowy form of Zoé appeared and she smiled "Thou is doing work, thy kid seems excited" Percy chuckled "He is, and he's got a heart of gold. Right, let's carry on. This sword isn't going to reforge itself.
The temple was a lot more worn down inside than the one Percy previously visited as he saw the crumbling walls. The winds and rain battering the large building had caused the building to start to fall apart over the millennium. Percy followed closely behind Harry and kept Riptide drawn, ready for whatever came at them. Harry was the first one to speak "So thanks to your little speeches about being a demigod and thanks to Tracey I understand even more…But what is it like living on edge day after day."
Percy chuckled "Now that is a difficult one. I think the first thing I should say is that I don't really live day to day anymore. When you make a name for yourself as I do, most monsters try to avoid you unless they're on someone else orders. But growing up it's terrifying, That fact that these immortal being that you truly can not kill for goodwill stalk you just for a quick meal, before moving on…it's terrifying."
Harry nodded "I can't say I've been through anything like that…but having Voldemort chase me down for the past 5 years in various forms has been exhausting. I just wanted to live a normal life."
Percy placed a hand on his shoulder "It should come to an end soon. Once the Pit is defeated, Voldermort will be left alone and Headmaster Dumbledore will best him. No reason why you have to get too involved now come on, We're close I can feel it."
The two went silent as they crept across the corridors of the temple before coming across the large forge illuminated by large lava pits around the room. Percy noted that the forge was similar to the one that he had used with Tracey just before Christmas. He made his way down to the forge but noticed a large table with a flame-like symbol….why would the sky temple need fire? He looked up towards Harry who slowly walked down "I Recognise this…Hermione showed this to me a few years ago…this rune specifically was the old way they cast….which spell was it."
The Ghostly Zoé smirked as she watched Harry try to remember Thee care about his friends and what thy say Percy just nodded, keeping an eye on the entrance in case anyone wanted to storm in like last time. Percy watched as Harry pulled out his wand, the entire thing looked like it was ready to break. Just a thought ran through Perct's head, must have been something that Hecate had put in his brain at the start of the year. The wand was going to snap.
Cracking his neck, Harry smiled "Now I remember 'Incendio' That should do it" He made the symbol with his wand and the fire shot toward the table. The Flames got absorbed into the table at a rapid speed, however, Percy's attention remained on the wand which started to fold in half before a Snap! Sound was made.
A Gasp escaped Harry's mouth and he scrambled to pick up the broken piece of wood which was rolling towards the lava "My wand!" Grabbing Harry's shoulder, Percy said calmly "Let it go, Harry. The wand no longer accepts your magic. If it didn't snap itself it could have killed you." The boy stopped struggling and let it roll into the lava, the same lava that was being used for the reforging. Before Harry could say anything the entire temple trembled loudly, dust falling from the roof, the ground cracking.
Percy threw the sword down to be melted and said to Harry in a snappy mood "Get ready to leave, this place won't hold…." He was thrown to the side as there was another tremble. The Molten lava dripped into the forge circling the platform where Percy would reforge Riptide once more. Liquid Celestial Bronze ran down a small slope and rested next to the anvil. The magma started to lift itself and placed itself around the case heating up the metal of the sword and causing the sword to melt down into its celestial bronze form.
Percy then pulled a small dagger from his pockets, he was prepared for it this time and sliced his hand open, the wound stung for a few seconds as he pressed his hand onto it making the blood drip into the metal. It was then that Percy noticed that the New Bronze was shimmering, was this because of the end of Harry's wand? The Metal shifted and started to bobble in the air towards the cold anvil where the metal and casing landed. The Sword chilled and Harry gently removed the casing, the sword illuminating all around it. On the Xiphos, the Name Akomulous in bright glowing gold Letters, Magic literally flowing out of them.
Grabbing his hammer and tongs he started hammering away, the entire temple shaking as he did so, "Professor Jackson! I don't know how much longer this Temple can hold!" Harry knocked into Percy as a Piece of the ceiling caved in, the creams of ghouls outside and a chill sept into the room putting the Torches out.
Harry recognised the cold and said "Professor…Dementors." Chills went up Percy's spine, small flashes of Tartarus flashing through his mind…No, he wouldn't go back to that place again. Picking up Riptide he called out "Dragon show yourself!"
"You called despite the destruction of the temple young kelpian, What do you need."
A Large White dragon with fire horns appeared through a gap in the wall angry at being disturbed "I Need your blessing upon my sword."
"So the day has come, has it? I am Dinrall, Serpent of the Turblent seas and Guardian of this temple. I sense by sibling's power has already blessed your blade. Perseus Jackson raise your sword up!"
Using his strength which was draining by the second due to the dementors he lifted it up, the dragon shot burning hot flames at Percy, but he ignored the pain and held the sword up until the fire breathing stopped.
The Dragon seemed happy at his work "Do not waste time with the forces of Evil here. The Temple will collapse now no matter what you do. So Go forth! Quickly!"
Just as the Dragon finished speaking more of the ceiling collapsed inward as Dementors and wind monsters started storming into the temple. The FLoor beneath Harry and Percy was weak and the older man glanced at the cracks and said "Mr Potter, Hold on to me?"
Harry grabbed hold of Percy and with a stomp of Percy's left foot the floor beneath them caved and the small piece of floor they were on plummeted towards the ground. Harry's eyes were wide. This was the biggest fall he had ever done, and that was saying something after his fall in his third year. Yet his professor remained calm, focused on where they were going, breathing steady and eyes focused.
Looking up, Harry could see the swarm of Dementors charging towards them, the Temple collapsing as they did so. Somehow through the wind, he heard Professor Jackson yell "Tartarus. We're falling in the wrong direction. Harry listen to me very carefully, You're going to need to apparate us out of here."
No Harry must be hearing Professor Jackson wrong, there was no way he was telling him to apparate right now. He hadn't even been taught how. Nobody in 5th year had, it was something they were taught in their 6th and 7th years. He could kill both of them if they got anything wrong. He had heard over the radio about splinching especially among two-person Apparition. "I don't know how?!" He screamed at the top of his lungs
Professor Jackson gripped him tighter "Yes you do. Breathe in and out, Visualise Diagon Alley, imagine we're right outside Ollivander's wand shop. Feel the cobbles beneath your feet, the wind as it it's the chime on the door. Got the image in your head? Good Now imagine the two of us standing there right now and Let your maic go."
Harry was terrified but listened to his teacher who had yet to let him down and there was a thunderous rumble before Harry's ears popped. Harry closed his eyes as he felt himself and Professor Jackson rocket through magic itself. With another crack, they landed. Harry slowly opened his eyes as he felt his feet on the uneven cobbles. The red paintwork of Ollivanders was right in front of him and he heard Professor Jackson chuckle "Well done Mr Potter. For your first time doing Apparition, you did extremely well. You only gave me a minor Splinch and that was with us literally falling to our death."
Looking over at his professor he saw a nasty Gash on the man's right arm but the professor brushed him off "Mr Ollivander will be able to help. Let's get inside."
Unknown ~The primordial Realm
"No! That BOY should have died from that. What did you do?!" A Sword getting pulled out and aimed at Zoé by Tatrtarus
Zoé rolled her eyes at him, "Nothing, absolutely nothing, Zero, Nil, nought. Mr Potter did that all on his own. Just encouragement from Percy Jackson. So you've been fought back by a 15-year-old son of Apollo-"
"I've killed him!"
"Not yet you haven't he's still clinging to life right now. You've failed to kill Perseus, So what's the third part of you doing right now? What is the body of Luke Casteellen doing?"
You've been paying too much attention to the other two pawns, that you haven't paid attention to my third. You'll see the effects soon enough."
Zoé growled but while Tartarus was distracted laughing, she whispered "Bianca, start the operation Επιστροφή now" and her fellow dead hunter vanished into the air
Ollivanders, Diagon Alley, England
With a large shove Harry pushed open the door surprising the older gentleman at the desk who was busy polishing a wand "Mr Potter, what was the reas-" The Wand Maker look at who Harry was carrying and cleared his desk, "Help him over here I'll get the med kick."
Despite Percy's splinch not being terrible. Percy was still heavily bleeding and Would be in danger of bleeding to death if he wasn't stitched up soon. Harry managed to launch the larger man onto the desk and Mr Ollivander returned with a medic kit "Perseus this is going to hurt."
Percy didn't even bother responding to the son of Athena and just grunted, which was followed by another grunt as the needle entered his skin and Garrick started to stitch his arm back together. It took a few minutes but Garick got the stitching fully done and used his want to clean the internal wound, Throwing a piece of Ambrosia to help the son of Poseidon.
Sitting up Percy ran a hand among his new scar and said Thank you Gary" Before being slapped across the face. Garrick Ollivander was one of the oldest demigods that Percy knew, with the old wandmaker being nearly 100 while not looking a day over 70. He winced as Gary said "You got Mr Potter to apparate didn't you Perseus?! Do you have any idea how dangerous that could have been!"
Percy glared at the older man "You don't think I don't know that. I knew the risks. But it was our only option. If I had been able to mist travel I would have but we were plummeting to our deaths. Now Mr Potter here needs a new wand."
Mr Ollivander tilted his head "A New wand, Mr Potter, What happened?" Harry pulled out the remaining half of his wand "Fascinating. I've not seen a wand snap itself like this in nearly 20 years."
Tentatively Ollivader took the wad and studied it, "Truly fascinating. It seems Mr Potter that you've gone through some kind of awakening. And your connection to Tom seems to be gone…Good. Right, let's find you a good wand."
It took them a good 10 minutes to find the right wand for Harry and he couldn't help but chuckle as random things around the store blew up delighting and frustrating the elderly son of Athena. Finally, Ollivander brought out another one and handed it to him "Threstral Hair intertwined with kelpie Hair. English Oak wood, 13" and half"
Harry grabbed the wand and lightly said "Expecto Patroum" A Beautiful thunderbird shot from his wand and flew around the room. Harry stepped back "That felt amazing…but My Patronus was a stag." Percy chuckled "Our Patronus can change as we grow up Mr Potter. The same reason your wand snapped is the reason your Patronus changed. You're different now."
Percy reached into his bag and passed Ollivander 7 Drachma, "That should be enough right?" The older man nodded and the pair left the shop with Percy placing a hand on his shoulder, "So now that we've got you a new wand, should we get those promise rings you're wanting." Harry went to speak until the ground trembled beneath them. Witches and Wizards are thrown from their feet with Harry struggling to stay standing. He looked at Professor Jackson who was the last one to cause an earthquake but the look of worry on his face scared Harry as his Professor said "That wasn't an Earthquake"
Ministry of Magic ~The same time as the Attack on Hogwarts and Vist to the Second Temple
Carter groaned as he listened to the mad ravings of the British Wizmagot, the different factions of the British Wizarding world "parliament" in disagreement with Carter in the middle of it all, due to him being the Phaoroh of the House of Life. To his left Zia smiled at him lightly and he relaxed slightly. It was only a few more minutes until the meeting was meant to be over and he could relax for a few hours before going back to his duties.
He was just about to yell at Lord Malfoy to shut up in the name of Ra when the door to the chamber burst open, a young Wizard no older than 20 rushed into the room and yelled "I'm sorry for interrupting Pharoh Kane. But there are Death Eaters in the building! They are joined by Lord Voldemort himself along with an army of what can only be described as monsters. All led by a teenager with Dirty Blond hair, and platinum black eyes, with a Hole in his stomach that vomiting out darkness."
Cater shot up in his seat "Tartarus is using Castellen's body again. Young man, Alert all Aurors. Order an immediate evacuation of the Ministry right now. All capable members of the Wizmagot, Help the Aurors. Oh and Mr Malfoy. You're officially under arrest for being a known Death eater." before Lucius Malfoy could even try to reach for his wand, Almeila Bones and Sirius Black both had their wands in hand and both casted "Brachiabindo" Although the ropes were meant to be invisible, Carter could see the magical chords wrap around the vile man.
Arthur Weasley grabbed him and apparated out of the building making sure that the criminal would see prison and not death or freedom. Several of the older members of the Wizmagot vanished along with a few of the 'Dark' faction. Everyone else rushed towards the exit and found only chaos in the Halls.
Massed numbers of death eaters shot around the hall of the Ministry firing the killing curse at any non conifmed purebloods they could find. The Golden statue at the centre of the ministry had been melted down into a molten gold throne, Voldemort sitting laughing at the destruction his minions brought.
Carter's eyes immediately darted around the rooms searching for Tartarus who was standing in the center of the room Just slashing at anyone who dared to get too close to him. His eyes were lifeless. Carter shot forwards ignoring all of the other monsters, and wizards. He would end this here and now.
He summoned his weapon from the Duat and yelled out as he summoned a FIre Heliograph "Tartarus!" The being looked at him and the head tilted to the side slightly "Ah little Magician. I hope you survive long enough to see your little order, crumble around you." Before pulling out a 7ft sword made out of pure evil.
The being was moving before Carter even had a chance to register the sword and he was only able to raise his Khopesh to crab the blade within the curved section of the blade. But the blade was too large for him to do anything with so he just twisted the blade away so it was the blunt end of the blade that would hit him in his sides. He grunted as he went flying to the side but kept his focus on the prize from behind him he heard Zia Yell "What the hell are you doing, you crazy idiot?! You're the Pharoh we're meant to protect you."
He said nothing before launching himself towards Tartarus with his Khopesh aimed high and struck down above his head, the mightly blow just reverberated over the undead being before he used his hand to pick up Carter by the collar "If Perseus Jackson, could not defeat me. What makes you think, that you a pathetic little magician stands any chance." He went to throw Carter away but Carter wasn't going to let that happen and used the Heliphgraph in his hand, pressing it against the primordials and letting out a massive blast of fires and flames that engulfed Tartarus.
Carter was dropped and he slid back staring at the Primdorial was studying his seared skin "Interesting, I must be pulling myself too thin. That doesn't matter too much. I still have enough power to defeat you!"
He slowly started walking towards Carter who was already starting to pant heavily, He had put a lot of magic into that blast of fire but it barely appeared to affect the Primodiral. Behind him, he felt Zia go against his back "You've got that Bal guy on the other side. Carter. Try and not die." Before she summoned her staff and launched it towards Voldemort.
Carter rezoned in just as the massive sword was about to come down on him and he rolled out of the way, Landing back on his feet he tried to weave the Khopesh in near the handle of the blade to disarm him but his Sycthe just went right through it. The primordial backhanded Carter and he went flying to the side, his shoulder hitting the cold marble floor first as he slid towards the floo network.
Over at the other battle, Carter could see Zia bob and weave out of the way of Blasts of green and red spells before returning Fire and lightning at the Evil Wizard. Explosions went off as Marble tiles and gold went flying into the air. Focusing on the fight once more He watched Tartarus throw his sword towards Carter. The Blade twirled through the air and Carter just barely managed to lie flat to avoid the blade which cut through the marble columns of the floo entrances.
A fire was lit in Carter's eyes at that very second and with a grin, he slammed his hand onto the ground a giant burst of magic shot from him allowing him to run toward Zia where he said "You're going to hate me but I've got a crazy idea." She looked at him, blood running down her forehead "Whatever you're thinking, do it. It might be our only chance to win."
Nodding he grabbed his Crook and Flail from the Dusu and said "All Aurors and members of the House of Life evacuate The British Ministry of Magic immediately. I hand emergency control over the house of life to my sister Sadie Kane!" All of the Death Eaters, Montsers along with Voldemort and Tartarus stared at him mockingly "Running scared little Magician"
Blood running down his face he replied "As if, You Bastard. Zia why are you still here" She put her hand on his shoulder "Together to the end" He placed the hand holding the Fail on her hand "Together to the end."
They stared at Tartarus and Voldemort and Together they lifted the Crook and Flail into the air before slamming it onto the ground. The ground split open, glowing green cracks forming around the duo shooting across every inch of the Marble, climbing up the walls, reaching the ceiling before rejoining. The Entire Ministry started to shake, dust fell from the ceiling before the Pillars supporting the building started to collapse which forced Tartarus to dodge out of the way. The windows around the large building shattered in millions of tiny shards all falling down to the ground and slicing at the Death Eaters and Monsters in their way. The Ceiling itself began to cave in above them, large chunks falling to the ground splattering the DE into pools of blood.
Standing up he brought Zia into a kiss as the entire Ministry collapsed around them, screams of agony and panic surrounding them before the ground beneath the pair collapsed and they fell to their next adventure.