Welcome back to one of the most hyped chapters of "The Heir and the Champions"

The Moon.

In which Artemis finally returned to Hogwarts under the protection of Guest Rights, and she brought some backup. I am sad to say I had to cut out the Weasleys from this because with them there would be too many cooks in the kitchen ya know? I still have it planned that Fleur hooks up with Bill because who doesn't want to see her blow up some death-eaters, right?

Y'all ready for some feel-good fluff?

On with the show.


The Moon

Depicted on this card is a scared, one-eyed man wearing a large overcoat and leaning on a staff, one eye is brown while the other is electric and spinning in the socket, he is reaching forward as if offering the softly glowing Moon in his hands to the reader…


Harry Potter

The room had gone deathly quiet; the only moving person was Gabby, who was poking her head out from under her mother's arm to get a better look at who had just walked into the room. Harry and Zoë looked between the bewildered and scared Fae and Artemis, who was in her adult form and glaring holy hellfire at the Fae protecting her children. For the longest moment, he thought that Artemis was about to go on a hunt but to Harry's surprise, she turned away from the Fea and walked over to Him and Zoë.

Zoë immediately salutes with a hand over her heart and a small bow at the waist, "My Lady, it is truly a pleasure to be in your presence once again," Zoë says, and Artemis smiles and chuckles.

"It is good to see you too, old friend," Artemis says with a smile never leaving her face as Zoë raises from her, Artemis then turns to Harry, and her eyes go a bit softer, "Hello Harry," she says.

"Oh, um, hi M-Art-I mean, Diana, I, ah, I wasn't expecting you to show up," Harry says, scratching the back of his head awkwardly, "I thought it was gonna be Sirius and Remus," he says with a shrug.

"Oh, the Guard dog and the Hunting hound are here as well," Artemis says before jerking her thumb behind her and towards the door, "I had them wait outside for I feared we would crowd the hall far too much," she says before she turns back to the Delacour family to see them gone, sipping through the mists to escape the room that housed the Goddess of the Hunt. Artemis just smirks at their show of fear before turning back to her two Hunters.

"But why are you here? What about the hunt?" Harry asks, relaxing a bit more now that the threat of slaughter has passed.

Artemis turns to Harry with a raised brow, "I am here because Albus had sent me an invitation for family to visit before the third task, a tradition he informs me," she says with a bored hum, "So, I had contacted Cernunnos and asked for Guest Rights to come to visit and he agreed, and the hunt will be fine without me for a few hours, I've also informed the DoMC that the hunt will not be accepting any hunts today," she says with a shrug, stunning Harry, Artemis had basically called out sick to come to see him before the third task and looked as if it bothered her little.

Harry shuffles awkwardly before nodding as Artemis smiles at him, "Come, I'm sure the others want to see you as well," Artemis says before turning around and walking back towards the door, Zoë follows behind Artemis without question, Harry however was still a bit stunned at Artemis' arrival has to shake his head before following behind them.

"Wait, what others? Do you mean Sirius and Remus?" Harry asks as the three of them climb the stairs together.

"Hmm, yes, that is who I meant, the Guard dog and the Hunting hound," Artemis says with a nod and a flat passive face that Harry narrowed his eyes in suspicion at before turning to look at Zoë, her lips were twitching as if she was in on something.

"What?" Harry asks Zoë who just shrugs, "You both are rubbish at keeping a secret you know that, right?" he says, causing him to earn a glare from Zoë to which Harry just rolls his eyes and shakes his head as they enter the Great Hall. The first people Harry sees are Sirius and Remus both standing a good five feet from the door, and Harry was immediately on guard, Remus was standing there, hands behind his back and a slight smile but his eyes were twinkling with mischief as Sirius was standing there with his hands in his matching leather jacket not even trying to hide his grin that threatens to split his face in two, Harry braces himself for the prank but neither men make a move.

That's when they pounced.

Literally.

Harry hears the footsteps and quickly turns to look in his blind spot just in time to see Atalanta and Brittany sail through the air, traveling at the speed of Mach-fuck, with their arms wide open Harry knew there was no escape, but he still tries to backpedal right before the two hunters slam into him, bringing him to the ground with a crash of tangled limbs. They roll across the ground with cheers of his name and laughter, and as they pin him to the ground Harry hears another voice he wasn't expecting to hear.

"FROM THE TOP ROPE!" Screams Sophie as Harry feels her elbow drop him from the other direction and to the laughs of everyone else, even Harry as his sister's dogpile on top of him.

"Is he gonna be okay, Lady Artemis?" a new voice asks, one Harry didn't know.

"He'll be fine, Daisy," Artemis says, and Harry could hear the smile on her tone as Sophie, Brittany, and Atatlanta roll off of his groaning form, each laughing and smiling.

Harry begins to push himself up when someone else offers him a hand, he looks up to see the smiling face of Cecilla, "Hello, Harry," she says, her eyes bright and sparkling with amusement Harry takes her hand and she helps him to his feet.

"Hey, Cecilla," Harry says, returning the smile before she wraps him in a hug, he returns it, squeezing her softly before he feels Atalanta, Sophie, and Brittany join in on the group hug. Harry couldn't help but smile as he feels the corners of his eyes burn. His family had come to see him, not all of them, but the ones he had grown closest to, he felt happy and warm surrounded by them once again. But the joyest reunion was soon ended by a few quick claps from Artemis to get everyone's attention, breaking up the group hug as they all turned to look at the smiling leader of the hunt.

"As sweet as this reunion of the deadliest members of the hunt is, we have introductions to do," Artemis says, the smile fading a bit to her normal blank look, Harry then notices another girl standing next to Artemis, one that Zoë is looking at with a confused frown, her eyes narrowed at her a bit. The girl was tall, looking around 17 or 18 and standing almost as tall as Artemis in her adult form, she had short crew-cut blond hair and honey-colored eyes, she had a few scars around her face that looked only a few weeks old, her outfit was the normal boots, black khakis, a yellow shirt with a bunch of Daisies growing out of skull shape garden pots with the words "DOA studio" across the bottom, she like the rest of the hunters wore the traditional Leather Jacket spray painted silver but had a black harness strapped across her shirt with a holster for a large and wicked-looking knife strapped just above her heart.

She was standing next to Artemis awkwardly with her hands in her jacket pockets trying not to gape openly at the castle around her or the rest of the hunters treating a male the way they were. but as her eyes took in the castle around her with the few portraits in the Great Hall looking back at her and the enchanted ceiling, it seemed like she was failing much to Harry's amusement.

"Harry, Zoë, this is the new member of the hunt,-" Artemis says, gesturing to the new girl who turns her attention back to them,"-Daisy as she has chosen to go by, Daisy, this is Zoë Nightshade, my normal lieutenant and second in command, an order from her should be considered an order from myself," Artemis tells Daisy as Zoë up and offers the girl a handshake to which Daisy takes with a shy smile.

"Um, Nice to meet you, Ma'am, I heard a lot about you, I'm kinda the replacement for the last girl who died I guess," Daisy says in a joking tone before Zoë narrows her eyes at her.

"No," Zoë says in a hard tone of voice causing the other girl to freeze.

"I'm, I'm sorry?" Daisy asks, sounding confused.

"You are not a replacement for Strider, Daisy, and you should not think of yourself as such," Zoë explains, "Strider was a sister, and I will mourn her death for a long time, but you are not a replacement for her, you are my new, younger sister to which I will have the honor of commanding in the future, please do not think you have a legacy to live up to for you will find your own place in the hunt with us," Zoë says with a smile and a nod, shocking the girl who just nods dumbly before stepping back.

Artemis smiles at her oldest friend and second-in-command before turning back to Harry, "And this is Harry Potter, he's-" Artemis begins to explain before Harry jumps in, cutting her off.

"Artemis' son, It's a bit complicated, but she's one of my mom's," Harry says, offering his hand with a smile to Daisy who, again, takes it as he begins to welcome her to the hunt and to Hogwarts. Artemis however had turned to look at Harry, her eyes wide and unblinking as she looked at Harry in shock at what he said and how he said it as something stirred in her chest.

It takes a few moments before her brain finally catches back up with her, "Um, Y-Yes, Harry isn't an official member of the hunt, but we treat him as, ah, one," Artemis says slowly and softly, her eyes never leaving Harry.

"Oh, didn't know guys were allowed to join," Daisy says as she slips her hands into her pocket, looking down at Harry.

"Well, I'm not allowed to join due to, well, it's kind of complicated," Harry says, scratching the back of his head as every one of the other hunters adopted dark scowls and Atalanta mutters about killing a bunch of doves, "But, ah, yeah, guys are allowed to join, the Commander is a guy named Daphnis, cool guy, just don't let him watch your stuff," Harry says with a growing smirk.

"Why?" Daisy asks.

"He won't be able to keep an eye on it," Harry says grinning as Cecilla snorts before moving her mouth, while Atalanta and Sophie begin to laugh out loud at the joke, Brittany and Zoë barely hiding their own amusement at Harry's joke as Daisy just feels more confused.

"Harry, please don't make fun of my Commander when he isn't here to defend himself-" Artemis says with a growing smirk, "-or when he can't laugh at it as well," she says as she shakes her head slightly.

"Fear not, My Lady, I do believe I will be using that one in the future myself," Cecilla says with her own smile.

Sirius who was watching everything from the side finally steps forward, "As enjoyable as it is to watch you all tease my godson, do you mind if we say hello now?" He asks with a nervous grin as he eyes Artemis wearily and walks over to Harry to give him a one-armed hug.

"Watch it, doggy," Atalanta says walking over to Harry's other side and messes his hair with a smile, "I'm not sure if I can completely control the urge to kick you again if you touch him without permission," She tells him with a grin as Sirius goes a bit pale and nervously chuckles at the comment as he pulls his arm back and leans away from Harry before both he and Atalanta start to chuckle.

"Oh, very funny, tease the poor traumatized man who was kicked like a puppy," Sirius goffs at them before Harry and Atalanta break down laughing, Sirius turns to Remus, "Moony! Some backup would be nice, we can't have these girls walk all over us," Sirius says, throwing his hands in the air as Remus just raises a brow at his friend.

"And what?" Remus asks, "Get kicked myself? No thanks mate," he says with a small grin of his own.

"Hey," Harry says, catching the two older men's attention, "Did Dora not want to come?" He asks, she would normally turn up during Hogsmeade Visits with the two men when she could and talked about how she wanted to see the last task if she could.

Sirius and Remus look back at one another with grimaces as both Artemis and Zoë frown in distaste at the name, The other hunters seemed confused by the name, Harry looking between Sirius and Remus to Artemis and Zoë confused himself, "What?" Harry asks.

"Well, you see Harry-," Sirius says scratching the back of his head, "-We kinda, ah, learned something about Dora from Lady Artemis here,..." he says trailing off with worry in his eyes as he looks over at Artemis who glares at him in return.


20 Minutes ago, Hogwarts Gate.

Artemis was in the middle of expressing her…displeasure at Sirius for what he had sent for the solstice and how it lead to her cabin being burnt down as Sirius was honestly thinking he was about to die, when Tonks, who was slowly backing away from the two in hopes of not being caught in between the two, looked into Artemis' eyes and she sees the goddess freeze.

"You," Artemis snaps at Tonks, causing the girl to pale, "Who are you? What are you doing here?" she demands, pushing Sirius to the side and stalking up to the girl.

With burning amber eyes searching her eyes, mind, and soul, Tonks feels the fangs of some great beast, and before she could even answer the goddess, she watches the Goddess' face twist in rage.

"Leave," Artemis growls out, and the single word was filled with so much loathing and disdain that the ground at Artemis' feet cracks at her anger.

"Wha-why?!" Tonks says, confused at how she pissed off a Goddess with just a look.

"I will not have someone with the blessing of the Areia around Harry," Artemis says with a growl as he eyes burn brightly in hatred, "Especially not one of her Legacies is the one that has it," she says looming over Tonks.

"Legacy? Areia? What the hell are you talking about?" Sirius asks from behind the goddess, trying to get Artemis' attention back on him to hopefully protect his cousin, but sadly it doesn't work.

"This one," Artemis says, not taking her eyes off the cowering Auror, "Is a legacy of Aphrodite, and not only that, she has her most dangerous blessing, The Blessing of the Areia, she is a threat to Harry-" She says, and watches the girls eyes morph from a dark blue to a bright pink.

"I'm not a threat to Harry!" Tonks snaps, yelling in the face of Artemis, her face twisting in her own anger.

"Then tell me that you've never once had the urge to seduce him?" Artemis asks in a flat, unamused, tone of voice as she accuses the purple hair and pink eye girl.

"What?" Sirius asks with an amused chuckle, "You've got to be kidding me, Dora is a cop, she wouldn't even dream of that," Sirius says, shaking his head, "Right Dora?"

Tonks freezes, her eyes grow wide, and her mouth opens to deny it but nothing comes out, she tries to say something to defend herself but she couldn't, she couldn't because she has. She had the urge to jump Harry's bones on way more than one occasion and had dreamt about it often enough to hate herself. So, as Sirius and Remus turned to look at her, she couldn't bear the shame of it all and turned on her heel and vanished with a pop just as a group of five girls in silver jackets walked up the road from Hogsmeade.


The Great Hall

"Dora's a legacy of Aphrodite, and one with her blessing apparently," Sirius says, looking more than a bit uncomfortable with all he had learned. He wasn't about to tell Harry everything about it, just enough to get the picture, and from the way Harry's eyes widened the boy understood.

"Oh," Harry says, before looking over at Zoë, "Is that why you were always glaring at her and wouldn't let her sit near me?" he asks the lieutenant, who in turn just nods at him with a frown.

"As she should," Artemis says, her voice hard at the thought of any descendent of the Goddess of love being anywhere near Harry, "Besides, with the Blessing of the Ariea, she is far more dangerous than one of the normal airhead's spawns," Artemis says while looking at Sirius, who nods his head with a sigh, he would have to keep an eye on Dora when she was around Harry.

"Ariea? What's that?" Harry asks, confused.

"It is an epithet that she was called when she originally came to Greece but it fell out of favor after Lord Zeus forbade Aphrodite to step onto the battlefield ever again," Artemis explains before Remus speaks up.

"Came to Greece?" He asks, confused, "As she isn't originally from Greece? I thought she was born from sea foam when Cronus cut off Uranus, ah, bits as it were, and throw them in the sea?" Moony asks, pausing for a moment to look around at all the hunters who were watching him and changing his words to be polite.

"That is the myth, yes, and as being of myth and belief she has changed to fit that, but no, Aphrodite isn't originally from our pantheon," Artemis admits with a shrug, causing most except Atalanta and Zoë to look at her shocked.

"Then where the hell is she from?" Sirius asks.

"From the Mesopotamia pantheon, she is the last surviving member of it, her original name was Inanna or Ishtar, the Queen of Victory and the Blessing of the Ariea is the last surviving vestige of that power," Artemis answers to the surprised, and shocked of mortals around her.


Hogwarts Astronomy Tower.

After the mythological and life shifting Revelations about the Goddess that cursed him and a person Harry thought was kinda cool when he wasn't getting knocked ass over tea kettle by said person because of his own homicidal tendencies, Remus had perked up with the idea of giving the Hunters and Artemis a tour of the castle for the day. While Zoë and Atalanta had been in Hogwarts for the better part of a year and Artemis openly admitted she never really spent time looking around it, just teleporting to the location she needed to be at, Harry decides it was a good idea on how to keep busy for a few hours and went with it. They started on the first floor showing them all the important landmarks and telling a few stories with Sirius and Remus jumping in with their own tales of the pranks they pulled back in their day, Harry had pointed out the girl's restroom where he, Ron, and Hermione had encounter the mountain troll, Atalanta still laughed at him shoving his wand up the troll's nose.

Then the second floor, pointing out where the Chamber of Secrets was but didn't want to deal with Moaning Myrtle enough to take everyone down there. Then the third floor and the headmaster's office, the fourth floor, and so on, he even snuck them into Gryffindor Tower when there was hardly anyone in there.

"Ah, good Memories," Atalanta said with a smile looking around the common room.

"Good memories?" Sirius asked, "Isn't the only memory you have in here is when you kicked me?" he asks, turning to Atalanta who sighs with a smile.

"Yeah, good memories," the Lion says with a smile at Sirius who just stares at her while Harry and the others laugh, even Artemis chuckling. They had left the common room to continue the tour, Artemis and Harry walking together but not saying anything to one another, Harry would point something out and Artemis would absentmindedly nod along. Before long the group had made it to the seventh floor and the entrance to the astronomy tower when Sirius spoke up.

"Hey, Artemis," he says catching the Goddess' attention and glare from Zoë, "I've been meaning to ask you something about this summer," Sirius says, causing Artemis to raise a brow and gestures for him to continue, "Well, Zoë had mentioned something about you taking Harry to the states sometime during the summer for a hunt, and me and Moony we're wondering if you had a date in mind, we were thinking taking advantage of it and make it a family vacation and all that," Padfoot says with a smile and a shrug.

"Oh! Yes, right, that's only if-if you still want to, want to come, this is, Harry," Artemis says, turning to Harry, "Because I would, that is, I mean we, we being all of the, ah, Hunt of course, would l-love to, ah, have you, come, I mean come along!" She says quickly, once again tripping over her words as most of her Hunters but Daisy look at Artemis like it was the first time they had ever seen her but with one sweeping glare from Artemis, her hunters soon find the architecture and paintings of the castle far more interesting.

"No, I, ah, want to come, like I said I'd, I'd like that, ah, a lot, um…" Harry stammers out, causing Sirius and Remus to look at one another, they could both see both Harry and Artemis with hesitant looks on their faces when they address one another causing Sirius to sigh.

"Well, I'm feeling quite peckish," Remus suddenly says, causing the Hunters to look at him oddly, "How about me and Sirius show you girls where the kitchens are and see if we can't get a spot of tea? hmm?" Moony says, giving Zoë a meaningful glance, the Lieutenant opens her mouth to say something before looking over at Harry and Artemis who were both looking anywhere but at each other, before turning back to Remus with a nod.

"Excellent idea, Remus, I feel like a small snack will do me some good," Zoë says before turning to the rest of the Hunters, "Come on girls, let's go find a snack, we'll meet our Lady and Harry on the first floor in a bit," she says, and most of the girls nod with only Atalanta looking let down, but all it took was a look from Zoë and Sophie throwing her arm around the lion to get her to come with them, leaving the Goddess and Demi-God alone.

The Awkward silence that fell over the Goddess and Heir of the Hunt was thick, without the buffer of more socially inclined people who did most of the talking or asking most of the questions both Artemis and Harry had no idea what to do, Artemis was standing by the railing of the stairs that lead up to the seventh floor looking at a tapestry of a mortal trying to teach trolls how to dance of all things desperately trying to think of something to talk about that didn't include hunting in some way, while Harry shuffled awkwardly from foot to foot cursing Remus and Sirius for leaving him like this.

"School!" Artemis yells, seemingly out of nowhere, before turning to look at Harry, "How is your schooling going?" she immediately asks, she had honestly forgotten Hogwarts was a school for a moment, too caught up in listening to Harry, the guard dog, and the hunting hound about their tales of what they had done and hunted in Hogwarts. She was mostly sure that a parent would ask about how their child's schooling was going because she had no idea how he was doing in school, it wasn't like Albus sent her a progress report.

"Actually, not a bad idea to ask Albus about," Artemis thinks to herself as she turns her attention back to Harry when she notices Harry looking at her oddly.

"Oh, um, g-good?" Harry says, looking around at Artemis' feet with his lips pressed into a thin line before he scratches the back of his head, "W-with the Tournament and all that, I don't really have to worry about exams, which is nice," Harry says with a tilt of his head before dropping his hand, "But Hermione isn't letting off the hook at all, still had me studying like I was gonna take them," Harry explains with a shrug while kicking a foot and notices Artemis nodding her head.

"I see, I see," Artemis says, but doesn't get it, "And your best class is, ...Astronomy, yes?" she asks, raising her brow at Harry, pausing to try and at least guess.

"Well, ah, it's one of my betters, yeah," Harry admits with a shrug, "But my best class is DADA," he says with a nod before slipping his hands into his jacket, "We're learning curses and counterspells with a little first aid, which is pretty cool and came in handy in the last task," he says with a wince as he rubs his ribs, he could still recall the pain and choking to breathe vividly from his fight with Fleur.

"I saw that!" Artemis says quickly, "Your fight I mean, with the half-fae, I-I saw it, with, with the full moon and all, but no full moon tonight, it will be a new moon, but that won't matter I know you plan on giving up as soon as you go into the maze, and I'm fine with that! This is really just an, an excuse to,..." Artemis quickly says, her mind jumping around trying to find and hold a line of conversation before slowly trailing off, her eyes dancing around for a moment, before she takes a deep breath, "What does DADA stand for?" she finally asks.

"Defense against the dark arts," Harry answers slowly as he watches Artemis after her word vomit.

"And what are Dark Arts?" Artemis asks, hoping for some clarification.

"As far as I can tell, anything to do with blood, dead bodies, rituals, curses, and anything that kills and mains another being," Harry says counting them off of his fingers before pausing for a moment as he narrows his eyes, "Does that mean that my mum was a dark wizard technically?" he says, tilting his head back in thought.

"I think we can firmly say the ends justify the means in that particular circumstance," Artemis says with a small smile.

Harry frowns a bit thinking about it but nods in the end, he wasn't about to blame Mom number one for wanting to have him and searching out alternative ways to do so.

Both Artemis and Harry are quiet for a moment, each lost in their thoughts about what to do next, Artemis turns to Harry, she opens her mouth to say something but quickly closes it, unsure how to ask but quickly decides that the best course of action is the most direct, "Harry," Artemis says carefully, "About what you said to Daisy in the Great Hall-" She starts to say before Harry cuts her off.

"Do you want to go up to the Astronomy Tower?" he asks quickly, "It has the best view in the school, with, Ya know, being the, ah, highest tower and all that," Harry says, shuffling from foot to foot.

Artemis sighs but nods her head before following behind Harry as they walk to the end of the hall in quiet peace, it doesn't take long before the spiral staircase brings them up to the top of the tower before Harry throws open the latch that leads to it. It was a breathtaking view of the surrounding countryside, the whole valley could be seen from the top of the tower, from the black lake to the forbidden forest, from Hogsmeade to the Quidditch pitch, the rolling green hills of Scotland laid out before them in all its splendor brought a smile to Artemis' face. She had a gnawing dislike for the modern world and crowded cities, of smog-filled air and contaminated waterways, of the greed that humans have and the disregard that they showed for her and the Lost God Pan's domains, but the view of nature and the basic style of living that the witches and wizard had she could agree with, they lived in a sort of harmony with the natural world that she could respect.

Artemis watches Harry walk over to the parapet of the castle and lean forward against them with his arms resting on top, looking over the castle ground with a small smile while he enjoys the wind on his face. Artemis walks over and leans her back against them right next to Harry enjoying the view herself as they fall into a far more comfortable silence between the two of them.

"Odin stopped by a few months ago," Harry tells her, and Artemis nods, "He stopped by to find out how I killed Fafnár and gave me Gramr, he said he only came because you said he could," he tells Artemis as he turns to look at her.

"I did," Artemis says, "He approached me while I was handling some personal business at Point Nemo and asked if he could, and after making sure the old man wasn't up to any of his old tricks and having him swear he wasn't going for any alternative motives I gave him leave to do so," she says with a shrug before looking over at Harry.

"Yeah, he seemed pretty cool, gave me a bunch of names too, kinda weird, but cool guy I guess," Harry says before putting his head down on his arms, "He told me some things too, do you know a hunter is in their afterlife?" Harry asks and as he sees Artemis frown, he guesses she didn't.

"No, I didn't," she admits, "Did he say which one?" she asks, looking over at him with a raised brow.

"Ah, Victoria, I think?" Harry says, his face scrunching up in thought, he wasn't too sure, he wasn't very good with names.

"Ah," Artemis says with a nod, "Yes, that would make sense," she says under her breath.

"Who was she? I feel like I should know her, and how did she end up in the Norse afterlife and not, you, the Greek one?" Harry asks, because that last one had been bothering him for a while now.

Artemis sighs at the question as she looks over the school grounds, "Victoria was the last hunter who had lost herself to the Hunt, she was a daughter of Ares and she joined my hunt in October of 84, almost three years after I thought you had died," She says, shuffling uncomfortably at the memory of everything that had been born from that so long ago, "She was a lot like you in a few ways, she did not have the best home life as her mother was caught up in a drug epidemic at the time and Ares had never truly left the spartan mindset behind believing that a child raised through great adversity would become a greater warrior, or they would be imperfect and die," Artemis says with an angry look on her face for her fool of a half brother.

"Ares sounds like a dick," Harry says, his face twisting in disgust.

"If it wasn't for the Bimbo, I doubt anyone on the council would like him," Artemis says, agreeing with Harry, Ares was a pox and she had wanted to fill him with arrows on more than one occasion when he opened his mouth, "But Victoria's life had the opposite effect on her, she wasn't angry or filled with rage, she was one of the most outgoing and personable hunters I've ever had the pleasure of having under my command, she was liked and loved unanimously among the hunt and handmaiden, and was one of the very few hunters that could give Zoë a run for her money in swordplay, and in doing so, gained a lot of respect from the older hunters," Artemis says, her face falling into a fond remembrance of a fallen sister in the hunt.

"Damn, she was that good?" Harry asks, his eyes wide at what Artemis just said, because he had fought and trained with Zoë, he hadn't won one match so far, but still had landed a few good hits on his older sister.

"Oh yes, she was already fast and strong when she joined, adding the Hunt on top of that and her own, let's say, unique fighting style she was able to keep up with the lieutenant easily," Artemis says, shaking her head with a lopsided grin as she remembered the look on Zoë's face when Victoria had thrown her sword at Zoë before charging the lieutenant. "She was with us for five years before she died, we were on the hunt for Erymanthian Boar in Maine the hunt had stopped to break for camp and I had sent Victoria, Brittany, Bella, and Alice out to scout the surrounding woods Bella came back with Alice heavily injured an hour later and told us they were attacked by a group of cyclops and a lindworm that had ambushed them," Artemis says sadly, looking off to the forest with a sad look in her eye, "We arrived too late, Brittany was on death's door and Victoria had given herself to the Hunt to make sure her sisters could make it back to camp safely and killed their ambushers, and I had to kill her," her voice was flat and cold as she spoke, as if she was trying to ignore an old pain that she didn't want to give voice too.

"In her last moments, after the Hunt had left her, she had asked if she had hurt any of her sisters, she hadn't, her last words were said with a smile before she passed away," Artemis says, her eyes were sad with a faraway look to them as she replayed the events of the past in her mind, "She was a wonderful hunter, a loving sister, and a beautiful daughter who had touched everyone she met with her smile and never-ending optimism, we burned her in a silver shroud without a hint of any markings for Ares, he still holds that against me," She says with a sigh but with a slight smile at pissing off her half-brother, she had refused to honor him as Victoria's father for the life he had left her in, and would do so again if given the chance.

"What were her last words?" Harry asks with a morbid curiosity.

"Hottest flames forge the greatest swords," Artemis says in a whisper that's almost lost in the wind, causing Harry's eyes to go wide, now remembering where he had first heard the name Victoria from. He reaches down and draws his hunting knife, looking at the words engraved on it, the same words Artemis spoke, the same words that gave Harry the strength he needed to pass through the Gate of Dún Scaith and the resolve to hunt down the Death Eaters at the World Cup, but as Harry continues to inspect the blade Artemis continues.

"As to how she ended up in the Norse afterlife, it wouldn't be too far off to say a Valkyrie had seen Victoria die in combat and brought her soul to Valhalla, it's rare but it happens, as far as I understand it, the keepers of the afterlife have an understanding about turning over souls to where they rightfully belong unless that soul wanted to stay," Artemis says as she pushes herself off the parapet and takes the few steps over to Harry, and sees him inspecting his blade and smiles as she reads the words inscribed on the blade, "I hope she found peace at the end of her hunt," she says softly as Harry turns to look at her.

"Yeah," He mutters before looking back down at his blade.

"She would have liked you," Artemis says before leaning on the parapet next to Harry with a sigh before watching the boy put away the blade.

"I'm pretty sure I would have liked her too," Harry says before pausing for a moment and smiling, "After we tried to stab each when we met," he says with a laugh as Artemis chuckles with him. They fall back into another peaceful quiet Artemis looking over the forest where it had all begun and Harry looking over at the Quidditch pitch, a distance and thoughtful expression on his face before long Harry swallows before "-Sometimes you just have to leap, just see if you can fly-" "-Its okay to let go, to move on from memories you never had,-" he sighs and pushes off the parapet to turn and face Artemis.

"Odin also said something else that got me thinking," Harry admits, before leaning his shoulder against the parapet.

"Yes, the old man is one to do that, just as cunning with his words as he is in the hunt," Artemis admits before turning back to Harry, "What did he say this time?" she asks.

"That you were my mother, and me denying it only makes me look more foolish," Harry admits with a deep breath, finding the confidence and resolve to do what was coming.

Artemis freezes before quickly looking away, "You shouldn't listen to the old fool," She mutters, "He doesn't under-" she tries to say, but Harry cuts her off.

"He's right," Harry admits, looking up and watching Artemis slowly turn back to look Harry in the eye, "He's right,-" He says once again, sighing, "-I can't deny that anymore, and-and I don't think I want to, I've been clinging on to two people I have no memories of, well, I'm not counting the Dementors that's for damn sure," Harry says looking over at the black lake at the mentioned of the floating blankets. Artemis feels frozen, like she couldn't move, her eyes were wide and unbelieving as Harry looks back at her, "All I have left of them are a few things from my Dad and,..." Harry pauses as he moves a hand over his heart a look of loss crossing his features, but soon enough he steels himself again, "and her protection and her wand, and that's enough to know that they loved me, that they would be proud of me, and, and it's good enough to know they wouldn't want to cling to them as ghosts, so, if you'd be okay with it, I-I want to call you mom if that's okay," Harry says letting his arm drop.

Artemis is frozen, unsure how to act or what to say to Harry as she looks at him with wide eyes on her normally bored and passive face, Harry thought she looked scared, and in a way he was right, she was scared. Scared of messing this up, scared of not knowing how to be a mother, her mouth opens and trembles trying to say something, anything but nothing she could think of, even with the wisdom of her entire life at her beck and call, could suffice with the warm stirring in her chest, of the happiness she feels at hearing Harry's words; but thankfully, the wisdom of another mother comes to her.

"Do you want to hold him?" Lily had asked her that night so long ago.

"It's, it's okay if you don't-" Harry tries to say, his voice heavy with disappointment and rejection but is cut off by Artemis, not by her words, but by her actions. She hugs him, slowly reaching out and wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him in close to her breast before burying her face in his hair. Harry stiffens at the touch, everything in him screaming to run, but all too soon he relaxes into the hug before wrapping his arms around Artemis, around his mother, hugging her back as he hears her whisper.

"Of course, you can Harry, I would like nothing more than just that," Artemis says with her face still buried in his messy hair. She could feel his heart flutter, feel the warmth of his body, the song of the Hunt singing in between that as Harry, her son, presses his forehead against her breastbone, she felt…whole, complete, like she had all she wanted in her arms and finally after almost fourteen years, Artemis finally holds her son in her arms and she couldn't help but to think…

"Ah, this is what she meant," thinking of the words that Lily Evans spoke to her.


Hogwarts, 4:00 PM.

Something had changed between Harry and Artemis, everyone could tell when they had met back up almost an hour later, though some of the hunters were confused as to what, it brought a smile to the face of both Atalanta and Sirius when the pair saw the Goddess and Demi-god walking toward them. They walked closer to one another in a more comfortable way, joking with each other and talking more relaxed, and when Harry called Artemis mom for the first time Zoë choked and Brittany and Sophie both groaned as they handed over gold coins to a cackling Atalanta.

Harry wanted to hang out on the third floor to wait for his friends who were leaving for the Transfiguration exam, the final exam for the school year, no one had any problems with, so at four o'clock on the dot, the final bell of the school year echoed throughout the school and the flood of students started. Most who saw the wild-looking girls in silver jackets gave them curious looks but a wide berth as they knew only one person with a jacket like that and didn't want to get anywhere close to them, But soon enough Harry saw them.

Hermione, Ron, Daphne, Tracey, Theodore, and Blaise were all coming around the corner, Blaise took one look at the girls in the silver jackets with Harry and immediately turned on his heel and walked in the opposite direction of them, Ron had tried to do that too but Hermione grabs him by the collar of his robes before dragging him towards the group much to Harry's amusement, with the three Slytherins following behind them looking a bit confused.

As Harry's two best friends get to them, Hermione(who was dragging Ron with her) walks up to Artemis before bowing her head to her, "Lady Diana, it's a pleasure to see you again, as unexpected as it is," Hermione says, before letting go of Ron and elbowing him in the side.

"Oh, ah, yeah l-likewise, Lady Diana," Ron says with a dip of his head and looking white as a sheet, "And, ah, s-sorry about, you know, the wand thing last year," he says with a grimace as Artemis turns to look at him with piercing amber eyes causing Ron to swallow in fear.

Artemis is quiet for a moment before nodding her head, "You are forgiven for now, Ronald Weasley, but I would advise you to never do it again, do you understand?" she says looking at the redhead who quickly nods his head, Artemis then turns to Hermione, "And it is too good to see you as well, Hermione Granger, I hope you've done your great grandmother proud in your exams," Artemis says with a nod of her head. Artemis was not one to hold the crimes of their forebears against their descendants on any matter, and so would not hold the personal insult of Athena against the bushy-head girl.

"I do it for myself, not for her, but if she is proud then I'm happy as well," Hermione says with a small smile as Artemis nods.

It was Theodore's turn to step forward, bending at the waist and bowing his head while sticking a hand out flat to Artemis, "A pleasure to make your acquaintance, Lady Diana Phaesporia, I am Heir Theodore Fréamhacha of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Nott," he says as Artemis raises her brow at the display from the boy.

"My apologies, young heir, but I do not know much of your customs, perhaps just a handshake will suffice?" Artemis asks, but by her tone, she was more commanding than the young man in front of her, Theodore immediately stands back up and nods his head respectfully before taking the Goddess' hand and shaking it.

"I just wanted to thank you for returning the Gaé Bolg to the hands of a hero of the Isle personally," Theodore says loudly, as Artemis' eyes narrow with a deep frown on her face, she watches as Theodore's face twitches but relaxes just as fast, Her lips twitch and Artemis nods her head.

"Are you a friend of Harry's?" Artemis asks and watches as Theodore shakes his head.

"No, more acquaintances than anything, but I have a great deal of respect for him," Theodore tells Artemis who nods once more in understanding before Theodore smiles politely and steps back as Artemis turns to Harry standing nervously next to the blonde girl.

"Um, A-Diana, th-this is, ah, D-Daphne Greengrass," Harry says, his voice tinged with fear and uncertainty, "My, ah, My G-Girlfriend," he stammers blushing all the while as Daphne was looking between Harry and the odd woman he was introducing her too, she had never seen Harry act like this he had faced Dragons and Murderous Half-Fea without batting an eye, but now? Now he was sweating buckets with a bit of fear in his eyes as he watched Daphne reach out offering Diana her hand.

"Charmed to meet you, Lady Phaesporia, I've heard a bit about you from Harry," Daphne says with a polite smile, as the woman before her does the same thing.

"Likewise Daphne Greengrass, it's always nice to meet Harry's friends," Artemis says with a polite smile as she shakes Daphne's hand before putting her hand back in her jacket pocket, her face never changing for the relaxed bored look on her face.

Harry looks around at all the other hunters, Atalanta was pointing to some painting on the wall while talking to Sophie and Cecilla.

Daisy was looking talking to Remus about the scars on his face. Sirius was looking over at the conversation with a smirk on his face like he was planning something.

Brittany was looking between Artemis and Daphne with wide, fearful eyes.

And Harry let out a sigh of relief, he was dreading this moment for months and was afraid that Artemis would be angry at Daphne or something for dating him, but everything was okay, everything was fine.

Until Zoë leans over and whispers into Artemis' ear with a cupped hand.

Artemis goes ramrod straight, eyes going wide before her head snaps back to Daphne, her eyes narrowing as they begin to glow with power as she glares at Daphne. Harry hears the girl next to her meep before taking a step back from Artemis as the Hunt floods the hallway, stopping students in their tracks, and making all the hunters turn to look at their Lady with wide eyes, Remus and Sirius looked like they either wanted to fight or run and were trying to decide which one to do as most people break out in a cold sweat before following the ingrained instincts, and start to flee.

"You are courting Harry?" Artemis asks with a hiss, causing Atalanta, Sophie, and Cecilla all turn to look at the blond girl standing next to Harry with wide eyes, before they too narrow at Daphne who was pinned in place by Artemis' burning amber eyes. As Daphne goes to take another step back, to cower behind Harry like what Tracey was doing with Theodore, the Hunters move in a flash, and Daphne soon finds herself surrounded by Sophie, Atalanta, and Cecilla. Atalanta and Sophie stood at her flanks, cutting off her escape as they glared down at the girl as Cecilla was right in front of Daphne, almost nose to nose with the poor girl, glaring at the girl who had drawn the ire of the hunt.

"Take her, I wish to have, ...Words with her," Artemis orders, and her Hunters complied, Sophie, Atalanta, and Cecilla quickly snatched up Daphne, Atalanta covering Daphne's mouth as the three quickly move Her to the closest empty classroom while Artemis and Zoë quickly follow behind them.

"W-Wait-" Harry tries to say before he feels Brittany's hand on his shoulder and turns to see her shaking her head.

"Don't Harry, her fate was sealed the moment she started dating you, all you can do is pray that she makes it out alive, let alone in one piece," Brittany says in a solemn voice with pity in her eyes as she watches the door close.

Harry turns to Sirius for help, but all the man does is shake his head and say, "Harry, I'm mad, not suicidal," before walking over to him and patting his other shoulder.

"Just who is the Mother-Magic's tits is that?" Tracey asks, peeking around Theodore, both of them pale and frightened, "She's a downright fright she is," the girl says before Hermione speaks up.

"That would be Lady Diana Phaesporia, leader of the Hunters of Artemis who is also very protective over Harry, from anyone," Hermione says as she shakes her head to rid herself of the last of the aftereffects of the Hunt in her mind.

"Remind me not to get on your bad side mate, especially if I have to deal with her," Tracey says, still shaking a bit as Theodore nods his head while eyeing the door that the hunters had disappeared behind wearily.

It would take another twenty minutes before the hunters, Daphne, and Artemis would leave the room, Daphne pale and shaking slightly would walk stiffly over to Harry and find comfort in his arms as she asks in a quiet voice to never leave her alone with the leader of the hunt ever again. Harry agreed that he would try but once Diana had put her mind to something it was very hard to stop her, even at the best of times. The group of students splits apart then, each heading to their common rooms to prepare for dinner. The hunters and Gryffindors head back to the common room where the Hunters and Artemis take up one of the corners as Harry, Ron, and Hermione split off to do what they needed to do as Sirius entertained the Gryffindors of the new generation with stories of secret paths and pranks.

As Ron washed up, Harry begin to strap on what was left of his armor for the last task before heading back down to the common room to see a very Angry Atalanta and a scared Angelina, with almost all of Gryffindor moving to support the Hogwarts Champion as the other hunters were trying to move through the crowd to break up the conflict without trying to hurt any of the mortals, Zoë yelling at Atalanta to stand down.

"I asked you, Where the fuck did you get this sword!?" Atalanta growls out as she had Angelina hoisted up by the front of her robes, anger blooming in her eyes like wildfire as she effortlessly slams Angeline into the nearest wall as Fred and the rest of the Quidditch team had their wands pointed at Atalanta telling her to stop. Not even Remus and Sirius escaped the mess as they too were calling for everyone to calm down. But as Harry moves to help with breaking up his Captain and his favorite sister from killing each other, all it took was one, calmly spoken word to stop everyone in their tracks.

"Enough," Artemis says, and the whole room freezes at the calm quiet tone of the Leader of the Hunt and the whole room turns to look at her. Artemis walks forward and the crowd parts for her as Harry could feel the eerie stillness of power coming off of Artemis from across the room as she crosses it, "Atalanta, let the girl go," Artemis states calmly.

"But, My Lady, that's-" Atalanta begins to say, but is cut off when Artemis gives her a hard look.

"I know what it is, Atalanta, do not make me repeat myself," Artemis says in a hard tone, and watches as Atalanta slowly lets go of the surprise and scared Angeline before stepping back with her head bowed an apology on her lips to Artemis.

But the Goddess ignores it as she steps up to Angelina, "My apologies for my hunter's actions, the sword you have is an item that once belonged to a dear friend of hers, she gets emotional over such things," Artemis says in a flat tone as she turns to Atalanta who shrinks down in shame for how she acted in front of her Lady.

Angelina, looking between, Artemis and Atalanta with wide eyes, recognizing who and what Artemis meant looks shocked before she swallows nervously and turns to speak to the Goddess bowing her head slightly, "It's, it's fine, Lady Ar- I mean, Lady Diana, I don't blame her acting like that," Angelina says as she waves at the common room to put their wands down.

Artemis merely nods at Angelina, "As you wish, she will not be punished for this if that is the case, you are Angelina Johnson, correct?" Artemis asks and watches as the Hogwarts Champion nods her head, "My lieutenant has spoken highly about you, can you draw it?" she asks, gesturing to the sword on Angelina's waist.

Angelina nods once again before taking a deep breath and drawing the sword, Artemis holds out her hand and Angelina hands her the silver and bronze blade, "My Dad found it in an estate sale, he thought it was magic so he sent it to me to take a look at it," Angelina explains as Artemis runs her hand over the flat of the blade as she inspects it and nods at Angelina words.

"I made this a long time ago for a man who had impressed me with his skills in hunting and his fair judgment, I would call him a good man at that as well, he was a caring parent which I'm now beginning to appreciate more," Artemis says cryptically before spinning the blade in her hand and offering the handle back to Angelina before looking at the Hogwarts champion in the eyes, taking her in, taking her measure, judging her. Angelina looks back unflinchingly into the eyes of Artemis, almost knowing what the Goddess was doing, and doesn't look away.

Artemis smirks at Angelina, "It is a shame, if it wasn't for a few, let's call them, events, I would ask you to join my hunt here and now, Angelina Johnson," Artemis says before turning to walk towards Harry, leaving a shocked Angelina behind her.


Outside the Great Hall, 5:40 Pm.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione along with most of Gryffindor, Remus and Sirius, Artemis, and the Hunters made it to the Great Hall with time to spare after everything in the common room had calmed down. While walking down the Grand Staircase they spot Dumbledore welcoming students and guests alike by name just outside the Great Hall as he was sometimes want to do, he looks up and sees the Gryffindor students and guests coming down the staircase, his eyes lighting up at the sight of Silver Jackets mixed in with the crowd.

"Lady Diana," The Headmaster calls out as soon as he lays eyes on her with a joyful tone, "It is an honor to have you back in Hogwarts, and with so many of your hunters as well, welcome, welcome Hunters of Artemis to Hogwarts," he says with a smile and nod of his head.

"Hello Albus, it is nice to be back," Artemis says before throwing an arm around Harry and pulling him into a side hug which he returns, surprising Ron and making Hermione smile, "At least for a bit," she says with a smile at her son.

Dumbledore watches the interaction between the two before a slow happy smile comes across his face, "And it is good to see," he says looking between Artemis and Harry before letting out a sigh, "Lady Diana, do you wish to join the rest of the judges and myself at the high table in a place of honor?" he asks, turning back to the goddess just to see her shake her head.

"No, I came here to see Harry more than anything else, and I would be remiss at missing the opportunity to do so before the summer comes along," Artemis tells Albus before squeezing Harry into her for show, but still Harry smiles at it.

"As you wish, Lady Artemis," The Headmaster says with a bow of his head, and opens his mouth to speak again before another voice says something, a voice that made both Harry and Sirius groan.

"Ah, Albus, my good man, there you are!" the voice of Cornelius Fudge calls out before cutting through the crowd and shakes the headmaster's hand as Dumbledore greets him back, "How goes tonight's preparations?" he asks.

"Everything is prepared and moving according to schedule, Cornelius, Alastor will be bringing the cup and ward stone down just before we are scheduled to start," Dumbledore says with a nod of his head before releasing his hand, "But if you'll allow me to introduce you to Lady Diana Phaesporia, leader of the Hunters of Artemis, she found time in her own busy schedule to be able to make it tonight," Dumbledore says with a small gesture towards Artemis, causing the Minister to turn and look at her.

"Ah, Lady Diana, it's a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance, and I would like to thank you on behalf of The Magical United Kingdom for your Ardent defense of our most sacred stature," Fudge says with a charming smile as he sticks out his hand to shake Artemis', she begrudgingly takes it but not with any sort of smile.

"Nice to meet you," Artemis says dismissively.

"Ah, yes, I was hoping I could speak to you about a few things, perhaps as we eat at the high table, or during the task in the judge's box?" The Minister asks, with what he thought was a convincing smile.

"No, I will be eating with Harry at the Gryffindor table," Artemis says, her tone bored and her face passive, "I also do not plan on sitting in the judge's box, as my lieutenant has been the judge for the last two tasks I see no reason to take over from her," she tells the man in front of her, watching his smile fade a bit.

"Then after the task-" Fudge tries one more time, but Artemis cuts him off.

"Allow me to be clear on this matter, Cornelius Fudge," Artemis says, her tone growing harder as she spoke, "I have no care nor want to talk to you, I am here to visit with Harry not to suffer through some bootlicking politician pleas and questions about things that do not concern him," she tells him and Harry has the greatest privilege of watching Fudges face turning red the more his mother spoke to him.

"Madam! I will not be spoken-" Fudge begins but is once again cut off by Artemis' flat and hard tone.

"I, once again, do not care," Artemis says, her voice calm but hard, "I already know of your attempts to take Harry's spear from him by going through the ICW where you were told by MCUSA to kindly go away and not ask again," She tells him, and watches Fudge's face goes flat, "My organization is not, in any way, political, so I do not have to deal with politics like you, now you are in my way, I would advise you to Move," Artemis says with such force and threat that Fudge steps to the side without thinking before Artemis, with her arm still around Harry, guides the group pass both the Minister and the Headmaster(who was trying to hide his amusement at the situation) and towards the Gryffindor table.

It was when they were halfway to the table that Artemis slowed her walk and Harry feels her grip tighten on him, he looked up at Artemis to see her looking up at the high table, and more specifically the Triwizard Cup.

"Harry, what is that?" Artemis asks, her eyes focused on the gleaming silver cup that glowed in the middle as if it held a nebula.

"Ah, the Tri-Wizard Championship Cup," Harry tells her, sounding confused as he watches Artemis vigorously eye-fuck the championship cup.

"Harry," Artemis says, slowly turning her head to look at her son, greed and profound want entering her eyes, "I want that cup," she says, more or less ordering him to win as he feels her clamp down hard on his shoulder.

Harry couldn't help the groan that escaped his mouth.


The Moon

As the card turns, the form of the man shifts and twists like mist, casting off the form that clings to the ancient-looking hag wearing a red shaw under it. She now holds a new moon that gives off no light, but behind her can be seen two other figures, a small girl in a red hood and a woman in a red dress.


Chapter done!

So, let's address a few elephants in the room, shall we?

Yes, Nymphadora Tonks is a Legacy of Aphrodite through her father's side of the family, it's what kick-started her Metamorphmagus abilities, kick-started, not because of it.

Now the Aphrodite being Inanna/Ishtar, remember when she said she wasn't related to anyone in the pantheon? Now this is more based on a cultural thing than anything else. You see, the island that Aphrodite came to shore on, Cyprus, was an important island for trades coming down from the near east and what was once Mesopotamia, when some had settled there they also brought with them the worship of Ishtar. It became super popular and started to spread like a cult did back then and reached the biggest city during that time which was Sparta. In Sparta, all they heard was "Goddess of Battle" and were sold on it and called her Aphrodite Ariea, which was just a rule 63 Ares.

In this story, it means that Aphrodite is one of the oldest goddesses walking around and a survivor of what happened to the Mesopotamian Pantheon, I plan on touching upon what happens to them later on as it becomes a very important plot point but the how Aphrodite survived is simple, Ishtar, mortality wounded, mantled a Magician and ran south where she was found dying on a beach by Poseidon who borough her to Olympus and she was allowed to tie her Essence to the flame of the West to continue living and was folded into the Greek pantheon as Aphrodite, and she still bares the wound that almost killed her to this day.

Badb impersonating Moody.

This has been my favorite secret I've been hitting at all along, where were the hints? I hear you all asking, well let me just…

*Stands up and walks off stage for a moment to drag out a large corkboard on wheels with red yarn strung along from push pin to push pin*

Now, ignoring the red threads leading from {fathomless black eyes} to the Queen and Scáthach, let's focus on the clues I left behind.

Our first clue came in the card the Hierophant itself, the Hierophant is the teacher/practitioner of the old ways, which fits Badb pretty well.

The second clue came later in the chapter when Moody said the killing curse was created by "The last son of the Morrigan" and Theodore corrects him by saying that he called himself "The last son of the Morrigna" which caused Moody to stop and ask if Theodore was a "Student of History", then is a Very Harry Christmas, Anand said that her and her sisters went out of there way to lay a confusing history and myths out to cover their tracks throughout history, which is why Badb as Moody was surprised that Theodore knew that.

The third clue was in "Wheel of Fortune", and the most obvious one, Moody said a single word that tipped my hand, he called Harry "Boyo" and the ONLY CHARACTERS who call Harry that are the old Celtic gods, go back and check, Scáthach calls him that and so does Cernunnos.

(A shout out to Lovely_Silhouette on AO3 who figured this out before anyone else who comments)

The last Clue is what Badb said during "The Chariot" about the reason why she was late to the first task, that she "was watching two men beat each other to death with a stick." now, I wonder who those men were, hmm?

And lastly, Artemis wants the cup.

If you don't think she wouldn't want a cool-looking SILVER cup that had a NEBULA in it, you have not been paying attention to her character in this story.

Kingsaxcul, Out!