Having been given the green light, Harry paced up and down, his hands clasped behind his back. He observed all the students assembled in front of him. Majority of them were utterly confused, Ron, Hermione, Mackenzie, Bianca, Ginny and Neville, all sported serious looks. To his right, Professor Dumbledore and the Hogwarts faculty had gathered, all watching him, along with Lady Hecate.
He finally spoke, "I'm sure you're all wondering why we're gathered here. The short answer is… We are on the brink of a disaster that could destroy the world."
Before he could continue, someone gave a loud derisive scoff. Zacharias Smith jeered, "Seriously Potter? Didn't get enough attention after beating You-Know-Who? What do you take us for? Let me guess, he's somehow alive."
His friends shot Zach nasty glares, but Harry didn't rise to the bait. He stopped in his tracks and coolly said, "Did I mention You-Know-Who even once? That hypocritical wanker with breath-taking Daddy issues, is dead and gone. What's coming in the possible near future, is bigger than all of us. There's an upcoming threat that will make him look like a gnat in comparison"
Susan raised a hand, "Wait… What do you mean by You-Know-Who being a hypocrite?"
Hecate stepped up after getting a subtle nod from Dumbledore, "I'd like to answer that. I did my research on him, because I would like to prevent the rise of any future Dark Lords. Turns out, his real name is Tom Marvolo Riddle. Son of Merope Gaunt, a Squib from the Gaunt family, and a Non-Magical, called Thomas Riddle."
Harry could scarcely count the number of dropped jaws at that bombshell. There was a cacophony of noise, as people began discussing that revelation. He loudly whistled to get everyone back on track. Harry called out, "Oi! I know it's come as a shock to many, but that's not why we're here!"
Everyone's attention was back on him. He resumed pacing, "Before I begin, I need to ask everyone in this room. Do you believe in Gods?"
A Third-Year Ravenclaw called Liam raised a hand, "I think we're all Christians here. So we do believe in God."
Cho Chang deliberately coughed, "Excuse you! I am a Buddhist, thank you very much."
Padma and Parvati simultaneously deadpanned, "We're Hindus."
Badeea Ali primly said, "I'm a Muslim."
Liam stammered an apology, and Harry saved him further embarrassment. He called out, "Look! I'm not talking about the Christian God or the Hindu Gods, Buddha or Allah. I'm referring to the Gods of Ancient Greece. It turns out, they are all real, and have been occasionally roaming the earth for centuries."
Malfoy called out scornfully, "How do you know all this? And why is Minister Daly here? You lining her pockets eh, Potter?"
Theodore Nott burst out laughing, "Bit rich coming from you, Malfoy. We could all say the same about former Minister Fudge and your late father. You've been crowing about your daddy's connections with the Minister ever since First-Year. So you don't get to talk."
Hecate finally spoke, "To allay any concerns. I answer to no one, except for Zeus! However, I do believe Mr Potter's words about the existence of the Greek Gods-"
Suddenly, her form shimmered and she was suddenly dressed in a more regal attire. Letting loose a small burst of her raw magical aura, she declared, "-Because I am Hecate! Greek Goddess of Magic."
That declaration floored almost the entire room. The pulse of magic had nearly everyone kneeling.
Suddenly, an obnoxious and gruff voice called out over the dead silence, "Likely story!"
Every head whipped towards Malfoy. Except, his own head has snapped to his left, gaping at Vincent Crabbe. Crabbe blustered, "There is no such thing as a Goddess of Magic. No one is greater than us, the purest of Purebloods!"
Harry nervously glanced at Hecate. Outwardly, she was a picture of calm, but he could clearly tell that she was hugely offended. Hecate raised a delicate eyebrow, "Excuse me?"
Crabbe then went on some stupid tirade about Purebloods being the most superior of wizards. Harry was trying to signal Malfoy to shut his goons up before they got everyone killed. Fortunately, Malfoy seemed to be getting the message and was desperately nudging Crabbe.
Just then, Gregory Goyle blurted out, "Prove it! Prove to us that you're the Goddess of Magic!"
Ron mouthed to Harry, 'He did not just say that! We knew those two were idiots, but this takes the biscuit!'
There was a heavy feeling of magic in the air, and it grew heavier and heavier. Hecate very calmly said, "How shall I prove it to you? Show you advanced forms of magic that no witch or wizard have learned? Or take you to Olympus?"
Goyle blustered, "Not good enough. For all we know, those are just illusions! Do something Godly! You don't even look like a Goddess!"
People began slowly inching away from the two boys. Hecate was still calm, "I'm afraid I cannot show my Godly form, unless we are at Mount Olympus. Mortals will be incinerated upon looking at it. It will also happen to demigods, unless we're at Mount Olympus."
Crabbe and Goyle whipped out their wands and pointed them at her, threateningly, "Show us your Godly form!"
She warned, "Did you not hear me?"
They demanded louder, "SHOW US!"
For a scary second, she looked like she would blast them to smithereens. Then she took a deep breath, let it out slowly and turned to Dumbledore. She asked, "Headmaster, do I have your word that whatever happens in the next minute, I will be absolved of any blame"
Dumbledore stammered, "Y-yes My Lady!"
Sha nodded, "Thank you."
Then, she began to glow brighter and brighter. As she did it, she yelled out, "Everyone! If you do not wish to be incinerated, look away now! Mr. Crabbe! Mr. Goyle! This is your last warning! Look away, now!"
Harry grabbed the nearest people, Ginny and Luna. He turned their heads away and looked away himself, slamming his eyes shut. Moments later, the screaming began. The screams lasted for nearly a minute, before it died down. Hecate called out, "Everyone! It is safe to look!"
Harry let go of the girls, who nodded gratefully at him. Everyone gazed in Malfoy's direction, and where Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle used to be, there were two large burnt marks next to each other. Hecate gravely said, "I sincerely apologise for that, students. I warned everyone."
Malfoy spoke shakily, "L-lady Hecate… We do not blame you for your actions. We apologise for any offense."
Harry waited until everyone had collected themselves, before he continued. He said, "Okay, so we've established that the Greek Gods existed. You heard Lady Hecate mention demigods, right? So these demigods are children of a God and a mortal or a wizard or witch. A great many gods have often had affairs with a mortal or a magical, and sired children. I know this, because I am a demigod. Harry Potter, son of Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt and the Moon."
There was a chorus of awes and oohs. Then, there was movement in the crowd and Bianca stepped out. She said, "Allow me to introduce myself fully. My name is Bianca di Angelo, daughter of Hades, God of the Underworld."
Dean raised a hand, "So you guys are like Hercules?"
Harry and Bianca both had disgusted faces. He said, "First and foremost, that Disney movie is utter rubbish. There's a reason why Tristan McLean refused to be part of that production. So many bloody inaccuracies, that it's not even funny. First of all, his name is Herakles. The Romans were the ones to name him Hercules. The only thing the movie got right, was that he was the son of Zeus. Too bad they buggered it by making him a son of Hera too, which he wasn't. Listen, forget everything you know about that movie. Bianca and I will tell you the real story of being demigods. How many of you know of Ancient Greek mythology?"
Nearly every head turned to Hermione. She asked, "What? Why are you all looking at me like that?"
Anthony Hopkins drawled, "Granger, you practically out-bookworm us all. Surely you would have read about Greek mythology."
She replied, "Sorry, I'm not familiar with Greek mythology. Harry's the expert."
Harry turned to Dumbledore, "Professor? May I have the Pensieve? I need to show them my memories of my various quests."
He brought forward the Pensieve and extracted Harry's memories. Hecate then stepped forward and tapped the Pensieve with her wand. Sure enough, a magical projection was displayed on the far wall. She smiled, "The floor is yours, Mr. Potter."
Harry stepped up next to the Pensieve. He said, "So I'll be playing these memories one-by-one. Just so that you all get an idea of what we're roughly up against. The thing is, it's dangerous being a demigod. Just like the Greek Gods exist, so do monsters from Greek Mythology. Right from very young, demigods have to train to fight against these monsters. No wands or magic can touch them, so we use actual weapons like swords, arrows, spears, javelins, daggers, etc. Now, this quest, is known as the Quest for the Lightning Thief. I can pause the memories at any time, to answer your questions."
Just then, Kevin Farrell raised his hand, "Wait… You said that you were the son of Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. I thought your mum was Lily Potter."
Harry answered, "Before any of you even think it. My dad did NOT cheat. During the war against You-Know-Who, my mum was hit with a curse, rendering her barren. They later looked for a Fertility Ritual, but accidentally used a Summoning Ritual. Lady Artemis answered the summons and healed my mother. Though the caveat was that she was also counted as my mother. Nine months later, I was born. The thing with Lady Artemis is that she swore an oath to remain a virgin forever, My birth is a loophole, since Lady Artemis did not physically give birth to me. However, I had enough of her Godly essence to be counted as her son, her First-Born. Now, if there are no further interruptions, let's begin."
As the scene played out, he explained, "The guy sitting behind me is Perseus 'Percy' Jackson, son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. The girl is Annabeth Chase, Daughter of Athena. The other guy is Grover Underwood. He's a Satyr.
Hannah asked, "What's a Satyr?"
"Half man, half goat. They're the ones in charge of finding demigods and protecting them until they get to safety. There is a safe haven known as Camp Half-Blood. Now, Half-Blood is not what we wizards know it as. In the demigod world, Half Blood literally means half mortal, half God."
A Second-Year Gryffindor called Wilfred asked, "Who's the weird bloke driving the car. Wait… Does he have eyes all over his body?"
Harry nodded, "That's Argus. A hundred-eyed giant. Don't worry, he's harmless."
They watched as the scene then shifted to the Greyhound bus. This time, Bianca took over, "The Kindly Ones, are also known as The Furies. They are the chief torturers who work for my father. Trust me, if you've done some really evil stuff, they won't show any mercy."
Seamus asked, "So why are they there?"
Harry answered, "Everything will be clear in sometime."
Penny Haywood asked, "You called this the Quest for the Lightning Thief. What's that about."
"Oh yes… I forgot, you guys needed some context. Anyone remember near the end of our First-Year, when it was constantly raining? Turns out, somebody had stolen Lord Zeus' Lightning Bolt. Percy Jackson was accused, since he was Poseidon's son. So this quest was for him to clear his name and find the Lightning Bolt, or Zeus would have declared war on Poseidon."
The students watched as the Furies attack. Then, the bus inexplicably began going helter-skelter, crashing and grinding against the guardrail. When Percy revealed his sword, Jae Kim exclaimed, "Whoa! Did that pen turn into a sword?"
Harry grinned, "Yep!"
After the bus exploded, and they watched Annabeth and Percy bicker, Ron leaned in, "Were Hermione and I this bad?"
Harry assured him, "Not that bad, mate."
When he sent Hedwig on her errand, Susan gave him an approving nod, "Good call with the Healing Potions!"
When he talked about getting their story straight, it was Hermione giving him the approving nod. Minutes later, there were exclaims of horror and disgust. Malfoy blanched, "Who the bloody hell is she! And why isn't anyone looking at her!"
Harry paused the memory and replied, "That's Medusa. She's a Gorgon. If we look at her directly, we would turn to stone and die. She's basically a human Basilisk. We're safe right now, because this is only a memory."
After her defeat, the memories forwarded over to the St Louis Arch. That moment, Harry noticed Pansy stiffen. During the exchange with the disguised Echidna, then Liz Tuttle asked, "Hey wait… Isn't that Pansy?"
Everyone turned to the girl, who flushed at the attention. She mumbled, "Mum, dad and I just happened to be there on vacation."
Harry replied, "Yep! She just got very unlucky to get caught up."
The memory shifted straight to the rabid chihuahua transforming into the chimera, and Echidna revealed herself. They all watched as Harry and Percy battled the Chimera. Then, Percy fell down the hole, leaving Harry to battle the Chimera and kill it.
Pansy flinched when Echidna grabbed her past self and held her hostage. Her hand unconsciously rubbed her neck, an action that Cassandra noticed. She pulled Pansy into a comforting side-hug. Pansy got several stares at the revelation of the Life Debt, but everyone soon moved on when Harry declared that he called it in way earlier. Harry skipped over to the meeting with Ares, since the IM call with Luke wasn't particularly important.
Beatrice Haywood asked, "Who's the biker guy?"
"Ares, God of War."
They watched as he gave them their little side-quest. When Harry unlocked the gate, Kevin exclaimed, "Oi! How are you able to do magic?"
Harry replied, "Hecate removed the Trace for me. She figured it would be useful for my quests."
When the mechanical bugs attacks, Ron flinched and half the girls screamed. Craig Dunn from Hufflepuff asked, "Why did Annabeth freak out?"
Tulip Karasu fixed him with a look, "Mate, not many girls are too fond of bugs and spiders. I'd love to see you in that situation."
Harry spoke up before an argument could break out, "In Annabeth's case, children of Athena have always had a feud with Children of Arachne. She's going to explain a bit later."
When Harry paused the memory again, he had to explain that Percy's mother has been taken hostage by Hades for some reason. Inside the truck, everyone was appalled at the conditions of the animals. The shock was even greater when they saw the Snidget. Finally, they heard Annabeth's explanation for her freakout.
They went over the story of Thalia and Luke. Then the scene switched to him finding out about Sirius and planning his rescue. Then they freed all the animals and set off. Following the adventure at the Lotus Hotel, where Bianca made her memory debut, Padma raised a hand, "Wait… So Bianca was born at around 1930? How the heck are you alive now."
Harry explained, "So in the original tale of the Lotus Eaters. Anyone who consumed the fruit would become forgetful and content. Basically, they would lose track of time and be tempted to stay on the island forever. Of course, the curse has adapted a little in modern times, thanks to a bit of magic. Like Bianca said, she and her brother Nico spent about a month in there, in her mind at least. In reality, they spent 50 years in there without ageing at all. As the saying goes, time flies when you're having fun."
Harry skipped over the Knight Bus ride, though he did shudder at the memory of Procrustes and subconsciously rubbed his wrists. Later on, it clicked for Susan Bones, "YOU WENT TO THE FREAKING UNDERWORLD AND SURVIVED!"
Harry rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Yeah… Just about."
He skipped over the conversation with Charon. Then, Millicent Bulstrode pointed, "Hey, isn't that Quirrell?"
Few people paled at the sight of Cerberus. Harry explained, "That's the Fields of Asphodel. If you're done neither good nor bad, you end up there. Elysium is basically what the Christians know as Heaven. Fields of Punishment… I don't think I really need to explain."
People began to freak out when Grover's flying shoes went crazy and breathed sighs of relief when he was rescued. Hannah asked, "What's that chasm there? It feels… evil. Yeesh! I can feel it from here!"
Harry grimly said, "That's Tartarus. Trust me, that place makes a Dementor-filled Azkaban look tame."
Everyone shuddered and Harry resumed the memory. Talbott Winger asked, "Why did you stop Grover from eating the pomegranates?"
Harry replied, "One bite of it, and you'll be trapped in the Underworld."
At the sight of Hades, Dean weakly joked, "Looks nothing like the Disney character."
When Hades revealed his Helm's theft, Susan started, "That's right! Those Furies asked you 'Where is it?!' They must have been talking about Hades' Helm!"
When Percy opened his backpack, many were confused. Harry simply said, "Keep watching."
The students watched as Hades taunted Percy with his captured mother. When Percy mentioned the prophecy, Chiara asked, "What prophecy?"
Harry answered, "Let's be honest. Divination doesn't exactly get much respect in the Wizarding World. However, it is hugely important for demigods. Before any question, the leader visits the Oracle of Delphi, who resides at camp. She issues a prophecy, and it always comes true, no matter what."
He resumed the memory, and everyone gasped when Harry chose to stay behind. After Hades explained about his children, Harry skipped over his interaction with his parents. It was too personal to show the whole school. He resumed it, just as he came to the conclusion that Ares was the thief.
The students watched as he rescued Sally and went back to Santa Monica, in time to see Percy Jackson fight against Ares. The battle was intense, and people were cheering. Harry skipped over to when they just entered Mount Olympus. Sure enough, there was an audible gasp of wonder from everyone in the Room. Badeea Ali was even exclaiming, "Wow! I have so many more new ideas for paintings!"
He played his memories of Percy's suspicions about Kronos rising. Harry skipped over the reunion with Sally, and resumed the memory to when they returned to Camp.
Lavender asked, "What are those sheets for?"
He replied, "Those are shrouds. Quests like these, there's no guarantee that you'll come back alive."
The mood in the Room of Requirement significantly dimmed. Finally, Harry forwarded the memory to Luke's betrayal. Dumbledore looked proud when Harry Obliviated Luke. That was where he ended the memory.
Tracey whistled, "Damn! You're a freaking bad arse, Potter!"
Harry grinned, "Shall we take a break or do you want to see the next quest?"
Everyone collectively yelled, "NEXT QUEST!"
He laughed, "Okay! Okay! I call this one, the Quest in the Sea of Monsters. The backstory is that Luke snuck back and sabotaged the magical barrier keeping out monsters."
Once again, Harry concentrated on his memories of the quest. Hecate extracted the memories and projected them. The scene began with him and Annabeth going to find Percy.
Ben Copper stammered, "Wh-wh-who's the big scary bloke? Why does he have one eye?"
Harry explained, "He's a Cyclops. They all have one eye, though that guy's harmless. His name's Tyson, and he's actually a baby Cyclops."
Skye Parkin gaped, "He's a baby! Cor! Wonder how big he'll be as an adult!"
Diego Caplan asked, "What's Annabeth's beef with Cyclopes?"
Harry replied, "She's had some bad history with them. It'll come up later."
Liz Tuttle asked, "Who are those other blokes?"
Harry smiled, "Keep watching."
Professor Sprout raised a hand, "Why isn't that man seeing something wrong? I'm assuming he's a teacher."
Hecate chose to answer. "This is a concept that I created, and control, called The Mist. Any mythological events that take place, most mortal minds cannot comprehend it. So the Mist distorts those events and replaces them with visions of normality. In that mortal's mind, he's not seeing a monster attacking children. He is just seeing them playing a normal game. There are a few exceptional mortals, who can see through the Mist, but they are rare."
The memory resumed and Liz Tuttle finally got her answer. Harry let the memory play the Grey Sisters taxi ride. Several girls retched in their mouths when Percy picked up the eye. As the siege on camp played out, Harry explained about the Colchis bulls, the creation of Hephaestus.
He winced, "Sorry, this isn't the best impression of Camp. I promise it will be restored to its former glory, later."
Millicent Bulstrode asked, "What's Headmaster Dumbledore doing there?"
Dumbledore answered, "After the dreadful business with the Chamber of Secrets, I was suspended from Hogwarts. During that time, I took over as camp counsellor. Mr. Brunner hails from this camp and he took my place as temporary Headmaster."
When Tyson was briefly toasted, Seamus yelped, "How the bloody hell is he still alive!"
Bianca explained, "Cyclopes can withstand a lot of heat. Even lava won't bother them."
He decided to skip over the chariot race and the Stymphalian birds. The memory resumed to the conversation about the Golden Fleece. The students were all silent until the hippocampi appeared. When Harry explained what they were, Hagrid looked like his birthday had arrived early.
Harry didn't have to speak again until he pointed out the various monsters on the Princess Andromeda. He said, "Those are Laistrygonian giants. Those are hellhounds and the snake-ladies are called Scythian dracaenae."
Once again, they were all quiet, save for the oohs, aahs and gasps while they made their escape.
When they were at Annabeth's temporary camp, Sheila Brooks from Ravenclaw asked, "The word 'Hunters' has been mentioned quite a few times. Who are they."
Harry smiled, "The Hunters of Artemis. They are a group of teenage girls who follow my mother. They have all sworn loyalty to my mother. Oh, and they are eternally youthful and semi-immortal."
Lavender squealed, "Stay young forever?! SIGN ME UP!"
Harry snorted, "You sure you want that, Lavender? There is a caveat, and a major one. The Hunters are all maidens, that is unmarried, and they have to swear off falling in love. They will be immortal, as long as they don't die in combat or break their vow."
Parvati sniggered, "Sorry Lav! I guess that means, no boyfriends!"
Lavender pouted and Harry resumed the video. They watched as he and Clarisse went to look for their promised transport. Soon enough, they stumbled upon the CSS Birmingham. Beatrice Haywood yelped. "Are those Inferi?!"
Bianca shrugged, "Technically yes. The CSS Birmingham was a Confederate ship. Since the Confederates lost the American Civil War, they owed a debt to Ares."
Just then, memory Harry spotted something in the distance. He swore, "Dammit! That Hydra's closing in on Jackson and the others."
He drew his wand, unconsciously turning it into its sword form, "I'll go and back them up. Meet us in that backwater over there."
He charged in, brandishing his sword like he was holding a wand. He arrived just in time for Percy to reflexively behead the Hydra. Thinking quickly, he pointed his sword and yelled, "INCENDIO!"
Everyone in the Room gasped in amazement as a jet of fire raced out of his sword and burned the headless stump. Surprisingly, Hermione raised a hand, "Why did you burn it, Harry?"
He explained, "The Hydra is a Greek monster, where if you cut off its head, two will grow in its place. You cut off both heads, then the number of heads doubles. You can only stop it by cauterizing the stumps. See, that Hydra had six heads, right? Cutting one off would see the number rise to 7, then 8, and so on."
Harry skipped over the tour of the ship, as well as his attempt at brewing the Animagus potion. When he resumed the memory, he grumbled, "Bollocks… I almost forgot about this part. Bloody gave me nightmares for weeks."
Everyone held their breaths at the onslaught, and a fair number of people recoiled at the sight of Charybdis. They breathed a sigh of relief when the CSS Birmingham was blown away. Then the screams began when Scylla attacked and began picking off soldiers. There were even more screams when Harry tackled Percy and got snatched up. The magical screen went black for a minute, and when it resume, he was on the lifeboat with Percy, Annabeth and Clarisse.
Fortunately, his little insult-off with Clarisse broke the tension in the Room. Seamus grinned, "Damn, Harry! Didn't know you had it in you!"
Suddenly Chiara gasped, "Those teeth we pulled out from your shoulder! Those were from that monster!?"
He nodded and played out Percy's conversation about the prophecy. Susan asked, "This prophecy… Is that why you asked us to come here? Are you going to train us for that fight?"
He replied, "No and yes. I am training you guys to fight, because I have a feeling that the Wizarding world will be dragged into it, at some point. I'd rather have everyone prepared to fight than be caught completely off guard and possibly slaughtered. However, we're not involved in this particular prophecy. Be patient."
He skipped over the Greyback conversation and played the memory of C.C.'s Spa and Resort. When that bit was over, there were several jaws on the floor, "YOU FREAKING FOUGHT CIRCE!?"
Harry nodded and whistled softly, "Yeah… Didn't beat her, obviously. That was an experience and a half."
Padma shot him a thumbs up, "Good job with getting rid of her potion. Though… was that an Animagus Potion you switched it for?"
He grinned and nodded. Meanwhile Wayne Hopkins gaped, "Blackbeard the pirate!?"
Everyone turned to look at him, "What? I'm a big fan of pirates."
Once again, Harry forwarded most of the journey. Though he played out Annabeth's reason behind disliking Cyclopes. Admittedly he edited out his own encounter, as there was no need to scare the others further.
Finally, the memory of their encounter with the Sirens played. That was when everything turned quiet. Dean asked, "What's up with the sound?"
Harry frowned, "If I had to guess, its cause I plugged up my ears to avoid hearing the Sirens' song. Sirens are basically more powerful versions of Veela, and they are a lot more bloodthirsty."
Harry skipped over witnessing Annabeth's perfect world, figuring that it was too personal. Finally, the memory began playing the scene where they reached Polyphemus' island.
Everyone blanched at the sight of the sheep devouring the helpless deer. Seventh-Year Ravenclaw, Rebecca stammered, "Th-that's not right… Sheep are supposed to be freaking herbivores!"
When they got to the encounter with Polyphemus, Hannah raised a hand, "How come he thought that Grover was a girl?"
Harry pointed, "Look at his eye. Centuries ago, the hero Ulysses encountered him and blinded him. The fact that Polyphemus thinks that Grover is a female Cyclops, is the only thing keeping his arse alive."
When Polyphemus returned, people flinched when Harry introduced himself as Lord Voldemort. Harry caught everyone's looks, "I'll explain in a bit. Keep watching."
They watched, oohed and aahed as Harry and his friends had several close calls. When Polyphemus yelled, 'I curse you, Voldemort! You will die a quick and early death', Harry turned to the gathered crowd. He grinned, "That's why!"
He explained, "Back when Ulysses encountered Polyphemus, he went by the name 'Nobody.' Now, Polyphemus was not very smart, so Ulysses carried on the ruse until he escaped. That was when he made the mistake of revealing his real name. As you heard, Polyphemus is a son of Poseidon. So he prayed to his father to curse Ulysses to delay his journey back to his kingdom of Ithaka. I figured it would be the smart thing to curse You-Know-Who's name. That way, if someone was stupid enough or ballsy enough to try and resurrect that prick, Polyphemus' curse could strike him early."
Harry skipped over the journey back to the mainland. Though he played out Clarisse's prophecy. Then after they split up, he played the encounter with Luke. This included him revealing his grand plan to revive Kronos. Later on, the scene switched to the centaur rescue, though Harry skipped over the journey back. However, he did leave in the memory of the Draco Aionius attack.
Harry skipped over the chariot race, his Iris Message to Sally and Uncle Remus, and Tonks' mission. The last memory he showed was of Silena shaking him awake and everything leading to Thalia's resurrection.
Padma asked, "Wait… You kept talking about Thalia as if she was dead. How is she still alive?"
Harry shrugged, "The way she explained it, she was close to death, when Lord Zeus turned her into a tree. She then went into some sort of stasis, until the Fleece healed her and restored her."
Finally He let out a breath, "Okay… shall we take a break or do you want to see more memories? I've got another 3 years' worth of memories to show."
When everyone wanted to see the rest, he waved Ron and Hermione over. He told them, "Right… Can one of you concentrate on the memories of the quest to rescue me?"
Ron stepped up, "I'll do it. I was the one who saw you getting kidnapped."
As he extracted his memories, he explained, "Remember when I got kidnapped after the Quidditch World Cup? Ron and Hermione joined Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, Grover, Bianca, and the Lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis, Zoe."
He breathed slowly, "Crumbs! With each passing year, the adventures got more and more dangerous."
