meeting the potters
A week had passed, since Perseus, Annabeth, and Diana began their sea voyage to to Great Britain, now Perseus could have used his powers over sea vessels to speed up the trip, but he wanted to enjoy some peace and quiet, for what little bit of it he had left anyways. Diana had been getting better each and every day with her sword training, as well as her dagger fighting capabilities, thanks to the tutelage of Perseus, and a little bit of advice and training from Annabeth.
Upon reaching the shores of the country, the trio made their way towards their destination, wondering when Lily would show up, with the portkey made by lady Hecate herself. They weren’t waiting for very long, making small talk, while glancing around occasionally, trying to spot the woman they were to be meeting.
They hadn’t been talking and looking around for very long, when a beautiful woman walked up. She had long, flaming red hair, nice smooth, tanned skin tone, gorgeous emerald eyes, that burned like fire, she was relatively tall, standing about five foot and eight inches. Her eyes held love, joy, and compassion.
“excuse me, but are you by any chance, Perseus Jackson, Annabeth chase, and Diana? I am Lily Potter, and I am supposed to be meeting them here.” the woman, now named as Lily Potter, spoke to them. Perseus then grinned at her, “yes, that’s us. Sorry, we weren’t exactly sure where we were supposed to meet you at, lady Hecate just told us to find a restaurant or something, and you would find us.”
Lily just grinned at them, and said, “no harm done, if you are okay with it, then we can go ahead and head back to the manor. I’m sure Eleni will be happy to see you, maybe, if you are okay with it, you could even tell her some stories? She loves hearing tales of such things.” the young beautiful mother spoke.
Perseus just smiled, and said, “well I have no problem with telling her stories, though there are some things I wanted to ask you about when we get back to your home. Best to do it there, rather than here out and in the open.” Lily had no problem with him asking her some questions. She expected it, plus one would have to be a complete and utter dumbass, if they never questioned anything.
Heading out into the alley, down into the shadows, Lily pulled out a string, and whispered, while pointing her wand at it, “portus” the string glowed blue, and vibrated, and the four of them were whisked away to Potter manor. A tunnel of spinning, distorted voices and sights, and smells. Dazedly, the group, with the exception of Lily, got up, shaking, trying to knock off the nauseous feeling of wanting to empty their stomachs. Lily just smirked at the others, a mirthful, feeling of sadistic enjoyment passing through her eyes. ‘serves them right, it’s fun once you get accustomed to magical travel’, before she was unable to stop her laughter, especially when they all looked at her rather disgruntled.
Perseus looked at Lily, with a flat deadpan, “oh hilarious, really.”
Lily just looked at him, before busting out in laughter again. She was laughing so hard, tears were coming out. “oh it’s hilarious, a portkey, the archenemy of Perseus Jackson.” (1)
Perseus glowered at her, though he was unable to keep the grin off of his face, he was glad he was able to make her laugh, he knew of the troubles she was having lately. “now that we have all had a laugh, perhaps we could make our way inside? We should probably introduce ourselves to Eleni, and if you don’t mind, I would like to have all of my questions answered as soon as possible. Eleni’s life could depend on it, after all.” having spoken his piece, the powerful demigod looked at the beautiful demi witch, who gazed back at him, with an unreadable expression on her face.
“very well, follow me, Eleni is currently visiting her grandmother, Dorea, so if you all wait here, I will speak to her.” the mother spoke. Diana was busy, eyeing all of the sights around her, she had never been off of Themyscira before, everything was new and strange to her. Her eyes held a look of awe and wonder while gazing around at the world.(2)
“excuse me, Mrs. Potter? Where exactly are we? How did we get here? What was that weird spinning thing we did?” Diana rapidly asked one question after another. Perseus just looked at Diana, and wondered for a moment, ‘did Annabeth posses her? That was about as fast as she asks questions, and it was about as many as well.’ the powerful young looking demigod mused to himself. Looking over to Annabeth, he noticed she was nodding her head at Diana's questions, evidently having wanted to ask them herself.
Lily, taking a moment to ponder on those questions, spoke up, “well we are currently in the woods, on the property of Potter manner, we got here by using a portkey I created with my magic, the spinning was the result of traveling by the portkey, yes I know, terrible way to travel, but after a while you get used to it.”
“where is Potter manor located at, exactly? We are in the UK somewhere, I know that, but where exactly?” Annabeth asked. Lily hesitated for a moment, internally debating on whether or not she should divulge that exact secret. Evidently she decided she could tell them, it didn’t hurt, that her mother told her before she met all of them, that she could trust them. “Potter manor is in Wales, right off of England.” Lily spoke. (3)
Heading into the forest, they spent a few hours, just walking along the path, in order to quickly get out of the forest, and to the manor. Lily had been anticipating the questions, after all, who would expect such a massive forest in the middle of nowhere? Why weren’t there any creatures to be seen or heard? She didn’t wait for long.
Coming up, out of the massive forest, Diana and Annabeth both asked Lily, “you said we were on the property of Potter manor, this forest is part of that? How can such a huge forest be here? What kind of animals and plants live here? How come we haven’t heard or seen anything?”
Lily just laughed, “there’s all kinds of plants and animals in there. The forest is magically expanded, using time and space charms, it’s home to many magical races in there, such as some trolls, ogres, orcs, werewolves, leprechauns, fairies, elves, acromantulas, gryphons, phoenixes, thestrals, centaurs, sphinxes, hippogriffs, unicorns, dryders, dryads, naiads, nymphs, mermaids, satyrs, pegsai, harpies, were cats, winged lions, lamias, nagas, might even be some giants or goblins in there. James, my late husband once even told me there were wyverns and dragons in there, alongside chimeras, and manticores. Of course, given that James was a prankster, I doubt it’s true. Its full of rivers and lakes, with plenty of meadows, caves, hills, sunlight, mountains, trees, but of course, you have to go deep, very deep into the forest, to see all of that.” (4)
Diana’s eyes got bigger and wider with each word Lily dropped. Annabeth’s eyes sparkled, thanks to the newfound knowledge. Perseus felt his own eyes widen, it sounded like it would be nature’s paradise, that is if all of those species, could live in harmony in there. ‘Grover would definitely love it there.’ the man thought to himself.
“it sounds beyond beautiful to be honest.” Perseus spoke out loud, Diana was nodding her head up and down, she agreed. “do you think I could see all of it sometime?” Diana was hopeful about such a thing.
Lily smiled gently at the young girl, “I don’t see why not. As long as the occupants in there don’t have a problem with it, then neither do I.”
Coming out of the forest, they were met by old, ugly decrepit ruins, much to the confusion of Diana. Walking to the front, gleaming gate, Lily waved her wand, and a small cut ripped apart her skin across her palm. She took that palm and wiped it across the gates, the ruins swept away, to disillusion, according to Annabeth, the brilliant, gorgeous structure that is Potter manor, along with a bunch of smaller huts placed around the big, impressive home. Striding up to the impressive home, they heard a loud woman yelling, “Eleni, when I get my hands on you young lady, you are so going to get it!” (5)
‘hm, I wonder what those huts are for?’ Perseus thought.
“HA! Catch me if you can, grandma! Don’t worry I won’t run that fast, gotta take it easy on those old bones of yours.” a young girls cheerful voice called out, followed by a (playful), enraged screech. “OLD BONES?! Girl you had better hope Morgana Le Fay herself shows up to save you from my wrath once I get you in my grasp!”
Turning to look at her guests, Lily spoke to them, “if you would all step inside here, and just stay in the entrance hall for but a moment, it seems I have to rescue my daughter from impending harm.”
“of course, take all the time you need, we aren’t going anywhere.” Annabeth said. Lily gave off a grateful smile, thankful that the demigods weren’t proud and uptight. ‘I am actually surprised, they seem more down to earth than I thought they would be, especially Perseus. I expected someone of his reputation to be more arrogant and condescending.’ Lily thought. She pivoted to the right, and walked down a hallway, looking for her troublemaking daughter.
While the powerful young mother was off looking for her spawn, the demigods glanced around their (temporary) home, and let their eyes soak in the room’s objects. The room was much bigger on inside than it was on the outside. The couches and chairs were a fine mixed assortment, some were of a nice leather mahogany, others were of an old fashioned oak.
There were even some tables scattered around the room, small circular tables, a few nightstands, some long tables as well, all made of dark brown or just plain black cherry wood, with some intricate designs on them, such as Stags, big black dogs, known as Grims, tigers, and white and red wolves.
Looking to the side, there were two fire places, one with burning, cracking fire wood, putting out some heat, and another, with a jar of powder above it. ‘must be the floo travel gate Lady Hecate told me about.’ Perseus mused to himself.
“it feels quite homey in here, and it looks rather beautiful in here.” Diana said out loud, finding the room lovely, “hm, I wonder who designated what kinds of furniture to use? Where they got it from? Because there’s three different types of wood here, Cherry, Mahogany, and Oak. All three are beautiful and commonly used types of wood, first used by…..” Annabeth then proceeded to go off on a tangent about what the woods were like, how sturdy they were, who first made objects out of that specific wood, Perseus and Diana just gave each other an amused, exasperated fond look, before rolling their eyes and smiling at one another.
“thank you, glad someone likes my taste in décor around here, James never did. Always saying he had better taste, of course some of his tastes weren’t bad, but a lot of them? Well they left something to be desired.” Hearing Lily’s voice come from behind them, the three half bloods spun around, Annabeth sheepishly grinning at her, not wanting her to think she was judging her.
“sorry about that, it’s just when it comes to things like crafting or building, that sort of stuff, I kind of go off the rails a bit.” the daughter of Athena said. Lily just smiled, shook her head, and said, “no harm done, glad to see and hear someone actually appreciate my sense of style, though to me it sounded like you knew what you were talking about. Anyways, I would like you all to meet someone, baby, please come out here and say hello.”
Staring down at Lily’s legs, where the little girl was clutching against her mom, nervously shaking and hiding her eyes, the demigods took pity on her. Perseus walked up, and crouched down low, looking up at Lily for permission, mouthing silently to her, “can I touch her?” Lily nodded back with a smile, Perseus then gently cupped Eleni’s chin, and lifted it up, and smiled at her.
“hello, my name’s Perseus, what might your name be?” she stuttered lowly, shyly glancing away. “I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear you. Please tell me again?”
“m...my n..n..na...nam...name’s E..El...Eleni. Eleni Potter.” she looked up when speaking, smiling toothily, with a shy glance of vulnerability on her young, sweet and innocent face. Annabeth came over and also crouched down, smiling sweetly at the cute little girl. “hello, Eleni, my name’s Annabeth, Annabeth Chase. It’s nice to meet you.”
“H….ell..o mis….miss Annabeth.” she stuttered out, glancing back towards her mother, seemingly to long to run and hide behind her. ‘Oh my gods she’s so cute!’ Annabeth innerly squealed. Diana slowly walked over, “my names Diana, looking forward to getting to know you more Eleni.”
Perseus took a moment to step back and look over the little girl, he was shocked at her appearance. She had shiny, glossy, raven black hair that fell to her just above her shoulders, fair skin, she was about average height, a little over three foot, however, the most shocking feature of hers? Her eyes. They were green. A very, very, familiar shade of green. (6)
“Hi Di….Dia….Diana” evidently she wasn’t able to speak anymore after that, because she ran back behind her mother’s legs, and trembled, squeezing her mother’s legs burying her face into the back of her knees, hiding her eyes from everyone. (7)
“so this is where you and Eleni got to, Lily. Oh, are these the heroes your mother sent? Pleased to meet you all, my name’s Dorea Potter.” the, admittedly, beautiful, now named, Dorea said. Dorea had long, shiny, sleek, glossy black hair, that cascaded down her back, like a waterfall. Her white, creamy, milky skin was smooth looking and unblemished. Her eyes were a beautiful grayish blue. She was fairly tall, standing at about five foot eleven inches. She had a gorgeous figure, wide child bearing hips, big, round breasts, and a very pretty face, that could turn any guy’s head, or even some women’s head. She held an air of confidence, just oozing out of her. (8)
“Dorea, could you show miss Chase, and Diana where they will be staying, so that they may set their bags down, and rest for a moment or two? And if he permits me, I would like to speak to Perseus alone for a moment.” Lily asked, and after a moment, Dorea nodded her head, before asking the mentioned woman and girl, “please follow me, I will show you to your quarters, Eleni, come along now, your mother will be with us in a little while, she and Perseus have somethings to talk about.”
As soon as they were all out, with Lily and Perseus being the exceptions, Lily, pulling her wand out, muttered a spell under her breath, her eyes flashed brightly, the room briefly lit up, before she exhaled. “what did you just do?” Perseus asked, not afraid or angry, just curious.
“I put up some silencing wards, unbreakable, no one can overhear this conversation. I didn’t need anyone knowing about what I am going to tell you, unless we come to a consensus, Dorea already knows.” Lily spoke out, and Perseus could tell, he didn’t know exactly what she was about to tell him, but whatever it was, she was nervous, and he himself was starting to grow a little nervous.
“there’s something you should know, Perseus, something about Eleni. Something that may shock you. As I said before, Dorea is one of the very few people, alive or dead, who knows. Perseus, Eleni is……” Lily trailed off.
1.) I feel like not only would Percy not like portkeys, but he would be terrible with them, and lily would be amused at his arrival with them. Percy and lily know one another, how? Well you will find out, and no I’m not telling yet ;) PM (fanfiction.net/wattpad) me your guess on how they know each other, I look forward to the guesses
2.) Diana has never been off of Themyscira before, so this is all fascinating and new to her, also kind of terrifying.
3.) yeah, honestly I might rewrite this part, I know there is no potter manor in cannon, guess what though? This ain’t cannon.
4.) time and space magic exists, and well it’s a magic built upon/based world, so yeah expect a lot of things
5.) I suck at describing buildings/furniture, so yeah sorry.
6.) who or what has the same eyes as Eleni? PM (fanfiction.net/wattpad) or review to me your guesses
7.) yeah Eleni is quite shy, I thought it was kind of cute, tbh, also I know Annabeth probably wouldn’t squeal, but even she has to have a weak spot for little kids
8.) yes, in my universe, James’ mother is Dorea potter nee black, yes she is a hot milf, do I care? no. do I regret it? no. will Percy fuck her? Maybe. In cannon we have nothing but Dorea's name, nothing on what she looks like, so I made my own appearance of and for her, sorry if you don’t like it, but that’s not my problem.
9.) what do you all think lily is going to tell Percy about Eleni? Truth be told I feel like this is kind of obvious.