Chapter 3
Athena arrived on mount olympus, so giddy that all the satir and faunfolk thought she had taken one of Hermes’s "special concoctions". She ran up to her father, Zeus’s side. On the way Ares decided to ask her what the tartarus was going on. "Athena-um where the tartarus are you going?" he asked confused. Athena shot him a genuine smile, something she had never done before. "Oh hello brother i hadn’t seen you there!" she said smiling brightly. Ares, taken aback, stared at her in shock. Athena simply just moved along, leaving her brother to stand there in utter shock.
Once she arrived at her father’s temple, she rushed inside "father, god king, may i… have an audience?". Zeus, who was with Hera at that moment, glanced at his giddy daughter and his eyes widened in shock. "athena? my daughter? what has happened? did you try another one of hermes’s concoctions?" Zeus exclaimed, surprised. Hera kissed Zeus "i’ll leave you two to talk" she smiled and left. Zeus smiled back until she left. He then turned his attention back to his daughter. "What has happened daughter? Why are you… acting so extatique?" Athena frowned "i’m! i just…" Zeus stared, eagerly awaiting her answer "i found him father" she smiled eagerly "who?" Zeus asked, confused. Athena frowned "Telemachus father. the one boy i have been searching for for years?" Zeus’s eyes widened. "show me." he ordered. Athena hurriedly summoned a vision. Zeus saw Harry and frowned…on the one hand his daughter was finally happy… on the other… if she found out who he really was… no he must keep her happy! he forced a smile and looked back to his extatique daughter. he put his hand on her cheek reassuringly "i am so pleased for you daughter!" Athena smiled brighter than Helios himself, making Zeus’s heart melt from seeing his daughter so happy. "Father, i must ask! may i stay by his side? As i did with his old self?" Zeus couldn’t help but frown. She would be heartbroken if she knew. He cannot let this happen! "You have responsibilities here daughter, you cannot avoid them! And your life ambition was already fulfilled…" Athena, saddened, couldn’t help but move away "father, surely i could go down and stay with him and come back for the meetings?" she pleaded. Zeus could not help it. After centuries of seeing his daughter suffering, he had had enough. "Very well daughter, you may stay with your pupil and come back for the meetings…" he smiled weakly. Athena, excited, hugged her father and ran back to the edge of olympus. She transformed into her owl form and flew as quickly as possible back to watch over her new pupil.
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Harry woke up the next morning, having slept better than he ever had. "Athena?" he asked. "do i look like an Athena to you?!" shrieked his aunt petunia. harry flinched. "sorry aunt Petunia" he mumbled. "Now get up and get the mail!" she said authoritatively. He sighed. This night he had had a dream where a young boy was born. He had become a father with this mysterious girl from his dream. She was so beautiful. If only he knew her name… he wore a sweater and got up to get the mail. As he looked at the mail, he noticed one of the letters was for him! He gave the rest to his uncle and began opening his own when- "daddy, mummy! Harry’s got a letter!" Duddley exclaimed as he snatched the letter from Harry’s hands and ran over to his parents. "hey! give that back it’s mine!" Harry practically screamed. "do not raise your voice at me boy! certainly not with that odd way of speaking you have!" his uncle exclaimed, inspecting the letter closely. Harry bit his lip so hard he thought it might bleed. He was waiting with anticipation for his uncle to give him what was rightfully his. But he never did. His uncle tore up the letter and glared at Harry. "BACK IN YOUR CUPBOARD!!!" he roared. Harry ran hurriedly back to his cupboard and locked it. He began to cry.
This was so unfair! He had no one! Nobody who cared about him… suddenly, everything went blue. "Nobody huh?" Athena asked. "We’ll i suppose i’ll have to rename myself to nobody then" Athena joked. She was never good with children, so she learned with odysseus, perhaps she would try humor with this one. Harry smiled briefly, it was a crooked smile really. He had put the hair, that was covering his scar, away and we could now see that part of his mouth was touched by the big scar. Athena thought for her next move. "do these people always treat you like this?" she placed her hand on his calf reassuringly. Harry could only nod. The embarrassment filling him to the brim. "Why are you embarrassed?" she cocked her head in confusion. Even after thousands of years, humans were still a mystery. Harry kept silent, not wanting to talk about it. "Your scar… did they do this to you?" she couldn’t help but ask. Harry shook his head no. "I got it in the car crash where my parents died…" he responded. the god’s heart hurt for this poor little boy. And yet, she could sense great power coming from him. Power, she could teach him to use. she ruffled his hair. "When you’re older we’ll cut your hair" she said. Harry turned white as a sheet. "No! we can’t do that!" he practically yelled. Athena, taken aback, looked at Harry with a raised eyebrow. She had learned by now that young children were quick to show emotion, especially when in distress. She was not angry. She just wanted to understand. "Why not?" she asked, her head cocking to the side once more. “Aunt Petunia will get angry! and then i won’t get food for a week!" Harry responded, his small body trembling. Athena frowned, worried about her new pupil. Not knowing what to do, she decided to pat him on the head. "i will help you." she declared. And with that she disappeared and his vision became normal again.
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