Midnight Hour

Chapter 3

A.N.- I'm sorry about the super long wait for this chapter. I won't bore you with the details and let you read. ;)

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Harry lay awake watching the slowly lightening sky through the window of the cabin. The sounds of his siblings, and wasn't that a weird thought, breathing and rustling of blankets disrupting the otherwise quiet room. He was able to have a bottom bunk for a bed with white sheets that had golden thread sown in its seams. The comforter he chose was cream colored and again with the same thread as the sheets sown in.

Sleep had been restless for him that night. It wasn't only because of the time difference between where he was at and there at camp. The nerves of being in a new unfamiliar place wreaked havoc on him. Thoughts of the Triwizard Tournament were never far from his mind either. It wasn't possible for him to forget about that. Then the revelation of having parents and half-siblings were also thoughts running through his head. It was no wonder he was having trouble staying asleep with all of it on his mind.

He remembered the reaction his siblings had to his parentage, and he worried it was only going to get worse from there. The silence had been broken by Lee who was the first one to get over his shock. His oldest brother had looked over him carefully once the inspection was over he had simply told him that he could see the resemblance to both their shared Father and Artemis. It seemed to have broken everyone out of their surprise and Harry had been peppered with questions after that. It was overwhelming, but he reassured everyone that his parents actually hadn't known the other was his parent. He did not further explain as it was his business and he hadn't been comfortable sharing all the little details with his newly introduced half-siblings. Lee ended the conversation telling them to give Harry some breathing room.

It worked though they had still been curious about him, but they did introduce themselves before lights out. They were the year rounder's and they had more siblings who stayed only for the summer. Harry wondered what he would do. Obviously, he would talk to Chiron about his schooling and the tournament. There was a reason Apollo and Artemis had taken him to the camp. He hoped that he would be able to prepare for it properly there. Harry had no clue how he was supposed to survive it. He was going up against competitors who were older and more experienced than him.

Sighing he closed his eyes to try to shut his mind off so he could sleep a little longer.

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"Hey Harry time to get up," someone said shaking his shoulder.

Blinking open bleary silvery emerald eyes he looked up into the eyes of Aileen who was one of the two girls currently residing in Apollo's cabin. "Alright I'm up." He said rubbing his eyes.

"Good. Lee's going to take you to the dining pavilion for breakfast once you get ready."

Harry nodded throwing off the comforter and going into his trunk in search of clothes for the day. There was an orange t-shirt laying on top with the words of Camp Half-Blood written in black on the front. He was glad one of his parents thought to send his trunk over. The thought of the reactions it would cause having his trunk and himself going missing at Hogwarts made him smile. He didn't care whatsoever if he worried anyone but he doubted they would. After all everyone had turned their back on him thinking him as an attention seeking brat. No one cared that he said he didn't put his name in the goblet of fire. Or that it was someone who probably wanted him to get killed during one of the three tasks that entered him.

He shook his head trying to clear those depressing thoughts from his mind. It was time to get ready for the day. Harry didn't want to keep Lee waiting for him so long.

Lee waited for him outside the cabin.

Harry took in the surroundings of the camp with the sun shining on everything. He paid attention to Lee who was pointing out the different cabins while they walked to the dining pavilion. They were in Cabin Seven which now in the light was almost too bright to look at. The walls gleamed golden catching the light in a way that gave it an otherworldly feel to it. Simply put it was beautiful. There were a few cabins that stood out to him, but they were all different in their own ways.

The horrendously pink one was for the children of Aphrodite and Harry couldn't see the appeal. Not that he would dare voice his opinion out loud. There was Zeus' which was the biggest and bulkiest cabin out of them all. It was no surprise to Harry since he remembered from learning a little about the Greek gods in primary school. Zeus was the king of gods so he would naturally have the largest cabin. The others were all tastefully done and showed what each aspect of the god or goddess they belonged too. Only one looked worn and most like someone would expect of a summer camp. It was the Hermes' cabin and from what Lee told him that was where all the unclaimed stayed or those of a minor god. Harry wondered why they didn't get a place of their own for their children, but decided to stay silent on his question.

Finally they made it into the dining pavilion for breakfast. After getting a plate of breakfast Lee told him that they made sacrifices to the god or goddess of their choosing. Apparently they liked the smell of the burnt food. Harry went over to the flames and put a blue berry muffin and croissant into it.

"For Mum and Dad. I wanted to say thanks for taking me here," he said quietly before returning to his seat at the Apollo table. Harry could hear whispers about him and felt eyes staring at him curiously. He chose to ignore it and get to know his fellow siblings.

"Do you play the guitar Harry?" Daniel asked pulling him into the conversation he was having with Lee as they had been discussing learning a new song Harry hadn't heard of. Electricity didn't work at Hogwarts so he wasn't able to listen to music there and the Dursley's never allowed him to listen to music in his room. Not that he had anything to listen too, but a broken alarm clock on his nightstand. The brother who asked him had sunny blonde hair with kind brown eyes.

"No, I don't actually know how to play an instrument."

"Really?" Another boy asked from farther down the table. "An Apollo kid who doesn't know how to use any kind of instrument, huh, never thought I see the day."

Harry nervously ran a hand through his smooth auburn locks.

"Don't worry we'll teach you." Daniel reassured him. "Children of Apollo are natural musicians."

"What else can we do?" He asked curiously.

"Well it's different for everyone, but we mostly can all do the same thing." Lee said after taking a drink of a glass that was filled with orange juice. "We're natural athletes, musicians, and we are expert archers. Most of us learn to heal."

"Healing?" Harry questioned. He had only seen healing the magical and muggle way so he wanted to know how it was done as children of Apollo.

"We sing hymns to our Dad." Daniel explained.

"I think I want to learn it."

"It's a good skill to know." Lee said. "We can teach you."

Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of Mr. D gaining everyone's attention. Lee had told him who he was earlier that morning when he pointed out the cabin that belonged to the god.

"Alright brats. We got a new camper this morning," the god said sullenly as if this was the worst news he had ever received. "Hector Pullman."

Chiron whispered into the god's ear.

"Fine, fine. Harry Potter." Mr. D said.

Everyone's attention was pulled away from Mr. D and was now focused on something above Harry's head. It didn't surprise him when he too looked up to see two symbols. The sun in one circle and the moon in the other clearly stating who his parents were to everyone who just thought he was a Son of Apollo.

"Hail Harry Potter, Son of Apollo and Firstborn Son of Artemis." Chiron's voice rang out in the sudden silence of the pavilion.

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A.N.- Short chapter, but I thought you guys would like an update sooner rather than later. Since I have chapter 4 started the next chapter will be posted soon. I am also working on To Walk with Death and I'm almost ready to have that one posted. I am just stuck on one scene. It's been giving me trouble. Anyways thanks for reading!

Reviews are really motivating and appreciated!