Drachmas and Galleons

Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson or Harry Potter series. They belong to Rick Riordan and J.K. Rowling respectively.

Prelude

Chapter 1

Summary: We all know that Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore only had one sister, Ariana…right? That's what everyone thought but it turns out that there was another sister, younger than Ariana, named Ashleigh. The Dumbledore family kept her a secret; to them she was a burden. Not because she was a squib, no she had perfect magical capabilities, but she could see things no one else could. When she came of age she ran from her home, never to see any of her family again. To this day nobody knows what happened to her and few even know she ever existed. But she did, and she died too. She died giving birth to a child. A child, of Poseidon.

Now as a god, Poseidon tried not to cry…ever. But now he was crying, the salty tears flowing down his cheeks, falling into the sea as he stood with waves breaking around his ankles. They were tears of sorrow but of joy at the same time. Sorrow for the woman whom he had cared for, Ashleigh Dumbledore, dead from giving birth to his child. Joy for the baby, his new daughter, whom he held lovingly in his arms as he rocked her gently in time with the waves. Now he had a daughter and a son. His other lover, Sally Jackson, had given birth to a boy just days ago. His name was Perseus, named after the only hero ever to have a happy ending.

He felt guilty then, as he looked down at the sleeping girl in his arms. He had fathered two children with two different women at nearly exactly the same time. What had surprised him was that the two knew about each other and were okay with it. He couldn't have asked for two greater women in his life. But now one was gone, her body, stolen by the sea and her soul, stolen by his brother. Unfortunately the two children would not meet until they both went to Camp Half-Blood.

Poseidon knew that he would have to take her to his home, his undersea palace, until she could go to camp. Why you ask? Because Ashleigh's family did not know she was dead or that she had a child, much less his child. He supposed that he could send her to live with Sally and Percy but no, that wouldn't do. Two children of his in one house would be much too dangerous for anyone in the area. He had already broken the pact he and his brothers made by having Percy but now with another child, he feared the worst. If news of his two children, especially born so close together, reached Hades ears…or worse, the ears of Zeus. The results would be catastrophic. Zeus would most likely exile him to gods knows where and kill the two children. He could not, under any circumstances, let that happen.

He stepped farther into the sea and let out a breath he didn't realize he had been holding. He had to get his daughter to the safety of the sea so that Zeus would not find out about her until it was safer. Two large hippocampi rose out of the sea with a chariot made of sea foam behind them. He climbed into the chariot and held the baby close as the hippocampi slowly descended under the waves.

'Go as fast as you can to my palace,' He ordered them in his thoughts, grimacing as he played worst case scenario in his mind.

'Yes my lord, we must keep our king and princess safe from harm,' the hippocampi thought back as they increased their speed.

Poseidon flinched slightly as he heard thunder rumble above the surface. Surely Zeus hadn't found out already, it was impossible! No, most likely Zeus was just getting angry again, he did have quite the temper. Even so, Poseidon bent the sea to his will, making the currents push them faster and deeper, farther away from his brother's strong hold and closer to his own.

'I'm sorry Ashleigh, I miss you,' Poseidon thought, wishing that some way, down in the underworld she could hear him.

He ran a finger down his daughter's cheek and her eyes fluttered open. He stared into her sea green eyes, so much like his own, and ran a hand through her small tuft of black hair. She shut her eyes again and snuggled closer to her father as the chariot pulled to a stop at his palace. He stepped out of the chariot and walked to his room. He called one of his naiads to set up a crib for his daughter in his room. He wrapped her soft blue blanket more snuggly around her and laid her in the new crib.

"My beautiful daughter," He whispered softly so as not to wake her, "you are my beautiful daughter, Natalia Oceana Dumbledore. Good night."

He kissed her gently on the forehead and went to lie in his own bed. Sleep did not come however as he couldn't stop thinking about his two children. He wondered if Natalia would be like her mother, if she would be a witch. If so then she would need to be trained in magic but she also needed to be at camp to learn how to fight monsters. It was a tough decision but he decided that Natalia would go to camp when she turned 11 and stay until she could fight well enough to defend herself, most likely until she was fifteen.

Then he would send her to Hogwarts. He had learned from Ashleigh that it was a school in England run by her brother, Natalia's uncle, Albus. Minerva McGonagall, whom Ashleigh decided would be Natalia's godmother also worked there. Now Poseidon doubted that this woman named after the Roman counterpart of Athena even knew she had a goddaughter at all. He also knew that a school, most likely one in America since that is where she would be, would send a letter of some sort, notifying her that she needed to attend a magic school. But Poseidon would keep her at Camp Half-Blood all year round; she was a demi-god after all.

He would send her to get a wand and any magical necessities when she reached 11 but other than that she would have to train first as a demi-god, second as a witch. He was slightly worried what kind of power she might hold, being a daughter of the big three and a witch, but he brushed it off, she would be fine. He knew she would be hated, wanted, used, and feared but he also knew she was strong, not just with her power but inside.

If only he knew just how strong she would have to be to survive.

So I did a little editing on this chapter. Thanks to ChordOverstreetFan for telling me about my birthday mess up! Percy and Natalia are only a few days apart, not a month like I had before. Sorry!

~Phoenix