Heracles Ulysses Evans and the Olympian Ideal

Chapter 6

-Harry-

"So what sort of classes do you have for the rest of today?" Nyssa asked him as they drifted lazily on their new brooms while his mom and dad got to know each other on the ground.

"Well I already had Charms and Herbology this morning," he answered as Thalia and Bianca drifted over lazily but the only other class we have today is Transfiguration with the Head of Gryffindor House…with the Gryffindors.".

"Which means we have to deal with that idiot Thomas." Thalia groaned, "Can I please just fry the little pest with a lightning bolt?".

"Seriously Thalia?" Bianca asked in exasperation "Do you really want to deal with the backlash of killing a celebrity?".

"His popularity is actually at an all-time low right now," he spoke up "she'd be in more trouble for killing an heir to a pureblood house than a celebrity as most people favor me and mine of him and his right now.".

"But that doesn't mean you can do it!" Bianca interjected quickly when Thalia looked ready to celebrate causing the daughter of Zeus to pout petulantly.

"Come on girls," he said with a chuckle as he checked the time "let's get going. Transfiguration starts in about an hour and I'd rather leave early and learn the route than be late.".

"But Harry!" Thalia whined "Classes are so boring!" only to pause when Bianca flew over to her and whisper something in the group's unofficial Gryffindor who quickly shot down to earth yelling "Come one guys!".

"What in the name of Olympus did you say to her?" he asked his shoulder angel in confusion which caused her to giggle.

"I pointed out that if we got there really early we could have the classroom to ourselves and have some cuddle time." Bianca said happily which made him nod in understanding.

"Thalia does love her cuddle time." He said with a nod.

"All of us do Harry," Nyssa said with a laugh as she floated over and kissed his cheek, causing him to blush "some girl have teddy bears and we have you.".

"Hurry up guys!" Thalia yelled from the ground "I want cuddle time!" causing him to laugh as they all flew down to the grown and dismounted the golden brooms.

"I'll hold onto those until you guys are ready to fly again," his mom said as she collected the four brooms as she giggled "you four go have your 'cuddle time'.".

"Well guys I've got to head back to Olympus," his dad said as the god of heroes knelt down and pulled him into a hug "I want you all to behave yourselves for Lily here and I'll try to visit when I can. Maybe I'll even bring Athena and some of the others next time.".

"That'd be great dad!" he said cheerfully as he hugged his father tightly before he laughed "Imagine people's reactions if you brought Godric, Helga, and Big Sister?".

"I think it'd make their heads explode." His mom admitted, covering her mouth as she did so to try and hide her giggle.

"Do it! Do it! Do it!" Thalia cheered excitedly causing him to laugh happily at his shoulder devil's exuberance.

"I'll be sure to invite them." his dad promised with a chuckle before the god of heroes kissed Thalia, Nyssa, and Bianca on the forehead, gave him one final hug, and kissed his mom's knuckles before waving and vanishing in a flash of light.

"Come on girls," he said as he held out his hand to Nyssa while Thalia and Bianca took their shoulder forms "let's get going.".

-Lily-

Smiling she watched her son walk off with his three friends, who she could tell were clearly infatuated with him, before she turned to take the brooms up to her quarters. The moment she stepped into the entrance hall though she froze when she heard the voice of her now Ex-Husband, "Hello Lily." James said with a cocky sneer, the man eyeing the broom's hungrily as was Thomas who walked out next to his father.

"What do you want Potter?" she asked coldly as she glared at the man she had once thought she had loved.

"Is that anyway to talk to your Husband Lily?" James asked in mock pain.

"You aren't my husband Potter," she snarled "we're divorced and that's the way it's going to stay so I'll say it again. What do you want?".

"I'm here to confiscate those brooms," James said with a small snarl "first years aren't permitted to have them.".

"They don't belong to Harry or his friend," she snorted with a roll of her eyes "they belong to me and I allow them to use the brooms as long as I'm nearby so you have no authority to confiscate them.".

"If they're your brooms then give one to Thomas!" James tried to order "He's the one that deserves something like that.".

"What he deserves is a sound paddling," she said with a snort "something that you always prevented me from doing and refused to do yourself. Now I'm going to go and lock up my brooms. Gooday.". She didn't have to look behind her to know that both Potter men were scowling as they tried to plot a way to get the brooms in her arms as well as getting her under their thumb but she knew it wouldn't work after all, her son was more than just a hero, he was her hero.

-Harry-

"I think this is it." he said as he opened the door to the classroom, seeing the woman he recognized as Professor McGonagall as he walked in, the woman sorting through several papers on her desk. "Excuse me Professor," he called out as they walked in, the woman turning around in surprise "is this the classroom for my next lesson?".

"Yes it is," the Head of Gryffindor said with a nod before pulling out with a frown "but why are you here so early? Class isn't supposed to start for another fifty minutes.".

"We wanted to get here early the first time so that we could be sure to learn the route and not get lost later on." He explained "Better to be early once than late a dozen times.".

"I can see why you're in Ravenclaw," the woman said with a small smile before she gave him a mischievous smile he recognized from the time his mother wanted to pull a prank on Apollo "would you three mind not saying anything about what I'm about to do? I enjoy startling students that come in late on the first lesson.".

"Your animagus form?" he asked causing the woman to blink in shock before he chuckled and pointed out that his Mom was both a professor and a student of hers.

"No fair," McGonagall pouted playfully "she ruined my fun.".

"I'll make sure she apologizes." He promised before he yelped when Thalia and Bianca went full form as Thalia dragged him over to a bench and sat him down in the middle before sitting in his lap and snuggling up against him while Nyssa and Bianca flanked him and rested their heads on his shoulders.

"Less talk more cuddle time!" Thalia insisted as she all but purred against him.

"Yes dear." he said with a chuckle as he closed his eyes, not noticing Thalia's bright blush, nor that of Bianca and Nyssa as he wrapped his arms around them and held them close. They spent the rest of the fifty minutes before class like that, just cuddling and enjoying being with each other, ignoring their classmates who walked in and not noticing McGonagall snapping a few pictures with a small camera. Finally though it was only a couple of minutes until class as he groaned and shifted slightly, "Alright Thals, Bianca," he said regretfully "class is about to start so you have to go to shoulder size.".

"I don't wanna!" Thalia whined but did as she was told and flapped over to his shoulder, completely ignoring the stunned expression on his classmates' and teacher's faces. After a few minutes the bell rang but he noticed two distinct absences from the class who burst in five minutes later, both of them panting and out of breath and not noticing the harsh glare the cat on the desk was sending their way.

"We made it!" the first year redhead Gryffindor, he was pretty sure the guy's name was Ron, said in relief to Thomas "Can you imagine the look on old McGonagall's face if we were late?".

"You are late dipstick." Thalia called out with a smirk making Thomas and 'Ron' to gape when they noticed her.

"She really is a pixie!" Ron yelped I thought I was seeing things earlier.

"I'm not a pixie!" Thalia yelled as she stamped her foot in frustration "I'm a shoulder devil!".

"Oh piss off!" Ron yelled back "Nobody cares!".

"That's enough Mr. Weasley," McGonagall said with a disapproving frown as she leapt from her desk and shifted back into human form "now would one of you like to explain to me why you're late?".

"We got lost." Thomas said quickly.

"Then you should have left early to prevent that problem like Mr. Evans and his charming lady friends did." McGonagall said with a frown as she gestured to him and the girls, "Five points from Gryffindor apiece for your lateness. Now take your seats.". After watching the two scowling Gryffindors slink off to seats in the back he saw McGonagall walk up to the front and begin a lecture about their course aims as well as safety regulations for the class, something that caused Ron and Thomas to lose another ten points apiece when they weren't paying attention. "Now," McGonagall said as she finished her lecture "we still have a little time so I think we have a topic we can discuss that I'm sure is on all of your minds. Mr. Evans," she turned towards him and the girls "would you or your lady friends care to explain their transformation?"

"Of course Professor," he said with a nod as he stood up to walk to the front of the room, Nyssa intertwining her fingers with his own as they walked up hand in hand "but it has a bit of a tale behind it so I'll need to explain some of the background of our group.".

"Go ahead," McGonagall said with a smile as she waved them the go ahead, "I'm most intrigued already.".

"Alright," he said with a nod before he leaned against the desk with Nyssa still holding his hand "I guess the first thing you all need to understand is that each us, in a sense, kind of represents one of the houses with our own position in the group. I'm of course the Ravenclaw as I'm constantly trying to learn new things and using my intelligence.".

"Nerd." He heard Ron snigger in the back only to yelp when Thalia sent a mini lightning bolt over at the red head.

"Nyssa here," he continued, ignoring what had just happened "is our group's Hufflepuff. She's incredibly hardworking and never stops a project until she feels that it's as perfect as she can get it and added to that she's loyal to the bone. If you've earned her trust and friendship she'll move heaven and earth to help you whenever you need it." he finished by pecking her cheek softly, not noticing her blush as he pulled away. "She also has powers over fire as do all of her family," he explained "she can conjure it, control it, and is immune to it.".

"Prove it!" a bushy haired Gryffindor girl said with a disbelieving glare.

"Nyssa." He said simply as his friend nodded before summoning a ball of fire in her hand that she then shaped into a phoenix which flew around the room. "Then we have Thalia and Bianca," he explained, pointing to each girl when he said their names "who act as my shoulder angel and shoulder devil and represent Gryffindor and Slytherin.".

"So I'm guessing 'Bianca' is the Shoulder Angel because she's Gryffindor and Gryffindors are good while 'Thalia' is the Shoulder Devil because she's Slytherin and Slytherins are evil?" Ron asked with a sneer at Thalia.

"It isn't about good and evil," he explained before sending a glare at the idiot causing both the redhead and Thomas to flinch "And if you ever insult my friend like that again I'll make you regret it.".

"What do they represent then?" McGonagall asked quickly before he could follow through on his threat or before Ron could make it worse.

"Thalia is the group's Gryffindor," he explained "and she represents wanted to just let loose and let go, to go with emotion and instinct rather than logic. I believe it can all be summed up in some advice she gave me once when we were dealing with a rather rude person once 'Punch him in the face, and if you won't I will if you ask nicely'. Along with her mini form she also has lighting powers as you saw earlier.".

"He deserved it!" Thalia protested as he chuckled nuzzled her softly with his cheek.

"I know Thals," he assured her before pointing at Bianca "Bianca here is my Shoulder Angel and the Slytherin of the group as she's more political minded and tries to help my get through situations with logic and her silver tongue which has saved us more than a few times when we revenge pranked my uncles. Along with her mini form she has the power to travel through shadows, summon gems from the earth, and command ghosts." He decided to leave out her powers to summon ghosts, monsters, and undead.

"But what about the transformations?" McGonagall pressed.

Remembering the excuse his parents and the other gods had given him he explained "You've all heard about the god wizards of Ancient Greece and Rome right? Well they're still around and still using their methods of immortality. I was raised by Athena while Thalia is a daughter of Zeus, Nyssa of Hephaestus, and Bianca of Hades. Thalia and Bianca won a bet with Apollo and Hermes and they used some sort of spell to give them the ability to do this.".

As he finished a gong sounded throughout the school to let people know that the class they were in was over, "Alright then," McGonagall said standing up "your homework is to look up the matchstick to needle transfiguration spell and practice it. Class dismissed.". The moment those words left the teachers mouth Thalia and Bianca had turned human size again and dragged him off to the beach for more cuddle time.