Book Three: The Heir and The Champions

XXXIV - The Moon

The Moon

Depicted on this card is a scarred, one-eyed man wearing a large overcoat and leaning on a staff, one eye is brown while the other is an electric blue, and spinning in the socket. He is reaching forward as if offering the softly glowing Moon in his hands to the reader…

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Harry Potter

The room had gone deathly quiet; the only moving person was Gabby, who was poking her head out from under her mother's arm to get a better look at who had just walked into the room. Harry and Zoë looked between the bewildered and scared Fae and Artemis, who was in her adult form and glaring holy hellfire at the Fae protecting her children. For the longest moment, he thought that Artemis was about to go on a hunt but to Harry's surprise, she turned away from the Fea and walked over to Him and Zoë.

Zoë immediately salutes with a hand over her heart and a small bow at the waist, "My Lady, it is truly a pleasure to be in your presence once again," Zoë says, and Artemis smiles and chuckles.

"It is good to see you too, old friend," Artemis says with a smile never leaving her face as Zoë raises from her, Artemis then turns to Harry, and her eyes go a bit softer, "Hello Harry," she says.

"Oh, um, hi M-Art-I mean, Diana, I, ah, I wasn't expecting you to show up," Harry says, scratching the back of his head awkwardly, "I thought it was gonna be Sirius and Remus," he says with a shrug.

"Oh, the Guard dog and the Hunting hound are here as well," Artemis says before jerking her thumb behind her and towards the door, "I had them wait outside for I feared we would crowd the hall far too much," she says before she turns back to the Delacour family to see them gone, sipping through the mists to escape the room that housed the Goddess of the Hunt. Artemis just smirks at their show of fear before turning back to her two Hunters.

"But why are you here? What about the hunt?" Harry asks, relaxing a bit more now that the threat of slaughter has passed.

Artemis turns to Harry with a raised brow, "I am here because Albus had sent me an invitation for family to visit before the third task, a tradition he informs me," she says with a bored hum, "So, I had contacted Cernunnos and asked for Guest Rights to come to visit and he agreed, and the hunt will be fine without me for a few hours, I've also informed the DoMC that the hunt will not be accepting any hunts today," she says with a shrug, stunning Harry, Artemis had basically called out sick to come to see him before the third task and looked as if it bothered her little.

Harry shuffles awkwardly before nodding as Artemis smiles at him, "Come, I'm sure the others want to see you as well," Artemis says before turning around and walking back towards the door, Zoë follows behind Artemis without question, Harry however was still a bit stunned at Artemis' arrival has to shake his head before following behind them.

"Wait, what others? Do you mean Sirius and Remus?" Harry asks as the three of them climb the stairs together.

"Hmm, yes, that is who I meant, the Guard dog and the Hunting hound," Artemis says with a nod and a flat passive face that Harry narrowed his eyes in suspicion at before turning to look at Zoë, her lips were twitching as if she was in on something.

"What?" Harry asks Zoë who just shrugs, "You both are rubbish at keeping a secret you know that, right?" he says, causing him to earn a glare from Zoë to which Harry just rolls his eyes and shakes his head as they enter the Great Hall. The first people Harry sees are Sirius and Remus both standing a good five feet from the door, and Harry was immediately on guard, Remus was standing there, hands behind his back and a slight smile but his eyes were twinkling with mischief as Sirius was standing there with his hands in his matching leather jacket not even trying to hide his grin that threatens to split his face in two, Harry braces himself for the prank but neither men make a move.