Harry ducked under the slashing pair of knives before deftly dodging the two other attacks that were aimed at his midsection. Truthfully the semi-immortal was impressed that it took two days before the girls asked to his skills firsthand after he shared his story. Granted, the first day they had spent touring the nation's capital, something that he had enjoyed more than the girls but his national pride stopped him from saying anything more than it was kind of cool. Now though, they had found a campsite well before they would usually make camp and a groups of hunters stepped up to take on the Master of Death.

Harry wasn't having too hard of a time defending himself and he could tell that it was aggravating towards the hunters not to be able to take a man down. The hunters were skilled, there was no doubt about that, but it was their archery and numbers that tended to make them so good. While they hunted monsters that were more animalistic than anything, Harry was used to fighting against humans that had trained extensively with their weapons. They had also stopped growing while their bodies were still developing. That left Harry with both the reach and strength needed to overwhelm a group of two to four hunters without too much worry.

He found himself on the defensive for the moment when Thalia joined in on the fight. While the other girls used knives, which gave Harry an even greater advantage, Thalia used a weapon that had a much greater reach. It spoke of their training that the others fighting instantly leapt to capitalize on the opening Thalia had given them while Thalia continued to push. Unfortunately, it was not enough to truly defeat the wizard as Harry had been the one to teach Thalia to use her weapon and in a few moments he had defeated the last group of the evening. Zoe and the hunters that had been with Artemis since Greece was a true power of the world hadn't joined in on the spars, but beyond that, he had defeated all the hunters, who were gracious in their defeat. He didn't delude himself that he wouldn't be challenged soon in an archery competition to recover a bit of their pride however.

"Harry," He heard Zoe speak up as they partook in their meal. "I won't ask you for another adventure just yet, but can I ask why you picked up smithing? Even if you were looking for a craft, I would have figured pottery due to your last name." Her question attracted the attention of those around them as they too had wondered. It wasn't a pressing question, but learning something about their mistress' new friend was always interesting.

"You know; I haven't ever actually tried pottery. I don't know, it's never truly attracted my attention even with my name. I actually picked up smithing and forging on my travels before I ended up in the manor in New York. Thanatos, when he first appeared to me, gave me about a year and a half to enjoy the world before he would send me jobs. A lot of magical communities outside of Europe and North America infuse magic into other objects like the goblins do in Europe. A lot of Asian cultures infuse their weapons and I was interested in what they were doing. I didn't have to climb a mountain to find a teacher, but it was an old man that taught me the beginnings of what I needed to know. I go back occasionally to take more lessons and make sure that I am doing certain practices right."

Many that heard his explanation found it fairly funny that it was only by happenstance that Harry had picked up smithing and not pottery. "Hey Harry," Thalia spoke up, "What do your friends think you are doing in America? You've told me about the Weasley's and Hermione and I was just wondering if they knew of your new duties and the world around them."

Once again, attention was focused on Harry as they were wondering if they needed to worry about people similar in powers with Harry. "Oh you don't need to worry about them," Harry laughed, accurately guessing what their looks meant. "All of my friends think that I simply moved to America to get away from all the bad memories. Since I visit at least once a year and send a letter at least once a month, there's no reason for them to think differently. While Britain has come out of its shadowy shell, it is still a rather secluded magical community. The only magical country that may have an idea about this mythological world is Greece as they still have shrines to all of the council and Hecate. I'm unsure of how much they truly believe, but they are at least aware of things that are not a part of their world.

"Of course, there is something rather interesting going on in Egypt as there seems to be two separate communities. One community seems to be seeped in godly energy as well, but I don't think the two groups are aware of each other. I know that the employed curse breakers of Gringotts have no clue about the godly energy and they've explore as much as they could of the desert."

Eyes turned expectantly towards Artemis and while none could see it, she was screaming internally. Each Pantheon knew of the other, but each was rather separate in their domains. The Greeks were the only Pantheon that moved with the 'Heart of the West' so to speak and while other gods took up residence in certain areas in the States, interaction was severely limited. Due to the rules in place, no god within any Pantheon was able to speak of another unless they were already in the know.

"The shrines and those that keep them up do indeed know of the gods' existence. While Olympus is over New York, we are not limited to America and there are many demigods in Europe that have never passed through Camp Half-Blood. If they have magic along with a godly parentage, they tend to be the ones that take over in the upkeep of those said shrines. If ever there is a sister of the hunt that grows tired of their life and wishes to move on after growing old, I usually send them to one of my temples where they can stay near my power while they live out their lives."

That seemed to be enough for most of her hunters, but the narrowed eyes of Zoe and a raised eyebrow from Harry told the huntress that not everyone was placated. Sighing internally, Artemis nodded slightly towards her two friends and she knew it would be a late night, not that she minded too much when talking to either of them.

"So I take it that you two were not so easily distracted from the talk of the other pantheons?" Artemis asked a bit rhetorically when Zoe and Harry entered her tent.

"No mistress," Zoe answered while Harry simply sent a smirk her way, "I know of your Roman counterpart, but I have not heard of any other gods."

"I'm completely clueless, though Thanatos has alluded to other powerful beings. I simply thought he was talking about the Olympus council or Primordials. Now I'm wondering if I am to meet other rulers of their own underworld? Anyways, I'm fairly curious."

"Very well. Know that I can only tell you this because of your years of service Zoe and because of your loyalty oaths to Olympus Harry. I cannot stress this enough, but only a god can tell anyone about the other Pantheons, I need both of your words that nothing I say will pass your lips!" Seeing how serious Artemis was, both were quick to give their word to their friend.

"Each continent possesses two or three pantheons. For Europe, there are the Norse deities, as well as the Greek and Roman. Harry, since you are unaware, I and many others of the Greek pantheon have what you would call a split personality. The Romans assimilated much of the Greek gods and so we have both a Greek and Roman side. There's also a Roman demigod camp, named Camp Jupiter, in California, but that's not important at the moment. The most active of pantheons beyond those of European origin are the Egyptian gods. You'd have to get with Hecate to discuss the particulars, but the Egyptian followers use a different type of magic than you are used to. I have witnessed it though and can tell you that it quite powerful."

Harry digested this and other bits that Artemis explained before she paused and asked if he had any questions. "So do you ever interact with gods of a different religion?"

"If we can avoid it, no. I think the last time one pantheon had interactions with another, they came together to get rid of the Aztecs and all their worshippers. That was a pantheon that never should have existed in the first place and Cortez was a demigod of the Roman variety and he led the attack."

"Interesting," Harry mused and for the rest of the night, the three had a light hearted conversation of other gods and anything else that caught their fancy.

-A Potter in America-

Harry entered the abandoned joke shop with a raised eyebrow. Somehow, the letter that had directed him to this location had bypassed all of his alerts and sat innocently on his table. Needless to say the curiosity that had sent him on countless adventures while in Hogwarts acted up and he followed the instructions. That was not to say he did not come prepared and he had the death stick strapped to his wrist that would take barely a twitch to have it in his hand. He also wore his usual body armor that he took with him on every job that he now went on.

"Lord Hermes?" Harry asked in confusion as he saw the messenger god casually leaning on a table and grinning at him. "I guess it makes sense in how I wasn't alerted to the message, but why? I mean, you could have easily just knocked on my door."

"Oh I know, but you have to admit this a lot cooler," Hermes grinned and Harry had to wonder if the Weasleys had any godly heritage as it was almost an exact copy of the twin's grin as they told of a great plan. You see, me and Apollo were both very aware of your father and his friend's activities while in school. As the prankster gods of Olympus we took great interest in their lives and it was a sad day when the last of the Marauders died. However, Apollo and I also know that you left a few subtle pranks with the help of those twins and have a challenge for you."

This got Harry's attention. It was true that Harry had partook in a fair few pranks during his Hogwarts career, but since he wasn't as flamboyant as his father or the twins, almost no one knew of his activities. "Oh, and what type of challenge are you thinking about?"

"Why a duel of pranks of course!" Hermes shouted with a grin. "You know as well as I do, it is much more satisfying to prank a prankster and pranking the council gets old after a while. We're simply looking to spice things up."

"Okay, I could see that and I'm not against it, but isn't it a little unfair towards me. After all, you two live on Olympus while, as you've already proven, you can get past my wards with no trouble."

"Ah," Hermes waived the concerns away, "Don't worry about that. Apollo has agreed that your house is off limits and we've created a list of our usual haunts to give you a fighting chance for the first few weeks."

"Alright, that sounds like a deal!"

"Good deal my man," Hermes smiled and handed the list over to Harry, who waved his wand over the list and dispelled the first prank. Hermes held his smile and did not look sheepish at all. "I should warn you that Apollo seems to be taking this challenge personally since your friends with his sister. I don't know why, but what are you going to do? Anyways, I look forward to seeing you around Harry." With a brief flash, Hermes was gone and Harry was left shaking his head. He probably needed to schedule a visit to the triple W if he was going to keep up with the so called gods of pranking.

A/N: This chapter kind of sucks, but it was also the third variation that I could come up with and I finally decided to say screw it and post. Harry will be meeting different pantheons fairly soon, but I'm not sure how to do that just yet. Also, I never read Magnus Chase, so don't count on the Norse making an appearance and if they do, it will probably be more along the lines of comics than anything else. If you have suggestions or something that you want to see, please leave a review. I'm not sure how I want the story to progress and I was struggling to finish this chapter up.

Until next time!