we could be heroes (just for one day)

by spiderwebofworks

Summary:

It was their birthright, their burden. He had never asked for this life, but the fates saw fit to paint his brow in blood long before he was ever born. Sometimes he grew weary of it. His joints would ache, his bones turned to lead, but he was the son of a God, war was what he was made for and to war he would go.

 

The Giant War has left the children of the Gods weak. Still, Hecate calls upon the children of the Three Kings to ensure the stability of Wizard kind.

 

OR the demigods just really want to get this over with and the gods have other ideas

Chapter 1: a discovery of strange origin

Albus looked over at the thick envelope taking up the corner of his desk and more than half his mind. He wasn't a man used to being caught unawares. It made his skin itch. He set his quill down and reached for the heavy parchment once again. The creases were already well worn despite the letter being delivered less than a day ago. He did not expect to find any new information as he re-read through the contents, but still found himself irritated when no new message made itself known.

When he was a boy, Albus’s mother used to whisper stories about long forgotten deities. God’s enriched with old magick, a craving for fresh blood.

He looked down at the letter, tracing the elegant script with his finger.

Perhaps fresh blood was what he needed.

And only fool’s turned down the offer of a God.

War would come as surely as the next dawn would. If the old deities hungered, who was he to deny their appetite?

Notes:

hi hello its been a while i know

this entire work is in the process of being rewritten right now and then finished completely

i really don't want to start posting again until i have the majority of the fic written but i will be reposting the existing chapters all at once, once i finish the rewrite so.

also just a note for this fic in general --
content warnings will be posted at the beginning of each chapter and then at the end ill be discussing the chapter in general (favorite moments, head cannons, in depth content warning etc)

anyway let me know what you guys want to see from this fic its as much my baby as it is yours