Hi, so this is my first attempt at a fanfiction so I'm really, really sorry if it kinda sucks.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series.
Chapter 1
Sally
Sally Jackson smiled down at her baby. The only moments of peace she had gotten ever since she birthed Percy a month ago were moments like these, where he was just sleeping peacefully. However, demigod babies rarely ever slept peacefully. Percy had already been asleep for a good hour or so, and Sally expected that it wouldn't be much longer before he woke up crying. She hadn't had a good nights' sleep since about a month and a half ago, when she started worrying about what Zeus and Hades would do if they found out about little Perseus, and the lack of rest was taking its toll. The bags under her eyes were huge, and she had been getting paler by the day. Her train of thoughts were interrupted when she started to cough. Birthing demigod children always weakens the mother. The more powerful the demigod, the weaker the mother becomes. When Poseidon had warned her, she hadn't taken him seriously. Now she wished she had, for she feared she wouldn't be able to last much longer.
Sally's shoulders shook with the force of the coughs, her lungs trying to expel whatever was in there, but no matter how hard she coughed, it wouldn't come out. Using different items of furniture as support, she slowly made her way to the kitchen, where, still coughing, downed a glass of water. It helped, and soon, the itch in her throat disappeared. Panting heavily, she sat down on the sofa, only to be disrupted by the dreaded sound of a baby wailing. She had no choice but to pick Percy up, and walked around the house with him in her arms, trying to soothe him.
Fifteen minutes later, Percy was snoring peacefully in his crib again, and Sally once again plopped down on the sofa. She sighed. Percy was the light of her life, but he was probably also going to be the death of her.
Two Months Later
Poseidon
Poseidon felt her death. Normally, that would be Hades' thing, but when gods develop strong enough attachments to mortals, they can feel their deaths. About a month ago, Sally, who was rapidly declining, made one last visit to Montauk with a message in a bottle for him. He memorized every single word of it before he destroyed it, for fear that Zeus would find it.
Dear Poseidon,
I'm sorry I won't be able to be there to see Percy grow up. When I'm gone, please, take him to live in your palace. I know Amphitrite will be angry, but there isn't anyplace else in the entire world that Zeus won't find him in. He's old enough to have a strong scent now. The monsters will soon find him, and so will the others gods. I just want Percy to have a good life, and I'm sorry it had to end this way.
With all the love in the world,
Sally
It was time to retrieve Percy.
He arrived at the little apartment shortly. Sally had been hospitalized a couple hours before her death, as she planned, so Percy would still be hidden in the apartment. Finding him wasn't hard. He was snuggled safely in between piles of clean clothing. When he saw Poseidon, he cooed and stretched out his chubby hands towards the mighty god. Poseidon smiled. Percy had inherited his black hair and sea green eyes. He picked up Percy and headed back to his palace.
Amphitrite was waiting for him. As soon as he arrived, she narrowed her eyes. "What is that in your arms?" Poseidon shifted from foot to foot awkwardly. "Umm...darling, let me explain this in private." Amphitrite sighed. "Fine. We'll discuss this in private where the entire sea won't know about your demigod child." Poseidon turned red. How did she know? Well, then again, not every single human reeked of sea god and power. He had no choice but to follow Amphitrite into her chambers.
Amphitrite
As much as she wanted to, she just couldn't hold grudges. Curse herself, she was too kind to do that! She already felt compelled to hold the baby, to tickle him, to coo at him. She knew that she should be angry because Poseidon was cheating on her, but she just couldn't be mad. After all, the sea couldn't be contained for long. She had signed up for this even knowing this information.
She turned to face her husband. "What's his name?" Poseidon breathed a visible sigh of relief. "It's Perseus, but Sally called him Percy." Amphitrite assumed that Sally was the mother. "Percy has so much power, even for a demigod. I think you're going to have to train him yourself." Poseidon nodded. "But for his studies, we can have Aphros and Bythos do the honors," he said. "They train mermen very well, so they'll have no problem with Percy." Amphitrite decided that maybe, if Triton got along with Percy nicely, having a demigod around would be too bad.
So that was the entire first chapter! I know it's kind of short, but I think that it was just a good place to stop because the next chapter will have a time jump in between so ya.