A/N: This is only a tester chapter. If I don't get many reviews or suggestions, it may or may not continue. I encourage you to review, if you like what you read. If I get a lot of reviews, then updates will probably come more frequently. This is my first fanfic, so go easy on me, but constructive criticism is always welcome. I have some plans for this story, but none on the pairing, or what the main "threat" will be. I could go cliche, with some Primordials rising, but I'm not entirely sure. Again, suggestions and constructive criticism is very welcome.
Thanks for reading!
~Lou
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HoO
Percy didn't know how this could be happening. He didn't know how his life had taken such a horrible turn. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't forget about what had happened that fateful night, four years after the Giant War.
~Flashback~
Everything was perfect, He and Annabeth had gotten married, and Annabeth was about to have their first child. It was a warm summer night, with a cool breeze coming through and campers just walking around talking. That's when it started. The screaming, it was all that could be heard when Annabeth went into labor. It was unnatural, how much it hurt to give birth, how much blood there was. Even Artemis, goddess of childbirth, was there to help, sending silvery pulses of light to make the pain lessen, and make the birth easier, but nothing seemed to work. They were in the big house, in one of it's many rooms, where they had moved into once they had gotten married. Percy was on the porch, not being allowed in to give her space, and although he may be thickheaded at times, he knew that the amount of screaming heard could be nothing but bad.
He rushed in, not caring any longer about giving her space, and what he saw almost broke his heart there and then.
Annabeth was lying on a bed, blood soaking through the sheets all around her, with Artemis crying in the corner. She was only there to help with the birth because they were the saviors of Olympus twice, and she was furious with herself that she could do nothing to help. She had called to Apollo, who had just said that the wound was incurable, that her time had come. Percy ran over to Annabeth's side, her light fading fast, trying to comfort her, tell her that it would all be okay, tried feeding her ambrosia and nectar, but they both, deep down, knew she wouldn't be living through this. There was too much blood, and it was a miracle she had held on as long as she had.
What he didn't notice, was that Annabeth was holding something small in her arms, staring at it lovingly, and when he noticed, he could only sob at what he was losing. It was a child, a baby boy, with raven black hair, but what was especially noticeable was his sea green eyes, which had streaks of gray in them. Finally, after what seemed like a millenia, Annabeth's eyes started to dull, and she only spoke one thing.
"Save him, Percy, and protect him with your life. I will love you forever and always."
Then she closed her eyes, and her breath stopped forever.
~End of Flashback~
Even now, fifteen years later, Percy still couldn't help tears from coming to his eyes when he thought of that night. When he was around others, he would put on a cold, emotionless mask, that would only be pushed away by his son. While he no longer had the usually mischievous mirth in his eyes, whenever he would look at his son, it would be clear he had a burning loyalty to keep him safe, and to protect him in every way he could.
When Annabeth died, he could do nothing for the baby, except shower him with love every time he was near. He just went into a fury, that nothing seemed to quell. He was furious, why would this happen? Was it Aphrodite, she did say she would put some interesting twist and turns in his love life, but this was going too far. Maybe it was Hera, still angry at Annabeth, not wanting her to be happy with a family, she killed her through giving birth. Whoever it was, he vowed that he would make them wish for torture in Tartarus over what he would do to them.
He even went so far as to go to Olympus, blinded by pain and fury, and threaten Hera and Aphrodite, who both seemed shocked at what he was saying. True, they had both done things to make their lives interesting, but killing Annabeth was definitely crossing the line.
All of it was to no avail though, as they both swore on the Styx that they didn't kill her, so he didn't know what to do. If it wasn't for his son, he probably would have killed himself to be with her again.
Outside of Percy, in the first year since her death, everyone else was in emotional turmoil, none more so than the other five on the Argo II and Chiron. When Thalia found out from Artemis, she almost electrified some of her sisters, she was so angry and depressed. Jason, Piper, and Leo all started sobbing when they heard what had happened from Percy, while Frank and Hazel actually had to go lay down from shock. Chiron was the first other to know, seeing as he lived in the Big House, and came in to check on her once her twice during the pregnancy. When he saw Annabeth lying there, dead, he couldn't help but start crying, while his horse half was bucking and stomping on the ground.
Aside from this tragedy, everything had been peaceful in the godly world, which was never a good sign. Most of the monster attacks had been slow, if not nonexistent, and plenty of new demigods were coming into camp. All the five knew that something big was coming, but since there were no prophecies or any word from the gods, they could only wait to find out what it was.
A/N: I have a couple questions for you, the reader/reviewer.
What should the child's name be, I'm thinking something like Blake or Jack, but if you have your own idea of a name, let me know.
What should the pairing be? It won't be Percabeth, as I've tried writing one in the past, and I scrapped the whole thing because I can't write Annabeth. I won't be doing gay pairings, mostly because I don't feel I could get it right, not because of it being gay or not.
Important:
This is only a Test chapter, to see what you think. I promise that if I get positive reviews, that chapters will be much, much longer. Please don't just leave one or two sentence reviews if you have criticism or suggestions.
Thanks again for reading,
~Lou