A request made by SamiJackson that I just finished. Multi-chapter, eventual slash, AU
Summary: Percy Jackson was just a boy from a small village, he lived with his mother. He fished, hung out with friends, got into stuff he shouldn't but he was a teenager that was his job. But when strange beings known as Angels appear one day his whole world is shaken up. He has a million decisions and each one will has a after effect that will either be bad or good, can he save everyone and himself at the same time.
Disclaimer: I don't own it so you can let out the breath you were holding. I don't think I'll ever own Pjo…maybe one day
Perseus Jackson was popular kid in the village he lived in, he had lots of friends and even though he grew up without a father whom his father never married no one looked down on them or shunned them like they did to most people. His mother was a gardener, and he helped with fishing. Percy was pretty good too, it was like the fish loved him. Like most children who grew up without a father, Percy always wondered, where his dad went, why he left, and if he'd ever come back.
His mother, with tears in her eyes always had to tell him, she did not have an answer, other than the fact that Perseus looked just like him. With creamy tan skin, shoulder length hair and sea green eyes, he could be his twin. After he turned twelve Perseus had learned to accept that and just let it go, his father was probably never coming back and he wouldn't have a clue on where to find him if he tried to look.
That was all discovered four years ago, Perseus had been moved to second in command of the fishing boats and he loved it, and as same as his routine was every day, life never managed to get boring. He went fishing from sunrise until noon, took a break that involved lunch and messing with his best friend, Grover who like his mother worked in gardening, and then it was back to fishing, maybe go out and have some fun with his group of friends and then his day was over and it started again. \Everyday was always the same…until today that is.
Perseus had been coming back from the long day of fishing and everything was fine he'd made plans to play manhunt with a few of his friends, Malcolm, Ryan, and Joel. He was on his way to meet them just as he saw winged figures circling over the village. He'd never seen anything like it but it was obvious the older villagers had. Everyone began running, trying to get away, back to their huts, some were trying to hide food, and some just running in fear. Perseus was lost for a minute until he saw his mom running up to him, she grabbed his hand and pulled him into their own hut. She began to seal each opening so no light made it in whatsoever.
"Mom, what's going on?" He asked as she kept rushing around, blowing out candles and muttering to herself.
"Percy, honey those things out there are called Angels…your father was one, and now that they're back they may try to take you with them," she hurriedly spoke.
"What? Mom, you said that you didn't know where he went, or anything," Percy said in confusion.
"I didn't know exactly where he went Percy but I know what it is called."
Percy looked her in the eyes for a moment, "mom, what is it called?"
"It's called heaven, Percy, they call it heaven."
They were interrupted by a loud sound of someone pushing the door into their small home open. A man who looked just like how Percy had imagined his father to look like for years.
Everything was right in the description except for the man had wings, long beautiful green wings that were folded up against his body for the time being, almost looking like a coat or cape of sorts.
"Who are you?" Percy demanded looking at the figure as he tried to move in front of his mother to protect her. The man just looked at him for a while a smile forming on his lips.
"I asked you who-"
"Percy…he's your father!" his mother quickly said moving next to Percy, "and I'm guessing he's here to take you with him," she said, her voice thick with sadness.
The angel nodded, "Yes, that's why I'm here, Perseus you are part angel and as such, you must come back to heaven with me."
"I….no, I can't I don't know you or anything like that…I can't just leave with you," Percy said and then looked at his mom, "mom, he can't just take me away, can he?"
His mother now had tears streaming down his face as she nodded, "Percy, you can't stay here forever…you have to go with him…he's your father and you'll see sooner or later, he's a good person, it's alright, you can visit." She looked at the boy's father in question.
"Of course you can, Perseus coming with me does not mean never seeing your mother again, I promise I'll never keep you from her forever, but you must come, now."
Percy looked between his mother and the man that was supposed to be his dad before hugging his mom.
"I'm going to miss you mom," he whispered.
"I know, I'll miss you too but like he said, this isn't forever."
"I love you mom," he said as they began to pull away.
"I love you too sweetie," she kissed his cheek and watched as he walked away with his father, and then she began to really cry, she'd miss her son as if he were gone forever and the time he was gone would seem to be infinite.
"Perseus, are you ready to fly?"
"Am I ready to what?"
"Fly of course." His father said grinning like this was some form of a father-son outing.
"I don't have wings," Percy pointed out.
"That's what you think, shirt off," his father said with the same grin.
"What? Why? I think I'd know if I had wings," Percy slowly took off the green cloth that was his shirt leaving only his tan pants on that were still damp from fishing.
His father took a hand and trailed down the half-angel's back. Percy felt a tingly feeling pass through him and the wings that he'd not known about until now appeared, they were sea green like his father with white ends, making them look like the ocean and sea foam.
"Come, Perseus," The angel grabbed his arm and took off flying and as strange as it seemed, for Percy flying came natural, he soared and glided with ease right next to his father looking down at everything in wonderment. He watched as more Angels came out from huts and flew from out of the woods. One flew right over them and looked down at them grinning, "Hey Poseidon, who's the sparrow?"
"He's my son, Ares, how was your day?"
"It was alright, just got better though, what's his name…unless you want me to never stop calling him Sparrow," Percy looked up to see the other angel had red wings, short black hair and eyes that almost resembled flames.
"My name is Percy," Percy said, feeling as if he should be able to speak for himself.
The angel licked his lips, "Mm Percy…Percy…Percy, how'd you like to-"
"Ares you shall do no such thing, do you understand me," Poseidon snapped.
"Fine, it was just asking the kid to a good time, is that a crime?"
"When it involves your kind of fun, I believe it is," Poseidon retorted.
"Yeah, yeah, oh well, I'll see you around Percy," Ares flew off quickly spiraling down to the world below.
Poseidon took Percy's hand as they did the opposite and flew upward until they seemed to flying in nothing, literally nothing. It was dark but you could still see but their seemed to be nothing there until Percy saw a light glistening, it sparkled as he and his father dove into it and came out into almost a unbelievable sight.
They were looking down on round green levitating platforms that led into a forest and out to what looked like an endless castle. Angels flew all around under the moons light that seemed brighter than what Percy had ever seen before. Percy soon realized that everything was in the sky, just floating there.
"Where…are we?"
"Heaven, do you like it."
All Percy could do was nod and then shake his head, "this is amazing but where the villages…the huts, not everyone can stay in the castle, right?"
"You are correct not everyone stays in the castle, but that is their own choice, you and I however will be staying in the palace, come I will show you exactly where."
Percy nodded as they flew downward to the large structure entering in through an open window and zooming right through the hallways and stopping to turn at the end that seemed to never come finally flying down a wide staircase. Poseidon and Percy finally stood on the floor as his father pushed it open revealing a room that had glass wall that showed the sea that surrounded them. Percy thought it couldn't get any better as he looked at his father in awe. The room had a living room and a bedroom, all of which were new to him things that Percy never even dreamt of seeing a day in his life.
"Who stays here?"
"You do, son, I will give you time to settle in and then you can come to dinner with everyone else a little later when they all return from the human villages, if you need me my room in down the hallway, alright?"
"Okay…yes...sure," Percy wandered around the room touching the soft pillows and sofa as his father left. He stopped to look at himself in the mirror. He saw someone he'd never seen before. He saw a boy with wings and black hair blown back and as similar as he looked to his old self it was almost like looking at a stranger.
Perseus Jackson knew this would take getting used to and it'd be while before Poseidon became his real dad but he could easily see things folding out perfectly in the end.