A/N: Hello everyone. This is a AU of Percy Jackson, mostly just added characters, but maybe some story aspects as well. Also I do not own PJO or HOO or anything else made by Rick Riordan. Please see the bottom A/N for more info and how you can contribute to the story! Please Enjoy!
(Third Person)
A storm flashes above the City of Duluth which lay upon a hill overlooking a large lake, rain slowly drizzles down on the steps of a orphanage. Tiny rivers form upon the stoop of the large brick building, slowly making their way down to their much larger brother, Lake Superior.
A woman in a rain slicker carries a basket with a small child inside of it. The storm doesn't seem to bother the days old baby boy as he is carried up the steps by his mother. The woman puts down the basket in front of the old building door. She raises a hand to ring the doorbell, but pauses. The woman bends down to her child, as if to second guess herself of what she is doing. She looks into the child's bright green eyes, a single tear runs down her cheek and into the basket.
"I won't let what happen to me happen to you my love." She says soothingly to the boy. "I pray to every god that there is that you wont find out what you are." The woman shudders out a breath. "Stay safe, Felix" the woman said as she kissed her boys head. She placed a lumpy envelope in his basket before standing back up and wiping away her tears once more.
"She quickly rang the doorbell, and ran away from the door. She didn't look back, she couldn't look back. The woman sent a prayer to the boys father."Please keep him safe, he will have no one. On parent abandoning him is enough. Don't let him end up like the rest of us."
The door to the orphanage opened up and a plump looking woman opened the door holding a baseball bat. To many times had a crazy drug addict been at this woman's door looking for handouts, she had learned her lesson after the last one started asking for multiple children. She started to cary a baseball bat to the door ever since Not seeing anyone, the woman almost closed the door, almost. A small cry pierced the night, scaring the lady half to death. She quickly looked down to see the small child in the basket, gazing up at her with intense green eyes. She gasped and dropped the baseball bat. As quickly as she could, she scooped up the child in her arms. Something hit the ground at her feet. She looked down to see a envelope, addressed to emOwner of Orphanage. /emThe woman quickly grabbed the envelope as she tried to calm the now crying baby.
The woman stepped inside and found a place to put down the boy so she could read the note. The woman opened up the note, and as if on cue, lighting lit up the sky. She gulped and quickly pushed her short brown hair behind her ear to read the note. Her eyes quickly looked over the page. Not much was to the letter, just the name of the child "Felix", along with a request to keep the enclosed item with the child at all times.
The woman reached into an envelope, and pulled out a rabbits foot key chain. The woman's first instinct was to just throw away the foot. When she was about to however, she felt something change. Somehow, this keychain was important. This rabbits foot should be treasured by this young child. So what if it was something from the mother that abandoned him, it was a hell of a lot more than the things that other children had here.
The woman picked up the small boy named Felix and rocked him back and forth in her arms. "Don't worry little one, Aunty Marry is taking care of you now." She hummed soothing lullabies to the child, it worked almost immediately and Felix shut his tinny eyes almost immediately. Marry brought the child upstairs, and quietly set up an old crib in a room with another baby in it. She set down Felix in his crib and silently walked over to the other child.
"Chloe, you're going to have a new baby brother. You're going to have to watch out for him." "Marry stroked the cheek of the one year old, she had dark black hair that cover her eyes as she slept, almost like a shroud. Marry sighed as she swept away the hair.
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The woman in the rain slicker quickly made her way down the hill towards the city. She was crying although it looked like rain on her face. Had she made a mistake? Was giving up her child really the best decision? Something drew her out of her thoughts. A fairly tall man in a trench coat was slowly making his way up the hill, he seemed to be staring directly at her. She quickly turned down an alleyway off the main road trying to avoid the man at all costs. She learned to trust her senses when she was very young, and she didn't make it to 20 being what she was by being stupid.
Looking over her shoulder, she didn't see anything out of the ordinary, the man appeared to not of followed her. Then something growled at her from the shadows, she reacted to slowly as the giant beast erupted from the shadows. It pinned her to the ground, it leaned down to her face to face. She stared directly into the blood red eyes of the massive dog leaning over her, there was no mercy in them.
"The woman heard more growling from behind her, another of the dog like demons was stalking up behind her. She tried to scream, but she couldn't. Fear was paralyzing every part of her body. She saw a figure walk by the entrance to the alleyway, it was the man in the trench coat. He peered into the inky blackness and called out to the woman.
"Ma'am? Are you alright down there." The man barely got out the words when both beast let out a low, panic inspiring growl. The man tripped over himself trying to run away from the beasts.
Both beasts turned their attentions back to the young woman, she was muttering under her breath. The dogs heard what she was saying but not soon enough, she was praying for help. Faster than one of the dogs could react, a bright flash of light appeared out of nowhere. Shots of pure golden energy shot the dog on top of the woman to golden dust. The other beast quickly dodged one of the blasts. The last beast, knowing it was beat, decided to make a last act of revenge before it was to be destroyed. Faster than the light source could react, it dashed for the woman still on the ground. It bit down deep into the woman and ripped out her intestines.
The woman let out a blood curdling screech as the dog was blasted into oblivion. The light dimmed and a 18 year old boy came rushing from where it was. He had golden hair, tan skin, and the most brilliant green eyes ever seen. He had tears streaming down his face as he chanted out "No, no, no, no, no, nononononono" He said faster and faster as he rushed over to the woman. The young woman greeted him with a smile, in shock and couldn't feel the amounts of pain that should of been coursing through her body.
"Hold on Grace! Just hold on I can help you!" he said trying to keep calm as he knelt down next to the woman trying to keep his emotions in check. He cradled her head in his lap as strange golden energy flowed from his hand into the giant hole in the the young woman's stomach. The woman he called Grace, continued to smile and wiped away his tears.
"My love, even your power has limits, you know you can't save me" She said with a raspy voice, she held his face in his hands. "Look at me." she said sweetly cupping the teenagers face in her hands. She gazed into his eyes, his eyes held such depth, such age well beyond what he looked like. The eyes had seen eons come and go, and where the most beautiful things she had ever seen.
"You cant save me." She said and the boy's face turned to one of pain. "But there is something you can do. Find our son, he's just up the hill."
The boys face turned to look up the hill, but Grace's hands brought his face back to hers. "Watch over him, teach him, care for him. Please my love, he deserves at least one parent." The boy looked at her with a sad expression, tears still streaming down his face. He opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by the women.
"I don't care about the Ancient Laws. Promise me, promise me you'll watch over him." She said making sure she looked him in the eyes. He looked down at the pavement, his face said that he couldn't make this promise, that he shouldn't make this promise. But the boys mouth was always stupider than the rest of him.
"I promise." He said quietly, but he stared back into the woman's brown eyes as he did. He could feel her life leaving her, see it come out in waves as her last breath drew closer. He leaned in and kissed the woman he loved for the last time.
"I love you Grace." he whispered as he held her close.
"And I love you, Apollo." She whispered back into his ears, her breath hit his ear one last time as he felt the life leave her body. The boy cried out in anger and anguish as energy rippled off him in waves. Cracks formed in the walls of the alleyway, all the rain evaporated around the city for a few moments before it began to fall again just as heavy as before.
Apollo gently laid the woman's head down on the ground. He waved his hand over the body as tears still streamed from his puffy eyes. He spoke a couple of lines of ancient greek as he did so. Grace's body shimmered and disappeared from sight. Trying to hold himself together he flashed to the front door of the orphanage.
He flashed through the door and then up the stairs to find his son. He opened the door and the very end of the hallway knowing that his son would be there. He silently walked through the door to find two cribs in a nursery styled room.
He went over to the left crib, knowing that it wasn't his child, but was curious about this baby none the less. He reached down and held a hand over the child, concentrating as he did. Flashes of the child's future played before his eyes. Growing up with his boy, love growing between them, childhood fun, school and all around what a childhood should be. Then the images grew darker, flashes of cars rushing by in front of the girl, a dark overcast day, flashes of three figures running, a large growl. Then blood, blood everywhere.
Apollo stumbled away from the girl. Feeling great pity instilled in his heart. He took a deep breath then walked over to the other baby in the room, his son. He gazed down at the boy taking in his features. He had sandy blonde hair, a mix of his own and the boys mothers. A natural tan and very similar features to himself.
Apollo passed his hand over the child, trying to look into his future. When he did he caught quick flashes, just like with the other child. He learned his son's name, Felix. Growing up with the girl, and another boy who looked a lot like Apollo himself, another son maybe? learning to fend for himself, falling in love with the raven haired girl. Then it went blank. Something was blocking him from seeing his sons future.
Coming out of his trance, Apollo had a quizzical look on his face. Why couldn't he see his sons future? He thought about this for a second or two before ultimately deciding not to think to hard about it. Apollo learned a long time ago that if something is not shown it is not meant to be seen. Probably by trying to see it, it would only make things worse.
Apollo picked up Felix and cradled him in his arms. The boy practically gave off his own heat, much more than a normal human. Not only that, but he could feel large amounts of energy coming off him, for a child that was only a couple days old. Apollo wouldn't be surprised if this boy was to be one of the most, if not the most powerful demigod he had ever sired. He hadn't felt that much energy since the days of ancient Greece.
As he held his son in his arms, a flash of Grace's face appeared in his mind. He remembered the promise he made to her. He looked back at the face of his son, and new he would make good on his promise. He felt something connect him to his son, like he never wanted to put him down again. Something he had never felt before.
"I promise, to teach you, to care for you, to watch over you, until you reach the age that you find out who you really are." Apollo inhaled once, "I will be by your side until that day comes, this I promise, on the River Styx" he exhaled once again. As the words left his mouth, lighting flashed about and thunder boomed in the distance.
Apollo was about to put Felix in his crib when he sensed three more people in the room, right behind him. He slowly turned around knowing exactly who they where. "
The Fates" Apollo said as he looked at each one. Each sister looked almost identical, old women who had high cheek bones and arched eyebrows.
"Do you know what you have done?" They all asked in an eerily steady tone.
"Yes," Apollo said simply
"You do know there will be consequences on him for this." They all said again, tilting their heads to the side in unison.
"I'll make sure that he is ready." Apollo said, gulping after he spoke
"So be it." The sisters said, as they faded into nothing. (Line Break)
Apollo stood outside of the door of the orphanage the next day, he was in his 3 year old form, this is what he needed to do to keep his son safe. He knocked on the door three times, and rang the doorbell four times. The door opened, and the orphanage owner marry stepped out and looked down at the child with a questioning simply looked her dead in the eyes and spoke
"My name is Fred, I live here now." Marry's looked at him for a second like he was insane, then her eyes glazed over for a second.
"Oh, of course, Fred! Where have you been, i've been worried sick." Marry yelled at him like the previous parts of the conversation never happened.
Got to love the mist Apollo thought as he stepped inside to his new life.
A/N: So there you have it Guys and Gals, thank you for reading to the bottom :) Now Heres some stuff for you guys and gals. Please Please Please Review. Every little bit helps. Tell me what you /spanliked, tell me what you didn't like. All constructive criticisms are welcome! Also Please tell me what cool gear Felix should get. I already have a main weapon picked out for him but maybe some other cool stuff. The possibilities are ENDLESS! So go nuts! Also when Felix gets to camp half blood, who should he like? Who should he hate? Who should he half a fling with or have a crush on? Now I already have a paring picked out for this one. Who is Felix Paired with? You'll just have to wait and find out (EVIL LAUGHTER). I plan on having Felix show up at the begging of the Sea of Monsters Book, just for future reference
Recap of Important Shiznit
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What cool gear should Felix have?
Who should Felix hate/like
Possible flings/crushes for Felix
Thank you all so much for reading, and I hope all you guys and gals catch the next chapter.
