Percy, the Wizard: A Rewrite

By Clashgrrl

Beta'd by Tarnished Silver Things

Shoshona79: Thanks and I'll continue it as long as new ideas for it pop into my head. ( or if readers put them there!)

Unknown: Sorry, my beta ( glares at beta) switched Hecate to Hekate.

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LILY POV

I had just decided to breakfast for myself, James, and our little Harry the mundane way when the oddest thing happened. As I dropped my wand onto the counter, it froze. As did the humming of the refrigerator, the sound of James coming down the stairs, and every other thing that made noise in our little cottage.

Time had stopped.

I began to panic, thinking that it was Kronos' doing, when my mother, Hecate, appeared, holding a bundle of cloth. I sighed. "Mother, why are you here?" That bundle had better not be some new sibling of mine, but then, Mother never did do mere social calls.

"Hello my darling," she said, smiling, "As for why I'm here, I had a visit from Poseidon this morning about with his son, Percy." he held out the bundle, and I took it from here, smiling at the healthy child's face, so like, and yet unlike my own boy's. Goddess of magic she may be, but my mother did not know how to hold a child. "Zeus threw a fit and killed Percy's mother, the same way he did Hades' last lover and children. At any rate, Poseidon asked me to hide his son, from his younger brother. You know that the Fates are at most an hour away from cutting your own son's life string, so will you pretend Percy's Percy? You don't have to tell anyone, even your husband about the switch – the boys look well enough alike."

I wanted to shout at my mother for being so cold-hearted, but when I looked at little Percy's green eyes, I couldn't. He was so sweet, and didn't deserve any of this. If nothing else, I could make my own son's last minutes meaningful.

I nodded, and my mother and I walked up the stairs to Harry's room. I picked up Harry and gave him a last kiss, ignoring the fact that I couldn't even tell if he was dead or alive with time being stopped, and handed him to my mother, then put Percy in the crib. Hecate smiled at me and disappeared, her spell breaking at that exact same moment.

Percy began gurgling happily when he saw me, and I called out to my husband. "James! Come look at Harry!"

James was in the room in a second flat, and looked worried, until he saw Percy smiling at us both. James smiled back at him. He rushed over and picked Percy up, holding him close. "Yes," he murmured into the boy's black hair, "Yes, yes! He's okay!" He gave 'his' son a kiss on the top of the head and looked at me. I kissed him.

I didn't like to deceive my husband, but when I saw his face at the sight of a healthy son, I couldn't quite remember why that was.

Hecate POV

Lily's boy died. I was able to get him into Elysium, though, after a long (nd entirely unnecessary; I'm right, after all) debate with my cousin Hades. He gave in quickly, for him, after I told him the whole story. At least Poseidon's son is safe now.