Right gang, second chapter. LET'S DO THIS!
When you are an immortal being, it is rather easy to hide a pregnancy. That was not Artemis's problem. Her problem was that she was an eternal maiden. Eternal maidens don't have kids. She knew that, she was not a dummy. As soon as she found out, she did the obvious thing that you would do if you found yourself unwillingly pregnant; she got an abortion. Or, tried to get an abortion. To the surprise of everyone involved in the process, the embryo inside of Artemis could not be aborted. Maybe it was the godly blood, maybe not, but whatever the reason, Artemis was going to be a mother. Ugh.
The next step, she supposed, was to figure out who the father was. That was easy, no one. Artemis had never had sex with a man, dated a man,or been attracted to a man. Same goes for women, too. As she wracked her brain, she remembered the nice clear sighted couple she had met after she had woken up naked in the woods after being drugg- oh. Well, giving the baby to the father wasn't an option. Neither were any of the girls from the hunt. An orphanage was not an option either. Nope. Do not even go there. She decided to postpone the decision making for this particular issue until closer to the due date.
Unfortunately, she got a bit…preoccupied and completely forgot about what she would do with the child once it was born. No one, not even Zoë, knew she was pregnant. If the child was a girl, she could raise it to be a huntress. If it were a boy, well… then we'd have an issue.
We have an issue. On May 17th, 2000, Artemis gave birth to a baby boy. She named him Remus John, after the wolf baby of Roman times, and John Powers, the man that had helped her after she was raped. "Oh there's a thought," she mused. "I could give Mary and John my child. John's a good man, and Mary a good woman. They are clear sighted and know about the godly world, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise." So, that night, Artemis wrote a letter to the Powers.
It read:
Dear Mary and John,
This is Remus John, named after the wolf child of ancient rome and you, John, the man that helped me after I was raped. I thank you deeply, and I hope you will be able to take good care of my child. He is a demigod, half god (me), and half mortal. He will, most likely, be diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. This is not true, and he should not be medicated. His ADHD is his battle reflexes, they will save his life. As for the dyslexia, his brain is hardwired for ancient greek, which works differently than modern languages. He will not be an easy child. Demigods are targeted by monsters, and will be attacked because of their godly scent. To protect him, you must not let him know about the immortal world. Come to think of it, it would be best if you let him believe you are his birth parents for as long as possible. I would like to inform you of a summer camp, called Camp Half-Blood. It will be the safest place for him when he is older. It is in New York, look for Delphi Strawberry Services. You should send him there when he is about 12 years old. This compass is a gift, give it to him before he goes to camp for the first time. Thank you, and take good care of my son.
Sincerely,
Artemis, Goddess of the moon and hunt
She wrapped the baby in a blanket, and set off, in the night, to the quiet town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. She stuck the letter in the blanket beside the sleeping infant, and put her necklace on him. It was a charm of half of a moon, and the leader of the hunt had a necklace with a matching one. Then, she rang the doorbell and disappeared, in a flash of blinding light.
