DISCLAIMER: I do not own Percy Jackson or any of the associated characters. All rights belong to Rick Riordan.

A/N: Percy Jackson, unlike the clueless doofus in the canon, inherits his mother's brain to figure out things on his own with his good observation skills. And observed he did to find his heritage. This is a story of a smart son of Poseidon, who does impulsive things, but with a planned execution and well planned assumptions to rat out his enemies.

Chapter 1: I unlock my godly heritage

Six year old Percy doubted he was different from other kids in his class or even school. He might not excel in academics or sports, but he knew he was smart in his own way, knew that he just had to figure it out slowly. The first sign for his doubt was the severe case of dyslexia, because it made him unable to read english at all. The words had started swimming off the page, circling his head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards. Then came the ADHD, which made him unable to sit still in classroom he couldn't read a word of. Even the school bullies behaved better than him—staying silent during the class room. All the fights during the school year led to him being expelled from the school once again. It came as no surprise to him that his mom took this news as casually as he went to a movie and returned after a quick ice cream break at the park.

Seven year old Percy Jackson knew he was different. He may not be a smart student in the class like the teachers wanted him to be, but he was clever in his own way and very observant in nature. The first sign of his difference he got was an incident involving his stepfather Gabe Ugliano or as he called him smelly Gabe, due to the vile stench the man emitted. His mother Sally Jackson married the man when he was four and Gabe was abusive towards Percy just a few months after the wedding. One day when he was seven...something extraordinary happened. Percy saw Gabe hitting his mother and it brought forth an uncontrollable rage in his young mind. Suddenly the plumbing exploded and a piece of the pipe hit the man on his head. Gabe was knocked out cold and his mother was saved for the moment. From his mother's expression, Percy knew that his mother understood what had happened but she never mentioned anything to him. When asked she said it was just an accident because of a leakage in plumbing and not to worry about it. But deep down, Percy knew that he was different. Maybe he was a wizard like Harry Potter in the movie and that was his first accidental magic.

Whatever it is he was determined to find out...

The next clue that he was different was the extraordinary things he'd seen. There was this freak accident when he shot the bus driver, that suspiciously had a single eye with a civil war canon. Then there was this lady with snake legs he saw in the street while he was traveling in a bus with his mother or the faces in the waves that he'd seen at Montauk beach. When he pointed the snake lady to his mother, she waved it off as his imagination but her pale face told him he wasn't imagining anything. What he couldn't comprehend was that no one other than them were seeing anything like that. But his mom had already confirmed that she wasn't diagonised with dyslexia and ADHD.

When he thought about it much later in time, he came to a conclusion. Both the monsters he saw was from the Greek myths his mother told him as bedtime stories, namely a Cyclops and a dracaena. So Greek myths has something to do with him.

The final clue that helped him figure out his difference was the one he got on his school trip to the aquarium. When he was near the shark tank he heard a voice in his head.

"The son of the sea god!"

"My lord, it's an honor to meet you!"

Startled by the voices, Percy looked at the sharks and asked "Did you just talked to me in my head?" Percy came to the conclusion because no one seemed to freak out by the sudden noises around them. He got a reply in the form of a collective "Yes, my lord". Once again startled by that, Percy accidently walked over to the side of the gangplank and stepped on a lever and his entire class had to take a swim in a tank full of sharks. By the time he reached home Percy started hating the word 'lord' from all the time all these fishes called him that.

When he reached home Percy sat down in his room and thought about the incident slowly. That was when he made the connection of his earlier conclusion with what he heard today from the sharks. Son of the sea god and Greek myth his mother also told him that his father was lost at the sea.

Holy shit! I am a demigod—son of Poseidon like that Theseus dude in the stories.

That's why the water exploded and he was able to talk to fishes. The faces he had seen in the waves must be some mermaid or something looking at the son of their lord. That must be why his mother lied to him about it. She must have been afraid of him leaving her for his father.

No, god or not, I won't leave my mother for a father that abandoned us. In fact, a god wouldn't have time for a son all the time.

Now what do I do? I have the blood of a god in me. I am not an average human. I should be better than my peers whether it be in academics or sports. I shouldn't let my ADHD or dyslexia drag me down. Why do I have those two to begin with? I have to look into it to see if it's a demigod thing. I have to work hard to become the best from now on.

Then there is my powers as a demigod. I have to find and master them before any monster attack me like in the legends. And I can't ask my mom since she is not comfortable with the demigod stuff.

Unknown to Percy, his demigod aura increased at that moment but it was still weak compared to that of an adult demigod and Gabe's stench covered his aura. So while he still stayed home the monsters attracted to him was minimal.

From what his teacher told Percy about his ADHD and dyslexia, there are ways to conquer them if he worked hard. For ADHD, he has to practice meditation. It won't take away the problem but he will be able to control it. For dyslexia, the only way is to read a lot. The more he read the more he will be able to understand from what he read.

First I have to deal with ADHD and dyslexia then I will have to get better at everything I do as I go. So I will have to get books on Greek stuff and Meditation and study them.

The next day Percy found himself at the school library and got the one book on meditation and another book called Iliad. The second book contained a lot of information on Greek mythology. He also got a book to learn the language of Greek. He wanted to test the dyslexia problem on other languages.

The techniques in the meditation book was really hard but Percy was determined to master them. It took him the rest of the four months of school year to reach a level where he could control his ADHD to an acceptable level. During that time he read as many books as he can. First it was extremely difficult to read and it took him a lot of time to complete his first book. But by each book he read, his reading speed and control over dyslexia increased. Now he was not at a normal level but he was hopeful that if he continued, he will reach a normal level by next academic year. He also found out that he picked up Greek language at an astonishing rate. It must be due to his heritage as a greek demigod.

Percy also researched about his father Poseidon and his legendary half-brothers Theseus and Orion. His father is one of the six children of the titan king named Kronos and he along with his brothers Zeus and Hades overthrew their father. Poseidon became the lord of the Sea where Zeus got the Sky and Hades got the Underworld. His father is not only the king of the sea but also the Earthshaker and the Stormbringer. He is married to a lady named Amphitrite, a nereid and has an immortal son named Triton. This information made Percy a little uneasy about his birth. His father is also the one who created horses and has a great rivalry with Athena, the wisdom goddess. His brother Theseus was a very smart man and earned the acceptance of Athena despite his father's rivalry with her. He also had control over water and killed a beast named Minotaur. He was a soldier and an exceptional swordsman and leader from the looks of it. He led a glorius life during his youth but became arrogant later and died a king in exile filled with despair. His brother Orion on the other hand was a hunter and had great skill with a bow. Legends says that he even got the man hating goddess Artemis to like him before getting killed for being a rapist, by the said goddess. Even though Percy admired the skill of Orion he did not want to be like him because Orion's character reminded him of Gabe. He wanted to be more like Theseus, a smart man and a leader, without the arrogance and proud nature, ofcourse.

He could barely wrap his head around the fact that these stories in the Iliad were true and happened thousands of years ago. Achilles' rage was beautiful and mesmerizing. Percy wished for his own Patroclus that can inspire such rage in him. Agamemnon's follies were lessons on pride, arrogance and letting power get to your head. Paris' foolish action taught him that gods are always going to be temperamental and think about the consequences of his actions. Cassandra's curse made him wonder wonder whether the gods would still curse for spurning them, intentionally or not. This book is an encyclopedia of past heros where they royally screwed when no one screwed up and it teaches a lot to the future generation.

From his research on demigods Percy found about his ADHD and dyslexia. Since he's a greek demigod, his mind is hardwired for ancient Greek, and the ADHD—it's about battlefield reflexes because of his impulsiveness. That would keep him alive in a real battle if he can observe more into his surroundings. His attention problem is because he notices too much into a situation that generally would look like spacing out. And all demigods have a connection to their immortal parent's domain and will be able to control it to a minor degree. So that implies he will have control over water, earthquake and storms. He also found out that demigods have an aura around them that attracts the monsters. He will have to control it if he were to live with his mom or he will endanger her. Demigods are also good at fighting but since he did not have the opportunity he decided to leave it for later.

After a month of meditation Percy was able to feel a connection toward the sea, earth and the sky from within him. It was like a lake inside his body which was being filled by three rivers from each of his father's domain. He also noticed that the source is giving him a physical advantage. The lake is overflowing in him and the power is projected outside of him. That was the demigod aura he read about. He tried to reduce the leaking power and was partially successful in the effort. First the progress was sluggish but it became easy once he tried to control the rivers of power into his body. In the last three months he was able to reduce his aura by half. He is now able to decrease the size of the rivers on demand but not completely stop them. So even though he reduced the aura, it was still there. Unknown to Percy, this decrease in aura combined with the stench of Gabe was able to conceal him completely from the senses of the monsters.

Percy also had the sense to practice his powers he inherited from Poseidon. In his first few days itself he learned that he was able to control water. He practiced controlling a glass of water in his bedroom away from the eyes of his mother. Drinking water worked against him. It resisted to an extent. He concluded it to his father's domain being the sea—salt water. With each day his finesse in water control increased. He also started to control more and more amount of water as time passed. Now he was able to control liters of water but he stopped doing more in his room so that his mother does not find out his extracurricular activities. Now he practiced more in his bathroom time. Percy found out that controlling water takes energy from his lake within and it takes time to recover the energy from the rivers. Also not having a full lake helped controlling the aura. He noticed that using his power more is making the power lake larger. Percy used the muscle analogy to his powers—the more he uses them the stronger he gets. The daily useage of his water powers together with meditation helped Percy sense the sources of water. He also found out that his connection to earth and sky are lesser than the connection to sea. But he did not try to practice them due to the fear of causing an accident. He came to a conclusion of water being the primary domain of his father.

At the end of the school year Percy was politely asked to find a new school for the next year. Even though his grades and behavior improved, the school authorities were wary of the trouble maker reputation he had earned with the war cannon incident and the shark tank incident. This might be a good chance for him. In the next school he won't have a bad name with the teachers and he can do the best work in both academic and other areas. He will have a better reputation there. Percy decided it to be the next best step for now.

In his biology class, Percy has learned that human body contained a lot of water. He decided to use the two months of holidays to use the body fluids to sense other persons around him. Each day he practiced more meditation and tried to sense all the water around him. After three weeks he was able to sense people in his home. He decide to use the rest of the holidays to increase the range of his sensing. He also increased the amount of water he could control. Now he could lift up an entire bathtub full of water and make shapes out it and bent it to his will. From his experiments in the bathtub he also found out that is able to breath underwater. Sometimes he would go to the lake a few kilometers away and learned to swim from there. It was as easy as breathing for him. When no one was looking he dived underwater and explored the lake. Thankfully there was no water monsters in that small lake. Percy also made sure to read as many books from the nearby public library as possible. When his mom heard about his attempt overcome dyslexia she was so proud of him and encouraged him wholeheartedly.

On his birthday, his mother took Percy to Montauk beach. This was where his mother met his father, she had told him. Percy could actually believe a Sea god hanging around such beach. He also felt that being near the beach increased his strength and also found that the sea helped him calm down. After a week of vacation they returned back to their home. The holydays were soon over and Percy was looking forward to the new school year in his new school. This was his chance to become the best and he was not going to lose it. This time he will show everyone that he was the best.

xXx

A/N: What do you think about it? Good? Bad? How much do you want me to enhance Percy's power in the story. I was considering his full potential was enough to go toe-to-toe with a minor god for a while. Tell me about it, later into the story. Happy reading.