Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Percy Jackson series, books, or characters.
A/N: Hey, Happy Birthday Nachi Bloodwork! This chapter is dedicated to you. Feb 28 2017. I worked hard in order to give you the second chapter on your birthday. Please enjoy the fruits of my efforts.
Also, just again a reminder that this is a re-written chapter of my other story called: Adopted Son of Hades. Fanfiction did not allow me to use the same name for this story so that is why this story is called Son of Hades.
Just to clarify. Sally Jackson is "mommy"
Persephone is "mom"
Hades is "dad"
I tried to make the story the closest to the original as possible. After all it is a re-write and you will notice that some of the content is the exact same as the original but some of it is different.
POV: Percy
I had a nice dream. Hades and I were playing with Cerberus in the Fields of Punishment. Cerberus' giant heads looking wildly for the ball which I had thrown. Persephone was on the sidelines laughing at Cerberus digging up trees in order to get to the ball. I waved excitedly to her and she waved back laughing. Cerberus had found the ball by then and brought the ball back for me to throw it again.
Yesterday, Hades had woken me from my nap and explained that he and his wife wanted to adopt me. He bent down and some black kind of mist went into my mouth. When I looked in the mirror my usual sea-green eyes now had darkened to a dark green with a brown outline. We spend the rest of the day having a tour of the underworld and I was introduced as Hades' son and everyone bowed to me.
Dad showed me the place in which to practice with some of my new powers. I still didn't know all of them. Dad said that he would tell me later. He did show me how to conjure up some skeletons. It was hard work and the first couple times I only managed to bring up a couple bones.
After the tour Dad, Hades told me to call him father or dad, brought me to another room, which he said would be my permanent room. It was close to his room so that I could reach him when need be. He also gave me a phone so I could call him. The phone had Dad's number as well as Mom's, Persephone.
I woke up today, happy when I remembered that I no longer had to watch my mother suffer through Gabe's horrible treatment of her. I rubbed my eyes and yawned before getting out of bed and making my way to the kitchen. I passed by a couple of the skeletal servants that my father employed to care for the palace. After all the palace was too big for him to clean himself and he said that it was good for the underworld economy if he actually paid the skeletons. He had enough money to pay them. I knew this because he had given me my very own credit card, which I was informed had no limit.
I turned the corner and walked into the kitchen. I saw mom at the stove cooking and Dad sitting at the kitchen table.
"Percy" My mom smiled. "What do you want for breakfast?"
"Toast please" I returned the smile before sitting down. Dad was reading the newspaper, The Underworld Weekly. He shook his head in annoyance. I sent a questioning look at him.
Mom placed a plate in from of me. There was toast with butter as well as scrambled eggs and bacon. I picked up the toast and listened to my dad as he began to speak.
"Charon wants another raise and has been rallying my workers in order to get them to strike" Dad explained. "I really hate it when Charon asks for another raise. He already gets paid more than he should for what he does." He looked like he was going to say something else but he stopped and I turned in order to see what had caught his attention.
I saw another man, with the same eyes as me, walk in and I stopped eating. The man was dress in light tan shorts and a button up green Hawaiian shirt. The man had sea green eyes, like me. I had a feeling that this was the man my mommy had told me about. My mom came around to stand next to me with her hand protectively on my shoulder.
"Percy, I am your father, Poseidon" he said and I shook my head and pointed at my new daddy. I didn't want to believe that this seemingly nice man was my birth father.
"No he is" I protested. The man who claimed to be my father sighed and said
"I am your true father but he will raise you since I can't" he said sadly, as if he wanted to raise me, I thought sarcastically. "I want to but the war against my old enemy is too dangerous to risk having you there." He seemed to read my mind.
I scowled. "I don't care. You left me alone with my step-father and he hit mommy everyday." I stood up in anger. "You're the reason everything bad happened to me!"
Poseidon looked on sadly. "I'm sorry Percy" He said
I shook my head. "I don't care. You were never there." I turned my back on him and looked at my new mom and dad. "I have a new father now. A better father"
When I turned back to look at Poseidon he was gone. I shrugged and continued to eat my breakfast in silence before looking at my dad. As I remembered my dream I decided I wanted a puppy. Dad had Cerberus so it was only fair I had a dog as well.
"Can I have a puppy?" I asked using puppy dog eyes to see if they worked. They did and he grinned and picked me up saying
"Sure, I'll get you a hound"
We went to a place where there were many puppies and dad told me to choose one. The place was filled with tons of crates and cages but next to the place was a huge field with tons of geysers. I looked and there must have been at least twenty geysers.
I walked up to the crates to see the puppies. I wondered why they were in this particular place until I notice it was some kind of place were dogs are bred.
There were so many different puppies to choose from, each with their own different personality, shape, and color. Some would come up to me while others would ignore me or hide away. I decided on one that reminded me of a wolf but it had thick, soft, black fur, and glowing red eyes. I chose it because it seemed a bit like the mysterious type kind of like me and it was one of the few that had approached me confidently. I picked it up and showed it to dad.
"Can I have this one?" I asked, he nodded.
"Well, you need to name it Percy what are you going to name it?" he asked "It is a female"
"Mrs. O'Leary" I said as I remembered the particularly large mastiff that I had played with back when my mommy was alive.
"These are hell hounds and they are really loyal if they want to be and they grow huge. The size of a tank." Dad explained and my eyes widened.
"Wow, they get very big"
"But not for a while" he said to reassure me and it worked I relaxed it was hard to imagine the small pup growing to be that big, that fast. I pulled Mrs.O'Leary closer to me and held daddy's hand as we walked back to his palace. On the way back I was greeted by skeletons, they would shake my hand before leaving with a final bow to me. They then would do the same to daddy.
"You will now have control over the dead, shadows, and demons. You can also communicate with creatures of the dark." My dad explained as we were walking back to his palace.
"Wow" I was in awe of the powers that I now had, on top of the water powers.
Daddy just smiled, but he looked ahead into the distance. I followed his gaze before finding a huge field full of erupting volcanoes. It seems like when we were talking we missed the left turn and went straight instead. Daddy's eyes widened and he turned us around before I saw anything else. Then he made me promise never to go there, I promised. When we got back to the house I went to my room and fell asleep with Hades next to me.
POV: Hades
I was so scared I had walked Percy right to the entrance of Tartarus and not known that. I should have known when I saw the first volcano but I kept walking straight because Percy was talking. I should have been paying more attention. I felt so bad. Persephone was there and when I told her what happened she didn't blame me but instead comforted me saying
"You didn't know it is not your fault" she chanted over and over again.
The next day I awoke to see Percy playing with Mrs. O'Leary. She was running up and down the stairs and Percy was laughing and controlling skeletons trying to catch him. The skeletons for some reason had a dark green glow to them. I suppose it was because of Percy's affiliation with Poseidon.
POV: Percy
I was chasing Mrs.O'Leary and she was so fast so I used skeletons to try and catch him, but still she kept running away and I couldn't catch her. Daddy picked Mrs.O'Leary up and brought her to me. I hugged her and told her never to leave me like that again. She whinnied saying
"I was only having so fun" she said as his black ears flopped, I shrugged
"Still don't do that" I told her. Daddy was walking away before I asked
"What are you doing today daddy?"
"Well, I will help with the judging of souls, and then I will go to an Olympian counsel." He told me before leaving. I watched in sadness, I thought that he would spend more time with me today. I went to mom but she was busy taking care of the demons. I was bored and I didn't know what to do so I went up into the mortal world without telling anyone. But of course Mrs.O'Leary came with me, but another demon, Termit, also came escorting me.
"I don't see why you need to come" I snapped when he insisted on tagging along.
"My Lord, I just need to make sure you are safe or your father will be very upset." He replied flinching as I threw a punch in the air.
"Well then just don't get in the way" I scowled
"As you wish" He bowed
I groaned and started running with Mrs. O'Leary and Termit on my heels. Termit, was flying with his black wings and his blond hair was flowing along with the wind. I was running so fast that I didn't notice the tree in front of me before I bumped my head and fell unconscious.
...
When I woke up there were voices whispering.
"Do you think he is okay?" asked Termit, I think.
"I hope so" said Mrs.O'Leary
I opened my eyes and saw them both leaning over me.
"Hey guys" I said bounding up again ready to run some more but my head hurt and I wobbled a little bit. "What happened?" I asked. They looked at each other and Mrs.O'Leary spoke first
"Well you were running and you hit a nymph's tree. The nymph was very angry and we had to chase her away or else she was going to hit you again."
"How long was I out?" I said groggily.
"Only about three hours" said Termit "You should be able to make it back before your father finds out" he smirked. I felt a pang of horror fall over me as I realized that if I didn't check in with dad then I would be in big trouble. I rushed and summoned a portal to get us back and hurriedly said
"Not a word of this to anyone guys. Promise on the river Styx." I commanded.
"I promise on the river Styx" they said in unison. I walked into the portal and entered the throne room, just as dad walked in and picked me up.
"Well, what did you do today son?" daddy asked flashing a curious look to Termit who was still with me.
"Well my Lord if I may, Percy was with me today wandering the underworld." He said covering up for me, I gave him a smile in thanks which he returned.
"Yeah, we went to see creatures around here" I said joyfully as if I actually did. Mrs.O'Leary barked to confirm it to my daddy.
"It seems like you had fun today son" he said grinning.
"Yes, I did"
"Except for the fact that all the demons and creature were out here looking for you" he told me firmly. Oops, he knew.
"Daddy, I was just wandering no harm done.." I mumbled
"NO HARM DONE?" he raised his voice loudly " I come back early and I find my son has gone off without telling anyone" I dropped my head in shame.
" I was safe dad..." I mumbled embarrassed.
"Well I still didn't know where you where." He said
" Fine I was with Hades and Termit, in the mortal world" I gave up and told him. He turned a very red color before turning purple with rage. I flinched back and he returned to normal but when he spoke his rage was still inflicted in his voice.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?" he said
"I just was bored and everyone was busy." I said looking down to avoid his angry gaze.
"Well nothing I can do about that but don't do it again" he said strictly. Wait, I am not getting punished? Awesome. I promised and went to my room with Hades and Termit following me as usual. Mom came to my room and said
"Sorry for not being able to be there with you today. I heard what happened from dad." She told me "But my one question is why is there a soft spot on your head"
I groaned embarrassed "Mom, I ran into a tree up there." She chuckled, so I guessed she wasn't surprised. She waved her hand over my head and healed me. My head felt much better after that and I smiled again and hugged her, before laying down in my bed. I pulled up the green covers and fell asleep at midday.
I woke up two hours later and I ran out of my room and straight into mom. Mom's hair was different and I noticed the sparkling blue dress she had on.
"Mom why-?" I asked but stopped when I saw daddy in a black suit with a black tie.
"Percy, we need to visit the Olympian counsel tonight. You need to stay home. Termit will be supervising you." Mom explained while Dad grumbled under his breath. No doubt saying something bad about the Olympians. I grinned at that. Dad certainly did despise the Olympians for some reason.
"Remember, if anything happens call us" Dad said before he picked me up for a final hug good-bye.
I returned the hug good bye and then went to my mom and gave her a quick hug before sitting down in the kitchen watching T.V as they left. The three stools there were all black and the counter was a white granite. Obviously it was mom who chose the colors. Dad always chose black. I went to the fridge to get Mrs.O'Leary's dog food out and poured the semi moist food into her food bowl on the ground.
There was a knock on the door and I froze.