Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians but I do own the plot
Pairings: Percy x Artemis
Chapter 1- NONE
Chapter 2- Haru Mihkasu (6, Male), Hinata Mihkasu (4, Male), Yumi Mihkasu (Baby, Female), Cole Triad (Seth's character. 14, Male), Dante Choi (16, Male), Edward Calkins (11, Male). Alice, Aralina, Harold
Chapter 3- NONE
Chapter 4- Dylan Erikson (5, Male), Eli (9, Male), Owen (15, Male), Alexander and Damien (Twins, 16, Male), Blake Kelson (13, Male)
Chapter 5- NONE
Chapter 6- NONE
Chapter 7- Aries and Aquila (Twins, 3, male and female) James(Jamie) (5, Male)
Chapter 7:
"No! I wanna stay with sister!" the little boy in Percy's arms cried. He squirmed and thrashed attempting to get to the sobbing girl in Artemis' arms.
Percy sighed and put the boy down, "let's just leave them with the other orphans."
"No! Stay with Percy!" the boy screamed.
Percy growled, he was tired and had been having this argument for hours. Artemis was nodding off and both immortals were deep in a headache.
Jason grabbed the little boy but the boy's grip on Percy's shirt was too tight.
"Aries!" the girl screamed, though there was something wrong with the way she spoke.
Percy froze; they got one of the twin's names. The boy was Aries.
"Aquila!" the boy screamed back. Both twins reached towards each other.
Artemis smiled. Aquila, a pretty name.
Percy frowned; the boy was acting strange like his life would end without his sister. It made sense. She was probably the only thing he had left.
Aries cried harder and his grip on Percy tightened if possible. Percy sighed and sat down. Artemis collapsed next to him and they let the two small children latch onto each other but still keep a small hand latched onto their respective savior.
Once the crying subsided Percy looked up at his Hunters and dismissed them. "I will stay in the Big House for the night with Artemis and the twins."
"You will not! Artemis will hurt you. You can't leave with a girl." Alexander spat the last word.
Phoebe scowled and crossed her arms, "Lady Artemis would never stoop so low as to hurt a boy. We should be more worried about the boy hurting our Lady."
"Our Lord would never act as slutty as a woman." Damien snapped.
"Enough," Percy said softly. He smiled at his boys, "I will be fine. And if you ever need me I will be only a walk away. Okay? I cannot let this little boy suffer more than he already has. It isn't fair to him."
The hunters hesitated before leaving. The poor boy did deserve some comfort before he chose his fate. Percy sighed completely exhausted.
Aries cuddled closer to Percy. Percy glanced at Artemis and smiled, she looked cute when she was half asleep.
Wait a second. He did not just think that! He must have been more tired than he thought.
Artemis followed Percy to the Big House and knocked on the door. Chiron smiled and invited them in.
"We were wondering if we could stay the night here. These kids need some time to calm down before we explain everything to them." Percy explained as he motioned to the clingy boy nodding off on his hip.
Chiron nodded understanding what Percy meant. Percy followed Chiron to a spare room and sat on one of the four beds. One already had an injured boy in it so there were only three unoccupied. Artemis put Aquila in one of the bed before climbing in the bed next to her. Percy placed Aries with his sister before climbing into the last bed.
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Haru ran up to Jason and grinned. "Look! I ran the farthest today out of all the cubs!"
Jason grinned and swooped the little boy up. He held him close and breathed in his scent. He loved all the Hunters because they were his family he always wanted. "I'm so proud of you," he praised before raising an eyebrow at the rest of the cubs.
"I can't believe you let the newbie show you up!" he teased.
Dylan pouted and reached his skinny arms up only to get lifted from behind. He shrilled in laughter as Nico flipped him upside down.
"What are you Cubs doing out here? The Dragons should be watching you." Nico asked as he used his other arm to lift Hinata.
Cole ran up to them clearly upset. He grabbed little Jamie and tossed him over his shoulders, "you little demons."
The boys squealed in delight and attempted to escape Cole's wrath only to be surrounded by the remaining four Dragons who looked equally upset.
"You guys can't run around here. It isn't safe with all the girls here." Dante growled. He hated the fact that his family couldn't run around freely.
Hinata escaped Cole and ran to Dante. "Where's Percy?" he asked cutely.
Alexander smiled at the boy, "Percy is with our new brother Aries." He explained feeling much more at ease with knowing where the Cubs were.
Jason frowned and put Haru in Alexander's arms, "why weren't you with the boys?"
"We were watching the Foxes dueling and the Tigers taking laps and I guess they waited until we weren't looking before sneaking off." Damien answered. His explanation must have been accurate because the Cubs got a sneaky look on their faces and giggled.
"I blame you," Nico told Jason jokingly.
"I am rather ninja like," Jason agreed only to get playfully hit from Nico.
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Percy and Artemis were drinking coffee with Chiron on his porch when Aquila ran to them in tears, Aries trailing behind her.
Aquila pat Aries on his hand and the boy ran forward and gripped onto Artemis. "Percy."
"Over here," Percy said softly. The boy followed the voice. "What's wrong Ari, are you okay?"
The boy didn't respond, Percy asked again and this time the boy looked down. "I can't see. Mrs. Appleton told me it was called blindness. Aqui can't hear, Mrs. Appleton called it deafness." He explained.
Percy's eyes flickered to Aquila who just stood there as if Aries didn't say anything.
"Aries?" Aquila asked, her voice was void of emotion.
"That's the only thing she can say. We were born like this but she learned my name somehow."
Artemis and Percy frowned, that was why they seemed so close. They relied on each other.
Well, this would be harder than they thought.
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