PJO (Earlier this Year/Late 2013)
Moonlit Ocean's Son
Prologue: The Adoption
"A Single Hero can change all of creation, but so can a single action"
Artemis P.O.V
Location Unknown, 10 years before the Theft of the Lightning Bolt and Helm of Shadows
I watch as my Hunters stalk the Hellhound we have been following for several hours, it seems to be hunting something. Before I can consider the next move a woman's scream rings out, without orders the Hunters attack the Hellhound dispatching it quickly before heading for the source of the scream. We arrive to see a woman with long brown hair huddled over a small bundle. My heart aches, not only for the injured woman, but for the fact she is protecting her child, something I may never experience. The Hunters and I quickly slay the Hellhounds with our arrows; I rush to the woman's side. Her abdomen is torn quite badly, she won't survive. She looks at my eyes "Lady… Artemis" She is aware of the gods, is she a Demigod? Or the mother of one? "Please… I beg of y-" She hacks up blood "Please look after my son… he's all that I have left" She hands me the child, I look down at his face and know, My uncle broke the oath. "Tell Poseidon, I'm Sorry"
"What's his name?" I ask quickly.
"Perseus" The Destroyer, fitting for a child of Poseidon. The woman's eyes begin to fade and she whispers out to me "Tell him… I'm sorry… My n-name is Sally, Sally J-Jack… son…" Her voice fades and she passes on.
"Prepare a burial shroud for a lover of Poseidon, she's passed on, May she rest in Elysium" My Hunters spring to the task. I stand to the side holding young Perseus, he appears to be somewhere around two, his eyes like the sea enchant me. Normally, I'd take him to Camp Half-Blood, but… My desires war within me, I am a Hunter and my Hunt is all female, but… as goddess of Childbirth, I wish to be a mother and here is a chance. Can I do it? Should I do it? No, No doubts, I'll do it, I'll Adopt Perseus. As long as I teach him about his true mother and her sacrifice, it must be remembered. I shift form from a twelve year-old to what I'd look like as a mortal in their mid-twenties. My lieutenant Zoë Nightshade some up to me.
"My Lady why hast thou changed into an adult?" I really should teach her modern English at one point.
"Because, I've chosen to adopt this child" She gapes at me as do several of the nearby Hunters.
"B-b-but it is a boy Milady" Zoë stutters out.
I raise an eyebrow "And?"
"Thy knows what men are like" Zoë replies and several Hunters nod.
"Then what better way to ensure a good man in this world then to raise him?" Suddenly all the Hunters get a calculating gaze and they realize the possibilities of this.
"A man who is not Arrogant, Proud, Boastful or lecherous?" Zoë Muses out loud while the Hunters continue with their task "It wouldst take a great deal of work Milady many years of it are thou sure this is a good idea?"
"To be entirely honest I not sure it's a good idea, but. As you know I am the Goddess of both Maidens and Childbirth, One of the things I've wanted more than anything else is to be a mother, but there are no men I'd consider worthy of being my lover and there is my oath. Adopting Perseus will allow me that opportunity" I finally admit.
"But what of his father? Will he not protest" Zoë cries.
Before I can answer a voice comments "No" I turn to see my Uncle Poseidon standing there, his face shows sorrow and he has golden tears streaking down it, in his arms is a Sea Green Shroud wrapped around the body of Sally Jackson. Before I can react he sighs "I wish I could have saved my poor Sally, I offered her a Palace under the sea, but she declined it. She wanted to stand on her own, she would have made a great Hunter" I nod "But to answer your lieutenant's question, I will not protest about you adopting my son, it will keep him safe from Zeus' eyes for many years at least. I must go now, but first" He reaches over and puts a glowing hand to Perseus' forehead "I give him my blessing, Look after him well Niece" He sighs "Now I must go and bury Sally, I think I'll tell Amphitrite about this as well" Poseidon then disappears into a sea breeze.
I look at Zoë "Is that answer enough?" She nods. I smile.
"Very well, I'll begin the ceremony then" I walk back to the camp with Zoë following. In front of the central campfire I begin the ancient chants. Finally I make a small cut on my palm and in the center of Perseus' chest, surprisingly he doesn't cry, as if he knows what I am doing. I place four drops of my Ichor into his chest and finish the ceremony with "By ancient laws I name you my son with the approval of both your father and mother, I, Phoebe Artemis, Daughter of Zeus and Leto, Goddess of the Hunt, The Moon, The Wild, Maidens and Childbirth name you. Perseus Artemis, Child of the Moon and the Hunt" A blinding flash of silver erupts from him, after it fades I look down and see his eyes have now become silvery-yellow like my own, but with a hint of Sea-Green visible at a certain angle. I smile at him and Perseus smiles back, his wound healing. He yawns and nods off against my chest. I notice his hair now has Auburn streaks in it. I feel a connection inside of me, I am no longer childless, I am no longer alone, and I have someone to love without fear.
I am Complete.
Chapter 1: The Early Years (Apollo's Discovery of Percy)
"Everything starts small, and then it grows bigger"
The next Day Hunter's Camp
Perseus yawns and wakes slowly still held in Artemis' arms, the new son of Artemis smiles up at his new mother and she smiles back. While he was sleeping Artemis changed his cloths into something resembling her Hunter's outfit, but with the more feminine aspects less prominent. Percy then goes to have breakfast with the Hunters; He walks into the mess hall to see around twenty girls between the ages of 10 and 16 sitting at a table.
Now a well known maxim of the world must be answered here, that maxim is that all Females no matter what age or situation love cute things, especially children. Even though these girls hate men and try to act as un-girly as possible they still are at their base girls, and as such are still prey to the maxim mentioned earlier (Even Goddesses are pray to this), a two year old toddler just able to walk with black hair and auburn streaks and silver eyes and in a mini-Hunter outfit, their anti-male, Anti-Girly instincts didn't stand a chance and neither did poor Percy, within seconds he is glomped (Glomp, Noun the act of a woman or girl flinging herself on either a romantic interest or a cute child or animal) by nearly two dozen immortal teenage girls. While slightly overwhelmed at all the attention Percy quickly becomes used to the girls crowding around him. Artemis covers a smile at the sight of her Hunters overwhelming her son and after a few minutes she claps her hands making all the girls turn to face her "While I am happy girls that you are welcoming my new adopted son so well, I think it's time you let him have some breakfast" The girls facial expressions range from Amusement to awe to terror to disbelief. Zoë watching all this cracks up laughing and gets the death glare from the other girls who weren't present for the adoption. Phoebe, Zoë's close friend punches her in the shoulder and Zoë just laughs harder. Eventually the other girls get the joke and start laughing as well, Artemis only just holds in her giggles, just.
Artemis quickly sits down at a table and pulls Percy up into her lap, she starts feeding him some venison from some deer the girls caught earlier that morning and he starts eating it happily. Sally had already thankfully taught him how to eat, how to walk and even already had him potty-trained the only thing he had trouble with was talking. He could talk but it was childish, Artemis didn't care about that yet, it could be taught out of him easily as he grew older. During breakfast Artemis takes the time to explain her Hunters to Percy, he might be young but Percy quickly picks up on some basics, especially on the part that Hunters shouldn't flirt or be flirted with. After breakfast Percy looks up at Artemis "Mummy, wha' we do no'" Artemis smiles
"Now little one we start training you up, so the big bad monsters run away from you" Percy smiles
"Yay, mak' big ba' mo'sters run 'way" The girls and Artemis start laughing and nodding.
They decide to take Percy to the Archery range, Artemis starts teaching him the dangers of Archery. "Now Percy I want you to remember, never enter a range while someone is shooting, I don't want you to get hurt"
"Okay mummy"
Artemis smiles at his earnest expression, she'd only been his mother for less than a day but he was already listening to her like she'd been the one to give birth to him, she prayed even harder for the soul of Sally Jackson, she must have been a great mother to this child. Artemis then creates a miniature Hunter's Bow, quiver and twenty Arrows for Percy; she then has him start shooting. Percy faces the target; it is only ten meters away but for a kid that's huge. He falls naturally into a stance, Artemis' and the Hunters' mouths drop open as Percy naturally falls into an almost perfect shooting stance.
Percy takes aim, He slowly breathes out, and everything slows down. He becomes aware of the Hunters and his mother's surprised gasps, the leaves falling from the tree, the small wind blowing across the range, he feels the target, lines up, and releases.
The arrow flies through the air and it strikes, just an inch below the bulls-eye. Percy breaths in, everything returns to normal. Percy sees his shot and shouts "Mummy, I 'id it, I ''it it, I 'it it" Artemis remembers how to think and breath.
"Yes, you did Percy" and then on some instinct she pulls Percy into her arms and hugs him. The Hunters watch in amazement, before they start cheering, they may hate men, but they are quickly growing to love Percy with a vengeance. Artemis puts Percy down and tells him, "Come on then Percy why don't you shoot again".
MOS
Percy falls back into the nearly perfect stance. He takes aim again, Percy slowly breathes out, and everything slows down. He once again becomes aware of the leaves falling from the tree, the small wind blowing across the range, the small ripple… wait small ripple. Having never seen a God flash in before Percy does the only natural thing; he quickly shifts his aim and fires, right into Apollo's manhood as he teleports in. Artemis breaks down laughing and the Hunters join her, Apollo looks up in pain and says in falsetto "Sis, if you didn't want me to visit you only had to say so" Apollo squeaks at the end when he pulls out the Arrow.
Artemis stops laughing "I have said so… many times. It looks like an arrow to your manhood might be more effective."
Apollo groans, Percy takes note of the eighteen year old looking God, with sandy blond hair and blue eyes. Percy notes that even in pain the God is trying to smile and flirt with some of the Hunters, so Percy's recently created instincts make him follow through with an idea, he pulls back his bow and shoots Apollo in the left shoulder and shouts "Y'ur not s'pposed to f'irt with H'nters, s'range man" Artemis and the Hunter let out big smiles at Percy's reaction to Apollo's flirting. Artemis quietly thinks 'He'll definitely be a good man when he grows up, he already dislikes Apollo, I wonder if that's from my adopting him'.
Apollo upon seeing and hearing Percy quickly uses his power to heal himself, stands up and turns to Artemis "So whose this then sis?"
Artemis frowns "He is my new son Perseus, and don't call me sis"
Apollo's eyebrows almost fly off his face and his mouth drops open and he starts stuttering "A s-son, b-but h-how?"
Artemis sighs "I found him with his mother who was dying from Hellhounds attacking her, his mother asked me to look after him as a last request so I adopted him"
Apollo regains his composure "Oooh, so that's how. I was wondering how you could have a kid without breaking your oath; I guess this makes sense, so his name is Perseus, huh"
Artemis nods "Perseus Artemis my son yes" Percy not knowing what's happening heads over to the Hunters who quickly start to comfort him.
Apollo and Artemis smile at this "And I see he already has befriended your Hunters I see" Apollo comments to Artemis.
Artemis nods "Yes, and now my darling brother" Apollo gulps at the tone of her voice. Artemis grins
"Y-yes s-sister"
Artemis grin turns feral "You will forget to mention Perseus' existence to father until I tell him tomorrow at the solstice right? Brother" Apollo starts nodding so fast his head looks like it will fall off.
"O-o-of c-c-course s-sister o-of c-course" Apollo then quickly flashes out.
Artemis smiles at the memory of her brother's terrified face. She then turns to the Hunters who had started helping Percy improve his archer's stance until it was perfect. Percy's Accuracy was quickly found to have a limit; up to fifty meters he had near perfect accuracy, beyond that however he would require training and experience to get better at long-range accuracy.
MOS
The rest of the day was spent either relaxing or doing some simple exercises with Percy; he started learning the basic stances of Dual-wielded Hunting Knife fighting. Artemis notices that Percy accidentally does some sword stances on pure instinct every so often and starts planning on acquiring a sword for Percy.
She walks into her tent as the Hunters are preparing for Dinner and Percy is playing with the Camp wolves. She creates a small bed for Percy to sleep on, since he can't spend every night sleeping in her arms. She notices something out the corner of her eye, she walks over to find a pen sitting there, on it is a note from Poseidon 'This is Anaklusmos, I… Acquired it from Herakles using some… Forceful intimidation, I believe your lieutenant will know what to do with it. If Percy is anything like I think he is, he'll be a natural at sword-fighting – Poseidon' Artemis quickly reads between the lines and realizes that Poseidon may have injured Herakles to get this, she starts laughing to herself.
"My Lady" Artemis turns to see Zoë standing there looking at her with confusion.
"I'm sorry Zoë; I just found out that a most horrific male got what was coming to him" Zoë grins
"Do Thou know who it was Milady?" Zoë asks with a gleam in her eyes.
"Yes, you are acquainted with him, here I think you know what to do with this" Zoë Artemis hands the pen to Zoë.
"My Lady?" Zoë asks with confusion in her eyes.
"Pull the cap off" Artemis instructs, Zoë pulls the cap off and her eyes widen as the Three-foot long Celestial Bronze sword appears.
"M-my L-lady this is, this is, my sword. The one Herakles… Wait. Was Herakles the one whose misfortunes were thy laughing at earlier?" Artemis nods
"Yes it was his misfortune I was laughing at. My Uncle decided to teach him the difference between an Olympian and a Minor God. Needless to say that he wasn't too enamored with the manner of teaching" Zoë burst out laughing, Artemis holds up her right hand and Zoë stops "Now I have a request for you Zoë" Zoë nods "Would you teach Perseus how to use Anaklusmos?"
Zoë bursts into a grin "With pleasure my lady, at least this time I will know the true nature of the one I give it to"
Artemis smiles and they head off to dinner.
MOS
Olympus Throne Room, the next day.
Artemis didn't like leaving her son so soon after adopting him, but she was required to be here for the solstice. As she is walking up to the Throne Room Apollo walks up to her and says in an uncharacteristically serious voice "Sis, I just want you to know whatever happens with Percy, I got your back, from here to Tartarus and back" Artemis gives a rare smile to her brother and decides to be a bit mischievous
"Why thank you, little brother" Apollo pouts then grins.
"I guess I deserved that for all the time I called you little sis. Guess I need a new nickname, how about Moon Mom?" Artemis just laughs; she didn't mind that nickname at all.
Artemis and Apollo walk into the Throne Room together, Now some observers may wonder why if they fight so often no one was surprised to see them walk in together, despite their arguments they do love each other and therefore aren't always at each other's throats, just 99 Percent of the time.
The meeting quickly devolves into its usual squabbles, right at the end Zeus stands up and says "Are there any announcements that must be made?"
Artemis takes a deep breath and stands up. Everyone turns to her. Zeus looks surprised "Artemis do you have something to say"
Artemis nods "Yes father, Two days ago I found the dying mother of a Demigod in a clearing, she'd been attacked by Hellhounds. She died soon after; I'm telling you this because I've chosen to accept her last request"
Zeus frowns "Which was?"
Artemis sighs, she knew all Hades was about to break loose "To adopt and look after her son" The Throne Room was silent.
Then all Hades broke loose.
Chapter 2: The Early Years (Weaponry and Owls)
"Sometimes Chaos is the only way to restore Order"
"WHAT" Zeus' voice breaks the sound barrier and shatters every window in both Olympus and Manhattan. The other gods are looking stunned at the proclamation Artemis had just made.
MOS
Then almost all of the Gods start shouting, the exceptions are:
Apollo because he already knew.
Ares wasn't interested in the subject but loves watching people argue.
Athena is more interested in studying Artemis' new son then arguing about him. She wouldn't make a decision about him until she knows all the facts.
Demeter is happy that Artemis finally has a child.
Dionysus is drunk, so drunk he's almost falling off his throne. (A/N This is about a year before Dionysus gets condemned to Camp Half-Blood, also hint, hint)
Hades didn't really care; he already got a pearl necklace off Poseidon for judging Sally, who impressed him with her life. He gave the pearl necklace to Persephone after apologizing and telling her about the Di Angelo children. Persephone while angry was delighted at seeing Hades' paternal side and decided to attempt having a new child, needless to say Hades didn't mind that part at all.
Hephaestus is busy tinkering with something silver colored, nobody in the room knows what he's working on. Hephaestus is smiling as he makes a weapon for one of his grandchildren.
Hera despite what some thought, had grown to like Artemis over the years and treated her almost like a daughter. Also Hera is a Goddess of Family, albeit married families and also knew that the adoption was legitimate.
Hermes was just backing up his wingman Apollo and also he personally thought that Artemis needed this.
Hestia had watched over the adoption and the events leading up to it and was proud of her Niece; however she was angry at her youngest brother for his arguing with her niece about keeping Perseus.
Poseidon was staying out of the argument to prevent Zeus from drawing a connection between himself and Perseus.
Actually only three gods were arguing, Artemis, Aphrodite and Zeus. Zeus was upset that Artemis didn't ask for permission to adopt a child and Aphrodite was just unhappy that one of her main taunts for Artemis was no longer applicable, no not unhappy, enraged to the point of actually trying to claw Artemis while being held back by Hera.
They argue for several minutes until the rest (except Dionysus who had passed out and fallen out of his throne) shout "ENOUGH"
"Zeus, Artemis has already adopted the child so pull that gigantic stick out your ass and act like you are an adult, not a two year old whose just been told off" Hestia snaps.
A moment of silence graces the Throne Room, Hestia rarely snaps at anyone, but when she does they all listen.
Hestia then glares at Zeus "Now little brother, I think you should remember something. The Ancient Laws state that a God or Goddess needs no permission to adopt a child other than that of their fathers and/or mothers. Since the adoption went through we can obviously tell that either both parents are dead or the living parent gave permission. In either case it is none of your business little brother, it is mine, Artemis's and Hera's business as we are either Goddesses of Family or the adoptive Mother, so pipe down or else." Zeus paled at the threat; he knew better then to cross Hestia. Poseidon and Hades start snickering at Zeus' face.
Hera frowns at the Goddess she is holding "It is not your business wither Aphrodite, now stay out of it as it is my business"
Aphrodite frowns "Why is it your business Hera"
Hera pins the now shaking love Goddess with a glare that could make Kronos cower "I am one of the Goddesses whose domains involve Families, Whore and therefore even though my focus is marriage, I still watch over single mothers as well. I can also confirm that the father gave permission and his blessing, and yes dear I know who it is and no I will not tell you, as it is none of your business" Zeus breaths in like he is about to shout something and Hera continues "So keep your nose out of it or you will be sleeping on the couch for the next century" Zeus immediately lets the breath out and shuts his mouth. Hades and Poseidon think about making a whipped joke but decide not to, they knew they were whipped themselves, also Hades wants repeats of last night and the night before, doesn't stop them from snickering though.
Hera now fully disgusted with Aphrodite, throws the love goddess at her throne. Hera then sits down smiling, having wanted to do that for ages.
Hera then looks to the council and says "Now that that excitement is over is there anymore issues needed to be address?" While her face is brightly lit and her words sound polite, the tone of Hera's voice could freeze lava with how much ice she put into it.
The Olympian council rapidly shakes their collective heads none of them are stupid enough to push Hera when she's in a bad mood.
Zeus coughs and rather quickly states "Then I declare this council closed and all issues raised have either been addressed or will remain open until the next council when the deities involved will have had time to calm themselves and think objective. You are all dismissed"
Having been dismissed the various deities' waste no time in heading back to their respective homes to think about what they are going to be doing.
Artemis is surprised however as she arrives back at her camp to see Hephaestus waiting for her "Hephaestus, this is a surprise! Did you want to talk to me about something?"
Hephaestus sighs and then smiles "I'm afraid not, you see recently I was told some saddening information"
Artemis frowns "What was it?"
Hephaestus looks Artemis in the eyes and says "That my daughter Sally had passed on"
Artemis' eyebrows shoot up "Wait, you are Sally Jackson's father!" The Hunters nearby listening in stop and stare at Hephaestus in shock.
Hephaestus nods at Artemis "Yes, I am. Although I can see how you might not have noticed it, mainly because Sally was lucky enough to get her mother's looks. Anyway before she died Sally asked me to prepare a weapon for young Perseus. I was working on it in the council meeting, here it is" Hephaestus pulls out a silver scythe shaped like a crescent moon on a long silver shaft decorated with scenes of nature and hunting. It is about six foot, six inches long and the blade is 3'5" in length. At the base is a thick bulge that would be useful for knocking a person out. Artemis gasps at the beauty of the weapon, Hephaestus grins, he loves it when people see some of his creations "It's name is Crimson Crescent, When not in use it transforms into a wrist watch that is perfectly accurate and has the numerals written in Greek so that Perseus can read it easier"
Artemis smiles at Hephaestus "It is beautiful Hephaestus, you have truly outdone yourself"
Hephaestus blushes slightly under the praise "If you ever need any more equipment for Perseus or your Hunters let me know, I'd be happy to help out"
Artemis nods at Hephaestus' offer "Thank you, although if Percy is anywhere near as good as you he might be able to forge weapons for the Hunters, I might have to take him to Camp Half-Blood and have some of your children teach him"
Hephaestus nods at Artemis' suggestion "I have no doubt they'd love to teach Percy, was it? Cute nickname. Once they learn he's their nephew he'd be accepted by them faster than you can blink, my kids are good ones, they don't ignore family" Hephaestus nods at Artemis before he flashes away to his forge.
MOS
Artemis then goes to find Percy, she finds him at the archery range, but he isn't alone. In front of Percy is a large barn owl. Artemis smiles when she notices Percy feed the owl with some seeds he gathered from the mess hall. Artemis is also completely unsurprised to find that Athena has already decided to visit her son, Athena's curiosity is something that is well known to the gods and goddesses of Olympus
Artemis just opens her mouth and says "Why am I not surprised that you have come here, Athena?"
From behind a tree Athena walks out with a slight blush on her face "I never could hide from you, Artemis"
Artemis just smirks "I'm the goddess of the Hunt, why are you surprised at that fact?"
Athena just deadpans with "I was hoping I'd get better at hiding by now"
Artemis shakes her head, and then asks "So what do you think of him?"
Athena turns to where Percy is practicing with his bow "He is a unique one that's for sure, he has this aura about him. Like you can just trust him, no matter what"
Artemis nods in reply "Yes, I am not sure where he gets it from though, he definitely didn't get it from me. If he was related to Apollo I could understand but he is not, I would have noticed that, I can always tell a child or legacy of Apollo from another Demigod"
Athena frowns in thought "Perhaps it is simply part of his nature, although I do have to wonder at the wisdom of giving a two year old a weapon and training"
Artemis shrugs with indifference "Percy is a Demigod, it is not that strange for him to start training early, also he seems far more mature and developed then most two year olds, perhaps due to him being more Divine then most Demigods"
Athena looks at Artemis in confusion "What do you mean?"
Artemis raises an eyebrow at Athena's question "Well, for one he is not only a Demigod by birth, but he is also my adopted Demigod and my Only Demigod, that means a great deal of my power is imbued into his flesh. Add on to that the fact that his mother was a child of Hephaestus and you are looking at a Demigod who is more Divine then Mortal. In fact I am not a hundred percent certain that Mortal weapons can injure him anymore"
Athena looks at Percy with surprise and curiosity on her face "If it was not immoral and beyond monstrous I would almost suggest trying to cut him with a Mortal blade to see what happens, and to see if his blood is Mortal or if it has or is Ichor"
Artemis looks intrigued at what Athena is suggesting but also looks disgusted "You are right that is immoral and monstrous, however we can easily have Apollo take some of his blood to test to see if it is Mortal or Divine"
Athena nods in thought "That is not a bad idea, maybe you should also get him to do some shots on the boy to make sure he is immune to some of the more worse diseases out there, it would cover up our investigation and provide Apollo a truth to substitute for the whole truth should he be questioned"
Artemis looks quite interested "Should we call him now then" Athena nods and Artemis turns around and adds some of her power to her voice "Apollo would you come here please?" Athena watching Percy train notices that as Artemis calls Apollo he lights up with a silver aura, she watches as he looks down at his hand in wonder… then shrugs and keeps playing with the owl. Athena shakes her head in disbelief 'If he wasn't adopted I could almost say he actually is a son of Artemis, he has her resistance to the abnormal and incredible… then again as a two year old he must think everything is amazing'
Soon a revving sound starts up as Apollo drops in with the Sun Chariot in the form of a Maserati Spyder. He lowers it gently to the ground where it purrs gently and hops out "You called sis?"
Artemis (Against her natural instincts to allow Apollo near her son to prevent him corrupting Percy) nods and tells Apollo of what she and Athena had discussed.
Apollo nods with an intrigued and calculating look on his face "Well that is an interesting theory and I must agree with you sis, Percy's higher level of Divinity would make him mature and develop far faster than normal. Judging by what you have told me I would say that he is around seventy-five to eighty percent Divine, he might even have enough Divinity to use a Divine Symbol. We can easily test that one"
Artemis frowns in confusion "We can?" Athena doesn't look confused as she had already figure out what Apollo was alluding to.
Apollo nods and then elaborates "It is very simple, all you have to do is hand him your bow, if it glows and shifts to fit his size then he can use it, if it doesn't nothing will happen as he is your adopted son and therefore unable to be harmed by your bows defenses"
Artemis exclaims in surprise "That is actually pretty smart Apollo, it is rare to see you using your intellect, but what if my bow goes against him for being male?"
Apollo smiles one of his infamous grins "I can be smart Artemis, I just rarely have a reason to use that side of my Divine Domains. As to the matter of your bow, I'd wager that your power present in him from the adoption would overwrite the bows anti-male defenses, still if it does attempt anything it would likely have no affect on Percy anyways"
Artemis nods and then looks towards her son who had finished playing with the owl and had noticed the two gods and his new mother standing there. Artemis then nods to her brother and half-sister "Shall we get started then?"
MOS
As it turned out, Percy's blood actually did have Ichor in it. But only specks of it hidden amongst the red Mortal blood. He also didn't have a fear of needles like most children his age do, Athena just shook her head in exasperation at that bit of knowledge. After being inoculated against every disease known to man thanks to the help of a certain smiling Sun God, Percy was then handed his mother bow and asked to shoot a target, to everyone's surprise he was able to shoot the bow without difficulty, however it didn't re-size itself to fit his stature so he was standing on a flat rock to use it. It was soon time for dinner and Apollo and Athena quickly left towards their own destinations as they had duties to do.
After all the excitement Percy barely had the energy to eat and quickly feel asleep in Artemis' lap while she smiled at him and the Huntress watched on as her child slept.
Chapter 3: The Early Years (The Trio and Camp)
In a forest grove in the wilds of America, a seven year old boy slowly spins a large scythe around. The boy is practicing his scythe techniques and has moved away from his (adoptive) family to do so, although a member of that family is still watching him.