Shout out to: RoxzrenLukas for the title of this book. I really liked it so thanks!
Before we start: Do you want Percy to be the reincarnation of Henrik Mikaelson or no? Honestly I'm winging this story.
Beating. That was all I really heard. That and the leaves crunching underneath my feet. My breath mixing in with the cool air of the September night.
My breathing coming out in harsh gasps as my chest burned from how much running my body was unaccustomed to.
I stumbled through the Mystic Falls forest. Heavy footsteps behind me, the full moon shining above us.
There was a howl in the distant but I didn't pay any attention to it, I felt a branch brush against my face as I ran toward a light I had just seen.
My running was starting to become unstable, I felt like my legs would buckle under me at any moment.
Just as I broke through the clearing where the light was, my knees buckled. I froze in fright on the ground I was now on as bows and arrows were drawn in my face.
I couldn't speak, my heart felt like it would beat right out of my throat. I was about to stumble through a sentence when the heavy footsteps behind me started to get closer.
Instantly more terrified of the person behind me I scrambled behind the confused girls who all seemed to be older than me and radiate power.
One of them with tiara and an angry face was about the speak before the bushes were pushed apart and the monster that terrorized me emerged.
"Boy!" What could only be said as a whale of a man shouted making me flinch and duck behind one of the girls who radiated more power than any of the other girls.
"Who art thee?" The tiara girl asked glaring at the man that I refuse to acknowledge as my stepfather.
The stupid man stared at the girl, his pea-sized brain trying to work out what she said in what I think is considered Old English.
"Who dares trespass." The girl who I was ducked behind asked getting fed up with the small working on my monster Gabe.
Gabe narrowed his eyes in anger," Step aside girl and let me get my stepson." Gabe growled and made the girl in front of me narrow her eyes in her own anger.
I flinched as Gabe's angry eyes pierced mine. But I knew that if I didn't go with him then the girls here will end up like mom.
Thinking about my mom made my eyes tear up and I already knew I couldn't let that happen to the girls, no matter how many bow and arrows they have.
Gabe was a monster who could harm anyone if they make him mad enough. I whimpered but stepped out of the girls shadow.
I tucked my lip inward and felt the small splint there start to bleed again as I bit my lip to repress the fear that I felt as I stepped forward toward Gabe.
Only I didn't go far because the girl who I ducked behind laid her arm on my shoulder.
"Now wait for a second child." She said softly and when I looked into her silver eyes I was reminded of my kind, amazing mom and couldn't help but relax.
"Whatever happened to your lip child." She asked softly but I ducked my head, breaking eye contact. I wasn't suppose to say.
Never say of the beatings Gabe gave me. Never let anyone know of what happens behind closed doors, not even my mother.
I stared at my feet before a whimper escaped my mouth as my arm was suddenly tugged very hard out from under the girl's own hand.
"That is none of your business girl. Boy get back to the house!" Gabe said harshly as he dragged me toward the way we came from.
I whimpered again as my arm sparked pain and throbbed in hurt. "Now stop right there you pig." A hard voice--a woman's voice this time--spoke.
I looked up toward the unknown voice and saw a woman with Auburn hair holding a silver bow that had an arrow notched into it at my stepfather.
I looked confused at her because, where did she come from? Then I looked her in her silver eyes.
The eyes that had softness in them when she stared at me, but cold hardness as she glared at Gabe.
"What did you call me." Gabe snarled at the woman but when I looked up, I saw a spark of fear. Was he afraid? Could she really make the man who made my life hell really be afraid for once?
"Step away from the child and leave." The silver eyes woman said and I watched in fascination as Gabe threw my arm away from him in disgust and turned away--ignoring my yelp from the sudden sharp pain--and walked angrily back into the place I once called home (Though I only did so because my mother was there and now....)
I watched as Gabe left my vision and then turned toward the girls who still had their bow and arrows out, but almost seemed relax and were staring at the silver woman and tiara girl.
I stood stock still in fright because were they like Gabe? I know someone in the village whose mom was always mean to her like Gabe was mean to me. Was she like that? Or was she like mom where she was kind and caring?
Silently I watched as the woman knelt in front of me and gently cup my chin and stared at my split lip that was still bleeding slightly, "Allow me to take care of your injuries." she said softly and I shivered as I felt something wash over me.
Only it didn't hurt, it felt like water was softly covering my skin--something I know about from my love of water--and I closed my eyes in peace.
Unknowingly I relaxed in my stance and didn't hear the relieved breath of air come out of some of the girls as they unarmed themselves.
Instead I focused on how my back didn't hurt from the earlier beating Gabe gave me. The one my mother walked in on and then started to shout at Gabe.
I opened my eyes when I felt the water receding back and opened my eyes to touch my lips that were now healed.
"Thank you." I said softly as thoughts ran wild in my head. How was she able to do that? Why did she have that power radiating from her?
I looked at her in amazement because she was nice, like my mom. Said woman was staring at my face looking deep in thought with a tint of sadness in her eyes.
"Come child, we will set up a place for you to sleep tonight before discussing more in the morning." the woman said as she held out her hand for me to take.
I hesitated for only a split second before grabbing it, I trusted her. She was like mom and anyone like mom would never willingly hurt me.
The woman smiled at me sadly like she knew what I was thinking before leading me to a small area where a black tent with what seemed to be a silver bow and arrow suddenly appeared in front of us.
"Cool." I whispered out before ducking my head, I wasn't suppose to say things like that. Gabe always got annoyed, but as I glanced at her through my bangs she didn't seem angry...In fact she had a small smile on her mouth.
"Go to sleep child. We will talk in the morning, I have a meeting with someone that I need to talk to and then my girls." She said softly and pushed me gently toward the open flap of the tent.
"All those girls are yours?" I asked in wonderment and saw the woman smile in what could only be said in amusement.
"We will talk more later child. I am sure you are tired and need rest." she said softly and I knew that I wouldn't be getting more out of her tonight, plus I was tired.
I took a step forward for a second toward the tent before stopping. Should I? Determination filled me as I suddenly turned around and wrapped my small arms around her torso.
Just as quick as I done that I unlatched myself and hurried into the tent that was given for me. I stopped just inside and couldn't help but open my mouth in amazement.
Because this definitively wasn't a normal tent, because it was much larger than it should've been.
But propped against a wall was a child bed that had a howling wolf on the bedspread making me smile.
Wolves were creatures that always sparked my interest. Especially the stories that follow them. The story where a man turned into a wolf was the one that always interested me the most.
But I payed no attention to my brain and the logic that didn't seem to exist in the tent, instead I changed into a set of green pajamas that for some reason fit me and climbed into the bed. I was out before I even knew it.
-------------------------------------------
I woke to a hand carding through my messy hair attempting to straighten my unruly hair. For a moment I let my fears slip away from me, fear of what will happen next. Because I was an orphan now.
I let the fears melt away as I relaxed into the bed and let a large breath out that I hadn't realized was in me.
"Now it's time to talk child." The woman's voice spoke above me even though she continued to card through my hair.
I kept quiet for a moment to gather my thoughts before finally asking the list of questions I have, "What's your name?" I asked softly feeling sleep tangle me in a net for a second as I fought to fall back asleep.
Instead I finally turned on my back to stare up at the woman who was sitting on the edge of my bed with a small smile on her face as she paused in carding through my hair.
"I am Artemis. Goddess of the Hunt, Wilderness, Chastity, Maidenhood, and Moon. I am also known for protecting children and help woman in labor." she replied softly making me rethink some of my questions.
"What does chastity and maidenhood mean?" I asked tilting my head to the side and heard her chuckle softly.
"You will learn later in your life." she replied and softly and resumed moving her hand in my hair making me sigh softly in relaxation.
"What do you know of you father child?" Artemis asked softly.
"Mom said he was lost at sea." I replied softly. Sometimes I don't like thinking about him, because he left mom and in doing so she married Gabe.
"That is partly the truth." Artemis started as her argent silver eyes stared into my sea green, "Your father is Poseidon the Greek God of the sea child. He was the one who I called last night to discuss something."
I started into her eyes critically before stating, "You were discussing me." I asked storing the information about the Greek gods and goddess back into my mind for a later date to ask more questions about.
"Yes child." Artemis stated softly as I tensed just slightly more under her hand before forcing myself to relax.
"What is going to happen to me?" I asked finally sitting up from the bed but not moving from there, Artemis's hand falling to the bed sheet.
"I was hoping we could discuss this." she said softly. I tilted my head and waited for her to elaborate.
She stared at me hardly for a second before she seemed to have found something she was looking for, "I hope to adopt you child. To become part of my hunt and more importantly, become my son."
"But we don't really know each other?" I said softly confused when Artemis smiled a tiny bit.
"Child, as I said before I help woman in labor. Mystic Falls is one place where I will sometimes help woman give birth. I have known you since you were born only visiting on some occasion to help your mother. I just never knew you were a demigod." Artemis said softly before she chuckled softly, "Though your mother knew who I was. Every time I visited she would offer me the best she could with the little she had. To be honest she was my favorite mortal and I can tell how Poseidon had fallen for her, it is hard not to like her." Artemis said softly.
"Mom was like that." I smiled painfully as I stared at my bed and felt two arms wrap around me in comfort.
"I am sorry for your loss child. Just think about what I have said." Artemis said softly and I nodded while deep in thought.
From that day forward I was still Percy Jackson, but instead of having the title Son of Poseidon. I now have Son of Poseidon and Artemis. I also became slightly immortal, where the only thing that can truly kill me are the antlers of a Golden Deer that are rare in the world.
I was stuck as an immortal seven year old boy that was okay. Mostly because it was made up by having an adult black wolf that I could change into. Like a werewolf!
In fact after being adopted my mother told me all about the supernatural. The Originals Vampires and Hybrid. How some vampires, werewolves, and witches were okay but some were evil and that she hunted them sometimes depending on how much they impact the mortals.
Which helps introduce the real story. About how hundred years after being adopted by Artemis, it was in the early 2000's when I decided to visit my mother's grave again.
When I did visit her grave I also decided on spending some years in that town just to get to know it again and how much it has changed.
Which is how I met Elena Gilbert. Who when I met was the doppelganger of Katerina Petrova. I never talked to her during that summer her parents died.
But I did make sure that the high school would enlist me for being a Junior--With how long I've lived and how much I loved books (despite having dyslexia) I was considered genius level smart so it wasn't that much of a shock to me that my mother made me go to high school than elementary school.