Vesta's Child (Discontinued)

Chapter 8

Neptune sat up groggily and could feel a third degree burn on his chest, he looked to Apollo to heal him but the sun god just glared at him in disgust. He then looked to Artemis to slap her brother but she glared at him as well. His chest felt like it was on fire and he surprisingly coughed up smoke. He saw Jupiter smirking in his direction and he glared at him, he saw the look of shock on all the gods faces but was more concerned about the problem of his son hating him. He wondered where he went wrong, he hadn't done anything to Percy when he was younger yet he hated him. This was the first time he'd seen his son at all and...he was a complete idiot. He could remember Vesta pleading him to visit their son but he had always declined as he cared for his child that he had with his wife. His son Triton, he was taking his time to make sure his son would be a great warrior and made him leader of his army. But then he had met Suzy Johnson, a beautiful mortal that he fell for instantly. Well, they had a kid and he was Poseidon at the time, he wanted to make sure his new demigod son had it perfect. He personally escorted him to camp and introduced him as the son of Poseidon. Jacob was twelve at the time and loved the attention, he was then sent on a quest with Annabeth and Grover to retrieve Zeus's master bolt, and then went through the sea of monsters to get the Golden Fleece. He had never felt so proud and completely forgot about Percy, he wondered where Percy had been the whole time but never bothered to even look or think of him for he thought he had the perfect son Jacob. And now he had ticked off his son who has fire powers, great.

Neptune tuned back into the conversation and was immediately shocked to see Percy hugging his brother Pluto.

"Percy, I can't believe you almost defeated Neptune and didn't call me up to watch the show!" Pluto teased as he ruffled Percy's hair, Percy grinned at him,

"Sorry dad, he kinda provoked me." Neptune's mouth fell open and he completely forgot about his burns. He had replaced him with Pluto, his heart felt heavy as he watched the child he never bothered to care for, hug another man who he claimed to be his father. Neptune then felt outraged,

"What is this! He's not your father I am! I created you!" Percy's eyes lit on fire again and the godly twins began to shake in anger as they watched Neptune verbally hurt their brother multiple times. Pluto was growling and shadows covered the throne room. Percy's hands were ablaze as he glared at the sea god, Aphrodite watched the scene go down with raised eyebrows,

"Percy is hot." This made Hermes and Apollo start cracking up which broke Artemis out of her angered emotions as she rolled her eyes but gave Aphrodite a warning glare not to touch her little brother. Aphrodite didn't seem to notice as she slyly turned into a fourteen year old. He was about to kill Neptune when he felt calmness seep into his body, he looked at his mother who was standing up and smiling at him softly,

"Come to the hearth Percy." She whispered soothingly and he grabbed his fathers arm before they all sat by the fire. He took calming breaths and without looking up said,

"I am a person Neptune, I'm no robot. I'm a demigod, a living being. And Pluto's my father, not you. He was there for me when I was five, he was there to teach me when you never came. He loved me like a father should, but you never did. It went on that way for years until you made me do an almost impossible thing." Neptune looked at his son sadly,

"And what's that?"

"You made me lose hope." The room was in silence again as Percy began to stoke the flames with his own fire. Pluto patted his son on the shoulder reassuringly while Vesta held one of his hands,

"Never lose hope Percy, it's what keeps up going." Vesta said softly while starting to stoke the flames as well. Artemis stopped herself from rushing to embrace Percy while Apollo glared at Neptune,