Leo Valdez x reader (oneshots and the Fire Elementalist series)

Fire Elementalist (Prologue)

TYPE: Angsty?
T/W: slight mentions of emotional abuse
Context: you're Percy's half-sis, and Carter and Sadie's half-sis; took some liberties on this; no Leo yet, I'm sorry :(( but this is a really interesting back story I hope; also this is kind of all over the place but please bear with me on this one. I promise to write more concise chapters but it's 1 AM and I don't want to leave out details i already came up with

Enjoy, darlings 💜
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You didn't want to be a half-blood daughter of Poseidon who also controls fire. You didn't ask to be born this way.

You were born to a magician named Ruby. She met your dad, Poseidon, while she was crossing the Mediterranean trying to trace Greco-Roman influences on Egypt. She had no idea he was a god. They spent a lot of time together during her project and he was surprisingly helpful.

When she got pregnant with you, Poseidon freaked out. Something about breaking his oath a second time. He left her without explanation. She was so devastated.

She returned to the States to the university she's currently working in. That's where she met your stepdad, Julius Kane. Julius missed Ruby when she was gone on her expedition. He hadn't admitted his feelings to her yet.

When she came back, he could tell that something was wrong. Eventually, he helped her through her struggles and her heartbreak and they found love with each other. They got married a month before your birth.

When you were born, he didn't really see you as his daughter. Oh, how he hated you for causing such misery to the woman he loved. And the fact that you existed wasn't enough, oh no. Every day and night, monsters would come and attack. Not just the regular Egyptian demons like Blood-stained Blade. Some were even monsters they wouldn't recognize like vampire cheerleaders or... goat-headed snake-tailed lions that breathe fire?

Anyway, Julius saw this as an opportunity to get rid of you without looking like a total douche to your mother. He said they should send you away to some relatives in the Southeast Asian Nome to train. There would be less monsters there anyway. That way, it would keep you safe and his "perfect little family without you" also safe. Your mom was shocked but she knew it was the only way for all of you to be safe, so she agreed.

Your stepdad had an idea of what was up. He knew those monsters weren't the usual demons they fight. They were different, as if Greek in origin. And the fact that he tried to drown you once in the bath but you came out alive and dry... Well, let's just say he's hated you even more for what you are. You were a disgrace to him. A Greek demigod in the Egyptian House of Life? Egyptians were still a bit salty for the Greeks invading them and whatnot. No. He had to get rid of you.

He took you to some of his relatives in the Philippines (or in another Asian country if you're Asian). He asked him to train you to the path of the gods. Specifically, Ra. This would be destruction for you. This meant you had to become a fire elementalist. He thought that forcing you to become a fire elementalist would make your water powers weaker. This would also mean you had to spend a lot of your time training if you were truly to follow the path of Ra. It was either you fully embrace the Egyptian side or die.

But he thought wrong. Demigod powers can't be suppressed. You secretly used your water powers because you knew you'd be punished again for not following your training. It hurt your mentors to restrain you but Julius was strict. He would visit you often to make sure you were doing as he wished.