Child of the Moon and Hunt

Disclaimer:

I sadly do not own pjo that honor belongs to Rick Riordan

authors note:
This is my first fanfic ever so please don't judge to harshly.
Also English isn't my native language so there can be mistakes in the grammar

Additional Author's Note: This is the rewritten version of this chapter.

Chapter 1 How it all began

A young woman ran fast trough the dark forest. In her arms she held a child, her son of just 2 months old. A howl ripped trough the night and the woman tried to run harder. Dark shadows could be seen following her. The shadows were closing in on her and for the first time since they appeared the woman could see what they were. Huge hounds were chasing her, Hellhounds. She knew what the were and knew what it meant.

The woman who's name is Sally Jackson was already covered in blood and dirt. Her son still safe in her arms. She knew she couldn't fight the Hellhounds. She only hoped that she found someone, someone who could safe her son. Someone who could protect him from the dangers of this world.

Sally ran fast but it didn't help. One of the Hellhounds closed in on her and snapped at her ankles, making her fall. She quickly tried to roll away, protecting her child with her own body. One of the monsters sank his teeth in her leg and another closed his jaws around her chest, breaking some ribs. She cried out and her vision started to blur, she could barely see the silver arrows piercing trough the air and the golden dust that followed when they hit their mark.

When everything was silent and the last Hellhounds disappeared Sally saw a 12-year-old girl approach her. The girl had beautiful auburn hair and silver eyes, just like the moon. Eyes which looked a thousand years old.

Sally knew who this was, because the Father of her child had told her everything about his world, about the gods.

''Lady Artemis'' she whispered.

Artemis looked curiously at the mortal who was clearly a clear sighted mortal who knew about the existence of the gods. Artemis stepped closer and heard the woman say something, but she couldn't hear what was said. ''Please...'' She heard the woman whisper. Artemis slowly knelt down next to the dying woman. ''Please.. Take care of my son..'' the woman croaked out. Artemis looked confused at the woman. The woman took a shaking breath and her voice seemed to steady a bit and she looked at Artemis with clear eyes, not ones clouded with pain.

''Please, take care of my son. I'm dying and he will have no one to go to, he will be alone...'' she stopped and coughed violently leaving blood in her hand. ''Please.. I beg you.. take him and give him a home.. I know you despise men, but he is just 2 months old and hasn't done anything yet that derserve your hatred.'' the woman trailed of and looked at her young infant son, the love for her child clearly visible in her eyes.

Artemis looked convlicted at the mortal woman before her, she was asking her, a maiden goddes, to take care of a child, a boy nonetheless, which she despised? Artemis looked at the woman and than at the child in her arms. The boy had tufts of black hair on his head and sea green eyes that were way to intelligent for a child that young looked up at her.

The woman looked at her once more, her eyes looking clouded with pain and whispered, ''Please.. take care of him.. h-his na-name i-is...''

Artemis looked at the woman fearing she had died before telling her sons name, but one last whisper could be heard before she let out her last breath. ''Perseus..'' and than the young mother was gone.

Artemis knew she couldn't leave the child and carefully picked the child up from the womans arms and held the child close to her. She was curious as to who the woman was but she had nothing on her that suggested her identity, she would have to visit Hades to ask the womans name. He could of course easily find out who she was once she entered his realm.

With a snap of her fingers a shroud appeared for the woman. Perseus looked at it and seemed to understand that is mother was gone, because he started to cry softly. Holding him close she turned around and walked back to her hunters camp, who were setting up camp close by.

Artemis had found the Hellhounds when she was scouting the area for any dangers. Normally she would sent a small group of hunters to do it, but she had just had a frustrating meeting on Olympus so she needed to blow of some steam.

Her Brother had been more frustrating than ever and don't even start on how annoying that love goddess could be, also Hera had been yelling at Zeus for the entire meeting because he had sired another child, again. Poseidon seemed absent, but also a bit pleased, probably found a new girl to play around with, she thought with disgust.

She heard a small cry and she was pulled out of her thoughts. She looked down at the child in her arms. She really didn't know what to do with the child, he was obviously a demigod and a powerful one, because she could already sense his aura and that just isn't common for a child that young, but it would explain why the young mother and her child were attacked by a pack of Hellhounds.

She had always liked children, she was the goddess of childbirth after all. She had always wanted a child of her own, but she had made an oath and she would never even think of breaking it. So it was impossible for her to have child, unless.. she adopted one.. When that thought crossed her mind she looked at Perseus, amazed at how innocent he looked only to be ruined when he became older and become just like the rest, a lying cheating pig, she tought with disgust. But.. and there was that little voice in the back of her mind again, if she adopt him she could raise him to be a proper man. She could raise him to be the only respectable man in the world and she would have a son, a child of her very own. She pondered on that thought for the rest of the way and when she finally reached the camp everything was already set up and her hunters were waiting for her.

She had made her choice and now she just had to tell her hunters..