Prologue: Surprise, Surprise

A woman dashed through the desert dunes as a full moon shined down brightly, illuminating her path. Leaping over the rocks and cracks that dotted the barren earth, the figure pressed on, not willing to give up on her endeavor. A small bundle squirmed on occasion in her arms, causing the hooded woman to whisper soothing words to calm it as they continued. Spotting her destination, she gave a sigh of relief before slowing her feet and coming to a stop.

A large wall of rock jutted out of the dusty landscape, dwarfing the woman with its size and height. A crack ran its entire length, creating a cave of sorts, making the perfect place to hide something.

Or someone.

Glancing around, the woman quickly ran into the cave, leaving the desert wind to cover her tracks. She traveled deeper and deeper into the cave's bowels, the darkness suffocating and wrapping around the woman, but it didn't bother her much, seeing as how her mother was the night. After another minute or two, she finally saw a bit of light. Increasing her stride, she made it to the place she had been searching for.

The room was lit by the tiniest rays of moonlight, dripping and shimmering from a few cracks in the room's ceiling, giving the center of the room an almost ethereal glow. Claw marks dotted the lengths of the room, as if something had been trying to break out of this stone prison. The place didn't seem like much, but to the woman, it was the most important place in the entire world to her.

The sounds of ragged breathing next to her ear caught her attention, but when she turned, she saw nothing. The same breathing came from the other side, but just as before, remained unseen. The woman paused before crossing her arms and tapping her foot irritably.

"Will you stop that? I know its you. Now come on out."

The sound of dark laughter reached her ears before the shadows parted to reveal an enormous wolf. Its ash colored fur seemed to shimmer in the pale light of the moon, and a pair of eyes resembling burning coals glowed brightly from behind a white muzzle. Its claws tore at the stone floor with each step, but its padded paws barely made a sound as the wolf continued walking. Stopping not a breaths width away from the woman, the monstrous canine leaned its head down to her face before pulling its lips back, revealing rows of razor edged teeth each the size of sword blades, and growling.

The woman didn't even flinch. Instead, she placed the bundle carefully on the ground before slapping the wolf across the face, causing it to yelp in surprise and pain. She glared at the creature before speaking again.

"Enough Fenrir, I'm not here to play games."

The wolf quickly recovered from the slap but instead of attacking the feisty woman, it let out a howl of laughter before a flash of light replaced it with a tall, lithe man with the same color hair and eyes as the wolf. After stifling his laughter, the man turned to her again and gave her a wolfish smile, revealing a set of large canines.

"Oh come on, there's no need to act all stiff like that. After what we've been doing, I'd have thought all that would be gone." He chuckled at her scarlet face before wrapping her up in a tight embrace. "It's been too long Eris."

The Goddess of Discord laughed, "It's only been a few months, but your right." She shrugged off her cloak, revealing a mane of hair the color of darkness and eyes a dark violet shade. Wings the same color as her hair burst from her back, and a dark robe made her almost invisible in the cave.

Pulling back a bit, the pair leaned closer before a cry rang out through the cave, bringing the two immortal's attention to the small bundle that resided on the floor. Breaking their embrace (and missing Fenrir's pout), Eris walked over and picked the bundle up gently before bringing it to the wolf. He looked at Eris, who made a go-on motion, before he unwrapped the bundle.

A small boy squirmed out of the blanket, his cries of frustration echoing in the small cave. Glowing eyes the same color of the wolf's blazed curiously and a mop of jet black hair coated his head as he thrashed about. When the child noticed the strange man that held him, he immediately stopped moving and locked eyes with him. After a few seconds, the child smiled, revealing a set of canines that would give most a heart attack, before giggling.

At his look of shock, Eris took the child from him and began rocking gently, making the child slump sleepily against the woman. She sighed happily at the sight of the dozing child before turning to the still gaping wolf.

"Yes, this is our son." She answered his unasked question, still rocking the child gently.

Fenrir seemed to regain his composure, and began speaking, his shock fading with each word, "W-what is his name?"

Eris glanced up from the boy and met her lover's eyes before smiling, "Perseus, but I like to call him Percy." she sighed sadly before continuing, "You know why I came now, don't you?"

The wolf nodded slowly before shifting his gaze to the ground, sorrow evident in his body language as a century's worth of grief returned. Noticing this, Eris frowned before walking over and grabbing his hand, forcing him to look her in the eyes.

"Everything will turn out just fine, I promise. Just wait and you'll see."

Fenrir gave a half-hearted smile in return, "Says the Goddess of Discord." He looked to the child, his child, before speaking his mind, "So he'll have to stay with you?"

"Nope." At his surprised expression, she laughed, "I did say you were the father, didn't I? Since he looks way more like you, he can't stay with me, which means…"

"…I can raise him." He finished softly.

Eris rolled her eyes at him. One second Fenrir could be all flirtatious and cocky, the next he could be caring and gentle, and then the next he could be all sad and depressed. She figured it was the whole 'been trapped for centuries by a golden ribbon without seeing any of his family and being the last being from his realm alive' thing. Not that his random swings mattered to her. In fact, they made her love him even more.

"Hey…" his growl of indignation brought her back to the situation at hand. Turning back around, she smiled at the look on his face before becoming serious again.

"You have to take care of Percy. If I did, one of the gods could discover him. With you, he can learn everything he needs to know about being a, well, mini-you. I'll come see the both of you when I can."

Fenrir sighed, the sound mixed with happiness, love, and a bit of worry all together, "Ok…how much longer can you stay?"

Eris cocked her head in deep concentration, before sighing, "It's an hour from dawn. If I'm going to get back in time, I have to leave right now. Don't give me that look; I can't flash or fly out here or someone would know where I went." She gave an apologetic look to her scowling lover's face before planting a kiss on his lips and their son's head before handing him to Fenrir. Locking eyes with her wolf one last time, she waved him off before running into the darkness and disappearing.

Fenrir sighed once again before looking down onto his sleeping child's form. He raised his head before turning into his original form and letting out a howl, releasing all of his emotion in one sound and sending his lover off. He was surprised when another howl joined his, the two sounds melding together into one that tore through the night. Glancing back, he couldn't help but smile as a small wolf pup joined him in saying goodbye.

A/N: SURPRISE! My mother decided to show a bit of mercy (thank the lord) and has decided to let me write for the entirety of my Thanksgiving Break! *cue confetti*

As for this story, it came to me and I wanted to write it IMMEDIATLEY before I forgot. And if any of you are wondering, I am working on the newest chapter of The Hound of War as you read this, so no worries!

Thank you for reading, and please review.

Sincerely,

kingofsecrets15