Trials and Tribulations Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson

Hey so this is my first fanfiction, and it is an AU. So please read and review, and enjoy.

The ringing of the house phone awoke Poseidon at two in the morning. Grumbling he got out of bed and walked out into the hallway to answer the phone.

"Hello?" Poseidon said wearily as he rubbed a hand over his face.

"Hello is this Poseidon Olympian of Atlantis Stables?"

"Yes, now you better have a good reason for waking me up so early in the morning."

"Yes I am terribly sorry, I am calling you in regards to your son, Percy Jackson."

"My who?" Poseidon said, now fully awake.

"Your son, Percy," the man on the other end of the line sounded unsure, "I'm sorry maybe I should introduce myself I'm Detective Lopez of the New York City Police. We are calling because at 12:05 a.m. this morning we responded to a domestic violence call at the residence of one Gabriel Ugliano. When we arrived he was trying to break down a door with a knife in his hand. His wife, Sally Jackson, was lying bleeding on the floor. She died on the way to the hospital. We found Percy behind the door Mr. Ugliano was trying to break down, he had minor injuries, most likely sustained before he was barricaded in the closet. Now he said he didn't have any other relatives, but when we pulled his birth certificate you are listed as the father."

Poseidon was silent, trying to wrap his mind around what he had just been told. He had dated Sally 11 years ago when he and his now ex wife Amphitrite were going through a divorce.

"Sir?"

"Yes sorry, I'm still here."

"As you are Percy's only living relative, he is being released into your custody. Are you able to come to New York and pick him up?"

Poseidon nodded before he realized that the man couldn't see him, "Yeah sure I can do that. It will take me about 2 and a half hours to drive from Albany to New York City though."

"That's fine, the boy is spending the night at Mercy Hospital. Just go there when you arrive in the city and a nurse lead you to Percy's room."

3 hours later

The sun was just starting to rise when an exhausted Poseidon pulled into a parking spot and walked into the main entrance of the hospital.

Walking up to the receptionist, Janet, he asked where he was supposed to go. After typing in Percy's name onto the computer Janet led Poseidon toward the elevators, "Your son is on floor 3 room 303. If you get lost just look for the room with the cop outside it."

When the elevator stopped at Poseidon's floor he saw what Janet meant, because right outside of one of the doors was a very bored looking cop.

"Hi," Poseidon said in an unsure tone of voice as he approached the man.

"Please be the boy's father," the man said wearily before realizing he was being rude and straightening up, "I'm sorry I'm Detective Lopez, it has just been a long night, and getting a statement out of that boy was like pulling teeth."

"Why was that?" Poseidon asked.

"The kid doesn't talk, unless he wants to. We eventually bribed him with a soda and a few candy bars into talking to us. I talked to the teachers at his school and apparently that's not normal for him. He has ADHD, dyslexia too, so apparently he is always bouncing off the walls and talking to others," Detective Lopez filled Poseidon in before continuing, "Well now that you are here you can just sign for him on these papers and he's all yours."

Poseidon took the papers from the detective and as he signed he said, "The kid isn't a package, shouldn't I have to do more than just sign for him?"

"Not according to state law, you are listed as the father on the birth certificate, as well as in the victim's will."

"Her will?"

"Oh yeah, we found her will in a drawer in the house, it was after we contacted you, she left everything to her son and said that if anything were to happen to her to please contact his father, Poseidon Olympian."

Poseidon nodded, absorbing all the information as he finished filling out the paperwork and handed it back to Detective Lopez.

"Alright thank you very much," the detective said as he began to leave, "If we have any more questions for him we will call."

Poseidon just nodded as he approached the closed door that Percy was supposedly behind. He hadn't seen Percy since he was a baby. When Triton was 4 Poseidon and Amphitrite had been fighting lot so they decided to separate for a little while and see where it went from there. Then he met Sally Jackson. She was fun and energetic and taught him not to be so cynical all the time.

They fell in love in a whirlwind, and so when Sally told Poseidon she was pregnant, he was thrilled. The next nine months flew by and before he knew it Percy was born. Everything was going great until one day when Amphitrite showed up. She had shown up to deliver divorce papers to Poseidon, but when she saw Sally and Percy she lost it. Poor Poseidon tried to explain himself to Sally, saying that he had no interest in renewing his relationship with Amphitrite, but Sally was just so hurt and confused that she took Percy and left. Poseidon looked for them for months to no avail, he had given up hope that he would ever see Percy again, until now.

Taking a deep breath Poseidon opened the hospital room door. The room looked just like he expected, white walls with crisp, white sheets. The only thing that was missing from the bed was the patient, who was sitting on the window sill looking at the traffic below.

He looked up when he heard the door opening. He had a big black eye that almost hid the look of hope all over his face, like perhaps this was all a bad dream and his mom was coming to rescue him, but when he saw Poseidon standing there his face turned into a scowl.

"Who are you?" Percy demanded to know.

"My name is Poseidon-"

"That's a stupid name," Percy interrupted, "Why are you here? Because I told that cop I wasn't going to any orphanage."

"No don't worry you aren't going to an orphanage," Poseidon said trying to sound soothing, "You're going to come home with me instead."

"There is no way in hell I'm going home with you," The eleven year old said as he stood up, "I don't even know who you are!"

"Hey watch your mouth," Poseidon said sternly, "Where did you learn words like that?"

"I'll answer your question if you answer mine, who are you?"

"I'm your father," Poseidon said bluntly.

Percy backed away from Poseidon as if an invisible force had hit him, "Why are you here? Go away I don't need you."

"You don't have anyone else to take care of you Percy," Poseidon said with a sigh.

"My mom will look after me like she always has."

"Percy," Poseidon said unsure of how to continue, "You do know that your mother is dead right?"

"You're a liar," Percy shouted as he threw the nearby pillow at Poseidon, "You're all liars, my mom wouldn't die and leave me here all by myself."

"Hey whoa calm down kid," Poseidon said as Percy started punching him with his fists. He calmly caught Percy's hands in his own. Percy suddenly stiffened and his whole demeanor changed. He went from fighting and stubborn, to meek, quiet, and scared in seconds.

"Please let me go," Percy whispered. Poseidon was so shocked that he just nodded and let go. Percy shot away from Poseidon the second he let him go.

"I wasn't going to hurt you," Poseidon informed the shaking child.

"I- I just don't like people restraining me," Percy said timidly as he pulled his arms around his stomach. That was when Poseidon saw a nasty gash on Percy's right arm. It looked like it had been closed up with 14 stitches.

"Where did that come from?"

"Where the hell do you think it came from?" Percy snapped.

"Hey! I mean it, watch the language, my fifteen year old son doesn't get away with it, so I'm defiantly not going to let my 11 year old."

Percy looked down at his bare feet for a moment or two before he spoke again, "I got the cut from the same person I learned my "language" from. The same person that kil- hurt my mom."

Poseidon opened his mouth to say something but there was a knock on the door followed by it being pushed open by a nurse.

"Hi," she greeted cheerfully, "You must be Percy's father. I just need you to fill out the discharge papers and here is instructions on what to do with his arm and his medications."

"Don't trust him April," Percy said glaring at Poseidon, "He's probably a serial killer."

"Well then I guess you better watch out," April teased as she looked at Poseidon's ID and took the signed papers back from him. As she walked toward the door she turned around to Poseidon and mouthed, "Good luck".

Yeah he was going to need it.

I know this one is short, but I wanted to get things set up. Also, if anyone has a good idea for Poseidon's last name that would be great, because right now I can think of nothing but Olympian. ;)

Anyway thanks for reading and please review so I know how I am doing!