A/N: Yes, I'm starting another story. I am most certainly not, however, abandoning Son of Chronus. I like that idea too much to just let it go to waste.

Sally Jackson was sitting on her six-year old son's bed, feeding him blue candy she had brought home from her job. Percy simply adored blue foods, a trait he inherited from his father, Neptune. Neptune…Sally still loved him, even after all these years. Despite the fact that the strong scent of the sea, something else from his father, forced her to marry that vile man Gabe, she knew it wasn't Neptune's fault.

The digital clock on Percy's nightstand showed the time, 9:00 PM. "Bed time, Percy."

"Can't I stay up a wittew bit wongew?"

"No, Percy. You have to get a good night's sleep!" Sally said sternly, wagging her finger.

Percy frowned. "Awright…"

Sally tucked him into his blanket, kissing him goodnight. After she was sure he was asleep, she got up to leave the room. Before she could, however, a column of flames appeared, dissipating into a motherly woman with brown hair and warm glowing eyes like embers.

She bowed. "Lady Vesta."

"No need to bow to me, Sally. Neptune has asked me to help with raising your child."

Sally's interest was piqued. "How?"

Vesta sighed sadly. "He asked me to take him to one of my homes in the mortal world and raise him there."

Sally was saddened immensely. "Will I still be able to see him?"

"Of course, I will let you visit. I will also become his patron, so he will have more than his water powers."

"Wait. I thought gods couldn't raise demigods?"

"The law only saws we can't raise our demigods. It says nothing of raising the demigods of others."

"Oh. I haven't told him about who he really is. When will you take him?"

"Tomorrow morning, we will explain, and then I will take him. Also, since you won't be living with Percy anymore, you won't need to cover up his scent with Gabe's anymore."

Sally breathed a sigh of relief. No more Gabe! "See you tomorrow morning, then."

Vesta nodded, before disappearing in a column of flames. Sally walked towards the door. When she reached the exit, she looked at Percy, sleeping peacefully, sadly. She then exited the room and walked to the room she and Gabe shared, where she found her soon-to-be-divorced husband waiting with an evil gleam in his eyes.

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Percy woke to the blaring of his alarm. To his surprise, his mother, along with an unfamiliar woman were in his room. Percy stared at the woman, who had warm glowing red eyes with chocolate brown hair.

"Who are you?"

"I am your aunt, Perseus, on your father's side. I have no wish to hurt you."

"What's your name?"

"Vesta." Percy recognized it as the name of the Roman Goddess of the Hearth, Home, and Family, from his mother's stories she would always tell him.

"My dad's a god?"

"Not just any god. Your father is Neptune, the god of the sea."

"He's also the god of horses and earthquakes, right?"

"Correct, nephew. However, I am not here merely to tell you who your father is. He has been watching over both you and your mother. He has asked me to raise you. You will be able to see your mother, and she won't be living with that vile man Gabe anymore."

Percy glanced over at his mom. She nodded encouragingly. "Where will I live?"

"In my home in Manhattan, near the Empire State Building."

"When do we leave?"

Vesta smiled. "I was thinking we'd leave right now. No need to deal with that horrible man any longer than necessary."

Percy grinned with excitement. All three of them walked out of the room, only to encounter Gabe, who became furious when he saw Vesta.

"Who's that b****?!"

"Gabe, this is Percy's aunt. She has agreed to take him off our hands. They were just leaving now."

"When did she get here?!"

Sally rolled her eyes. "When you were sleeping, Gabe."

Before the situation could get worse, Vesta ushered Percy outside the apartment. She flashed both of them to her house in a column of flames. The walls were a homely brown, and the roof was made of a rustic-looking wood. In living room, there was a warm fireplace with a couch and a few seats. Vesta invited Percy to sit in front of the fireplace while she tended to it.

"Your father asked me to do something more than simply raise you. He also asked me to become your patron."

"What does that mean?" Percy asked with a quizzical expression.

"It means I'll give you my blessing, meaning you'll have some more powers than the ones from your dad.

"Okay!"

Vesta chanted in Latin, and an orange glow surrounded both of them. When it dissipated, Percy's sea green eyes had a thin ring of orange around them, and he felt a bit stronger.

"Now, it's time for you to start training," announced Vesta.

Percy's face paled and his eyes widened.