Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and The Olympians or The Heroes of Olympus series. All right belong to Rick Riordan.

In this story, Percy is orphaned at a young age and is taken in by Apollo and Artemis. This shows how he grows in their care.

Chapter 1

A 6 year old Percy Jackson had gone camping with his mother. The day after they reached the campsite, Sally Jackson took her son into the forests surrounding the camp for trekking. Percy and Sally were having a lot of fun, about two hour after entering the forest, they found a stream and since Percy said he was tired, they sat down at the edge of the stream to eat the food they had packed in morning. They spread out the food and started eating. Almost all the foods were blue in color and both of them had great fun while eating the food.

After they finished eating, both of them started walking towards the camp. Halfway across the trail towards their campsite, Sally heard a low growl. She was really worried and started walk faster while throwing furtive looks around her. Sally was a clear-sighted mortal and knew about the hidden mythological world. She also knew as a demigod son of Poseidon, Percy could attract a large number of monsters. But before she could move a large distance, she suddenly came to face two hellhounds. She immediately grabbed Percy and started running towards opposite direction while praying to Poseidon to save Percy. The hellhounds started gaining ground on her even though she was running her hardest.

After a few minutes, one of the hellhounds caught up with her and slashed at her back, causing her to fall down. The hell hound slashed at her again and caused a very deep gash on her torso. The other hell hound also caught up with them and both the hounds were going for the kill when two silver arrows sprouted from their necks and both of them dissolved into golden sand. A 12 year old girl with auburn hair came into view. When she saw the condition of the woman, she immediate recognized it beyond her capabilities and called for her brother. A 19 year old teen appeared in a flash of golden light and asked, "Hey Sis, why did you call me now, you never used to call me. And who are these two?" he asked, seeing Percy and a hurt Sally. Artemis said, "I was roaming in the forest when I sensed a powerful demigod and two hellhounds. By the time I reached here, I saw the hell hounds ready to kill them and saw the woman had a deep gash on her body while the boy was unconscious. I knew healing the woman was beyond my power so I called for you. Now please try to heal her."

Both the god and goddess went near Sally, who had become very pale due to extreme blood loss. The teenage boy, who really was the Greek god Apollo, bent down over her and tried to close her wounds. After he was successful, he tried to bring her back to consciousness. When Sally came around, she saw two teenagers and immediately recognized them. She said, "Lord Apollo, Lady Artemis, please protect my son. He is a son of Poseidon. Please protect my son and I would be forever grateful to you." Soon she closed her eyes and Apollo felt her life force escape her body. He turned to his sister and said, "She is no more. But if what she said is true, then this child may be the child of prophecy since Thalia, daughter of Zeus is trapped in Lotus Hotel and Casino. I think her mother is a clear sighted mortal, and since her dying wish was to take care of the child, I will raise him."

Artemis asked her brother, "But what about the Ancient Laws Apollo, we are not allowed to raise our children. And if father finds out about it, then he would be very angry." Apollo replied, "The Ancient Laws forbid us from raising our own children, not children of other gods. And I would make him my Champion, so that he would be loyal to me and father would not be very angry." Just then, Percy woke up. Initially he was unable to remember where he was, but when remembered how the hounds were charging at him and his mother, he immediately sat up and began looking around for his mother. When he saw his mother's lifeless body nearby, he started shaking his mother and asking her to wake up. Both Apollo and Artemis looked very sad and Apollo addressed Percy, "Percy, your mother is no more; she died due to blood loss from the injuries she received. I am sorry, but we were unable to save her."

Percy immediately started crying. Artemis saw him crying and her heart melted. She took him in hug. Percy stopped crying and mumbled, "My mum is dead and Smelly Gabe will now beat me and throw me out of the house. I have nowhere to live now." When Apollo heard this, he went up to Percy and said, "Don't worry Percy, you will leave with me. I am the Greek god of Sun, healing and poetry, Apollo and she is my sister Artemis, goddess of moon, maidens and hunting."

When Percy heard this, his mouth hung open. He asked, "Are you really Apollo and Artemis? Like the Greek gods? And why are you helping me?" Artemis replied, "Yes boy, I am Artemis and he is my brother Apollo. Your father is also a god. Your mother told us he is Poseidon, the god of the seas. We are helping you since you are our cousin and also your mother asked us to protect you as her dying wish." Percy was more astonished than before but Apollo said to him, "Percy, you had a very bad day, I will take you to my house to rest. Saying this, he flashed with Percy to one of his mansions and led him to a bedroom painted in a bright yellow color. He put a tired Percy on the bed and waved hand on him, putting him to sleep. After putting Percy to sleep, Apollo flashed back to Artemis, who had sent Sally's body to get proper funeral rights.

Artemis said to his brother Apollo, "Brother, I will also make the boy my champion and help you with raising him, because I know you, and if you will raise him alone, then he will become a total womanizer like you." Apollo pouted and said, "Hey sis, thanks for the confidence in me. Ok now let me go back, I will need to monitor Percy's health after such a trauma. I would like to invite you to my House in New York to discuss how we should raise Percy tomorrow." Artemis replied by nodding her head and flashing away in a silver light. Apollo also followed suit and flashed away to the house where he had put Percy.

The next morning, when Percy woke, he was disoriented due to the new surroundings. But when he remembered the events of the last day, he immediately broke down and started crying. Just at that moment, Apollo came in, and when he saw Percy crying, he immediately went to him and hugged him. Percy stopped crying and said, "Now mommy is dead, I have no one for me." Apollo heard this is hugged him again before saying, "Don't worry kid, now you will live with me. But you have to call me only Apollo or bro. My little sister Artemis will also help you. You are not alone at all." Percy looked at Apollo and asked, "When Smelly Gabe was mistreating my mother and beating me, why didn't my father help us? Why didn't save my mother yesterday."

Apollo looked sad and said, "Percy, I am sure that your father would have very much wanted to help you. But the Ancient Laws forbid us from having much contact with our children, so his hands were tied." Percy looked at Apollo and asked, "So how can you and Artemis take me in?" Apollo answered, "You are not our child, so the law doesn't apply to us. Now get ready fast, Artemis is coming to decide how to raise you and train you for your destiny as a demigod."

When Percy heard this, he got up and immediately got ready. Soon Apollo led him to his sitting room and both of them were watching TV when Artemis flashed in. Apollo went up to her and tried to hug her when she pushed him away. Apollo pouted, but Artemis ignored him and went towards Percy. Percy gulped seeing Artemis' stern expression. He knew the goddess hated boys and generally turned them into animals and hunted them. He bowed low before the maiden goddess and spoke, "Lady Artemis."

Artemis sat down in the couch, Apollo sitting near her. He tried to put a hand around her shoulders but she swatted it away. Percy was still standing, so Apollo pulled him into a nearby chair and said, "You will live with me and you are also our cousin, so don't be so stuck up and formal. If Artemis turns you into a jack-a-lope, then I will change you back before she can hunt you, and also since Uncle P is your father, so he will be extremely angry if you die." Though it did little to lessen Percy's fear, he sat down in the chair. Artemis turned towards Percy and informed him, "Percy, since you are a demigod, monsters will be attracted towards you. You will need to be trained in combat, so that you can defeat them. There is a Camp Half-Blood where demigods generally learn to live in a world of monsters, but my brother and I have decided that both of us will raise you together until you are older. Both of us want to make you our champion, but before that you will have to train so that you can survive yourself in the real world."

She turned to her brother and asked, "Apollo, what have you planned about his training?" Apollo replied, "Sis, since we know about his godly parent, I will teach him archery, fighting with knives, healing and his basic demigod powers for the next two years until he is older so that he can train using other weapons." Artemis looked surprised and said, "I am impressed brother, for once you have shown some seriousness and have not acted like a 5 year old. I would also like for Percy to spend 1 week every month with m hunters so that he can learn to respect the women and not turn into a womanizer I know you would try to turn him into. Right now I am going to introduce him to my hunters, and will return around evening." Saying so, he grabbed Percy's shoulder and flashed to place a few yards away from the camp of the hunters.

She looked at Percy and said, "Remember Percy, I may have adopted you as a brother, but the hunters have had many bad experiences with men. So I warn you, don't upset my hunters and treat them with respect. Though they will not harm you, they will hate you if you treat them badly. You should always be respectful to women, and you should never disrespect them." She turned to her 12 year old form and led Percy into the camp. When the hunters saw Artemis enter the campsite with a small boy, they immediately tensed up. Artemis saw this and addressed her hunters, "My sisters, this boy is the new adopted brother of Apollo and me, Percy Jackson. I request you to not harm him, as I believe he has not yet harmed any woman. He would spend the rest of the day with us before returning to my brother's house."

The hunters looked at the boy with disgust, but were curious as to why Lady Artemis had adopted this male. When they asked Artemis, she explained to them how she found Percy and many of the hunters' hearts melted at how much pain and sadness the boy had undergone in last few days. They became kinder towards him, though they still treated him harshly. Artemis showed him around the camp and introduced him to the hunters. When evening approached, Artemis gifted him an enchanted bow and quiver and explained, "This is an enchanted bow Percy. This is unbreakable and allows you to shoot more accurately. This quiver can hold an unlimited no. of arrows. Both them can disappear at will and reappear when you need it." She then flashed out with him to his brother's house, where Apollo was waiting for them.

When both of them flashed into the house, Apollo immediately jumped onto Percy and started checking if he had any injuries, he asked his sister, "So, how many arrows did he get?" To which Artemis smirked and replied, "None." "Not a single one?" asked a flabbergasted Apollo. Artemis smirked and replied, "Some of the hunters even appeared to like him." When Apollo heard this, he clutched his chest and sat down on the sofa. He then turned towards Percy and said, "That's the 8th wonder of the world. A boy spending so much time with Hunters without getting attacked, this feat only qualifies you to be my champion. Anyways, we will begin your training from tomorrow. So now, off to bed. You have to wake up early tomorrow."

As Percy went to his room to sleep, Apollo turned to Artemis and said, "Tomorrow I plan to start training him in weapons tomorrow, but sons of Poseidon are known to be horrible in archery. I think you should be present here tomorrow to see his form. If he is as bad as the rest, then I think we have to give him the blessing of archery." Artemis nodded her head and flashed away where as Apollo retired for the night.

So folks, this was the first chapter of Champion of Sun and Moon: The Early Years. Now read and Review. I will post the next chapter within two weeks.