THE SEA QUEEN'S PEARL
Based on the movie "Percy Jackson and the Olympians"

Julia peered round the curtain and grinned when she found Sally reading. "Hello how's Mummy?" she said holding out a carrier bag and flowers.

"Julia!" Sally cried out happily. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, I just saw your little boy. He is a looker, you'll be beating girls with a stick to get him to do his homework" Julia passed the flowers to Sally and then opened her bag up. "Have you chosen a name yet?"

"Almost -- oh Julia, you shouldn't have, it's too much"

"Nonsense, it's just a stuffed toy, a couple sleeping suits in different sizes and some chocolates for you" Julia said. "You'll find that babies grow very fast before you know it that tiny thing will be too big to sit on your lap"

"Just as long as he doesn't grow up too fast. I only just got him I don't want to see him off to college any time soon"

Julia laughed. "Don't worry; he'll always be your baby. Trust me on that one" Sally smiled at the thought. "So, name" Julia said encouragingly.

"I haven't been able to pick one until now. I've been going through this book an-"

"Greek Myths? Sally, the poor kid will be picked on if you gave him any name like Zeus or Hermes"

"I wanted a demi-god name. A half-human son that had no suffering, so my baby will have good luck"

"Good luck with that, all I remember from history is everyone suffered a lot of bad luck in those days"

"Well I found one. Persius, son of Zeus. He didn't have any tragedy and it's a very nice name"

"You could shorten it to Percy. No one would tease him then"

"Percy Jackson" Sally murmured, "Percy Jackson"

"Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?"

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After Percy had been registered and Sally had been given the green light from the doctors, they settled back into her apartment with ease. The first couple weeks had been difficult as she thanked maternity leave that gave her time to nap when Percy did. But eventually she had gotten used to waking up in the middle of the night to feed or change his nappy. Sometimes he woke up for attention and while it was tiring Sally had found it her most favourite time as she cuddled him and murmured lullabies to him.

It was a quiet and calm night when he came. Percy had been asleep, she was listening to his deep breathing unable to get off straight to sleep for some reason, the moment he began to stir she was about to turn over and get up when Poseidon just appeared out of thin air and scooped Percy out of his cot. She froze and immediately deepened her breathing to look like she was asleep.

"Shh...Shh...We don't want to wake Mummy up now do we? She's been very tired pampering you" Poseidon sounded so warm and soft and loving. From the slits of her eye-lids she could see him bouncing Percy a little in his arms. The most loveliest and largest smile on his face. "You're very lucky Percy; you have a special mother who'll do anything for you. Now my mother, she just stood there while I got eaten. My darling brother was the special one. But that doesn't matter right now, what matters is that you got to appreciate your mother and love her as fully as you can. Got that little guy?"

Percy made a little gurgling sound and Sally could have sworn that Poseidon's smile got bigger.

"You're going to face many dangers Percy. No matter how hard you or your mother tries, you'll never escape the curse of being a half-blood. But I want you to know that no matter what monsters you battle, what troubles the Gods put you, or what emotional problems you encounter, I'll always love you"

Another little gurgle.

"I'll always keep an eye out for you and keep you protected in the best of my ability. I'm sure you'll have your doubts and there'll be times where you have no faith in me but I want you to know that I will try, no matter what" a deep breath. "Grow up to be a strong, fine young gentleman. Learn from your mistakes and be wise. Love and fight to keep it, and never stop fighting for those you love until your last breath. That's the only advice I can give you really"

He bent his head down and kissed Percy's forehead before stroking the little tufts of black hair. "Go to sleep Percy and be good for your mother" he then placed Percy back into his cot and tucked him in.

He turned to face Sally and she quickly closed her eyes as she heard his light footsteps come closer to her.

He tucked back a strand of her hair and pressed his lips gently on her temple. Her breath hitched for a moment as his warm breath rolled against her ear. "Take care Sally"

And then he disappeared leaving the scent of the ocean filling her room.

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She hated not being there for Percy. She had to work to pay the rent and to buy food, so therefore Percy was stuck in day care for most of the day. She tried to make up for it. Spent her days off devoting every moment to him and every night tending to his needs without complaint.

She adored him. Loved him more than anything, even more than Poseidon, and treasured this little slip of life more than any jewel. She cherished every new first, first lifting head up, first rolling over, first sitting up, first crawl, first interest in toys, first solid food. Every moment her baby got bigger and more alive she cherished it.

She loved cuddling him, having him pull her hair in interest, his baby giggles and his games in the bath. She's started to keep her most raggedy clothes for bath time since Percy had such a bad habit of making tidal waves in his bath. She loved his attempts to (what she thinks) say I love you after she says it. It comes out all gurgled and wrong and he then snuggles in closer to her.

It was pure bliss.

So she was making her way to the day care centre as quickly as possible so she could have him in her arms again. One of the carers gave her a cheerful smile and directed her to the cot Percy was napping in. she bent down and pulled the blanket off...

And screamed at the sight of a snake in his cot, coiling around him as he slept peacefully.

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