Chapter 1
I run as fast as my feet will carry me, I am one with the forest. After all it is my element, the area where I feel the strongest. When my feet touch the forest floor I am off within seconds. The screams I have been hearing are becoming more desperate and I will my self to run faster. It is my duty to take care of all those in my element. As I reach a clearing, I sense a powerful presence and at once I am on alert. I move with the grace of the hunter within As I pass through the next set of bushes I see what I feared the most, A young girl surrounded by filthy men. What I do see that surprises me is that another man has already discovered the disturbance, a young man with raven black hair tall, lean and many physical scares as well as emotional. A man that I have not laid eyes on in many years, a man my father believes to be dead. A man that has saved our sorry asses more time than I can count. Someone who has my hard to gain respect. A man that 10 years ago swore that after what we did he would never help us again, he would rather see us rot at the hands of the enemy than help. But yet here he is after all these years among us. I sink back in to the shadows afraid that if he senses his presence that he will disappear again. He turns towards the general area of where I'm hiding and for a moment I look deeply into his piercing green eyes, trying to search his memories for a hint of where he has been after all these years, but he looks away before I am able.
This is a man that has had such a lasting impact on so many people around him. A man that I have greatly cared about since he has entered my life. I don't know how we couldn't have realized what we were doing before it was too late. I am pulled from my thoughts by a sharp tap on my shoulder, I look up into the confused and disappointed face of my supposed dead half brother Percy Jackson. God of Hero's and the night.
"Percy, what are you doing here?" I stutter out, my words are so quiet I'm surprise he hears me. "Cut that crap Arty and give your little brother a hug" he says with a smirk on him face. I practically jump on him and he hugs me tight to his chest "Percy I've missed you so much!" I exclaim with so much emotion and tears beginning to rush down my face. He gently wipes the tears from my eyes and I sniffle and try and compose myself from the emotional wreak that I have become. I look past Percy's shoulder and see the young girl. Percy gently motions for her to come over to where we are and for the first time I get a good look at her. She has dirty blonde hair with beautiful green eyes. Her clothes are caked with mud and dirt and I shutter at the thought of what would have happened if Percy had not shown up when he did. I observe her features more and discover that she has a very strong mind and she has been on her own since she was a small child, learning to be one with her surroundings. She seems to be a child of demigod and if not one of a god. She has a very strong aura that is hard to place. I am mulling over whether or not she should join the hunt when I am broken from my thoughts when Percy says my name for a third time.
