Link is an 18 year old, looking at the full moon like he has done for the past 3 weeks, noticing that when ever he does, he feels stronger and happier, but at the same time distant from his land of the Kokiri forest and Hyrule itself. After what the Great Deku Tree told him 3 weeks ago, he became extremely distant from everyone, upset that he was never given the full truth on his family. Though to the credit of the Great Deku Tree, he said he only found out 3 days before hand, so he couldn't fully have know until then. Link just as a change of pace from his normal activities of finding out who his mother is, decides to go behind his tree house only to find a note written in silver with a odd gem that looks like a full moons lens.
Dear son of mine,
I have watched you whether you knew of it or not, I watched you grow into a fine young man, one that your father would be happy to see. But now I leave this note in hopes that one day you will find use the lens I left here for when you turned 18 to come to my location and finally meet me, as you will be ready by then, in all hopes. The lens will bring you to me when you look at the moon while it is full. I will see you when the times comes.
Love
PS: My hunters hate men so don't be surprised if they act rather rudely to you.
Link looks confused as the name is faded to unread ability, but the message is clear, use the lens to come to his mom. There every question he wanted to ask will be answered. But these hunters she is with must have some bad history with men. But it is worth the risk just to meet his mom just once. Link then remembers Zelda's demands, so he use's what he now nicknames the lens of the moon, to go there.
Percy POV
"Ow." The manticorn has him filled with needles that burn. With him and his friends and the two new demigods at a cliff, there is not a lot he can do.
"Okay what do we do? The thing has us beaten like a loin to a near dead zebra."
"I don't know Percy." Just then Hunting horns start blaring and the manticorn pales a little.
[No. Not them.] A silver arrow hits the manticorn in the back.
[THIS IS AGAINST THE ANCIENT LAWS!]
[Any wild monster is within my rights manticorn, and you are wild. Zoe, you have premission to fire.]
"Yes my lady." As zoe readys to fire, the manticorn gets a strangle hold on her.
[One move, and she dies.]
Link's/General POV
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Link lands in snow startling the demigods and a few hunters.
"Ow." Link stands up to find a monster choking a young lady.
"HEY UGLY!" The manticorn turns around. "EAT THIS!" Link fires a light arrow at the manticorn then stabs the manticorn with the master sword. "That's not how a lady should be treated." Instead of golden dust the demigods were expecting, the manticorn turns black and explodes into little particles that dissipate.
"The monsters essence, it has been destroyed."
Everyone but the leader of the hunters jaws drop.
[Boy I have a lot to thank you for, mainly saving my Lieutenant Zoe.]
"I don't wish for a thanks madame, just a question to be answered. Do you know who wrote this letter?
Link pulls out a letter that was written in silver which shocks the hunters except for the goddess herself.
[Boy, what is your name?]
"Link mam."
[Okay. I know who wrote it.]
"W-who mam?"
[…. I did.]
Link takes a second to register then his mouth gapes open. "W-WHAT!?" Link faints.
"Lady Artemis, permission to kill the boy?"
[No. The letter the boy had was written by me. Link here is my... son.]
All the hunters go "WHAT!"
[It's true girls. He is my son. None of you are to harm him understood?]
"Artemis you must be under his spell, we will free you!"
Artemis gives them all a furious glare. [You will do no such thing. Now set up camp and treat the injured now.]
The hunters begin setting up camp while Artemis just sits by Link. [It's finally nice to see my son in person all grown up. I wonder what exactly he went through.] Artemis begins looking through Links memories and gasps after she is done. [He went through a lot.] Artemis starts tearing up.
[I am sorry son, I had no idea that being in that world was worse than here, but you gained your mother ability at the bow. I am glad of that.]
"Lady Artemis, the camp is set up."
[I am going to take my son to my tent understood? Zoe I want you to come with.]
"Yes Lady."
The enter a fancy tent while Percy and his friends are being treated for injuries.
A hour later.
Link's POV
"I can't believe it. I am the son of Artemis. I just can't believe it and I have seen a lot of crazy stuff."
Artemis takes a sad look. [Link, I understand that you are in shock, but you are my son, no matter what. I admit I left you thinking your father was alive, but when looking through some of your memories, I found out that he is dead. Link, I want you to go with my hunters to Camp Half Blood, there you will find out more.]
"I understand, Mother." Link say's mother hesitantly, as he never really knew what to say.
[For now, lets eat dinner. You are to join me at the head of the table son.]
"Head of the table? What is any of that?"
"You mean you don't know what a table is?"
"I grew up in a forest away from civilization, so I don't know a lot about these things. Then again, I never truly had a childhood. I was forced to grow up to soon. Seriously when I was nine, I killed a gaint scorpion spider thing with just a little sword and shield. By myself. That changed me to grow hard and away from people. I just." Link stops talking as he breaks down crying. "I honestly lived two lives. One where I killed a lord of evil, one where I grew up away from my home land for 8 years. I never truly had a real childhood. Tese days I wondered for the past 3 weeks who my mother was, and now I meet her."
"Link." Artemis realizes that Zoe is getting some feelings for Link, but she doesn't say anything as Link needs some emotional support as it seems.
[Link, when did you first wield a bow?]
"Ten. I used it to defeat majora, another powerful evil. When I first picked it up though, I noticed a silver aura coming from it, and I knew how to use it instantly."
[Link, pull it out please.]
"Okay, mother." Link pulls out the heros bow, which makes Artemis gasp.
[Only my son could find and wield it. Link you have done well.]
"Please spare the undeserved praise. I just want to know why I never got to meet you."
[Zeus, King of the gods forbad it.]
"Makes sense then. I will join you at the head of the table, mother." Artemis smiles a little and hugs Link. Zoe gasps in pain. "Artemis, Hold Zoe still and make sre she doesn't cough, I need to give her some red potion stat. Her wind pipe was crushed when she was in that chock hol by that manticorn." Link pours some red potion down Zoe's throat with his moms help, and Zoe gets better.
"For a man Link, you sure are a kind one."
"That's what happens after seeing so much evil take a toll around you." Artemis realizes that Zoe is developing stronger feelings for Link, but she again doesn't mind because Zoe is starting to realize a fact that Artemis learned nearly 19 years ago after meeting Links dad.
[So, ready for dinner Link, Zoe?]
"Yes, mom."
"Yes Lady Artemis."
The trio leave the tent and have dinner, and Zoe notices that Link only has a small amount of food, mostly a weird looking plant.
"What is that?"
"Oh this? This is a plant that is rare in Kokiri forest, A rare treat that I like. Rare because of it's magical ability to be sweeter than anything you can taste. I only have one, and thats after the other veggies." After Link finishes his small serving size of veggies, he realizes that no one else has finished eating so he just sits there calmly.
[Link, you are done already?]
"I am a tiny eater. I rarely eat anyways. I went 7 months without eating once to be honest. So that was a treat to me to be honest. I maybe an Allie to the royal family of Hyrule, but I try to avoid going to the castle itself."
[Why?] Even Zoe asks that.
"Now this may get the wrong idea at first, but Zelda, the princess of Hyrule is nuts about me, at first it was okay but when I turned 17 she tried forcing me to marry her when I turned 18, which was 3 and a half weeks ago. Originally she just had me do simple things to help the kingdom, but she started to get ridiculous like the marriage thing and to." Link's face gets red as a beet. "To s-sleep with her in bed."
"What's wrong with sleeping in a bed with her?"
"Not like sleep but uh."
[Oh goddesses.]
"Artemis knows now."
[He means to remove her virginity.]
"WHAT!?"
"That was one of her commands, and I told her flat out NO. I don't love her at all, and that is one of the reasons why I just stopped going to the castle itself."
[I sense it also played a role in wanting to come see me Link.]
"A little bit to be honest. You think most men were bad? She was worse than half the men I know in Hyrule and most of them where a little nuts. Not counting a farmer friend of mine who just played joke most of the time."
[Link, how long was Zelda like this?]
"Since I warned the king of Ganondorfs traitorous future where he killed the king."
At the mention of Ganondorf, the air around them is about 80 degrees colder, which even makes the goddess shiver.
[Who is Ganondorf?]
"A very evil man. The king of evil wielder of the triforce of power. His power was immense, and it took a lot to defeat him in one of my lives. He makes the manticorn seem like a joke. I only won because of the master sword, the bane of evil's blade, and the Triforce of courage."
[On immortal power scales, how strong?]
"Well, thats hard to say as I only know you in terms of powerful immortals, but I can say easily stronger than you in honesty. No offense."
[Wow. What else happened afterwards?]
"Zelda sent me back to my childhood age, so I grew up a second time. It was not fun to be honest. I remembered everything that happened in my other life, so I never could live as a child." Zoe gets a weird feeling to take Links hand and comfort him.
In Zoe's head.
"What is wrong with me!? Why am I getting these thoughts and feelings!?"
[So, what was the biggest thing you killed Link?]
"You mean big as in size, or strength? I won't count Ganondorf as he is a exception."
[I mean both.]
"Well then, I would say Bongo Bongo. He was a massive shadow beast that had the size of a ancient tree, and the strength of a very fast boulder. Very tough fight, not Ganondorf tough, but tough."
[Wow. Link, I thought you would be better off with your father. What happened to him by any chance?]
"Dead I think. I never meet him because my step mother brought me to the Kokiri forest to protect me from the fires of the hylian civil war. I was told this by the Great Deku Sprout in my other life time but not the step mother part, that was in this life."
[To think that...]
"It's fine. I never really had a chance to grow up normal, I am anything bt." Link chuckles a little.
"I feel glad in ways of how I had to grow up, as I am sure if I lived in this world, I would be a lot different and I wouldn't have the friends I have in Hyrule. But at the same time I wouldn't have to deal with Zelda."
[The forcing of stuff Zelda wanted you to do with her just pushe you away from her?]
"Yep. She was a good friend until she started telling me to change my life to suit her needs. Once she started getting into the marriage and you know stuff, I just stopped visiting entirely. I still visited my other friends, but I avoided Hyrule castle it's self because I knew what would happen if I did go again. She would..." Link stops for a moment to compose himself. "She would force me to do things to her that I wouldn't want to do. I always viewed her as a friend but she want's it to be more, and I don't want that. She is a small reason why I came to find you, mom. Meeting you is the best thing that ever has happened to me to be honest Mom. I never..." Link stops because he again needs to compose himself, which the hunters are surprised at. They never knew that a male as strong as this boy could feel so messed up in emotions. "Sorry, I just haven't been really to open up to anyone. Any way, I never thought that I could meet you mom."
[Link, I want you to go to camp half blood with my hunters and the demigods, understood?]
"Yes mother."
[Good. My brother, Apollo will take you there. Speaking of who.]
Apollo appears next to them.
[Hey lil sister!]
[Apollo I must be off, I have a very powerful monster to hunt. Take them all to camp half blood.]
[Okay... Whos the kid in green?]
[My son Apollo.]
[WHAT!? When!?]
[To long of a story to explain. Now get the to the camp.]
[Fine fine.] Artemis runs off into the forest.
Link its in the back of the bus, and Zoe sits next to him making him nervous.
"Uh hi miss?"
"Zoe."
"Hi Zoe. Is there a reason why you wanted to sit next to me?"
"Had to. Not enough seats."
"Um okay?"
In Zoe's head.
"He must be really unaware if he doesn't realize that I like him for whatever reason."
"Zoe, Zoe we are there."
"Huh?"
"You fell asleep on my shoulder and we arrived just now."
"Link, who much do you know about women?"
"Not much really. Why?"
"Just curious."
"... Oh I see."
"W-what?" Zoe is blushing.
"That confirms it. You might like me. When ever I am around Zelda" Link gag's at her name "she always blushes."
"I um."
"Don't worry. I am just joking. Except when I gagged at Zelda's name."
Zoe is stunned. She was about to admit it but he quickly did that. Now she want's him even more, but she has to be careful. She doesn't want to end up like how Link feels about Zelda.
"Link, what do you like in a women?"
"The personality is the real big thing for me. I can tell you got that "I take no shit" personality, and I like that kind of personality. It shows independence, the ability to show your ground, and makes living entrusting. But I am not blind that you have suffered because of men before. Who was he?"
"Heracles."
"Heracles? I wish I could meet the u to give him a piece of my mind. No one should be mean to anyone without a reason."
"He betrayed me when I helped him with something."
"That's why he needs a good ass kicking."
"You would really do that?"
"Yep. If there is one thing I hate, is people who mistreat others for personal gain."
"Link, can I tell you a secret?"
"Go ahead."
"Link, how would you react if a girl told you they love you?"
"Be n shock for a minute, then say Really? Wait, hold that thought... Shit. Artemis is captured. Don't tell anyone. I sense something will happen tonight."
"O-okay?"
"Good. Now we wait."
That Friday after capture the flag, the campers won because Link used his hookshoot to get the flag on the campers side, when the Oracle appears covered in mist and points at Zoe.
Six shall go west to the goddess in chains
One shall be hurt in the land without rain
The bane of olympus shows the trail
Campers and hunters combined prevail
And one shall perish by a parents hand
Unless her beloved uses the blade of evils bane
And saves the young dame
"Well, I have seen a lot of creepy shit, fought a pair of giant centipedes that made a mountain seem small, fought a giant spider scorpion thing, a fucking shadow beast, and my dark self, but that takes the cake. It seems like I have to go because me blade will save a dame. Wonder who it is."
"What makes you think you are the one Pink?"
"Tell me Clarssie, when was the last time you used a blade that contained evils bane?"
Clarssie stays silent.
"Thought so." Link notices that Zoe is blushing while looking at him.
"I don't think I should ask." All of a sudden 2 Aphrodite kids get two nylon signs and point them over Zoes and Links head, confusing Link on what they are and making Zoe mad.
"Focus on them later, two of those going are me and Zoe because it talks about the master sword and the oracle gave the prophecy to Zoe, who else will go?"
Bianca, Grover, Thalia, and Percy volunteer.
"Percy here, these are the silver gauntlets. They increase arm strength to a massive level. I sense you will need them later. Grover, this is a silver zora scale that will help you swim. It will stay with you until you give it back to me. Thalia, this is a powder keg. If you really need to use it, make sure to say this "BIG ONE OUT!" since the others heard it, they will know what it means. Bianca, this is a bottle of red potion, heals most injuries. It wont give back limbs, but will make them grow back over time. Meaning it won't return for a while. It will slowly return invisible until it is finished growing. Zoe, here. This is a healing fairy. This will bring you back from the dead, no matter who you died."
"Wow. Where did you get this stuff?"
"On my adventures. I just hope we won't have to use them. Now if you excuse me, I need to get a old friend of mine here." Link stands in a creek and plays a odd song that causes a portal to a ranch appear, then he plays a song that makes everyoen think of a ranch filled with happy animals and a red chestnut horse comes and steps through the portal. Link then closes the portal. "It's nice to see you again Epona.
Chiron, do we have a stables?"
"Yeah. Follow me Epona." Epona slowly follows chiron. Zoe proceeds to punch Link in the arm.
"OW. What was that for?"
"You didn't tell us you had such a beautiful horse!"
"I didn't think that was needed to say. Besides you guys would have scared Epona. She only trusts me, Malon, and other horses."
The campers disperse except for Link and Zoe.
"So Zoe, what did you want to secret did you want to tell me? We never got to talk about it because we were busy all the time and for those listening in the bushes, leave or else you will not be walking straight for a year." A bunch of campers run away. "And I mean all of you." After they all leave. "So, what is the secret?"
"I think I have feelings for you."
"That's your secret? Pretty cool secret. I know why it is a secret. The hunters oath."
"Right."
"Then that means..."
"Yeah." Zoe is blushing like mad.
"Zoe, no matter what I will protect you from evil, like I will protect the others."
"Thanks Link. You know for a guy, you aren't really bad."
"Thanks and no problem."
"I am going to let the hunters know that I am going to think about the prophocy for the whole night. But in reality, I am just going to stay near you tonight if thats okay?"
"No problem. I don't really mind at all."
