Hello there Fanfiction Nation. Recently I started reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I know that I am really late on the PJO bandwagon, but I hope you don't mind if I still hitch a ride(Cheesy I know), but recently I read The Titan's Curse which has been my favorite so far. I am really surprised how less Zoe Nightshade fics that there are out there. Originally I was planning for this to be a fic for Thalia, but there are too many. This will be about the guy that Artemis turned into a Jackapole, a boy that becomes a Hunter. If you don't like don't read. Review, everyone counts.

Crying was all that could be heard. Rain pounding hard over the heads of mother and child. She tried her best to keep the baby concealed, hidden from the cold droplets. Hiding her son under her coat she rested his head against her chest. "Hush young one, hush." She whispered desperately. Her eyes were full of distress and her heart pained her as she realized that this.

Staring down at her baby she sang a hushed lullaby to hush the child. The woman felt her aggressor pulling closer. She sobbed as her child fell asleep in her arms. The woman's heart pounded as she heard footsteps coming from behind her hiding place. Placing her bay safely into a barrel near her. Pulling her celestial dagger the woman jumped over the haystack tackling the figure that approached.

Startled the figure tossed the woman to the side and held out a torch to her face. "Stay thee arm sister!"

The woman gasped her eyes wide as she saw Zoe Nightshade. Her former sister stared at her as if she was insane. Sniffling her tears fell from her cheeks as she fell on her knees and held herself. "You came!" She gasped out as Zoe put her hands on her shoulders.

"Of course we came." Zoe smiled weakly. "Lady Artemis answered thee prayer."

"Even from a former sister." Artemis came from behind Zoe with the other Hunters bows in hand. "I cannot allow you to die by a monsters hand even if you have betrayed us in the past. It is against my morals." The Goddess looked towards the woods as she heard a death curling screech. "I assume that foul beast is that which is chasing you?"

"A dragon." The woman stood up sheathing her blade. A slit over her left eye bled profusely as she looked out towards the outskirts of the forest. "He is my burden to bear Lady Artemis."

"Then why have thee called thy here?" Zoe spoke in her old English. "Daini, you say will slay this dragon. What of your man?" the lieutenant spoke with venom in her voice.

Artemis's eyes glazed cold as she looked at Daini who kept quiet.

"Dead." She murmured breathless. "I am going to kill that beast for what he has done. But I won't be coming back; I ask you a favor Lady Artemis. You and your Hunters. Please as a warrior who has served you for centuries I ask you of this as a mother."

"To take in your babe as you're dying wish?" Zoe sniffed. "Simple enough."

Artemis looked at Daini and walked up close so only she and Zoe could hear. "There is more than you let on Daini."

"The child is a boy." She whispered into the Goddess's ears. Artemis eyes widened as she looked at the woman whose eyes were desperate. She had no other choice, no more options. "My husband is dead, my parents are dead. The monster won't stop until he has me down his gullet. I have no choice, but to die. I have lived a long life, but now my son needs to live."

"You ask much child." Artemis spoke as Zoe tried to talk her out of accepting. "You are asking me to take a boy into the Hunt."

"I know..." she sounded even more desperate. "I wouldn't have called you if there was any other option, but there is not Lady Artemis. You may keep him until he is 16 and then cast him out, keep him I do not care! As long as he is safe, I may die in peace."

Zoe looked at the woman with sympathy. She had aged since she had last saw her. That had been 10 years ago. "I do not approve of this. But if is your will I will not object."

Artemis looked away thinking hard on this. Looking back she muttered. "I will be rough on him, rougher than I am on the other Hunters. Teaching him our ways, if he ever shows any interest in any Hunter I swear on Father Zeus I will cast him out."

Daini nodded her gaze softening. "Thank you." She sobbed. "Thank you Lady."

A curling screech came once more and fire erupted from the tree's. Zoe looked up the fire and back to Daini. "You should be off Daini. We do not want your burden upon us."

"Of course." Daini went into the barrel and pulled out her baby and kissed it on the forehead. Whispering a prayer in ancient Greek she handed him to Artemis. "Name him what you will. I am no longer his mother. But the one who abandoned him in your hands."

Grabbing her bow Daini whispered one more thanks and ran past her former sisters into the forest. Prepared to face a dragon and her end. Artemis looked down at the child and ran her fingers down the sleeping baby's noes. "Fight bravely my Huntress. May your son grow to serve us well."

Zoe looked back at the other Hunters and went to explain what had occurred. Gasps and protest had broken out, but she explained it was Artemis's will. "If thy Lady wishes it than it shall be done. Rather thee leave the child to the wolves?"

The other Hunters shared anxious glances, but if their Goddess willed it, than it would be out of their hands. Staring down one woman spoke up. "We should all remember Artemis's teachings. We have turned our back on men, but this is a boy."

Others nodded in agreement as their Goddess came with the child. "He will not be Immortal as us. I am afraid that I cannot do the same for him as I have done for you my sisters. But we shall raise him to heed our rules and become one of us. When he becomes a man he will leave us this I promise you all."

Zoe looked down at the child. "His name?"

Artemis seemed to contemplate this as she looked down at him. "As his mother protected him, we shall be his protectors. Alexander shall be name, Protector."

The first chap may not be to funny guys, but I promise the second will! I just had to introduce the characters of course :D!