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I stretched my arms as I walked beside my best friend, Grover. It was a nice day at Camp Half-Blood, but before all that, let me introduce myself. My name is Percy - Percy Jackson. I have just, with the help of my friends, defeated the titan Kronos and saved the world. We live in Camp Half-
"Percy? Are you okay?" Grover asked, waving his arm in my face.
"What? Of course I'm okay."
"Are you sure? I mean, you were staring into the distance for a while..."
I sighed. No matter what Grover thought, I was more than okay. Life was going pretty great. I had a beautiful girlfriend named Annabeth, and there were no monsters and/or gods coming after us. Life looked pretty good.
Grover gasped as a bright flash blinded us. Once the light died down, we stood there shocked when we saw that the cause of the light was… a twelve year old girl. Okay… I looked more closely at her and saw her auburn hair, but not only that. I saw her eyes - silver like the moon. I looked beside me and saw Grover kneeling saying, "Lady Artemis, what brings you here?"
Oh crap. This was Lady Artemis?
Her cold eyes wandered over to me and she spoke. "The Olympians want to speak with Perseus. The reason why they would want to talk with you is beyond me, but nevertheless, let us depart." The light enveloped us again, and I opened my eyes to find myself in the Olympian throne room, without Grover by my side. Artemis quickly left to settle on her own throne, leaving me by myself in front of the Olympian gods.
The first one to speak was Zeus, and his words chilled me to the bone: "Percy Jackson, you have been summoned here today to be asked if you will, once again, rise to save Olympus from a new looming threat."
My eyes bulged as I exclaimed, "Another threat! Sorry, but what threat could there possibly be now? I thought the Titans were the only threat to Olympus, and they're gone now anyway."
My father was the one to give me the answer. "As of right now, we cannot reveal any information. However, we must know if we have your cooperation."
Did I want to cooperate? We just saved the world, would I even be able to do it again? Starting to stutter, I weakly argued, "But, I mean I-I-I can't! I mean… I have a life to live. I have a girlfriend, I-"
All of the Olympians flinched at my words. I looked around, hoping for some way to see, to uncover, the reason for their recoil. "What? Why did you all flinch?"
"Aphrodite, would you like to explain yourself to Perseus?" Hestia directed at the guilty-looking goddess.
Aphrodite? Why would Aphrodite have to explain herself to me?
With a sheepish look on her face, Aphrodite muttered quickly, "Ummm..ikindamadeitsothatannabethwouldfallinlovewithyounomatterwhati'msorrypleasedon'thurtme."
I blinked and asked her, "Come again?"
She looked down and said, "I...kinda...madeitsothatannabethwouldfallinlovewithyounomatterwhati'msorrypleasedon'thurtme."
Artemis sighed and spoke up. "What she's trying to say is that she made it so Annabeth would fall in love with you no matter what you did."
Aphrodite meekly added, "She was the first girl you showed interest in. I was just trying to help."
I couldn't believe it. My first love...was all a lie? I, Percy Jackson, savior of Olympus, had been completely deceived even after I had done so much good.
Why were the fates so cruel? Why have they decided to bring me happiness, just for it to be crushed right afterward? Why does the whole world hate me? WHY would they decide to play with my love life? WHY would they decide to make a fool of me? WHY? WHY? WHY?
I lunged forward with rage evident in my features. I didn't think about my decision. My only thought was to kill Aphrodite.
Zeus sighed, "Artemis, contain him."
Artemis grinned as she grabbed my arm and hurled me at the throne room's walls, breaking my bones and cracking the marble. Even with my crumpled body laying on the floor in pain, my day was made even worse when Zeus stood up and decreed, "Percy Jackson, until you are able to calmly step into this room again, you shall live with the Hunters henceforth."
Artemis
Excuse me? How dare Zeus let a boy come in and disrupt my Hunters? I absolutely will not tolerate a boy joining the Hunters, now or ever.
"Artemis you can't get away from this. Besides, would it really be that bad? Ehhh? You know what I'm talking about," Apollo piped up, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Shut up, Apollo! Before I take your man bits and crush them."
"But lil' sis," he whined.
"Zeus, smite him!"
"Okay okay, meeting adjourned," Zeus proclaimed.
Apollo teleported off to Hades-knows-where, and every god left afterward, leaving me alone with Perseus. I teleported him over to the Hunter's camp and pulled him to the side.
"Tonight," I told him, "you will sleep in the outskirts of the camp. We don't need to risk you becoming a porcupine overnight. Tomorrow, you will be introduced to all the girls and be assigned your own tent, which you will live in for the remainder of your time here. You must be up by 0600 and help to hunt for everyone's breakfast. You will cook it, but you may only eat after everyone else has finished. By 0800 you will be cleaning everyone's laundry. At 1200 you must make the Hunters' lunch, and once again, you will only be permitted to eat after everyone else has finished. By 1500 you will make the arrows that we will use. After that, from the time you have finished your chores to 1800, is your free time. At 1900 you must have dinner prepared and wash all of the dishes used during the day. After that, you can do whatever you desire, but if you wake any of the Hunters, you will be shot mercilessly. If you dare to fight back, I will turn you into a deer and use you for target practice. Do we have an understanding Perseus?"
"Crystal clear, Lady Artemis," he sighed.
"Good. Enjoy your first day because after tonight, there might not be enough to enjoy."
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