Zoe's magical child

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and since my fanfic on reading about Zoe's child was taken down by the admins I just decided to do something else with pretty much the same prompt. AU OOC slight Fairy Tail crossover, some Bashing and some most likely Femslash.)

Lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis, Zoe Nightshade sprung awake within her silver tent with sweat on her brow and tears in her eyes, or she thought she was in her tent at least. Hastily wiping the tears from her eyes she noticed that she was beside the Hunters campfire and all of the Hunters and Lady Artemis herself were staring at her.

"Mi' lady." Zoe said bowing to Artemis as she hastily scrambled to her feet, only to wince slightly when her leg hit a wooden log in her haste to get up. Normally she would not even wince at this but given that she had a rather painful scar in that particular spot thanks to getting her leg clawed open by a Hellhound…yeah everyone saw her wince and grab her leg.

"Are you injured Zoe?" Artemis asked rhetorically while Cassy, their main medic, was beside Zoe in a flash and already rolling up the pants leg.

"I am fine. Tis merely an old scar." Zoe said almost yanking her leg from Cassy's hands before the scar could be exposed. Artemis knew that she wouldn't have gotten the scar in any of their previous battles against monsters and therefore would be very curious about how she got it, and after the nightmare she just had she would not be able to control her emotions for long.

"I don't believe you've ever been hit in the legs before Zoe so how can you have a scar?" Artemis asked raising an auburn eyebrow at her second-in-command who mentally swore the sky seven shades of darker blue. Thankfully Zoe was saved from trying, and please note the trying part, to come up with a believable story by a flash of purple light at the edge of camp which distracted everyone.

"Ah there you are Lady Artemis. I have been trying to find you for the last seven hours." Lady Hecate, of all people, said spotting Artemis and looking relieved at the sight of the auburn haired goddess.

"Lady Hecate." Artemis said nodding respectfully at the magical…er more so than normal at least, goddess.

"I need a favor Artemis and you might not actually mind it." Hecate said without preamble as she sat on a stump that Artemis motioned her too while the Hunters were just sitting or standing around curiously.

"And what makes you say that?" Artemis asked raising both of her eyebrows in curiosity about this; it wasn't every day the goddess of magic asked the goddess of the hunt for a favor after all.

"Because my eight year old maiden granddaughter is in danger and hates most of the male gender." Hecate said completely deadpanned and without emotion while Artemis and most of the Hunters leaned forward, interested in the prospect of getting a new sister.

"Perhaps I should start from the beginning, although I'm sure one of your Hunters knows my grandchild very well." Hecate said with a smirk causing most of the Hunters to get confused looks while Zoe felt her heart temporarily stop. Lady Hecate couldn't possibly be talking about her could she? She had died two years ago!...hadn't she?

"You see I had five grandchildren that were best friends and practically adopted one another as their siblings. Those silly children had been watching some cartoon with magic in it since they were four and tried to train themselves to have the powers of their favorite characters, inadvertently unlocking the magic they inherited from me. There were four boys and only a single girl of the group, ironically enough in my opinion the girl was the only demi-god seeing as how her mother, my daughter, fell in love with an Olympian god and had her. In fact Lady Artemis my granddaughter is very much like you…or she was at least." Hecate said with a faraway look in her eyes while Artemis felt her eyebrows disappear into her hairline as Zoe was desperately trying to keep her breathing calm and even. Was it really them? Did she really survive?

"Oh?" Artemis prompted curiously, it wasn't often she was told that someone let alone a demi-god who is the grandchild of a 'minor' goddess was very much like her at least.

"Yes she was the oldest of the five children but her 'brothers' kept insisting on calling her their 'little sister' despite the fact she would beat the crap out of them for it." Hecate said her lips twitching ever so slightly in amusement when Zoe finally sat down in shock as the Hunters snorted in amusement that sounded like their lady whenever Apollo was around. Zoe however couldn't believe that she was still alive. The nymph had been told that she had died that day with her brothers!

"Two years ago everything changed. A man broke into their school and shot my four grandsons, killing them almost instantly. They were only able to transfer their magic to their sister before they died, causing her to go into a rampage due to the grief, rage, and overwhelming amount of magical power. For two years my granddaughter has been alone seeing as how her birth mother is too busy to spend time with her, her step-father is an insult to the human and animal race, and her adoptive mother was told she had died with her brothers." Here a few of the Hunters and Artemis were shooting Zoe concerned and curious looks when she began to cry with a sad smile on her face.

"My granddaughter is attracting powerful monsters by the dozens while she trains with her and her brothers magic powers and if she does not receive help soon she will be overwhelmed…and death would be a mercy compared to what they might do to her." Hecate finished while Zoe's eyes flashed and she bared her teeth, although many Hunters were growling when they realized what Hecate meant.

"Where can we find this child? We need to get to her before it is too late." Artemis said her own eyes flashing in rage for a brief second before she looked confused as Hecate turned towards Zoe and smiled mysteriously.

"I believe you know where to go, Zoe Nightshade, and when you get there please give my grandchild this for me will you seeing as how I am unable to do so myself?" Hecate asked conjuring two diamond studded chokers, one a mixture of colors with little charms hanging off of it and the other pure silver with the same charms hanging off of the studs.

"One is for her and the silver one is for yourself. Consider it a thank you gift." Hecate said in explanation when Zoe gave her a confused look as she took the chokers.

"Thank you Lady Hecate." Zoe said quietly as she snapped the silver choker onto her neck and stood up slightly.

"No, thank you child. Now I believe there is a little girl waiting in a certain building that wants to see you again. You really shouldn't keep her waiting." Hecate said standing and, much to everyone's shock, giving Zoe a hug before disappearing in a purple flash of light and leaving them their dumbstruck.

"Zoe what's going on?" Artemis asked narrowing her eyes at her lieutenant in confusion and curiosity, causing the immortal nymph to look over her shoulder at the goddess she served and make the whole group of Hunters gasp slightly. For the first time most of them could remember, Zoe was smiling happily and yet she was crying at the same time.

"Thy thought she was dead, and now…it is time for me to see her again for the first time in two years." Zoe said causing Artemis eyes to widen as the pieces fell into place while most of the Hunters were still confused.

"Who?" Phoebe asked confused and startled about Zoe's behavior today, and it wasn't even noon yet.

"My blood adopted daughter and my only child still alive."