AN: All rights go to Rick Riordan and Disney Hyperion. This is a story idea that I had inspired by other Percy/Zoe fanfics that I have read, it might not be original and I might not continue it, but please tell me what you guys think.

PPOV

I was literally in agony as the full weight of the sky was bearing down on me. You see, I had hijacked on to thisa quest to save Lady Artemis and Annabeth from the clutches of the General, but ever since I joined things seemed to be going downhill. Thals and surprisingly Zoe had tried to reassure me that it was already fore told in the prophecy given to Zoe by the Oracle. Even though I found out that the last line of the prophecy spoke of Zoe's death after I found out who her father was. Her father was the Titan general, Atlas. I was extremely worried about her, but she put on an expression void of emotion like it didn't matter to her as long as her mistress was rescued.

I had become friends with her and admired her determination to protect the ones that she cared about. Needless to say, I had started to form feelings towards her ever since Lady Aphrodite showed up before we passed through the junkyard of Hephaestus and when I had the 'dream' about her and Heracles. To the point that I confronted her with worry about her acceptance of her fate which lead me to swearing to her that I would guarantee that she made it out of this quest alive. She was extremely shocked about my oath, but I reminded her of my fatal flaw and started to explain my concern about accepting your fate, which stemmed from my concern about the Great Prophecy that would come to pass when I turned sixteen that I don't even know yet. She fell silent at that and averted her attention from me since then, but I would notice that she would give me gazes of worry every now and then.

She had been shying away from me with a sadness and worry ever-present on her face which appeared to increase tenfold and then suddenly disappear behind a mask of indifference when we got to the Garden of Hesperides. We barely got past Ladon the garden of the golden apples of immortality which I noticed nicked Zoe, but she rolled of that off her shoulder when we came face to face with her Father. It had been an incredibly difficult battle until I took notice and thought that Lady Artemis would be better pick to fight the Titan with Zoe. I had stumbled towards her and after having a slight argument with her, I took a knee accepting the burden of the titan's curse.

I couldn't really think straight as the muscles in my body felt as if they would contract right out of my skin before I died. Looking at the battle, I notice Artemis standing toe to toe with Atlas and Zoë sniping chinks in his armor, but I appeared that they would soon be overtaken. Suddenly, Atlas pushed Artemis back several feet and swung at his daughter tossing her into a nearby ruined pillar. Artemis appeared to attract his attention to avert his gaze from Zoe, dodging his strikes which were directed in my direction. I caught her eyes and caught on to the idea in her head as I prepared myself to be knocked out of the way.

After a few seconds, Artemis dodged a strike from the Titan general as he over swung and stumbled towards me. As he hit me I felt like I was hit by truck, but I the pain didn't register as I was still drained from carrying the sky. The battle was finally over as I collapsed to the ground and her the screams of Annabeth and the fierce roar of Atlas.

"NO," Atlas roared hammering his arms and legs on the ground since the sky fell upon his back this time around.

"Luke," the voice of Annabeth said as I swerved my head to see Luke as he was knocked off of the cliff at the conclusion of his duel with the daughter of Zeus. A grey streak was prominent in her hair which I thought was strange, but it could have been the after effects of holding the sky, but I couldn't focus on that as my gaze caught sight of the place where Zoe lay still. Using the last of my strength I made my way over to the lieutenant of Artemis, while Thalia was consoling Annabeth saying that Luke wasn't worth it or something. Lady Artemis took little notice as I made my way over to them as Zoe was giving her dying breathes.

"I hope I served thee well my Lady," she muttered looking towards her mistress.

"You have and so much more," she said softly, "you have been my greatest friend and your sacrifice will be remembered as one of the heroes of legend."

"Percy," I whispered turning her attention to me, "thank you for all that you did for me and I'm sorry that you couldn't fulfill that promise. I will see you soon." That caught Artemis's attention as she looked towards me in the corner of her eye before t0urning back to her fallen lieutenant. I felt empty and I started to feel like I was starting to disappear as I thought about all the things that I wish I could have said to her about my feelings. 'Zoe, I wish I could have to you,' but me thought were cut short by a familiar gentle voice.

'Percy," Lady Hestia said in my thoughts, "I know how you feel about her and I am truly sorry, but I must say that there is a way that you can save her. If you combine your water powers and the powers I granted you then you can save her. I thought back to the time she offered to become my patron.

Flashback

I had just left the head counselor's meeting that was to discuss the last prophecy given to Zoe Nightshade, when I felt a calming aura coming from the cabin area. Unnerved that I couldn't go the quest that would have a chance to save Annabeth, I gave in to my curiosity and headed to the center of the cabin area. The source of this peace was being emitted from the center fire, where I could spot a figure of a young child messing around with the flame. I came up on the fire and noticed a girl around eight or nine, but I was stunned when a faint glow came off of her.

I immediately kneeled as the girl turned around to face me with a smile one her face. I was racking my brain of all Greek mythology that Annabeth had blabbed on about before I came up with the name of the goddess.

"Lady Hestia," I said from my bowed state. Again she smiled towards me and I noticed the flames in her eyes before she started to address me.

"Rise Young Perseus," she said directing me to a spot beside her, "and please don't bow to me I am not like the rest of our family." I complied burying that piece of information in my brain.

"My Lady," I spoke with slight wariness despite her aura of calmness, "was it you who were trying to summon me."

"Yes Perseus," she said, "I indeed was trying to get you here. You see, I know you plan to journey after them on their quest and I would like to offer my assistance." I looked at her with a look of confusion. "I mean that I would like to ask you if you would be my champion and then I will grant you powers that will help save what will matter most to you when all is lost."

"How did you know?" and why would you help me and what do you mean about what matters most to me," I asked confused and flattered that one of the gods would help.

"Despite what people or the other god's think, I know a lot and Percy, I see you as an excellent individual who can save us all. If you care about others then you shouldn't be held back from doing something if you could do something. You have heart and I value that and want to help. As far as your last question, take into consider your intention and what matters. Things always are acceptable to change just like things are not always as they appear. So what do you say, will you be my champion?

"Yes," I said with confidence, but was confused about what she could be applying.

End Flashback

Shaking the memory out of my thoughts, I stepped towards Zoe and kneeled before her determined to see her healthy and alive again.

'Remember Percy,' the voice said in my thoughts again, "the sources of your power are always in you no matter where you are.' Taking that in mind I set my hands over Zoe's limp body and willed all my power towards healing her. I quickly heard people's complaints and statements, but I did not hear any as I literally felt like I was pouring my soul into her. The tug in my gut had become more like a slug to the gut, which Artemis would probably felt like doing to me if not worse. Though this time I noticed a small flame present near my heart which expanded to cover my entire body in warmth especially in my hands as my hands glowed blue and orange.

The wounds slowly closed as those areas started glowing the same color as my hands. As it faded and I felt like I was fading into darkness, I heard Zoe gasp and squint her eyes towards me with a small smile, before I collapsed into darkness at her side.

Interlude

My sleep was dreamless as I started to take notice of my surroundings. My eyes slowly opened as the darkness faded and it appeared that I was in an infirmary of some sort. The walls were white with various tools along them. I guessed that there were several beds, but some were in different rooms, mine shared it with another bed which I guessed was on the other side of the curtain. I reached my hand out once I noticed a flask of nectar on the night stand. My body felt like it had been crushed and torn apart, but what was really weird was I felt this tug towards the other side of the curtain.

I must have made some noise because next second later Apollo came bursting through the door and greeted me with a smile. He quickly made his way over and handed over the nectar while inspecting my body for any damage. I took a drink of the nectar and felt immediately better. This time around it tasted like a liquid form of the candies my mother used to bring home for me when we lived with Smelly Gabe.

"Hello Percy," the God of medicine said once he found nothing wrong with my body, "how are you feeling?"

"oofh," I replied, "I feel like I have been torn apart several times and I feel something weird." Shaking my hed I asked what was immediately on my mind. "How is Zoe?"

"She is good thanks to you," He chuckled, "she is on the other side of the curtain talking to lil sis and I must thank you for your part in saving her." He sounded genuinely thoughtful, but before I could reply a blight light shone as Hermes flashed in the room.

"Nice to see you awake Percy," he said concerned, "I am sorry since you just got up, but you are needed in the throne room." I sighed as Apollo helped me up and offered to assist me there. I closed my eyes then and felt Apollo flashing us to the throne room. I immediately noticed that the entire council were present even Hades and my patron Hestia. Looking around the room I also noticed a tear face Annabeth, a stoic Thalia, and an impassive Zoe nightshade. Apollo patted my shoulder as I made my way over to my friends.

Zeus called the council to order as Artemis was retelling the events of her capture and the fight with Atlas, so I decided to ask my friends a few questions. Nudging my friends I tried to get their attention, but they were engrossed in the meeting. After a few tries, Zoe turned towards me and started answering my questions.

"How long was I or, I mean, we out," I asked? She took notice of the meeting before turning back to me answering my question.

"We have been out for about a hour and a half. I woke up about a few minutes before, but before you keep asking questions I want to try a figure out how I am still alive." I remained quiet seeing the confusion on her face before turning back to the retelling of our tale.

".. then Perseus convinced me to give him the weight of the sky..," Artemis was saying before darkness swirled in the middle of the throne room as the three Fates caught the attention of the gods and goddesses.

"Lady Fates," Athena stammered, wow she never sounded so nervous before, "what can we do for you?"

"The boy, Perseus Jackson has changed our design," chorused the three in unison, "We have come to either recreate fate as it was by killing Zoe Nightshade or make new." As they said this the cutter of fate brought a charcoal black and silver sting out to show to the crowd.

"He is charged by changing the fate of Zoe Nightshade by saving her life," the cutter of Fate said. I paled worrying about how I was going to be charged. "By doing this her fate to his."

"What do you mean," Poseidon asked considering he never heard that part of the story.

"On the latest quest, Zoe nightshade was destined to die by the hand of her father Atlas, but Percy Jackson stepped in and somehow saved her life by connecting his life with hers," the weaver of Fate said. I was thoroughly confused as I looked towards Zoe to see if she got any sense out of this, but all I noticed was that her face was paling gradually and tears were slowly making their way down her face. I wanted to wipe her tears away, but I couldn't do that here with the presence of Lady Artemis. Out of the corner of my eyes I noticed Lady Aphrodite winking at me with a smirk on her face.

"Do you mean," Athena started, but was cut off by the Spinner of Life.

"The string of fate has been tied," she said, "he has chosen and I order to keep fate how it is meant to be then it had to be done." At these words the throne room went silent as I was trying to process what it means. Zoe's face was still paling as the seconding passed, but now she looked flabbergasted.

"Thalia Grace was never fated to be the one of the great prophecy," the Fates said together, "she was meant to take Zoe's place as the Lieutenant of the Hunt so either kill Percy and Zoe or Thalia must exchange places with Zoe."

"No," Two of the Olympians shouted, "we cannot kill them." Thalia looked like she was considering it and quickly came to a conclusion as she burst out her answer.

"I'll do it," she shout as the council descended into chaos, "I will join my Half-sister's hunt." This got everyone's attention now as the Fates moved out of the room.

"Thalia are you sure you want to do this," her father started to say, but was cut off by his daughters next words.

"I, Thalia Grace, pledge myself to the goddess Artemis. I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood and join the hunt." At that Artemis shoot a silver energy at Thalia as the blessing left Zoe. "Father I am not suited for the prophecy and I don't feel at home anymore so I am glad to join." Zeus grumbled an affirmative and dismissed the gathering after no other topic was brought to the council. Zoe, while crying, made her way over the hunters to say her goodbyes since I guessed she would be coming to camp with me. That pull came again as I found myself following behind her.

"I am going to miss you Zoë," I heard Lady Artemis say, "we all are, but I am glad that you are still alive. I grant you access to my partial bless and a stay in my cabin. I'm sorry you have to leave, but it is for the best." Artemis and the other hunters, including Thalia, then hugged her and stated their goodbyes as I came up behind her. I tried to tap her shoulder, but she quickly turned around and punched my chest causing me to back away slightly.

"I'm sorry Percy," she said ashamedly once she realized who I was.

"I'm sorry Zoe," I said, "I am the reason that you're in this situation in the first place." She smile kindly trying to make her previous emotions.

"It's okay Percy," she said, "I am grateful that I am alive, but.." this time I cut her off.

"lets not delve into that now and get back to camp. By the way what did they mean by the string of fate has been tied." She immediately blushed which I found adorable, but uncommon for a hunter before she sighed."

Have you ever heard of the red string of Fate," she said

AN: What do you think? Should I continue with this story? I am open to any commentary or criticism.