So, it has been forever since I published, but I have probably written the beginning six thousand words to about thirty different stories. I just lose inspiration on them so Idk.

I had spent the year at school and had not had much training since I had only spent two summers at camp. I knew I was the best swordsman at camp, but I still was not prepared for this, I had been following Thalia, Zoe, Bianca, and Grover since they left camp and even killed the namean lion for them by luring it away and stabbing it with Riptide into its brain through his throat.

I had watched from the shadows as we crossed the country.

When they were in Arizona I watched as Ares and Aphrodite and Ares stepped out of a limousine and a second later the Goddess of love looked directly at me despite me being almost a mile away in the forest.

She said something to the group then flashed to me.

I jumped as she had flashed directly behind me and wrapped her arms around me.

"So, Percy Jackson is following the little questers to find Artemis?"

I looked at the love Goddess in shock but resigned and nodded.

She grinned and said "Tell me, is it for Artemis or Annabeth?"

I looked at her in confusion and asked "I don't know what you mean?"

She looked at me and pulled away from me and I had to focus not to get turned on by her scent or attractiveness at such a close proximity. I mean seriously? I am a teenage guy.

She frowned and said "Perseus, do you not feel attracted to Annabeth?"

I blushed then said "S-She is very pretty and stuff, and smart, and like awesome at everything. But I don't really want to be in a relationship with her. She is like a sister to me."

She glared at me then whispered under her breath "I thought I used my magic on those two."

She waved her hand and I felt a strong tug at the back of my head like memories trying to come in and leave at the same time.

I shook my head and the love Goddess' eyes grew to massive proportions.

"Y-You can break my magic? No one can do that."

She looked at me in confusion then said sultrily "Will you be an absolute dear for me Percy and fall head over heels for Annabeth?"

I looked at her I recoiled as I felt a warm feeling come over me but I stayed strong and said "No. I am not going to fall for Annabeth Chase."

Her pretty little jaw fell to the ground and she began talking to herself about why her charm speak and magic weren't working on me.

She looked at me and grinned "You must have a very strong will to resist this." She said while swinging her hips making me gulp.

She smiled then chanted and I glowed pink.

"You now have my blessing. It makes you more attractive, better in romantic relationships, more seductive, more handsome, have a better fashion sense, have better stamina, know-how in bed, charm speak, and the ability to tell what people like."

I looked at her in confusion then bowed "Thank you, Lady Aphrodite, but why?"

"Because you can resist me. That is a feat that no other man in this world has ever been able to do. So I gave you a reward, seeing as you aren't old enough to take me."

I shot straight up blood rushing to my face as I imagined what she suggested and I started running in the direction that the quest had gone.

I had gotten to where they were a minute ago when Ares saw me.

He grinned and said "Oh, so it is the kid who ruins other's quests."

I sighed and said "What do you want?"

"Two of them are going to die kid. You can't help it. But if you want to stop more than that you need to have some good skills."

He chanted and I felt angry all of a sudden and glowed red.

"You just got my blessing kid. That is for beating me two years ago. Now go save the others. You have the knowledge of how to fight with any style with any weapon, you will always have an amazing strategy for battle or war, and your strength is basically doubled."

I bowed and said "Thank you. I guess you are not my least favorite Godly cousin after all Ares."

He snorted and got back in the limo, driving away.

I nodded and began to sprint in the direction of footprints when I heard a cry of pain I recognized as Bianca.

I picked up my speed and saw a massive robot in the junkyard of the Gods.

I picked up my speed and ran to a dying Bianca as the others didn't notice me because they were fighting the damned thing.

I held her torso because the rest of her was crushed.

Her eyes fluttered and I let out a few tears. She smiled painfully at me and slipped something into my head and said "Never forget me, Percy. Give this to Nico. You are his brother... Now... Tell my Lady... I am sorry... That I loved the hunters."

I felt Thanatos and Hermes come in spirit form picking up her soul and taking up her spirit.

Her eyes darkened and she slumped, dead.

I felt like screaming in anger and crying but I did neither.

I ran over to where I saw a broken silver bow and Olympus fix-it duct tape.

I bound the snapped silver blow in the tape made by Hephaestus and it glowed goldenly and it was completely fixed to my astonishment.

I pulled back the string making an arrow magically appear on the bow and let it soar praying to the Gods that it hit its mark.

As I watched it soar through the air I felt the wind and time dilation take its effect and the arrow shifted exactly as I predicted.

It went through a chink in the robot and destroyed the motherboard causing the robot to completely self-combust exploding in almost a nuclear-like explosion with no radiation just a lot of heat.

When the mini mushroom cloud disappeared I turned to the three surviving questers who were all looking at me in shock.

"Boy, you followed us?"

"Percy thank the Gods you are here."

"I thought you sucked ass with a bow."

I looked at the three of them and nodded.

"I have trailed you guys since we left camp. I got rid of the Namean lion that was chasing you guys in Dayton, I killed a horde of cyclops and dracaena in Oklahoma, hellhounds in Pittsburgh, I am surprised you didn't notice. I would have come help if I hadn't been occupied by Ares."

They all looked at me in shock then Grover asked "Wait, did you have to fight with Ares again?"

Zoe looked at me in complete shock and she asked "You fought a God? As in the War God?"

I only nodded and her jaw dropped.

I looked back and frowned.

"I want to give her a proper ceremony."

They all looked back and the mood dampened.

"That would be best, but why are you carrying her bow and an action figure?"

I looked at my two hands and put the two objects away.

I put the action figure in my pocket and the bow morphed into a silver ring which was a lion which I knew was Bianca's bow. ( /look/792406)

She looked at me in shock and Zoe said "The weapon of a hunter can only be worn as a ring symbol of their animal when they are of true heart or have spent over two thousand years in the hunt. I have only just gotten my ring."

She showed me the silver stag ring she wore on her right ring finger and it morphed into two silver hunting blades.

"I am impressed that you can even hold these weapons. They are made from Snow silver, a magical metal only to be held by hunters of Artemis or those worthy to be in the hunt. My knives are made out of snow silver, along with your bow. Usually if a male touches snow silver they die immediately. The weapons of the hunters are made out of a metal that Lady Artemis made out of her Godly essence."

My eyes widened at the wild animals and forest pattern on her magical silver blades and she changed them back into a ring of a deer stag with two large antlers.

Thalia scoffed and said "Go figured kelp head is pure of heart, the ring probably couldn't find any bad thoughts in his head because his brain is so small the scan missed it."

That elicited giggles from the daughter of Zeus and Grover and a small laugh from the daughter of Atlas.

I grinned and said "We have to go, guys, if we don't go soon, we will not make it in time to save them."

They all nodded and we set off.

Later that night I was on guard duty and I was sitting in front of the fire we had made.

I was sitting in the silence looking and mourning the death of my cousin as I looked at the bow and figurine.

I pulled out something else I had taken from the junkyard and had no clue how it got there.

Apollo's lyre was in my hands and I smiled at the instrument.

I plucked a few strings and began to understand what the notes were and I began to play a tune I had heard somewhere or another.

I finished and heard clapping. I jumped up and whirled around with a stick pointed at someone's nose.

"Hahaha, you are really quite interesting, cousin."

I looked him over and realized "Apollo?"

He nodded and said "The one and great."

I chuckled quietly and he said "I see you got and played my lyre."

I nodded then realized "Oh gods... I am sorry. This is yours, here."

He smiled taking it and said "Congratulations Percy."

I cocked my head but he grinned and he said "I once put out a request to all demigods, about fifty years ago, that anyone who could find and return my lyre to me would receive my blessing."

I glowed goldenly and he said "You now have the power to light travel, see a gods' true form, look into the sun without being blinded, control fire from the sun, tell when someone is lying, speak every language, you can play any instrument like a pro, and finally you have knowledge of all mortal and godly forms of healing. You get the ability of magic healing which alows you to heal yourself and others but can only do one injury at a time."

I smiled and said "Thank you cuz."

He grinned and said "Anytime, you are probably the coolest demigod alive."

"Thanks, Apollo."

He nodded and said "Thank you for going to help my sister."

I nodded and he flashed away leaving me alone. Or so I thought an eight-year-old with orange flame eyes was sitting very close to me smiling warmly at the flames.

"I also gave you my blessing nephew, I hope you don't mind. You seem to be very kind and want to make everyone feel safe and at home. For what I have seen you do, I gave you my blessing which is summoning home cooked meals, controlling flames, you have a very high sense of judgment and law, and finally, you can calm someone down by enchanting your voice with a calming magic."

I looked at her in shock and said "You are my aunt, Lady Hestia."

She smiled and said "Not many still remember me. Thank you, Percy."

I smiled and said "Thank you, Lady Hestia, I do not want to wield a lot of power, but I need it to keep those I love safe."

She smiled back and said "That is why I gave you my blessing child. Go and protect your loved ones."

With that, she walked into the flames disappearing.

I looked up and saw the full moon was dim and seemed to be dampened or fading.

I frowned and pulled out the spoil of war from killing the namean lion and threw it into the fire.

"To Phoebe Artemis, I wish to give her enough strength under the sky until I get there."

The pelt went up in a silver dust and I looked up to see the moon brightly lit up.

I heard a gasp from behind me and I turned.

Zoe looked from me to the sky and said "You just sacrificed the pelt of the namean lion to help milady."

I shrugged and said "Yeah."

Her eyebrows scrunched and she said "You could have kept it and been seen as one of the greatest warriors of all time."

I rubbed my chin and said "That would have been cool. But Artemis needed it. She didn't look to great. The moon was fading so I wanted to help her stay alive."

The demi-titan Lieutenant shook her head and said "You must be the most oblivious or kindest person to ever walk the earth."

I grinned and said "I think Thals and Grover would definitely say it is the prior."

She laughed and said "I do not understand you, Percy, you are a good man unlike any other male on this planet. You don't seem too self-centered and you always try to do what is best for the ones you love."

I shrugged and said "I do whatever I need to protect anyone important to me. If Artemis is in danger I would sacrifice anything to keep her safe."

The hunter smiled and said "You truly are different."

I laughed and said "Yeah if I wasn't different would I be friends with the biggest man-hater in the world Zoe."

She looked at me and asked "We are friends?"

I smiled and said "Yes, Zoe, if we weren't I would be dead for following you guys or a bazillion other things."

She looked at the moon and said "Congratulations Percy on being my first male friend."

I looked at the moon also and said "Congratulations on being my first demi-Titan friend."

She sighed and said "We will be at Mount Orthys tomorrow, I am not sure how we will get past Landon and to the top.

I shrugged and said "If need be, I will take the dragon and distract him while you all slip past."

She shook her head and said "You truly are different. Well, goodnight Perseus."

I nodded and ten minutes later heard some soft snoring.

In the morning we were all packed up and we had everything together.

By eight we had made it to the garden and I gasped at its beauty and smells.

We were stopped by Zoe's sisters and they asked "What are you questers here for?"

"Your father has kidnapped Artemis and Annabeth, so we will be going up to take them back.

They seemed a little taken aback.

"You did not come for the apples?"

I looked at the women in confusion "What apples?"

The didn't answer and replied "You may pass if you want to go to save your friends."

I shrugged and said "Cool." And began to walk up the mountainside.

When we reached the top I felt anger rise in me.

Annabeth was chained and beaten on the ground connected to the black palace.

I growled as she had a long white hair symbolizing that she had held up the sky.

I looked around and saw the Titan himself grinning wickedly and said "I see that two demigods, a satyr, and my own daughter came to kill me. How basic."

With that he moved almost faster than I could even see and took out Thalia and Grover sending them sprawling to the ground with numerous cuts, unconscious.

I growled and Zoe had her bow on her back and knives out.

Atlas turned to his daughter and said "What is wrong? You think I couldn't deal with some half-mortals? They are weak. I am a Titan. I am more powerful than those weak Olympians you serve."

"No, you use your powers to overpower others, if you didn't use your domain then you would be easily defeated by us."

He laughed loudly and pointed his sword at her and said "Let's test that."

Zoe got in a ready position and they began to clash.

The battle was faster than the mortal eye could see and I was impressed by both parties hardened skill in fighting.

After five minutes Zoe took a heavy blow to the side so I took over and fought letting Zoe take a break.

The Titan growled at me and said "What can you do boy?"

I grinned evilly and attacked in a whirlwind of a knife, sword, and my fists and feet.

Atlas was actually pushed back after ten minutes.

I got a few cuts in and so did he.

After thirty minutes we were both breathing heavily and covered in blood or in Atlas' case ichor.

I let Zoe take over and ran over to a groaning Goddess keeled over with the sky on her shoulders.

"Lady Artemis. You are going to be ok. I am here to help. You need to help stop Atlas, can you do that?"

"H-How are you going to keep the sky up if I am not holding it up?"

To answer I moved next to her under the sky and grabbed her shoulders.

I shoved her away letting the sky fall onto me.

I wanted to scream but it wouldn't come out.

The Goddess turned around and looked at me while I stood with the sky on my shoulders with one knee on the ground.

"Will you stay alive?"

I grudgingly stood up straight straightening my back and legs so I was standing fully.

I groaned and lifted my head to meet the Goddess' piercing silver eyes. I forced a strained smiled and said "G-Go Artemis. I w-will be fine."

She looked at me and ran towards Atlas who was kicking the shit out of Zoe.

That is when things got bad, I watched as an army began to march up the mountainside and realized that Luke was leading an army up to us.

Artemis was viciously attacking Atlas for thirty minutes before the army reached the peak.

With Luke at the head, she began taking out monsters while Thalia used her bow from a distance and Grover was using his pipes to break the chains on Annabeth.

I groaned and shifted the weight a little further up my back to where it was feeling like it was killing me less.

I looked at the Goddess and watched Zoe slowly dying.

Luke finally retreated after another half an hour and Annabeth's dad showing up in a plane with machine guns with celestial bronze bullets.

Artemis took that chance and pushed Atlas right into me knocking me out from under the sky and locking the bellowing Titan under the sky again.

I stood shakily then ran to Zoe.

I scooped her up and put her head in my lap and tears fell from both of our faces.

She looked at me and said "Hey Percy... I am glad-COUGH*- THat I made one male friend before I died, it gives me hope. That you are not all terrible, thank you Percy-Cough* For being... my friend."

She took off her stag ring and wrapped it in my hand.

"Let me talk to my lady... Percy."

I nodded silently and handed her to a weaping Artemis.

Grover, Thalia, and Annabeth were all misty-eyed then they all looked at me in shock.

I cocked my head and Grover pointed at my head.

Annabeth handed me a mirror and I gasped, all of my hair except one strand on the right side which remained black was completely snow white.

I handed it back in shock then looked back at Artemis and Zoe.

I walked away in silence and slipped the small ring female's ring on my pinky and looked at the lion and the stag.

I looked up to the sky and watched in sadness as a new constellation was made.

The Huntress.