Hey, whoever is reading this, an idea came to me when I was watching ROTG. I was thinking; What if Artemis took care of Jack after he left the village, realizing no one could see him? I'll keep this fic as a one shot for now, but if I get more ideas and inspiration It might turn into a good multi-chapter story.
"Gather around everyone!" Chiron yelled. The other demigods dropped whatever they were doing and did as they were told.
"I wonder what Chiron want with us today?" Annabeth whispered over to Thalia. "Don't know; guess we'll find out soon."
"Alright everyone settle down, I want to inform you that a son of Artemis will be joining us later today." Chiron said. "A son of Artemis?" Grover asked. "That's right; his Name is Jackson Overland, a young man from Burgess, Pennsylvania. He was orphaned when he still an infant." "Wait, is he even a demigod?" Annabeth asked. "Yes he is, but some reason not even Zeus knows who his god-parent is." The others started murmuring among themselves. "Hey Thalia you'd better watch out if he was raised by Artemis, he'd be a bulls eye shot." Annabeth whispered to her friend. Thalia smirked. "Actually, I'm looking forward to meeting him."
"You nervous Jack?" Artemis asked the boy. "Kinda, it's not every day that you get a second chance at life, I mean a real life." Jack said as he gripped the bow in his hand tighter. Artemis chuckled. "Well, Manny thought it would be a good idea; he said it was unfair that you had to die at such a young age." Jack laughed lightly. "The best decision he made in 300 years." "You mean the 'only' decision he ever had." They both laughed. "Hahaha…yeah." Jack let out a sigh. "So have you told Chiron yet?" "Yeah I did, and remember Jack, no matter how times the others ask you about your lineage, keep your lips sealed." Artemis said. "Well I guess this it, no turning back now."
It was 3:00 in the afternoon and there was still no sign of Jackson arriving at the Camp. "You know, I'm beginning to think that Chiron actually made his first joke." Thalia said to Annabeth. "What do you mean?" Annabeth said reaching for another arrow from the quiver on her back. "I really wanted to test this guy, Jackson's skills as a hunter." Thalia said as she fired another arrow at the target in front her, it hit the target dead center. "Bull's eye." Just as Thalia said that, four arrows came out of nowhere and hit the top, left, right, and bottom sides of the target, coming in at least one inch from the arrow that Thalia fired. Thalia and Annabeth jumped back in surprise at the arrows. "Hey, who did that!?" Annabeth yelled. For a while there was complete silence. "I am hurt." A voice said. "I thought you knew that I was coming." A boy wearing a blue hoodie with frost designs stepped out from behind a tree. The hoodie that the boy was wearing was up and covering the top part of his face while a black cloth mask was covering the bottom part of his face showing only his blue eyes. Annabeth's eyes widened. "Are you Jackson Overland?" The boy nodded his head and pulled down his hood to reveal his brown hair, he also pulled down his mask. "Yup that's me, but you can just call me Jack." Thalia looked at Jack and noted his dark blue tight-fitting jeans and his blue and white colored converse sneakers; she also saw a long staff with a hook on the tip tied to his arrow quiver on his back. "So Jack, were you really raised by Artemis? Or was that just a fluke?" Thalia said pointing to the target behind her. "Of course I was raised by Artemis, only I could shoot arrows like that. But I think I shot eight arrows into that target." Thalia and Annabeth looked confused; they saw four arrows hit the target didn't they? Just as the two girls turned around to look at the target to be sure, four arrows sailed past their heads and split the arrows that Jack had previously shot down the middle. Annabeth gasped when she saw the arrows hitting target. "Wow, you really were raised by Artemis." She whispered. "Of course I was." Jack said with a smirk. Thalia glared at the boy.
An hour later at the amphitheater, Jack was being introduced to the rest of the camp. "I'm sure some of you got a chance to get acquainted with Jackson a few hours ago." Several girls were giggling. "I guess Jack was here longer than we thought." Annabeth whispered to Thalia. They both looked at the girls who were giggling. "Daughters of Aphrodite, they always entertain the new boys. I wonder how long it'll be before they start ignoring him." Thalia whispered back. Annabeth shrugged her shoulders. "I give it three weeks." "I'd say two." Annabeth raised an eyebrow. "You're on."
"So Jack, which team would you like to join?" Chiron asked. Jack saw both teams sitting on opposite sides of the amphitheater, he stroked his chin. "Hhhmmm…I think I'll go with…uh…blue." The red team groaned in disappointment, it was obvious that they wanted another marksman besides Thalia. "Well, if he won't join us, we'll just have to make him suffer." Clarisse told her brothers who all agreed.
"Welcome to the blue team, man." Grover said as he shook Jacks hand. "Whoa, are you cold or something? Your hands feel like ice." "It's okay they're always like that." Grover raised an eyebrow. 'Maybe he's a son of Boreas?' Grover thought to himself. "So tell me Jack, have you ever wondered who your god-parent is?" Jack looked up at the afternoon sky. "No. In fact I don't even care, all I know is that Lady Artemis took care of me when I was still young, that's all that matters."
Grover took Jack to Luke's former cabin. "Here you go; this is where you'll be staying from now on." Jack looked at the empty rooms. "Wow, did this cabin belong to someone?" Grover looked around. "Yeah, it did." "Who?" "Luke Castellan, the son of Hermes." "The lightning thief?" "Oh so you've heard him huh?" "Yeah, Lady Artemis told me a few things about this camp before she left." Grover crossed his arms. "Like what, what did she tell you exactly?" "Stay away from Clarisse, daughter Ares and always be wary of the red team." Grover chuckled. "Artemis knows best." Jack smiled. "Yeah, she kinda does." Jack put his bag down and started unpacking whatever precious belongings he had. "Well…I guess I'll leave you for now. If you need anything else, just give me a call." Jack nodded his head. "Yeah thanks, I will." As soon as Grover left he took of his quiver and untied his staff. He sat on the bed and took off his shoes. "Much better." He said while rubbed his toes. "Shoes are still way too uncomfortable." He grabbed his staff and smiled. "Even though I'm living a new life, I still have a job to do." He flipped his hood over his head and walked over to the window. "Hey Wind, take me up." He whispered. Jack flew out of the cabin and out of the camp, flying off to bringing snow to the world. Unbeknownst to the spirit someone had seen him as he left. The person stared up the sky. "Jackson Overland, who are you?"
Artemis reached into her quiver and pulled out three arrows. She placed the arrows into her silver bow and pulled back the bow-string. The goddess was staring at the three targets in front of her. She released the arrows form her grip and let arrows fly, the each hit their mark dead center. "Still got it." A voice said from behind. Artemis turned around and saw The Tooth fairy. "Oh, your highness. What brings you here?" Artemis said. "I just wanted to talk to you, about Jack." Artemis put her bow down. "What do you want to know?"
That's it for now but remember I'm still keeping this story open 'til further notice. Leave a few reviews and I might give you a second chapter.
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