Hey guys, this is my second (well, third, really) fanfiction. It's a Thalico because I love that pairing! I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Just Another Useless Prince Charming

Prologue

Kicked out.

Only two words.

Yet, these two words describe my every breath. My every step, wave, smile, cry, shout, and tear. They are what I am.

Kicked out.

But it's not as pitiful as it sounds; I assure you. My kicked out breaths, steps, waves, smiles, cries, shouts, and tears, aren't weak and helpless. No, they are strong. As strong as I felt that one day in the infirmary when, not only did I find out my history, but I created more. History that I would tell my kids - Our kids - when the time came for them to know. As cliché as this story might sound. As predictable, and typical, and terribly overdone as it seems, I assure you, this story speaks the truth.

My truth.

My cliché, predictable, overdone, kicked out, truth.

And it all started with four terrifying words…

"Completely and utterly unfathomable."

Those were the four terrifying words that came out of the goddess's mouth when she first saw them.

We caught up to her quickly and gasped in unison when we realized what was going on.

"Kylie?" Phoebe asked in astonishment her jaw sinking lower than her shoulders.

"Lady Artemis, I- I- I can explain." Kylie stuttered untangling herself from the boy's grip.

"Explain?" Artemis asked, her face turning a dark shade of red. By now all of the hunters had gathered around, staring at the poor girl.

Kylie's arms began to shake. "Yes, m-my lady. This," she pointed to the brunette boy sitting on the ground next to her, "this is Dylan. He was my boyfriend before I joined the hunt, Ma'am. I just wanted to say goodbye, I promise you! I wasn't going to stay with him." She looked up at the goddess and begged. "Please, Lady Artemis! Please believe me! You know that I would never do anything to disrespect you." I noticed tears in Kylie's eyes as the goddess looked her friend over.

"It had to be you Kylie." she said coldly. "It had to be you who thought you'd be able to control yourself around this filth." She kicked up dirt into Dylan's face. "And I suppose you've told him everything?" she asked, her eyes reflecting the full moon into Kylie's mortified pupils.

"Our families are b- best friends." She stammered out. "I had to or they would be suspicious. Please ma'am you have to understand-"

"Oh I understand!" Artemis spat, stopping Kylie cold. "I understand that when you took my oath only mere weeks ago, it didn't mean a thing to you!"

"Lady Artemis, please listen-"

"You not only broke your oath by associating yourself with this…" she shook, trying to come up with the right word, "idiocy, but you told him the truth, risking exposure of everything that my family and I have worked so hard to keep secret!"

Kylie was crying now, shaking violently. "P-please, My Lady, I promise-"

"You promise?" Artemis yelled. "And how, Kylie, am I supposed to trust you when the last promise you made was broken within a mere three weeks?"

Kylie bawled, begging on her hands and knees. "Please! Please! I'll do anything!"

Artemis glared down at the girl with such force, I was surprised she didn't disintegrate right then and there. Kylie curled up into a ball on the floor, hugging her knees to her chest, rocking to the beat of her own whimpers. After staring disgustedly for only a few moments, Artemis pointed her finger at the girl. Kylie's image flashed, turning into something terrifying. A big brown bear with large fangs appeared, curled up in a ball in the dirt.

Artemis smiled evilly at the brown ball. "You'll do anything to gain back my respect, is that right Kylie?" she asked.

The bear nodded, still whining.

The rest of us looked around at each other in surprise. Most of us, being fairly new recruits, had never seen anyone break the oath and had no idea what Artemis had in store for poor Kylie. Only the older hunters sighed sadly at the boy and the bear, knowing that something bad was coming.

Kylie stared at the goddess with sad eyes, whining louder than a siren.

"Do you still think you are loyal to me?" Artemis demanded, pointing a finger at the bear.

The bear nodded enthusiastically, trying to persuade her.

"Then kill him." was the goddess's only instruction.

Dylan screamed.

The bear's eyes widened and she stumbled away, tripping over her own paws.

"Are you still loyal?" the goddess challenged.

The bear nodded again but seemed more uncertain.

Artemis just pointed to the poor boy that was trying everything in his power to get away, but was being tied up by tree roots. "Kill him then. Prove your loyalty."

There wasn't a single hunter who didn't shield her eyes as the bear staggered over. We heard the boy's pleads echoing through the trees and I couldn't help but realize that all of the nighttime birds had stopped chirping.

"There you go." said Artemis appraisingly. She walked over to the bear who was lying by the boy's feet, blood on her muzzle.

"I couldn't have done it better myself." She kneeled down and patted the bear on the head running her fingers along her chin.

"It's really too bad…" the goddess crooned, "that it wasn't enough."

With one swift motion she swung her knife out of its sheaf on her belt and thrust it into the bear's hide. All I remember was seeing the surprised look on Kylie's face as the knife, which had to have some magical quality, was driven through her front leg.

We all looked away as she let out a whine before collapsing on the floor.

My heart thundered in my chest.

Artemis was intense, we all knew that, but very few of us ever expected her to hurt one of her hunters for kissing one boy. Not to mention, kill the boy.

Artemis glared down at the bear that was slowly changing back into a blonde girl. "When you are ready you may join us." she said sternly. "But you will no longer have to ability to use a bow and arrow."

Kylie didn't show any signs of hearing her. She just grasped at the bleeding remains of her arm, while staring down at the disembodied bear claw that was lying in the dirt.

Artemis wiped the blood off her knife on a tree before motioning for her hunters to follow her back to the tents. As the other girls trailed behind her solemnly, I just stood where I was, staring at the blood that was now staining the tree bark.

Being a demigod, I had seen some pretty freaky and unnerving things. But watching that blood, trickle down that tree trunk, and knowing what it stood for, had to be the most terrifying thing that I had ever witnessed.

And my master was the cause of it.

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