Child of Silver 3: The Right Stuff

Recap:

Suddenly the entire room shook, breaking the connectivity between the two.

""ARTEMIS!" A voice boomed. ""GET HERE NOW! Bring HIM as well."

The look on Artemis was one of pure dread.

"Who was that?" Jamie asked.

"Oh Hades, no." She turned to Jamie. "That was my father. Zeus"

Chapter 1: Artemis at Olympus in a Silver Bikini

The pearly room and water suddenly disappeared, replaced with the throne room of Olympus.

Let me give you a picture. All of the gods, except Artemis are sitting on their thrones. Zeus has summoned Artemis but she's not there instantly. So he decides to forcibly call them from whatever they might be doing to Olympus.

In a blink of the eye Artemis and the demi-god in question appear dead center in the throne room. Artemis quickly stands up blushing. She's only wearing a silver bikini.

Jamie, on the overhand, remained awestruck and still laying on the floor for a few moments.

"Yay" Aphrodite yells, jumping up from her throne, fist pumped into the air in celebration. This earned a glare from Artemis. "Pay up Athena." A bag as big as Jamie's head passed between the two goddesses. He almost wondered what was between those two, but thought it better not to ask.

At the same time, Ares wolf-whistled, causing Artemis to turn even redder. This earn a glare from Apollo.

The other gods took a look at the fluffy tail on Jamie and began to laugh. Who would have thought that Artemis was a closet furry.

"Calm down." Zeus ordered. "I SAID CALM DOWN!"

In all of Olympus, not a single sound was heard.

After a few moments, Zeus had calmed down, enough for Artemis to speak.

"Daddy, It's not what it looks like." she said. Practically everyone on Olympus knew that Artemis could get whatever she wanted. It was amazing that it was Aphrodite's children were blessed with charmspeak instead of the Hunters.

"And what, does it look like?" Zeus asked.

"It looks like I broke my oath." she answered. "But I didn't."

'Enough," Zeus said. "WE MUST MAKE A DECISION." his voiced roared throughout the throne-room. 'Does this demigod live or die?"

"What have I done to deserve this?" Jamie thought.

" We will take a vote." Zeus continued. "Artemis, since you are emotionally involved, i am sorry but you will not be able to vote. Also since Dionysus has been suspended and is not here, he will not be voting either."

Artemis sat in her throne and pouted. She still looked the same age as Jamie, and was still wearing the silver bikini.

"Apollo?"

"Kill him."

"Hephaestus?"

"Kill him."

"Aphrodite."

"I'm a sucker for a love story. Let him live."

"Ares"

"Um..." he was elbowed very strongly in his ribs by Aphrodite, who batted her eyes. "Let him live."

"Demeter?"

"Kill him."

"Poseidon, brother, what is your decision?"

Poseidon looked over to Artemis, and smiled. "Let him live."

"And you Hera?"

"I say kill him."

"Four vote for killing him." Zeus proclaimed. "Four vote to let him live. It is up to my final vote."

Zeus looked around the throne-room. He especially looked at Jamie, Artemis. There was something very strange between the two of them. A web of thin, silver and nearly invisible strings. When he finally realized what the strings were, he was surprised that Artemis had gone this far.

His daughter and this demi-god's very spirits had been intertwined. She truly loved him, even though he was far from worthy.

"I vote to let him live."

Jamie breathed a sigh of relief.

"On the following conditions. One, he must complete a quest for me, alone. Secondly, once he leaves Olympus, the two of you are not allowed to see each other in any way until the quest has been completed. "

The smell of ozone filled the air. Lightning cracked.

The next thing Jamie realized was that he was standing on the top of a table, his foot in a bowl of spaghetti. He was in the mess hall, back at camp half blood. He checked to be sure, and thankfully, his fluffy tail was gone.

"What in Hades..." came a familiar face.

Jamie looked down.

"Thalia!"

"Jamie!"

Thalia punched Jamie in the shoulder. "Ow!" he said.

"That's for stepping in my food." Instantly she gave in a hug. "That's for everything else."

Jamie looked up into the sky. As a son of Artemis he knew exactly where the moon should be. It was gone. He could still sense it was there, but it felt strangely detached from him, and was of course invisible.