On Probation

11/09/13

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Chapter I: You Have Been Sentenced To...

"Lady Artemis, we've been expecting you."

Even on my almost-a-grown-up look, Chiron still stood a good foot taller than me that I have crane my neck to meet the old teacher's amused and at the same time, knowing gaze and warm smile. I tried to return the welcoming gesture, I really do, but for now the best I can project is a grimace that made me look like I swallowed a very, very, very sour lemon.

I'm not a happy camper right now … ~-~

How did I end up here again? Well, let me relieve my memory …

"I refuse to listen to your excuses Artemis. You've gone too far this time."

"But dad, I was out hunting. It's what I do, I'm the goddess of hunt and there are risks and I'm sure you know that."

Thunder and lightning echoes in synch with Zeus' bellowing voice that resonates on the hollow halls of Olympus-Artemis summoned all her will power just so she won't roll her eyes. Gods, her father can be so dramatically embarrassing sometimes, now the whole world knows that she's being reprimanded like a little girl she is just because she's doing her duty? How absurd can this situation get? But she knows when her dad gets all childishly protective to the point of being selfishly irrational, there's no turning back or reasoning out. Don't get her wrong; Artemis loves her father dearly, he may not be the recipient for 'world's best dad' but she wouldn't trade him for anything ("Hmm… maybe power against time will do or arrows infused with thunder…") or anyone (perhaps a trade for the life of…" "ARTEMIS!""Fine, fine, I wouldn't trade you for anything! Love you dad.") in this world, but he can be very hardheaded and domineering sometimes. He can go way, way overboard … typical dads.

"Don't play smart with me child, your sarcastic comments would bring you nowhere near my good graces anytime soon. Now, we haven't talked about you punishment when you chose to act on your own impulsive will (eye roll please…) and situated yourself in a dangerous position. You have defied my wishes Artemis and your stubborn attitude ("I wonder who I got that from?") resulted to a great deal of trouble around. We have been dealing enough, you need not add burden by running around and have yourself captured by the hands of the enemy."

"But father with all due respect ('If there's any left!'), the hunt is within the sphere of my power. And while you are the king of the deities, I see no reason for you to meddle in our agendas. Also, we have not seen the Ouranos coming so we can't work on our advantage. Besides, a little girl's life was at risk I can not just-"

"Who cares about a little demigod!"

The goddess' eyes glistened dangerously and her tone dropped on a venomous level.

"That girl, that little demigod you call, is the genius behind the hero that is Percy Jackson. They saved our asses countless times and they're the reason why you are still sitting on your plush throne, I don't think they deserve that kind of thanks from you." The young goddess challengingly averted her eye level on her father's and gave off a sinister smile worthy of Hades'. "Thank your stars that Athena didn't hear you father, or heaven forbid, we need no more enemies, especially not the goddess of battle strategy. How would you feel if it were Thalia to lift the sky? Even I wasn't immune the perils of it."

Zeus tiredly rubbed his temples as he let out a heavy sigh. His daughter got a point there. "I see your point Artemis however we could have prevented it, or at least solved it in a different manner. It was noble but it wasn't the wisest decision. It really didn't help either of you didn't it? You said so yourself, the girl is smart you could have-"

"Are you insulting my intelligence father?!" Artemis' cheeks began to burn and she's starting to lose her temper. It was really comical to look at, a twelve year old trying to defend herself from her father. "In my defense, I really didn't have enough time to hatch a very brilliant plan like what you want or at least alter what I had in mind! Everything was in the spur of the moment! I am the goddess of hunt, I move by my instincts. And like you so kindly pointed out, I'm not that smart to plan every finishing detail on my plan-"

"Did you even have a plan to begin with?"

" Well-"

"See!"

"I really did have one!"

"Oh let me guess, run around looking for this ancient beast…" Zeus made a walking gesture on his hand then mockingly held them out. "Kill it while getting caught by the enemy in the process?" he clasped his hands together as his daughter finally let herself roll her eyes at him. "Sure, sure, that's effective."

"You didn't even hear me out! That's unfair!"

"Oh come on Artemis, whatever you had in mind, was summarized by what I just said."

"But I did have a plan. With finer details and all, I can choose and prepare for my battles too. I wish you wouldn't look so little of me-"

"Artemis, I'm not trying to offend you. What I want to point out was, you could have been more careful. You could have brought someone for backup least something unexpected happens. You should at least let your-"

"Don't even bother mentioning-"

"-brother-"

"-I'd rather-"

"-to come with you rather than flying solo-"

"Father no!"

"Apollo could have helped you…"

"Yeah sis! You could have let me come! I could have saved you with my awesomeness." Ladies and gentlemen, the most annoying god to ever walk this planet! Boom! There he is, in his seventeen year old form, sporting his trademark blonde locks swaying with the winds as he moves, brilliant baby blue eyes covered by a pair of unnecessary ray-bans, waltzing across the room like he owned the place, which he possibly partly does, this is own home too anyway.

"Oh gods, please lady Gaea, open up and swallow me whole now…"

"Don't be so dramatic sis, that's my job." He pulled his sister from her knees, which buckled by the way when she partially accepted defeat once her brother strutted in the room. Winning a war against an overly protective father is hard enough, but now that he's got back up from an equally obsessive and ego-bloated son of his and all she got was wounds from her previous fights… it wouldn't take a genius to declare a winning side (for now!). "Come on Artemis, you were more clever than that! You've gotten us all worried!"

Artemis would have had protested but catching a glimpse of genuine hurt and concern from her brother melted her words down her throat. He's not feigning emotions at all, and there's no denying that's he's the most affected one of them… And all Artemis can do is surrender to those disturbingly expressive blue eyes of his.

"Now!" both of their heads snapped at the direction of their father, he's got that mischievous evil glint in his eyes that most of them would love to watch out for. "I think it's time to settle your punishment my dear, Apollo what do you think? "The last time they had the honor to view such eyes was, before

Dionysus was exiled to camp-half blood. Seems like Dionysus won't be the only god staying there for a while…

Credits all goes to Rick Riordan and Greek Mythology …

Hi Everyone! Welcome to another crazy world of mine… my stories. First and foremost, I would like to clear things up in this story. This is sort of like a filler story after Titan's Curse and before Battle of the Labyrinth. I've always wondered what happens inside Olympus while the demigods are running around the camp, I refuse to believe that they're solely doing their tasks and I would like to give them a normal set up of a family like Zeus being a typical dad if your dad has a super awesome power over the sky and he wields lightning bolts… his kids being mischievous and all, getting punished or grounded once in a while. I know I should be updating my other stories unfortunately new story ideas keeps bugging me… I deeply apologize for my irresponsibility and incompetence. Oh and if there are anything wrong with my reference with the original books, I apologize, it's been two years since I've last read PJO books… you can gladly point that out so I can fix it. I've been wanting to reread it, however my school books are 10x as packed as PJO or more and I have to read them cover to cover and I have a bad habit of buying books and piling them up, so now I have a mountain of unread books stacked in my shelves.

So that's it! Thanks for checking this out, I don't own anything and please review. Feedbacks, comments, criticisms are very much welcomed and highly appreciated.

Good day/night! :)