Disclaimer: I wish I owned Percy Jackson, but alas, I don't.

When Zoë died, Thalia was named Lieutenant of the Hunters. Shortly after, there was a war against the Titans. Now, only thirty years later, the Titans are stirring again. The gods say they are no big threat, but all the huntresses are in major training. Artemis said that the Hunters should always be prepared since Camp Half-blood has been getting fewer campers every year. In the latter years, Perseus Jackson and Annabeth Chase, along with the Satyr Grover, were claimed missing. When the news was brought upon the Huntresses, Thalia was in a short depression. She secluded herself from everyone else and was nearly taken off her duties as Lieutenant before she realized how absolutely ridiculous she was being. After that, Thalia had completely changed. She went from sarcastic and somewhat mean, to an optimistic person. Elisabeth and Celia figure that she's just trying to find a glimmer of hope that her best friends were still alive. Poseidon has been in a rotten mood ever since his favorite son had been claimed missing. He refuses to speak to anybody, even the other gods. There are storms, tsunamis and hurricanes, usually for weeks straight whenever somebody sets off his temper. It's actually quite sad once one thinks about it. Athena is incredibly worried. She, like Poseidon, doesn't speak to any of the other gods. She refuses to attend any of the meetings. The absence from both of the gods have been ultimately damaging to Olympus. There are more disagreements on little things, more than usual, without Athena to give her input. Hephaestus locked himself up in his workshop after Poseidon soaked him with his trident after Hephaestus suggested that the search for Percy and Annabeth be stopped and refuses to go to Olympus until there can be a civil meeting, which may be close to never. Hera, as weird as it is, has been the calm one. The goddess of family is almost always the one who calms down the heated gods and goddesses.
There are two new Hunters, named Delany and Victoria. Victoria had this fierce look about her. She never smiled, or talked for that matter. She had stunning dark gray eyes that always seemed to be on the lookout. Her dark auburn hair brought out her pale skin. She was beautiful- it was a wonder to the other Huntresses as to why she became one. She had the looks that even Aphrodite would envy. Delany looked just about the same as Victoria save for her hair and tall build. While Victoria had a short and fortified build, Delany was tall and thin build. Her wispy hair was a dark brown, making her lighter gray eyes stand out. Victoria and Delany were supposedly twins, but they weren't exactly identical.
There was also another new Huntress. Elisabeth Wagner had joined the Hunters of Artemis about a year ago. She was quiet and shy. She didn't have many friends besides Celia Gleidhall. The daughter of Hephaestus was only fifteen. She had made many mistakes that still follow her prior to joining the Hunters. Elisabeth felt as if she didn't belong in the Hunters, despite what her colleagues insisted. She didn't speak to anybody but her friends and the goddess herself. Somehow, she has to find her way in this world of new chaos.
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Elisabeth was sitting underneath a tree reading. It was just after dusk, the stars were just starting to come up, and the Hunters were getting ready to sleep. It had always seemed that Elisabeth could just sit there and read, no matter the time. Perhaps it was some gene from Hephaestus that gave her that ability.

"Celia, are you coming?" Thalia's voice came from behind Celia seated figure.
"Where are you going?" Celia flinched, and then turned around to look at the black headed girl. Thalia no longer wore her punk clothes anymore, though she did still wear her earrings. Thalia never took them off. She tended to wear a knee-length skirt now and a lavender shirt. The skirt was usually gray or black. At the moment, she was wearing regular jeans and a flowing white shirt. Thalia's thick black hair was pulled up into a high ponytail. A smirk was on her beautiful face.
"Artemis wanted us to find see something. I thought you would like it." Thalia's smirk grew and she had a mischievous glint in her icy blue eyes. Why is it that every time she's up to something, she seems…what's the word? Devilish? Sneaky? A mixture of both, basically.
"Like what? What is it?" Celia asked, confusion obviously showing in her eyes. She hated surprises, and Thalia knew that. But that didn't stop her from surprising Celia nonetheless.
"Oh, you know the usual. Come on, C! You'll love it. It's a surprise."
"Thalia… You know how I hate surprises." Celia frowned.
"Fine, I'll tell you if you come."
"Can Liz come?" Elisabeth looked up from her book and smiled. She was one of Celia's best friends besides Thalia and Opal, daughter of Demeter. Thalia had never liked Elisabeth, and usually she wouldn't be seen in the same vicinity with her. Today was an exception, though. "I guess so." Celia laughed at Thalia's somewhat-smug face.

The three girls were heading up the hill in silence when Thalia spoke up,
"So, Celia, can you tell me about yourself?" Celia smirked and rolled her eyes. For some reason, Thalia always asked Celia to tell her some sort of story about herself; even if she already knew everything that Celia would tell her.
"Why should I, Li?" Celia asked, stopping in her tracks and crossing her arms.
"Well," Thalia said, "I haven't heard any story of yours in ages! I think it's appropriate to tell me the story of your birth ON your birthday, am I right?" Thalia's big blue eyes looked down to Celia pleadingly. Elisabeth was snickering behind the two girls, earning a glare from Thalia. For some reason or another, Elisabeth had earned some sort of undying hate from the Lieutenant. Elisabeth raised her eyebrows and then said nothing. Celia, oblivious to the small exchange, sighed and gave in to Thalia's pleading look.
"Okay, okay. I give up." Celia said, "So I was born on August 12 in 1832 to my mother, Caroline, and my foster father Oliver. My real father was Apollo. I had a brother named Raymond. We grew up in England for a while, and then my father's work was transferred to Berlin. On our way over there, our ship capsized and my family died. I was only nine at the time. Artemis found me stranded…well, somewhere. I don't quite remember where. There were only nine Hunters at the time. She asked me to join, since I was a demigod. Zoë was among those nine Hunters. She wasn't a Lieutenant then, but she still had that strong personality. For some reason, she never liked me. Eh, I'm not bothered anymore. But yeah, Li are ya happy?" Celia rolled her eyes and sighed. Thalia nodded and grinned, then started up the hill again with the others following behind her.
Thalia planned to take Celia to see a constellation that only happened at dusk. It was Celia's 209th birthday that day. Though it seemed strange, Thalia thought it would be fun. She hadn't had much fun since Percy and Annabeth had gone missing. Gods, did Thalia miss that Kelp-Brain and Little Miss Studious. She still couldn't function right with them. As far are Thalia knew, Chiron had sent them on a quest for something, whatever it was, he didn't tell her. When Thalia had asked, Chiron just looked at her worriedly and didn't answer. She knew that Chiron knew where they were. Or at least…that's what she'd been thinking. She's been having dreams about Percy and Annabeth. They're all mixed and strange, but one thing was certain. They were always in trouble. Grover wasn't in the dreams as often, which worried her. Whenever Celia had asked Thalia about the dreams, she would just shake her head and change the subject or make up some excuse and leave.

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"We're here." Thalia said. She gazed at the stars, smiling slightly and sat down on the grass. Elisabeth sat next on the ground next to her, and Celia swore she saw Thalia cringe a little bit. "Wow… it's beautiful Thalia!" Celia whispered, "Thank you." Thalia didn't look at her; she just looked at the constellation, 'The Huntress'.

A voice said from behind the girls, "Yes, it is."