Hey people, what's up I have a question would you prefer smaller but more frequent updates or bigger but less frequent? I'll leave it to you. Also, I'm trying to keep Thalia on character so this is gonna be pretty slow-building, with tons of things holding them back. But not to worry it'll happen eventually.


2. Chapter 1

Thalia Grace was angry.

No, she was furious, and it was all thanks to that boy. She could rejoice in one thing though, and that was the fact that she knew that what's-his-face that ruined her hunt was having an even worst day.

After it was obvious that he knew absolutely nothing about what she was talking about, she made sure of this by questioning for so long he blew up in her face about "this being the shittiest day ever, and he really not being in the mood for interrogations" (that one earned him a knee to the groin).

And the worst part is that she had to take him to Lady Artemis. Why? Because Thalia could sense something different in him that could not go unchecked, he wasn't a demigod but something else, and more it wasn't a gut felling, ever since getting blessed by Artemis she could sense pretty much anything that belonged in the world of the gods.

"Look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to blow up on you… it's just you were just the tip of the iceberg of…of shit that's happen to me today and, oh god dad died…"

Now that he finally wasn't drunk out of his wits, Aiden had to come to terms with it…his dad the greatest person he had ever known, was dead…forever…

He couldn't stop himself; he finally felt a tear running down his face.

Thalia was completely flabbergasted at the sudden display of emotion. His dad had just died? Now she felt kind of bad about being mean to him…

"Are…are you ok?" Thalia awkwardly said.

"Yes, I'm sorry about that. "Aiden managed to say without choking out words, while cleaning his face from any tears.

"It's ok, I know you probably won't like it but you're going to have to come with me."

"Are you serious, do you actually expect me to go with you, someone who I saw killing a freaking monster! Wait, why am I not freaking out about that yet? I'm probably still in shock… It just feels…I don't know…awfully natural. Yep, I'm definitely insane…"

Thalia rolled her eyes. "You're not insane, that was a cyclops." Before he could say something idiotic she continued "Look, have you ever heard about the Greek and Roman Gods?"

"Yes…"

"They are all real, along with all the myths that come with them." Thalia said bluntly.

Aiden looked at her rather seriously. "Are you telling the truth?" he asked simply, looking straight into her eyes.

Thalia was momentarily distracted by his hypnotizing eyes, but quickly gathered herself and answered truthfully "Yes".

"Ok, I believe in you."

"Really, just like that?" Thalia asked surprised.

"Believe me; I'm pretty good at detecting when someone's lying." Aiden said.

For some reason, Thalia did.

"But that still doesn't explain why I have to go with you."

Thalia groaned.

"I have to take you to milady to know how exactly you have seen through the Mist, that's what keeps the mortals from seeing the godly world and everything associated with it, that means that if you were a mortal, you wouldn't have been able to see me or the cyclops. With that said you're not a demigod like me either, I know that for a fact, which makes you a…exception."

"Great…I can't believe I actually complained about being too normal." Aiden grumbled quietly.

"What was that?" Thalia asked

"Nothing…Look, fine I'll go without complaining, but as soon as I'm done with all this nonsense, you people will leave me alone right?"

"Right…" Thalia said sounding very unconvinced. The fact was Thalia couldn't stop feeling a bit sorry for the boy. "As soon as you believe in them, it's never going to end" she thought glumly.

It was well past midnight now, so Thalia decided to camp for the day.

"It's going to take about two days to get back to camp, for now let's settle down."

"Ok, I don't suppose you have another sleeping bag?"

Thalia grimaced. "No, I don't actually."

"That's fine… I'm sure I can find a soft piece of ground."

Thalia was slightly surprised, she was kind of expecting him to complain, maybe try to force her to give him her tent, (not that that would work) like most boys would. The fact was Thalia didn't specifically hate the male race, how could she knowing they so were many very good men, like her cousins, she had joined the Hunters mainly to avoid the Prophecy, and that was years ago… don't get her wrong she's not regretting her decision, but it was kind of hard fitting in a male-hating group, when you did not.

Aiden had found a nice soft spot in the ground, when he realized, he didn't even know the girl's name, and he'd been calling her the girl in his head this whole time.

So he walked towards her, held out his hand and said "I didn't even introduce myself…Aiden Jones, what's yours?"

She just raised an eyebrow at his extended hand, and he slowly lowered it.

"What kind of name is Aiden?"

Aiden scowled "Please don't, I've had enough of that at school."

She actually chuckled a little at that, Aiden was about to give up and just go to sleep, when she heard her strangely beautiful voice saying "Thalia Grace, by the way."

And as Aiden started to doze off into sleep, the last though that passed is mind was "Thalia…And she was complaining about my name being weird… it is a pretty name though…"


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