Time-skip - 1 Year Later

Percy POV

Percy was going through the stances in the third stage of the Rimgar when he heard loud movements in the area around him. He stopped his movement and went into a normal stance while spreading his mind out far and wide. He felt 10 presences nearby, 3 human and 7 animals with a dark taint to their minds. It felt like all they knew was rage, complete and utter rage at everything. Hell hounds he thought and instantly hid himself behind a tree.

Right after he hid, 3 kids pushed through the bushes almost directly in front of where he was standing just seconds before. One boy and two girls. The boy looked to be about 11 years old and had sandy-colored blonde hair with blue eyes. One girl looked to be about 10 years old, with short dark hair and electric blue eyes and the last girl looked to be about 8, with blonde hair and gray eyes that just screamed intelligence.

They looked tired, like they had been running around for days without resting. They probably have, Percy thought. A couple of seconds later, the pack of hell hounds that had been chasing them burst through the bushes, growling deeply at the demigods. The demigods pulled out their weapons, the dark-haired girl with a spear and a shield with the face of Medusa, the blonde boy a bronze sword and the younger girl a small bronze knife. A slight movement by the lead hell hound started the fight as both groups rushed at each other.

3rd Person POV

Thalia stabbed forwards with the spear and the hell hound leaped to the left, avoiding the strike. As soon as she recovered she turned and struck again, this time landing a good hit on the left side of the hell hounds chest. As she pulled it out, the monster turned to dust and she dove towards a new target.

A couple of minutes filled with fighting later, she turned and looked around. She had killed 3 of them, Luke had gotten 2 and Annabeth had gotten 1. As she straightened, she heard a growl behind her. "Thalia!" shouted Luke. She turned around and she saw a hell hound leaping at her. She tried to put her spear up, but it was too late and she closed her eyes, awaiting the impact. It never came. She opened her eyes and saw the hellhound on the ground, a black arrow stuck on its throat. She turned around again and saw another kid, maybe about 9 years old, holding out a black bow, it looked like he had been hiding behind one of the trees.

"You alright?" he asked. Thalia nodded and answered back "Yeah, thanks for the save."

"No problem," he answered back. "You guys look tired, come along I'll show you where I'm staying." Without waiting for an answer, the kid walked away. After exchanging looks, Thalia shrugged and followed, Annabeth and Luke following close behind. As he led them to where he lived, Thalia took the time to look at the kid. He had short black hair and she caught a hint of sea green coming from his eyes.

"We're here." he said as he stopped and looked behind him. Thalia looked ahead and saw the opening for a cave. "Well, come on in." And he walked into to cave. Thalia looked at Luke, who nodded and they all walked in. The cave was nothing special, it wasn't small but it wasn't huge, with enough space for all of them to stay and be comfortable. A cot lay on the far end, with a backpack next to it. It appeared to have only the necessary things needed to go camping.

"Right then, make yourselves comfortable," he said as he sat down on his cot and looked back at them. They walked and sat down, all 3 sat next to each other and set their weapons next to them.

All 4 were enveloped in an awkward silence, which lasted for several minutes until Luke broke it by saying, "Well, let's start on the introductions. I'm Luke, the girl you saved is Thalia and she is Annabeth."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Percy. So what were you guys doing that those hellhounds decided to chase you?" he asked.

Thalia stiffened. "They were chasing me. I am a daughter of Zeus and my father broke his oath not to have any children and so his brother Hades decided to send his hell hounds to kill me.

"I see," he said "well you guys are welcome to stay here for the night if you wish. I on the other hand must go, my mentor is sent me a message "wilderness training is done now", so I leave in the morning. Just rest for now."

Thalia wanted to argue, but they had been running around for 3 days now with barely any rest, and her body was complaining. Soon enough her eyes closed and her last thoughts were of the mysterious green eyed boy.

When they awoke, the boy was gone and all of his stuff was missing. It was like he had never been there in the first place. They all stood and Thalia said "Well, it's time to go guys hopefully we'll find this Camp your dad told us of, Luke."