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Artemis
The war might have ended, but it created multiple problems to deal with in the wilds, especially after the awakening of mother earth. I had to take action, since a lot of deadly monsters were on the loose. Instead, I was trapped in a meeting discussing Hera's and Apollo's punishment. Of course all the gods demanded Hera to be punished severely, even going as far as suggesting the void.
After a while we agreed that she will have to thank all the heroes for their work and grant gifts to each one. In addition, she had to stop holding a grudge against any demigod and cease to involve herself in their lives. Finally, she would remain restricted in Olympus for fifty years. Hera didn't seem happy about all this but she could do nothing to change it.
Now it was Apollo's turn. At least father wasn't as mad as he was at first, thanks to his son and his courage, or stupidity, opposing him after the final fight in front of the Olympian gods and fates.
I had to interfere a lot of times and make Zeus angry, but then again the punishment for my twin brother was excessive. Apollo would live as a mortal until he is worthy to be a god and Olympian once again. I sat defeated at my throne as the other gods agreed.
"Council dismissed. Apollo, you have one hour for goodbyes." Said Zeus hitting his bolt on the ground and teleporting himself and his wife out.
Apollo walked towards me. "Thanks, I guess. But father was really pissed" he said, and this time he was deadly serious. He had changed somewhat. No smile on his face, no glow on his hair. He had a really hard time ahead of him.
"Just try not to die." I said and as I flashed away to the hunt I heard his last farewell. "I will try to, little sis". He joked in a time like that? There might be hope after all.
I flashed myself in the outskirts of the camp to make a quick scan because I felt something out of the ordinary. I was right, a small group of monsters led by Echidna was attacking. However, it seemed that she and a tailless chimera were fleeing the battlefield. To my surprise, I saw Perseus Jackson chase after them. They were obviously luring him to a trap.
I expected more from a Hero of Olympus, yet I chased after them.
The situation unfolded just as I imagined. The chimera disarmed Perseus and would have struck the final blow, had I not intervened and killed it with two precisely aimed arrows in the eyes of the beast.
"Good job, for a boy. But far from enough" I commented. He almost killed the monster himself. Almost.
Then, I turned my attention to Echidna. "You will pay for this" she yelled. Gods, she was starting to get on my nerves after all these years hunting her down. But I was ready to finally have my kill. It was then that she exploded in a bright light.
So bright, I was forced to close my eyes and turn my head the other way. The explosion that followed was so fierce I was thrown off my feet into a tree, and I blacked out.
As I opened my eyes, the first thing I noticed was that my head was killing me. Next, I saw a girl, her name must have been Annabeth Chase, an Athena's spawn and a hero of Olympus (surely she would make a great addition to the hunters), standing over a girl screaming and then faint.
What happened?
The girl stood up and run to her. When she stood up I saw her characteristics. She had black scruffy hair in a bun, sea green eyes and a very athletic figure. It looked a lot like Perseus.
"Annabeth" the girl shouted and then screamed.
"What happened to me?" she screamed again and I run to her.
"Calm down" I said but to my surprise, I no longer had a female voice. I was turned into a man. I tried to change back but I just couldn't. Something blocked my power over my image changer.
And then the girl turned to me.
"Lady Artemis what happened? Why am I a girl, and you…a boy?" she said and I snapped my fingers making a mirror appear.
In front of me was a young male, whose hair had the color of autumn leaves, a sports figure and a pretty and imperious face. I had never changed gender before and I was stunned from my appearance. Damn I was hot.
But this had to change now. I couldn't be the leader of the Hunters that hated males while being one myself! I couldn't believe it. If Echidna had something to do with it I would find her and rip her apart with my own bare hands. How dare she mess me up like this? I am an Olympian Goddess. I have killed monsters and people for less than this. I will hunt her down and make her change me back. I hate males with every molecule of my body and now I am a male myself. Unacceptable. I will send her so deep in the void even Tartarus won't be able to break her out of there.
"Lady Artemis." Perseus said.
"What?" I screamed at him. All of this was his fault. If he wasn't a male and had thought before senselessly pursuing them I would not be stuck in this situation! And now he was going to pay for this. I was ready to put an arrow through him.
"What are we going to do?" he asked and I saw shock and fear in his eyes. It was then I realized we were in the same predicament. We both wanted to change right now. The only difference is that I was angry about it, he just looked stunned.
"Well there is one thing." I said, snapping my finger, sending Annabeth to the infirmary and flashing myself and Perseus in Apollo's temple, hoping it wasn't too late.
"Apollo, come here now" I yelled. We had around ten minutes before his punishment started.
"I am here-"he said while he flashed but he was at a loss for words when he saw us.
"What on Tartarus happened?" he asked.
I explained as best as I could about the situation, while Perseus was too shocked to say anything.
"And you say you can't change back my little bro?" he teased me. I decided to let it pass.
"No, nothing. I can't even change my age." And as I was speaking my voice pitched for a moment before changing back to normal. Apollo was ready to burst out laughing for my high voice. "Nice one bro" he said while laughing. After two minutes he calmed down and when he saw me angry he stopped and made a diagnosis, trying to keep a straight face.
"It must be a curse or something like that. Echidna must have casted it before disappearing so you must find her."
"Oh, come on" said Perseus and his voice showed his anger. "Will I ever find peace?"
"And we have no idea where she is." I commented, wanting to hit something to blow off some steam.
"The worst part is, I fear that if you don't find her soon enough the change will become permanent and-" Apollo started to say but he was flashed away, his time as an Olympian God was up.
"Great. Now what?" Perseus asked and the worst thing is, I knew where we were headed. The Hunt.
I flashed myself and Perseus in camp Half Blood, specifically my cabin's room where the hunters stayed when they visited.
"Now, just shout for Thalia" I instructed Perseus and he did. I feared a male voice would attract all the hunters here with their bows drawn.
When the door opened and Thalia came in she was shocked and did the first thing I taught her. She drew her bow and aimed.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"Thalia, stand down" I ordered "I am Artemis."
"What? No. You are not" she said, still pointing at us with her arrow.
"I know that you can't believe it but I am Artemis. You pledged in me the day before you turn sixteen, just because you didn't want to be the child of the big prophecy." I said.
"Almost everybody knows that. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you or bring here the rest of the Hunt."
"You sleep with a teddy bear, Gd , at night just like when you were little" I said. It was something only I knew since I saw her one day at her tent.
She seemed stunned. "Who is she then?" she asked pointing at Perseus.
"Hi pinecone bear face" he replied.
Talia dropped her bow.
"What happened milady. Or my sir?" she said confused.
"We will discuss everything in a while. Now just go and get Annabeth Chase from the infirmary, without anyone learning what transpired." I instructed but she didn't move, she just stood there, observing us. "Now" I said and she left.
While Thalia was away Percy was walking up and down the room.
"Just sit, you make me nauseous" I said to him.
"I can't. What will she do when she sees me like this?" he said fearing for his relationship.
"Now that I am a girl she won't want me to be with me and she will leave me" he continued. He (or she? I was confused myself) sat down and started crying. Wanting to calm Perseus down, I did something I never thought myself capable of, I hugged him.
At that moment, Annabeth Chase walked in. Her jaw dropped when she saw us and she slapped me.
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