Chiron's POV
I sighed as I looked at the cobalt blue moon, Artemis was remembering her guardian.
"Whats up with Artemis." Said a camper as all the campers looked at the moon.
"Yeah Chiron, what's up with the moon?"
"Children it is a long story and surely you do not want to hear another story come from this old centaur."
"Story. Story. Story. Story. Story. Story. Story!" They chanted, wanting to be lost in the world of my words.
I raised my hands for silence,"Ok, Ok, it is a tragic story, involving the loss of someone very close to Artemis herself."
"What was her name?" Asked a camper.
I chuckled at that," It was no woman, it was a man." I said as jaws around the fire dropped.
" Artemis was not always so cold to everyone. There was a time when she was vibrant and happy always getting into mischief. Her constant companion was her guardian, who would always stick up for her, always get her out of trouble, always care for her, and no matter what, always protect her."
"He sounds like a doggy!" Said one of the younglings.
I laughed at that as all the campers gave me questioning look.
"Well little one that was because he was one, half one to be exact."
"A werewolf?" Asked Annabeth.
"Yes child. And he was loyal only to her, no one else."
"How did he die."
"He sacrificed himself. Long after the first Titan war Atlas escaped from his prison under the sky. He captured Artemis and forced her under the sky. Percy who was injured during her capture, was found by the hunt and healed. As soon as he was he led the hunters to the sky prison. They stormed the mountain slaying every monster in there path till the reached the top. What they found was Atlas who had Artemis with a knife to her throat. The Guardian leapt at Atlas biting off his arm. Atlas took out his Javelin and tried to kill Artemis as a last spite but Perseus jumped in the way taking multiple Javelin thrusts for his guardian grabbed the javelin and spun him into Artemis forcing the Titan back under the sky. The guardian died that night, but he died happy as he had saved his companion."
The campers stared at me in disbelief.
"After he died she put him up in the sky, his constellation sits in the sky near the Great Bear he had fought long ago." They all looked to auras major.
"Where Chiron?"
"Look at the last star to the east of the bear, and follow it in a curve, if you look hard enough you'll see the head of a wolf."
After a while numerous," I see it!" and "Cools" filled the air.
"Now off to bed, all of you."
I then pulled aside Annabeth, Thalia, and Jeremy," I need you three to retrieve two demigods Grover has found, they are very powerful, and are in danger."
I sent them off to bed, still thinking about my friend Perseus, the Guardian of Artemis.
Thalia's POV
Mrs. James dropped us off in front of Westover Hall. She rolled down the window of the car and asked," Do you kids need anything else? Do you have all the supplies, weapons, everything you need?"
"Oh my gods mom, we're ok, don't have to be worried about us." Said Jeremy, he was 14 with the usual black hair and green eyes of a Poseidon child.
"Don't work miss James, we'll take care of your son." Said Annabeth, Miss James visibly relaxed at that.
We said our goodbyes and turned to the school. "This is going to be interesting" I said. I had no idea how right I was.
