Authors Note: This is my first fanfiction, so it might be a bit garbage (I hope it isn't though) I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus. They belong to Uncle Rick, who I'm still mad with regarding the end of the Burning Maze. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
Percy POV:
'A recreation area?' I thought to myself, 'Why would Artemis and her hunters be here?'
I then proceeded to shrug my shoulders in a 'Whatever' gesture and walk down the road that I presumed led to the lake. About 5 steps in, I grew lazy and transformed into my wolf form and proceeded to run at full speed up the road. It took me maybe 10 minutes to make it to the parking lot by the lake. I still had no clue what date it was, so I broke into a building wet at the end of the parking lot. Inside I found a cell phone just lying on the counter. Why it was there, I had no clue, but I figured that I might as well check it to see what the date was and what time it was. To my surprise, there was no passcode protection enabled on the phone, which really surprised me. The phone said that it was the early morning hours of Monday December 21st, 2020. I realized with a start that it had been over a year since Zeus had blasted me. As I thought about what kind of developments might have happened at camp and even in the mortal world, a reminder from the calendar app came through on the phone. It was the winter solstice. I smiled at that, because it meant that Tartarus had kept half of his promise at least.
Now that I had the information that I wanted, I left the building through the hole in the window that I had entered through in wolf form. Was I worried what the mortals would think happened about the window? Fuck no. They'd probably just call it vandalism and not give two shits about it. A thought then passed through my head, 'Okay, so it's the winter solstice. My deal with Tartarus was that he would get me to the location of the Hunters on the winter solstice. So, where are the hunters?'
I then heard a noise that to me sounded like it was a few hundred yards away. It was a voice saying, "My lady. I think I found the monster's tracks."
I recognized that voice, even though I hadn't heard it in years. It was the voice of my cousin, Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, Lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis. I immediately pivoted on my back legs, and ran towards the voice. It turned out that because I was a werewolf I had better hearing than a normal demigod. I had to run all the way around the Lake and into a Canyon, which I later learned was named Warren Canyon, to pick up the scent of the fabric of the Hunter's gear. I was surprised that I knew the smell at all because I had never run across hunters as a werewolf. I pushed the thought to the back of my mind and focused my senses to try and figure out where Thalia was.
She turned out to be with a group of other hunters in a heavily wooded area tracking down a Griffin. I knew that if I waited until the hunters killed the Griffin, I would never be able to accomplish my plan in time. As a result of that fact, I proceeded to move behind the hunters so that I could strike some of Thalia's exposed flesh without her or her hunters noticing me and shooting arrows at me. I waited a few minutes in my concealed hiding spot behind them so that I could be completely sure that none of them noticed me. After those few minutes elapsed, I burst out of my hiding spot at top speed and sang by teeth into the back of Thalia's leg, causing her to cry out in pain. Her hunters who were spread out within a few meters of Thalia, hearing her scream, pivoted towards her. Once they saw me latched securely onto her leg, they began to fire their arrows at me. As the first arrow struck, I released my hold on her leg and tried to turn around and run into the grove of trees behind me. As I turned around however, an arrow struck me, just behind my left foreleg, and embedded itself deep within me. I knew the instant that it struck me that it had pierced my heart. As I began to turn into dust, a smile crept across my face, as a result of the satisfying feeling that came across me that I had succeeded in my plan.
Thalia POV:
That bite on my leg hurt like Hades. I didn't know what had happened because I fell unconscious from the pain not long after the pressure on my leg disappeared. My hunters told me that it was a wolf that had bit me. I didn't think that there were wolves in this part of the country, I personally thought that it was a coyote.
I was relaxing in my tent when Lady Artemis entered. I immediately said, "Yes, Lady Artemis?"
She responded, "I may not be as good of a doctor as my annoying brother, but I can tell that that wound needs to be examined. I would call Apollo now, but we will see him tonight at the solstice meeting, so he can examine you after it."
I replied, "We're lucky that today's the winter solstice then."
Artemis responded, "Yes, yes we are." She then began to leave the tent telling me as she exited, "Get some rest so that you have enough energy for the council meeting."
I replied, "Yes Lady Artemis."
Time Skip: The Winter Solstice Council Meeting. Apollo POV.
I thought to myself, 'Huh, Arty isn't here 's extremely unusual. She's usually one of the first ones here. Everyone else is already here, including Dionysus, who always seems to be the last one here.'
As if my thoughts controlled time itself, Artemis and her Lieutenant, my half-sister, Thalia Grace, flashed into the throne room. She told Zeus, "Our apologies father, there were some things we had to deal with back with the Hunters before we left."
Zeus waved her off and then called the council meeting to order. As usual, I ignored what was being said in the meeting and let my eyes wander. After a few minutes of wandering, my eyes fell upon Thalia Grace, who was grimacing in pain. Now, as the god of healing, I could immediately tell what was hurting her. It was her right leg. I just assumed that she had hurt it during a hunt and it hadn't quite healed yet. I made a mental note to myself to heal it for her after the council meeting. My gaze then drifted away from her to Zeus knows where for Zeus knows how long. Eventually my eyes fell upon her again, and this time she was unconsciuosly reaching her right arm down to clutch the part of her leg where the found was and was grimacing even harder. I snapped back to reality as I heard Zeus say, "My daughter. I have noticed your discomfort this entire evening. Is there something on your mind?"
She responded, "No father. It's just that I was injured during the hunt today and my wound is bothering me, that's all."
Zeus, who looked a little troubled, asked, "What happened?"
Thalia replied, "I don't know, but my hunters tell me that a coyote-like creature bit me while we were stalking a griffin in California."
Zeus then turned to me and said, "Lord Apollo, examine her wound for me and heal it. She needs to be in top shape for whatever monsters might escape from Tartarus in the near future."
I responded, "Of Lord Zeus." I then walked over to Thalia and with her permission, placed my hand on her wound and healed it. However, when I looked at the wound, I noticed that it was indeed a bite mark, but not a coyote bite mark. It was a wolf bite mark. On a whim, I pressed my healing abilities further into her body looking for something that I hoped I wouldn't find. Unfortunately, I found it. It wasn't a normal wolf that had bitten Thalia Grace, it was a werewolf and Thalia Grace was now a Werewolf. Another unlucky demigod bitten by a werewolf.
I then stood up from Thalia Grace and walked over to Lord Zeus' throne and told him in a quiet voice, low enough that only the two of us could hear, "Lord Zeus. I have examined the wound, and it appears that it is a werewolf bite. I'm sorry to tell you this, but your daughter has contracted lycanthropy from it." I then quickly walked back to my throne before Zeus could blast me with his master bolt.
Zeus then stood up and said, "My daughter. Lord Apollo has just given me his report on your wound. He says that it was a werewolf bite and that you have contracted lycanthropy from it."
Artemis POV:
As soon as Lord Zeus said that Thalia had contracted Lycanthropy, I knew what had to be done. Zeus would not let a werewolf demigod live, even if that demigod was his own offspring. A tear slid down my face as I turned to Thalia, who was in a bit of shock, and said, "Thalia. It breaks my heart to do this, but I must remove you from your position as my Lieutenant and expel you from the hunt." I then chanted a few words and as soon as I finished chanting those few words, the silver glow around Thalia disappeared and her tiara marking her as my Lieutenant appeared in my hand. I said, "Let it be known that Thalia Grace is no longer my Lieutenant or one of my hunters. My new Lieutenant is to be Phoebe." At that Thalia began to sob and the tiara disappeared.
Zeus POV:
As soon as Artemis finished expelling Thalia from the hunt, I pulled out my master bolt and said, "I'm sorry my daughter." I then blasted her with the bolt, leaving only a pile of golden dust where she was standing before I blasted her.
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