Secrets
Percy didn't like what was happening. He didn't like it not one bit. Today was his 10th birthday, and his mother let him spend it with his Uncle Apollo. Now they were able to patch up their relationship, but that didn't mean Percy was 100% comfortable staying with him. And today proves that.
"Uncle Apollo," Percy asked, "Are you sure we should be here?"
His awesome uncle (Percy would beg to differ) took him to a bar, that's right a bar. It was for the sole purpose of teaching him how to seduce a woman with manly charms. But Percy was raised by Artemis and educated by a daughter of Athena and knew better, Apollo was just using Percy to attract ladies.
Which was stupid because he's like… 10 years old.
"Shush Percy, I'm showing how to use our family charm."
"What charm? You're the only one who goes around being a man whore."
Apollo slightly narrowed his eyes at Percy, "Does my sister know you talk like that?"
"Does my mother know you took me here? And she probably wouldn't care because that what's the entire Hunt calls you. Plus I know you wouldn't tell, though I'm not bad anyways. The only ones who would even try are probably the newer hunters." He muttered that last sentence but Apollo's keen ears heard it.
"First off you have charm. My mother was able to attract Zeus, I'm able to attract multiple beautiful women-"
"Including Daphne?"
"She was different." Apollo responded a little too quickly. "She didn't like gods anyways and I was also hit with a love arrow. And though I got her turned into a tree, I honored her with a laurel too. Now where was I."
"I believe you were speaking about our family charm before babbling about a failed encounter with a woman."
"You're definitely Artemis' kid." Apollo muttered, "You know even Artemis attracts men, how do you think she was able to castrate so many? You think they come to her?"
"I think they like to stare from afar while she bathes and then become rabid dog chow."
"I was actually proud of her when she told me she did that. But listen Perce, you could even get those newer hunters to like you if you had the basics on your tool belt."
For some odd reason the newer hunters hated him. For timeline purposes let's say there are three groups. One holds the oldest hunters, like Zoe, which date all the way to the beginning of the rise of the gods to the fall of Rome. Then their the ones who are kind of in the middle. Those, like Lauren, are after the fall of Rome to the American Revolution.
Then there are the newest, which holds those during the beginning of the American Revolution to present day. Apparently boys of all ages abused them and they can't let go of the fact that Percy was with them since the literal beginning. Like under 10 hours of his birth he became part of the hunt. His ichor is that of the same mistress they hunt with and they still hate them. After an entire decade, Percy could honestly care less and can agree with Apollo with them being slightly petty.
But of course, anyone tells Apollo that, Percy would profoundly disagree. Then he'll put an arrow between the accuser's eyes.
"Uncle Apollo I don't that's necessary. I really don't care what they think of me. They are only a small portion of them hate me, and everyone else doesn't have any problem with me." Percy admitted.
"Yeah well my sister expects grandchildren. And you're going to be attracted to women. Actually more women than most, considering you're going to be a god at 18 or 20."
That was also big news. Percy was going to turn immortal at either 18 or 20. When he does Zeus promised Artemis that when he does become immortal he will bestow onto him godhood. Should he deserve it of course.
Turns out the breastfeeding went on a little too far. The blood of Poseidon was eradicated but Artemis had a little too much flowing through Perseus. He had 78% ichor and 22% mortal blood. Hence making him into an immortal.
Also fun fact about demigods they are not actually 50/50 on the ichor blood scale. Usually for a normal demigod it's 47/53. If it was truly half and half then every demigod would have a chance at becoming immortal.
When it came to the Hunters, for Artemis it was always a sister-sister relationship than could have graduated to an mother-daughter relationship, depending on the hunter and its wants. And even with the partial immortality they could still die in battle.
So you could just imagine just how ecstatic she was when she learned her first real demigod child was fated to become a god. She literally dared anyone, including Poseidon, to try to make a claim on her son's life.
Well it was really only Poseidon she threatened, but that's besides the point.
Apparently Aphrodite showed a few people on Olympus on what Percy will look like when he matures and according to Apollo there are goddesses waiting for him. The sun god had the nerve to say all the vulgar things they wanted Percy to do to them right in front of Artemis.
If he thought five arrows in the crotch was painless, trying having arrows sticking out of every possible place on the lower half of his body. He also had to wear a eye patch for 3 weeks because he couldn't heal his eye with his powers. He tried to hide from Hermes, but Artemis mailed a letter right to Apollo, inevitably making Apollo the joke of the century.
Percy himself didn't know what to think of it. Thinking hard wasn't something he liked to do, not because he was slow or stupid, but because it betrayed his laid back nature.
He was a little sarcastic too, but like before, that's besides the point.
"I don't think Mom would appreciate me sleeping with a bunch of women."
"Well what else are you going to do? Get married?" Apollo said it like it was the most insane thing he ever thought of.
"Gee well that's a thought."
He waited for a response but when he looked up from the burger and fries he was eating and saw Apollo staring at a girl who just walked in. Percy could only assume she did, taking in account of the door just opening.
Percy knows when he sees a pretty girl. And this one basically fit the bill. She had wavy blond hair and shiny blue eyes. Her body gave off that she was athletic and she had a slight tan. She wasn't drop dead gorgeous by any means but she fit Apollo standards.
Percy frowned when he noticed just how youthful her face looked. She looked as though she just became eligible of legal drinking age which meant that she's really young. That also meant Apollo was going to impregnate her and mess up her life forever. Things he knew he couldn't allow.
They were already in a conversation when he got to them. Though he did have to cross the entire room. But when he got there Apollo grabbed him in an effort to present him to his lady friend. "And this was the little squirt I was talking about."
"Aww he's adorable. Aaron tells me your name is Percy. Hi, I'm Kaitlyn." Kaitlyn greeted Percy, who was currently trying not to snap at the fact he was called adorable.
I'm handsome, not adorable. Get it right.
"Hi Kaitlyn, so how long have you known Aaron?"
"Oh well we just met a few minutes ago, but already he's told me all about you!" Percy thought the girl was a little too happy for his taste, but Apollo looked like he just received a gold medal.
"Really, what did he say about me?"
"Well he said how he took you in off the street and gave you a home. He also tells me you like sports."
"Yeah I do archery and I'm really good."
"That's awesome! I'm actually a college soccer player. I'm hoping to eventually make the USA team."
Red flag. She has a clear view on her future. Percy had to end her attraction to Apollo immediately.
"Hey Kaitlyn, do you want to know something weird?"
"What's that?"
"Isn't it a little strange that Aaron took a ten year old to a bar filled with a bunch of drunk adults? It's also the middle of the day, not really a safe environment for a kid like me isn't it?"
She instantly lost her smile and gained a suspicious look. Kaitlyn turned her head to Aaron who looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Yeah Aaron, do you care to explain this?"
Percy was pleased on how much progress he made on one comment and decided he didn't want a double but a grand slam. "His name isn't actually Aaron either. It's actually Fred."
The attraction visibly retracted from her eyes and she grabbed her handbag, obviously getting ready to leave. "Oh it isn't?"
"Yeah he figures girls would be more interested in a man name Aaron. Fred said his name is too boring and totally lame."
At that she finally stood up and was glaring at Apollo, "I think I'm going to leave for now Fred."
When she turned her back, Percy had the brightest smile as he watched Apollo place his face in his hands.
"Hey how do you like your cake I fed you Uncle Apollo?"
"It's horrible."
Neither of them saw Kaitlyn returning to their booth, "And for the record my Grandpa's name was Fred. And he was very handsome when he was young." With that she finally turned around and exited the bar.
"Oh I'm very sorry. I forgot to put the icing on that cake. Here just hand it over here for a moment and I'll just-"
"Dammit Percy," Apollo slammed his hands on the table, "You always do this every time I talk to a girl."
It was then someone slid right next to Apollo. Percy was going to chase her away as well, but then he saw who it was and his blood ran cold.
"Aww aren't you a sweetie. Maybe you just can't find the right one?"
The newcomers voice was unnaturally high, but Apollo still took the bait. He immediately resigned to not pursue her when he saw red hair, but at the sight of the silver eyes well… he promptly turned around and vomited everything in his stomach.
Percy and his mother both stood up quickly as the sick sun god threw up everything he ate. It wasn't like she was wearing anything skimpy, just a normal silver t-shirt and dark blue jeans. But Artemis silently relished his reaction.
"Well now I can cross that out on the reasons you tricked me into killing Orion."
Apollo turned around to face his older sister abruptly and Percy wished he had a camera. Apollo looked hilarious with his wide-eyes and strands of vomit surrounding his mouth.
"You think I tricked you because I had romantic feelings for you?" He croaked, "Did over-protective just never come into your mind?"
Artemis in turn just shrugged, not even fazed by her brother's haunted look. "Of course that's what everything looked like. But your the model of each and every disgusting male, so I had to keep all my options open."
Apollo just stared incredulously at his sister and then shuddered involuntarily, like the thought was petrifying his very soul.
"Percy, I'll just have Hermes send your actual gift."
And with that Apollo flashed out. None of the mortals looked at him because they were drunk out of their minds. Percy could've swore that the bartender was Dionysus but his mother grabbed him and flashed them to their campsite.
Today they were camped in Sierra National Forest, and it looked amazing this time of the year. But Percy couldn't really focus on that, he now had to answer to the woman tapping her foot impatiently in front of him.
He decided to try to make her laugh instead of coming out with the truth. "You know Mom, this kind of explains a lot."
He knew the fates were in his favor when his mother entertained his obvious stalling by raising her eyebrow. "And what does this explain?"
"Well everytime Apollo took me out he would never go for red heads. Once we went to this restaurant and there was an entire family of like twelve and eight were girls. All had red hair. He practically threw me out the restaurant when he saw that and was hyperventilating."
Artemis just stared into Percy's soul, processing the words. After 4 minutes of uncomfortable staring she cracked a small smile and shook her head. "You're lucky it's your birthday or you would've been in big trouble."
She took a step forward to him and grabbed his hand. She began walking to where the tents were set up.
"Um Mom?"
"Yes?"
"Why are you holding my hand?"
She looked down at her growing son with a motherly smile, something you would never see on the famed goddess of the Hunt.
"Your ten years old now Percy. You're not my little boy anymore and I need to take advantage of these moments before you don't even want hugs anymore."
"I understand Mom but really, do you have to hold my hand?"
"It's either this or I shower kisses on your face during dinner in front of the entire Hunt."
"I think you're doing just fine holding my hand."
Artemis smirked at Percy and held his hand in a comfortable silence. When they reached their shared tent she stopped and turned to him.
"Are you ready to know what your gift is?"
Percy, completely not expecting this, was stuck for a moment before nodding his head enthusiastically.
She snapped her fingers and Percy's world began to spin. When it stopped and Percy regained his balance he looked at his mother expectantly. When she looked at him with a gaze that said I just gave it to you. Now you have to find it.
So he gazed at her tent, then the one to the right of it. He didn't find anything usual until…
Wait all of the hunter's tent are to the left of Mom's. Their shouldn't be anything on the right.
Artemis watched in satisfaction as her beloved son's eyes lit up. He took a few steps before looking at Artemis who nodded. That was all he needed before he sprinted to the new tent. When he walked in he was more than amazed.
It was blank. It had nothing inside but a bed and a dresser. He was amazed that his mother got his own tent only to find it completely barren. He had a slightly annoyed look on his face when he turned to his mother. It didn't help that she was trying to not laugh.
"You gave me my own tent. That has nothing in it."
"I decided you should decorate it. Considering you'll be going on your first solo hunt soon."
Percy almost fell backwards on the floor. "What?! Wait, wait, are you serious?"
She nodded her head and Percy broke out into happy dance. She felt like she was forgetting something.
"Oh that's right! Percy you need to meet Zoe near the lake. She has her own gift for you there. From what I could tell it's really special. Now hurry before dinner starts."
That was all he needed to make him start to leave. But before the tent flap closed the son of Artemis appeared again. "And for dessert I can have Lucky Charms?"
Artemis could've broke down laughing at the hopeful tone in his voice. Only her child could perceive cereal as a dessert. Though he was only allowed to have it during his birthday.
"Yes after dinner you can have cereal. I'll even get it from Demeter herself. You are her favorite grandnephew."
With that Percy flashed a quicksilver smile, much similar to his mother, and ran out to go to his older sister.
So the Lucky charms thing requires a little explanation…
The hunt was making their usual stop in a city to refill on their supplies.
The group this time was Zoe, Phoebe, a daughter of Demeter named Floria, and a daughter of Nike named Elota. Of course that was all they needed, but a three year old Percy insisted that he accompany them, much to the distaste of Elota.
"I still don't understand why he has to come with us. He's only 3 years old." Elota started.
"Just shut up about it already. We are already in the city and he's here. He's not even bothering anyone." Phoebe argues.
"He doesn't need to do anything. His existence is enough to bother me." Elota muttered, but Phoebe heard it.
"He's just a little kid. Not only that but we raised him. You need to stop having problems with a 3 year old." Phoebe snarled.
This started an huge argument between War and Victory, and Zoe and Floria watched in amusement.
"You think we should stop them?" Floria asked
"No I don't, I find this entertaining. Especially because Elota is being significantly difficult for no reason. All her arguments are weak. Percy is just a toddler, and we had him since day one. The fact that there are others like her in the hunt is well…"
"Stupid?" Floria suggested. She received a nod.
"Yes their hatred is just stupid. It makes no sense."
It only took a few minutes before both girls were nose to nose yelling in each other's face. Zoe manipulated the mist to avert the eyes of any nosy mortals. And after a while Zoe had finally had enough.
"STOP!" This froze both girls and caused them to turn towards their Lieutenant. "We need to stop and get our supplies. Now let's go, we wasted too much time already."
Nobody noticed their little companion entering the grocery store across the street.
And with that everyone trudged off to a specific Rite-Aid. If anyone doesn't know, Rite-Aid was actually founded by Asclepius, Apollo's godly child.
It took them about an hour to get everything and set up in their backpacks. After a minor glare, which was a good as it gets for a goodbye, they left Asclepius.
"Well next stop is camp, how did you like coming to the city Percy!" The merry daughter of Demeter loved Percy as much as the others, but was confused when she didn't get a response.
She looked around but frowned when she couldn't find him, "Um guys, Percy isn't here."
"What do you mean? He's right-" Zoe froze when she didn't see Percy where her subconscious placed him. She didn't say a word as she sprinted back to the Rite-Aid they left, thinking they left him with Apollo's son.
Meanwhile Phoebe was screaming his name while Floria watched out in case she saw him walking.
"Percy! This isn't funny come here now! PERCY! PERCY!"
"Stop yelling!" Elota complained, "I say good riddance, now let's just hurry up and get back before milady gets worried. We'll all forget about him soon enough."
She obviously didn't care about Percy's disappearance but Phoebe was having none of it. "This is where I draw the line. This isn't just some little boy, this is Artemis' son. Blood and everything. And if you think we can just hurry up and get back, what do you think Artemis will do to us once we tell her we LOST HER CHILD!"
At this point she had grabbed Elota by the shirt and lifted her in the air, even though she was only shorter that the daughter of Ares by a few inches. "I'll tell you what, she'll have our heads."
The daughter of Nike didn't even get a chance to respond as Zoe was running back to them with a frantic look in her eye. "He wasn't with Asclepius. Phoebe you have to track him down. Here this is the same cloth Artemis stitches into his shirts."
Once Phoebe let down the huntress she grabbed the cloth from Zoe and got a whiff of its aura. It took a few minutes, because of all the mortals walking around, but she got a faint trail. Luckily it followed back to Elota and Phoebe's first altercation.
"It's really strong here but I can't figure where it goes. It's like he just disappeared off the face of the Earth."
"How is that possible?" Zoe questioned.
Phoebe shrugged but continued searching. While Zoe was watching her intently and Elota gazing at clothes through the window, Floria was still looking around trying to guess where Percy has gone.
A light bulb switched on in her head when she saw the grocery store. She pointed to it and said, "Do you think he could've went here? Maybe he got really hungry."
The two elder huntresses looked across the street, "Phoebe do you sense anything?"
The Tracker of the Hunt studied the sidewalk in front of the store and soon her eyes widened, "Yeah it's actually very strong there. Good eyes Floria."
Floria smiled triumphantly while Zoe's face assumed a look as if she was getting ready to battle. "Alright everyone split up in the store and yell when you found him. It's not big so we can easily find him here. Elota stay with me."
"What? Why can't I go look by myself?" Elota complained.
"Because you're not going to look anyways." Phoebe said.
And then everyone was off, praying to the gods that Percy wasn't kidnapped.
After 5 minutes Zoe was ready to kill someone. There wasn't a whole lot of store to check and she still couldn't find him. Granted she never entered an aisle and she whizzed past all of the them.
She decided to take it slow from the freezer section when she heard Floria call out, "FOUND HIM!"
Zoe rushed past other paying shoppers and found herself in the cereal aisle. There was the offender, sitting in front of three opened boxes of Lucky Charms, and happily munching on the fourth. But it seemed that when Zoe finally reached him with Elota he just finished the box he was eating.
Floria, however, was frozen in shock. "Are my eyes seeing things, or did he just eat 4 boxes of my mother's cereal right here in the store? It's ok if you tell me I'm seeing things, it's happened before."
Zoe was unable to answer as she too was baffled that her younger brother sat in one area eating for the entirety of an hour. Percy laid back on the rack and grabbed another box with a satisfied smile on his face. He then noticed Zoe, Elota, and Floria and was right about to wave. He was, in fact, before he was rudely interrupted.
"You do know you have to pay for all that."
There stood before them the manager of the store. It was a male so Floria and Elota hid behind Zoe in a subtle manner. The Lieutenant was going to respond harshly before fingers were snapped in front of the manager's face, promptly conjuring the Mist.
"Actually that's already paid for. You can pick it up and throw it out now."
From behind him stepped Phoebe. She was a big as man-hater as Zoe, but knew she had bigger problems to deal with than a male. She walked up and picked up Percy, "There you are squirt. What were you doing here all this time?"
She spoke in a soft tone only used for Percy and easily was welcomed with a response. "I was eating that!"
He pointed towards the cereal boxes and Phoebe took a look and said, "You were?"
"Yup! But I was eating the one with the blue moon. It's called… Lucy… Arms."
"Actually it's called Lucky Charms."
Usually Percy hated being corrected, making him very frustrating to teach for Lauren, but hearing the right name to his new favorite treat only brought a light to his eyes.
"Can I have more Lucky Charms?"
"Maybe for your birthday. But for now how about we focus on getting home and then we'll see."
Phoebe looked towards the others and watched the tension visibly drain out of the faces of Zoe and Floria. At the Lieutenant's nod they made their way back.
Artemis didn't question them at all. But they had a little explaining to do when Percy was in tears because he couldn't have Lucky Charms for his 4th birthday.
Percy found Zoe sitting at the edge of the lake. Her boots were off and she was dipping her toes into the cool water. She had a content look on her face as she stared at her reflection in the lake.
Thinking about it, Percy realized she was always the most peaceful when around water. Whenever the Hunt had a break you can find her going for a swim. But that really wasn't anything special, anyone could just like the sea.
It was the longing look in her eye whenever she was around it. Like she has something but really can't truly use it. Like if your Grandpa gave you a old shotgun that uses bullets that aren't made anymore. You keep it to hold on to memory, but wish it could be more of use.
This was the second time Percy wished he had camera, but this time with a better purpose. Though a small part of him knew that no camera can truly capture everything in front of him.
He was going to leave but remembered she asked for him. She was probably waiting and had been waiting for a while so he took a step out of the forest he was hiding in and called out, "Zoe!"
It seemed as though she didn't hear him though, as she kept moving her feet in the water. In a melodic rhythm on she would truly know. When he called her again she broke out of her stupor and looked up.
She smiled when she saw her little brother and got up from the lake, put her shoes back on, and made her way back to him. As she walked up, Percy noticed the longing look in her was swapped for a mischievous one.
"So, I heard Artemis had to retrieve you for Apollo. Tell me, how did that go Perseus?"
Percy rolled his eyes at the use of his full name. She only did it when he was in trouble or when she knew he was in trouble with his mother. Helpful at sometimes, but not right now.
"Oh it was fine. Just proved to Uncle Apollo I'm not the chick magnet he wants me to be."
"And when milady arrived?"
"He threw up right there in the booth. Funniest thing ever."
"So you didn't get in any trouble?"
"No I didn't. Wait… why do you sound disappointed."
Percy caught the smirk on her face, but before he could acknowledged it her hands flew behind her back. Her face morphed into a more serious one.
"Close your eyes and hold out your hands."
"Look mom let me off so I would appreciate it- slightly mind you- if you wouldn't-"
"Shut up. I'm not going to chastise you or harm you, I'm giving you a birthday present. Your first from me ever and I would appreciate it if you would follow my directions."
Percy flinched at the stern tone in her voice and quickly did as he was instructed. He held his hands out for a moment, half anticipating something large to fall in his hands. He was way off, though, when a weight hit his hands. Though it was a very small weight.
Ok it was a pen, and Percy took a look at it and saw it was in fact a ballpoint pen.
"Um thanks Zoe. I um… really like it."
Zoe rolled her eyes, "Uncap the pen Perseus."
Again at the use of his full name, Percy became cautious thinking something was going to come out. But to his surprise, out came a sword. It was about 3 feet long, and double edged.
"Anaklusmos." He read. "Riptide for English. Zoë… this is awesome!" Percy was enraptured with the sword, already taking practice swings.
He already knew the history behind the sword. And that made a very strong hatred for Hercules grow inside the son of Artemis. Percy felt more than honored that Zoe trusts him with the cursed sword.
"I thought it would be a great birthday present." Zoe said, smiling at the excitement brewing in her little brother's eyes.
"Zoe this might be the single best gift I have ever gotten since ever."
"That sentence doesn't make sense Percy."
Percy ran it back through his head and realized he didn't make grammatical sense, "See that's why it's so great. I can't even speak proper English anymore."
"Can't be that great. You still won't shut up and you continue to run your mouth."
Percy just grinned at the daughter of Atlas and came up with a great idea. He pretended like he was experimenting with his sword but really he just cut a piece of Zoe's parka.
"Why you little! Percy come here you little… oh my gods you're so annoying!"
"You don't so sound threatening when you're smiling Zoe!" Percy called back, running from his eventual captor.
He was right though she was smiling, but there was no doubt that she would hurt Percy when she got to him. She was still the faster one, though he took the title of the strongest of the hunt, so it only took about 8 minutes until she was within arms reach of him.
She took a lunge at him, but Percy was expecting it and turned around last second to knock her hand away. Well… that's what he tried to do. Instead a gallon of water flew out of the lake and hit Zoe square on the head.
Percy felt like everything stopped around him. Like the world was slowly but surely enveloping him.
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Percy. I should've known not to play near the water. Now my secret is out.
"Uhh… Zoe? Are you… are you alright?"
When the water hit Zoe it only sent her to her bottom. But she could've cared less. She just witnessed her younger brother, a blood son of Artemis, use hydrokinesis. A skill that should've been available to him because of his birth father. But he held no more blood of the sea, but that of the moon.
"Percy," Zoe's voice was calm, but you could here the dangerous undertone. "I think you have a little explaining to do."
"Explain what?" He decided to play dumb.
"What you just did."
"Oh you mean cut your parka? Well first you gotta decide just how mean you want your prank to be. Initially I had the options to cut your sleeves, your boots, your-"
"Your hydrokinesis, Percy! Tell me how you have the ability or I'm contacting your mother."
"NO! Please don't tell her. She hates Poseidon so imagine what she'll do when she learns her son can do the same things her evil uncle does."
"Then stop beating around the bush and tell me! How is this possible, you should've lost your connection to the sea."
"I don't know how it happened. I just remember being really tired while I was taking a bath when I was 6. I must've fell asleep because I woke up at the bottom of the lake. Then I started realizing that I could literally feel the current of the water. I never put any time controlling the water though because it's too hard."
Zoe sat there, eyes boring into his head, and nodded slowly. "Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"Because you all hate Poseidon, so I thought you would hate me. Already a portion hates me and I didn't want any of you to hate me either."
"Percy we won't judge you because of your powers. We're all family." Zoe tried to convince him, but Percy became rigid and tense. This was obviously something that wouldn't be argued about.
"No I still want this to stay between us. But Zoe, what did you mean by connection to the sea."
He watched as Zoe's eyes darkened. "Do you remember my story before I became a hunter?"
"Yes."
"Well when I gave Hercules my sword. It held my immortal essence, or more importantly my connection to the sea. My mother was a sea goddess Percy, so I used to be able to control water as well. But even after I got my sword back and everything, it seems as my connection has been completely severed. I'm just surprised yours is still alive."
"Wait why? Is it bad? See I knew it, having this power is probably the worst thing to ever-"
"No I meant that the sea still flows through my blood but I have no connection. You have no blood of the sea and you hold a connection."
"But I don't want the stupid connection. I just want to be a hunter and stay with my sisters and mother."
"You will Percy." Zoe stood up and held her hands out for a hug, to which Percy accepted.
"Zoe I kind of need you to swear on the Styx you won't reveal this to my mom."
"I'm not swearing anything. I can promise but if something backfires, your mother needs to know about your powers. Also I suggest you try to train yourself."
Percy pulled back and showed a confused look. "How would I be able to do that?"
"The only advice I can give you is to make sure your breathing is under control. From there you need to teach yourself. I think it would be best to do it when you go on a solo hunt."
"Really? You think I should train my hydro… uh… hydrokittyness?"
"Hydrokinesis and yes I do. What good is it for you to have power if you cannot control it. Now that's enough talking, we need to hurry back before milady begins to worry."
Percy nodded and followed close behind Zoe as they trekked through the woods, returning to their campsite.
"Zoe can promise me you won't say anything? I know you said you would only promise, but I would feel better hearing come out of your mouth.
The Lieutenant sighed and turned around to look Percy in the eye. "I promise I will keep your secret on you power over water."
"Thanks Zoe." He smiled, hugged her and said "Race ya!"
Zoe watched his retreating form in silence. She wasn't going to follow, considering she was soaking wet.
Wait a minute. I'm not wet. He dried me without even knowing!
Zoe eyes were wide for a moment, having the entire situation hit her again in her face. She was going to keep her promise but wished she didn't actually say anything.
After all, secrets never worked out for anyone else before.
A/N: And that's a wrap. Chapter 4 straight out of the oven, piping hot, straight to your computer, cell phone, etc.
Just to let everyone know I HATE the fanfiction writing system for mobile. It's utterly useless. They update everything else but this. I don't even type with this app, I just use copy and paste. But then it changes everything and then I have to redo it and uhhhhhhhhh.
Alrighty then, this actually wasn't the "motivational chapter" or the chapter that made me write this story. This was meant to be the beginning but when I added the Percy and Lucky Charms, well only so many things can happen.
But overall I think this was a pretty productive chapter. Something that was a major difference was Percy. He rarely spoke during the last 3 chapters so now you have the man- err boy of the hour.
Now if you mind I'm going to rant. Specifically about HOO and their retarded ships. First off is Percabeth, I already said it's dumb and makes no sense on why the would be together. Next is Jasper. Roman's are bred to be extremely loyal, so tell me why Jason a Praetor would leave his people for a daughter of Aphrodite. Umm... he wouldn't. He should've returned to Reyna. Frazel is fine, you can't really support them but you also can't hate them either. They're like a cute little middle school couple. And now Caleo... the worst move ever made by Riordan.
Listen this is literally what their relationship is built off of; Leo falls on Island, Calypso helps rebuild ship, they fall in love.
Man... at least Percy and Annabeth had 4 years of friendship to start off of.
I think Rick gave in to the hype about Leo needing someone and paired him off with the first girl he could think of. He even knows it was stupid because he forcing Leo and Calypso to work with Apollo on the trials instead of Percy. Who by the way can't participate because his girlfriend wouldn't want him too. The same one who is helping her cousin with Norse gods. (This is why I really didn't like Annabeth)
Their relationship is the worst in all of the Percy Jackson series to date. Period. Point. Blank.
Anyways on a higher note, Chapter 5 is on the way. I'm not going to bother on the Constructive Criticism because I know no one will give it. If you liked my mini rant I can have longer ones on Percabeth and Jasper, you just need to let me know.
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