Percy POV (A.N. bet ya didn't expect that!)

We had just made it to the Westover Hall gym. Thalia, Annabeth, and I were talking to Grover.

"What's the emergency?" I asked.

Grover looked kind of nervous. "I found two."

"Two?" I asked, shocked.

"Here?" Thalia asked.

I knew that finding two half-bloods was really rare. The most we had all winter was whenever Annabeth and Thalia found four demigods in Georgia. We needed the fighters but there weren't a lot out there.

He nodded. "Sara is keeping an eye on them right now. They are a brother and a sister."

"The daughter of Apollo that you two found?" I asked Annabeth and Thalia.

"Yep." They said.

"She's making sure that Thorn won't find out who they are, because they're strong half-bloods, though, I think he might've found out already." Grover said, you could tell he was worried.

"So they're at the dance?" Thalia asked.

He nodded.

"Then let's get in there and dance."


Once we got in there you could tell the kids were milking this freedom for as long as they can. Girls went around in huddles and attacked some poor boy with makeup, and guys were acting like idiots and playing with the streamers, kicking balloons in each others faces, or just trying to hide from the pack of piranhas that are roaming around the gym.

"They're over there," Grover nodded at the bleachers, "Their names are Bianca and Nico di Angelo."

The girl had a floppy green cap and looked like she was trying to hide her face, and the boy was definitely her little brother. The both had silky black hair, olive skin, and used their hands when they talked. The boy was messing around with some trading cards or something. There was also another girl there. I guess its Sara. She had dirty blond hair put in a ponytail, and her blue eyes were glancing around, probably looking for Dr. Thorn. She was fiddling with a little ring on her finger, like how Thalia does with her bracelet. She had an earphone in her ear too. Yep…definitely a Daughter of Apollo.

"Do they know that they're…you know." Annabeth asked.

"No. If I told them then Thorn would be certain that they were half-bloods." Grover answered.

"So then let's grab them and run! Dr. Thorn can't catch all of us." I said.

I started to walk to them but Annabeth grabbed my arm. I was about to ask why she did that but I saw why. Dr. Thorn somehow slipped in and was standing near the kids. I saw Sara's eyes widen and she started to argue with the siblings. Dr. Thorn gave us a cold smile and I could tell that Thalia's finger snap thingy didn't work on him. He was just waiting for us to do something so he could seriously maim us.

"Don't look at them," Thalia ordered, "pretend you're not interested in them. Dance. Avoid the piranhas in the gym," she looked at the group of girls and frowned, "talk. Do anything that doesn't involve the kids." She grabbed Grover and walked to the dance floor. Grover looked like he would rather go hunting then dance.

"So…" I started talking to Annabeth awkwardly.

"So…" she agreed.

"How's life?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes. "Really? That's the best you could come up with."

"Yep."

"You're an idiot."

"Why thank you."

She was about to retort with something worse than idiot but Thalia yelled at us from nowhere.

"Dance you guys! You look like a couple of freaks just standing there!"

I looked at her. She was slow dancing with Grover and he looked like he was about to die of embarrassment.

"The wise words of Thalia." Annabeth said, rolling her eyes.

"So um…"I felt a slight blush coming to my cheeks, "Y-you want to dance?"

I looked up and saw her face flush. "Oh yeah. Yeah, sure."

I hesitantly put one of my hands on Annabeth's hip and she grabbed the other one as if she was going to hurt me. We danced around and talked a little bit before Annabeth froze. She nearly made me fall over flat on my face.

"They're gone."

"Huh?"

I looked at the bleachers and paled. The siblings and Sara were gone.

"We have to tell Thalia and Grover!" She looked around and stomped her foot in frustration, "Oh! Where did they go?"

She ran off into the crowd somewhere and I was about to follow her but the piranhas appeared out of nowhere and were about to surround me. I quickly dodged one girl's lipstick and ran in a different direction. I looked around for Annabeth but what I saw instead made a chill go down my spine. Bianca's cap and Nico's cards were scattered on the floor. I looked around frantically and saw Dr. Thorn hurrying through a door. He had Bianca and Nico by their necks and Sara unconscious and slung over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

I was about to run to get my friends but something stopped me. I decided to listen to that something and chase Dr. Thorn.


"This is your fault!" Sara hissed at me angrily as we were led outside into the snow.

"Well what was I supposed to do! Let you get taken?"

She narrowed her eyes at me. "I can take care of myself."

"You were knocked out!"

"And waking up! Don't think I didn't hear one word you said. As if they would be scared of you." She scoffed.

"If you two are done arguing, would you mind telling us what this is all about?" Bianca whispered.

I shivered in my jacket. The hole was making the cold spread faster. I felt like I would freeze any second. Sara rolled her eyes at me and stood closer to me. Immediately I felt warmer. Bianca and Nico looked cold all of a sudden. The moved back slightly, closer to Sara.

"Why are you so warm?" I asked.

"I'm a Daughter of Apollo." She said in a duh voice. Immediately I felt stupid.

"Oh yeah…"

"Quiet all of you!" Dr. Thorn snapped, "There is a clearing ahead. There you will get on your ride."

"What ride?" Bianca asked.

"I said to be quiet!"

"Don't talk to her that way!" Nico demanded.

Dr. Thorn made a weird growl that made Nico back up and run into Sara. She steadied herself before they both fell over. Nico was murmured an apology but Sara ignored it. She was looking at the trees as if they were about to attack or something. Her gaze froze on one branch. I followed where she was looking and saw a Falcon sitting on the branch. Its eyes were cold and intelligent. Sara narrowed her eyes at it, as if it might attack us (with our luck it probably might). The Falcon flapped its wings and flew off. I looked at Bianca and Nico. They were having a hushed conversation. Bianca put her arm around Nico's shoulders and I heard her say, "It's going to be fine."

"Halt!" Thorn ordered.

We had reached a cliff that probably overlooked the see. I could sense the sea down below the cliff. Dr. Thorn pushed us toward the edge and I stumbled. Sara caught me before I could fall off. Not that it would hurt me. I would just land in the water, but if I fell on one of the rocks…

"Thanks…" I said.

"Don't mention it."

"What is he?" Bianca asked, "Do we fight him? How would we fight him?"

Sara started messing with her ring again.

"We're working on it…" Sara mumbled.

"We?" she asked, "Sara you know him?"

Sara looked at me. "Kinda."

"Stop talking!" Thorn yelled. "Turn and face me!"

Sara POV.

I still can't believe that I let Thorn sneak up on me. I should've paid more attention to Bianca and Nico's facial expressions. We turned to Thorn to see him have a cold smile and his freaky two colored eyes glitter like a maniac does right before the kill …not like I know, its just T.V. can be very informing. He started to pull something under his coat and I grabbed my ring in case anything happened. It turned out to be a phone and I relaxed slightly, only slightly though. He pressed the button on the side and said, "The package—it is ready to deliver." In his annoying French accent. There was a reply, but it sounded like someone gargling and I couldn't understand it. Percy looked shocked, as if he just realized something. I think the whole phone thing kind of crept him out; I did me a little too. It's way too modern for a thousand year old monster. Percy was glancing behind him at the ocean. Way to be subtle, Percy…

"By all means, Son of Poseidon. Jump! There is the sea. Save yourself and leave the others. Show what a coward you truly are." Thorn said, his accent messing up the word jump.

Percy looked like he was about to pounce Thorn for calling him a coward. I put my hand on his shoulder.

"Whoa there, don't let him get to you."

Percy glared at Thorn but backed down.

"What did he just call you?" Bianca asked Percy.

"I'll explain later." He told her.

"You do have a plan right?"

The look on Percy's face suggested he was thinking, but looked more like he was constipated. He kept glancing back at the ocean, once again giving away what he was thinking.

"I would kill you before you even got close to the water." Dr. Thorn said.

Percy looked shocked, as if he couldn't believe Thorn knew what he was thinking.

"You don't have much of a poker face, Kelp Head." I said. He looked rather insulted but it's not like he hasn't been called anything worse.

"You do not realize who I am, do you?" Thorn asked.

"A Psychopath?" I suggested.

Thorn growled at me, "Just wait, Daughter of Apollo. I will enjoy watching you suffer."

"Yeah well-" I was cut off because of Percy's hand on my mouth.

There was a flicker of movement behind Thorn and a missile flew so close to me, I felt the wind from it. That tail of his is causing a lot of trouble to us. I'm going to have to cut it off somehow…

"Unfortunately, you are wanted alive, if possible. Otherwise you would be dead." He said.

"Well that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside." I said and rolled my eyes.

Thorn glared at me…again. He must've decided to ignore my comments because he didn't say anything.

"Who wants us? If you think you will get a ransom, you're wrong. Nico and I…" her voice broke," we have no one but each other."

I tuned out their little argument. I was trying to judge the time before Annabeth would come and knock us all down. Thorn hadn't mentioned the great stir pot or whatever it was. He would keep them talking until the helicopter would be heard. Right as I thought that, I heard helicopter blades in the distance. I turned around and saw a search light in the distance. I faintly heard Nico insulting Dr. Thorn and I smirked, knowing he learned them from me on accident. Bianca had yelled at me for teaching him that. I turned back around to see Dr. Thorn smiling evilly.

"The worst of them, the most powerful monsters you can even imagine, they are now waking Monsters that haven't been see in thousands of years. They will cause death and destruction everywhere they go! Soon we will have the most important one of all! The one that will be the downfall of Olympus!" the little freak looked giddy because of that…psycho.

"Okay," Bianca whispered, "he's completely nuts."

"We have to jump of the cliff," Percy said, "into the sea."

"Oh, great idea. You're even crazier than him."

Percy couldn't say anything to her. An invisible force knocked us all down. Thorn's first missiles sailed harmlessly over our heads. I took that opportunity to take off my ring and it transformed into my bow. The quiver full of endless arrows appeared on my back. I fired three arrows at Thorn, but he managed to dodge two. The third one hit him in his chest. He roared with anger. Thalia ran into battle with her magic shield Aegis. I flinched slightly seeing the face of Medusa molded into the metal.

"For Zeus!" Thalia yelled and ran at Dr. Thorn with her spear.

I ran to the side and fired a volley of arrows. Unfortunately, since Thorn was dodging Thalia, he was somehow able to dodge some of my arrows. I scowled and kept firing. Thorn was morphing into a huge orange Lion. His leathery, scorpion like tail was flicking spikes everywhere. One almost impaled Nico, but Annabeth pushed him to the side. One hit Thalia's shield and knocked her to the ground. I fired one arrow at Thorn and it bounced off his tail and onto the ground by his foot…then caught on fire.

"Seriously?" I yelled.

Annabeth gasped. "He's a Manticore!"

Nico then spouted some Mythomagic facts, but when you knew him for a while, you just tune it out. Some of my arrows hit his face and he glared at me fiercely. I gulped and took the opportunity to fire an arrow in his forehead. He had at least twenty arrows in his hide and he still wasn't dust.

"Who are you people?" Bianca demanded, "And what is that?

The Manticore fired missiles at the di Angelos and Annabeth pushed them out of the way. Percy hit his watch and a shield came out of it. As soon as it spiraled out, a missile hit it and dented the metal beyond repair. There was a yelp and Grover landed next to Percy.

"Yield!" Thorn roared.

"Never!" Thalia yelled right back.

I thought Thalia was about to impale the monster but a bright light blinded her. I looked behind me and saw a sleek black helicopter there. It fired bullets and one managed to hit my leg. I cried out in pain and fell on my knee. Thorn had swatted Thalia away and Percy had run to help her. He held his badly damaged shield up. I tried to stand but my leg wouldn't hold my weight and buckled. I grit my teeth. I was about to shoot Thorn with another arrow but he swatted me away and I landed on my back in the snow next to Percy and Thalia. I grunted in pain. My bow was thrown in the other direction.

"Hey guys…how are ya?" I asked them.

"Good, just you know, about to be killed!" Thalia snapped at me.

"Fine, no need to be snippy." I grumbled.

Dr. Thorn laughed. "Do you know see how hopeless it is? Yield little heroes." Then a noise pierced the woods…the sound of a hunting horn. Thorn actually looked scared. He started stuttering when a silver arrow came out of the woods and impaled itself in his shoulder. He fired three spikes but three arrows came and split the spikes in half. My eyebrows shot up. I wasn't as shocked as everyone else, since I knew this was going to happen, but I was still pretty dang shocked. Then girls in silvery parkas and jeans came out of the woods.

"The Hunters!" Annabeth cried.

I was able to hear Thalia say, "Oh wonderful." And I laughed slightly thinking about how she ends up.

One walked up. She had coppery skin, a slightly upturned nose, and dark hair with a silver circlet. Zoe Nightshade.

"Permission to kill, My Lady?" she asked.

"This is not fair!" the Manticore yelled, "Direct interference! It is against the Ancient Laws!"

I rolled my eyes. He sounded like a little six year old who didn't get what he wanted.

"Not so." A girl with auburn hair in a ponytail said. Her silvery yellow eyes looked like the moon. I blinked. It's kinda hard to believe that she was a goddess when she looked like a twelve year old. "Permission granted Zoe."

Thorn roared and it made my hair get blown back. "If I can't have them alive then I shall have them dead!" he pounced at Me, Thalia, and Percy, since we couldn't defend ourselves.

"No!" Annabeth yelled and jumped on the Manticore's back.

"Annabeth! Are you crazy?" I yelled, and then thought for a second, "You know what, never mind."

"Get back, half-blood!" Zoe yelled, "Out of the line of fire!"

Annabeth stabbed the Manticore in the mane. He howled and turned in circles, as if he was chasing his tail. Annabeth hung on for dear life.

"Fire!" Zoe ordered.

"No!" Percy screamed.

The Hunters didn't listen to him and fired their arrows. They hit the Manticore who yelled some nasty things to the Hunters and he fell of the cliff with Annabeth still on his back.

"Annabeth!" Percy yelled.

He started to run to the cliff side, but the helicopter fired more bullets and stopped him in his tracks. Most of the Hunters jumped out of the way but Zoe and Artemis stood still.

"Mortals are not allowed to watch my hunt." Artemis announced.

She waved her hand and the helicopter turned into a flock of ravens that flew away into the night.

The Hunters came over to us, Zoe stopped whenever she saw Thalia.

"You." She said with distaste.

"Zoe Nightshade." Thalia's voice trembled with anger, and I looked at her a little worried. I had never heard her that mad. Even when Blake pranked her one time at camp, she didn't get that mad. "Perfect timing, as usual."

Zoe scanned the rest of us, and stopped at me. I shifted uncomfortably in her gaze. Then I noticed that I was still sitting in the snow, but wasn't cold. I looked down and saw I was sitting in a circle of dry grass.

"Five half-bloods and a satyr, my lady." She said.

"Yes," Artemis said, "Some of Chiron's campers."

I didn't want to hear Percy scream about Annabeth being missing so I tuned him out. I looked down at my leg to see it was bleeding pretty badly. At camp I hadn't learned to heal yet so I don't know what to do. Percy, Nico and Grover sat next to me, while Grover was healing Percy.

"It's green!" Nico said happily.

"Hold still while I heal you Percy." Grover scolded.

While he was being healed, Nico decided to ask Percy some questions. If he could surf well, or how his sword worked. He asked if Percy fought with Thalia a lot since she was a daughter of Zeus. (Percy didn't answer that one but I scoffed. If I knew Thalia, then she could pick a fight with anyone easily.) If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then how come she didn't know better than to fall off a cliff? (I got to admit I glared at Nico for a second there before I started snickering.) And my favorite, Was Annabeth Percy's girlfriend? (At this point I was cracking up and on the ground while Percy was looking at Nico like he was going to kill him in five seconds.) Two hunters came and helped me up. They put one of my arms on each of their shoulders and led me to the biggest tent. They led me inside to sit on the carpet alone.

"Wait here and we'll get you some ambrosia." One of them said.

I didn't want to bleed on the carpet of the tent so I put my jacket underneath my leg. I was going to regret doing that later but for now I was fine. The tent flap opened and Artemis and Bianca walked in. Artemis walked over and kneeled down by my leg.

"The bullet snapped the bone…"she said. "Does it hurt when I do this?"

She pushed down on my shin and I sucked in a breath, "Yeah! It does!" I said rather quickly.

Artemis slightly smiled and gave me some ambrosia and wrapped my leg with gauze.

"Don't move that leg for now until we can heal you properly." Artemis ordered. Zoe walked in and sat on Artemis's right. Artemis whispered something in Zoe's ear and she nodded and left.

"Bianca I have an offer for you." Artemis said.

"An offer? What is it?" Bianca asked.

"Would you like to join the Hunters?"

Bianca looked shocked and she started spluttering an answer.

"You don't have to answer right now. Think about it for a little." Artemis said.

Bianca nodded and looked at me. Uh oh…

"Sara, what do you think I should do?"

"Um, it's not really my choice that determines whether or not you join. It's your choice." I said.

"But what would you do?"

I hesitated. I didn't want to influence her decision. That could mess up time.

"Honestly…I wouldn't join, no offense Lady Artemis." I added quickly.

"None taken."

"It's just that, the Hunters are an all-girl thing, and what would happen to Nico? Then what about my friends and family at camp. I just got claimed a couple of weeks ago and found my long lost brother. He was worried about me for eleven years…I couldn't just leave them all."

Bianca frowned. I could tell she would think twice now before she makes her final decision. Then Zoe and Percy walked through the tent flap. Percy was looking around at Artemis's collection of pelts and the Deer on her lap.

"Join us, Percy Jackson." She said. When she says it like that it makes us sound like a cult or something.

She studied Percy with her silver/yellow moon eyes. "Are you surprised by my age?" she asked him.

"Uh…a little." Real intelligent Kelp Head.

"I could appear as a grown woman, a blazing fire, or anything else I want, but this is the form I prefer. This is the average age as my hunters, and all of the young maidens I patron, before they go astray.

"Go astray?"

"Grow up. Become smitten with boys. Become silly, preoccupied, insecure. Forget themselves."

"Oh." Wow. This guy just has a way with words.

Zoe sat on Artemis's right again, and glared at Percy. Artemis went on to explain why the Hunters might not like him and asked Percy to go over what Thorn said.

"Then he said someone called the General was going to explain things to me."

Zoe paled and turned to Artemis. She had started to say something but Artemis raised her hand.

"Go on."

"Well then Thorn was talking about the Great Stir Pot—"

"Stirring." I corrected.

"Yeah. And then he said 'soon we will have the most important monster of all—the one that will cause the downfall of Olympus.'"

The goddess was as motionless as a statue.

"Maybe he was lying?" Percy suggested.

Artemis shook her head. "No. I was too slow to see the signs. I must hunt this monster."

Zoe looked like she was trying really hard to keep a straight face, and nodded. "We will leave right away, my lady."

"No Zoe. I must do this alone."

"But—"

"This task is too dangerous for the Hunters to go. You know where I must start searching, and you cannot come there with me."

"As…as you wish, my lady."

"I will find this creature." She vowed.

I tuned out the rest of the conversation because my leg felt like it was on fire. I clumsily grabbed what was left of the ambrosia and ate it. My leg was still hurt, but at least it didn't feel like it was going to melt off. By the time I started listening into the conversation, Bianca was about to make her choice.

"Is it worth it?" She asked Zoe.

Zoe nodded, "It is."

"What do I have to do?"

"Say this, I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis."

"I-I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis."

"I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood, and join the Hunt."

She repeated the lines and looked confused. "That's it?"

"If Lady Artemis accepts thy pledge, then it is binding."

"I accept it." Artemis said.

The fire became brighter and Bianca took a deep breath in. "I feel…stronger."

"Remember your pledge, it is now your life." Artemis said.

I knew this was going to happen but I still felt like I could've changed it. I slightly shook my head. No. If I changed it then who knows what would happen. Nico could wear pink for all I know.

"So we're going to get a ride from your brother?" Percy asked whenever Bianca and Zoe left.

"Yes, you see Bianca isn't the only one with an annoying brother. Time to meet my irresponsible twin Apollo, no offense Sara."

I smiled, "None taken."

We walked outside into the dark, me getting help from Percy. Percy told Thalia and Grover about Bianca joining the Hunters.

"Who could blame her?" Grover said, "Eternity with Artemis." He sighed dreamily.

"You do know that she'll never love you back right?" I asked him.

"But she's so…into nature." He sighed again.

"Ookaay…can someone spell obsession?"

Thalia and Percy snickered slightly, "You're nuts." Thalia told him.

"Nuts and berries…yeah…"

"And that is spelled G-R-O-V-E-R." I said.

We waited for the sun to come up and Grover was just staring dreamily into space and I was drawing things on his arms and cheeks with my Sharpie marker that I always carry around in case something like this happens. When the sky started to lighted, Artemis muttered something. Something probably mean to her brother. I wondered how my dad could drive the sun. Wasn't it a star like, a billion miles away?

"It's not what you think." Artemis said.

"Oh okay, so it's not like he'll be pulling up in a—"Percy was cut off by a blast of heat, light, and warmth on the horizon.

"Don't look," Artemis ordered, "Not until he parks."

We all looked away. I felt heat come out of nowhere right in front of me. The light just suddenly died, and we looked. A red Maserati Spyder stood in a circle of wet grass. I looked down at my shoes, which were now soaked, and frowned. A teenager with sandy blond hair, a lot like Lee's, and blue eyes, a lot like mine and Will's, stepped out of the car. He had a bright and playful smile that all of the children of Apollo have and was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt with jeans and loafers.

"Wow," Thalia muttered beside me, "Apollo is hot."

My face twisted with disgust at what she said, "And my dad."

"Well he's the sun god." Percy said.

"Not what she meant."

"Little sister!" he said. His teeth were really white, like blinding white. "You never call, you never write. I was getting worried!"

Artemis sighed tiredly, obviously she hates being called that. "I'm fine Apollo, and I'm not your little sister!"

"I was born first."

"We're twins! How many millennia do we have to argue—"

"So what's up?" he interrupted, which was probably smart. "Got the girls with you. Ya'll need tips on archery?"

Artemis pinched the bridge of her nose and I was biting my lip so I wouldn't laugh. "I need a favor. I have some hunting to do, alone, and I was wondering if you could take my companions to Camp Half-Blood."

"Sure sis!" he said then held up his hand, "I feel a Haiku coming on."

The Hunters groaned. Apparently they heard his Haiku's before.

"Green grass breaks through the snow

Artemis pleads for my help

I am so cool."

"The last one was only four syllables." Artemis said, "What about I am so big-headed?"

"No, no…that's six syllables." He started muttering to himself. He snapped his fingers. "I know! I am so awesome! That's five!" he looked really happy with himself.

"You needed transportation? No problem! I was just heading that way!"

"Some campers need to go too." Artemis said.

"No problem!" he looked at Thalia first. "Thalia right?"

She nodded and blushed, "Hi lord Apollo."

"Zeus's kid? Then you're my half-sister. Used to be a tree right? I hate it when pretty girls turn into trees. I remember this one time—"

"Brother…"

"Oh right." He looked at Percy and narrowed his eyes. "Percy Jackson?"

"Yeah. I mean…yes, sir."

Apollo studied him for a second before turning to me. He grinned.

"Sara!" he came up to me and gave me a hug. Seriously? I thought, what is with my family and hugging?

"How have you been? Oh wait…you're hurt." He kneeled down to my leg and touched my wound. A glow was on his palm. Within seconds, I was fine again.

"Thanks…Dad." When I said 'Dad' he grinned again.

"So how are you doing? Do you enjoy the cabin? I made it myself you know."

"Brother...how are you going to fit at least twenty people in that car?" Artemis asked.

Apollo got out his car keys and, almost regretfully, clicked it. There were two beeps and a glow. When the glow died, instead of the red Maserati, there was a bus.

Apollo turned to us and grinned. "All aboard for Camp Half-Blood!"

Gosh. I'm going to have to stop updating every day. Once school starts (which is in a couple of weeks) I won't be able to do that. So what did you think of this chapter? Good, bad, what? And I was wondering if any of you knew how to do the two dots above Zoe's name. It just doesn't look right to me without them. If you know how, could you put it in a review? Oh yeah. I DON'T OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS. Rick Riordan owns all rights to it. Thank you.