Um, thanks for all the reviews...that was sarcasm. Please review my readers, REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! Okay, okay, since everyone wants Percy, I will slowly make him more and more important quicker...
Relax
3 years later (Time frame in perspective, Orion 11 in 5th grade, Percy 12 in 6th grade...Lightning Thief)
Middle School, Bronx
Orion yawned, that annoying Asian girl from the 2nd grade up and about on Aprodite. They were doing history class reports on the ancient Greek Gods. History, while not his favorite, was still a requirement to pass, and thus he'd do it.
As always, the girl, Drew, was dressed up more or less like a 'soulless girl' as his mom would refer to them as, dressed to show off the most leg and the most, chest as possible.
'Really, she is 12, that's not exactly accounting for much' she would say. Of course, he had no idea that she was thinking the same thing from her hidden vantage point.
"Thank you" Mr. Tucker, their old history teacher commented, though he appeared, somewhat disturbed at all the comparisons made to modern day TV and Movie stars "Next, Orion Stele" he got up in front of the class, who was mostly trying to hastily hide their cell phones and I Pods.
Who gives an 11 year old a Cellphone anyway?
"Well, I did my report on the Greek Goddess, Artemis..." he began, before Drew decided to put her 50 cents in...
"Really, you had to do the useless one! You might as well of done an actually important deity instead of that waste!" she laughed, and her charm speaked words induced laughter among the other students as well, though Orion, Artemis and Mr. Tucker were immune.
Orion and his mom due to genetics, and Mr. Tucker...somehow had natural immunity without having a mother of a auburn huntress.
Perhaps its was a mist related thing, seeing as he was immune to it. Hence why no Satyrs were in his class, that sort of teacher was dangerous for them.
One slip up, and they'd be in for weird questioning and demotions for being found out.
"I could say the same thing about Aphrodite" he commented cooly to Drew's fury. Artemis had an amused grin. "Anyway, Artemis, in the stories, is the daughter of Zeus and the Titanness Leto..."
"So what, she's some sort of hybird monstrosity!" Artemis would destroy that bimbo if things weren't so tense
Things were already tense between her father and uncle, which could really be avoided if her father would put a tracker in the damn bolt. Instead, he had to automatically blame his siblings...why isn't he a 12 year old?.
With Olympus nearly at war, a fight between her and Aphrodite would only make thing sworse. Olympus didn't need that sort of incident right now.
"No, she was born after the Titanmachy, or the war between the Gods and the Titans. Of course, Zeus was married...and his wife wasn't happy" Artemis frowned.
Was Hera ever happy?
"She used her powers to make it so Leto couldn't give birth on either land or island, but the Island Delos, a floating island, violated this, and there she was able to give birth, to the twin archers, Artemis and her younger twin Apollo" Artemis grinned.
Best make sure he at least knows that
"A few years later, Zeus granted the young Artemis several wishes, amongst them to be an eternal virgin..."
"Dumb wish there"
'Resist urge to maim bimbo in the making, must give into urge to send rats into her locker'
"As well as several hunting dogs and nymph hunting maidens to join her on an eternal hunt. Traveling the lands of Greece..."
'And beyond'
"She became the Goddess of Childbirth, Virgins and Hunting, as well as Wildlife, Hills and one of the Archery gods. Her sacred attributes were the deer, silver bow, guinea fowl and come Roman times, she was also given the moon"
"And man conquered it" Artemis grinned evilly.
"And one NASA program finds itself constantly suffering malfunctions..." though the shuttles blowing up wasn't her doing.
"Not bad Orion, next"
Lunch
"RAT!" Drew's loud voice echoed across the school, to the ire of one disguised Satyr named Mohandas Palm, a Satyr of Indian descent.
'Yup, Aphrodite kid if I know one' he commented. He had a smile on his face.
Hopefully, this would allow him to get a promotion, by bringing two Demigods to camp. However, one would find his idea, against her interests.
Artemis, from her hidden vantage point, which was conveniently over the friendly monster in the air ducts, frowned.
She was doing fine with her son so far, even taking out to an archery range as preemptive training. Not only was it going rather well, it was a lot easier for the both of them that he avoid Camp Half Blood until whenever that prophecy comes into play.
Training Orion in his own setting would help him move at his own pace, without life threatening circumstances from hanging over half brothers or random monster attacks, or worse, the Aphrodite Cabin.
She may not be the future seer in the family, but even a average boy could figure out that he and the Aphrodite Cabin would quickly start fighting, if Drew was any indicator.
Also, she didn't need his more, powerful and immortal relatives on his case, and hers for that matter. It wouldn't end well for her, even if she got out of being sent to Tartarus, and he'd be stared out more than even a child of the big three.
Definitely a bad thing for his psyche. So, she flicked her fingers, as a ribbon of mist blew around the Satyr, who began to look dazed.
"Demigod...two...one...Aphrodite Daughter...walk away" he moved away from her son, to her satisfaction.
Got to love the mist. A goddess's best friend
Unknown Location
"So, the idiot is blaming his brother, who is in tern blaming his brother, the third brother thus blaming both of them for the loss of a second item?" the Ragnarok sage questioned two shadowed, creatures, who nodded.
"He's a fool" she growled "He should be focusing on actually locating the piece of junk, not blaming the immortals who actually could destroy him in a war should it occur" she shook her head.
"My Lady, there are also rumors of a child of the sea in the east, and a child of lightning in the west. Our sources have their names, Percy and Jason" the sage rose an eyebrow.
"So, the gods can't keep their pants up it seems. Do thinks ever change with them? No matter, knowing them they will just mess up again and start some war, weakening themselves on both fronts. We can bide our time until then...what about the other major surviving group?" The minions nodded.
"In majority, most remain locked in the realm of magic and order, with a few exceptions, such as the Dwarf, the Cat, the Jackal, the Earth and the Sky. So, is it true you believe that they will be free in full soon?" the sage nodded.
"The cat being let out of its cage was a sign. Soon, they all will walk free, and their full release will begin to slowly erode Olympus's power. Our relations with them, be they ally, neutral or war, will depend on them" the sage rose a staff of Celestial Bronze, topped at the ends with a gold like substance, into the air, as a map of North America rolled down, with several areas of Canada, Mexico and the United States highlighted in different colors.
"Leave me, I must think for now" the beings bowed.
"My lady" they vanished as she studied the map.
"So, the natives will be at the end of this with the lands of their respective ancestors, as enclaves in others respective land claims, the Nordic shall take Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska, the Meso's will take Mexico and Latin America, the Shinto shall inherit Hawai and the Aleutians, the Orients shall have Northern California, best leave that territories central and southern lands to the Greeks-Romans. Those of the crescent shall inherit the branch of the Missouri and Mississipi area, and the Celts shall have northern New York. Fair, it seems"
"Even the Greeks retain great land reserves, while the rest of us gain that little bit of West for us to survive in"
Meanwhile, late at night at the Stele place
Her son asleep, 'Cynthia' yawned while watching one of those mortal TV programs where they search for 'legendary creatures'.
How amusing that many of these creature were merely monsters that some people could see due to being mist immune. Ogopogo, Nessie and Chessie were merely several of Posiedon's gifts to several lake spirits in his favor over the years, Ghost and Vampire sightings were escaped spirits from Hades and Empousa respectively, and those giant boars that kept being seen in the south were some of Ares's pets who were out 'for a walk'.
Then of course there were some of those creatures that no one really knew where they came from. The Chupacabra, for instance, or the Jersey Devil. She herself had run into those creatures a few times on her hunt, and found while the Chupacabra was poor hunting, the Jersey Devil was a hunt she would enjoy next time she caught scent of one.
Of course, this episode was on Bigfoot, and she knew all about that one. For the Bigfoot was one of her, secret weapons.
Many of the gods, after the Trojan war, decided to build hidden forces to be deployed should another similar war come up; Hermes had that Basilisk thing hidden away somewhere, Poseidon had a lot more dangerous sea monsters then he actually reported and Hephaestus has a hidden Automaton army hidden below every city in the U.S, disguised as Hobo's and door to door salesmen.
She only knew these things through years of observation, with her hunter like instincts for the smaller details
She had the ability to summon forth an army of the giant, muscular, intelligent creatures in a similar war, and should it end up like the Trojan war, where the Greek side slaughtered two dozen of her hunters, with Demigods fighting Demigods in the name of their parent, the apes would attack the enemy lines in mass.
After all, celestial bronze, or Imperial Gold for that matter, both fail to work on regular animals, that was just her enchanted silver bows and arrows. Aside for the few demigods who had powers to blast lightning, water, summon zombies, rise forth giant plants, or the rare fire user, ect, they'd be helpless.
Oh, how Troy would have faired differently should she had them back in the day.
"Look at this, a Footprint..." she smiled at their attempt to hunt down her hidden army.
"Good luck with that, my pets are far too intelligent to do anything but tease you" she blinked, and sighed.
"Urg, I'm starting to sound like father..." speaking of, she hoped someone found him his bolt, before Trojan War 2.o starts up
