Chapter 3: Rise

Shadow: Welcome back mortals and readers alike to Son of the Hunt. Before we can continue I need to reply to the reviews and Thalia needs to do the brief recap.

SilverWolf01 – How many tables do you have for me to flip? Also when CA15 gave Danny's sword a name he didn't realise you shared a name with the sword. He just thought of the name and used it.

Azorawing – Yeah Danny's dad is Orion and they will meet sooner than you expect.

danifan3000 – Yes more Danny Phantom ghosts will arrive and have a connection to the gods. But as for Artemis… well CA15's got a special ghost who can work with her.

Ice 88 – True.

Shadow: Now for the brief recap. Thalia if you may.

Thalia: Alright last chapter Danny struggled to come to grips with the fact that he was Artemis's son and how everyone treated him because of it. The huntresses of Artemis were left at Camp and they wouldn't stop giving Danny a hard time.

Dani: You say they as if you're not their leader.

Thalia: Shut up Dani. Danny spent the whole day being mistreated but his day ended positively with a conversation with his mother and afterwards a conversation with me. Danny also had a sense of foreboding and has a feeling something bad will happen.

Dani: And if we're lucky then something bad will happen.

Shadow: How the hell is that lucky?

Dani: Lucky for the readers because something interesting happens as opposed to teenagers fitting in to more teenagers.

Shadow: *Face palms* Okay let's continue with the fanfic now.

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Danny had been at Camp Half-Blood just over a weak now and so far his life hadn't gotten any easier. The huntresses were still apprehensive of him and the other campers still had a bit of fear for Danny. The only people who weren't generally trying to avoid him were Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Dani and Tucker. Danny didn't even know what was going on with Thalia. It was like she was trying to be friends with him but kept on pulling back when he explained this to Percy and Tucker they both laughed and called him clueless.

Danny didn't know why people constantly called him that but apparently there was something he was clearly missing.

At the current moment he watched as Dani humiliated all the Ares kids by beating them all in arm wrestling, even the ones with superior and close to herculean strength. All of them felt devastated that they were beaten by a twelve year old girl. One of the younger kids of Ares tried to flirt with Dani after she beat him but stopped when Danny sent an ice cold glare that put Hera's motherly glare to shame.

As far as Danny was concerned no boys would be coming anywhere near to his daughter. Great now he was beginning to sound like the huntresses.

"Wow, if someone told me a small twelve year old girl with zero training was beating all the Ares kids in an arm wrestle I wouldn't have believed it." Annabeth said. "But here we are watching history in the making as Dani defeats everyone."

"I probably could have done the same thing when I was twelve." Percy said as he crossed his arms.

"Oh please, the closest thing you got to beating a kid of Ares at that age was a wedgie plus a swirly before dunking toilet water on Clarisse." Danny laughed.

"Annabeth showed you the video didn't she?" Percy asked dryly.

"She emailed it to me." Danny said with a smirk.

"I really hate you Fenton." Percy said dryly.

"Love you to man." Danny smirked.

"Percy by the way Rachel will be coming by soon." Annabeth said. "Who knows perhaps our oracle might have something interesting to tell us."

"Who's Rachel?" Danny asked.

"She's a mortal who is also our Oracle." Percy explained. "She became our oracle at the end of the war."

Danny simply nodded. Maybe he might be able to talk to Rachel about this feeling of foreboding he was having and see if she might be able to help him find some clarity on it.

In a few moments they left because it was lunch time. Everyone was converging in on the dining pavilion with Danny, Percy and Annabeth at the front.

Percy and Annabeth then noticed the red haired oracle and pulled Danny to her so that he could be introduced.

"Hey Rachel." Percy greeted.

"Hi Percy, hi Annabeth." Rachel replied.

"Rachel this is one of our newest demigods." Annabeth said.

"Hi nice to meet you." Danny said as he extended his hand to shake. "Danny Fenton, son of Artemis."

"Rachel Elizabeth Dare, oracle of Camp Half-Blood. Since when does Artemis have a son?" Rachel said as she shook his hand.

"Turns out she gave birth to one over a few millennia ago and then hid him for a while before he would be needed." Danny said nonchalantly.

"Wow and I thought the story of Oedipus's birth was intense." Rachel said.

"Not sure if I should be offended or what." Danny muttered quietly. "Well nice to meet you Ms Oracle of Delphi."

Once he said that he immediately regretted it because it looked like those words were trigger words causing Rachel's body to become possessed. Her eyes faded to grey as green smoke seemed to escape from her body. Danny recognised the smell and wanted to cry, it was a smell he knew all to well, the smell of a bad future. A smell that he had encountered briefly while he was in the future for a few personal reasons. A lot of fear quickly entered Danny's system.

Everyone then took notice and then two kids of Apollo quickly acted and grabbed a stool before they placed it behind her.

Rachel then slumped onto the stool as the green fog began to thicken.

"Enemies rise with the Blood of the first Hunter
The siblings of storm battle for ancient Power
An Ancient Treasure a Thief to steel
Or lose life in the monstrous Deal
The Son of the Hunt to be left alone
To battle at the gates of Death's Zone"

Rachel then slumped over unconscious and Danny took a step back with a look of fear on his face. He slowly turned to face Annabeth and Percy both of which also had a grim look on their faces.

"Was that what I think it was?" Annabeth asked.

"Yeah it was." Percy replied. "Danny's got a quest and it sounds pretty important."

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While sitting at lunch Danny didn't feel like eating and only stared at his plate.

Although the huntresses wouldn't admit it they were kind of worried. There would never be a single meal where Danny didn't have a fight with Maria and say some witty lines so with him so quiet the atmosphere felt drained. Dani tried to bring him back to reality but he remained silent.

Maria tried to argue to him to bring back his witty spark but there was nothing. Danny didn't argue or complain or anything he just sat and stared at his plate.

Even after lunch Danny didn't do much. He remained quiet as he pondered the situation. However much to the relief of everyone around him he opened his mouth eventually.

Danny accepted that this was happening and went back to his usual witty self however when he was called to a meeting with Chiron his witty attitude flew straight out of the window.

After that meeting he and Chiron walked to the Amphitheatre, where all the campers had gathered, and once they arrived everyone quieted down.

"Heroes," Chiron announced to all the campers, "As most of you know one of our newest campers Danny Fenton the son of Artemis was given a quest by our resident Oracle of Delphi. A quest that is assumed to link to the next great prophecy showing that it is of great importance. As expected more demigods will be required to travel with him however I consulted the god Apollo and although he wouldn't give specifics he did mention that this was perhaps the most dangerous quest issued since the second world war." As he said that everyone shuddered in fear. "It will be difficult but two demigods are expected to go with him. Who would like to volunteer?"

No one looked enthusiastic and no one moved a muscle at least until…

"I'll go." Thalia said.

"What why?" Maria asked.

"The prophecy said The siblings of storm battle for ancient Power. Storm is Zeus and that means I have a sibling in the world that I need to battle." Thalia said. "I'm the only one who can."

Danny then recalled something or rather someone he and Thalia faced on the day they met. He had a feeling he already knew who the other 'storm sibling' was.

"I'll go as well." Tucker said causing Danny to smirk. "The prophecy mentioned a thief and what thief is better than the son of Hermes. Besides I always have Danny's back, there's no reason I shouldn't have it now."

There was a collective sigh from the rest of the Hermes Cabin. They clearly did not want to go on this quest. On the other end of the spectrum the hunters of Artemis clearly didn't like the idea of their lieutenant going on a quest with two boys. They just hoped there wouldn't be a repeat of Zoe or Bianca.

Chiron smiled.

"Your bravery will be commended." He said. "You three will leave as soon as dawn tomorrow. Until then you three prepare for your quest. Dismissed."

The heroes then disbanded. It seemed this would be a long next few days.

Danny walked slowly towards the Artemis Cabin as he thought more about the prophecy. He already had a hunch on one of the lines but the rest just confused him to no end. It didn't matter, Annabeth told him not to over think the Prophecy or he'd end up with a massive headache and that was the last thing he needed. As he approached the Artemis cabin he was pulled aside into the shadows.

Danny quickly turned and went on the offensive but stopped when he saw who pulled him.

"Maria what do you…?" Danny started.

"Listen male and listen good." Maria had a lot of venom in her voice. "I don't like the idea of Thalia going with you on this stupid quest. She shouldn't be going with this many males. She shouldn't go with any males at all. If you try anything I won't hesitate to…"

Danny vanished from her grip before she could finished. He didn't have time for this he had to plan his next course of action.

He packed everything he believed he might need for this journey.

"Dad? Why do you get to go on a quest and not me?" Dani whined.

"Since when do you whine?" Danny asked.

"Since I was excluded from this quest." Dani said.

"Hey I don't write the prophecies." Danny said as he raised his arms defensively.

"Well duh, they were written thousands of years ago and I'm pretty sure you weren't alive a thousand years ago." Dani said.

"Actually I was. Remember my mom left me in the lair of the lotus eaters for multiple millennia." Danny said.

"Oh yeah I forgot that." Dani said with a face palm.

"Jeez your attention span is horrifying." Danny said with a groan.

"What did you expect? I'm your clone." Dani argued.

The huntresses behind chuckled.

"Oh jeez I forgot you were all in here listening." Danny said.

"Sorry it's not every day we see a teenaged demigod father and his pre-teen daughter arguing." One of the huntresses, Alexa, said.

Danny simply rolled his eyes.

"Great now I'm a comedy act." Danny muttered. "Who knows perhaps if I keep this up they'll stop hating me."

"Not a chance male." Another replied.

"Only time we'll start seeing you as an equal is if you end up dating one of us." Another said.

"Oh please." Danny said. "If I were to try and succeed, my mom would probably smite me and whoever I dated wouldn't be one of you anymore."

"You think your mother would smite you?" Maria said as she walked in.

"Well duh. I may be her blood son but still, she is a goddess of maidens. Let's be honest she'd probably prefer you over me." Danny said.

"Do you really think Artemis would be so uncaring as to choose others over her own son?" Maria asked with an insulted tone.

"When Artemis sticks you away for a thousand millennia because she is ashamed of your existence and because you are the only living reminder of her former lover than please let me know." Danny said as he bowed his head in shame.

The atmosphere in the room grew colder as the girls quieted down. They didn't think of it that way. In that sense Danny had a tougher life than any of them. They had all heard how his family had hunted him earlier in his life because of his powers and now hearing this made their hearts break a little.

"Sorry Danny." Alexa said quietly as all the huntresses slowly left the room to give him some breathing space.

Only Danny and Dani were left in the room and once they were sure the girls were well out of range smiled crept onto their faces.

"Dad you are evil." Dani said as she tried to hold in her laughter.

"I'm not evil I was just tired of their hateful behaviour so I made it seem as Artemis didn't care." Danny said before he looked to the moon through his window. "I hope that doesn't make you mad mom but really they had some real sexist issues to deal with."

If he was expecting a response he wasn't going to get one, well probably not now anyways. His mother did like invading his dreams every chance she could.

Danny then continued packing what he thought might be essential to his quest. Clothes, cash, drachmas were the essentials that he figured he would need. He also packed the dagger is mom had given him and his Silver Wolf sword.

"That looks about it." Danny said.

"What about Nectar and Ambrosia?" Dani asked.

"Oh you're right." Danny said before packing some of the food of the gods.

"Now that you're done packing can you please read me a bedtime story Daddy?" Dani asked as her eyes became puppy dog eyes. "I'm not allowing you to leave on a dangerous quest with me getting a goodbye bedtime story."

Danny then chuckled before he pulled out a book from his other bag. He knew this would come in handy at some point with the way Dani constantly changed between a five year old and a pre-teen mentality.

Danny began to read to her after he tucked her into her bunk bed. As he read to her his sensory skills detected that the other huntresses had returned but he didn't care. Right now making sure Dani was comfortable was his only priority, he could worry about the ridicule he'd receive from the huntresses later.

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Early the next morning the three demigods met and discussed a game plan. It seemed none of their parents had given them any dream hints however Danny did have a few ideas.

"Alright guys we're pretty much spread thin on ideas and starting location for this quest." Danny said. "However I have an idea on where we could start."

"Where." Thalia asked.

"Back in Amity Park." Danny said. "The prophecy mentioned two storm siblings and I think that's where we might find Thalia's long lost sibling."

"Why there?" Tucker asked. "Are you sure you're not just home sick?"

"No I'm not, trust me." Danny said. "When Thalia and I went on our first mission together last year we encountered her older brother."

Memories of the day rushed back to Thalia as if a damn exploded and river was now free to flow.

"Yeah that ghost Vlad Plasmius." Thalia said.

"Wait the fruitloop is a son of Zeus?" Tucker asked. "That's not good."

"True but it's the only lead we've got so we'll have to start there." Danny said.

"It sounds like a good a place as any to investigate." Thalia said. "He's your enemy so it makes sense that you'd know where to find him. So we start at Amity Park."

"Good now we have a plan." Tucker said with a grin. "We ready to do this."

Danny and Thalia nodded with determined grins. It was always good to begin a quest with a waypoint and an objective. Their only hope was that this hunch was a right one.

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Dani: Wow this chapter was short.

Shadow: That was because this one was introducing the prophecy. The next chapter will be a hell of a lot longer.

Thalia: I hope so.

Dani: Oh I just realised how amazing this is going to be.

Thalia: Why?

Dani: Because in Son of Artemis you and Danny started to have more romantic feelings to each other during the quest.

Shadow: Oh Dani you are right this is gonna start getting interesting. I bet all the romance lovers out there are gonna start loving the next few chapters.

Thalia: Oh god no.

Shadow: Quit complaining you knew it was going to happen.

Thalia: Doesn't mean I'm all that happy about it.

Dani: So what will happen next? What is in store for the heroes? Read, Review, Favourite, Follow and eat blue food to find out.