Hey, guys. Sorry for not uploading sooner, I was camping and didn't have any internet to upload the chapter. I made it a bit longer because of the long wait.

Some people were concerned that this was going to become a cliché "Guardian of the Hunt" story. IT WILL NOT. He will only be in the hunt for a short time. It is necessary to the plot. I will try my best to keep this story from becoming cliché.

Also, I wanted to ask you guys something. Do you want me to post two stories at a time? If I do it won't affect the time it takes to post chapters for this story. Review/comment your opinion, I'll tally them up in a week(2/6/17)

~-~-~-~-~-1 Day later-~-~-~-~-~-~

Percy and Blackjack flew high above Yellowstone National Park. They gazed down on the earth, searching for a camp. A camp full of immortal man-hatters, to be exact. Percy groaned as they flew. "I really wish Artemis had told me exactly where they are." Percy mentally told blackjack.

You can't be talking. You aren't the one who had been flying in circles for 6 hours straight. Blackjack whined.

Percy chuckled slightly and nodded his head in agreement. "I guess I can't." He said.

As he said that he saw a flash of silver below them. He quickly told blackjack to fly over to it. As they dived down Percy pinpointed the flash of silver and discovered that it was a group of silver tents. He mentally thanked the gods that he found the camp. The two landed in the middle of the camp and Percy got off an exhausted Blackjack. He lightly patted his Pegasus, mentally saying, "Thanks for the lift. You should Go rest now."

Blackjack nodded in exhaustion before leaping in the air, looking for a safe place to sleep. Percy smiled slightly before he turned around and was met with a dozen arrows pointed at him. He paled instantly and held his hands up in an 'I surrender' position. "What are you doing here Boy?" One of the hunters in front of him asked.

"Um, Lady Artemis told me to meet her here," Percy said.

Before the hunter could respond a confused voice from behind him interrupted. "Percy?"

Percy recognized the voice and smiled before turning around. "Hey Pinecone face ." He said with a large grin.

Thalia walked Forward and crushed Percy in a hug before pulling back and hitting him in the shoulder. "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Lady Artemis told me to come here." He said again

She raised an eyebrow, "Why did she tell you to come here?"

Percy frowned, "She didn't tell you I was coming?" He asked

"No, I didn't," A voice said from outside of the group of hunters.

Percy and the hunters, who had lowered their bows when they saw it was Percy, turned around. Artemis stood there in her 12-year-old form, with her long, auburn hair cascading down her back and her intense silver eyes glaring at Percy. Percy bowed to her before asking, "Lady Artemis, why didn't you tell them I will be coming?"

Artemis continued glaring at Percy and said, "I was going to explain when you got here boy."

Percy nodded as many of the hunters gained a confused expression. Thalia asked the question on all the hunter's minds, "Explain what?"

"Lord Zeus has ordered Perseus here, to travel with the hunt for the time being." She said, saying Percy's name with distaste.

Many of the hunters shouted in protest, not wanting a boy to travel with them, no matter who he was. "Silence," Artemis said, loud enough for everyone to hear her.

"It has been ordered by Lord Zeus, there was nothing that I could do about it." She said sternly.

The hunters continued grumbling until one of the hunters, Percy recognized as Phoebe, sighed before saying, "Well, at least its only Percy. It could be worse."

The rest of the hunters nodded in agreement before Thalia added, "Besides, we can make his life a living hades," she said. The hunters shouted in agreement, much to Percy's dismay.

He looked at Thalia with betrayal in his eyes, "I thought you liked me," he whined.

Thalia punches his shoulder, not lightly, before saying, "It's called tough love."

Percy glared at her before huffing, "whatever," he said.

Artemis watched the interaction between the hunters and Percy in shock. She was surprised that the hunters were interacting with a male, and not killing him. She huffed in frustration before walking over and sitting by the campfire.

Percy and the hunters also walked over to the campfire at the center of Camp and sat down. "Why did Zeus assign you to travel with us?" Thalia asked.

Percy shrugged, "I asked for a job away from camp, and I guess Zeus is still mad that I declined godhood, so he assigned me here," he said.

Thalia nodded before she frowned, "Why did you want to get away from camp. What about Annabeth?" She asked

Percy visibly flinched at the mention of Annabeth. He looked down and put his heads in his hands. "She cheated on me." He muttered dejectedly.

Gasps were heard from all around him, none louder than Thalia's. Percy didn't look up till strong arms wrapped around him, pulling him into a comforting hug. A single tear slid down his face as he hugged Thalia. Percy felt a comforting hand on his shoulder and looked up in shock to see a hunter, Atlanta, giving him a sympathetic look. He looked around and noticed that most of the hunters, Artemis included, were giving him looks of sympathy.

Many of the hunters had been in similar situations. They were hurt by the opposite gender, so they ran away, where Artemis found them. After a while, Percy pulled back from Thalia and wiped his tears away before standing up.

"Thanks," he muttered, slightly embarrassed that he just cried in front of a large group of people.

"Don't mention it, besides, it's not every day the 'Hero of Olympus' cries," Thalia teased.

Percy couldn't help but smile before a mischievous smirk spread across his face, "Oh, yeah Thunder Thighs?" He asked.

A few of the hunters snickered at the nickname, but quickly shut up when they saw Thalia's glare. Sparks danced off her skin as she walked slowly towards the smirking son of Poseidon. Before the two could get into a fight Artemis intervened.

"While I would love to see my lieutenant Kick this boys ass, he has chores to do," she said with a smirk.

Percy groaned as Thalia gained an identical smirk as Artemis. "While you stay here you will be wash clothes, sharpening arrows, and cooking," Artemis said.

Percy nodded before frowning, "Lady Artemis, I'm not very good at cooking." He explained.

Artemis shrugged, "It can't be worse than Thalia's," she said.

"Hey!" Thalia complained.

"It's true." One of the hunters said, followed by the rest voicing their agreement.

Thalia huffed and crossed her arms as she glared at her traitorous sisters. Percy couldn't help but laugh at Thalia. It wasn't a mocking laugh, just an amused laugh. Thalia glared at Percy before she smirked, "We'll see who's laughing when you are doing chores." She said.

Percy stopped laughing and glared at Thalia.

"Alright, go do your chores boy, we are going to go hunting," Artemis said.

Percy nodded and bowed on last time before turning around and beginning his chores. The hunters grabbed their bows and quivers before disappearing into the forest as Percy worked. He walked to each tent and grabbed the basket of clothes in front of the openings. He ended up with 6 full baskets of clothes as he walked towards the nearest river. He found the river and set down the baskets and began the tedious task of hand washing each item of clothes, then hanging it up.

He was about half way through the second basket when he realized he had water powers that could work. He facepalmed before using his powers to shoot high-powered streams of water at the article of clothing in his hand. The water washed the dirt and grime out of the clothes. He continued the process of shooting streams of water at the clothes before hanging them up and moving on to the next continued this till he had 1 basket left. He was so tired from using his powers so much that he had to wash them by hand.

After half an hour he finished washing and hanging up the clothes. He began using his powers to dry the clothes before he folded them. He put the clothes back in the correct basket before heading back to camp and putting the baskets in front their respective tents. He then walked over to a bench that had a whetstone and 12 buckets with 2 dozen arrows in them each. He groaned as he sat down and began sharpening the arrows.

He sat there sharpening arrows till he had 3 buckets left. He had sweat pouring down his face and his arms and hands were sore. Had he not bore the Curse of Achilles his hand would have been covered in cuts from all of the times his hands slipped, resulting in the arrowhead hitting his skin. He stopped sharpening arrows and got up to go grab some water.

He walked over to the river and quickly jumped in, allowing himself to get wet. He relished the feeling of the water covering his body. He felt energy rush through his system as he sat at the bottom of the lake. After a few minutes, he decided it was time to get back to his chores. He shot out of the river and began walking back to the camp. He took off his wet shirt and threw it over his shoulder on the walk back to camp.

When he got to the camp there was a single hunter there. She was about 15 years old, stood about 5"6, had long, flowing black hair, and beautiful grass green eyes. Percy walked over to her asking, "Hey, where are the others?"

She was about to answer but Percy tripped and knocked her over with him. They fell and Percy ended up on top, inches away from her body. The huntress underneath him laid there frozen in shock. Percy was about to get up when a beam of silver light shot from his left, engulfing him.

Artemis and the hunters were walking towards camp. They had sent one of the hunters ahead of them to prepare a place to put the 3 deer that they killed. When they got to the clearing that their camp was in they saw Percy, half naked, hovering inches over a shocked huntress. Artemis jumped to conclusions and quickly dropped the dear she was helping carry and shot a beam of silver energy out of her palm. The light engulfed Percy for a few seconds before it stopped glowing. Where Percy had been seconds ago was a small bunny with antlers protruding from its head sitting on the hunter's stomach next to a pen, a black whistle, and a bottle of vitamins.

Artemis' bow materialized in her hand and she was about to shoot the Jackalope but stopped when she heard her lieutenant cry out, "Stop milady. Let him explain himself before you try to kill him!" She exclaimed.

Artemis nodded before lowering her bow. The jackalope sat there wide eyed for a second before it hopped over to the bottle of vitamins. It used its teeth to pry open the bottle and quickly consumed one of the vitamins. There was a flash and Percy stood there, thankfully with his clothes on. Before he could react he was grabbed by the neck and slammed into a tree.

Artemis stood there angrily with her forearm against his throat, holding him up against the tree.

"You dare try to violate one of my hunters?" She hissed angrily.

Percy shook his head slightly before gasping out, "I tripped."

Artemis glared harder at him, "Swear it," she hissed.

Percy nodded quickly and was about to answer but was interrupted by the hunter he tripped on. "Milady what he says is true. He was walking by and tripped and fell on me." The huntress said.

Artemis looked at the huntress before nodding and dropping Percy. Percy gasped for breath as he sat there. Artemis walked away, but not before warning him, "Don't touch my hunters again, ever." She growled.

Percy nodded and she walked away to help the other hunters skin the deer. Thalia quickly walked over to Percy and helped him up saying, "Good job Percy, you already almost got killed by her and you haven't even been here for a full day."

Percy smiled sheepishly before saying, "My bad."

Thalia rolled her eyes before asking, "Why weren't you wearing a shirt by the way?"

"I had just got back from taking a dip in a nearby river and it was wet, so I took it off." He explained.

Thalia looked at him oddly, "Why didn't you just will it dry?" She asked.

Percy frowned before a look of realization crossed over his face. "Didn't think of that." He said with a sheepish look.

Thalia shook her head, "Gods, you really are a seaweed brain." She said in exasperation.

Percy smiled sheepishly as she walked away to help the other hunters. Percy grabbed his items that he dropped when he was turned into a Jackalope and left to finish his chores. He walked over to the whetstone and began sharpening the last of the arrows. As he sharpened arrows the hunters were busy skinning the deer they killed.

Just as Percy finished sharpening the arrows the hunters finished skinning the deer. Percy stood up and stretched before walking over to Artemis. "Lady Artemis, I finished my chores, what do you want me to do now?" He asked after bowing.

Artemis glared at him and said, "The hunters finished skinning the deer. I want you to go cook one of them. They are in that tent. Get going boy," She said, pointing at one of the tents.

Percy nodded and bowed before heading over to the tent Artemis pointed to. He walked in and was surprised to see a large freezer. It was big enough to fit the Minotaur in it. He walked over to the freezer and opened it. Inside were multiple skinned(And gutted) rabbits, birds, and deer the hunters killed. He grabbed one of the deer and lifted it out of the freezer. The deer was easily 150 lbs.(68 kg) and about as big as one of the hunters. He heaved the deer over his shoulder and walked over to a table.

He stared at the deer with a contemplative look on his face. He had no idea how to prepare a deer to eat. He shrugged and was about to wing it when a flash to his left caused him to stop. Hera stood there wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and an apron. Percy smiled at her and gave her a confused look.

She saw his look of confusion and explained, "I noticed that you didn't know what to do with the deer, so I decided to help you cook it." She said.

Percy smiled gratefully at her, "Thank you, I have no idea how to cook a deer." He said.

Hera smiled back and walked over to him. "Well, follow my instructions and we will be able to do this," she said.

Percy nodded and looked at her, waiting for her to give him instructions. Hera began telling him to do things as she worked on cutting the meat. They worked smoothly, Hera would tell Percy how to do something and he would follow her instructions to the letter, and she would work on her own jobs. As they worked they began conversing. They talked about anything and everything. They talked about Percy's first day with the hunters, Hera couldn't help but laugh when Percy told her he got turned into a Jackalope, much to Percy's dismay.

While they were working Percy accidentally tripped, again, and some flower he was holding shot out of the bowl it was in and hit Hera. She stood, frozen as flower covered her. Percy stood up and froze when he saw Hera covered in flower. He began stuttering apologies but stopped when she flicked her wrist and the flower on her shot off of her and onto Percy. He stood wide eyes, covered in flower as Hera laughed. He couldn't help but laugh along with her. They quickly cleaned themselves off and went back to cooking.

When they finished they had 4 large bowls of deer pasta, some French bread, and a side of cooked deer meat. They both stepped back and looked at the meal proudly. "Thank you, Hera. I don't know what I would have done without you." Percy said.

Hera smiled at Percy, "No problem, it was fun. I might come back tomorrow and help you." She said.

Percy smiled, "I would like that." He said.

Hera nodded, "I should go now, you need to bring the food to the hunters, they are getting quite impatient." She said.

Percy nodded and she began to glow. Percy quickly covered his eyes as she assumed her divine from and flashed out. Percy began grabbing the food and bringing it out of the kitchen tent and over to the dinner table. As he walked out with the last of the food the hunters began gathering around the table after smelling the food. They all stood wide-eyed at the meal before them. They eagerly sat down and waited for Artemis to join them.

After a few minutes of waiting, Artemis came out of one of the tents and walked over to the table. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the feast on the table. She looked up at Percy, "I thought you said you couldn't cook." She asked, too surprised to glare at Percy.

Percy chuckled, "I cant, I had some help." He said.

Artemis nodded before frowning, "Who helped you?" She asked.

"Hera," he said simply.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared wide eyed at Percy. "Why would Hera help you?" Artemis asked after snapping out of her shock.

Percy shrugged, "She is a friend and saw that I needed help making food, so she came and helped me." He explained.

Everyone's eyes grew even wider when he called her a friend. "When did she become your friend?" Thalia asked.

"A few days ago." He said

"How?" She asked, wanting to know how Percy became friends with the person who had been trying to kill Thalia any chance she got.

"I spent the night at Hera's place a few days ago, and we kinda became friends." He explained.

Artemis gained a look of disgust before she said, "She finally cheated on Zeus I see." She spat.

Percy gained a look of confusion before realization dawned on him, "What! No, we didn't do that. We had a movie marathon and I just ended up staying the night." He explained quickly.

Artemis didn't look convinced so he said, "I swear it on the River Styx."

Artemis nodded slightly before sitting down. When Artemis sat down the hunters all began serving themselves. Percy sat down next to Thalia, on the end of the table, trying to give the hunters as much space as possible. When he sat down Thalia asked him, "So, how did you end up having a movie marathon with Hera, I thought she hated you."

Percy smiled sadly, "We found we had something in common, and I guess we ended up bonding because of it." He said.

Thalia smiled sympathetically at Percy before going back to her food. The rest of the night consisted of eating, talking, and laughing. The hunters mostly talked amongst themselves, but occasionally talked to Percy. They asked him about some of his quests and such. When dinner was over the Hunters retreated to their tents as Percy collected the dishes. He walked into the kitchen tent and washed the dished. When he finished washing dishes he left the tent and went over to Artemis.

"I finished washing the dishes, where will I be sleeping?" He asked after he bowed.

Artemis glared at him before pointing to a sleeping bag under a tree before saying, "You will be sleeping there. I expect you to get up early and cook breakfast before you start your chores." She said.

Percy nodded and bowed before going over to his sleeping bag. He laid down in the bag and gazed up at the stars. He looked for the constellations that he knew and smiled softly when he saw The Huntress. He sighed as a rock created a bump under him. He rolled over slightly before sighing again. 'This is going to be my life for a while, I may as well get used to it.' He thought to himself as he drifted into the realm of Morpheus.