Dear The Arrowess: Sunset has arrived. You're welcome.
Percy was walking through the streets of Manhattan. He decided that he wanted to do things normally, instead of fly straight to the point. Plus, that wouldn't be the best idea anyways.
He was stepping onto a bus. The bus had almost nobody in it, but there were a few people in the back.
He opened the backpack he brought with him. "Okay, some ambrosia, nectar, water, star fragments, a map, and my sword. I'm all good here."
The bus started moving. It got onto one of the main roads, and was going a little faster than it should have been.
Percy was staring out his window. Tons and tons of white covered trees passed by quickly, but one caught his eye. A pure black spot, right ahead of them.
The bus driver didn't see until it was too late. The bus swerved to the side, rolling onto its top, and continued sliding down the road.
The bus slowly skidded to a stop, perching itself right on the edge of the shoreline.
Percy watched as people scrambled to get out. He pulled the backpack on, standing up quickly. "Now I'm really wishing I brought a partner. Idiot."
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Everyone at the camp was watching as Beckendorf and Bianca gave a presentation of what cosmic silver was. Luke was sitting to the side, watching something on his phone. He then jumped up.
"You guy's better see this." He said, waving his hand. A projection of what was being shown on his phone appeared.
(Everything Bold is going to be in the screen)
It showed a bus, flipped on the top, with a large black blob crawling up to the vehicle. The boy with unruly black hair and sea green eyes jumped from the bus, right as it burst into flames.
He rolled to the side, getting covered in snow.
The black blob made it's way to Percy.
Luke zoomed in on the scene about to happen.
Percy stood up, wiping snow off his face, and staring directly at the blob "F*ck the old fashioned way. That just put me behind schedule."
Percy drew his sword, lifting it to the black blob.
The blob then grabbed it, and started playing with it as a toy.
Percy smiled a little. "You can't crash buses like that. Bad girl."
The blob slowly morphed into a dog shape, then shrank.
Percy took the sword from its mouth, scolding her. "Swords aren't toys. Especially not mine."
The dog whimpered a little, before jumping on Percy's chest, knocking him over, and started licking him.
Percy laughed as she licked him, before a scream pierced through the cold winter air.
Everyone watched as the dog jumped off of him, leaping to the flaming bus.
Percy opened his wings, flying above the bus. He used his water powers to put out most of the fire, and dropped into the bus.
A small girl and her father were still in the bus.
Percy walked over to them.
"Okay… Sir, who is your wife?"
Everyone laughed. "You don't just ask someone who their wife is." Annabeth laughed out.
Percy frowned a little as the man didn't respond. "Please sir, just tell me, did you ever get a name?"
The man shook his head.
Percy looked to the kid. She had silver eyes and auburn hair.
"Hey Arty, if you can hear this, why does this kid look like the spitting image of you?"
Everyone looked towards Artemis. She seemed just as confused. If not, more.
Percy sighed. "Okay sir. You need to listen, because I'm only saying this once."
The man nodded. "Your child is a demigod, and she can only be safe is she goes to a… A camp. I need to take her there."
The man nodded again. "Thank you for understanding. Kid, please step through."Percy said, swinging his sword down. It created a portal, straight to Camp Olympia.
"Through here, you will find a bunch of people, just ask one for help."
The kid nodded and jumped through. The man stood up slowly. "Who are you?" He asked. Percy looked him in the eye. "If people ask, I'm a guardian angel."
Percy carried the man out of the flaming bus, and then ran over to his dog, and disappeared.
Luke closed the screen. "That might be a problem…"
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Percy was walking down another street, Mrs. O' Leary trailing right behind him. He passed a TV store, where the news was playing. A flaming bus was shown..
The man who he saved was getting interviewed.
The reporter was asking crazy questions, and ended up on 'How did you get out?'
The man thought for a second, before saying 'A guardian angel. He told me to call him that."
Percy scoffed. "There's no way something that cliché just happened."
He kept walking down the street, which, by the way, led to a dock.
A lot of people looked at him weirdly. He ignored it, and stepped onto the dock.
A small raft like boat with the word OLYMPIA on it was in the water, and halfway sunk. "Uh… No thanks. I'll just fly."
He grabbed Mrs. O' Leary, who turned into an even smaller dog, and jumped into his backpack.
He flapped his wings one time, and disappeared into the sky.
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Bianca and Luke were both thinking very hard. Bianca gasped, and made a ball of lightning appear over her head. Luke laughed a little, before asking "What?"
"Okay, the kid looked like Artemis. Could it be possible that she was made by thought? Like Athena?"
Luke put a hand to his chin and furrowed his eyebrows. "What?"
Bianca groaned in exasperation. "Idiot. Athena was born by thought. I'm saying, the kid might have been made the same way!"
Luke kept his confused expression. Bianca zapped him. "Artemis, any chance you were thinking about having children recently?"
She blushed hard, but nodded. Bianca nodded after her. "How about we go meet your daughter?"
The few campers still standing there watched as a little girl ran to them. She had the same silver eyes as Artemis, and the same auburn hair.
Artemis stared blankly. The girl seemed to notice the same thing. She ran over. "Do you know where I can get help?"
Artemis was still frozen.
Bianca intervened by saying "Hey, little girl. This is your mother!"
"How can you be sure?" Annabeth asked, walking over. "We have the abilities to tell who is who's children, and this, without the shadow of a doubt, is Artemis's daughter." Bianca said, not looking in Annabeth's direction.
The girl seemed just as shocked. "Liar. My mother… My mother never showed up. I was adopted."
Artemis knelt down. "What is your name?"
The girl backed up a little. "Luna, why?"
Bianca stifled a laugh. "Luna? What are the odds?"
The girl turned to her. "What's so funny about that?"
"Your mother is the goddess of the moon." Bianca said. "And she used to be my mistress."
Luke then gasped. "Because Athena's children are born through her mind! What if Artemis did the same thing!?"
"Shoot him please." Bianca said. Artemis launched an arrow at him. He dodged, but kept silent.
Annabeth stepped forwards. "What do you mean she used to be your mistress?"
Bianca shut her mouth quickly. "Oh Chaos. I didn't just do that."
Annabeth seemed intrigued. "Yes. I see it now. You used to be a hunter of Artemis. That makes sense, because of the bow…"
"No. No no no. You're thinking of someone else." Bianca stuttered. Annabeth stepped a little closer. She was studying Bianca's features, trying to figure out who it was. "You wouldn't happen to be a daughter of Hades, would you?"
Bianca was almost shaking. "G-Get away from m-me."
Annabeth inched a little closer. "Are you? A daughter of Hades?"
Luke intervened. "Annabeth, stop. This isn't the person I remember. It isn't right."
Annabeth stepped back, startled. "You know me?"
Luke said a few choice words out loud. Very strong words.
"Forget it. Get away from her." He growled. Annabeth stepped back, but she definitely figured something out.
Beckendorf stepped forwards. Okay, everyone. Pretend that didn't happen. Let's go back to training."
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Percy was still flying. He had taken hundreds of loops around the area the is all was supposed to be. He found nothing but ocean for hundreds of miles.
After almost passing out a few times from exhaustion, Mrs. O' Leary would bark in his ears of lick his face.
At one point, he started falling, and Mrs. O' Leary started barking again. He didn't respond though. He was out cold, falling from the sky, with a dog in his backpack.
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Percy was still passed out, but he was lying on the shores of an island. Just a small island, but there was a beautiful patch of silver and blue flowers in the center of the island.
No other person was on the island, but it still seemed like many people were there.
Percy suddenly awoke. Well, as suddenly as it can be with a dog's tongue in your ear.
He sat up, looking around. He saw nothing, but felt nothing either. The ground seemed to be made of air. It was then he realized the island was made of air.
He quickly reached for his sword, but it wasn't their. Neither was his bow. "My weapons!" He cried, quickly searching around him for them.
"There is no use. Weapons are not allowed on this island." A deep, almost threatening voice said. Percy whipped his head around, but saw nothing.
"I'm just here for a flower! These can cure amnesia, right?" He called out. "Yes, they can. But getting one of these is not so simple. This island belongs to me, meaning that everything here is on my terms."
Percy still saw nothing, until a cloudy figure -Literally cloudy, like, made of clouds- formed in front of him.
"Before introductions, you must do something for me. I cannot allow you to just take my beautiful flowers without being worthy." The figure spoke.
Percy nodded. "Anything. Just tell me what."
The figure nodded in respect. "You are quite determined to get my Empyrean Roses, aren't you?"
Percy nodded again. "Wait. Empyrean? I know who you are! You're-"
The figure cut him off. "Introductions for later. But tell me, are you willing to do something for me?"
Percy nodded for the third time. "I'm doing this for love. I made a promise."
The figure smiled. "I know your motives. I will explain your objective soon, but first, come with me. I need to speak with you about my grandmother."
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Two girls were standing in front of a door, one holding two silver swords, one holding a crossbow.
They were supposed to be standing guard, but instead, they were talking to each other about how boring guarding was.
It's boring.
The two girls soon had to bring up their swords and crossbows, because a portal appeared near them, creating a massive shockwave of energy.
A man stepped through, bringing up his sword in return.
The two girls lowered their weapons, groaning. "COME ON! GIVE US SOMETHING TO FIGHT!" The one with fiery hair yelled.
The man laughed a little. "Cool your jets Sunset. I'm sure something will fight you soon… Never mind, you're in the freaking Void, I don't know if you remembered, but no monsters can get here unless they're summoned."
Sunset growled. "How about I fight you then, Percy."
Percy stepped back a little. "What's gotten into her, Aurora?" He asked, holding up his hands in surrender. The other girl growled like Sunset had. "I told you not to call me that."
Percy sighed. "Alright, Nightstar. Can't get anything right, can I? What are you even guarding?"
Sunset's face brightened up. "That's right! You need to go see!" She said, grabbing Percy's arm, dragging him through the door.
When she let go, Percy was met with a woman in a dress similar to Chaos's, and holding a small child.
Percy's heart stopped for a second. "Lady Nyx, why do you have a baby?"
Nyx frowned at him. "You're so dense. It's your baby sister."
Percy cracked a smile. "I guess Mom was right. It was a girl."
"PERCY! SOME GUY CAME THROUGH YOUR PORTAL OUT HERE!" Sunset yelled. Her weapon was heard clattering to the floor. Percy's eyes widened. "Gods, I forgot. I'll be right back, give me a minute!"
Percy walked back through the door, seeing Sunset and the other girl, Nightstar, trapped in vortexes, losing Oxygen.
To say he was surprised would be an understatement. He wasn't surprised. He was mad. He took out his swords, throwing them at the vortexes. The blades somehow managed to break the wind path, making them fall apart.
Percy turned to the cloud figure. "I thought we agreed on no violence, Ouranos." He growled. Ouranos bowed his head. "I apologize. They drew weapons at me."
Percy still shook his head. He beckoned for the man to follow him into the room he had been in.
He reentered the room, the man following close behind. Percy walked over to a bed, where the sleeping Chaos lay.
"Wait, when did she give birth? She's still asleep." He asked Nyx.
"Literally right before you got here. We heard your portal open a few moments after it happened." Nyx responded, rocking the child back and forth.
"Name?" Percy asked, looking at the mess of hair sticking out of the blanket. The hair was littered with tiny white dots, like stars in space.
"Galaxia. It was fitting." Nyx said, lifting the child a little higher, so she could see it's face.
Two white wings then sprouted from the blanket. Nyx jumped a little, but laughed at what happened.
Percy made a pouty face. "I didn't get mine when I was born…"
The baby stuck her tongue out, not even knowing what she was doing, but Nyx made a joke out of it.
"You're right, you didn't. Now little Galaxia's sticking it to you for it." She said jokingly, but Percy pretended not to get it.
He poked the baby's nose, making it giggle and grab for his finger. "I am your superior. You shall bow to me." He said in a deep voice. The baby grabbed for his hand, still giggling loudly.
Percy smiled a little bit as she grabbed his finger, but removed his finger after a few seconds. The baby seemed disappointed, and turned away from him.
Percy turned to Ouranos. "So, what kinds of 'tasks' and 'missions' am I going to have to do?" He asked.
Ouranos growled. "You're lucky. You may have one now, without the trials, but if you ever return, they will be much harder than most anything you've ever done." He said, scowling the whole time.
Percy returned a glare, before a portal appeared behind him.
"After you."
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All the campers were rallied in front of half blood hill. All the land in front of it for a few miles had been leveled out within the past two millennia, so it was an empty field.
A large clump of monsters was standing on the opposing side of the clearing, with a large cloaked figure at the front.
Bianca was standing at the front of the lines, being the only uninjured chaos warrior at the moment. She lifted her bow. The Apollo campers followed quickly.
She released the string, sending her arrow flying right into a monster's skull.
The monster then burst into flames, disintegrating about ten monsters around it, before the flame died down, leaving a pile of monster ash.
The Apollo campers also shot, taking out a chunk of the monsters, but right after, a volley of enemy projectiles flew right towards the demigods. Just this volley was enough to kill two demigods, and knock five more out of commission.
Bianca did her best to ignore this, channeling all her power into a lightning bolt, which she sent towards the cloaked figure. The figure simply stepped aside, letting the bolt plow through a row of dracaena.
Bianca dropped to her knees. Being depleted, but simply refilled her energy.
She got back up, and shouted "CHARGE!" At the top of her lungs.
The many demigods who were in the army ran forwards, shouting battle cries as they ran to their dooms.
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Percy was walking through a portal to get back to camp, shooting Ouranos a menacing scowl as he disappeared from sight.
He appeared in camp, seeing nobody there. He walked to the infirmary where Zoë still lay, her arm had the bruise, but it was slightly smaller. Her stomach was still wrapped with bandages, and her black eye was fading.
When she saw Percy, she turned away, making a mad face. Percy was confused. "Did I do something wrong?" He asked, putting a hand on Zoë's shoulder. She jerked away.
Percy frowned. "Well, I don't make promises if I don't keep them. This will explain everything." He said, holding up the flower. Zoë kept her head turned.
Percy sighed deeply, using his powers to morph the flower from a flower to liquid. He took the seeds out of the liquid, setting them on a tray to the side.
Percy put the liquid in a cup before handing it to Zoë. She pouted, trying to ignore him, but he kept pressing. "Drink the stuff, Zoë. It'll help."
She finally reluctantly took the cup, downing the entire cup in one swig.
Her eyes widened, and she collapsed to the floor, jerking around like she was in pain.
Percy jumped in shock, before grabbing her unconscious body and setting her on the bed.
She kept writhing around in obvious discomfort, before it all suddenly stopped.
Her form slowed to a stop, and her breathing returned to normal. Percy sighed in relief. "Thank the lords." He said. Thunder rumbled in the skies. "And Ladies. Sorry mom."
Zoë's eyes then shot open, and she sat up quickly, almost hitting her head on an inconveniently placed object.
She looked around the room for a minute before her eyes focused on Percy.
She smiled widely, pulling him into a hug. He hugged back. They stared into each other's eyes for a moment before a cry of terror came from the camp borders.
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The campers all charged into battle, and instantly, a third of each army was gone. Many campers flew backwards, not even being hit by anything, but the same thing happened with monsters.
Bianca wasn't affected, and charged for the hooded figure. She swung her blade at the man, but it bounced off harmlessly.
"Hmm… Cosmic silver… Haven't seen that in a long time." It growled. Bianca stepped back, before thrusting the sword at the opening in the hood. He reached up, grabbing the blade between both hands, and leaving the blade in place.
The sword was wrenched from her hands, making it clatter to the ground a few meters away.
The battle had been won around them by campers, making it dead silent.
Bianca took a step back, but the figure grabbed her by her neck. She writhed to get free, but to no avail. "Who are you?!" She demanded, pulling at the large hand around her throat.
The figure chuckled. "Questions are to be answered when I feel like it. I do not feel like it."
The hood then fell down. Nobody saw what Bianca saw, but she was forced to stare into his eyes.
Her pupils shrank and tears started to fall. She started yelling the word no over and over again.
Campers stared in shock at what was happening. One of the most powerful beings in the universe was being taken down by a man in a cloak.
Bianca threw desperate punches at the man's face. Each one ricocheted off his skin, doing more damage to Bianca than the man.
"PLEASE! NOT MY BROTHER! I'LL DO ANYTHING, JUST MAKE IT STOP! PLEASE!" She cried out. The grip on her neck tightened. "NO! NOT NICO! STOP IT! STOP IT NOW!"
The figure dropped her, leaving her gasping for air and pleading for help.
The figure smiled at his work, right as two more people appeared over the top of half blood hill.
One gasped, disappearing and reappearing next to Bianca. He lifted her to her feet, telling her to snap out of it. Bianca's terror filled expression stayed the same.
"Percy… Make him pay." Bianca said before passing out.
Percy nodded, practically ripping his sword out of his pocket. He formed it, but the figure didn't change. His expression stayed smug.
"I suggest you drop your weapon, Nobility. I will make you suffer the same fate as Bianca. She tried to oppose me, and got what she deserved."
Percy smiled and said "No thanks." before swinging his sword at the man. He sidestepped like it was nothing, and an invisible force knocked Percy off his feet.
The man grabbed Percy by his collar, staring deep into his soul. Percy's pupils didn't shrink like Bianca's did. Instead, while the man was distracted, Percy swung his sword at the him, but instead of Ichor, a silver liquid spilled from the wound.
The man growled. "How are you not affected?" He growled, dropping Percy.
Percy smirked. "I have seen every terror in this existence. I have sought out and killed beings much more powerful than you. I witnessed the impossible. I witnessed my Mother, a mortal woman, being killed at the hands of you, Phobetor. You only fuel my rage. Nightmares are nothing to me."
The mans figure shimmered. He swiped at Percy's face, drawing similar silver blood from his face.
"Next time we fight, and there will be a next time, it will be on my terms. You will regret this, because next time, I will have the mist itself fighting alongside me."
The man disappeared, right as a sword swung through where his head would have been. Zoë was standing behind where he had been, and the sword continued a full circle before coming to a stop.
Zoë stared at where he had been, before cursing loudly. "I almost had it!" She yelled, stamping her foot to the ground.
She ran over to Percy, who was lifting Bianca's body off the ground with the help of an Apollo camper.
"You go take care of the injured, I can get this." Zoë said to the Apollo kid, putting her hands around Bianca's ankles.
All the injured campers were making their way to the infirmary with the help of Apollo campers while Percy and Zoë carried Bianca off to the Big House.