Yessss! Over 10 chapters! Celebration time, COME ON! Right now, i'm listening to Freaky Friday, check it out, my half-blood fam! It actually looks like Percy is doing a Jason! (lets just hope Percy doesn't try to take the brick)

Jason: you'll never take bricka from me! Come at me bro bro!

Percy: bro, i'm hurt…. You know i'm the biggest Brason fan!

Brick:...

Jason: awww, Bricka! I love you too!

PJO Fandom: YESSSSS!

Others: what… the… h-

ZJ: what the hades, to you.

Uncle Rick: do the disclosure before i ruin your secret ship for this fic!

DISCLOSURE! THIS ALL BELONGS TO UNCLE RICK!

… I am not sane in the slightest….

Once again, Percy finds himself in a girl's lap. And, once again, it's Artemis' lap. But, something is keeping Percy from announcing he is awake. So he just lays there letting the goddess run her hands through his hair. Percy's not gonna lie, it feels good. Is that bad?

"Artemis! Why is this boy not dead yet? He violated you! You have killed our sisters for less!"

Artemis sighs, sounded resigned, tired. For a fearful moment, Percy was scared the goddess would tell the huntress of his past. He did not need anyone's pity.

"Zoë, you do not understand. He is not like other men. He is not like Heracles." (i put that version of the name b/c i dont like him or Hera.)

Zoë makes an animalistic noise at the mans name. "What has happened to my sister?! A millennia without men and now you're letting this one change you? What is wrong with you!?"

Artemis tugs his hair before smoothing out again.

"What is wrong with me? What is wrong with you! I gave you a place in my family and you treat me with such disrespect! No wonder your sisters disowned you when you got caught helping that άπιστος ηλίθιος! Unfaithful idiot!"

Silence. It's so defining Percy had to fight to keep his eyes closed, but he didn't need to see her to hear the heartache in Zoë's voice.

"This is just like Orian. Just like Orian." the only sound in the tent is the tent flap moving and Artemis' labored breathing. And with her gentle hands on his head he was drifting back to sleep. Until she speaks.

"I don't know what has made me risk everything for you, but, i hope you don't let me down. Like he did."

The next day… in the tent….

"Ok Perseus. The hunt knows you had something to do with the, um, unnatural disaster yesterday, but they just assume you mouthed off to a god. It's easier to believe that than you attacked your fathers wife."

Percy whips around to stare at the goddess. "What?" thunder rumbles outside and either he didn't hear it, or he didn't care. "I never attacked anybody! Especially not a women! If they had seen my past they would know that! I can't-" Artemis slaps him. Not hard enough to injure, just hard enough to knock him out if his anger.

"Calm down, Perseus! Do not give Zeus a reason to try you as a traitor!" he lets out a growl of annoyance which causes his hair to flanes up. Just as he was going to put it out, he was suddenly splashed with water. Ice cold water.

"What the hades was that for?!" since he was unprepared for the onslaught of water, he was soaked to the bone. Percy glared at Artemis, the goddess grinning sheepishly.

"Well, fire is not a good thing in the forest…." Percy justers around wildly.

"We're in a indestructible tent, Artemis!" she shrugs and looks away. He sighs and snaps new clothes on himself. They're like the clothes he had on before, but this time, the fog is tinted blue instead of silverish-grey. In the split second where his shirt was see through, Artemis saw a collection of scars.

"Well! Imma go get some sunlight!" Percy walks out of her tent and immediately almost gets an arrow to the face. He also immediately turns back around and walks back into Artemis' tent.

"You know what? Apollo's overrated anyway!" and he promptly hides in the shadows, the only thing visible is his green eyes, blinking out of existence every few second. They seem crystallized in the darkness, like emeralds.

The goddess rolls her eyes, "Perseus. Come out of the shadows before you pass out again. Plus you look like a child of Hades right now." when he talks his teeth flash.

"You act like that's insulting. You do know he blessed me right?" Artemis blinks in shock and Percy grins. It feels good to shock her for a change.

"My mother is… was very close friends with Uncle Hades." sensing the mood sour Artemis summons a tiny moon to eradicate the shadows in the room.

"I hate you."

She grabs him and pulls him behind her as she leaves the tent. He tries desperately to escape her grasp, but at every tug her grip gets tighter around Percy's wrist. Not wanting to look weak, he ash crashes out of her hand and appears outside with a shadow shield.

He brings it up in time to hear at least 30 arrows thud against it. "This is so unfair! Let me get my bow out so you guys can see how i feel!"

The arrows stop for a moment. A moment is all Percy needed. He rolls to the side and comes up with κατακλυσμός. Everyone freezes, remembering the skill Percy had with the bow.

A newer hunteress gives her sisters incredulous looks than fires an arrow. Percy quickly turns to her and lets loose an arrow that cuts hers in half then hits her. She freezes in a block of ice.

Artemis comes up and cuffs Percy in the back of his head, like a Mother scolding her son for being rude. "Ow!"

"Percy." he rubs the back of his head, glaring at the goddess.

"What was that for? She should be happy I didn't use λήθη!" Zoë growls and sends an arrow at his head. Percy takes off his rings and slices it in half.

"Remember this hunters? Back up!" they all take a step back, including Zoë who trips over a brunette trying to get away. Percy realizes it's the same girl from the clearing that actually talked to him.

Artemis hits him again. "Percy!"

Percy sighs, tired of getting hit in the head. "Fine, fine! Whatever." from his palm he shoots green and blue flames that engulfs the huntressicle. The others scream and move out the way.

When the fire dies down, the girl stands there shivering and soaking wet. She sneezes and before Artemis can hit him, Percy slides out of the way and walks up to the huntress. As he gets closer, he realizes she's really young. Like eight or nine.

She flinches and Percy sighs then kneels in front of her. In a soft, gentle voice, he apologizes.

"I'm sorry i lost my temper and froze you. That was wrong of me. I hope you can forgive me, i would never wish to hurt someone as sweet as you. So, can you forgive me?"

After a moment of hesitation, she nods. Percy grins at her and it's full of such happiness and relief that the little girl can't help but feel like his life depended on her acceptance of his apology. So, she smiles back, showing her two front missing teeth.

"Thank you so much! My name is Perseus, but my friends call me Percy. I would love it if you could call me Percy." she giggles at how willing he is to be her friend.

"Hi, Percy. My name's Filippa."

Percy chuckles, "Filippa means 'Friend of horses' and i love that. Did you know i am a friends of horses too?" she looks wide-eyed at him before grinning.

"You are? I love horses!"

"Me too! Would you like to meet my horse friend?" she nods excitedly, looking like his mother when Percy finally defeated Theseus and Otrera in battle.

Percy stands up and whistles. After a moment of silence, neighing echos around the camp. Suddenly a gorgeous mare runs out of the woods and stops beside Percy. Filippa gasps happily.

He pets the horse nose, "This regal horse is ευγενή κύματα. Noble waves. She is a gift from my father. Would you like to ride her?"

Filippa squeals and leaps at Percy, pulling him into a hug and Percy tenses, but hugs her back when she starts to fall off of him.

"Thank you thank you thank you, Percy! This has been my lifelong dream! But mommy never let me ride them."

She pulls away and goes to pet Noble. Noble looks at Percy. M'lord-'

"Call me Percy, Noble. I insist." she nods her head. 'Ok, Percy, can you give her new clothes? I don't want to little darling to get sick while riding.' he nod.

Percy picks Filippa up and spins her, like his mom used to do before he got too big. The little huntress giggles as Percy stops spinning.

"Ok, Filippa, what's your favorite part about living in the wild?"

She points to the sky and says, "The stars!" despite it still being daytime. Percy sets her down and tells her to cover her eyes. She does with an adorable "Ok!".

With a snap of his fingers, the little girl is dry and in new clothes. The top of her outfit is dark blue with silver stars clustered all around it and the farther down the outfit the more spread out they are.

Percy smiles proudly, "Ok, you can look now!" Filippa screams and the few huntresses who had gone about their business ran back, but upon seeing no problems they left again.

"That's not even the best part! You can rearrange the stars into any shape just by thinking about it!" soon deer are running across her body, eagles are soaring high, and heroes are saving the day.

"Thank you, Percy!" Filippa hops on Noble and the horse takes off, bringing a laughing girl with her. Percy turns to a amused Artemis and a ticked off Zoë.

Zoë throws a dagger at his heart and he catches it only to realize there is a note on it.

"Your chores. Finish by the end of the day or be punished." she storms off without another word. Percy watches her go. "Geez, who broke her bow?" Artemis shakes her head.

"Filippa has been here for 6 months and refused to talk to anyone. Even me. No one even knew her name. Then you come along and after talking to her for three minutes you practically become her family." Percy rubs the back of his head and watches Filippa ride Noble.

"Who's her father?" Artemis looks at him, barely hiding her surprise.

"How did you…?" he shrugs.

"She talked about her mother like she was a large part of her life. So, who is he?"

"Hephaestus." Percy nods absentmindedly. "You should get started on your chores. Zoë's punishments are infamous." She goes back to her tent.

He sighs and unrolls the slip of paper.

Make lunch

Clean dishes

Clean clothes

Sharpen arrowheads

Feed wolves

Make dinner

Percy runs a hand through his head. He could not cook. Walking to the fire at the center of the camp, he plops down sadly on a log and and an eight year old girl sits next to him.

"Do not despair dear hero, I have a gift for you."

Percy looks up to see gentle brown eyes. He stands up and bows, "Lady Hestia. How are you?"

She shakes her head, "No need to bow to me, Perseus. I am no Olympian. And please, call me Hestia."

He straightens and grins at her.

"Only if you call me Percy.'

"Deal. Anyway, Percy, I wish to bless you. You will be able to summon home cooked meals, give you control over fire, like me, but to a lesser extent, you will be able to give and take away- hope, love, and safety, and you will be able to heal mentally and physically. I hope you will except."

"I would be honored, Hestia." a fireball appears in her hands and for a moment, Percy feared that this was a trick so Zeus could get his older sister to burn him alive. Before he could call timeout, the goddess hits him with it, right over his heart.

Percy could feel the warmth spreading throughout his body. While he was recovering, Hestia flashes out, but not before she leaves him with a piece of advice.

"Live a lost dream, Percy. And make it real."

Percy shakes himself off, he can't afford to get distracted. It's a "Girl Kills Boy" kind of world from now on.

"Noble! Bring Filippa back!"

When the huntress come to a stop beside him, she pouts.

"Aw, Percy! Five more minutes?" Percy lifts her off of the horse and puts her on his back. It was kinda hard since she was only a few years younger than him.

"Sorry, no can do. It's time to eat!" he yelled the last part and the rest of the hunt comes running.

"Ok, everyone think of your favorite food and drink." Percy claps twice and food appears in front of them.

He sets Filippa down and she runs to her food shouting a thank you over her shoulder.

Seeing Artemis isn't joining her hunters, Percy goes to find her. He goes to her tent and knocks on it.

"Come in, Perseus."

Artemis is sitting on her bed, petting a deer. At the sight of Percy, the animal leaves her and rubs up against him.

At the goddesses shocked look, Percy shrugs.

"Animals have always liked me for some reason."

'Hi my lord! Wow! I never thought i would get to meet a son of Poseidon!'

Percy stumbles back and hits his head on a wooden post. "Ow! Persephone's garden! That hurt!"

Artemis laughs while the deer apologizes loudly in his mind, giving him a headache.

"Oh my gods! What kind of curse is Persephone's garden?" Percy blushes and rubs his neck.

"I always stayed with my aunt and uncle during the summer so i could train with my mentors. Aunt Persephone hated it when i cusses so i made some of my own. Of she didn't like it, she hung me upside down over her garden."

Artemis looks at Percy strangely, "Who were your mentors?" He sits beside her and the deer, who said his name was bambi, lays his head on his lap so Percy can pet him.

"Well they're more family than mentors. Theseus is more like a brother to me and Otrera is more of a sister." he smiles fondly. Percy never really had any siblings and Eric sure as Hades didn't count.

"So, what would you like for lunch?"

"Oh! Um, how about a roast beef sandwich. And just water will do." With two claps the food appears in her lap.

"Enjoy. And call me Percy, or i will be forced to call you Arty!" he teases.

Artemis narrows her eyes mockingly.

"You wouldn't dare, Perseus." he grins, glad she took his challenge.

"You asked for it Arty!" he runs out before she can shoot him with an arrow.

Cleaning was really simple, all he had to do was levitate the dishes, splash them with water and soap, then dry them with fire.

"'Clean dishes', check!"

For the clothes, it was the same thing, but when he came to the undergarments, he just blushed and quickly ash crashed away. He was not going anywhere near those. He just hoped Zoë wasn't going to be petty.

"'Clean clothes', major check! I am so done with clothes."

The arrow heads were his favorite. Since he figured he wouldn't be able to train with Theseus and Otrera for a while, he turned his chore into a training exercise.

Using levitation again, he threw the heads at himself at full speed and used Riptide to cut them until they were back to their deadly sharpness.

When he finished, he was bruised, cut, sweaty, and tired. After a quick lake visit, he was as good as ever.

"'Sharpen arrowheads, check!"

He was ready for his next task: Feed the wolves.

It took him a bit, but he finally found the clearing where the pack stayed at.

As soon as he stepped into the clearing, all heads turned in his direction.

He fought the urge to gulp. Come on, Percy! Can't be any different than dogs or… or Hellhounds! With a newfound confidence, Percy walked right up to the biggest female. The alpha.

When she started growling, Percy stopped, waiting for her to come to him.

For a few tense seconds, he stayed, head bowed, perfectly still while she sniffed him. When she come in front of him, he looked up with pitch black eyes. The exact version of hers.

The alpha froze, whining. Percy took this as his chance to stand up. He summoned the darkness into his throat to make it seem like he was growling.

As soon as he did that, she stood up straight and Percy took that as an understanding. He clapped his hands and deer meat appeared in the middle of the clearing. All the wolves started tearing it apart, except for the alpha, so he summoned some more just for her.

But when he went to walk away, she barked and whined so Percy stayed until she finished eating.

"'Feed the wolves', check!" Alpha followed him out of the clearing.

After Percy assured everyone Alpha wasn't going to attack him, to someone's disappointment, ahem, Zoë. he made dinner, and this time, Artemis joined them.

A ways away from the hunt, Percy ate his own food while Alpha curled around him, using her tail to distract him so she could steal some of his food. He called Noble over to him so he could feed her. Percy gave her hey, water, and some apples for dessert.

When everyone finished, he gave them all four green cookies, "My mom's recipe! I hope you like it!"

Later that night….

Percy was restless. And it had nothing to do with the giant wolf currently licking his face.

"Come on, Alpha. We're going on a field trip."

Making sure everyone is asleep, Percy leads Alpha out of the camp, but unbeknownst to him, two sets of eyes are following him.

Using a locator spell, Percy was able to find her. His-.

"Mom." he whispered. He watched her explain everything to a demigod, a child of Aphrodite it seemed. And he watched the demigod the demigod take his mom away from him. Tears streamed down his face, he was too late.

"What do you want, love goddess. Or was it your mission to make sure i would make it to my mom?"

She sighed and summoned a couch for them to sit on. "Perseus-."

"Percy."

"Percy, i want to bless you. I sense you will need it." he wipes his tears away and raises an eyebrow.

"And i sense this isn't what Zeus wanted."

The goddess waves a manicured hand in the air, "Ah, who cares what old pollution breath wants. I'm older than him anyway. Now, my blessing has: charmspeak, appearance alterization, yourself or anybody, that includes those gorgeous eyes of yours! Hm, what else…? Oh! And the ability to sense love. Isn't that devine?"

To Percy, most of that didn't really sound divine, but charmspeak could really come in handy.

"Ok, lady-" he coughs on the pink glittery cloud that decided to choke him.

"One more thing, Percy. Live a lost dream, and make it real."

Percy lays in the tent Artemis got him, petting Alpha's fur, thinking about what Hestia and Aphrodite told him.

All the riddle does is confuse him more and soon he can't help falling asleep.