Chapter 11: Safety

(A/N: Since Dark Angel is the only one who reviews this story, the story is now partially dedicated to whoever Dark Angel is. I'll try to finish because it's not fair to you that no one reviews.)

Phoebe's POV

After the fight with Lycaon, I didn't have much free time. We finally tracked down Dr. Thorn and killed him and we've been hunting more monsters than usual. Plus, something's been wrong with Thalia. She left to go visit her mother's grave and said she'd be back by nightfall. Instead, she came back the next day around noon.

"Where have you been?!" Fiona was angry.

"I told you, I was visiting my mother's grave." Thalia said.

"But you said you'd be back by nightfall, and you were gone nearly 24 hours!" Fiona was annoying.

"It took longer than I thought, I missed her." Thalia muttered.

Thalia looked upset about something.

"Artemis paused our progress on our hunting for you! Now tell us the truth!" Fiona was being stupid.

"I was visiting my dead mother that I haven't seen in ten years! Now shut up and leave me alone!" Thalia snapped and ran back to her tent crying.

Artemis walked over and slapped the back of Fiona's head. Then I watched as she walked to Thalia's tent. I followed cautiously. There was a hole in the tent, so I peaked in and heard them whispering.

"What's really wrong?" Artemis asked kindly.

"You'll be mad at me." Thalia sobbed.

"No, I won't. Just tell me. I won't kick you out of the hunt just because you love him." Artemis promised.

What?

"I broke my vow to not sleep with anyone." Thalia tensed.

"I figured. You're glowing the way I've seen most women glow in situations like this." Artemis confirmed.

She slept with Luke?!

"What now?" Thalia asked.

"That's a good question." Artemis smiled sadly. "I like you too much to let you go. You're a lot like Zoë, except she didn't break her Huntress vows."

When Artemis says you're like Zoë, that's a compliment. Then things went 'back to normal', except when Thalia snaps at Fiona. Then Artemis called a meeting.

"We have to go back to Camp Half-Blood, Kronos finally took Luke Castellan as his host, and the Camp isn't completely secure." Artemis announced.

She smiled sadly at me and gave a worried look to Thalia. Thalia looked like she wanted to cry, but she handled herself extremely well. I feel bad for Thalia, but I'm excited to see Connor after almost a whole year!

"The only reason it's not secure is because Percy's too busy trying to console Annabeth about Luke, and Annabeth's too busy crying about it." Fiona rolled her eyes.

Thalia walked up and punched her really hard.

"That's my best friend and my cousin you're talking about, so SHUT UP." Thalia had a venomous tone. "When do you want us ready to leave by?" She asked in a kinder tone to Artemis.

"As soon as possible." Artemis answered.

Thalia took off to her tent. This could be extremely good, or extremely bad.