"Who are you?" a young Thea shakingly said with a knife pointing towards another girl who tired to calm her
"I'm not going to hurt you" the girl tried to get a better look of Thea who had her dark curls covering her eyes
"S-stay away" Thea repeated forcefully holding the knife
"Please let me help you, I'm not going to hurt you" The girl took slow steps towards Thea
"Don't come any-" Thea was cut off by a shout
"ZOE" a feminine vocie came deep from the woods
"M'LADY I FOUND SOMEONE" the yelled back
Her name is Zoe
Some seconds passed before Thea heard rustling coming behind Zoe
"Who is it" Said a girl with silver eyes who was shorter and looked younger than Zoe
"She won't say" Zoe said towards the younger girl
The Auburn haired girl started to walk towards Thea until Thea pointed the knife towards her
"Leave me alone" Thea fearfully exclaimed
"We're not going to hurt you" The silver eyed girl gently spoke
"Who are you" Thea's voice still shook
"We need to know who you are before we can tell you"
"How do I know I can trust you"
It didn't look like she was going to give up so the auburn haired girl started to speak again
"I'm Artemis goddess of the Hunt and this is my lieutenant Zoe"
"The hunt? " Thea tilted her head slightly
The goddess explained what the hunt and her hunters were
"So I can join? "
"Yes you have do an oath and tell us who you are" Zoe spoke up
Before Thea could response someone else stop it
"She will not join your hunt" a from voice came from behind Thea
"What are you doing here" Artemis snarled
"I came for her" The woman said as she picked up Thea into her arms
"You're not going to hurt her are you? " Artemis' facial expression was alarmed, furious and panicked
"Aunty what is she talking about and how do you know her" Thea asked
"Don't worry, dear, she hasn't have clue of what she speaks of" The woman spoke softly to Thea
"Hera if you dare injury her in anyway I will and I swear in my words that I will make you suff-" Artemis was cut off by the Queen
"Make me suffer, please" Hera chuckle while she held Thea in her arms
"I'm warning you" Artemis glared at her stepmother
"You should stay out of others business if you what's best for you" the Queen stated before she turned and walked away
"Oh and don't dare mention what happened today, or you know what could happen" and continued walking
Before Artemis could respond a hand was placed on her shoulder and Zoe looked at her with wary eyes, Hera can be dangerous and if she wanted something it was going to happen
"Let's go Zoe" Artemis turned the opposite way and began to walk
Zoe stood there still able to see the Queen with the mysterious child
Suddenly the girl looked towards Zoe, eyes uncovered and waving goodbye
Zoe could only wave back, shocked by the girl's eyes, eye's that haven't been seen around for over years
Everyone sat in silence, after what Thea said, most were speechless and horrified
"What, where, when, why" Percy quickly questioned
Thea couldn't respond, she didn't want to answer, she felt ashamed that she willingly accepted his 'blessing'. She was only a child back then, who was hurt, broken and manupalatied by an evil deity
Thea covered her face ashamed, she was afraid of how the others may react. She lied to Hera and Hades, the two she saw as parents and who saw her as their child. She told them she was manipulated to accept the 'blessing'. Although, Tartarus was using to manipulation on her, deep inside she wished for it ,that she could get vengeance on the people who wronged her. Yet she was only 10 when she was cursed, a child who seeked answers not more questions. Now she regretted everything, she wished she listened to Hera.
"She was manipulated to accept the offer of his blessing " Hades spoke grimly
"I thought she couldn't be manipulated" Aphrodite made her comeback
"Her curse blocks manipulative powers" before Aphrodite could speak Hera continued "But Tartarus has control over her, his power is different from yours and even so she wasn't very involved in this world other than knowing the curse of Styx"
"Is that why she has different personas?" Piper asked
Hades, Hera and her champions snapped their heads towards the daughter of Aphrodite
"How do you know that?" Thea questioned as she lifted her head from her hands
"I... Um... It's that-"
"Chiron told us" Jason explained for his girlfriend
After he said that both Hera and Hades' expressions softed a little
"But why does it happen?" Annabeth curiously asked
"It's...because of how...much I suffered in Tartarus" Thea slowly spoke
"Wait hold up I'm confused, this doesn't make much sense to me" Apollo was majority confused
"Can you clarify everything that you have said" Athena couldn't put together persisly what happened to Thea but had an idea
Thea inhaled slowly before explaining everything
"When the agreement was done between Nyx and Styx, I was taken with Nyx to live in Tartarus as her slave"
Thea continued before anyone could speak
"I don't know how much time I spent with her, since time works differently down there, but after some time I was taken by Tartarus"
"What did he want from you?" Annabeth asked
Thea only stared at her, even though Thea's were covered Annabeth felt that she was glaring at her. Some seconds went by before Thea answered
"How times do I have to repeat my self before you comprehend what I have said"
"What" Annabeth was confused
"Answer my question"
Before the daughter of Athena answered Myra whispered into Thea's ear
"She won't be able to understand, just keep repeating the same thing" Thea only nodded in response
"Tartarus wanted to use me because of my identity"
"Who are you ,then, what did he want you yo do, why do-" Annabeth was cut of by one of the champions of Hera
"Enough with questions, they are not needed to be answered at this moment" Ryan spoke
"But"
"But nothing" Hades was the one to cut her off this time
"Well she should continue with what happened with Tartarus" Athena spoke harshly
"This time I have a question for you Annabeth" Thea turned to the said demigoddess "Do you remember everything that happened in Tartarus?"
Annabeth and Percy were shocked by her question
"How can you ask something like that? " The son of Hades was outraged, he knew that Percy and Annabeth weren't the same since they came out of Tartarus
Before Nico continued he was stopped by the son of Poseidon
"Yes... It haunts us, we try to forget but it will never happen" Percy grimly said
"Exactly, my past, well the terrible parts of my past haunt me, like it's eating me away" Thea spoke darkly
Seconds went by before anyone spoke since they didn't dare speak of Tartarus infront of the heros of olympus who fell in Tartarus
"That's it" Thea finally spoke again
"What"
"You all wanted to know why I'm the prophesied one and there you have it" Thea nonchalantly said
"But what about the training, how are the demigod supposed to know, what else can-" the goddess of wisdom was cut off by the Queen
"Enough, they will handle that" Hera pointed towards her champions " Ria and Ryan will train Camp Jupiter while Thea and Myra train Camp Half Blood, Jason Reyna you to have two days to prepare for their arrival"
"Yes, m'lady" Reyna responded while Jason only nodded
"Before anything else no one can speak of what we have discussed to anyone else and if so there will be consequences" Hades warned the others
"Jackson and Chase I need to talk to you privately" said Hera as she stood
"Why" Poseidon asked while glaring at his sister
"Because I-" Hera suddenly blacked out
"MOM"
