I do not own PJO!

I decided to redo the end of this chapter because I was never satisfied with the way it ended before. I hope you like it!

Ari can feel her mind healing everyday. It probably helps to be dating the god of healing and sanity. It's been four years since the whole Hades incident. She still gets nightmares sometimes, but they are becoming less and less frequent.

"Hey you" says a husky voice behind her. Ari turns from her task of making breakfast to see her boyfriend in only his boxers rubbing his eye sleepily.

"Looks like someone slept well" Ari says with a smirk as she walks over to him to give him a good morning kiss. Apollo gladly accepts it and cups his hands around her face. Before he can deepen it, Ari pulls away and pushes him towards the table.

"Sit. I'm almost done with breakfast." True to her word, about a minute later she placed a steaming plate with an extra stuffed omelette in front of him.

Apollo looked up at his girlfriend and smiled. "What did I do to deserve you?"

Ari sat down across from him with her own omelette and cracked a smile. "Maybe saving me from death twice now. What did I do to deserve someone who has done everything that you have. I never dreamed that a man could care for me this much, especially not a god."

Apollo's smile slowly fell from his face and his eyebrows pinched together until he was looking at Ari very seriously across the table. He grabbed her hand and held on tight. "Ariadne, I hope that you know how much I love you. Of course I would do all of that stuff for you. You are the love of my life, the person that I am meant to be with forever. You are my everything. Don't doubt for a second that I wouldn't do it all over again."

Ari gave him a watery smile and then lunged across the table, omelettes forgotten, to press her lips against his. "I love you so much Apollo" she murmured into the kiss. Apollo dragged her the rest of the way over the table until Ari was straddling his lap. He used her surprised gasp to push his tongue into her mouth, which Ari gladly accepted. She started running her fingers through his wavy golden hair the way she knows he likes it.

Apollo groaned and moved his hands to her breasts and started to gently knead them. Ari started to slowly grind against the growing hardness between them. Apollo pulled away from the kiss, ripped off Ariadne's shirt and bra, and started to attack her breasts with his mouth. He swirled his tongue around her right nipple and sucked it into his mouth while he played with her left breast with his hand, pinching the nipple. This onslaught of kisses and nips caused Ari to arch her head back in pleasure.

Using all of her self control, Ari managed to pull back from Apollo, causing him to whine at the loss. Ari got off of his lap and fell onto her knees in front of him. She caught Apollo's eyes while she slowly pulled down his boxers inch by inch. Apollo hissed as his dick finally sprang free. The head was flushed red and leaking some precome. Ari licked her lips and took the head into her mouth. Apollo groaned and slumped into his chair. Ari expertly relaxed her throat and took him in all the way to the base. She started to dancing her tongue all around his shaft while she slowly released him until she just had the head in her mouth again. She darted her tongue under his head. Apollo swore, grabbed her hair, and started to fuck her mouth, which Ari happily accepted.

"I'm about to come" Apollo strained out and was then coming down her throat. Ari swallowed all he had to offer. She looked up at Apollo who had a dazed smile on his face. She got up off the floor and sat back down on Apollo's lap.

"You're amazing" Apollo whispered. Ari smiled and moved to kiss him again. While exploring each others mouths again for the umpteenth time, Apollo's hands slowly snuck down and pulled down Ari's pants and underwear. Once he managed to get the offending garments off, he reached his hand over and started to play with her clit. It was now Ariadne's turn to be at Apollo's mercy. While his thumb rubbed over her clit, two of his fingers started to pump in and out of her. As soon as she was getting close to her orgasm, Apollo stopped his ministrations. Ari groaned at the loss of his fingers, but it didn't last for long.

Apollo picked her up and put her on top of the table, where he quickly joined her. Apollo was already hard again just from watching his girlfriend become undone in his hands. He took his dick into his hand and slowly entered her warm heat. They both groaned at the sensation of being complete again. Apollo started to thrust in and out; trying to keep the pace slow and sweet, but Ari had different ideas. She wrapped her legs around his waist and groaned out "fuck me like you mean it."

Apollo did just that and started to thrust deep and hard. The sound of skin slapping together echoed throughout the kitchen. It didn't take long for either of them to feel their orgasms quickly approaching. Neither of them did anything to slow it down. Ari was the first one to fall over the edge and clenched tightly around Apollo while she came with a loud moan. Apollo was quick to follow after feeling her tighten deliciously around him. He pulled out out and fell onto his back next to her. Both of them were trying to control their breathing. They both looked over and smiled at each other. They shared some light kisses while they basked in the afterglow.

Ariadne was the first one to pull away. "As much as I'd love to stay here all day I promised Chiron that I would come into camp today to help train some of the new campers. Apollo sighed but understood.

"Those campers are lucky for having someone as amazing as yourself train them. When you get back we can finish what we started."

Ari bit her lip and looked up at Apollo. ''I love you so much."

"I love you too sweetheart" Apollo stole another quick kiss and then relented in letting Ari get up and get dressed in their bedroom.

As soon as she was presentable she went back over to Apollo who had not moved. "Could you flash me down to camp?" Ari asked. Apollo looked up "of course" he said.

"I'll see you later. I love you" Ari said as she was flashed to camp by Apollo. She appeared in front of the big house. She knocked on the door which was answered by Chiron.

"Ariadne! It's always so great to see you. I was thinking that you could help the new campers with archery since you are the girlfriend of the god of archery."

"No problem Chiron" Ari laughed out. She made her way to the archery field and saw a group of campers loitering around; waiting for an instructor. "Hey guys" she called out. "Sorry that I'm late. I'm going to be your instructor for today. My name is Ariadne."

There was a chorus of "hi Ariadne's." "Ok, let's get started" said Ari. The campers spread out and went to their own stations respectively.

"How about you guys start shooting so I can see what I'm working with." The campers all shot a couple of arrows toward the targets with varying degrees of success.

"Ok guys stop shooting and gather around the centre of the field with me" Ari shouted. Everyone stopped what they were doing and joined her in the middle of the field. There, Ari demonstrated to the campers the proper way to hold a bow and how to draw it back. She had the campers practice a couple of times until she was satisfied with their positioning. She was about to send the campers back to practice shooting at the targets again when she felt a sharp pain rip through her side.

She looked down to find an arrow embedded deeply inside her. She fell to the ground and gasped in pain. The campers around her didn't know what to do.

"Someone go get Chiron" one of them screamed out loud. A couple of the campers ran off in the direction of the big house. The rest ran off to get medical supplies and/or the Apollo campers. Ari felt herself getting scared as her vision stared to swim.

"Apollo help" she thought, but Apollo never came. She didn't want to die alone. Not now. Not again. What happened to her happily ever after? She was finally happy for once and it was all going to get ripped away from her. Her eyesight stopped swimming enough for her to notice a young camper standing over her; holding a bow.

Ari gasped up at him. He had to only be about eight years old. He grabbed the arrow sticking out of her side and ripped it out. Ari screamed in pain and felt warm blood start to gush out of her.

She knew that she was going to die at the hands of this child. "Why?" she managed to gasp out.

The boy looked down at her and said "because of you my father was publicly humiliated. You've pushed all of the other Olympians against him. It's all your fault. This is for Hades. The child walked away as the world around Ari slowly started to fade to black.

A bright light seared through the darkness before it could fully engulf her. Apollo had arrived. "Ariadne" he cried out as he kneeled down next to her body.

"'Pollo" Ari murmured struggling to keep her eyes open.

She reached her hand out to cup his cheek as his eyes filled with horror as he saw the damage that the arrow had done."I felt that you were hurt and I came over as soon as I could. Who did this to you?"

Ari gestured vaguely in the direction the child had walked. "Don't hurt him" Ari whimpered.

"Bu.."

"No, promise me that you won't hurt him. He is just a child."

"I promise" whispered Apollo. He moved his hands to cover the wound where blood was still slowly pumping out of her. He closed his eyes in concentration and his hands started to glow a warm golden color. It did nothing. He tried again and again until Ari grabbed his hand and made him stop. Apollo knew that even he, the god of healing, was powerless. It was a mortal wound and death had already started to take hold of Ariadne. He was going to lose her all over again. Tears welled up in his eyes "I am so sorry sweetheart" Apollo cried. There is nothing I can do"

Ari grasped his hand even tighter. "It's not your fault 'Pollo, I am just glad that I am able to see you one last time. I love you so much."

"I love you too" Apollo sobbed and leaned in to pressed his lips against his beloved's. With this last kiss he took away all of her pain and watched as her eyes started to flutter shut. By the time Chiron arrived Ari had stopped breathing and was cradled in her lover's arms.

"I will find you again Ariadne, I will always find you."