I finished the son of neptune yesterday. I was about to update yesterday afterwards but I couldn't sit still or calm down enough to focus.

Promise me

She stared at her brother warily. He used his last bit of energy to point his muzzle towards one of the apartments. She understood immediately. He was pointing to Michael's mothers apartment. He wanted her to go on.

She nodded and slowly made her way down the jagged cliff side. She trotted towards the main road and then it hit her. The pain consumed her once more, her head throbbing, her chest seeming to be on fire. She shook her head violently trying to make it go away when her legs started to give out. She muttered to herself, No....

Suddenly the pain subsided, but the burning wouldn't go away. She walked more until she sensed someone, or something was following her. She looked back to see nothing. Only a couple of cars parked on the side and it seemed the same. But she still sensed something was wrong. She shook her head and headed toward the apartment.

As she was crawling up the steps to the apartment, she sighed and smiled. But as she was about to get their attention, a rope had slipped around her neck jerking her back. She growled with the only effort she had left and realized it was those animal control people. She bit at the rope, but they only pulled tighter. She yelped hoping to catch someones attention. Luckily it did, and Michael's mom had stepped out onto the steps, arguing about the noise, annd realized it was her. Zoe stared at her warily and noticed something was wrong. She wasn't herself. Maybe it was the Alzheimers, she had thought but highly doubt it.

"What's going on here?" She demanded. "Stop, don't hurt her"

"Mam? Is this your dog?" One of the men announced.

She hesitated, "Yes, yes it is, now release her"

"You shouldn't leave her out on the streets, she could hurt someone" They exclaimed.

"She wouldn't hurt a fly" She replied, pretending-as Zoe could tell-to be delirious.

"Well okay," He muttered releasing the rope. "Don't try and leave her out again, you hear me miss?"

"Yes, sir" She cooed. Commanding her to come near her. Zoe cautious of her went to her side and sat down. "See, she was probably just strolling around the neighborhood, she's all tired"

They soon left to their cars, and the goddess looked at her. "You alright?"

She nodded, "I'm fine, why are you here? I thought Michael had come to see his mother"

"Yes, she's to far along with the disease, that it would not help either of them to be near each other. Apollo asked me to do this for him." She replied softly.

"Apollo?" Zoe asked.

"Yes, he owes me big time" The goddess announced. "Want to come in?"

"Sure"

"I'll go get Michael" Zoe froze. She never thought about how much she missed him. She was Keith, and couldn't think about him as much as she used to.

"Michael, go grab some of the ambrosia and Nectar" She exclaimed.

"Sure, mom," he yelled. "What was that ruckus? Did you hurt yourself again?"

She sighed, "No, Michael, just come down with the nectar"

Zoe waited patiently until;she seen the fiuere step out from teh darkness of the stairwell. She smiled half-heartedly, and wagged her tail slightly, as he gasped at what he saw. He nearly dropped the medicine but managed to plce it on the counter before runing up to her.

"Zoe? Mom?" He demanded. "What, what happened?"

"She folowed you here, I think. You know from that camp of yours" She muttered trying to stay in character.

"Zoe," He buried his face in her neck. "I can't believe you're here." Artemis rolled her eyes.

"Well, now that she's here, what shall we do?"

Michael didn't answer, he just rubbed his hands through her coat. He kissed her on her forehead like he used to, and suddenly shot back up the stairs. He ran back down and tied the piece of rope to the couch. He unraveled the rope and tied a loose knot around her neck. She stared at him questionably. He smiled.

"I can't let you run away now," He joked. "Not again"

Artemis smiled half-heartedly. "Shall I get Ikaika's old bowls and bed?"

"Yea, I think she'd loved to meet him" He joked. Michael went to grab the bed from the closet and Zoe asked Artemis a question silently.

'Ikaika?'(A/n Ikaika means strong in hawaiian for those who don't know)

"Michael had a german shepherd when he was little-before he came to camp-he eventually died due to cancer that affected his blood vessels. They still got the ashes in the living room"

'Oh..that's sad'

"Yes, yes it is" Michael had just grabbed the bed and Artemis grabbed the bowls and filled one with water, and placed the ambrosia and nectar in another.

"Here you go" He gestured placing the bed onto the ground near the couch. She read the bowl, and gave him a puzzled look.

"I didn't know how to spell his name at first, so I made the mistake of writing 'Ika ika' on the bowl when I was six," he joked. She smiled, and curled up into a ball into the bed. Her first time resting peacefully in quite a while. Michael headed back upstairs for something while Artemis sat on the couch. Zoe noticed she was uncomfortable and was about to ask why, but knew exactly why. They both had sensed something near the apartment. She looked up at the goddess.

"Just stay calm" Artemis replied, but Zoe knew better. She had sensed that smell the whole time. It was the god who killed her brother, and she knew exactly what he wanted. But she wasn't going to give him what he wanted. Not now. Never, she'd die before she'd give him the chance.

She jerked hard on the rope around her neck trying to lunge at him, wanting to get him out of here. Artemis didn't try to stop her, she knew that thats what she wanted to do. Once the rope snapped, Michael had came down to see what the problem was. When he saw Zoe dashing out of the apartment, he jumped inot action and ran out to follow her. He froze when he saw the god, Pontos standing there.

I'm still jittery and can't sit stil, so the last chapter is next, which may be a while, since I can't settle down. And oif you have read the son of neptune, *Spoiler* I can't believe Rick Riordan stole me my freakin' characters talent. She could turn into an animal before Frank!, sorry had to blurt that out, as you can see I was freaking out over the book. Especially the part with Leo and sammy...nevermind, I'll rant it to someone else, like my brother.

Enjoy and Review,

~Percabeth17~