"You know about the Three Pillars, don't you, Lady Artemis?" Percy asked and she shifted uncomfortably. Artemis raised an eyebrow. "You know, the one I told you at the roof top?"

"Dignity, Duty, and Respect" Artemis says remembering, though she wasn't quite sure that was it. Percy nodded slowly. "The Pack has Three Pillars, and in turn, we have the Three Secrets—Treis Tracitum. Those three secrets are practically the foundation of the Pack. The Tres Tracticum is practically our mandate. It has three parts: Primus, Deftrus, and Tertius. I'm practically shattering Primus for just showing you my face"

"Why?" Artemis asked. Percy ignored her.

"I was happy back then," Percy asked. Artemis wanted to interrupt, but he looked too much in thought. "Why wouldn't I? We were successful in locking Gaea up for who knows how long; my best friend was alive, my brother and sister—Thalia and Nico—were alive, in fact, almost everyone was alive. The gods rewarded us, we became immortals, and there was some sort of peace. Yeah, I was definitely happy."

Ah, Artemis thought, he's talking about the time of the Giant War.

"I was content too. But then, the new Great Prophecy happened," Percy's voice turned sour. "According to the third Great Prophecy, a child from each of the elder gods, shall bring Olympus at its peak." Artemis nodded. She remembered. "I didn't mind having the burden. I was shipped off to Atlantis; Nico was taken to the Underworld—but he didn't mind, he was used to there anyway; and Thalia was taken away from the Hunt to train in Olympus. We were almost never allowed to go out of our domains, remember?"

Artemis nodded again. "Thank you, by the way," Artemis whispered. Percy raised an eyebrow and when he met her silver eyes, he knew what she meant.

"Nothing to thank me for, Lady Artemis. We were being held prison in our fathers' domains. Well, they were being held prison by Hades and Zeus, but Poseidon wasn't really strict to begin with," Artemis couldn't help but notice the way that Percy almost spat his father's name.

"When I was bored with training, I would go anywhere. Usually I'd Im Annabeth. When I heard that Thalia and Nico weren't allowed to go anywhere, I quickly set off to sneak them out. I was seventeen, and we were having fun: fighting monsters, saving demigods, and we loved the thrill of the thought that we could get captured every time.

"Thalia always looked like she was in a funeral after the sneaking out and she felt so hyper during the sneaking out. That's when I realized that she was hyper because sneaking out felt like the Hunt. That's when I decided to almost kill myself to learn a new power. It was essential to help sneak Thalia back to camp."

Artemis raised an eyebrow. "You almost killed yourself to learn something that would help you bring my lieutenant back to the Hunt and you still won't accept my thank you?" Artemis laughed. Hearing her laugh was like hearing Apollo's music—you never get tired of it. And then Artemis paused as if a thought suddenly crossed her mind "You never did tell me how you managed to sneak Thalia away from Olympus and back to the Hunt all those years ago" she says.

Percy laughed. "I was getting to that part. When I learned the trick, I quickly went off to Olympus to see Thalia. This is the trick that helped me sneak her out," he says and puts a hand forward. An amount of water materialized in front of them and took the shape and colour of Thalia Grace. "Hmmm…the nose isn't right" Percy says and attempts to fix Thalia's clone's nose—which only made it worse—which made him fix it more—which made it worse and worse.

Artemis couldn't help but laugh. "You know, it's not nice playing with your cousins face," Artemis says laughing. Percy was grinning and he shrugged. "She's my cousin, she'll get over it," Percy says chuckling. "Well, it's notnice playing with my lieutenant's face" Artemis says in a serious face as if daring him to tell her It's you, you'll get over it. Percy paled and gulped.

Upon his expression, Artemis laughed and laughed. "Ha-ha-ha!" Percy says which only made Artemis laugh more. "You really scared me, Lady Artemis!" Percy says. Artemis stopped laughing and ask, "Why won't you just call me Artemis, Perseus?" she asks though she did not know why. Percy laughed a laugh. "Why don't you just call me Percy, Lady Artemis?" Artemis glared at him, he glared at her back. After a moment of silent glaring, they broke into a fit of laughter.

"Well anyway, at that time, when I made the clone, I could barely keep myself from falling unconscious. It took a lot of me. And then I'd have Nico shadowtravel me to Olympus, switch Thalia with a clone, and bring her to your camp. After that, I spend time in the sea, because I'm stronger there, and I can be able to maintain the clone better. But you know? Even underwater, I was already bed ridden just to keep control of the clone. That's why I only got to sneak Thalia in for a week to the Hunt….Sorry about that, you know? I wanted her to stay longer"

Artemis looked at him incredibly. Seriously? He was apologizing. She shook his head. Only Percy would.

"One day, Nico and I sneaked Thalia from Olympus. On the way to the Hunt, we were attacked by a pack of monsters. I was too tired from creating Thalia's clone, so I couldn't fight properly. It didn't matter. Thalia and Nico were enough, but in excitement to go to the Hunt Thalia let her guard down and from the slightest chance, got hit in the head by a monster, which left Nico defending for us. But there were a lot of monsters. He could've probably taken them on alone, but Thalia and I were being dead weights.

"Nico decided to shadow travel us, but at that exact moment, a monster threw a claw that could've killed Thalia, and in Nico's panicked, carelessly shadow travelled us without a destination in mind—"

Artemis gasps, "But wouldn't that mean—?"

"Yes," Percy breathed. "We were stuck in the Shadows. But for some reason, we got pulled out of the Shadows and arrived at some kind of island as if the island was our destination all along…Artemis…I can't tell you more. What happens next will be Tertius, the first and Third Secret of the Pack"

"What?"

"Treis Tracitum is arranged from of the most important to the least, Primus being the most important. I've already broken Primus because the secret Primus is—no one can know that Percy Jackson lives—"

"Why is that so import—"

"—and, there's Deftrus. Primus may be the most important, but Deftrus—it's personal. I'll damn Primus and Tertius first before I break Deftrus. So, I'm sorry, Lady Artemis. This is were you just have to trust me" Percy says looking straight in Artemis's silver eyes.

Artemis considered her options. Yes, it's Percy Jackson. He is to be trusted….but it's been 700 years. Everything changes with time…but he's under Hestia so…but Artemis knew for sure that she wasn't allowed to tell anyone—or rather, anygod or anygoddess— about this…was this worth betraying her father, Zeus's, and the other Olympian's trust?

"No, Perseus. You told me you'd tell me everything"

"I didn't! I told you that I'd tell you what I could. And I can't!"

"You can't just expect me to trust you with such little—"

"I showed my face to you, didn't I?! Isn't Primus enough!"

"Then, Tertius?"

"If you knew Tertius, you'd kill me!"

"How can I trust you when you say you know something that's worth you being killed by a goddess that doesn't usually kill people without good reason!"

Percy wanted to shout, scream. He was frustrated. Gods, maybe faking his death, like what Nico suggested, wasn't such a bad idea….well, it was too late now. He groaned.

"Fine. I'll tell you Tertius—but you must swear an Accord"

Artemis eyes widened. "HOW DO YOU KNOW OF ACCORDS?!" This is preposterous! No one below the level of a god should know about making Accords! It's a kind of swearing that asks you to bind on an agreement—but breaking it is worse than breaking an oath on the River Styx. Accords were usually used during the war at the end of the golden age, and the wars before them to assure loyalty. They call those who swore an Accord Allies. That's when it clicked.

The dream Artemis had seen! The one with the Ace—or who she knows now as Perseus—which was Morpheus and Hypnos. Gods! How could she have been stupid? We are your allies they said. It wasn't 'allies' with an 'a' but 'ALLIES' of an Accord!

"You…" Artemis says as she realizes all this. "Hypnos and…and"—percy nodded—"and Morpheus—who else are your Allies, Perseus?!" Artemis answered. Percy's eyes widened.

"I can't tell you that—unless you swear an Accord. I protect their secrecy!"

"Tell me who your Allies are, and I'll swear an Accord. I swear on the River Styx"

Percy gasps. "No!"

"What? I thought, that's what you wanted? For me to swear an Accord!"

"I don't want you to swear an Accord! I only said that so you won't push me into telling you one of our Treis Tracitum!"

"But I am perfectly willing to—"

"No! If you swear an Accord, your first loyalty will be on me—no, on Tertius. You shall be a traitor if the Olympians shall know of this! I cannot drag you to that! The Olympians are your family!"

"If this oh so precious Tertius is dangerous enough to make me a traitor then the more that I should know! Tell me Tertius and give me just that one reason for me to trust you. You wouldn't have just disappeared so suddenly as you did 700 hundred years ago, so tell me that the reason you disappeared for is worth it!" That whatever dragged my Aunt Hestia and my acting like a brother Ares is worth it!

Percy wasn't going to budge. No. He wasn't going to drag Artemis into this. Artemis was good. Artemis was kind. Artemis deserved better than to be dragged into this! Hush, son. Tell her. It was Hestia's voice. Percy mentally screamed a groan. Can't someone he like NOT get in danger….whoa whoa whoa, like? No. nope. No. He meant like as in appreciated. Just to make it clear.

"Hypnos, and Morpheus, Mars, and Hestia" Percy breathed out. Artemis knew he was talking about about the Allies. "Who else?" Artemis asked.

"Iris" Percy says. "So that's why you can IM as freely as you do!" Percy nodded. "And Hades?" Artemis asked. Percy shook his head. "He knows, though, but he acts as if he sees nothing. But that doesn't matter. He could've gotten us killed—or worse, start a war, but he didn't. So I'm grateful that he did nothing." Then Percy gave two or three more names of Allies. "And that's all of them," Percy says.

Artemis takes in a deep breath, and starts speaking in Ancient Greek. Then she momentarily shifted to Roman and said the words in Latin. There were golden words floating around her. As she finished, the golden glow was gone. It was finished. The Accords were done.

Percy shifted uncomfortably. After a few moments of silence, "So we were shadow travelled to a weird island. You know what's weird? The Island was just a cliff—but not any cliff. The Island-cliff land thingy was so high that it touched the sky. And below, we were surrounded by the sea. And underneath the cliff, was a cave. It was as if the Big Three's domains were all merged into one big place where they existed harmoniously. It was beautiful there. We made off to get shelter inside the cave. I made the water that surged the cave ice so that we had a floor. But when I thought that we went inside to rest, the moment we stepped inside the cave, all of us were all automatically well, healthy, energized and healed.

"That's when we decided to explored the cave. That's when we found it." Percy says his gaze fixed in the fire.

"Found what"

Percy's eyebrows scrunched. "Tertius" Artemis waited for further explanation. After a long moment, Percy breathed in and closed his eyes. "That moment changed everything. I knew we were never going to be the same. We discovered Tertius" Artemis couldn't wait any longer"What is Tertius, Perseus?"

Percy breathed out, narrowed his eyes at the fire, calmed himself and then looked Artemis in the eye seriously.

"The truth about the most powerful Olympian"

Artemis eyes were knit with confusion, speculation, and utter surprise.

But that wasn't all Percy had to say.

"And the Weakness of the Gods"