A/N – Welcome my faithful readers, I hope you enjoy this next chapter. Um as I'm writing this authors note I have no idea what this chapter will have in it so here's hoping it turns out well.

Chapter 3 – A Rude Awakening

-Percy's POV-

I opened my eyes and stretched my arms. Last night Artemis had given me a rundown on a suspected war and that was why I was placed as their guardian. It was a long night and I had collapsed in my tent and fallen asleep instantly.

Now after a long sleep I was getting up, although I couldn't understand why it felt like I was moving. I looked to the side and saw that my sleeping bag was sitting on a wooden raft and floating on the lake.

I looked to the shore to see the hunters, minus Artemis and Thalia, laughing as hard as they possibly could. I shrugged, while it was a good idea for a prank they had chosen a poor target to push into a lake.

I unzipped the sleeping bag and rolled into the water, moving at a speed that isn't normally obtainable by a human and launched myself out of the water onto the shore. I was perfectly dry but the hunters were caught by the wake I left behind, drenching them all thoroughly.

I supressed a laugh before pointing my outstretched palm at the raft with my sleeping bag still on it. I closed my hand and a wave rose behind the raft and brought it to the shore.

"Nice prank girls but next time don't try and push a son of Poseidon into a lake." I said as I took my sleeping bag back to my tent. After I had put my sleeping bag away I found Artemis asking the hunters why they were wet. I walked up behind the hunters and clapped my hands, causing all the water to suddenly convert into mist and willed the mist out over the lake before converting it back to water.

"See all better." I said as Phoebe shot me a dirty look.

"Ah Percy good to see you so energetic today. I am taking the hunters on a quick hunt and while we're gone you are going to wash all the clothes over there." Said Artemis as she pointed to a pile of clothes covered in monster dust as well as regular dirt and grime.

"My Lady, the idea of having a guardian is that they guard you. If I am here then I can't help you." I said trying to reason with her.

"I do not need the protection of a man!" exclaimed Artemis as the hunters snickered before getting their gear and heading out with Artemis. I just sighed before using my powers to start washing the clothes.

As I was finishing I heard a scream coming from the woods. I looked to the direction and saw it was the way the hunters had left. I dropped everything before charging towards the sound.

When I arrived I saw a pack of hellhounds that outnumbered the hunters three to one. I pulled Riptide from my pocket and uncapped the pen, revealing my bronze sword in all its glory. I charged and started taking down the hellhounds.

When the number of hellhounds had decreased to a more tolerable level I saw what had caused the scream. One of the youngest hunters, Mary I think her name was, was lying on the ground her right arm horribly burnt. I looked around for what could have caused the burn to see a battle raging in a clearing that had been hidden from sight. The trees that had been blocking the way were burnt down to ashes revealing Artemis battling with Hyperion. Artemis looked to be losing quickly.

I looked down to Mary and quickly drew some water from the air and surrounded her arm, I channelled my essence into the water making it heal her arm, repairing the burns and healing the arm to a level that it was no longer in danger of being damaged beyond repair. She wouldn't be able to pull back a bow string for a while but still she would still have an arm.

I looked to the battle between God and Titan and charged forward as Hyperion was preparing to a downward slash at a defenceless Artemis.

-Artemis POV-

I am regretting leaving Percy at the camp. We were hunting what we thought was a single hellhound but had ended up being a large pack, big enough to cause trouble for my hunters, but with me here they would be fine.

As I was preparing my bow to attack the hellhounds a godly presence appeared on the battle field. I looked to the presence to see Hyperion standing on the battle field. I spun around and saw Hyperion using his powers to badly burn Mary.

I charged in rage and slashed at him with my hunting knives. He easily parried my attacks with his sword. His burning eyes looked almost pleased. I was confused but I wouldn't let him win.

"Come now Artemis, you are no match for me." He said as he dodged a slash of my hunting knives and cut my cheek with the tip of his sword. I hissed in pain before swiping at his stomach.

When my knives got close, flames sprang up forming a wall. My knives were sucked into the flames and dropped onto the ground glowing white hot.

I tried to get away to use my bow but he swept my legs out from under me.

Before me was one thing I hated most, a man who deemed himself better than me because of gender. As he raised his sword to finish me he smirked.

"You should've run Artemis; you were never a match for me. Now the first blood in a glorious war!" He cried as he swung downwards. I closed my eyes, but instead of feeling the impact of a sword I heard the impact of celestial bronze on celestial bronze.

"Get away from Lady Artemis!" Cried out my mystery saviour. I opened my eyes to see Percy standing over me, his sword out in front of him glowing with a faint bronze light. He was standing over me protectively, blocking Hyperion from getting near me.

-Percy's POV-

"So Hyperion, I've got to know. What was it like in the tree?" I questioned as I stood over Artemis. The flames surrounding him flared up to an extreme, the grass around him was catching fire.

"Jackson, I'll kill you for that humiliation!" Bellowed Hyperion as he charged forward again.

"You can try!" I replied before charging towards him as well.

We met in a clash of bronze, sword matching sword. Hyperion tried to use his fire to his advantage but I pulled water from the air around us to create a light mist that made it too damp for his flames to gain any ground.

We were now battling in swordsmanship and power. I knew he would overpower me soon so I needed to outsmart him, crap.

I tried to think while battling Hyperion, I was matching him blow for blow but I knew I wouldn't be able to keep it up. I focused some of the water from the mist and formed an icicle and launched it at him.

It didn't hit him but he had jumped back to avoid it, giving me the time I need to glance around the battlefield.

"Pathetic Jackson. Such little tricks as a mist won't work on me for long." Said Hyperion as his flames started to overpower the mist. "But it's all to be expected from the spawn of the weakest of the big three." Continued Hyperion.

I laughed, quietly at first before gradually getting louder until I was outright mocking Hyperion.

"Zeus is king of the gods, considered the strongest. Hades is lord of the dead and is considered second because of his cunning. And Poseidon is disregarded. My father is like the sea, calm on the surface but constantly moving underneath. Always deadly, always powerful. Poseidon doesn't enjoy conflict, he let Athena win the completion for patron of Athens, and even my father knows that a salt water spring is useless." I said, rage starting to build in me.

"But what everyone forgets is that my father is the earth shaker," I called as the ground started to shake, "The storm bringer," Small sparks started to dance around me, "And the ruler of the sea!" I yelled as water shot out of the ground. The pull in my gut was so powerful that it was bordering on painful.

I pushed my hand towards Hyperion and watched as the water shot forward, electricity arcing through it. As the water shot forward chunks of earth and stone were pulled up and circled around the blast.

Hyperion could only watch in shock as the blast struck his chest, launching him backward into a tree, extinguishing his flames.

I stood tall and picked up one of the hunting knives that Artemis had lost. I weighed it in my hand before throwing it with my might. It plunged straight through Hyperion's helmet and caused him to disintegrate into ethereal blue flames, showing his passage to Tartarus.

I smirked before feeling the power that had been coursing through me to leave. I looked to see Artemis and the hunters safe; I smiled before letting the darkness that had been creeping around the edges of my vision to overtake me.

-Artemis POV-

I watched as Percy fought Hyperion to protect me, I was angered at first that he did it. But after seeing his conviction to protect me I felt a strange pride well up in me that he was doing this to protect me, I knew that he was ordered to by my father but this seemed like he was protecting me for more than just that.

I watched in awe as he matched Hyperion blow for blow. The power that the two wielded was unbelievable.

When it reached the stage where Percy seemed to be tiring I prepared myself to try attacking Hyperion with my bow. Before I could Percy started to glow a bright sea green. Power was coming from him in waves.

My eyes widened when he started to call forth powers usually associated with Hades and Zeus. When he created the blast of combined elements I nearly hid to avoid feeling the power he was emanating.

I watched silently as he used my own knife to finish the fight, I smiled. Percy was ok, my hunters were ok and I was okay. Percy looked to us and smiled before collapsing.

The hunters all gasped before racing over to where he had fallen. It was truly amazing how Percy had changed their opinions with one fight. The hunters had picked Percy up and were carrying him over to me.

I quickly contacted Apollo mentally and waited.

In a flash of gold Apollo appeared, he looked prepared to make a joke until he saw the injuries on me and the condition Percy was in. He quickly handed me some ambrosia before rushing over to check Percy.

I walked over to where Hyperion had been defeated to pick up my knife. When I retrieved it I saw a golden sword resting in the burning grass, the blade had images of flames dancing along the edges.

I picked it up and carried it over to Percy and Apollo. Apollo was just finishing up with Percy.

"Hey little sis." Apollo cheered happily. I sighed before placing the sword on Percy's chest.

"How is he LITTLE brother?" I asked annoyed at Apollo, he straightened up.

"He's just exhausted; it must have been a hell of a fight." Said Apollo, before he looked at the sword I had just placed on Percy's chest.

"Hang on isn't that Hyperion's sword?" Questioned Apollo before he looked around the battlefield to see burns and singe marks all over the ground.

"I'll explain later." I said before instructing my hunters to start heading back to camp. I placed my hand on Percy's shoulder and flashed us into his tent. Placing him in his sleeping bag and placed the sword next to him.

-Future Percy POV-

"Artemis come quick, you're missing the best bit." I yelled before turning back to the T.V. Popcorn in hand. Artemis came running in and with the grace only a few animals can boast to, she jumped onto the couch.

"Aren't you so sweet, protecting me from Hyperion?" She said as she leant into my shoulder. I wrapped my arm around her as we watched the fight unfold before us. We were sitting in my palace, which is currently the only thing left of what would have been the future. There was nothing else there. We were just waiting until the right time to assimilate with our past selves to increase the knowledge and experience we gained in this timeline.

I leaned down and kissed Artemis' auburn hair and smiled. The future was looking better even if it wasn't our original future.

A/N – And there is the end of that chapter. I need to say sorry, this chapter should have been finished ages ago, but I was reading other fan fictions. So sorry, but you don't need to worry about it anymore because I read on my phone and it broke so for a little while I'll get more writing down.

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