Chapter 1
Ritsuka Fujimaru woke up in the middle of the night… In a forest… Weird she didn't remember falling asleep in a forest. She remembered falling asleep in her room as always a few days after complete the fourth pseudo-singularity, which Da Vinci named "The Forbidden Advent Garden: Salem". So there weren't many more days before the Mage's Associations arrive at Chaldea.
Right now she was in the middle of a forest, she had her normal Mystic Code on her, which was far better than her pajama clothes she remembered wearing before going into the bed, thanks to that the cold wasn't hitting her as hard as it seemed to be, but it was very cold anyway.
She was lying on the snowy floor, so she decided to get up. And tried to get the snow off her.
"Oh, so you are awake Master" A voice talker right next to her, it was a woman's voice and one she knew very well. "I'm glad to see that you are fine"
Turning her gaze to the direction from where she had heard the voice she was able to see a beauty. Long bluish-purple hair, two spiky ears, her eyes were watching her as she was sitting on the floor next to her. Wearing her normal attire, which consisted of a hooded bluish-purple robe, her normal hood was down revealing her face to her and her warm and gentle smile directed to her.
She was known by many names, Witch of Colchis, Witch of Betrayal, Mage from the age of gods, but to her, she was Medea, the very first servant she was ever summoned and one of the best friends she had ever had in her life, she taught magecraft from time to time even if she didn't understand half of it. Many legends described her as evil, and she accepted it as true, her life was always controlled by someone else, and her mind was destroyed at a young age to save a hero chosen by the gods. She was cursed to blindly love a man she had never seen just because he was favoured by the goddess of beauty. Her main talents lie in plotting and crafting plans. She likes reticent men of sincerity and girls in adorable clothes, and she dislikes muscles. She doesn't like being called a witch and was very proud of her magic, so anyone who calls her a witch ends with very severe punishment from her.
"Medea!"
She said with a happy voice.
"You are here too. At least I'm not doomed to fail with you here" Said with a rather joyous expression.
"I'm glad you are awake too Master but right now we have to know where are we the others have already gone to do some scouting around here and as I needed a little time to prepare a spell I decided to guard you until they come back" Caster explained with a composed voice.
"Wait others are other servants here too?" She asked with a hopeful tone.
"Yes indeed, apart from me we have here with us many servants first we have the brawny Heracles, then we have the two warriors of the Trojan War" As she was counting the servants wit her hand.
"So, we have Heracles, Hector and Achilles, what did you do to make them work together?" Ritsuka asked, "I mean, the Hector I know would throw little rocks to Achilles rather than work with him"
"It wasn't that hard once I threatened them, it's an easy task when you have my experience" Said Caster with an evil smile, now you could see why the title of witch was placed on her
"Anyway, do we have anyone over here?" Said while trying to change the topic
"Yes, we do" Confirmed Caster "But you should feel her by now, she is quite close after all" Caster's voice sounded angry and hateful… Not it was worse and she knew the only servant who could draw such reaction from her
"I really hope that everything goes without any problem"
She heard the bushes near them moving, and I pray his assumption is wrong, but it didn't.
From the woods that surrounded them, a woman appeared. The woman wears beautiful green clothing, clad in verdant green with her cold, sharp eyes containing a beastly glint. Her hair is stretched out long and unkempt with two ears like things on her head and a tail like was attached to her hip. She was one who can be called a beautiful beast in human form.
This woman's name is Atalanta the Hunter of Greek Mythology, the one who is said to be the first one to draw blood from the Calydonian Boar and one of the Argonauts the most famous group of heroes from Greece. A hunter and a follower of the goddess Artemis after she saved her when she was abandoned in a forest, and once Caster's best friend. Summoned right after the end of the third singularity "Okeanos" where she helped them to obtain the Holy Grail.
"Master, I'm glad you art fine and I must thank the gods for that" Said Archer while placing a hand in her chest and a relieved look on her face "I have scoutest the surroundings while Rider, Lancer and Berserker have gone to explore further places. Me hope everything went well Caster" Said Archer while looking at Caster who acted like she wasn't even there.
"Now that you are ready Master, we should look for a place to camp and try to contact Chaldea" Said Caster with a calm voice, and acting like Archer wasn't even there "The leyline here is not very powerful so we have to look for a stronger one"
"Yes, we should move on and try to find a place to stay but, where?" Asked the Master
"If we go in that direction we should be able to get out of the forest Master, there is a castle" Said Archer while pointing to the opposite direction from where she came from "If we go out there there's a fairly deep cliff overlooking the sea"
"Then we should move towards that castle and hope we find someone who can help us" Said the master "But first we should call the others" Then the red-headed girl closed her eyes and after a few seconds she opened them again "Okay, they are heading towards us right now, let's move" while starting to walk
The trio started to walk into the woods directing themselves to the castle but after a few moments of walking the voice of a girl sounded in the woods
"Fire!"
The voice resonated in the forest and the sound of various projectiles was heard shortly after.
"NO!"
Another voice, this time of a young man, yelling in horror.
"Atalanta, Medea"
"Yay"
"Understood"
Without any other word, Archer quickened her path and started to run through the woods, her experience as a hunter and stronger body allowed her to move through the woods without any problem. Caster rapidly chanted a fly spell that allowed her and her Master to move at the same speed Archer was running while evading all the trees
When they got to the place where they heard the voice, it was near the cliff that Jack had mentioned earlier. There were quite a few people, a group of young girls, about a dozen of them, wearing similar silver parkas and jeans. Every one of them wielded a bow. An Auburn haired girl stood in front of them.
The other party, fewer in number a girl wearing dark clothes, a ripped-up army jacket, black leather pants and chain jewellery. A young boy who seemed to be twelve or thirteen years old, with a horror face, was standing near the cliff "Someone hath fallen off the cliff" Archer thought. There were three more people on this site, a young boy around the same age as the boy before, the most important thing about this guy was his goat-like legs.
"A Satir?" Said Caster while watching at him "How curious to be able to see one nowadays Master, you should appreciate this experience, there aren't many Satirs who are left on this side of the world" Explained
The other two were a girl and a boy, siblings, they wear some kind of uniform had the same black hair but the girl wears a green hat on top that covered her face a bit.
"Percy, Thalia you won't believe me, but for some reason, I can feel the Golden Fleece from that Woman over there" Said the Satir, while pointing at Caster who was still floating in midair
That single sentence made everyone look at the group that has just arrived.
The boy who was near the cliff, Percy they supposed, looked at the Satir with a shocked look "Wh-what? But, but the Fleece is supposed to be at the camp" Said very surprised
The auburn-haired girl approached them while a black-haired girl who seemed to be a bit older than her followed right after her.
"You can see us I suppose, then if what the Satir said is true I would like you to return the Golden Fleece" Said the auburn-haired girl "If not a confrontation I don't want to happen will occur" The girl's eyes turned more serious and they gleamed in silver light.
"First of all, I would like to know what's going on here if possible" Said the master trying to calm the situation "How do you guys know about the Fleece?"
"You have nothing to ask, you have seen something that you should not so answer my lady's request, mortal " Said the dark-haired girl
Archer seemed to say something to defend her Master, but before she could the girl from the sibling pair interrupted them
"Can someone explain to me what's going on here? First caught us, then this guy appeared and got trapped by him, a girl appears from nothing and two more appears and start fighting the who transformed into a monster-" "A Manticore, sis" "-Nico now is not the time, and- and- then a group of girls attack the monster with arrows and after he jumps off from the cliff with that girl appears another group of weird people" Said hysterically the girl
Almost everyone turned they gaze at her after being so brave to enter in the talk between the girl and the newly appeared mortal
"That's true, answers are in order" Said the auburn-haired girl "I'm Artemis, Goddess of the hunt, and these are my hunters" Said while pointing the dozen of girls who stood behind them
Archer and Ritsuka's eyes widened a bit incredulously, this girl didn't look anything like Artemis, but she claimed to be her. Caster, who was trained in a noble family, was able to keep her usual calm.
"Ehh, well that's not an answer I was expecting to be honest" Said Ritsuka "Anyway, my name is Ritsuka Fujimaru, and this two are my companions Caster and Archer, we have more on our group but we got separated in our way here yet they should be here in no time" Said the red-haired girl while pointing everyone as she named them
"It's a pleasure to meetest thou all, thou may refer to me as Archer for the time being" Said Archer with a gentle smile on her face
"Caster"
"And you will call me Rider!" A new voice sounded in everyone ears, the sound of neighing horses grew louder and clearer until what appeared to be a horse-drawn flying chariot appeared from the cliff and landing next to Archer. Three different horses pulled the chariot. The one who pulled them was a young adult with spiky green hair that stands up except for a single bang that hangs over the left side of his face. Wearing a silver armour and an orange cloth was wrapped loosely around his body.
He who stood with the dignity of a great hero was Achilles, son of the hero Peleus and the Sea Goddess Thetis, the hero of the Trojan War.
"Rider what art thou thinking? We were trying to keep a low profile just for thou to ruin it all" Archer scolded him, she didn't even greet him. She was like an elder sister scolding his little brother.
"Ahaha, well you see, I wanted to make an entrance and-" He never ended what he was saying as a hard hit from Archer got him on his knees, and a severe look on her face was placed upon him "I-I'm sorry sis"
"Now better you dostn't say a word and reflect on your actions or I'll tell her"
Everyone just watched how the guy who just a moment ago seemed to be a great person was on his knees grabbing his stomach after the hit from the green-haired woman landed on him
"My lady, that green-haired man is a demigod as well" Whispered the black-haired woman to 'Artemis'
"A demigod?" Whispered back, with mild surprise "Anyway Zoe prepare the camp, we will rest for a few hours here" Ordered "We will talk once this situation has calmed a bit, for now Bianca come with me I'll talk with you first"
After the girls have heard Artemis orders all the hunters started to raise tents, Artemis entered in the biggest one followed by the girl named Zoe and the one named Bianca. Leaving Ritsuka and her group with the other children.
"Ahaha" Ritsuka laughs at the strange situation "As I said you can call me Ritsuka, and these are Archer and Caster, the guy there on the ground is Rider"
"My name is Percy, Percy Jackson and this is Thalia Grace and Grover Underwood, the child over there is Nico di Angelo, he is the brother of the girl who just left with Lady Artemis" Said the boy called Percy
"So, what's going on here? We just walked through the forest when we heard someone screaming and run here as fast as we could"
"It's hard to explain, I'll need you to believe me in everything I'm going to tell you"
"Prove us kid, we have been through many things too there aren't many things that can surprise us now" Medea told him with a rather cheeky attitude.
"First of all, I'm a Son of Poseidon, the Greek god, and a Demigod. Thalia here is a demigod as well, she is a daughter of Zeus and Grover is a Satir who is on duty to protect us, last but not least Nico here is also a demigod but, who his father is remains unknown until we get to the Half-Blood Camp a place where demigods like us can stay and try to defend us against the monsters" Explained with a very serious expression
"Well, that's something I wasn't expecting" Medea said with a startled face "The gods are still alive? What happened here? Are we in some kind of parallel world where the gods are still among the humans, then this world must be in the age of gods even when technology has advanced. Just what's going on with this place? Has a grail appeared in this world and that's why we were summoned here?" Her thoughts were marching like a train at the moment, trying to understand what was going on
"I told you, I know it sounds crazy, It took me a while to believe it myself, but it's the truth" Honestly said the boy, looking at the troubled faces of the people he had just met
"Percy, I'm sorry to stop you but that green-haired man is also a demigod" The Satir, Grover, said while pointing Rider, who already stood up after a while and was trying to chat with some of the hunters but right after he tried to talk with one. Archer rapidly excused herself and appeared behind him and started to draw him back.
"What he is a demigod too?" Percy looked over Rider with a hoped expression to took him over to the camp, the more demigods they meet the more demigods they could save
"Yes, but I can't say who his father is, but I can tell at least he or she isn't one of the Olympians"
"Can you tell me more about that 'Half-Blood Camp' you mentioned?" Interrupted Ritsuka "It's a place where demigods live but how many of you live there?, who is training you?, are only Greek gods over here? What about the Roman ones? And why are you training? Aren't most of the monsters dead anyway?" Her amber eyes were watching over the two kids the same way a hunter watches its prey
Both, demigod and Satyr, were scared at the sight of the red-haired girl was given them, a predator about to jump over her prey
"Master, thou art scaring them, you should calm your curiosity" Said Atalanta who came back already, sitting next to her
"Can you speak normally?" Said the girl, Thalia is Archer remembered well "Why must you talk in that way? It reminds me too much of that Hunter and I hate it" His voice becoming angrier as she talked
"It's not a problem for me to change my speaking way, but I recommend you to watch your manners in front of others because you don't know who can be stronger than you, daughter of Zeus" Said Atalanta calmly, acting as mature as she could while glancing Thalia
Thalia returned the glaze but said nothing else
"Percy Jackson and Ritsuka Fujimaru" The dark-haired girl, Zoe, approached them "Come with me" Said "My Lady wants to speak with thee"
"I'll be back soon don't worry. Try to keep Rider away from problems" Said Ritsuka before any of the servants could say anything and smiled as nothing would happen. As she soon left with Percy and Zoe
Archer, Caster and Rider were left behind with Thalia, Grover and Nico
"Any questions you have, I'll be happy to answer in our Master behalf" Atalanta stated while watching the children
"I have only one, why do you call her "Master" are you her servants or what?" Thalia questioned. It was a fair question after all.
"You could say so, she is our Master because of a contract we made that's all I'm allowed to say for now but you can believe that we mean no harm towards you" Atalanta spoke
Meanwhile in the tent
The inside of the tent was warm and comfortable. Silk rugs and pillows covered the
floor. In the centre, a golden brazier of fire seemed to burn without fuel or smoke. Behind the goddess, on a polished oak display stand, was her huge silver bow, carved to resemble gazelle horns. The walls were hung with animal pelts: black bear, tiger, and several others.
"Join us Percy Jackson and Ritsuka Fujimaru" the goddess said
They both sat on the tent floor, the goddess watched over them, studying both of them with her eyes, who on Percy opinion seemed too old for such a young body
"Are you perhaps surprised by my appearance?" The goddess inquired
"A bit… yeah" The demigod said truthfully
"Not really" Ritsuka spoke
"I could appear in whatever form I would like, but this form is the average age of my Hunters and all young maidens for whom I am
a patron, before they go astray."
"Go astray?"
Ritsuka and Percy couldn't handle the urge of asking
"Grow up. Become smitten with boys. Become silly, preoccupied, insecure. Forget themselves."
"Oh."
"Now Percy Jackson, I have already talked with Bianca about what happened and she told me about the disturbing things the monster said, but she may not have understood them. I'd like to hear them from you."
And Percy started to talk about some General and The Great Stirring, every time Percy mentioned them Artemis face grew more and more serious as if she knows what he meant.
"Then he said something like 'Soon we shall have the most important monster of all, the one that shall bring about the downfall of Olympus', what are we going to face?"
Artemis was as pale and still as a statue
"I was too slow to see the signs" Mumbled to herself "Zoe, I must hunt this monster"
Zoe looked like she was trying very hard not to be afraid, but she nodded.
"We will leave right away, my lady."
"No, Zoe. I must do this alone."
"But, my Lady-"
"This task is too dangerous even for the Hunters. You know where I must start my search. You cannot go there with me."
"Before we continue this meeting I have a question I would like you to answer to me, Goddess Artemis" Ritsuka interrupted with a serious face "My companions, as a Goddess, do you know any of them?
"No, I do not remember seen anyone of them before, should I?" Asked Artemis "But I thought you were trying to cover your true identities with those nicknames" Inquired
"Then that settles everything" Said Ritsuka while standing up "Goddess Artemis of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and chastity, my name is Ritsuka Fujimaru, Last Master of humanity and in behalf of the acting commander of the Chaldea Security Organization, I shall offer our help in your task to save the human race"
Artemis, Zoe, Bianca and Percy were all shocked, a large silence followed after the speech
Before anyone could say anything a hunter entered the tent and bowed before Artemis
"My lady, we have seen a large number of monsters in the camp direction, we are already prepared" Said the hunter
"Thank you, Laura. Ritsuka Fujimaru we will continue our talk later" Artemis spoke with a serious voice "I suppose the fact that many demigods are here overwhelmed my presence here"
"Wait do demigods attract monsters?" Questioned Ritsuka
"Yes, they do, their essence attract monsters, the stronger their godly father is the more monsters it would attract" Explained Percy while drawing his sword
The group left the tent, and the hunters were already all prepared to fight the monsters, they were waiting for Artemis orders
"My hunters a large number of monsters have been reported in the nearby of the camp and they are coming in our direction to attack, so it's our duty to-" Before Artemis speech was completed something interrupted her
"▂▂▃▃▅▅ーーー！！"
It was a roar, but Artemis had never heard one like that before. This was not the cry of a beast or something she had hunted before, this cry carried a force that begged to be unleashed and faced against an enemy. Many of the animals that were on the camp run away as soon as they heard the roar.
Archer and Caster appeared right before Ritsuka
"Master that brawny man has started to fight the monsters all alone, and Rider decided to go too 'For a warm-up' he said" Medea stated "Shall we support them?"
"Do your followers started a fight with the monsters?" Said Artemis in disbelief "Are they even trained to fight them? I can say that the green-haired boy, should be able to fight while mounting his chariot but has the others any method to fight them all alone?"
"Percy!" Grover run and stood at his side "I'm sensing another demigod, and this one is a big one!" Grover screamed
Artemis eyes widened at the words of the satyr, her glaze turned to Ritsuka.
"Just who are your those who accompany you, young one"
"Well, ahaha just, you know, legends from here and there Said with ashamed voice
Well, this is my first ever write story and I have to say a few things, as you may have noticed English is not my native language and this is just a way to me to not forget how to write it so if you are a native or you have noticed severe mistakes in my grammar or my vocabulary I would like a review or a message pointing those errors. Second, I'm a university student so my updates won't come very often but I'll try to update at least once every 2 weeks or so, because as I said this is training for me. Third I'm an FGO player and I was thinking about how anyone thought about this beforehand as it seemed like a good idea to me. And last but not least I hope you enjoyed it because that's why we are all here.