Ky POV

I was walking through the forest, feeling a strange feeling of being followed. It wasn't human. I took off running. The presence followed me and I hopped into the trees to look down at what was following me. It was a giant silver wolf and it was the size of a car.

He looked at me as I hoped down, "uhhh...why were you following me?"

Apologies my lord. I didn't mean to alarm you

I looked around, but of course no one was there. Then I face palmed. My mom is the goddess of animals. I'm so stupid

"None this 'my lord' business. I'm 12 and it makes me feel old" I said.

He cock his head, What do I call you then?

"Ky" I said.

Ok. Ky it is then. My name is SilverClaw. I'm apart of your Hunt

I blanked out for a moment of confusion, "What?"

Since Your mother has a Hunt, you should too. It is comprised of animals who swear themselves to you. Like your mother, the more followers you gain, the stronger you become. Said the wolf, his eyes shining gold with specks of silver.

I took a moment to process what he said. I've gone through so much in the past 3 weeks, "huh?"

I understand the confusion, seeing as your mother has her group of maidens. But she thought this was the better decision since your a boy said SilverClaw.

"Well...are there any others?" I said. SilverClaw nodded his head, 3 bats: Star, Moon, and Selena, 2 crows: Kane and Umbran, 3 snakes: Sam, Veno, and Noir, 1 falcon: Cadel, a jaguar: Tez, and a bear: Arcus.

"Oh, ok" I responded dumbly. I looked around, "But where are they?"

They will come when you call them said SilverClaw.

"Oh well you can go, I'm going to the arena" I said walking to a nymph for directions. SilverClaw bowed his head and disappeared in a poof of silver smoke.

I got to the arena. Gale was already there, surrounded by 4 girls. It's always been like this. Because of his pale skin, shiny black hair, veiny arms, jewelry, and his height, people think he's some over-15-yr-old pussy destroying E-boy.

He saw me and M-Traveled over next to me. "Thank you so much! They don't believe I'm 12. Help me!" he said in a panicky voice.

Before I could do anything, my senses went off and my right hand caught an arrow that was 2 inches away from putting me in a Twitter bio.

A worried-looking Jason came running over, "So sorry about that! I'm just trying to learn archery! Nice catch tho"

I handed him the arrow, "Its ok, bro."

He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Everyone says give up and that I don't need archery, but I think it's cool so I'm gonna keep going."

"Well, I hope you master it. But a little advice; Don't shoot with shaky hands" I said, noticing his trembling hands.

He gave a thumbs up and walk away. I turned to Gale, "Wanna spa-?!

"Yes! Yes! Let's go, come on!" said a panicked Gale, pushing me towards an empty space away from the girls who literally 7 feet away. We got ready to fight. Gale took a penny and threw it into the air. When it hit the ground, I lunged first with a left kicked to his sides. Gale caught my leg then punched me in the chest. I flew back 4 feet but landed on my feet.

I got a little pissed, "Loser has to do whatever one thing the winner says, no matter what"

He cracked his knuckles, "Deal"

We fought for a while, but I lost after Gale put me in a choke hold, "Ok, ok, ok! Agghh! I give! I give!"

He let me go then helped me up, "You got to ask Alex to go with you to the Olympia Dance"

"B-b-but dude! I j-just met her! And her brother can and w-w-will k-kill me!" I stammered

He spit out some blood, then grinned, "No matter what, before...hmmmm... let's say...before July begins"

"I'm gonna kicked your ass next time" I muttered while walking away. I walked to the forest, put my hands on the ground, and concentrated.

I wasn't sure it was gonna work but after about 10 seconds, I felt a tug in my gut, then my hands glowed green and all my injuries healed up. Mom said demigods are always at their strongest and most rejuvenative in their domains.

"Sweet!" I said, smiling. The lunch horn blew and I walked to the dining pavilion. I started to freak out cause I ran from my mom at breakfast, but kept going. When I got there, I saw mom and her hunters weren't there yet, but some people stopped and stared at me. Others started pointed and whispering. My anxiety rose a little. I started trembling, feeing like a caged animal.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and jumped.

"Dude, here" said Gale, putting my headphones on my ears, then turning on some Lo-Fi trap music.

I calmed down and held up a thumbs-up. I got my food and walked to my cabin. I went to the door Mom had place for me and Dad in the back. It was for just in case her hunters and her were changing or not decent.

When I opened my door, I noticed a box on my bed. It was about the size of a pillow.

The black in me said That bed ain't yours anymore! Walk away and keep your life, boy!

But there was some sort of pull I couldn't explain. It seemed to give off a aura of comfort. It overrode any suspicious thoughts, calling me to it.

I set my food on the bed and opened to box. Inside was a glowing silver serpent curled up in a coil. It opened its eyes, dark blue eyes with silver crescents instead of slits, and before I could react, lunged at my chest. I grabbed it when it sunk its fangs in onto where my heart is, but it instead of hurting me, the snake started sinking into my chest!

"Nah fuck that! I don't know what you gonna do, but not today!" I said pulling as hard as I could

It didn't hurt, but I was still trying, and failing, to pull it out cause I don't even know what it is! I tried but it got all sunk all the way into where my heart would be.

Then my body started feeling wonky. I let out a groan as my vision started to blur, my lower back started to itch, and my head felt weird.

Suddenly just like that, it stopped. I suddenly felt like throwing up, so I ran outside and threw up onto my beside my porch.

"Uuhhhhh...WTF!?" I said, disgusted. I had just thrown up rat bones. I went to my bed and was about to throw the box out of anger when a paper fell out. It was a note

Dear my little moon shine,

I hope you use this well. This is your last early birthday present. Even though your body absorbs moon energy during the night for you to use during the day, you will run out fast during the day. There are also various places you may have to travel to that don't give any moon or forest support. I've solve this by giving you a Lunar Element groomed by me specifically for you. He is the same age as you and his name is Argent. He generates moon energy at a faster and much more larger rate than what you absorb at night. He also magnifies the moon energy you absorb at night. I've done everything I can, even calling in a favor from moon gods in every pantheon the bless him with a little spark of their power. A little warning, he eat a rat before I put him in the box, so expect to throw up after he bonds with you. And expect permanent appearance changes as well. He lives in your heart, so if you die, so does he.

Your father will start teaching you about your powers. Tell NO ONE about this. Try not to use your moon powers during the day in front of others either. I don't know how far Aunt Hestia's protection can go to keep my father from killing you out of paranoia. Your birthmark will also appear now, a silver crescent, it's on your face. Also one more thing. It's very important that you don't go too long without using your moon powers. If Argent builds up too much energy, he'll explode, killing you. I wrestled with this notion cause of my maternal instincts, but decide it has to be done. I love you, my little hunter.

Sincerely,

Your mother

After reading the letter, I noticed my lower back felt weird. I looked behind me and it was a silver reptilian tail. It was 5 feet long. It stood up on its own. I was shocked. I realized this must have been one of the permanent appearance changes. I ran to my bag and pulled out a mirror my Aunt Sherry gave me for my 8th b-day.

(A/N: pic of what he looks like now will be on Wattpad. I drew it. search "DarkWielder")

I had changed. 5 of my locs were completely silver. My eyes were only mostly silver now. Two silver crescents nearly encircling my entire iris with my pupils outlined in silver. And sure enough, there was a silver crescent on my left cheek. And now that I become more aware, I realized I felt a lot stronger than before, but I was so hungry, I didn't even care.

I ate my food. I then sat my desk and came up with a lie for everything.

I tucked my tail under my clothes, wrapping it around my stomach and chest. I thought of everything.

I looked at the time on my watch. It was 2:30 PM.

I was thinking about Gales order and how to ask Alex out when there was a knocked on my door. I jumped, composed myself, and opened it.

To my surprise, it was Alex and Dylan. They were both trembling like crazy, scared out of their minds. I decide to cancel it, "On second thought, from the way your hearts are pounding, I think you should Lea-"

"No, w-w-we n-need to d-do th-th-this!" Stuttered a scared Dylan. Alex quickly changed up and came up and grabbed my face, "What happened?!"

She seemed concerned. It took me a while to answer cause she was touching my face and cause of my animal instincts, I don't really like to be touched. She suddenly let go out of embarrassment, "S-sorry. You look so different. And your body seems to have gone through some pain a few minutes ago"

"I think it's cause my demigod powers have been woken up a little and Uhhhh...I fell" I said dumbly.

She raised one of her eyebrows unbelievingly, "Ok let's just get this over with"

She pushed passed me, taking Dylan by the hand with her. I sighed and closed the door, ready to fight for my friends if need be.