Percy, Artemis and all the other girls, Hunters included, sat in the Sun Chariot, now in school bus form, as Apollo drove them to Camp Half-blood. Apollo was more than happy to do it, as he wanted an excuse to visit his kids in the Apollo cabin, under one condition. Artemis, who had finally shifted into the twelve year old form she was comfortable with, was forced to sit with Percy instead of one of her Hunters or her daughter, simply because Apollo wanted to see his favourite couple sitting together. Even though she was sitting where he wanted her to, Artemis still refused to give Apollo what he wanted. She constantly shifted her action between glaring at her brother and talking to the girls around her, she refused to direct her attention to Percy, who sat to her immediate right, looking out the window.
Selene sat with Annabeth in the back, longing for her parents company but knowing that revealing who they were to her would be bad for a reason that was too complicated for her to understand, but she still knew it was bad. Annabeth tried to keep her occupied by bringing up topics of interest for Hunters. When that failed she tried using topics of interest for children of the sea, but that failed too. Annabeth contemplated for a couple of minutes before remembering that Selene had winter based powers and got an idea. She reached back and grabbed Percy's snack bag, which he packed in case he got the "midnight munchies" at camp. She opened the bag and at the top was a package of paper cones and a bottle of blue syrup withe a note in Greek on top.
It read: Note to self, teach Selene how to make snow cones.
Annabeth chuckled, catching Selene's attention. Annabeth pulled out the cones and syrup to show Selene.
"For once, your dad decided to plan ahead," Annabeth chuckled, "I'm impressed with him."
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A couple minutes after the bus took off, Percy checked the seat behind him, where Thalia was sitting with one of the new recruits Thalia had picked up while Artemis was in school. Percy wasn't at all surprised to see her gripping the seat with her eyes shut. He was about to speak to Thalia when he heard a slurping sound. He turned to see Selene sitting on Artemis' lap, sucking the syrup out of a snow cone.
"Where did you get that?" Percy asked, "did you open my snack bag?"
Selene shook her head, "Auntie Anna did."
Percy sat back down, thinking about asking a camper from the Hephaestus cabin to put locks on his bags when he gets to the camp. In the meantime, Artemis noticed one of the Hunters staring at Selene.
"What?" She asked.
"Forgive me Lady Artemis," the Hunter apologized, "but, why are you letting that child sit on you. Allowing anyone to sit upon a goddess is demeaning."
"In what world," Artemis stated in a loud, authoritative voice, "is allowing my daughter to sit on my lap a demeaning act?"
The moment those words escaped Artemis' mouth, Percy turned away and sat cross-legged, his back to Artemis, a shocked expression on his face. Apollo focused on driving, but was smirking at Artemis' big reveal. Thalia kept her eyes shut, trying not think about the fact that she was flying. Annabeth, who already knew, continued to rummage through Percy's snack bag, curious to find what else he packed. Everyone else, save for two very uncomfortable Hunters who had to deal with a young harpy sleeping on their laps, stared at Artemis.
"Lady Artemis," the recruit beside Thalia spoke up, "what do mean by "daughter"?"
"Exactly that," Artemis responded, "and this one," Artemis placed a hand on Percy's shoulder, making him tense up, "is the father."
"What!?" The Hunters, except Thalia, yelled.
The collective noise woke Kai up, making her lash out and scratch the the Hunters she had been resting on. Kai then flew over seats to sit with Percy.
"Why is she even here?" Artemis asked.
"It's something called "Burning Season" for the Phoenix's and Allianna doesn't want Kai to see it." Percy explained.
"With that in mind, where's the Dark Dragon?"
"Khel said it was getting too bright, which is weird since it's been pretty cloudy lately, and went to find a cave to stay in."
Artemis sighed, though Percy couldn't tell if it was from boredom or relief, and sat in silence for the rest of the trip.
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The blue haired girl slammed her hands on a table making everything on it jump. She was annoyed at the lazy god and secretive centaur standing before her.
"Enough with the pleasantries," she snapped at them, "you say that this camp trains warriors? Then I demand that you take me to the strongest man here."
"The strongest man?" Dionysus asked, "I'm afraid that he hasn't arrived yet. But I doubt even he would listen to your demands, as gullible as he is."
"Tell me what you mean, I grow tired of waiting."
"As do I," Chiron muttered.
"Not to worry," Dionysus said amusingly, "Apollo informed me minutes ago that he would soon arrive with the boy. The one you seek shall be here shortly."
"And what is the name of the one we wait for?" the angel impatiently asked.
"Percy Jackson," Chiron replied, "and if the rumors are true, you may find it difficult to obtain him."
"I welcome the challenge."
Next chapter, the feud between angel and goddess will begin. What should the angel's name be?