Percy helped fill the crater caused by the Light and Khel's battle. As worried as he was, there was nothing he could do but wait for Khel to wake up. Artemis had informed him that the combined trauma caused by the silver arrow, the fight and the fall would cause her to be in a comatose state for at least a month. Artemis had half-heartedly joked that it would've been more if Khel wasn't so stubborn.
Light, on the other hand, had woken up the next day, as silver didn't have that much of an effect on angels. It was just the impact on the ground that had knocked her out. She now sat on the steps of the Poseidon cabin, watching Percy and the others fill the hole. Annabeth walked over to her.
"How did you know that this was Percy's cabin," Annabeth asked.
"He smells like fish," Light responded in a disinterested tone.
"Why do you want him?"
"Angels are a female race, therefore we must crossbreed with humans in order to survive. I wish to breed with the strongest human, and that is Percy. At least, that's what the god and the centaur told me."
"A female race? That sounds an awful lot like Valkyries."
"That is angel equivalent of a knight. We are one and the same."
"So, are you a Valkyrie?"
"No. I am what you would call a "knave". I have yet to be... I believe the term is "knighted"."
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Later that night, Percy sat at the Poseidon table with his best friend, a Satyr named Grover. Percy was talking to him about the events of the past few months, even confirming the rumor that he and Artemis have a child. Artemis and Selene sat with the Hunters at the Artemis table. She noticed that one particular Hunter was eyeing the Poseidon table with interest, but opted to ignore her. Annabeth was catching up with her brothers and sisters at the Athena table, talking about her latest architectural designs. Apollo sat with his children at the Apollo table. They seemed to be enjoying themselves the most, singing while using their dishes as instruments. After a while, Selene let out a big yawn.
"Looks like someone is ready for bed," Artemis commented.
"No," Selene shook her head, "I don't want to go to bed yet."
Percy looked over to the Artemis table and saw Selene fighting to keep her eyes open. He got up, muttering something along the lines of "time to be a father", and walked over to the Artemis table. He then crouched down so that he was at eye level with Selene.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"I don't want to go to bed," Selene exclaimed.
"Do you know what I think?"
Selene shook her head.
"I think you're fighting sleep because this will be the first time you have to go to bed without your mom. Am I right?"
Selene slowly nodded her head.
"I wish you could go to bed with your mom, but camp rules say that you need to stay in the cabin named after your godly parent, which means you need to go to the Artemis cabin."
"But why can't mommy come with me?" Selene asked, tears welling in her eyes.
"Because Grandpa Zeus said that your mom needs to stay with me, and as much as she would like to, she can't disobey his orders."
"But it's not fair!" Selene started crying, prompting Percy to pick her up and embrace her.
"I know it's not. But that's the truth about it, sometimes life can be unfair. All we can really do about it is accept it and move on."
Selene just kept crying into Percy's shoulder.
"Do you want us to stay with you until you go to sleep?" Percy asked, to which Selene nodded, quieting down, though Percy could still feel tears escaping.
Percy looked to Artemis, who immediately understood and stood up. Percy left the dining area, carrying Selene, with Artemis close behind. The girls at the Aphrodite table started talking about the "adorable couple" and their child, but we're immediately silenced by a glare from Artemis, who was still on the premises when they started talking.
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The moon had practically reached it's zenith when Percy and Artemis were sure that Selene was asleep. Artemis had to tell the waiting Hunters to treat going to bed like a stealth hunt, as she didn't want them to make any noise and risk waking Selene. When they got to the Poseidon cabin, they were surprised to see Light sleeping on the steps, curled up in her wings. Artemis stepped over the sleeping angel and opened the door while Percy picked said angel up, receiving a confused look from Artemis.
"I can't just leave her out here," Percy explained.
Artemis rolled her eyes and entered the cabin.
"Percy?" Artemis called from inside,. "do you know if your brother's here?"
"Tyson? He shouldn't be. Why?"
Percy entered the cabin and saw why Artemis had asked. The bed farthest from the door was occupied.
"That's not Tyson. That crushed bed," Percy gestured to the second bed from the door, "is Tyson's."
"Then who is that?" Artemis asked.
"Let's find out," Percy said, placing Light in the third bed from the back.
Percy and Artemis stood over the back bed, looking at the figure in the bed. The figure had jet black hair. Percy poked the figure, who instantly opened their eyes. Percy could only barely make out the green in the figures eyes, not because it was dark, but because it was masked by the red glow coming from the rims of their iris'. The figure sat up, causing the blanket to slip off and reveal that the figure was a girl. She stretched and yawned, showing an obvious pair of fangs.
"Who are you?" Artemis asked.
"Hm?" she seemed to just notice them standing over her, "I'm Anita, daughter of Poseidon and descendant of Dracula. I'm 106 years old and if I had to guess I would say that you are Lady Artemis and you," she examined Percy for a moment before continuing, "are my little brother."
"How are you-?" Percy began.
"Can we continue this in the morning?" Anita cut him off, "I was in the middle of a really good dream."