A/N: hey I really need to apologize for my grammar, but the only thing I can say is that I'm better at speaking English that at writing, I'll try to get a beta reader. Next I need to thank all people who review my story, and to answer a question, more a statement, made. Percy is aged up, because he got the protection of three gods for 14 years, I made it this way in order to skip the first and second book of the PJO series. Also depending on how well this story develops, with the readers, I´ll be doing between two to three books.
Disclaimer: I don´t own Percy Jackson and his character, that honor goes to Uncle Rick.
Chapter 4: A quest to save the goddess in chains?
-Percy POV-
I woke up with a mass of auburn hair on my chest, who belonged to my beautiful girlfriend, which I recently learned was a goddess; and not any goddess but Artemis the man hater goddess. I guess it makes sense. I am glad that this didn´t change her feelings towards me.
She looks so peaceful when she sleeps, and also her natural beauty is breathtaking, the only thing that I didn´t like was that I couldn´t see her eyes, the eyes that I loved with all my heart. As I got bored I started to play with her hair and after a few minutes I felt like she was starting to stir.
"Hey, good morning" I said in a low voice
She looked up and showed me her beautiful eyes "Hello Percy" she said as a yawn escaped her mouth
"Have a good night sleep?" I asked joking
She rolled her eyes but couldn´t help the smile forming on her face. Then said "Yes one of the best actually"
That´s when I felt pain on my right leg, I involuntary flinched. "Percy what´s wrong" Artemis asked concern evident on her voice.
After two years of being her friend and one of dating her I could never lie to Artemis, she just knows how to read me like a book, not that I wanted to, but in this moment I know I couldn´t lie to her. "It´s nothing, just feel a little hurt on my right leg" I said
She looked at after removing the covers, that's when I saw that I still had the manticore´s thorn still on my leg. I face-palmed and Artemis had a blank face that showed me two emotions at the same time amusing but concern.
"So this is going to be painful" She said
"What is going to-AGHHH" I said/yelled when she pulled out the thorn from my leg.
Then she gave me some ambrosia and nectar, after a few minutes Zoë stormed in the tent and said "Is everything okay, milady" while she was glaring at me
Artemis chuckled and said "yes, seaweed brain over here forgot he had a manticore´s thorn on his leg and I pulled it out for him"
"Seaweed brain?" I asked
"that´s my nickname for you, as you are a son of Poseidon and your brain is full of seaweed, no offence Athena" she said while looking to the roof of the tent
Zoë said "Milady all the hunters are waiting for your orders"
"Okay, tell them I will be there in a minute" She responded
Zoë nodded once more and went out the tent. Artemis looked at me and said "You know I really want to spend more time with you but I can´t, also I will be going on a hunt alone, in order to clear my suspicions"
"Who do you think is behind all of this?" I said
"I-I know you won´t like this but I can´t tell you. If I´m right it will have to do with the task that was given to you" She said with sadness and… was that fear?
"Artemis what´s wrong, what do you fear" I asked concerned
" I fear that you´ll leave me for not telling you the full truth years ago" she said as a tear slid down her cheek before continuing saying "I know I need to be tough and all but the truth is I can´t leave without you, Percy. Maybe before I could but you managed to break my barriers and gained a place on my heart. I love you Percy"
At this moment she was really crying so I hugged her and she cried in my chest. When she calmed down I looked at her in the eyes and said "Artemis, I understand why you never told me of this, I know names have power and probably I would attract a lot of monsters and put other people in danger, and I also understand that you can´t tell me what is this task, I know you and my family already broke a lot of rules to be with me, so I am grateful for that. Also I feel the same way, o could not live without you, you are my life, love, and the person I can fully trust. I love you and I will never leave you, okay?"
"Promise?" she asked
"Promise" I answered
I cupped her face with my two hands and gently cleaned her tears from her cheeks with my thumb before giving her a soft kiss when we parted she said "I will transport you to the spare tent and meet you and the other demigods at the center of the camp, close your eyes"
I closed them.
"How will you-" I was once again cut off by a bright silver flash and when I opened my eyes I was in front of the sleeping form of a boy what his name was? Nico. So I decided to wake him up.
I shake him and said "Hey man it´s time to get up" He rolled on the bed and groaned
I sight I guess heavy sleep comes from the family I shook him once more and said "come on man, don´t make me bring your sister." That maked him jump out of bed. I got a better look of him, he was a little smaller than me and looked my age, he also had black hair and black eyes, with a pale skin.
He looked surprise and said "I thought my sister was here "
I chuckled and said "no, I think she´s with Thalia. By the way if you don´t matter me asking, What´s your and your sister´s age, ; Also are you familiarized with Greek mythology?"
"I have fourteen years and my sister is the same, we are twins; as for Greek mythology I am familiarized with it but what does it has to do with anything?" He said
"Well you for starters let´s say you are-" I started only to be cut off by Grover
"A demigod" Grover said while entering the tent "By the way Perce where were you last night?" he continued
"I´ll tell you later" I responded
"Well lady Artemis has an announcement and send me here to bring you two out" he said
"L-Lady Artemis as in the m-man hating g-goddess" Nico, who I forgot was here asked
"Actually yes" I said
"By the way Perce how did you managed to get the respect of Lady Artemis?" Grover asked while raising an eyebrow
"I´ll explain it to you later at camp, for now let´s stop scaring Nico over here" I said while pointing to him, who looked pale, well more than usual.
"By the way Nico if have any questions you can always ask Grover, Thalia or me, but for now we need to go outside because a mad Artemis is not something I like to see" I said
"How do you know-"Grover started
"I´ll tell you later G-man" I cut him before he finished his question
We went out of the tent and started walking towards the center of the camp, were all the hunters were listening to my girlfriend talk, I couldn´t hold it, I really love her. Stupid ADHD. She was talking about going to camp half-blood and all the hunters were either glaring at the floor or growling. Then she saw me and said
"I´m sorry girls, but I have to do a hunt alone so I will not be able to go to camp with you. I will call my brother, so he picks you up" At this I remembered once meeting her brother. He was two years older than her, well that was last year when he and Artemis visited my family, now that I know that she is a goddess that means Apollo is too, and not only any god but her twin. So why did he called her little sis. Now that I remembered every time he called her that she looked mad. Well overall he was pretty cool, he said that he was happy that her sister found some man she didn´t hate. After that we spend the day together and by the end of the day me and Apollo were friends.
I was cut off of my train of thoughts when Artemis said "Well hunters you have ten minutes to collect camp. By the way Perseus I would like to talk to you in private."
So I followed her to the woods before she turned to me and said "So do you remember my annoying brother Apollo?"
I chuckled. "Yes I remember him, so he is your twin right? Why does he called you little sis?"
She seemed mad before answering "I don´t know but I´m older than him" she sight and said "He has called me that for a long time"
I chuckled and said "Just for a millennia if I'm not mistaken, damn Atremis you are a little old" I said joking which earned me a elbow on the ribs "Ow" I said "What was that for?" I asked
"for calling your girlfriend old" she said a little mad but before she continued I shut her up with a kiss. At first she seemed mad but then she melted into the kiss.
When we parted she said "that will not work forever, Perseus" Oh-Oh I´m screwed, she only calls me by my full name when she is mad I thought. When I thought she was going to scold me she surprised me by kissing me again; this lasted for a few minutes before we needed air. We parted and rested our foreheads together. "As much as I want to be more time with you we need to head back to camp, the girls may be ready by now. Percy, I love you, but I know you pretty well so please promise me that you will not do anything stupid and will be safe" She said
"You know I can´t promise that, but I can at least try" I said "Well it´s time for me to say hi to my old friend Apollo" i continued
She rolled her eyes and we walked back to where we were before hand in hand. When we reached where all the girls were she let go my hand and shouted "APOLLO!" then she said "close your eyes until he is park"
I did as she told me, but I could still fell a great flash on the other side then Artemis said "You can open your eyes now. So I did.
What I saw impressed me. I saw a Chevrolet corvette parked in front of me. Then the door opened and he said "Well hi little sis' I see you have-"then he saw me and I waved. He then runned to me and to my surprise he gave me bro- hug. "I see you are here to protect my sister" he whispered, I nodded my head but then Artemis send me a glare
"Actually she is the one who saved me from a manticore" I whispered back and he nodded
"Well I´m happy you already know what we are so now we can hang up more often to a bar" he said
I patted his shoulder and said "Dude I'm only fourteen, you will have to wait other four years" at this Artemis send me another glare and I said "Just kidding!"
Then everyone was watching us so I said the best thing that came into my mind which was between the lines of "Uh…" while Apollo and Artemis where both face palming. My mother may be face palming as well at this moment. The only child of Athena who doesn't know how to lie I thought to myself.
"Percy how do you know Lord Apollo?" Thalia asked
"Uh…" Me and Apollo said in unison
"I took I'm to my brother when he took that knife for me so he could be healed" Artemis said while me and Apollo sight in relief.
All the hunters seemed satisfied with this as well as Thalia and the twins. Then a face of realization hit Grover and I gave him a I-will-explain-later look
"Apollo I need you to take them to camp half blood. I gave her a questioning look
"How are we going to enter this car, by the way nice" I said while fist bumping Apollo
Artemis smiled and suddenly a bright flash went out of the car, and when it died down it wasn´t a car anymore it was a bus. Apollo opened the doors and all the hunters went in behind Apollo then it was only me, Zoe and Artemis she gave her a hug and went in the bus then I told her "hey next month after your hunt and when I go back to school will you go out on a date with me?" I asked
"Wouldn´t lose it for anything" She said before continuing "I love you Percy, please take car and I will IM you tonight, okay?"
"I love you too, and you don´t have to tell me twice, only listening to your voice makes my day, goodbye Artemis, and you too please take care of yourself" I said before entering to the bus were Apollo raised an eyebrow and I smacked him on the back of his head.
I went to sit next to Grover and then Apollo said something that really scared me "Now who wants to drive, how about you little sis'" He said while looking at Thalia.
She stand up and went to the driver sit.
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After the drive to camp half blood i went out of the bus and instantly splashed on the lake, never wanting to get out. After a minute or so I went out and say good-bye to Apollo and instantly Grover got me to my cabin.
"So care to explain everything?" he asked once he closed the door
"What do you want to know first?" I asked
"How do you know the twin archers" Grover said while sitting down on my bed
"Well for starters Artemis is my girlfriend and well Apollo is her brother so I met him last year when I first started dating Artemis" I responded
"How d-did you m-managed to be her b-boyfriend?" Grover, who looked pale, stammered/Asked
"Well the story of the dagger was true but happened when I was twelve, when she visited my mother and dad, since that time we were friend, then one thing led to another, until last year I asked her out and we´ve been dating ever since" I responded "But I never knew she or Apollo were gods" I continued
Grover then after regaining a little more color said "I guess it´s natural for you to make the impossible, Perce"
I chuckled and said "I guess you are right G-Man"
The rest of the day went as a normal day until capture the flag which was camp vs. Hunters when Zoe passed the creek the oracle appeared sitting on a rock and then started saying a prophecy
Five shall go west to release the goddess in chains
One shall be lost in the land without rain,
The bane of Olympus shows the trail
Hunters and campers combined prevail,
The titan´s curse must one withstand,
And one shall perish by father´s hand.
The oracle said before going back to its self and lying there like it hasn´t moved in a very long time.
"Cabin leaders shall go to the council in fifteen minutes to discuss this" Chiron said before everyone dispersed and I could only think of one thing, one thing that make me pale. Artemis.
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We were all sitting around the ping pong table when suddenly Chiron entered the room and with Zoe and another hunter which I guess name was Phoebe.
"So this is certainly a quest for Mrs. Nightshade over here but the question is, who will you take with yourself?" Chiron said once everyone was quiet "remember it shall be campers and hunters"
"How about Phoebe, Thalia Grace, Grover Underwood and Perseus Jackson" She said earning a lot of questioning looks even from me I mean I would go either way if she didn´t chose me, I was planning on going behind them hidden, but it surprised me that she chose me "What?" she asked "If he earned milady's respect, he earned mine as well" everyone started asking me how but I only shook them off nd gave Zoe a thanking look to which she responded with a smile, I also gave Phoebe a thanking look seeing she didn´t quarreled about it, to which she as well responded with a smile surprising me.
"The chosen members shall leave tomorrow, first thing in the morning. Argus will be waiting for you down the hill" Chiron said before dismissing the meeting
After the council everyone went to their respecting cabin and went to sleep. And my thought lay on certain silver eyed goddess which I love. I´m coming for you, my love I thought and fell asleep; to my displeasure to more demigod dreams.
A/N: Sorry for not updating on Monday but my high school assignments were really though. But again I will update minimum two other chapters this week. Again sorry for the spelling and thanks for reading. Also sorry this chapter is shorter that the others but I´m sick so this is the best I could do for today but next chapter will be longer I promise.
