A few miles from a school in Maine, a battle was going on. A manticore had captured two demigods to bring to his lord, Kronos. When he reached a cliff, three other demigods and a satyr had arrived at the same moment. One of the demigods, a daughter of Athena named Annabeth Chase, rushed at the monster trying to retrieve the two inexperienced demigods, while the other two, a daughter of Zeus named Thalia Grace and a son of Poseidon named Ajax Jackson, both watched, waiting to join.
When Annabeth reached the manticore, she tried to slash at the hand holding the girl demigod to get him to release her, but he blocked it with his tail, and then he lashed her with his tail, sending spikes right after her. Ajax rushed to her side while Thalia rushed the manticore, summoning lightning to her spear, and stabbing the beast in the leg, causing him to let go of both of the young demigods, who ran to hide from the monster. The manticore then used his tail to lift Thalia and throw her into a tree.
Ajax, seeing two of his best friends injured, started to rush the beast, but an arrow stopped him. Not just any arrow, a silver arrow. While Ajax might not be the smartest of people, he knew what that meant, so he slowly stepped away from the manticore. Meanwhile, the manticore was becoming more and more frightened of what was to come with that one arrow. He looked into the woods and saw many flashes of silver.
The manticore launched many spikes from his tail into the woods, but other arrows came and hit those before they can hit one of the girls in the woods. After he stopped sending spikes, a group of preteen girls came out with bows in hand, aimed at the monster. Behind them, a teen with the looks of a 12 year old came out, with her silver eyes, with no weapon. But everyone can tell that she doesn't need a weapon. This girl was Artemis, and the other girls were her hunters.
The manticore snarled at Artemis, saying, "Direct interference is against the ancient laws, you are not allowed to be here!"
Artemis just smirked, saying, "All hunting of wild beasts is in my domain, and you are a wild beast." causing the manticore to snarl, but before Artemis could give the order to shoot, he grabbed the closest hunter to him, which just so happened to be the lieutenant of the hunters. he put his tail around the girls neck, threatening to snap it, causing present goddess to growl. As the manticore started to walk to the cliff.
A calming presence washed everyone there, causing everyone to relax. No one but the manticore knew where this feeling came from. The manticore knew that he was screwed, so he let go of the hunter and bowed, saying, "Lord Perseus! What are you doing here?"