Artemis' POV

My hunters were all yelling, whining about why the boy should be with us, and asking why I would adopt them. "Silence!" I screamed causing all of them to stop. "The reason I am adopting them is because Lord Poseidon, their father has asked me to" I stated.

"But why would he ask you to do that?" My hunter Etna asked. "Because Etna, if my father found out that he had two more kids, there would be no idea of how much chaos would happen he would cause and he might start a war between him and my uncle. That's why we can't send them to camp." I answered.

My hunters silently understood but still some of them were still had a look of worry on their face. "But why adopt the boy into the hunt, males aren't allowed in the hunt. Can't we just leave him with someone else" one of the newer girls that joined the hunt pointed out. I turned to her and said "If I left a child of my Uncle with a untrustworthy person to fend for himself, then my uncle would not just punish me but the hunt as well for treating one of his children so cruel. Plus if we teach him to be nice to girls then he wouldn't be like other males".

Some of the girls were scared at the first part of what I said then smiled as they heard the second part of my statement. I turned to the two children. The girl was wide-eyed when she heard that I would be her new step-mother but the boy just stood there with a stern look. "Emma and Jaiden, I know you lost your only family that truly loved you and cared for you and I know I will never replace your brother but I don't want you two to feel alone. I am asking you two be part of our family, I promise you I will protect you two no matter what happens, even though this is all so sudden I don't want to leave you guys to fend for yourselves out there, will you accept becoming my adopted children please?" I asked. Emma had tears in her eyes as she came up to me and hugged me "Yes … yes Miss Artemis" she said as she nodded furiously. I looked to the boy who looked the same way as the girl.

"Yes m-miss Artemis" the boy said. His voice reminded me of his brother before he died. I smiled and held both of them in a tight hug. "Okay now hold out both of your hands I need to do something to make it official" I told them. They did as they were told and I put my hands on each of their palm. "I lady Artemis hereby adopt the son Jaiden of Poseidon and daughter Emma of Poseidon as my children with permission of Lord Poseidon, the god of the seas." I proclaimed. A bright flash covered the two kids then quickly faded. Emma and Jaiden now had auburn streaks of hair on their head. They both had a different scent now but Jaiden's eyes now had a tint of silver in his, so now his is sea-green with silver outlining it.

"Now it's official you two are my adopted kids." I smiled as my adopted son Jaiden now looked at me with a stunning smile just like my brother Apollo even though he had a few teeth still growing out. "I think it's time to go eat dinner now girls" I announced as my girls headed out

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After dinner, I took Emma to my tent so I could let her sleep since she fell asleep after dinner. While we were eating some of the girls took time to introduce themselves to Emma while Thalia just stood by Jaiden and kept him company. It felt nice to have kids to look after. Jaiden was walking behind me as I opened the door to my tent. I quickly flashed in two small beds between mine and the fireplace. I placed Emma on the first one and pulled the blanket over her and placed a kiss on her forehead. I noticed Jaiden was crawling into his as I came over to help him. I tucked him in as well as he looked up to me. "Will I ever get to meet daddy soon" he asked me. "Yes, in time your dad will be very proud of you and will want to meet you. Now sleep my little one you have a lot of work ahead of you tomorrow" I said as I placed a kiss on his forehead as well. "I wish Dan was here. He would like to have you as a mom too" he said before going to sleep. I slumped onto my bed as I thought of how much their brother really cared about them before drifting off to the realm of Morpheus.

Apollo's Pov

I was walking around my palace thinking about how to remodel the new addition to my palace but couldn't stop about my son Daniel and the two kids. Then I felt a wave of pain come over me before the spirit of Delphi took over.

'The children of the sea and hunt will come to aid Olympus in their darkest time,

To defend or to let Olympus fall they must decide,

The earth, sun, and moon will be covered in darkness,

The ones resurrected will fight for the righteous,

On the day of the high solstice they will all meet,

Olympus will strive through victory or fall and taste defeat'

My body returned to normal as I thought to myself 'Oh crap, here we go again' as I made a note to tell the new great prophecy at the council meeting tomorrow.