Percy PoV
I had just gotten back from Hephaestus's forge. What was I doing there? Well, you see, I've been planning to propose to Annabeth for a while now. Hephaestus owed me a favour, and badabingbadaboom, I have the perfect ring for my Wise Girl. Walking over to the Athena cabin, I saw Annabeth talking to Malcolm, her half brother. "Hey, Annabeth, care to take a walk with me?""Sure Percy, I was hoping I could talk to you anyway." She fell into step next to me, but didn't hold my hand, or kiss me on the cheek. We stopped at our spot by the beach. I opened my mouth to say something, but was cut off by Annabeth. "Percy, I can't keep going with the relationship anymore. I don't love you, and to be honest, I don't think I ever did. I love someone else, and I can't keep this act up. Besides, I see the way other girls look at you. You've probably been cheating on me with other girls you've run into when you were 'on a quest' as you say."
I sucked in a breath. "After everything we've been through. Two wars, Tartarus, and so much more. I thought you loved me. Annabeth, I was on a quest for Lady Athena, to prove my worth and get her blessing to marry you. I guess that was wasted time." The velvet box with the ring inside dropped to the ground. I sighed and walked away.
"Wait, Percy, I was messing with you! I still love you! Come on!"
I spun on my heel, snapping at her. "Annabeth, I've known you since we were twelve. I think I can tell when someone I've known for eight years is lying. Goodbye, Wise Girl."
With that, I ran. Away from the screaming, away from the campers chasing me. Yeah, campers. Annabeth told them I'd been cheating on her, and I had run to the remaining monster forces.
Time Skip-4 Days
It's been a while. When I ran from camp, I went to visit mom and Paul. Tragic, they had said. A tragic accident got my mother and step-father killed. I was in Oregon now. I fell to my knees in the middle of a highway, and screamed. I screamed for my mom, my stepfather, my dead companions. I screamed for all the bad things that've happened throughout my life. A Hydra appeared out of nowhere, and I killed it. Apparently, boiling water works on Hydras too. Unfortunately, yesterday, I ran into the Nemean Lion, and Riptide shattered. Now, I had only my Demigod powers.
Scratch that. Poseidon flashed in after I defeated the Hydra. "You're a disgrace to Olympus, child! Without you, the second Titan and Giant Wars never would've happened. You are no longer my son, and I hereby disown you, thus reprimanding your powers, leaving you a mere clear-sighted mortal! Die a slow, painful death, traitor!"
I was tired of it all. The death, monsters, everything in general. So, I was headed to Alaska. I was headed to the land beyond the gods, where I could live a normal rest of my pitiful life. How wrong I was.
Third PoV
One of the smaller Giants, born to oppose a minor god, snuck up behind Percy, clubbing him in the head. The Giant, who called himself K, which was short for Katastroféa. In English, it meant destroyer. Anyway, K transported the unconscious demigod, er, mortal, to a holding cell in Alaska.
Artemis PoV
I was sent on a solo hunt to check on the status of Alaska. It was a good thing I went solo. It would've been better if I hadn't gone at all. My powers not working, the blizzard deafening, I didn't hear the
Giant, Katastroféa I think his name was, sneak up on me. The last thing I saw was darkness.
Percy PoV
I awoke in a cell carved into a glacier. I noticed another person in the cell. And, just my luck, it was the Goddess Artemis. I shook her shoulder to wake her up. "Lady Artemis, are you alright?"
"Who's Lady Artemis? Who am I? What's going on? Where are-"
I cut her off. I knew it was her. The striking silver eyes and auburn hair was unmistakable. "You're Artemis, Olympian Goddess. Manhater, Goddess of the moon, the hunt, etc, etc. Any of that ring a bell?" She shook her head. "Alright then, you must've gotten amnesia. I believe we're in Alaska, because Apollo, your brother, probably would've found you by now if it was anywhere else. You're immortal, and have godly powers and such. Here, however, they don't work. I was captured by a minor giant named-"
"Katastroféa. I remember Katastroféa hitting me in the head with a club."
"Yeah, the same thing happened to me."
Artemis shivered, and I took off my second jacket, draping it around her shoulders.
"Thank you. Anyway, I don't even know your name..."
"Heh, sorry. Hi, my name's Perseus Achilles Jackson. Everyone just calls me Percy. My favourite colour is blue, my birthday is on August 18th, and I'm 20 years old. I graduated college 2 years early because I was studying marine biology. At the time, I was a son of Poseidon, so it was quite simple. Poseidon disowned me just recently, so I'm just a mortal who can see monsters and has knowledge of the Greek World. Well, that's enough depressing stuff for today. Do you remember anything?"
"Well, I remember knowledge about the Greek World in general, but nothing about my personal life except for I liked hunting. But, there's also-"
She was cut off by the cell door swinging open.
