Two children were running around the forest. Both around 6 years old, one was a girl with auburn hair and silver eyes, the other was a boy with raven black hair and sea-green eyes. This is what the average person saw, if they looked closely. But immortals saw the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the son of Poseidon and Athena playing tag.

They were best friends. Artemis and Percy were smart, even for gods of such a young age.

Artemis tackled Percy and yelled, "I w-" She was cut off by a scream in the distance. They both immediately shot up, summoning their preferred weapons. For Percy, that meant Riptide, and for Artemis, that meant her bow. The scream rang out again. Percy charged in the direction of it, Artemis close behind.

They reached a clearing and saw a young girl, about the age of twelve, being raped by a group of men. Artemis looked like she wanted to puke at first, then she nocked an arrow. Percy tilted it down with his sword and said, "Make sure the girl's alright, I"ll handle the pigs." Artemis nodded and Percy ran forward, taking out hunting knives and throwing them, effectively pinning them to some trees behind them.

Using his control over water, Percy slowly started to make their blood heat to the point where it was boiling. The men started screaming, while a sadistic smile was plastered on Percy's face. Artemis walked over and put a hand on his shoulder, whispering, "Percy, just kill them already, the girl's getting scared." Percy snapped his fingers and their blood was all hot as the sun. They died, and would've melted into the grass had he not used the water molecules in the air to stop that from happening. Artemis helped the girl recover and sent her on her way in the mortal world.

Unfortunately, over the next few years, the two gods were in that situation a lot. The duo was sitting in Percy's palace for lunch when Artemis said, "I'm glad we're Olympians now, we can do so much more to help young maidens. I just wish there was something more I could do." Percy thought for a moment.

"How about," Percy started, "You make a group for girls where you hunt and the girls learn to take care of themselves?" Artemis made a motion for him to continue. "Well, they could swear to remain maidens for the rest of their lives like you, and they could become your followers, trained to survive in the wilderness, destroying monster nests, granted partial immortality to only fall in battle?"

Artemis nodded and said, "Okay Percy, that sounds like a good idea, and you seem to have put a lot of thought into it. Let's go tell my father." She pushed the now-empty bowl of pasta into a circle in the centre of the table. The bowl and silverware were washed and placed in their spot in the cupboards. The perks of your mom being Athena.

Artemis PoV

I headed out the door, Percy rushing to catch up to me, and falling in step. I was glad I was friends with Percy. He was the only decent male, man, on this planet. He wasn't a womanizer, or disrespectful or obnoxious. In fact, he was nearly the exact opposite. He was kind, humble, respectful to women, and didn't jump at them when he got the chance. Percy was the image of what a man should be. And he was my best friend. We walked towards the council room, where my father would most likely be. Suddenly, Eros flashed in front of us and grabbed my wrist, which I shrugged off immediately. "Hey babe," he flirted, "You wanna go back to my palace and have some fun?" I shuddered and Percy slung an arm around my shoulder. Under normal circumstances, I would have let it be, or elbowed him in the ribs and stuck my tongue out at him, but these weren't normal circumstances. I pressed myself as close into Percy as I could and Eros flashed out, terrified of Percy.

Percy released me from his hold, which I found somewhat disappointing, he was comfortable. Then Aphrodite flashed in front of us, grabbed Percy, and flashed to her palace. Aphrodite failed to realize that Percy's elbow was brushing mine. When Aphrodite noticed me, she snapped her fingers and l was attacked by her special battle doves. Don't laugh, they're more vicious than sharks with wings. Percy was chained to her bed with celestial bronze cuffs. I took out my hunting knives and started dispatching the birds as fast as I could. When I finished, I saw Aphrodite laying on top of Percy, trailing her lips down his neck while he squirmed under her grasp, trying to escape.

I slammed the butt of my hunting knives into Aphrodite's temples and she was knocked unconscious. I threw her out of the way and cut his cuffs. Percy wiped his neck repeatedly, saying he felt so dirty. I laughed and we flashed to the council room, where Father was polishing his master bolt.