The goddess of the hunt stared incredulously at her twin. She knew that her twin had no capability to lie, but it still seemed impossible that 200 years had passed.

"That's impossible Apollo" Artemis exclaimed "I was only gone for a couple of hours"

Apollo looked at her twin in much detail, trying to figure out where the lie was. When he couldn't detect one, he proceeded to grab her hand and lead her to his palace.

"Where are we going?" Artemis asked

"To my palace, I'm going to run some tests" Apollo replied pulling her with him. The fast pace made the already tired Artemis have a hard time following her excited twin, but she still met his steps.

Once at the palace, Apollo told Artemis to sit down in a comfortable in order for him to run a couple of tests. These varied from standard pressure measuring, ichor tests, height, and weight. Once all the basic and standard tests were done, and they're not being any abnormality, he began the neurological questions.

"Where were you these past 200 years?"

"I was at an island, but it only seemed like a couple of hours passed." The machine that was connected to Artemis turned the green light, meaning that it was a real memory, not a false perception of reality. This confused Apollo even further.

"Where is this island?" Apollo asked.

Artemis began to think, but her mind just came out blank. How had she arrived at Percy's island? She remembered going to hunt through many islands and then suddenly appearing on that strange one. There was no weird light, no weird feeling, she just appeared on it. Even if she couldn't remember how she ended up on the island, something deep inside of her told her that she would be able to return.

"I don't know" Artemis replied as a green light appeared in the machine. The god of medicine face turned sour in confusion.

"What do you mean you don't know?"

Artemis shrugged her shoulders, "I just appeared there. I'm as confused as you are Apollo"

The sun god began to think deeply about the possibilities of this scenario. It only made sense that she had actually arrived at the island and that somehow the time there was slowed down, but that wasn't possible, was it? In order for that to happen, there would need to be an external force acting on the unknown island slowing down time. This force might also be the reason why Artemis didn't know how she got there.

In order for there to be an external force upon the island, there would need to be something on the island that the force would want to protect. Or maybe, there was something on the island that the force didn't want outside of it. Another possibility would be that something on the island was actually slowing down time, making whoever lands on it a prisoner.

"Was there anybody else on the island?"

"No" Artemis replied a little too quickly. The machine beeped a red light, signaling that a lie was just told.

Apollo looked at Artemis' eyes, "Don't lie to me. Was there anybody else on the island?"

Artemis sighed in defeat, "yes, but I won't tell you his name because you might hurt him"

"Him? It's a guy?"

"Yes. He lived on the island alone, but he doesn't pose as a threat. Believe me, I would be the first one to do something against him if he was a threat"

Apollo contemplated the response his sister gave him. The guy that lived in that mysterious island could be a threat to Olympus and his sister. It was also true that Artemis was very cautious when it came to men, and if she said that the man posed no threat, then who was he to doubt her?

"Fine, I'm just glad you're ok," Apollo hugged his sister. When he pulled back, he grabbed both her shoulders "if anyone asks where you've been, always answer with a half-truth. That's the most effective of lies because you aren't actually lying."

Artemis nodded and hugged her brother one last time. She bid farewell and exited the golden palace. Things surely seemed different in the 200 years she had been absent. As she looked around, the gods had very different clothing than what she remembered. The men wore weird hats with feathers on them, and they appeared to have some kind of weird white chocker on their necks.

The women wore very long dresses. They didn't look comfortable, practical, or even very pretty at that. Artemis had a hard time trying to figure out why fashion had become this, but she wasn't going to ask Aphrodite for hindsight. The goddess of love had a tendency of being overly friendly sometimes, to the point that she could talk for hours on end.

After walking for a while around the streets of Olympus, the chaste goddess decided that it would be a good idea to return to her hunters. Using her internal tracking system, she located her hunters in Asturias, a part of northern Spain. She found it weird that her hunters were in that place, as the last time she had been with them they were in hunting in France.

She flashed to the campsite and was immediately greeted by dozens of arrows flying towards her. She easily made them disappear along with her hunters' weapons. The hunters paled when they looked at their mistress furious face and pushed the lieutenant forward for her to speak with the goddess.

"L-lady Artemis," The lieutenant said bowing at her mistress. The rest of the hunters followed their lieutenant and bowed at her mistress.

Artemis glared at every hunter, "Zoë, would you be so kind as to tell me why you and the rest of the hunters attacked your leader? Is this what you have taught the hunters in my absence?!" The lieutenant Zoë muttered something incomprehensible even with Artemis' superior listening skills. "What was that?"

"I'm sorry Lady Artemis. Please have mercy!" Zoë begged, crying. The rest of the hunters remained on their knees, crying silent tears.

"I should punish you for your insolence" Artemis began to say, nothing how Zoë's form became scared "but I won't. What you will tell me is why the Hades you are in Asturias!"

Zoë flinched and couldn't get the words out of her mouth.

Another hunter stepped up to be beside Zoë. "This is the only place in the Iberian Peninsula where there are trees still. Therefore it's the best place to hunt."

"What do you mean Phoebe? Why are you even in the Iberian Peninsula?"

"Well, after Queen Elizabeth the Catholic declared that the Moors were to be hunted down, the court of Castilla ordered all trees to be cut down so that the Moors could not hide. Asturias is the only place where the Moors never came, it stayed stable with the trees it already had. We've been here ever since, trying not to be spotted. It has been difficult though, as without your help with the mist it is easier for the mortals to catch us. And with hunting being illegal except for the nobles, it is a life and death situation we are facing." Phoebe explained in great detail.

Artemi's face became unreadable. The huntresses looked at each other, unsure if they were safe yet. After about two minutes, Artemis began to say something.

"You are all staying at my palace in Olympus until I clear everything up. We can't afford to lose anyone of you right now. So come on, grab each other's hands." The hunters stood up and formed a circle of hands. Artemis then closed her eyes and flashed all of the hunters to her palace.

The inside of the palace remained untouched, but the smell betrayed the appearance. For a normal god or goddess, it would seem as if nobody had entered the palace in 200 years, but Artemis had heightened senses. She could tell that some male had entered her palace not even half an hour ago.

"Remember that my room is off-limits, everything else is free for you girls. Make yourselves comfortable while I serve myself some nectar." Artemis said, feeling more tired than usual after flashing her hunters.

As she served her nectar, all she could remember was the black-haired boy who lived on the island.

"Well then you're in luck Lady Artemis, that's the only thing I have" his voice replayed in her mind. Why was it that his voice replayed? It wasn't an interesting sentence, yet it remained untouched in her memory.

"Lady Artemis, there's some weird rubber thing on the center table?" Artemis heard Beatrice, one of her younger hunters, asked from another room. Her eyes widened and she ran towards the other room.

All the hunters were gathered around the table, watching the packaged rubber sitting peacefully there. Artemis noticed that there was a handwritten card beside the rubber thing.

I don't want any nephews or nieces any time soon, so use this with your new friend. :)
-Apollo

"Why is Apollo like this?" Artemis muttered. She turned to her hunters and put the present in one of her pockets. "I'm going to summon the council for a meeting. Remember, do not enter my room"

As she walked out of her palace, she quickly noticed how simple it was compared to her neighbor, Apollo. His was a golden palace that shone brightly under the sun, while hers was simple silver with not many things surrounding it.

Artemis walked through Olympus, not paying attention to the weird look the rest of the gods gave her. It was a short walk to the throne room, and once she got there, Artemis met with the goddess who loved her the most.

"Nice to see you Artemis. Centuries have passed since I last saw a pest like you" the queen of Olympus and her father's wife, Hera, told the goddess of the hunt.

"Missed you too Lady Hera. Would it be a problem for me to call a council meeting?"

Hera looked at her in distaste and replied "you wouldn't stop if I told you that it was. But where have you been child? I was so happy when I thought you had died and would take millennia to recover thanks to the wonderful job the mortals have done of making you obsolete"

Artemis glared at her stepmother but wisely didn't reply. She took out her bow and launched an arrow to the ceiling, calling all Olympians to the throne room.