Sorry Guys. I know I'm kinda late on the update. One reason. SCHOOL.

Dec. 22.

Part two

"So," I crossed my legs and leaned back in my chair. "Remember how I said that Poseidon kinda broke the oath, but kinda didn't?" Rachel and Melody nodded.

"Melody, you're smart. What's the essence, the point of the oath that the Big Three made after World War two?"

She huffed. "They made the oath because their children were too strong, and they wanted to prevent a World War three. That was the whole point until Zeus and Poseidon broke it."

"Good job! You deserve a cookie!" I said with false cheerfulness. "Unfortunately, I don't have any with me, much less blue ones, which are much superior. Um, where was I?" Don't blame me. I still have ADHD.

"Oh, yes. So I'm not technically Poseidon's kid. I'm actually a great-granddaughter of Aphrodite."

"Then how did you get your powers?" Rachel interrupted me.

"I was blessed," I responded bluntly. Dead silence.

"My mom didn't want to have an affair with Poseidon, because she knew about the oath. So Poseidon said that if and when she had children, he would adopt him or her, namely me.

"So when I was, like, two, Poseidon blessed me with all the powers but that resulted in me having an aura like a child of the Big Three. So when I was seven, my mom brought me to Camp Half-Blood and told me to introduce myself to Chiron as a daughter of Aphrodite.

"So I stayed in cabin 10 until after the Titan War, after Percy persuaded the gods to quit it with the oath. Then Poseidon claimed me. And I was about to challenge Drew for head counselor. So yeah. Story of my life. How about you, Melody?"

Melody scratched her ear. Or she looked like she was scratching her ear. "What is that?" Melody froze, and Thalia busted out laughing. "Oh, she found out! In the first five minutes! Ha!" she held out her hand, and Jasmine dropped a drachma into her hand.

"Is that a recording device?" I stood up and faced Melody. "I thought this conversation was supposed to be private, miss smartypants."

Melody jumped to her feet. "I never said that, or anyone else, for that matter. So you were just making assumptions instead of basing your thoughts on real facts."

"Well, there's something called implied. If you didn't know." I snarled, my temper rising. Our faces were inches apart, our eyes were locked, each daring the other to break their gaze.

"Calm down!" Thalia commanded and zapped the two of us.

"Fine. But I wish you wouldn't be so bossy," I muttered under my breath. Apparently, inherited demigod rivalries aren't canceled out by all of us being Hunters.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside of the tent. "What's that?" Julianna yelled, drawing her bow and dashing out of the tent. The rest of us followed, Thalia, Melody and I sent looks at each other that clearly meant, we're talking about this later.

I rushed toward the action, where two large humanoids held two hostages each. "Germani," someone whispered next to me. "I thought they were extinct." then someone else stepped forward.

"Hunters," he spoke, "I am Lityserses. I have come to bargain for the imperial household of the emperor Commodus. Here is our offer. You provide us with information and gladiators for the arena, and we won't kill you all." he leered at us, the scars on his face twisting and contorting. "You do know my nickname is the Reaper of Men. But I think I can change that to 'Reaper of Very Annoying Girls'." he drew his sword and let the tip hover right between one of the captives' eyes.

"Ten seconds. Or I'll take these two and kill the rest of you." he started counting.

"Ten."

Dead silence.

"Nine."

"Eight."

"Seven."

No one moved. I stepped forward. All eyes turned toward me, making me feel tiny and insignificant. I took a deep breath. "Lityerses. First your father's tool. Now, you're finally rid of him, and you turn around and run straight to another master. Seems you can't really think for yourself can you?"

Lit growled and pointed his sword at me. In response, I drew my two hunting knives. "Let them go." I glanced at Thalia, trying to convey a message to her.

"Little girl. Do you think you can beat me? I have been fighting for millennia." our blades clashed, silver against bronze, and I immediately knew how this duel would end.

"Get them," I grunted into my comm, praying that someone had theirs activated. Lit's blade sliced at me, I backed up, the sword barely missing my face. Thrust, parry, duck, roll, counter attack. A deadly dance, designed to kill the weaker. The Germani watched us, unaware of the few Hunters sneaking up behind them.

A grunt, and twin piles of dust. The two Hunters were free. Lityerses and I, locked in battle. Parry, thrust, counter attack. Bronze and silver blades, clashing and gleaming in the light of the setting sun. I was vaguely aware that if I hadn't received the blessing from Artemis I would have already been shredded. Shouting. The sound of arrows being nocked. Too late, I realized Liyerses' plan. I was being drawn into the bushes.

I was growing weak. Lit landed a nasty cut on my arm. I yelped. the pain was slow in coming. My fingers slipped from the handle of my knives. I could feel myself being dragged off to somewhere. Then, blackness.

There you go! I will try to update more often, but no guarantees.

Good Hunting!

~Hunter of Artemis