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Artemis
I left him in the camp, gave him a simple command and I flashed out in Olympus.
I was mad and I didn't know why. The whole matter with Arianna was at last over. The hunt was going great, the girls even accepted him. I should have felt completed and relaxed but yet again I can't. He is wandering in my mind. What could possibly Athena want with him and why he seemed so happy with whatever she told him. I am almost sure it had to do with his ex.
Wait a minute my brain screamed. You sound like his girlfriend. His ex? You mean Annabeth? One of the Heroes of Olympus? The one who traded her life for him to be alive now and who now have been reborn?
What is he doing to me? I can't think straight.
"APOLLO" I shouted in the air.
Moments later my idiot brother materialized next to me, ready to make a comment but saw me and decided against it. That was a good move for his teeth.
"Yes sis'?"
"Tonight you are off duty from the chariot!" I said and I was ready to leave when I heard him ask if I wanted to think alone. Ugh. He pressed the matter. I guess he won't need whitening for the next six months or so.
I tried attacking him but he managed to flash out in time.
I made a stop to my palace, took a shower and then I flashed myself to my hunters.
I was preparing some tests for Thalia and Percy and I had to have the set up ready.
One involved their obedience, and the other Percy's readiness.
I found the girls watching over an extremely angry Thalia destroying a target.
So I cleared my throat, to make her focus.
"Girls. Go take a shower. All of you. Thalia, take two. I will be waiting you in our Cabin. I have some news to tell you." I commanded and headed for the cabin.
After they gathered I described how the events unfolded, as I had hear them from Percy.
"So you say that Percy let Arianna off the hook?" asked Anna and Thalia in full unison.
"Yes. He had his reasons! So from today Arianna will not be part of the hunt. Also I am very happy that you accepted Percy. With the new events I hope you all saw his true self and intentions." I explained and that reminded me to congratulate me.
"Tomorrow the schedule will go on as usual. Now to your beds, except for Thalia!" I said, plotting my tests.
"Yes milady?"
"At 8 sharp Percy is to check in with you. I want things to go smooth! You will continue training him on the bow and I want to start to teach him how to move like a true hunter." I instructed.
"Can I not?" she complained. "He is the worst student ever!"
Yes, Yes he is I thought and simply laughed out loud.
"A good teacher is revealed on a tough student Thalia! Through this you will understand some things about yourself too! Now off you go!" I gave her a lesson and flashed out.
I appeared in the chariot, where the Diana aspect took hold and my appearance change.
It seemed that this aspect is not too affected and I can use my logic a bit more, which is great when I am talking about my Percy. STOP! HE IS NOT YOURS YET! My brain screamed at me and I knocked on my head to make it go silent. Not that it helped, but for the shake of the hit,I had to finally take some decisions about this matter. I have prolonged for too much.
But the thing is that I was afraid. It was a new emotion for me, and I didn't even know if it was the one I thought it was.
But it had to be!
I was falling for Percy. And it was the first time for me and I don't know if he even notices me.
"Aphro-" I started calling out, but she had already appeared beside me.
"I sensed things off of you and I came running! I waited too long for this!" she almost fun-girled over me. I tried ignoring all the influenced she had on me. Wait. Aphrodite has an effect on me?
"Before you ask me, I start having an affection on you because you have finally stepped a foot on my area." She said.
I looked at her suspiciously. The good thing is that she can't read my thoughts. Or can she?
"From your look I see you try to understand if I hear your thoughts. No. But I can understand your emotions clearly." She waved it off.
"Now for the serious matters!"
"What we discuss tonight will stay here. Or it's the last-" I started only to be cut short.
"My dear I am sure you have a great threat on hand. But with me you should not worry. I understand what you are going though and such a rumor will also destroy him. And he deserves some good in his life."I nodded.
"Is he any interested in me? Do you feel something?" I finally asked after some seconds.
"I will not answer directly. But….look!" she said after pausing for a moment and then pointed.
I saw we were almost above the Aphrodite was pointing a bit to the left. And I noticed a camp fire. As I looked better I saw it was Leo, the son of Hephaestus with the fire powers.
And around him were all the Heroes of Olympus and other demigods. And Percy.
They looked to have fun.
And I saw that for a moment Percy turned to look the Moon, even though he sat with his back turned to it. And I am sure he didn't know I was up there.
I turned to the Goddess of love.
"Does this answer your question?" she asked.
"A bit. But what about Annabeth?" I asked, trying to be calm.
"She will always have a special place in his heart. It was the first true love he experienced, and the fact that she gave her life for him was a big thing. If you try to involve with that matter, you will lose him." She instructed, but before I tried to say anything she motioned me to silence.
"Didn't you understand though? That matter is finally over for him."
"What? Why?" I said, eager to learn more.
She didn't answer, but in a flash Athena was right next to her.
"There is a detail that you didn't look too much into. Before he flashed with Tartarus in the throne room he spoke some words with my daughter. He asked her to try for a new chance. He asked her to try for the Isles." Athena explained, a tear dropping from her eye.
"She deserves it. She was a great hero" I commented.
Before Athena flashed away, she locked eye with me. "Honor her memory".
I was stunned.
Percy is finally ready to move on. And it seems that our future will be common. But there were a lot more to be done.
I turned to Aphrodite, and hugged her.
"Anytime, I am here for you" she said and left in a pink smoke.
The rest of the night flew by, literally and figuratively. I thought about my next moves, and how the next morning would unfold. It was actually Sally's idea, which with the help of Poseidon and my permission, became reality. Flecy with Iris, alongside Hypnos helped us too.
So, now we were in Olympus with Poseidon, Hestia and Iris.
We made use of Hypnos, who put an idea or two in his mind, so that in the morning he would call his mother.
And he did.
He was terrified and we all watched as he reached the apartment. But he didn't rush.
He passed this test. But he didn't inform me. He may need backup.
So I left, and told Poseidon to inform me when he headed out.
Meanwhile it was almost 9.30 and it was time to check on Thalia.
"Thalia? Do you have anything to report?" I asked, tried to sound innocent
"Percy is not here. I don't know where he is."
I almost laughed at her, but tried to keep a straight face. But she looked behind it.
"But you already knew that! It was a test. Wasn't it?" she said.
"Yes. Now go to the arrow field. When he comes teach him the second thing I told you yesterday!" I commanded, and I already knew that she would take revenge.
Artemis, come. I heard Hestia speak and I flashed to Olympus, only to see Percy white from fear, since he was too late.
He explained quickly and i felt him shadow travel to camp and heading to my cabin so I went after him.
I was 10 steps behind him as he reached it. He stopped, as if to thing.
Or to be a hunter. I was almost bursting from laughter.
He then preceded opening the door, stepping in and then understanding that for the door to be unlocked there must be a trap. But he didn't know that we always lock it, and that I had unlocked mentally.
I saw him looking around, and he saw the trap, another safety measure if someone did actually to break in. He just stayed there, not moving.
Trying to process why didn't it fire.
"Because you are part of us!" I said and the idiot reached for his weapon, not feeling my presence already. "Calm down already!".
"I will get used to it!" he said, as he let the tense leave his body.
"Or you will learn to feel someone presence behind you and learn to walk without waking up the universe!" I couldn't but counter. He is so idiot sometimes. Hot idiot though my brain commented, and I willed it to shut it.
"Touché".
"So. I gave you a simple task last night. Didn't I?" I simply said.
"Yes, but…", I didn't let him finish.
"Yes. I was informed about what happened. And I knew it would. I combined the situation with a test for you, and Thalia. But mainly I wanted to test two things about you!".
He stayed there, mouth open.
"First I would like to see if you would inform me." I explained.
"0/1 Ithought. Great start! I heard him. I must teach him to block his thoughts.
"Second. I wanted to see how you would deal with a matter that involved a very dear person. And the good is that you didn't act too rashly."
1/2. Could be worse, he thought again.
"But it is bad!" I couldn't help but comment.
"Can you please stop reading my thoughts?" he said, almost annoyed.
"If I want!" I just laughed.
"Now go and train with the girls. They wait you in the archery range!" I commanded.
Off to hell he thought and I couldn't just stay there doing nothing.
"You don't want to see hell!" I yelled, waiting for him reply, or thought for that matter.
Great, was his brain reply. He is an idiot.
Percy
I found the hunters working their bow skills. I scanned them, but someone was missing.
I stood there watching over them, trying to put two and two together. I saw Anna turn around for a while at random, she looked at me and starting waving like crazy.
I waved back but too late I understood what she meant.
The zap was what put my brain to work again.
Hard and quick.
I turned around to a very angry Thalia. Sparks cracking through her fingers and hair.
Ozone started to smell.
I looked around and I saw everyone stop dead at the tracks, the Hunters stopped firing, Anna holding her hands in a prayer. I think saw with the corner of my eye at Artemis, but Thalia clearing her throat made me focus again on her.
"Hey?" I asked.
She narrowed her eyes.
"I am sorry?" I tried again.
She raised an eyebrow.
"Run?" I tried one more time.
She smiled at me.
Ok, run, said my brain and my body followed, my hands flying in the air, trying to go zig zag, while lightings flew by me.I heard some laughs, so I decided to take a detour before going for the ocean, something even Thalia didn't seem to expect, as she zapped an Apollo guy who stood in my previous way.
I turned towards the Hunters, sprinting towards them, as they started to part, while Thalia didn't shoot any more lightings.
"Wait" I screamed as changed my direction one more abruptly, now heading for the sea.
I heard some more screams coming from campers all around me as I run past them, while they scattered for their lives.
"Come back coward" I heard Thalia scream as she continued throwing lightings as there were no more campers around.
And the moment before I stepped on the sea, I felt my leg go numb and I fell face first down.
The good thing is that the sea cushioned my fall.
So quickly I will the sea to take me deeper and I stayed there, while I heard Thalia raging on the outside.
Come out I heard in my head, Artemis talking to me.
Before I could answer she almost yelled in my head, NO BUTS.
I sighed and I quickly stepped out.
I saw the hunt standing there, a half circle around Thalia, who didn't have electricity run through her, while Artemis was some meters behind.
"Explain" she said, deadly calm.
"I tried contacting my mother, and I couldn't reach her and I was afraid something happened so I went there." I said.
All the anger seemed to melt away in an instant. I knew she loved my mother, as she also did.
"Is she-".
"She is ok!" I answered quickly.
"A trick by my mother, Iris and Milady over there" I continued, nodding towards Artemis.
A smirk appeared in Thalia's face, as she probably understood the situation perfectly. I was sure that Artemis put them through tests like this one.
"You are off the hook because of your mother" she said and turned to the Hunters.
"Girls, how about we teach our new brother how to dodge blunt arrows?" she asked, with a devil smile in her face.
I instantly created a water shield around me, with a smile appearing in my face, while the hunters raised their eyebrows.
"You are no fun!" Thalia said in a sad voice and then started laughing.
It was my turn to raise my brow.
"We have to train in archery and you in hunting. And Artemis is behind us" explained Anna, still laughing.
"Exactly. So move it!" the goddess of the Hunt said and the hunters left, apart from Thalia.
"So?" I asked.
We just stood there, each on eyeing the others.
"Well, Anna correctly said about you learning to be a hunter" Artemis said, a smirk appearing.
I just raised my shoulders.
"Thalia, start with the very basics. You have a lot work to do. Also Percy after that you are to report with Hestia" Artemis said and flashed out.
What could she want? I thought and a small zap brought me back to reality.
"Shall we?" my cousin said.
"Up to you lighting bug" I said, earning a new zap.
"Whatever, aqua boy."
The next hours were hell.
I was dragged in the forest, learning how to move quietly, how to climb trees, how to find traps.
After I stepped on all the fallen leaves and sticks, fallen ten times head first and I stepped on the bear trap, Thalia ended the lesson and then threw me at the river, leaving me while cursing and throwing lightings to the sky.
I let the water heal me and relax me and after a while I was ready to find Hestia.
I shadow traveled myself in Olympus, in the Throne room. I know where I will always find her.
"My hero" she said as she saw me and hugged me.
"Artemis said you wanted to see me?" I said, as I sat down beside her.
"There are three things I want to give to you. The first on is from all the Gods. The second, a request from Artemis" she said and waited my response.
"The third?" I asked, acted as a little child.
"The third one is from me to you. And it might be the most valuable to you.
Ok. I was holding my breath.
She smiled at me and snapped her fingers, and a golden apple appeared in her hand.
"Is this?" I asked.
"You wish. When you decide to be a god, you will have to eat this apple. You can thing about it and it will appear in your hand" she instructed and closed her hand, making it disappear.
I nodded as a smile appeared in my face.
"Thank you".
"Secondly" she said and tapped my forehead sending a pulse of white light in my head, and made me jump in the air.
"What did you do? Is my hair up?" I said as I started feeling my head for any changes.
She laughed.
"I simply put a spell on you so that we gods can't read your mind if you don't want too."
Ow. She listened to me. Incredible.
I simple nodded and used my lopsided smile.
"And the last is a simple advice. Let you heart move on" she simple stated and flashed out, leaving me alone with my thoughts. Were one person was present.
Or should I say a goddess.
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