WARNING! So this chapter is very special and I couldn't help but do it, HOWEVER. Go back to the last chapter and think VERY hard about who is coming to pick Dick up. DO IT. OK? You'll want to. Done? Find something? No? Yes? Either way- here we go!

DISCLAIMER: I own notting.

"WHY DO THEY WANT TO GET IN THE MOUNTAIN SO MUCH?!" Annabeth growled. Beside her, Malcolm shrugged.

She honestly didn't get how it came to this. Thanks to another wonderful dream of her Mother she found herself three and a half hours east on Rhode Island, trying to keep a bunch of… things off a mountain.

Ooh, so interesting.

People may have ignored her (psh, ignore Annabeth? Why don't you just sign your own death warrant), but Jason had had the same directions- except from Hera.

And then there were the Amazons. Hylla called to notify she'd been given a dream by one of the First Queens of the Amazons- however, this one was not really intrigued by taking over her group, telling her she was to retrieve something from the mountain and take it to Themyscira, which, if Annabeth remembered correctly (and she usually did) was the island of Amazons.

Thus, the Athena cabin plus Jason had come to the mountain in the tiny coastal town of Happy Harbor to protect it while Hylla made it across the country with two of her Amazons- although it still wasn't clear if they were coming by Pegasus or Plane.

Lightning cracked out of the sky, and Annabeth glanced up to ensure it was Jason, who, as Percy had elegantly whined, looked like a blond Superman darting around the sky fighting some green monster-things.

Her foes stumped her. With all her thinking, she couldn't classify them under any monster she knew. As well as Celestial wasn't doing the trick, but thankfully Athena had warned her so they'd all brought regular weapons.

Jason nose-dived, driving his sword through one of the larger creatures. She was about to swipe at another when a tiny voice screamed loud and clear.

"STOP!"

Annabeth spun just in time to see the door to something other close, leaving just a stretch of grass… and a tiny three-year old in footie-pajamas. He was adorab- hm, sorry.

Her heart skipped a beat as in her distraction one of the monsters slipped past her and brought its claws down at the toddler. She cried out in shock.

However, she needn't worry because the three year old jumped a clean four feet into the air, twisting over the creature and into a back hand-spring. Annabeth personally found it quite comical as the tiny shape did things that simply were not for tiny shapes to do.

He ran toward her after evading the beast, and Annabeth tried to not get fooled. She's learned that the cutest things could be the most dangerous. Who knew? With how it'd just appeared it was probably a conjuring of the Mist to hide a monster or something.

It looked up at her, and the innocence in its eyes almost convinced her otherwise. "You're hurting them!" He screamed, his black eyebrows knit in distress and his lips twisting into a teary pout.

"Well, they're trying to hurt us." She countered, still not convinced it was an actual boy.

"NO! They not! They're G-gnomes! From Cadmus-"

"Cadmus?" Now that was something she could work with! Her thoughts brushed over Bob Jr. for a moment before turning back to the three year old, who had pouted for a second after she'd interrupted

"Yes! And they're trying to mess with the League-"

"The League?"

"YES!" he looked about to have a temper tantrum. "Idiot, idiot, prost ... în cazul în care sunt Αμαζόνες Πριγκίπισσα Αρτεμίδα spus ar veni? Trebuie sa plec! Ea a spus că voi fi în siguranță, dar sunt gnomi! Nu Nu NU NU!" He screamed.

"Some of those words are Greek…" she frowned in surprise. Her eyes widened when she realized what he'd said. Three words Annabeth recognized: Princess, Diana, and Amazons. "Wait- what about Amazons?"

"Huh?" He scowled-pouted at her. "You understand Romany?"

"Romany? No, but some of the words you said were Greek-" she paused to impel a leaping… G-gnome was it? Unfortunately, this caused the boy to get even more upset. "-And I understand Greek."

He considered a moment, and she suddenly felt bad killing a creature mercilessly in front of him. Oh well.

"Oh. I don't know much Greek." He admitted. "But I know that θα είναι τρομακτικό και επικίνδυνο. Μην μου κάνει κακό ή θα καλέσω άνθρωπος της Νυχτερίδες." You are scary and dangerous. Do not hurt me or I'll call the Batman.

She blinked in surprise. Had the kid just threatened her? She supposed he had… wait, did he say Batman?!

Annabeth looked skyward, picking out Jason and crying up to him. It took him a minute but he flew down, staring at the kid wearily.

"Who are you?"

"None of your business!" The kid snapped, folding his tiny arms. Annabeth was not pleased with her need to coo.

"Yes, it kinda' is. Now who are you?"

The little boy pouted, considering. "Θαύμα Αγόρι." He answered.

Jason turned to Annabeth, as he knew Latin, not Greek. Annabeth in return wet her lips and repeated the boy's words. "Wonder Boy."

Jason cocked an eyebrow, sighing as he ran his hands through his cropped hair. Just then a voice yelled from above.

"STEP AWAY FROM HIM!"

Jason and Annabeth instinctually jumped back, staring at the descending chariot. The Pegasai nickered as their hooves met the ground.

Out of the chariot slid Hylla, flanked by two Amazons. Her belt glinted as she pushed past the two and knelt in front of the boy.

"You used the code on them, yes?"

The boy slowly cocked his head, reaching out his fingers and running them across her golden belt as if by magic. He met her eyes again.

"Αυτός είναι ο ιμάντας της γιαγιάς. Πριγκίπισσα Diana μου είπε να εμπιστεύονται το ένα με ιμάντα της γιαγιάς. Εσύ είσαι?" That is Grandmother's belt. Princess Diana told me to trust the one with Grandmother's belt. Is that you?

"Naí." Hylla nodded.

The child blinked again. "She told me to tell you my name in Greek. It is Aristarchos, but I don't like the Tarchos part."

"Would you rather be called… Ari?"

The three-year old paused a moment before smiling. "I'm like Artemis! She has a Greek name!"

"Artemis? The goddess?" Annabeth questioned.

"No! The… Wally called her the Goddess of Congeniality!"

"Uh…" Jason trailed, but was interrupted by Hylla.

"Yes, Hippolytus… we thought she was dead, before she contacted us. I didn't want another Otrera problem."

Ari shook his head. "No. I dunno who Otrera is, but Giagiá is nice. You are wearing her belt, Mamá Diana said so."

Annabeth took a second to register his words. "Is he… a demigod?"

Hylla shook her head. "No, Princess Diana is the daughter of one of the First Queens, Hippolytus. I wear her belt. However, Diana is very close to the little guy and thus her mother has consented to care for him for a little while."

Ari nodded, confirming the story. He then looked at Jason. "You fly like a blonde Superman. But Superman is stronger. And he sometimes carries me in the sky. He calls me 'Birdy' 'cause I love to- HORSEY!" As three year olds go, he'd had an impressive attention span thus far.

He leapt up to the pegasus. "She's so pretty!" He giggled. The horse nickered in response. "Are we going to fly them? Please please please please please please-"

"Yes." Hylla stopped his puppy dog eyes. "But in the chariot. Queen Hippolytus needs you on the island."

A creature leapt out of nowhere, but somehow the three year old dodged it. On instinct, Hylla lashed out with her sword, dropping the creature dead before it could somehow injure her charge.

Unfortunately, the little boy stared at in shock before mewling like a kitten. "Don't hurt them! They don't mean to!"

Hylla ignored him, nodding instead to Annabeth and Jason. "We need to get him to Themyscira- he's in danger. Thank you for protecting him."

"Hey, it was Hera and Athena who sent us, and it's not like we're allowed to say no to them." Jason pointed out.

Hylla shrugged. "Either way-"

"Hey, hey! Do you have wist tingies like Mamá Diana? Do you? Can you defwect bullets? Mamá Diana says all Ama-ama-amazoooon-ee-annss can do it!"

Hylla blinked in surprise before turning to her Amazon companions. "Kolo, Kaíra, we need to go, now."

They nodded in agreement, helping the boy get situated so he wouldn't fall off the chariot as their Queen turned to her friends and dipped her head.

"Goodbye, Annabeth, Jason."

"Bye, Hylla." Jason nodded his head in return.

"Farewell." She then boarded the chariot and they were off.

Yes. That did just happen. T^T

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