Hey all another Chapter. pretty long one too. please R&R. helps so much when you guys tell me what needs improvement or what is good. anyways on to the chapter. :)
Hannah's POV
After Artemis and Percy had left, Cole and I stared at each other in shock for a while.
"Did Artemis just say that she was okay with us being together?" Cole asked eyes wide in disbelief.
"Yeah she did. You must really be special then if she is okay with us." I said smiling at him. I never felt more comfortable talking to Cole than with anyone other than Percy.
We stayed in the tent for a little while longer, even though I was healed thanks to Cole and the nectar and ambrosia he had given to me. We sat on the bed and talked about our past. He told me his story about how he came about, and his mother fading which made him really sad but I comforted him. Then he told me about Selene and Helios raising him up and I was happy until he told me that they had faded as well after blessing him. He had so much loss in his lifetime, and I made a promise to myself to make him happy forever.
After he finished telling me his story, I started to tell him mine.
Flashback
My father, whose name was Anthony, (Sorry if you have that name.) had abused my mother and I. He would always find some way to beat her and on top of cleaning the house and caring for us she had to work two jobs because my father didn't do any work. Finally my mom left him and took me with her. He was a player and as soon as we left he went to another girl he was seeing while he was still with my mom. He got her pregnant too, and only stayed with her until she stopped taking care of him, then moved on to the next. I was only 3 or 4 when this all happened but my mom took care of me by herself while working two jobs. I hardly ever saw her except when she picked me up from daycare and then we only had a couple hours together before I had to go to bed. We slowly started to be happy and my mom got a better job so she only had to work one from then on. It was good for four years, and when I turned 8 my father showed up again wanting to see me. My mom had gotten a restraining order put on him, but he still tried and broke down the door. My mom took me to the bathroom in the back of the house we were living in, and locked the door. She called the police but knew they wouldn't make it in time to save us. Then she prayed to Artemis. Somehow my mother was clear-sighted, and knew the gods, and monsters, and all the myths. She prayed that Artemis would take me and protect me. Right as my father broke down the door, a flash of light appeared and all of us closed our eyes. When it faded, we saw a woman who looked 19 or 20, my father, hesitated before coming up to her and trying to hit on her. She got really angry, and started to torture him. I didn't know what she did as my mother had covered me so I didn't have to see anything, but I could hear his screams. Whatever the mysterious woman had done, it was what my father deserved.
She then somehow moved us someplace else. My mother bowed and said, "Thank you Lady Artemis. I know I can't be in the Hunt, but can you please take Hannah? I don't want her to go through anything that I went through."
The lady looked at me and nodded and said, "I'm sorry that this has all happened to you."
With that my mom said goodbye to me and Artemis held my shoulder and we vanished from my mother, and appeared in a forest surrounded by tents, and girls and animals.
"Welcome to the Hunt Hannah. We will be your new family and when you are a few years older I will bless you so you can become an immortal Hunter." Artemis said.
Flashback End
When I finished my story, I had tears coming down my eyes. Cole wrapped his arms around me, and held me, rubbing my back. Finally I calmed down and we looked at the clock in the tent and saw that it was almost dinner time. It was time to tell the rest of the Hunters about us. I grabbed his hand, and we walked out of the tent to the table. I noticed that everyone was there except us, Artemis, Percy, and Zoe. I was nervous mostly for Zoe's reaction, as she was Cole's sister and might not like me. I saw Percy sit next to Zoe so that Cole and I could sit next to each other. I smiled at him in thanks and then looked at Zoe. What I saw shocked me. She was grinning at both of us, and mouthed, It's alright.
I heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed. Zoe was ok with us being together.
We sat down at the table, and some of the Hunters looked at us curiously but then ignored us, when Percy made the favorite meal, which was steak and potatoes appear. When everyone was finished I looked at Artemis and nodded to show that Cole and I were ready.
"Everyone, Hannah has something to say to you all, so if you would listen to her." Artemis said, before nodding at Cole and I. I looked at her thanking her with my eyes, and stood up with Cole at my side. We held each other's hand, which caused everyone to stare, and then begin to glare at Cole. I got nervous, but then looked at Cole and he squeezed my hand and smiled encouragingly.
"Everyone, I like Cole and he likes me, and we are dating." I then continued, "Artemis knows of this, and she is ok with us being together, and made an exception for us."
The Hunters looked at Artemis who smiled and nodded in agreement.
"But My Lady, no offense to you and Percy, but won't he break her heart like any other male in the world would?" Phoebe asked.
I was about to say something, but Cole beat me to it, "No. I would never do that I swear on the Styx, and also on Lord Chaos, that I will never break her heart, and I will love her for forever."
All of us stared at him in shock at the oath that he swore, but then a cloud of darkness appeared, and a voice, which Percy identified as Chaos' said, "Cole Nightshade, I know that you and Percy are similar, so that is why I will let you live and bless you to help you keep your promise."
The darkness faded and there stood Cole, he looked taller, more muscular, and older, looking closer to 16 than 15, and another thing that we all noticed was, the brown wings that appeared behind him. The brown matched the same color as his fur when he was a wolf.
"Wow, now we have to angels," Thalia said causing everyone to laugh, as I threw my arms around Cole.
"Well that looks weird, my baby brother is dating someone who looks like she is 13 or something." Zoe said, causing both Cole and I to blush.
Then I felt a presence in my mind, and realized it was Chaos. "My dear, if you want I can make you look closer in age to Cole."
I thought about it and said in my mind, "Thank you Lord Chaos, that would be wonderful."
I heard Chaos chuckle and he said, "Please just call me Chaos."
With that I myself was surrounded by darkness as well, and when it faded everyone gasped, and I could tell by their reaction that I looked older.
Then Kendra came up to Cole and said, "Welcome to the Hunt, brother," before pulling him into a hug followed by the rest of the Hunters.
Cole's POV
When I swore the oath, and heard Chaos, I knew I was screwed. But then he said that he was ok with it and I just about fainted when told me he would bless me. When the darkness faded I felt more powerful. I could also feel wings behind me and looking saw that I had the same color brown as the fur, when I was a wolf.
Then Thalia said, "Wow, now we have two angels," which caused everyone to laugh. I felt two arms around me.
"Well, that looks weird, my baby brother is dating someone who looks like she is 13 or something." Zoe said. Hannah and I both blushed but before I could protest, a darkness surrounded Hannah. When it faded, she looked like she was 15.
Then Kendra, the super hyper girl came up to me and said, "Welcome to the Hunt, brother," before she hugged me. After her came the rest of the Hunters.
Time Skip 1 Year Later
We were on our way to Camp Half-Blood. We had left a couple days earlier and were in the Rockies. It was snowing and there was already a couple feet of snow which Percy and I were currently trying to walk in. The Hunters were having it easy, since they were so light they could just walk on top of the snow. After we were struggling, I guess Percy had the idea of hardening the snow using his power over water and we were then able to walk on top.
"Why didn't you do that earlier?" I asked.
"I didn't think of it until just now." Percy replied sheepishly. Everyone started to laugh at him. We then continued walking, with Artemis, and Percy, who was carrying Arwen, up front, and Hannah and I bringing up the rear. We had yet to encounter any monsters on the trip so far, so we didn't pay particular attention to our surroundings. All of a sudden we heard growling and laughing, and a howl that I recognized.
We looked around and saw ourselves surrounded by monsters. I quickly transformed into a wolf, and Lycaon stepped forward. "Well, well, well, looks like you survived son of Atlas, but don't worry, you and everyone here will die very soon." Lycaon said laughing.
We all got in a circle so we could defend ourselves, but right then a sword appeared out of nowhere and pierced Lycaon. He growled in pain and yelled, "Attack!"
"No stop now." A voice spoke. At that everyone stopped and two boys appeared. One I knew was Nico from when I first found the Hunters and saw him come with Percy, but the other one I had no idea who it was, but I guess Percy knew. He wore a hood so no one could see his face but as they got closer he removed his head and I could see his eyes which were gold. As he removed his hood, all the monsters bowed, except Lycaon, who like the coward he was, ran away.
"Begone all of you." The boy said in a commanding voice. The monsters rose as one bowed and then left.
"Andrew, perfect timing." Percy said.
"Yes I sensed a lot of monsters gathering near here, and went to Nico. Together we came here." Andrew spoke bowing to Artemis. "My Lady I am sorry for disturbing your hunt but this was the only way without shedding blood and losing some of your Hunters."
"It's alright and thank you for looking out for my sisters, but who exactly are you?" Artemis asked. "Before you tell her Andrew, Artemis don't judge him too quickly. He saved both me and Nico from two Titans."
"Of course Percy." she said a little confused.
"My name is Andrew Kagetora son of Kronos and descendant of Izanami." He said bowing again. "I was born when my father was peaceful and didn't want to kill everyone. Back before Zeus killed him."
Artemis recoiled in fear at first, but then relaxed when Percy put his arm around her.
"Let me introduce you to my sisters." Percy said to which Nico raised his eyebrow at him but didn't say anything. "This is my little sister Arwen daughter of Poseidon, this is Kendra daughter of Apollo…" he went on one after the other, introducing them to Andrew and Nico.
Finally he got to Hannah, Zoe, and I. "This is Hannah and her boyfriend, Cole Nightshade, son of Atlas." Nico stared in shock at me when I transformed into a human and stuck my hand out.
"There is one more person. This is Zoe Nightshade…"
Andrew bowed before her and said before Percy could finish, "Nice to see you again Miss Nightshade."
"Same to you Andrew." Zoe replied before bowing back. All of us were surprised that they knew each other.
"Zoe, how do you know him?" Artemis asked curious.
"I met him while I was with Ouranos. He came to me while Orion was trying to flirt with me, and beat him to a bloody pulp." She said laughing at the memory.
"Well it seems I owe you Andrew for protecting my sister." Artemis said with respect in her voice. "It was nothing Lady Artemis. I don't like him, and neither does anyone else up there." He said embarrassed.
"Where are you headed?" Nico asked.
"We are headed to Camp Half-Blood to stay awhile since its been a long time since we went there." Percy replied.
"Is it ok if we stay with you guys? We would go there by ourselves, but they still haven't really accepted me and they wouldn't accept Andrew if they found out who his dad was." Nico said.
"Don't worry about that. I will talk to father and he will allow you to be accepted there if you would like." Artemis replied. "You will have to stay in Percy's tent with him and Cole."
"Thank you Lady Artemis." Andrew said bowing. "Just call me Artemis please." she said before walking on. I watched Andrew seeing how he would react with the Hunters. I didn't like the fact that him and my sister were friends, but I suppose I did owe him for protecting her from Orion. He seemed humble as well, which was not something I expected from a son of the king of the Titans.
We got to the lower mountains and found a cave of sorts there. Percy and his sister Tianna froze the ice up above to not melt while Hannah and I got a fire going, and the rest of the Hunters set up the tents. When it was time to eat, Nico and Andrew sat at a smaller table away from us. Percy had asked Arwen what she wanted to eat, but she instead turned to Andrew and asked him, "What would you like?"
He seemed shocked that she would ask him but looked at Percy and said in a question, "Lasagna?"
Percy laughed and summoned a plate for everyone and we all ate, and after had banana boats after by the fire. Then we told jokes, and stories until very late and then everyone started to head to bed because they were tired. I went to the tent which Nico, Andrew, Percy, and I were going to be staying in and said to Nico, "You can have my bed, I am going to be outside keeping watch."
I looked at Percy and realized he had the same idea and we grinned at each other. We left them and went to the fire, there Artemis and Hannah joined us. I remained a wolf and Hannah leaned against me and fell asleep. I heaved a contented sigh and fell asleep as well.
Welp that's the end of this chapter. hope you like it. I notice nobody reviews so I don't know whether people like it or not. favorites and follows are welcome but not necessary, but it makes me happy knowing that people like the story. :) until next time!
