Introductions

When the light faded Percy found himself at the bottom of half-blood hill outside of the camp. Looking to the top of the hill he could see Peleus wrapped around the tree sleeping as smoke slowly came out of his nose every time he snored. Percy glanced up looking at the Golden Fleece as it glittered in the sunlight and smiled as he remembered the adventures he went on. The smile was soon replaced with a frown as he thought about his adventures with Annabeth.

Percy knew he needed to not get depressed every time he thought of her but he just couldn't help it. Every time he thought of her he heard her beautiful laugh or saw her smile and it killed him knowing he would never get to see or hear it again.

"Are you going to stand there all day or go get ready to leave?" asked an agitated Artemis.

Percy just sighed, "Yes Artemis." He immediately started to go up the hill still wrapped up in his thoughts.

"We are leaving in 10 minutes Perseus!" Artemis called out, Percy didn't give any indication he heard her. She watch curiously as Percy, who she always thought was one of the strongest demigods to ever live, be reduced to this depressed state. She couldn't help but feel pity for him. Why did this one demigod, who had done so much for them, lose everything in return? He was one of the only decent males to him and knew he didn't deserve this. Wait. Why did she care about a male? She just scoffed at herself and started to head into the camp to gather her girls wondering how to break the news to them.

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Percy shoved some cloths into a duffle bag thinking about what just happened. He had just accepted to travel with a pack of man hating girls with the goddess of man haters leading them. Yup sounded like fun. He had no idea why he swore on the Styx but knew it just felt right. Life at camp for him was getting boring and also had a lot of memories that he didn't need to relive. He needed something new. Something to take his mind off things.

A sudden knock on his cabin door took him out of his musings. Percy looked over at the door and frowned. He really didn't want to deal with people right now. It was tiring to pretend he was alright when he really wasn't. That was one of the main reasons he wanted to join the hunt, he didn't have to pretend to be something he wasn't there.

Percy walked over to the door, plastered on a fake smile, and opened it. Surprisingly his friend Grover was standing there nervously tapping his hand on his side. Percy hadn't seen Grover in a while with him being busy as the Lord of The Wild and leader of the Council of Cloven Elders.

Grover has been busy with all his new responsibilities and he wasn't able to keep up with everything that has happened. All he knew was that the war was over and they won. His empty link with Percy has been driving him crazy as the feeling of guilt and sadness washed over him every day. He knew something bad happened and had gotten back to camp as soon as he could

The second the door open Grover wrapped Percy in a hug, "Percy! I was so worried for you." He pulled back to look at his friends face and what he saw scared him. Grover could see right pass that fake smile on him and saw the look of pain and guilt in his eyes. The usual bright green was now dull and void. "Percy what happened to you?"

"Oh you know just fought through a war and lived the usual." He replied sarcastically walking back into the cabin with Grover behind.

Grover just glared at his friend, "Percy something is wrong, tell me."

"What do you want me to say? I just fought through a war and we lost people. Do you want me out there prancing about and acting like everything is ok?" Grover could tell he was still not being up front with him and it frustrated him to no end. He just wanted to help his friend who literally went to hell and back.

"Does Annabeth at least know how you feel right now? Has she been helping?" The second Grover asked that he regretted it instantly. The smile on his face went sour and his eyes dimmed even more if that was even possible. Grover felt a strong ping of guilt and sadness through the link and he knew right away what happened. "No, please don't tell me. Not Annabell please." Tears streaming down the satyr's face as he realized what happened.

"I'm so sorry Grover. I wasn't strong enough to save her. I wasn't fast enough to stop the arrow." Percy chocked out, his throat tight, and tears starting to spill from his eyes.

Grover quickly wrapped his only best friend left tightly as they both mourned for their lost family. Annabeth was like a little sister to Grover and it hurt him to know that she was gone forever while he was off in the wild. He could hardly imagine what Percy was going through as he literally jumped into Tartarus for the girl. He knew Percy would blame his self for it and that hurt him even more because he felt what Percy was feeling.

Grover pulled away from Percy and looked him in the eyes, "Percy it was not your fault. You know more than anyone Annabeth would not want you to blame yourself. Please don't blame yourself."

"How can I not? I was there Grover, she died because I missed the arrow. She died in my arms and I could not do a damn thing." Percy explained sadly walking over to his bed. He wanted to move on but the nightmares made it almost impossible to. Every night he would watch her die and each time he would see something he could have done in order to save her.

"Dammit Percy." Grover exclaimed frustratingly, "You did everything you could. You and I both know once a person's string is cut by the fates there is nothing you can do to stop it, it was her time Percy. Right now she is in Elysium talking about her wonderful life you gave her to the others there and one day you will join her. You will see her again Percy." Grover said with a sad smile. Percy snapped.

"NO I WON'T!" Percy yelled in anger as he smashed his hand into his bed, splitting the wooden frame in half. "In case you didn't know in order to save my life the gods decided to make me immortal without my consent. So no Grover I won't see her again because I can't die." Tears were streaming down his face as he took ragged breaths.

Grover looked at him in shock learning that his long time best friend was immortal. Now he understood his grief but he knew Annabeth would not want this for Percy. "Then she would not want you to mope around like a sad puppy all day Percy. I know you have, I feel it every day" He said tapping his head, "it feels like I am the saddest I have ever been and the guilt is eating you up. Annabeth would not want this for you Percy. She would want you to move on and be happy with your immortality. If you are going to live forever then you need to learn how to be happy in life."

"I know I know." Percy said as he wiped the tears off his face. "It's just so hard without her. I don't know if I can G-man."

Grover put a hand on his shoulder, "Percy you are one of the strongest people I know. If anyone can do this it's you. And just so you know you are not alone in this at all. You have me, Thalia, Nico, and others that all care for you. We are here for you man."

Percy gave him a sad smile, "I know. Thanks G-man." Percy looked at the clock on his wall and started to panic. He had been talking to Grover for 15 minutes now. Artemis was going to kill him. He quickly finished packing his duffle bag. "Shit, sorry Grover but I got to go I'm already late." He explained quickly.

"Late for what?" Grover asked confused.

"Going to be with the hunt for a while. I'll talk to you later." he replied rushing out the door.

"WHAT!"

Percy chuckled a bit and looked over his shoulder, "I'll tell you later. And Grover…Thanks." With that Percy left and started to rush over to cabin 8.

While walking over Percy started to get lost in his thoughts. He knew Annabeth would not want him acting like this. He could hear her now in his head, "Seaweed brain I swear if you keep up with this moping I will slap you across the head." He needed to move on not just for himself but for her also.

He knew he wasn't just going to be fixed just like that, he only lost her a little over a week ago. But, he knew this was the path he needed to be on. Not the one that pushed everyone away and his feelings down into a bottle waiting to explode again. No, he promised himself right then and there that he would try his best to move on. Not to forget but to honor her. For the first time Percy smiled to himself, a real smile. He could see a light out of the hole he was in.

Percy being lost in thought didn't realize he was in front of the cabin until he tripped on the stairs in front of the door. He grumbled a bit at his clumsiness and picked himself up off the floor wiping the dirt off his shirt. He then noticed a note attached to the door.

First day on the job and you are already late? Looks like you are going to have to find your own way to us because you took too long. On how to find us, when you swore yourself to protect the hunt I blessed you with the knowledge on where the hunt is at all times. I also informed the hunt that a male will be traveling with us but left it to you to tell them who it is. They took it all so well. Percy scoffed at that. You have until the rest of the day to get to us. If you are not here by nightfall expect more work. Good luck!

Percy just sighed knowing he should have expected this from a man hating goddess. He concentrated on finding the hunt and soon he felt a ping in his head and knew exactly where there were. He groaned in frustration, they were somewhere in the middle of Missouri. How in the hell did they expect him to get there before nightfall? He glanced up at the sky and saw that sun was well past noon. He laughed to himself as he realized they didn't want him to make it back before nightfall and just wanted to give him more work.

As he tried to figure out how he was going to middle of the country from New York a voice spoke in his head.

"Percy." He heard.

"Dad?" He thought back surprised. It was weird having someone talk to him in his head. It was like someone was talking to you from all sides at once. Percy didn't like it at all. His shock soon turn to anger as he remembered he was still pretty pissed at his dad for making him immortal. "What do you want?" He questioned with distaste.

"Percy know that I have caused you sadness lately but just know I will not apologize for what I did" His father said sternly "You were dying Percy and I was not going to lose my favorite son no matter what." Percy's face softened a bit. He still loved his father and would never hate him but right now he needed to be mad at someone and that just so happened to be his father. He decided to be a little nicer to him remembering he wanted to stop pushing people away.

Percy quickly thought back, "What do you want?"

"I felt your distress and I am just here to tell you that you have extreme control over water all ready and you can easily mist travel if you try." Poseidon explained.

"Ok that's good to know I guess, saves me a hell of a long trip." Percy quipped. "And thanks…Dad." Percy could have sworn he felt his dad smiling in his head.

"It's no problem my son. I will always look over you." And with that Percy felt the presence leave his head.

Percy sighed. He knew he couldn't stay mad at his dad forever and in all honesty he really wasn't. He just wanted someone to blame for him not being able to see Annabeth again. But, he knew that if anyone was to blame it was himself. He still wanted to space himself between his dad for a little bit though, he did turn Percy into an immortal without his consent after all. That sounded weird. Who would hate someone for gifting them immortality? In some ways Percy was excited to have immortality, he was going to be able to stay with his friends forever. After the war the gods gifted the other seven demigods with immortality. Piper, Jason, and Leo became the protectors of Camp Half Blood. Jason was originally supposed to go to New Rome but asked to be with Piper instead.

Frank and Hazel both went to New Rome as its protectors. Nico became the official immortal prince of the Underworld and went to live with his dad to help him run things. Each one wasn't granted full immortality as they could still fall in battle but immortality none the less.

Percy suddenly got excited. He could mist travel? He never really thought about it a lot and would never think he was strong enough to do it. He didn't want to try going to the hunter's camp right away as it was half way across the country. He wanted to practice so he could get there in one piece. Didn't need him not being able to reform half of his body when he got there.

Percy stared at a spot a little over 5 feet away and concentrated. All he did was imagine his body turning into mist and appearing there. At first nothing happened and he started to feel stupid staring intensely at a spot in the middle of camp. Soon he felt a tug in his gut and his left hand started to go numb. The sensation traveled up is arm and he looked down to see shockingly his arm was slowly dissipating into mist. Soon the numbness spread throughout his body and he closed his eyes. Just as quick as it came the numbness started to fade and when he opened his eyes again he was standing in the spot he was starting at.

"Ok that was badass." He said to himself.

Percy continue to his practice his mist travel pushing himself to go further and further with each try. Soon he felt confidante enough that he could travel to the hunter's camp in one piece. He focused on where the hunt was and imagined himself appearing there. Slowly the tug in his gut and the numbness appeared as he closed his eyes.

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(30 minutes earlier)

Artemis walked to her cabin ignoring all the gawking stares and bows. Most people knew who she was so they treated her with respect. Sadly there were some who didn't realize who she was and thought she was just another girl.

"Hey baby, you new here? I can show you around if you want." A cocky boy offered as he walked over to her.

Artemis eyes turned into a silver fire as she threw a knife at him, imbedding it in the tree inches from his face. "If you value your frivolous life then you will treat a goddess with respect male." She spat. Said male quickly, with eyes wide, turned tail and bolted away.

Usually Artemis would have not let a male like that live but she had too much on her mind. Ironically a male was on her mind. She wondered how she was going to break the news to her hunters that they would have a male traveling with them for the foreseeable future. Even though he was Percy Jackson and swore on the Styx to protect them most of the hunters have hated males for their whole lives. But Percy wasn't like other males was he? No, Percy was kind, honest, modest, and loyal. She always thought males to be the exact opposite and then that stupid boy-no man had to come along and take the sky for her without a second of hesitation. It wasn't like Artemis was forgetting her man hating ways no, Percy was just the only male she respected and could even consider a friend. She knew it was not going to be easy for the girls to except him, besides Thalia of course, but they were stuck with him so they might at least try to enjoy it. It could have been a lot worse. Artemis couldn't even think of another male even close to worthy enough to travel with her hunt.

She finally reached her cabin and went directly in. She knew all her hunters would be there because they hated to wonder around the camp as they thought the campers were insufferable. She walked in and saw that all her hunters were lounging and talking about. Artemis noticed sadly that there were a lot more empty beds then there use to be. There was only 8 hunters left after the war when they use to have around 15. She was still sad that she had lost one of her best, Phoebe, but at the same time she was honored that she died fighting for Olympus.

She looked over and saw the usual trio of Maya, Maria, and Alice all sitting on the same bed. Maria and Alice were both showing Maya how to fletch her own arrows. Maya was the newest hunter and didn't even know about the Greek world until about a week ago. The daughter of Nike ran away from home when she was 13 from her abusive farther and survived on her own for a year. It was surprising that she survived for so long by herself but Artemis could see that she was a fighter and a good addition to the hunt. At first the black haired girl was shy and scared from being alone all this time but soon she opened up to the hunt and became one of them.

On Maya's left, showing her how to shape an arrow, was Abigail, a dark skin girl that was one of her older hunters. She was a slave from the 1700's that Artemis rescued from the horrible man that owned her. Usually gods stayed out of mortal affairs but when Artemis found out that one of the slaves was a demigod she went and killed the master accidently starting the Stono Rebellion, the largest slave rebellion in American history. Oops. She was a daughter of Aphrodite so she was a beautiful African American women with short black hair and striking kaleidoscope eyes. Her being the daughter of the love goddess didn't hold her back though and was one of the best hunters with knives.

On the other side of Maya was the Daughter of Hermes, Maria. She was a small girl with eye-catching long, white hair. She was orphaned at a young aged and because she was born in the 1950's she was forced onto the streets. One day Artemis found her cornered in ally by a gang of boys. Artemis quickly dealt with the vile men who were planning to harm her ridding the world from them. Maria joined the hunt soon after.

Glancing away from the three giggling girls she looked over and saw her lieutenant, Thalia, talking with Khloe. Khloe was a daughter of Demeter with long brunette hair and was the only hunter, besides Thalia, that didn't have a huge problem with men. Don't get her wrong she still hated men, but she just didn't have the urge to kill them on site. She joined the hunt fairly recently only joining about 6 years ago. She joined not because she hated men but because she wanted a family something that Artemis would gladly offer any maiden.

On the bed next to those two was Ruth absently tossing her hunting knife in the air again and again. She was a really fiery, redheaded daughter of Ares that had a quick temper. Ruth was one of the more drastic man haters but that was most likely from her past. Artemis saved her from a prostitution ring many years ago and after destroying and torturing the leaders of it she offered Ruth a spot in the hunt which she took graciously. She did cause problems in the hunt with her temper but it was usually with Thalia who had the same quick temper and the two would end up arguing for hours.

The last two hunters were the sisters from Roman times, Augusta and Aurelia. Aurelia was braiding Augusta's blond hair in its usual fish tail style while Aurelia didn't need to do much to her shoulder length blond hair. These two were Artemis's oldest hunters and were brought to her when their mother Athena asked her to take them away from their abusive family. So, after castrating and killing the males there she took the sisters away from their prison and gave them a place in their hunt.

Artemis smiled at her hunt, they were like daughters to her. When she lost almost half of them in the Second Gigantomachy War she was broken. But they all stuck together and helped each other through the tough time, they were a family after all. The hunt was at an all-time low and could barely live on their own, which Artemis hated to admit.

Artemis cleared her throat gaining the attention of the hunters, "Girls I have some news I need to share with you." Artemis declared nervously. All the hunters ceased what they were doing and gathered around Artemis curious to what happened on Olympus.

"I know none of you will admit it but the hunt is at an all-time low. We lost many of our sisters during the last war and it hurt us in more ways than one. I am weak after the war so I cannot protect the hunt as well as I used to. With this all in mind the gods decided to assign a guardian to help protect us." She finished.

The hunters just grumbled a bit but they knew that they needed help, they were just too prideful to admit it. Whoever she was they could help the hunt survive until they get enough girls to survive on their own.

"Who is she Milady?" Khloe softly asked.

Artemis just laughed nervously, "um you see the thing is a girl wasn't assigned to the hunt…a male was."

Silence encased the cabin as all the girls absorbed what Artemis just told them. Then chaos erupted.

"WHAT"

"I will not let a disgusting Male near the hunt"

"Why would a male be put into the hunt!?"

"He probably only accepted to try and hit on us"

All the girls were talking over one another trying to get there opinion in. Artemis kept trying to get some words in but the girls would only talk over her. Artemis got tired and gave a sharp cab whistle to gain their attention. All the girls quieted down but most of them still had a scowl on their face.

"I know none of you want this and neither do I, but sadly we don't have a choice. We could have been stuck with someone a lot worse though. This male is not as bad as the others so just give him a chance." Artemis explained. The hunters just stared at wondering if they really just hear Artemis, the man hating goddess, tell her hunters to give a male a chance.

"But he is still a male and will only want to try and sleep with us" Ruth said in disgust.

"Now usually I would agree to that statement but like I said this male is different and would never do that." Artemis replied. A smile danced on her lips, "besides since he is ours we can treat him anyway we want. Say a personal slave maybe?" The hunters got an evil glint in their eyes as they realized what Artemis was implying.

"Who is he anyway?" Maria asked.

"I'll let him introduce himself to you all when we leave. Now, everyone get packed up I want to leave this camp as soon as possible." Artemis ordered.

Within 5 minutes all the girls were packed and ready to go as they all wanted to leave this dreaded place as soon as possible. Artemis waited for Percy to come and knock on the door but after another 5 minutes he never came. Deciding not to wait for him she wrote down a note and put it on the door before flashing her hunt out to a camp site. Whether she made it so far from camp on purpose was something only she knew.

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When Percy opened his eyes he noticed he was in the middle of a forest with trees filled with brown and yellow leaves growing as tall as buildings. He quickly focused on the hunt and knew that the hunt was a little ways north.

As Percy was getting closer to the hunt he couldn't help but get nervous. He was a male about to enter the hunt and live with them. Sounded like fun right? Of course Percy was going to try and be friends with them but he had no idea if the hunters wanted anything to do with him. He at least had Thalia who would be by his side so he would not be totally alone. Percy just wished he could come out of this with all his genitalia still attached to him.

Percy was brought out of his thoughts by an arrow imbedding itself in the tree right next to his head. He looked at the source of the arrow and found a girl with short blond hair glaring at him with her bow drawn.

"What do you want male" She spat, the last word said like it was the worst insult ever. Which to them it probably was.

Percy quickly raised his hands in a surrendering fashion looking nervous, "Lady Artemis should be expecting me. Kinda my first day on the job." He joked.

The girl showed no amusement, if anything her glare intensified, but lowered her bow anyway. She motioned for Percy to follow him and started to walk away. He quickly caught up to her and followed a few steps behind her.

"So you have a name?" Percy asked, "I don't really just want to call you hunter."

"If I wanted you to know my name I would tell you now shut up and keep walking." She snarled.

Ok so she is not very friendly. Percy thought. He got the message loud and clear and kept quiet while she led him to the hunt. Soon Percy heard the sound of people talking and bows being shot. When they reached where the sound was coming from he looked around to see what the camp was like. A central fire place took up a large space in the center of the camp with logs surrounding it for places to sit. Silver tents surrounded it in the form of a large circle. Every single tent look almost identical except for one that was much longer than the others. The flap was open for the long one and he saw a long table in there with chairs, he assumed that was the mess hall. Off to the side of the circle was an archery range where a lot of the girls were practicing their already nearly perfect aim. Luckily for Percy all the girls seemed busy with other things to even notice him.

Without warning the girl who has yet to tell Percy her name started to walk towards one of the larger tents. Without knocking-er can you knock on a tent? Without signaling she opened the flap to the tent and walked in. Percy followed close behind and was shocked when he went inside. The inside of the tent was a lot bigger than the outside. The outside looked like it could hold 3 maybe 4 people but the inside seemed like it could hold 20 with space to spare. There was a fireplace directly across the entrance with a bow above on a mantle. Above the bow was many stuff heads of many different types of animals from bunny's to a hydra head. Two comfy looking chairs sat in front of the fire place with their backs facing the door. A bed was off in the corner with a huge blanket of white fur covering it.

"Milady, this boy here wanted to see you." The girl stated.

Artemis got up from the chair that Percy didn't notice her in since the back was to him. She looked at Percy with surprise then quickly masked it with a stoic mask.

"Thank you Aurelia, I will deal with this alone." Artemis said.

Aurelia looked like she really didn't want to leave her mistress alone with a boy, "But Mil-" Artemis quickly interrupted her.

"I said that will be all, Aurelia." She ordered. Aurelia just looked at Artemis then back at Percy with a glare before starting to head out.

Percy just smirked at her, "So its Aurelia then?" The girl gave a huff before pushing open the tent and walking out. Percy looked over to see Artemis starting at him with the same stoic face. Percy for the first time got a good look at Artemis and could not help but see how beautiful she was in her 18 year old form. She wore no makeup and the only thing that obstructed her face was a stray strand of her auburn, long hair. Her glowing silver eyes contracted heavily with her sun kissed skin, most of it was covered by her hunters outfit but it was still obvious she had more muscle then fat on her. Percy blushed as he quickly realized he was basically checking out the man hating goddess.

"So Percy, how did you get here so fast?" Artemis asked giving no indication of knowing what Percy was thinking.

Percy raised an eyebrow, "Didn't expect me to get her so early huh? Looks like no extra chores for me."

"Fine you get out of the extra work I had plan for you. Still how did you get here so early? I didn't expect you here until 2 days from now." Artemis questioned. She hated getting made a fool of by someone.

Percy just smirked and suddenly he dissolved into mist. Artemis looked around franticly not knowing what happened to the Son of Poseidon. Suddenly something tapped her shoulder.

"Boo."

Artemis gave a small shriek and turned around to see Percy on the ground laughing his ass off.

She quickly kicked him in the side of the stomach. "That was not funny Perseus." She said sternly. Secretly she was actually a little happy that Percy acted this way. It showed he didn't fear her as much as most people did. Even the hunters didn't act this way around Artemis. They were always serious around her and to Artemis they were more like daughters then friends.

Percy wiped a tear from his eye and got up, "I'm sorry Artemis your face was just too funny."

"So you have the ability to mist travel?" she questioned ignoring the laughing demigod.

"Yup." Percy said popping the 'p', "since I am immortal now I have stronger control over my abilities."

"Why were you late then? I specifically told you we were leaving in 10 minutes." She said annoyed.

"I am very sorry about that. Grover came over to my cabin while I was packing and we got lost in our conversation." Percy answered sheepishly, not wanting to talk about what Grover and he discussed.

"Well because you didn't want to introduce yourself at camp you will do it at lunch." Artemis remarked, "Now, while you are here do not expect to get a free ride. You will have chores to do and also training, I don't want you slowing down the hunt. You will be responsible for the hunts laundry and also cleaning up after dinner. Those are your only chores but on top of chores you will also have guarding duty, hunting training, and archery practice."

Percy was fine with everything but turned white at the last one. "Um… Lady Artemis you do know how bad I am at archery right? If I try to shot at the target I will probably shoot someone directly behind me." Percy pleaded.

"If you think I'm letting someone stay in my hunt and not know how to use a bow you are severely mistaken. I don't care if it takes from sunup till sundown you will learn how to use a bow." Artemis declared. Percy just gulped and nodded his head.

"Now, in case you forgot you are not only here to help guard the hunt." Artemis continued. Percy just looked confused as Artemis got up and left the tent. Percy sat there inside the maiden goddess's tent twiddling his thumbs. Soon Artemis returned with a certain spiky haired girl.

"Pinecone Face!" Percy exclaimed happily.

"Percy? What are you doing here?" She questioned.

"Didn't Artemis tell you the hunt was getting some help?" Percy responded.

"You mean you are the one that's going to be traveling with the hunt? Wow I should have expected it to be you Percy only you would be dumb enough to join a group of man hating girls with the goddess of man haters leading them" Thalia chuckled shaking her head.

"I'm doing it so I can protect my poor little Pinecone Face and mak-OW!" Percy rubbed his arm where Thalia shocked him when he started to fake flex his muscles. Artemis just looked at the two in amusement. These two would be at each other's throats until the day they died, but both of them would jump in front of a strike for the other in a heartbeat.

"Ok fine I joined because I was bored at camp happy." Percy whined.

"Actually Perseus there is another reason," Percy looked at Artemis confused. "Another reason why you were assigned to the hunt was because you said you would only talk to Thalia about how you feel."

Thalia frowned, "What am I? A shrink?"

"I don't think Thalia wants to hear about all my problems she probably has better things to do." Percy said.

"You can either talk to her or bottle up your emotions until you snap again and try to hurt someone you care about." Artemis replied knowing exactly how to push Percy into this.

Percy instantly had a guilty look take his face, "Your right. I can't just push everything down. Not if it's going to get someone hurt." He turned to Thalia, "And Thalia I never did apologize for what I did to you. I'm sorry." Percy admitted.

"Percy I know you have gone through a lot lately so you don't need to apologize for what happened at camp. If talking to you and acting like a stupid therapize will help you then I will gladly do it." She affirmed. She then scowled at Percy, "But I swear to the gods that if you ever try to kill me again I will kill you."

Percy just chuckled at his cousin, "Yes I know Thalia. Thank you."

"Now that we have that done with Percy you go set up your tent and then meet us at the dinning tent so you can introduce yourself to the hunters." Artemis proclaimed.

"Uh…sure sounds like fun" Percy stammered turning white.

Artemis just laughed at the look on his face, "Percy you are the strongest demigod the world has ever seen having fought giants and gods and you are scared of some teenage girls?" Percy blushed at the praise. Artemis tossed him a silver box with a button on the top. "This is your tent. Just hit the button and toss it where you want the tent to appear. I recommend setting up a little ways away from the other tents unless you want to wake up to a bear in your tent." Artemis commented with a smirk.

Percy just nodded, "Yes Artemis, thank you. See you in a bit Pinecone Face." Before Percy could get shocked again from his ever so angry cousin he bolted out of the tent and went to find a spot to set up his tent.

As Percy walked through the camp he felt the stares of the girl burning the back of his head. He just ignored them and went towards the outskirts of the camp where he heard a river. He came upon an open spot near the river but not too far from the camp that would be perfect for him to set up his tent. Percy did what Artemis told him to do and a small tent soon appeared where the silver box landed. He walked in and was pleasantly surprised to find his tent bigger on the inside just like Artemis's was. The inside only had the bare minimum only having a desk in one corner and a bed in another with a chest at the end of it.

Percy quickly changed into some clean cloths before unloading his duffel bag and heading out not wanting to be late for a second time today.

When he reached the dinning tent he saw all the hunters sitting in chairs chatting to one another with Artemis at the end of the table. When he walked in all conversations stopped and they all turned to Percy. Percy just gave an awkward smile and wave.

"Girls, most of you know him already but in case you don't this is Perseus Jackson our new sla- I mean guardian that has agreed to help us." Artemis smiled evilly. The girls around the table mirrored the same sickly sweet smile that made Percy sweat. Percy felt like he was in the middle of a shark tank, though at least in the shark tank he would be able to talk his way out of it. "Percy? Don't you want to join us for dinner?" Percy did not want to join them for dinner.

"Um… well you see… I have a uh, thing to do. Away from here…" Percy stammered.

"Oh no please Perseus I insist. You are a guest here after all."

Percy glanced at a fiery red head that was glaring at him while twirling a knife in between her fingers. "No no. It's perfectly fine. I ate already. I don't want to impose." Percy let out in rapid session while slowly backing up to the entrance.

"More food for us then." Artemis remarked. Percy let out a sigh of relief and started to head out. Right before he left Artemis called him out, "And Percy, I expect you up early tomorrow. You will have quiet the busy day." Percy just nodded his head and got the Hades out of there.

Percy quickly made his way to his tent and closed it behind him. When he got in his stomach rumbled. Guess he was hungry. Using Hestia's powers for the first time he summoned and simple cheese burger and scarfed it down not realizing how hungry he has been. Satisfied with a full stomach he was having trouble keeping his eyes open after the long day he had. Slowly he made his way to bed and collapsed in it without taking his clothes off. He closed his eyes and hoped he could have a full nights rest for once.


A/N: Hello! It's been a bit hasn't it? Sorry this took a while but I just didn't get a lot of support from the last chapter and wasn't as motivated to write this. Reviews help fuel my passion to write so the more reviews I get the more I will want to write. So please, Review! I know the hunters are acting really harsh to Percy but don't worry I have plans on how to slowly get them to accept him and how to get Percy and Artemis together. It's not going to happen right away because I really want to develop these two. I also gave names to all the hunters because I want them all to end up as a big family as one point and if I end up killing off one it will be more impactful. Anyway thanks for reading and REVIEW!