The Return of the Sea Huntress

Goodbye

Alex didn't hear from her Uncle Hades until a month after she was injured by the Wendigo. She was busy finishing up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone while Sam and Dean were out when he appeared in their motel room.

"Alexandria!" A voice interrupted her reading, and she looked up to see the face of her uncle in a misty Iris message.

"Uncle! To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing your spectacular face?" Alex said. He rolled his eyes.

"Those Winchesters are making you even more sarcastic than you already are," he said "But if you must know why I'm calling, it's because I have news."

Alex sat up straight, putting her book aside as she stared at her Uncle. She had made him promise to tell her anything new that was happening in the demigod war long before meeting the Winchesters.

"Your cousin, Thalia," he said with a bit of distaste in his voice. "was resurrected from her tree form by your brother a few weeks ago."

"And you're telling me now?!" Alex panicked. Thalia's alive, she thought frantically.

"Alex, she's fifteen. She aged in that tree form and will be turning sixteen very soon." He said, sounding worried. Alex's eyes widened in shock.

"This-this can't be true. If she turns sixteen then the prophecy must come true. The war is happening too soon," Alex said as she stood up and started pacing.

"Thalia is very ambitious, and power hungry. It's her fatal flaw. Kronos will try to use it to his advantage, which is why the council wants every possible candidate for Prophecy somewhere where they can keep an eye on them," he said slowly, as if dreading Alex's reaction.

"You mean me?" Alex stared at her uncle. "I mean Thalia and Percy, they have been trained for years, unlike me. They are the perfect candidates for the prophecy. They don't need me." Even to her own ears the excuse sounded pathetic.

"Alexandria, have you gotten attached to those Winchesters?" Uncle Hades said, his eyes narrowing.

"I didn't mean to, but they care about me, they protect me," Alex said, well, more like begged, hoping her uncle would understand her reasons for wanting to stay.

"Alex, have you forgotten that not only are you a child of the Prophecy, but you have a great destiny awaiting you? You know what has to be done, you have to train to become a warrior," he said gently as possible to the distraught girl.

"Is that all I am? A warrior, a pawn, even to you?" Alex said, tears in her eyes.

"You know I don't think of you like that, darling. But I can't change fate," Uncle Hades said in one of his rare moments of tenderness.

"But I don't want to go," Alex said in a shaky voice before she thought of her cousins, her family that would be slaughtered if she didn't go. "Alright. Fine. I'll leave by the end of the week."

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"We haven't had a case in weeks-" Sam started as they got of the the Impala.

"Ah, lighten up, Sammy. We can relax for a couple weeks, it's not a big deal. We don't have to worry about anything right now, okay? Just chill out," Dean reached out and pushed Sam's shoulder as they walked up to the door of their motel room.

"All I'm saying is that it's weird," Sam insisted.

"Bobby's giving us a break after the Wendigo thing. It's not a big deal," Dean repeated as they reached the door. "Just go with it."

"Alexandria, have you gotten attached to those Winchesters?"

Sam and Dean froze. They shot each other worried looks and nodded, simultaneously leaning towards the door in an effort to listen in on the conversation happening inside their room.

"I didn't mean to, but they care about me, they protect me," Alex was saying.

"Alex, have you forgotten that not only are you a child of the Prophecy, but you have a great destiny awaiting you? You know what has to be done, you have to train to become a warrior," was Hades' answer. He wants her to go to the camp, Sam mouthed to Dean, who looked angry.

"Is that all I am? A warrior, a pawn, even to you?" Alex asked. The Winchesters could hear her tearing up. A sense of protectiveness washed up over them.

"You know I don't think of you like that, darling. But I can't change fate," Hades said.

"But I don't want to go," Alex said. Her voice was shaking. There was a brief pause before she added, "Alright. Fine. I'll leave by the end of the week."

"What?!" Dean burst through the door, not even attempting to bother hiding the fact that he was eavesdropping. Sam followed his brother in at a slower, more sheepish pace. Hades disappeared in a swirl of dark shadows. Alex looked upset.

"You can't just leave now!" Dean said.

"I have to," Alex said quietly.

"Alex, you can't just drop everything and leave."

"Dean, it's her decision," Sam spoke up.

"I have to," Alex said again, this time louder. "It's my duty. My destiny. My fate."

Dean growled. "Screw that. Screw them."

Sam looked scandalized. "Dean, you can't just say that kind of stuff. The Fates are real, they can cut your life string short if you disrespect them."

"Well, not really, I mean, they have to be fair, but this isn't going to stop me. You didn't hear the rest of the conversation. My cousin, Thalia has been resurrected from her tree form."

"Her what?"

"Long story short, to save my dying cousin, my Uncle Zeus turned her into a tree. But now my brother Percy has resurrected her, which is not good. Well, it's good that she's alive, but you know what I mean."

"Uh, okay, so your cousin is back, whoopee. That doesn't explain why you need to go," Dean said, frustrated.

"She's fifteen, almost turning sixteen. That means that she will be the one to fulfill the Prophecy, unless she dies. This means that the war is going to happen very soon, which means I need to train. And since the Great Prophecy claims that it has to be a child of one of the big three, I become a candidate for the prophecy and the Council wants me to be somewhere where they can see me, just in case anything happens."

"But you can't just go," Dean said in a broken voice. "We'll miss you. I can't lose anyone else."

"Hey, hey," Alex said softly, "You won't lose me, well, hopefully not. You have Sam and Cas and I bet in a few months or years you'll find some other people that you'll come to care about."

"But they won't be you."

"I'm nothing special, Dean. I'm not some angel with badass powers, or a hunter with amazing fighting skills, I'm just a messed up girl with a really bad destiny waiting for her."

"Alex," Dean moved towards her. "If you leave, can you promise to come visit us at least once after the war? Just so we know you made it out alive."

"Of course. If I survive, I'll pray to Castiel and he'll tell you that I'm alive. Then I'll come back, those Greeks won't tie me down, I'll be back before you know it and we can go hunting and have chick flick moments."

"Good," Dean smiled.

"Now hug me, you big softie," Alex said with a small smile.

Dean hugged her tightly. "Now, get packed up," he said as he finally let her go. Alex smiled sadly before she headed over to pack. "You've got a camp to get to."

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Castiel arrived to find Alex in the middle of packing. He got a scattered "hey, Cas!" as she ran past him to get a leather jacket Dean had brought her from the Impala and a small wave from Sam, who was sitting at the table in the corner.

"She's packing because she's leaving, isn't she?" he asked Dean.

Dean glanced up at him sharply. "Yeah. How do you know that already?"

There was a clunk from outside and a curse from Alex. She shouted for Sam to help her find her jacket. He obediently left to assist her.

"I heard about her cousin and the Council's decision to watch all the candidates of the Great Prophecy," Cas admitted after Sam walked out.

"And you didn't think to tell us about it?" Dean said angrily.

"I didn't want to tell you," Cas said carefully.

"Why the hell not?"

"Because, Dean, I saw the way you looked at her. You saw her as your little girl, and you didn't want her to leave, didn't want her to go out there and fight. It would have broken your heart," Cas said calmly. "And Hades had me swear not to tell. He is quite frightening." he added as an after thought.

Dean sighed loudly. "Fine. Just-can you look after her? Watch over her or something."

Castiel nodded solemnly. "I promise I will try."

"You better."

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The Impala pulled up to the forest by Camp Half-Blood.

"This is the place your uncle told us to drop you off at," Sam said. "You just go through there and your camp is on the other side."

Alex looked at the forest in front of her. "Yeah, he told me about it. So...I guess this is goodbye," she looked at both brothers as her throat became dry "Thank you, I can't tell you how grateful I am. I was put into your care and you guys didn't even know me, yet you helped me a lot. You guys saved me, well, I saved you guys, from the hellhounds. I'm rambling. Sorry, I'm not good at this. I should stop talking."

Dean chuckled. "No, kid, you're okay. We aren't really good at this either. Most people die before we actually get to say goodbye to them, so we've done pretty damn well with you."

Sam smiled and nodded at her encouragingly. "Yeah, Alex. I think anyone with their heart in the right place would have done what we did with you. Also, please stop bringing up the hellhounds incident, that was embarrassing."

Alex chuckled and grabbed her bag, "I won't, and we both know that that incident was pure gold and the start of something incredible." She took a few hesitant steps away from the Impala.

"We'll see you around, Alex," Sam said quietly.

Dean smiled sadly. "Come find us, someday, all right?"

"I will, I promise," Alex said before she began to walk away, her bag in her hand before she stopped. She turned back to see Sam and Dean watching. That's when she snapped, she dropped her bag and ran over to Sam and Dean. She hugged Sam who was the closest before hugging Dean as tears began to slide down her face.

"I know," Dean mumbled. "I know. I'm sorry, but you have to. I'm sorry."

Alex pulled away from Dean's hug," I don't want to. I'm scared. Once I leave it's all real. I don't want to die" She said as more tears gathered in her sea green eyes.

"You won't, trust me, you won't. You will survive, Alex. You have to," Dean told her.

"But what if I don't. Then I'll never see you or Sam again. I'll never have another chick flick moment with you" Alex said trying to be humorous but failed.

"Alex," Dean said firmly, leaning down to stare her in the eye. "You will survive. I don't care how. But you will live through this war."

Alex stared at Dean, she saw the desperate glint in his eyes. "I will, now I better get going. Apparently my brother is waiting for me to arrive."

"Okay," Dean said. "Okay." He stepped back from her. "We'll see you again someday, Alex."

"Bye Dean, Samantha," Alex said with a smile toward the younger brother who smiled back sadly. She slowly walked toward her bag, grabbed it and slung it over one shoulder. She took the same slow steps toward the forest.

Sam and Dean stood silently as they watched Alex walk towards the forest. Oh, how she'd grown from the angry girl they had met in the forest so long ago. She was less temperamental, less angry at the world, and more happy. More innocent. Sam and Dean were proud to have given her some of her innocence back.

At the edge of the forest, Alex turned and waved goodbye one last time. Then she walked into the forest and didn't turn back again.

(A/N) Wow I'm like so sad now. This chapter was a bit angsty wasn't it. Don't worry, the next one will be better. Also there will be a 4 year time skip as we move on to the more important part of the story, these chapters were Arc 1 or The background information.

Time line in case you're confused (Starts in order of what happened first):

-Chapters 1-4

-Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters happens

-Chapter 5

-4 year time skip

-Chapter 6(Currently being worked on)

Also I'd like to thank my reviewers:

ptl4ever419, FavFan, Krazyfanfiction1, Guests, jodyowl1

Thanks you guys! You're the best :)

Multiple thanks to Rachel who helps write this and is my best friend! Enough rambling and see you in chapter 6!

-A