changed my mind about sticking with Percy's P.O.V. because that would kinda defeat the purpose of the title. If you haven't figured it out, Percy is the one that is supposed to be 'hidden' so if you know what's going on with him, then he isn't very hidden. So no Percy for a while. I know it's sad, everyone loves Percy, but I promise he'll be in later chapters so don't worry. Anyways, on with the story!

P.S. I don't own Percy Jackson:(

-SleepingNinja47


Thalia's P.O.V.

"Thalia!" I snapped my eyes open at the sound of my name. I had a feeling that the person that yelled at me has been trying to wake me up for quiet a while, and since that person was probably Artemis I actually started to move around to try and wake up. I glanced outside and looked up at the sun and I figured it was about ten in the morning. I used to not be able to tell time from the sun, but when I joined the hunters I got quiet a bit of powers, they are stronger at night though, because Artemis is Goddess of the moon. Then I realized that most of the hunters have already packed up their tent and that they were eating breakfast, and some were still in the process of putting up their tents.

I can't believe I over slept, I scalded myself. I was supposed to be the example for Zeus's sake! I saw some of the girls glance at me and try to hold back their laughs. I figured that they were laughing because I over slept when I realized I didn't fix my hair. Almost every single morning when I wake up my hair is usually messed up and I have to get it completely soaked in order to even attempt to tame it. But I was already really behind so I didn't have time to fix my hair anyways. Looks like I'm gonna be walking around like this until we stop and take a break, which doesn't happen often.

I walked outside and started to take my tent down. The new girls were still getting the hang of setting up and taking down their tents, so I figured that even though they were half way done with their tent that I might be able to finish before them. I was about half way through taking down my tent when I heard my name being called again. "Thalia!"

I jumped at the sound of Lady Artemis yelling my name. I can't believe I forgot that she needed me! I'm so scatter-brained when I'm tired. I ran over to Lady Artemis' tent and said, "Yes, milady?"

"I've been trying to call you for the past thirty minutes?" She sounded a little annoyed. "I know you like to sleep, Thalia, but you have responsibilities. You have to set the example for the other girls."

"I know Lady Artemis, I was just so tired when I got to sleep last night and I stayed up a lot later than the other girls, too." Yesterday was crazy. We had finally found who we were hunting, and we had the fight of our lives. We were hunting Echidna, and the thing that made it tricky was that she had some of her children with her. Although the Nemean Lion wasn't present because of what happened during the quest when we went to go fight Atlas. Luckily nobody was severely injured or killed. After everyone headed to their tents last night Lady Artemis made me stay up very late to discuss what we are hunting next, and some different strategies on how we would hunt it.

"Still, that is no excuse. You are my lieutenant, and I expect you to be the perfect example for the others. I am aware that you were very exhausted last night, so I will let you off the hook this time."

"Thank you, milady."

"The reason I have been calling for you is because I have finally decided on what course of action I should take against our next target," she said.

"Is it one of the plans that we discussed last night? Or is it... Wait a second. You said you have finally decided on a course of action that I should take. As in you are going alone." I sounded a little accusing.

"Yes, that is exactly what I was planning. I will send you and the hunters to camp," I was about to say something back but she gave me a look and kept talking, "I know what you are about to say, and no, I cannot take you along with me, because then there would be nobody to be in charge of the hunters. I need you to do this, Thalia."

I knew there was no way I was going to win this argument, so I hung my head and said, "Yes, milady. I will inform the others." I turned around and left my mistress' tent. I told the hunters that we were going to camp half-blood for a while so Lady Artemis can hunt the next target herself. They all started to protest and complain, but I just ignored them and finished taking down my tent. I was hoping the whole time that Apollo wasn't the one taking us to camp. But with my luck, he would probably be the one taking us.

A few minutes later I heard a very loud WOOF! and I spun around to see one of the most gigantic hellhounds I have ever seen and a boy sitting on it's back. I knew my hunters were aiming their bows at the duo right now, so I gave them a signal for them to lower their weapons. They hesitantly lowered their weapons, but stayed on guard. I walked up to the hellhound and gave her a scratch behind her ear and her leg was thumping on the ground causing the trees around the edge of the clearing to shake slightly.

"Who's a good girl? Yeah, you're a good girl. How have you been Mrs. O'Leary?" I got a WOOF! and a big lick on my face. It was so gross. All the hunters behind me started to laugh hysterically. There was another chuckle that came from on top of Mrs. O'Leary and I looked up at the figure and said, "Shut up, Nico."

"Nice to see you again, Pinecone Face." He said and chuckled to himself. I heard some of the girls start to laugh again, but I shot them a death glare that scared them so bad even Hades would have been proud of and they all shut up immediately.

"Ha ha, very funny. What are you doing here, Death Breath?" I asked, clearly annoyed.

"I'm your transportation. Artemis knew how much you hated Apollo, but she knew you girls probably wouldn't like me very much. She said that I was a lot better than Apollo, though."

"Wait. Hold up. We are going to shadow travel to camp?" I asked.

"No, we're going to fly magical unicorns to Iceland. Of course we're going to shadow travel to camp," he said sarcastically.

"Remember that you are talking to the leiutenant of the hunters. You need to give me respect."

"Pssshhh, you won't hurt me, I'm your friend," he said a bit nervously.

"I never said that I would hurt you. My hunters are fully capable of doing that, all I need to do is turn a blind eye for a couple minutes."

The scared look on his face was so hilarious that I burst out laughing. I must have lots of skill in order to scare a son of Hades with a death threat. I looked back at my hunters and some of them had mischievous smiles on their faces, only scaring Nico further.

"Come on, Thals. Don't even joke around like that," he pleaded.

"But I just love to see that scared look on your face, Death Breath," I smirked, "And one thing, we aren't going yet. We want to do one more little hunt before we go to camp. You know, to get it out of our system so we don't shoot any of the campers."

He gulped and nodded his head in agreement. I turned to the hunters again and told them to show up an hour before dinner started before they sprinted into the woods.

"What? It's like two o'clock, and dinner at camp starts at seven. I'm gonna be waiting here forever," he complained.

"Would you rather us hunt you, I doubt you'll be bored then."

"Never mind! I'll just shadow travel back to camp for a while and then come and pick you girls up."

"Alright, you do that," I said right before I ran out of the clearing to join in on the hunt.


I was slowly sneaking up on a big brown bear that was eating some berries. The forest was peaceful, and I could sense every single thing. There was a stream to my right, and I could hear the gentle trickle of the water, the birds are chirping and whistling, and the gently blow of the wind made the leaves on all the trees gently rustle. I took in all of these things as I slowly drew my bow and aimed at the bear's throat. I took in a deep breath, slowly released it, and shot. I've killed four foxes, three deer, six squirrels, and one bear. I'd call this a good hunt.

I looked up at the sun and saw that it was about five forty-five, and I remembered that I was supposed to be back at the clearing at six. I turned around and started to run back to the clearing. I didn't want to be the last person to show up, that would be embarrassing. As I neared the clearing I slowed to a walk and steadied my breathing. When I walked in the clearing I saw Nico and Mrs. O'Leary along with one of my hunters. They were in the middle of a conversation.

"You two are being awfully friendly," I teased. Mary, my hunter, and Nico's faces both turned a light shade of pink.

"Shut up, Pinecone Face."

"What did you just say to me," I growled with mock anger, but he couldn't tell that I was kidding and looked so scared I wouldn't be surprised if he wet his pants. "Relax, I'm just messing with you, Death Breath."

He looked pretty embarrassed, so I decided to leave him alone. For now, anyways. A few minutes later more hunters came in, but we were still missing one. Phoebe. Suddenly she burst into the clearing at a full sprint. I was about to start grilling her about how she should try to get to places on time, but before I could, a monstrous roar could be heard in the direction that Phoebe just came from. I instantly went into fighting mode as I readied the hunters.

I sent the younger girls to be in the treetops, so they can stay safe and also help by using their bows. I then turned to Phoebe to ask what we were up against and she told me that it was a group of monsters that were part of Kronos' army that didn't get wiped out yet. I steeled my nerves and got ready for the upcoming fight. It should be easy enough, we have defeated lots of monster groups since the Titan War.

The ground was rumbling, which was an obvious sign that they were almost here, so I pulled out my magical can of mace and turned it into a spear, and I activated Aegis. The group of monsters burst into the clearing, and the first few to step in the open instantly poofed into golden dust, each pile had an arrow in it. But there were so many the archers couldn't keep up.

The first monsters that got to the me and the hunters on the ground was a Cyclops and two Dracaena, I thrust my spear into the eye of the Cyclops and it went all the way through and out the other side of the monster's skull. Then I spun to the two Dracaena and swung my spear like a baseball bat at there reptilian legs, knocking them to the ground. I then stabbed the spear into the head of one, and then the other with speed and skill that few could match.

There was an onslaught of monsters and it seemed like they just kept coming and coming and coming! I went on auto-pilot, I jabbed at the chest of a Telekhine, bashed Aegis into the head of an Empousa, slammed the butt of my spear into the nose of a Cyclops, I was a wild blur of movement and I left nothing but golden dust in my wake. After what seemed like forever, I finally saw that there were only about one-tenth of the monsters left. As I was surveying the battle I saw an enemy archer aiming an arrow at Nico, who was oblivious due to the fact that he was fighting two Telekhines and a few Empousa. Before I could shout to him to watch out, the monster let loose the arrow. But it didn't hit it's target, because at the last second, Mary jumped in front of the arrow, and it hit her right in the shoulder.

I saw red. Nobody hurt one of my hunters and got away with it. I felt a horrible wrenching in my gut, but I tried to ignore it as the wind started to pick up and the sky started to darken and thunder rumbled. Thunder started to strike everywhere around me, incinerating nearly all the monsters that were left. there was a Cyclops that survived, though. As he was trying to run away I threw my spear like a javelin and as it stabbed into the monster a bolt of lightning struck the spear and electrocuted the monster into dust.

I let the storm die down and ran over to Mary to check on her. The wound wasn't that deep, and luckily the arrow wasn't poisoned, so she should be fine after she gets some nectar and ambrosia, and then take a nice long nap.

"Thank you, you saved me," Nico said with gratitude in his voice.

"Anytime, this just goes to show that boys are ignorant and that girls always have to save the day," Mary said jokingly.

"Ha ha, I guess so," he agreed, just because he didn't want to start an argument with the person that saved his life.

Then I looked over the battlefield and saw something that made my blood turn cold. The golden dust was moving and swirling and the monsters were reforming. I was shell-shocked. I didn't know what to do. I did know that we couldn't fight this group of monsters again. I was already exhausted, so I can't imagine how the other girls feel.

"Nico! We need to go. Now!" I yell.

His eyes widened, "Everybody join hands."

Everyone listened to him, and Mary grabbed one of Nico's hands as I grabbed the other. A moment later, everything turned black. When we arrived just outside camp's borders, we sounded our horn to signal us arriving. After the horn was done sounding, the hunters and I walked over the border into the camp, or as we like to call it, hell.


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-SleepingNinja47