I looked back at Zoe, Annabeth, and Clarisse, and gave them nods. I jokingly looked at my wrist, pretending there was a watch there, and tapped my foot impatiently.

After a minute, I threw an arm around Thalia's shoulder and pushed the doors open, my only thought being, "I'm home."

We entered the throne room to applause from every God, and Goddess. Each one standing, looking at us with pride.

Thalia and I entered first, followed by Zoe, and Annabeth and Clarisse brought up the rear. They looked around amazed, and just tried to take everything in. I bowed before my father, and Zeus. I then made my way over to Hestia's throne. Thalia joined us after talking with her father, and Hestia engulfed us both in a hug. She conjured us a little bench to sit on so we wouldn't have to stand the whole meeting. I knew firsthand how long and boring they can be sometimes.

Zeus started to drawl on about who knows what, as I completely spaced out. I was brought out of my thoughts when Zeus cleared his throat, "Yes, well we have voted to act against the titans, and their reforming army. We will start preparations in the near future." He then turned to me, "Perseus, you have done very well. You have saved both of my daughters. You have done Olympus proud." He said with pride in his eyes.

I nodded, "I am just glad they are both safe. I couldn't have done it without Clarisse, Zoe, and Annabeth though," I said with a smile. They looked like they were about to disagree with that, but I continued, "Thalia, and Artemis wouldn't be here right now if not for them, they deserve your thanks just as much if not more than I do."

Zeus thanked the three girls, but I got up and walked over to my Uncle Hades throne. I bowed quickly, before looking up at him sadly, "I am sorry I couldn't save your daughter uncle." I said looking down. He put a hand on my shoulder surprising me, "Perseus, it is alright, I have talked to her in Elysium, and she is happy. She said you tried to stop her, but it was her battle to fight." I nodded before going back to Hestia's throne.

Zeus then asked us to recount the tale of our journey. Annabeth and Zoe, told most of it, me and Clarisse jumped in occasionally to add something that they forgot. When they got to the part at the Hoover Dam I grimaced. After they heard Annabeth explain what happened there, they all looked at me and Zoe in shock.

Artemis rushed out of her throne and engulfed me in a hug, with a few tears in her eyes, "That's twice now that you have saved my Lieutenant, thank you so much Perseus" I nodded happily, as she retook her seat.

They continued telling the story. Again, they looked at me shocked that I stood toe to toe with Atlas, one of the strongest titans, and even landed a few strikes on him.

They finished with how me and Thalia saved Zoe from the prophecy. Everyone looked shocked at this. Zeus looked over apologetically, "I am sorry, but she was destined to die on the quest, there is nothing we can do" he said sadly.

I shook my head before disappearing in a mist and reappearing right in front of Zoe, Thalia joining me a moment later. "I am sorry uncle, but you can't kill her." He looked at me sadly, "Perseus, if we don't, the Fates themselves will just come for her" I shook my head, "Then they are going to have to go through me as well." I said seriously.

Zoe yanked me around, "What're you doing Perseus, you can't just attack the fates" I quickly shushed her, earning myself a death glare from her. I turned back around, and looked around at everyone in the room. "Isn't there anything we can do, any alternative to killing her, or fighting the Fates" I asked hopefully.

I was met with silence from the fourteen immortal beings in front of me. Looks like it is going to be a fight then. All of a sudden the Fates appeared in the throne room. I brought my pen out and clicked it as it grew into sword form. I then lit it on fire for good measure, and saw Thalia with her spear out as well, glad that she was backing me up on this.

"The huntress was supposed to be killed on the quest, and someone else was supposed to take her place as Lieutenant." The old hag growled out. They brought out the scissors and were about to cut her life string before I quickly clicked tidal wave into pen form, summoned my bow and shot an arrow at the fates.

The arrow hit the scissors effectively knocking them to the ground as well as Zoe's life string, which I quickly picked up, and stored in my back pocket. One of them growled out, "we'll just have to kill her by hand then." they were getting upset that a mere demigod was putting up such a fight.

They made their way towards the two demigods, and the huntress, before falling flat to the floor. A huge fireball just narrowly missing their heads. This set the throne room on fire, but my father quickly put it out. I would have to thank him later for that. I felt just as I did when I was in the junkyard, and it was just me and Talos. I felt unstoppable, the anger coursing through me, aiding me rather than affecting me.

They must have noticed the power rolling off of me in waves, as they stood still, pale as a ghost. They talked between themselves for a second before turning back to the room. "We will relent just this once," they laughed maniacally for a second, before composing themselves. "Here are your options Miss Nightshade, you can be killed, just like you were prophesized. Artemis can release you from your oath and you can live your life however you wish. Or, you can step down as Lieutenant, and still be in the hunt, while Phoebe takes your place." They finished, before adding, "normally we wouldn't let this happen but.." they paused for a second, now looking at me distastefully. "The future has much in store for the five of you, and it shouldn't be very fun or easy. Make your choice Zoe, you have until the end of the night, or we'll be back." They said, once again laughing maniacally, before then disappearing from the throne room.

The throne room erupted into chaos. Well it was mostly just Artemis cursing at Apollo about how his stupid oracle and its prophecy has ruined everything. I was getting tired of this so I threw a huge fireball into the hearth, where it immediately flared up, almost to the ceiling before being tamed within the hearth. This effectively shut everyone up.

I looked toward Zoe and gave her a small smile. "I'm sorry that you are no longer able to be Lieutenant, but at least you can stay in the hunt." I said encouragingly. She slowly nodded.

"Is there any other business to be discussed?" Zeus thundered. I cleared my throat loudly, "Umm I just request that Athena and Ares stay after the meeting is dismissed" I said gesturing to Annabeth and Clarisse. They both nodded with a smile. Zeus slammed his bolt into the floor as most of the Gods flashed out. It was just Athena, Ares, Poseidon, Zeus, Hestia, and Artemis.

I exchanged a few words with my father, and he told me to visit Atlantis soon, as I said I would. He disappeared in a flash and I turned to Zoe, explaining how I asked Nereus how to save her from the prophecy. She hugged me again before disappearing with Artemis.

Athena and Annabeth flashed away talking about architecture and the likes, at the same time Ares flashed himself and Clarisse away.

Zeus came up to me and Thalia and told us how proud of us he was. He then flashed us back to Camp Half Blood to get some rest. I reappeared alone in my cabin, and got an evil grin on my face. I disappeared in a flash of flames.

I reappeared in the middle of the Zeus cabin, only to be met with a squeal. This brought a smile to my face. She glared at me before looking at me expectantly. I rolled my eyes and nodded, telling her everything that had happened since she had been captured. I then asked her if I could see her bracelet for a second. She handed it to me curiously, as I examined it. Nearly identical to my own, except it was blue. I clipped something on it before returning it to her.

She looked at me weirdly as I rolled my eyes, telling her to pull on the little wave charm that sat right next to the flame charm. She did as I told her, and a sword appeared in her hand. She looked shocked, as I quickly told her it was a birthday gift from myself. She looked like she had totally forgotten about it.

I noticed she had a streak of grey in her hair now, probably from holding up the sky, knowing I probably had an identical one as well. I then explained to her, how multiple times on the quest I could've used a spear, but when it mattered against Atlas, I should've been more trained with it, hence the sword.

I then disappeared in a flash of flames, about to get some much needed rest.

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(6 months later)

I woke up early, like I usually do, and got ready for my morning run. I thought back to the past few months. Camp wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. The quest to save Thalia and Artemis was exhilarating, and at first camp was fun, but it is just the same routine day after day.

I shook those thoughts from my head, I knew we were just in war preparation mode, and it was the calm before the storm, so we were training extra hard. I might as well go get Thalia for our run, I thought.

Thinking about Thalia brought a smile to my face. She had gotten pretty good with the sword, under my teaching style of course. I was after all the new sword fighting instructor at camp.

Me and Thalia had made many new friends, none more so than the son of Hades, Nico. The one that we rescued from the manticore all those months ago. At first, he was angry and upset about what happened to his sister, but then he realized it wasn't our fault, and he began to open up to us.

The three of us together were nearly unstoppable, all being children of the big three. We were the best fighters in camp and when we worked together, nothing could stop us. When we clashed though, you wouldn't want to get in the way. Just ask Annabeth, she still holds a grudge about the time she tried to stop us when we were arguing and fighting. She ended up in the infirmary for three days.

After me and Thalia went for our run, we went our separate ways. I left to shower and get ready for breakfast.

As I was getting changed I heard a knock on my cabin door. I sighed, and went to open it. I wasn't all that surprised to see Thalia, but I thought we had agreed to meet up in the mess hall for breakfast. I gestured her into the cabin where she took a seat on my bed.

"So, do you know what today is?" She asked me. I thought about it for a second, but my mind came up blank. I shook my head, "Nope, not a clue." I said.

She rolled her eyes, "it's your birthday today kelp head." When she said this my eyes widened. I hadn't even realized it, but it is my twelfth birthday. "Remember what you got me for my birthday?" she asked. I nodded so she continued, "well look at your bracelet." She finished. I was confused, but did as I was told.

I saw a little lightning charm sitting next to the flame charm. I was shocked, when had she done that. Upon seeing my look, she said, "I have my ways." I rolled my eyes at that, but decided to pull on the lightning charm anyway.

My eyes widened as it transformed into a spear which was perfect for me. I stared at her in disbelief before launching myself at her and pulling her into a hug.

"I remember when you talked about going toe to toe with Atlas, but your inexperience was almost your downfall, so I had the Hephaestus cabin make this and enchant it into a charm. I will train you with it until you can use it perfectly." She said with a mischievous glint in her eyes. I thanked her again before we left for the mess hall.

We decided to sit at my table today, since we all have to eat alone all the time, me Nico and Thalia always eat together at one of our tables.

All of a sudden Nico plopped down next to us, which was weird, because we usually won't see him until lunch time, as he was not a morning person whatsoever.

Thalia began teasing him about it as he just grunted in annoyance to her. I laughed silently at the two of them. My eyes drifted over to the Athena table, as I noticed Annabeth wasn't there. This was surprising, she never missed breakfast. I then noticed Clarisse was gone too. Something was up, and I intended to find out what it was.

I got up, and headed towards where Chiron and Mr. D were sitting. I heard Thalia and Nico calling after me questioning what I was doing but I ignored them.

I took a seat at the head table, where Chiron looked up at me with a smile, while Mr. D didn't even appear to have noticed my presence. I knew this was just part of his reputation though. I cleared my throat, "Chiron, where are Annabeth and Clarisse today? It's not like either of them to miss breakfast." I asked curiously.

This wiped the smile right off his face, "you're awfully observant my boy" he said before sighing, "yes, well, they left yesterday for the city on a quest to find an entrance to the Labyrinth. It is to be believed that the titan army will try to attack through one close to camp. However, we lost contact with them shortly after they ventured into the cursed maze." He said worriedly.

I looked at Chiron confused for a second, "Why didn't they just use the entrance in camp?" I asked questioningly.

He looked at me confused, "As far as anyone knows there isn't one, do you know of one?" he asked.

I nodded, "yeah, it is between a couple rocks in Zeus' fist. Me and Thalia stumbled upon it a couple months ago. I just figured you guys already knew about it." I said. Chiron paled at this. "That's not good, we will need to send a rescue party after them immediately." He said.

All of a sudden, a hunting horn could be heard, before a dozen girls in silver parkas being led by a twelve year old girl with auburn colored hair, could be seen at the top of the hill.

I smiled, the hunters were here. Chiron didn't seem to hold as much excitement as I did, for them being here.

Artemis, and her Lieutenant, Phoebe, as well as her former Lieutenant, Zoe, approached the head table that Chiron, Mr. D, and I were at, as the rest of the hunters went to go get settled into the Artemis cabin.

Chiron bowed respectfully as I engulfed Artemis in a hug. Just then Thalia came over pulling Artemis into a hug as well. These events made everyone in the mess hall look over in shock.

"I wish the reason for our visit was less serious, but alas it is not. Zeus was made aware that the titan army plans on using the Labyrinth to attack camp, so he ordered that we stay here until the battle, to help the defenses." She said before adding, "I will be splitting my time between here and Olympus, as I see fit."

Chiron nodded, "Perseus here has found an entrance in the rock formation called Zeus' fist. We are very thankful for your aid, my lady," he said going into a bow, she just waved him off.

Chiron walked to the center of the mess hall and got all of the camper's attention, "The hunters of Artemis will be staying here indefinitely" at this many groans were heard coming from many of the tables. He stomped his feet, effectively silencing them, "enough, they are to be treated with the utmost respect as they are our guests." He finished with a glare, looking around at every table.

"As usual, we will have a hunters, vs campers capture the flag game later tonight, which I expect you all to attend. We will be looking to break their undefeated record. That is all, now breakfast is over, and I believe you all have duties to be doing." He finished.

At this, Artemis turned to Perseus and Thalia with a smile, "Will you both show me where you found the entrance to the Labyrinth?" she asked. We nodded as we led her into the forest and towards Zeus fist.

"It's right in there, about five feet in" I said gesturing to this opening between a couple of rocks. She nodded as she squeezed through the tiny hole, and disappeared for a second, before reappearing a few moments later.

"It's clearly there, alright I will be leaving to report this to the council. This is more than likely where the titan army will be attacking from." She said. We nodded before she smirked at us, "I hope you guys are prepared for the capture the flag game later, as I will be joining my girls in the game." She said, making us both pale. She then flashed out, to report to the Olympian Council what she had learned.

We decided to head back to our cabins, and get ready to do our duties for the day. Which was basically just a lot of training and working.

I then went to find Zoe so we could catch up, before the capture the flag game later.

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Me and Thalia were standing in front of all the demigods. Many refused to fight, already having bad experiences facing the hunters. That was fine by me. We still outnumbered them and had a decent shot at beating them.

"Alright, Artemis is going to be joining the hunters and I can only assume she will be coming after the flag, while the rest of the hunters defend their flag. So, I want Thalia and Nico to lead all of you to get the flag, while I stay here and defend the flag." I said.

Some people looked at me like I was crazy, so I clarified, "I don't have to beat Artemis, I just have to keep her occupied long enough, for you guys to take down the hunters and get their flag." I explained.

They nodded reluctantly at this, and got ready for the battle, knowing it would be a lot easier said than done. Chiron blew the conch horn, and Thalia, and Nico led the campers over the river and into hunter territory.

I sat perched in a tree, just waiting for what would surely be one of my toughest fights. All of a sudden Artemis broke into the clearing and began looking around. "Come out Perseus, I know you're here." She said. I decided to make my presence known by throwing a fireball less than a foot in front of her, making her jump back with a squeal.

I jumped down from the tree, holding my stomach as I was laughing, "Did I just hear the great goddess Artemis squeal?" I asked.

She scowled at me, "I was gonna take it easy on you, but after that, I don't think I will." She said with a smirk.

I scowled at that and tugged at the lightning charm, producing the spear Thalia had given me. Artemis looked shocked at the spear, obviously not expecting me to use it, and I knew I still hadn't gotten much training on it, but if need be I could always use tidal wave.

She brought out her hunting knives and immediately charged me sending a flurry of attacks my way. She was getting frustrated as every strike she sent my way was being blocked. I threw a small fireball at her, catching her off guard as she backed up a few feet to put the flames out. This gave me a few moments to regain my composure, as I took a few steps before hurling the spear at her.

When she noticed the spear, it was too late as it embedded deeply in her shoulder. She grunted as she pulled it out, and tossed it aside. She then pulled out her bow, making my eyes go wide. I quickly tugged on the flame charm on my bracelet as my shield spiraled out. Just in time too, as a volley of arrows bounced off harmlessly. I brought out tidal wave and clicked it into sword form as I knew that once this onslaught ended she would be right in front of me. When I heard the arrows stop, I didn't wait for her to attack as I stood up and threw my shield at her like a Frisbee, trying to catch her off guard, but she ducked just in time, as it soared right over her head.

I stood there panting, as she turned back to me and charged. I met her strike head on as neither one of us could land a blow. I blocked a strike that was aimed at my neck, before spinning away from a jab at my legs.

I lunged at her trying to overpower her, but I was having no success. I spun and slashed a small gash in her thigh making her growl, before she went on an all out attack. I was struggling to block all of her attacks before she tackled me to the ground. As I got up she stabbed me in the shoulder with her hunting knife, I grunted as I spun away and threw a huge fireball a few feet in front of the flag effectively creating a wall of fire between it and us.

She growled before turning to me and ripping the hunting knife out, before spinning it in her hand and slamming the hilt into my head. I crumbled to the ground, as I saw her struggle to put out the flames. When she finally did, she grabbed the flag and turned to race towards the boundary line, but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Thalia standing there with the hunter's flag, and everyone looking at Perseus in shock. Artemis could be seen with a wound in her shoulder, and a wound on her thigh, both with golden ichor leaking out of them. I am sure I didn't look much better, as I knew my shoulder, as well as my head was bleeding.

I groaned as I sat up, "next time you get to guard the flag, and fight the man hating goddess, Thalia." I grumbled. This caused many people to laugh.

"For the first time ever the campers have defeated the hunters in capture the flag" Chiron announced, before Clarisse and Annabeth stumbled into the clearing, mumbling about Ariadne's string and the titan army. My eyes widened at that.

Chiron called for a council meeting that only involved Artemis, Thalia, Annabeth, Clarisse, and myself.

When we all arrived, we expected Annabeth and Clarisse to expound about what had happened in the Labyrinth, but both seemed too shaken to explain anything.

"Well the only thing that is clear at the moment is that the titan army is looking for Ariadne's string to navigate the maze to attack camp. We need to send a quest to try to find it first." He said looking at me.

I sighed, but nodded nonetheless as I headed upstairs to pay my good old friend the oracle a visit.

When I got up there I shivered remembering how creepy the thing is. I approached the oracle and didn't even have to ask anything before green mist came out of its mouth and surrounded me, before saying in the voice of Zoe Nightshade,

The children of the eldest gods and a hunter delve in the darkness of the endless maze

The banished, the traitor, and the two sisters raise

You shall rise or fall by the ghost king's hand

The child of Athena's final stand

Destroy with a hero's final breath

And lose a love to worse than death

A.N. Here's the next chapter. I know it was kind of a boring one but it's just setting up the next portion to come. Review, let me know how I can improve my writing. The poll will be open for one more chapter, It is now just piper, reyna, and zoe. I'm leaning towards Reyna, but if I can figure out a way to incorporate Zoe into it than im not against it