Nothing's more embarrassing than crying like a baby in front of a bunch of girls, I wiped the tears off my cheeks and calmed my breathing. Artemis was behind me, not saying anything, which I appreciated, the thoughts remained, why did I think me leaving wouldn't affect my mother? Did I really cause her to kill herself? If I stayed would it have been better?

But then again, I would have died anyway, since the monsters were hunting me because of Hades. If Poseidon or Zeus broke their oath, Hades was allowed to release monsters and hunt down said child. When I was finally finished, um, crying, I turned to Artemis, "So what's next?"

I guess the hunters prefer this softer side…Yeah, that's not going to happen, I've been nice to them, sure, but I was mainly nice because if I did anything else, I would get killed, hell I might've ended up going over to Kronos' side, but I would die in the end, or before I even decided to do anything I would die. In order to stay alive I have to act differently, especially around the hunter's and Artemis, obviously, but she's a goddess, not sure I can fool her.

The expectations that the hunters and Artemis have of me have grown for some reason, they seem to think because Zeus is my Olympian parent, I should be doing great things. But because he is my Olympian I made it my personal mission to disappoint him in every way possible. Heh...There it is again, my hatred for Zeus, for a while it was for the gods, but then I realized not all the gods are the same, the way I see it Zeus is the problem, he has all this power yet he can't take a minute to make sure his…Child is safe, maybe in time I'll see why he's like this, why he decided it was best to ignore us, especially his children, the ones that are supposedly stronger than most half-bloods.

Those are the ones that need guidance, protection, an actual family, so they don't break.

It's been ten minutes since I grieved for my mother, the hunters are looking at me differently now, that asshole they first met is slowly changing, at least in their eyes I am.

It took me longer to get my things gathered because of my hand, once I finally finished Artemis started moving out, along with the rest of the hunters. I caught Alice and Zoe looking back at me a few times, not sure why Zoe would try to check up on me, but Alice I get, after I saved her (Although one of the others would have done it anyway) she seems to be worried about me, almost like she's taking pity on me.

I managed to keep up with hunters but when we stopped to actually hunt, I was still useless, I have to get used to this to actually get my first kill. A few hours later it was starting to get dark so we set up camp once again, I set up my camp about twenty feet away this time. All the hunters were laughing and having fun, and here I was, watching the stars, I've been running for quite some time, although I had a somewhat peaceful childhood, I never felt like I could just feel safe, but right now...I feel like the world isn't trying to kill me.

After staring at the stars for so long I noticed the girls started to become quiet, so I looked back and saw no one else, 'guess they went to sleep,'

I kept my fire going, usually I stay awake for a while. I just sat there and stared into the flames, not really much went though my mind, but one thought did come to me, back at camp half-blood that dream I had seemed real, and those two...I have a feeling that I should know them. Not completely sure why though, I mean I've never seen them before, and I don't think I'll ever meet them as well. Enough about whoever they are, they aren't that important.

I turned my attention back to the stars, when I joined the hunters, I joined out of spite, but I'm starting to realize that I joined the hunters so I can have peace, no more running from monsters, no more looking over my shoulder when in crowds and most importantly, no more sleeping with one eye open. I let out a long sigh, "I may have peace now...But what happens when that titan lord or whatever comes looking for me..."

I got up and put my fire out, time to sleep, can't overthink too much, otherwise I'll lose focus in the next hunt, which will be bad for me. I made my way to my tent, before I could get in, I heard something move behind me, all my senses were screaming danger. I reached for my sword and started swinging, but before my sword could make contact, my body went numb. 'What is this?'

I fell face first into the ground, I couldn't move, couldn't even scream. Whoever or whatever was near me, picked me up and started moving quickly and quietly, this isn't good...Artemis! how can I get her attention? It was pointless, there was nothing I could do, I can't feel anything, can't talk, can't think properly Am I going to die? I guess this is the fate of a child of Zeus, no matter what you do, you'll die in the end. I guess giving up is the best thing I can do, cause wherever they're taking me, maybe I'll be able to move by then, and just maybe I'll be able to take them out with me.

It was dark out so I couldn't tell where we were, only small moonlight every now and then. This sucks, can't even talk shit to my captor, after what seemed like one hour, we started to slow down, and then we entered a building, or it might have been a warehouse, it seemed dusty. Wait if I can smell now that means it's wearing off, I tried moving my finger and sure enough, I could move it, great...Just in time to die.

I decided not to move at all, maybe I can get a good look at them. I was thrown in a dark room, when I hit the ground, it echoed, but that wasn't the only thing that echoed, there were lots of noises in this room, although they were trying to be very quiet. A few seconds after I hit the ground the lights came on, and it turned out I was right on the money, the room was filled with monsters and also...Kids?

"My payment, where is it?" Behind me a woman spoke, "I expect it to be doubled, no one told me he was being protected by a goddess. I had to wait days to capture him, even had to use my abilities to hide from her."

"Thought as much...Here." A man said, I looked up and felt as if I was looking at death itself, his face...It was like half his face was melted, the other half was just as scary, a long scar on his cheek that went down to his neck his eye almost completely blind, even though I could move and speak, nothing came out. What is he?

The man threw a bag near me, it was opened when it hit the ground, is that gold? The woman picked it up, bowed and left. I couldn't stop staring at his face, it freaked me out so much I felt as if I was paralyzed. The man smiled and threw a sword next to me, "Lord Kronos says you're his next vessel, so I have to make sure you're up for the task."

I stared at the sword, I have to pick it up, "V-vessel?" I managed.

All the monsters made a semicircle and started laughing at me, "Just kill him!" One shouted, which led to all of them screaming at me, insult after insult. "If you have to ask, then you aren't the one we're looking for." The man said and turned his skull side to me, "Time to die."

Well hello there, I thought of what to do with this story and honestly I couldn't think of anything for a long time, at first I thought of making this a somewhat lighthearted story and give this oc a more peaceful life, but a child of the big three can't have that life.

Thanks for reading! I hope y'all have an awesome day!

Rilurz~