Thanks for reading my story, giving it a chance, all that. I realize I've done a lot from Chloë's POV so next chapter or two will be in another characters. This one will have a part in another characters POV. For those of you who have Followed and Favorited, thank you.

The translations for one part of the story are at the bottom of the page. I don't trust Google translate so I get my translations from people who are learning the language, speak it natively, or learned it in school. This shout out goes to my friend Marlene from Austria who's been taking Latin in school for 4 years, who helped me with the translations. She's an exchange student from Austria, and I'm going to be really sad when she leaves at the end of the school year.

I had a bit of writers block, but i was thinking over stories I've read on this site, comparing them to the books, and i got an idea. i was also reminded that i really need to buy a copy of the first 2 HoO books. Hope you like this chapter, and sorry for that last cliff hanger...

Chapter 6:
The Hunters of Artemis

"No! Don't let her near me!

I woke up gasping for air, which I seem to do a lot.

Connor is looming over me, looking concerned.

"You alright?"

I looked around, trying to remember where I was. I had gone with Piper to meet Leo, then we'd looked for Jason and found him at the hill waiting for the Hunters, but they hadn't arrived before curfew so we'd all left. "Yeah, I'm good."

"Did you have a nightmare?" he asked, sounding genuinely concerned.

"Yeah," I reply, sitting up, "Did I wake you?"

"No. What was your dream about?" he asked, gently placing a hand on my shoulder.

"It was nothing. What are you doing up?"

"We were mmmh mh mmmhhhmhh" he says, his words muffled by the hand Travis placed over his mouth.

"We aren't doing anything. Connor was just-OW!"

"That's what you get!"

"You didn't have to bite me!"

"You two want to wake up the whole cabin?" I ask, amused by their antics.

"No!" they both whisper loudly.

"Well then be quiet." I say strictly. The two glare at each other before heading for the door.

"Where are you going?"

Connor turns towards me, glancing around first to make sure everyone is asleep. "The hunters just arrived. We're gonna help them get settled."

"I'm coming with." Travis looks like he wants to argue, but seems to think better of it.

"All right, but hurry up. We aren't waiting forever." Travis says. I grab a black hoodie and pull it on before joining them in front of the cabin.

"So where are they?" I ask, following the Stolls blindly in the dark.

"I guess they're still chatting with Chiron." Travis says.

We walk the rest of the way in silence. When we reach the bottom of Half-Blood Hill, the Hunters are nowhere to be seen. "Are you sure they arrived at all?"

"I-there they are!" Connor shouts, pointing to the side where about 30 yards away at least a dozen girls in silver are standing. Three of them are in front of Chiron talking to him. The rest are chatting amongst themselves.

Travis and Connor run up to the group. When one of the girls sees them, a bow appears on her back, which she quickly takes and notches an arrow into, aiming at the twins. The other girls notice what she's doing and copy her. Within seconds there are a dozen girls with arrows aimed at the two troublemakers. They don't seem that worried, though Connor's starting to sweat.

Travis walks closer to one of the girls. "Hey ladies. How's that whole 'eternal maidenhood' thing working out for you?"

The girl he walked up to grabs a hunting knife from her side and holds against his neck. "Get away or I will slit your throat before you have a chance to scream."

I walk over and pull him away before she gets the chance to act on her threat. "Sorry about this these two. They're a bit thick in the head."

A few of the girls laugh, but most just shoot him death glares.

"Enough. Travis, Connor, what have I said about approaching the Hunters?" Chiron asks.

"Not to. You never said anything about greeting them." Travis says. Connor just stays where he is, looking nervous about the several arrows pointed in his direction.

"I thought it was implied." Chiron sighs. One of the girls who was talking to him walks towards me. She looks exactly like the girl from my dream, the one that could be Preshus's twin, and who has that same air of authority and danger as Ireland. The one that I want to hide from. Thalia.

"Travis, the next time you do that you're going to have your throat slit or an arrow in your chest. Try to at least act like you aren't an idiot." Thalia says. She turns her attention to me, and I fight the urge to run away. She nudges a girl beside her an whispers something in her ear. The other girl turns to me.

"Si tu Romanus es?" (Are you a Roman?)

I'm a little surprised that the girl's speaking Latin, and I just barely catch what she asks in my surprise. I looked down at myself. I was wearing a plain dark purple t-shirt under my black hoodie. Did that mean I was Roman? I'm kind of short, but wouldn't that suggest I'm not Roman? The girl was speaking to me in Latin, so I decided i would practice. I could understand the basics easily enough. "Ego tamquam Romanus?" (Do I look like a Roman?)

"Paulum." (A little)

"Non." (No)

"Loqueris." (You speak Latin)

"Ita quod?" (So what?)

"Where did you learn Latin?" Thalia asks, nodding at me like she's impressed. Travis and Connor are staring at me, open mouthed, and Chiron looks confused.

"I had a friend who was an exchange student from Austria. She learned it in her school there. I talked her into tutoring me after school the entire year she was in America."

"I'm surprised you remember any of it."

"It wasn't that long ago. Last year, actually." I retort, a bit annoyed. "Well, I better get Travis and Connor back to the cabin before they get killed by one of your Hunters." I grab Travis and Connor by the arm and start dragging them back towards cabin 11.

After the girl left, I led the Hunters to Artemis's cabin. We quickly got settled and prepared for bed. As usual, some of the girls were having fun, pillow fights, telling jokes, etcetera. For some reason, that girl unnerved me a bit. She knew Latin, which wasn't that strange, but it wasn't normal either. I asked Chiron who she was, just to find out she was an undetermined camper who'd only been here a few weeks. You had to have at least a summer or two of lessons before speaking it that well, and I didn't buy her story.

"Thalia, what's bothering you?"

"Nothing Phoebe. I'm just tired. I'm going to go to bed early, if that's okay with you."

"Yeah. Get some rest."

"I will." I laid down on my bunk and closed my eyes, drifting off to sleep.

Okay. Done with Chapter 6. Sorry if I confused you all with the last chapter. And I'm sorry this one is a bit shorter. But since the last one was a lot longer than usual, I thought it'd be okay. For more on Alexa from the last chapter, you know, the sassy daughter of Apollo that told Piper where Jason was, check out Chapter 1 of Final Moments.

I also want to recommend The Parent Drabbles by HecateA. They are really good and give a really interesting insight to the mortal parents of the characters. They do godly parents a bit too, and the 100th chapter had me crying, with legacies of all the couples.

Again, there is a poll on my profile so make sure to vote on what day I should update on regularly.

So don't get directions from goats, avoid Maenads, and blame Lamia when you are attacked by monsters!