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Artemis Frimm 3

"What?" I asked. What the heck did Hermes have to do with this? Then I remembered the dream I had just a few minutes before Artemis woke up. The girl had said she had collected the essence of Hermes. Whatever that was.

"Hermes. He was attacked, by the same creature that tried to attack us." Artemis said, still shaking.

Oh crap. "Um, are you sure that it wasn't just a dream?" I asked praying that it was just a dream.

Artemis shook her head, silent tears sliding down her face, "It was real."

I was pretty stunned. It must have been a pretty awful dream. I had never seen a god looking this vulnerable before. I had no idea how to react. Luckily I didn't have to. Just then we got an Iris-Message from Apollo.

Apollo looked very worried through the IM, and when he saw his 'little' sister trembling, he looked even more concerned. "Artemis are you ok?" he asked. I had never heard his voice sound so serious before.

Artemis nodded, trying to wipe away the few tears that were still falling.

Apollo still looked concerned, but continued, "That's good. I thought you might have been attacked also." He said sounding worried.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I don't know if you know this or not, but Aphrodite was attacked about a week and a half back. Artemis was blamed and that's why she was sent to Camp Half-Blood. But recently there have been more attacks. Already Athena, Ares, and Hephaestus were attacked about a month back, and just last week I was attacked." Apollo said.

"What?" Artemis gasped. Looking even more upset.

"Artemis I'm fine. I am the god of healing after all." Apollo said soothingly. Then he continued, "Anyway, so this morning we found out Hermes had been attacked. By the look of things he put up a fight too. He was a lot worse off then Aphrodite or I had been. He's still recovering."

Artemis let out a quiet whimper.

Apollo looked at his sister again, obviously concerned by her behavior. "Artemis what's wrong?" he asked.

"We were almost attacked by the same creature that attacked Hermes." She said finally recovering from her disturbing dream.

"Excuse me?" Apollo asked trying to comprehend.

As calmly as possible, Artemis began to explain the dream she had. "In the dream, I was in a hallway in Olympus, it was late, and Hermes came walking down the hallway, delivering a message. He must have heard something, because he stopped and began to look around. Then, something crept out from the shadows, almost as if it were part of the shadows. It…" Artemis's voice trailed off for a minute, as she remembered the dream, "It began attacking Hermes. Hermes was trying to fight back, but…, but the creature was to powerful. It somehow knocked Hermes unconscious, then it did something strange. It pulled out a small vial, and took some of…" Artemis's voice broke off again, but she continued on, "It took some of Hermes blood, and placed it into the vial and left." She said quietly.

Apollo was silent for a moment, obviously trying to plug this all in. I felt that I should probably speak up about the dreams I had been having for the past few days.

"I've been having some strange dreams too." I said. I told them about the dreams of Kronos and the weird creature that almost attacked us, and the girl that I swore I knew. When I was done, both Apollo and Artemis were staring at me with looks that told me that I was in trouble.

Artemis was the first one to speak up, and obviously she had recovered from her dream, "Why didn't you tell anyone about your dreams the first time you had one?" Artemis asked, obviously furious.

I shrugged, "I don't know. It didn't seem all that important at the time." I said avoiding their gazes.

Artemis rolled her eyes at me, "Typical."

Apollo looked like he wanted to say something, but unexpectedly, the train we were on slammed to a stop, sending Artemis and I flying into the seat.

Apollo looked stunned, "Uh, what happened?" he asked, the Iris-message preventing him from moving when the train stopped.

Artemis scowled, "I don't know, but I'm going to find out." she hopped off of the seat, and walked out of the compartment to find out what happened, leaving me alone with the Iris-message Apollo.

Apollo looked at me, his face deadly serious, "What'd I tell you Percy. This quest is dangerous. Percy you really need to watch out for Artemis. I know she can take care of herself, but with many of the gods being attacked, and Kronos's secret weapon and all of that," he sighed, "Just try to keep her safe." He said in a hushed voice.

I nodded, trying not to feel a sense of deja-vu. The last person to ask me to keep his sister safe on a quest was Nico, and his sister, Bianca ended up dead. I hoped, no, prayed that this time would be different.

Apollo stared at me for a moment before nodding, and turning back to his normal, un-serious self. "Good. Well I must be going. Tell my baby sister I said 'bye'." Apollo smiled, "Oh and Percy," he said before disconnecting the IM, "Don't forget about that amazing haiku I'm expecting from you when you get back to Olympus."

Of course, before I could protest, Apollo disconnected the IM. This quest was becoming very complicated, and it would only get worse.

Artemis came back, looking annoyed. "We need to get off of the train. Now." She said, glancing over her shoulder.

"Why?" I asked.

"We've got company." She said grimly.

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~Artemis Frimm 3