Hi Guys, sorry about the massive gap there, I found out I had a lot of work to do for when I got back to school. I have to do a presentation on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland for one of my subjects, and I have no idea what to say. But yeah, updates won't be frequent on this story, school takes a higher priority.
Answering Reveiws:
IssacRules23: I will be finishing this story it just may take a very long time. :P
Roos1414: I understand you want me to update, but I need to write the chapters before I do so, and I don't know whether you know, but it takes a rather long time.
FallenAngelicWolf: Ok I don't fully understand what that was in response to but thank you because it did prompt me to look up Artemis' history and I have discovered, Zeus took an oath on the River Styx to not force her to marry. But it was Artemis that killed Orion, there are a lot of different versions of the Orion myth but the most common one is that Apollo challenged Artemis to an archery competition to shoot a bobbing object in a lake (which was Orion as he was swimming) because Apollo found out about his actions before Artemis and she refused to believe that he would do something like that. But I would like to point out that this is based off of the Percy Jackson series, in which she hates the male race in general, so meh.
Vincent Lec: Right you are, I don't plan on a Pertemis Pairing, they are just too mainstream for people's first FanFics! and thanks!
J-Storm12: Sorry, I don't really have time to keep the chapters at that length, if I catch up and overtake my school work I may have time to make a chapter longer but other wise they will most likely be about 4-5k words each.
Satya37: It took about 2 weeks of constant writing whenever I had spare time, but not my spare time has been cut significantly, because of school.
Caos: Sorry about that, I re-read your comment a while ago, and realized I must have been in a bad mood when I read it the first time. Sorry, and thanks (not sure how to do an apologetic smiley :P )
Just to point out again, THIS IS NOT A PERTEMIS PAIRING, I have the pairing I want to do in my head but some suggestions will be welcomed and possibly used if my idea does not work, (but I hope it will) just please don't demand a certain pairing.
I just realized that if I remove the previous authors note it will not allow people to review this chapter, so I will change the last chapter and hopefully all will be fine! Enjoy!
"Who is he?" Artemis spoke for the first time since reading the note out loud.
"Once again, that is his information to reveal if necessary, but I warn you about one thing," Hestia said with a small smile, "If he does not wish to share something, do not try and force him. Do not anger him, and do not attempt to make him do something," her smile grew, as did the look of outrage on Zeus' face, "If you do, he will either leave and you won't see him again, or he will attack you." By this point the king of the gods looked ready to blow up and was about to speak but Hestia cut him off, "I'm not saying he would win, but any Olympian in a fight with him would have a hard time."
Zeus sighed, "Fine, I swear on the Styx that the Olympian council will not use any child to gain information about the man who calls himself Wolf, as long as his answers are deemed satisfactory by the council." Most of the gods looked at their king in shock as they were not expecting him to go with the demands. "Athena, leave."
"But father I-" Athena began to answer back but was cut off as Zeus raised his hand and stared straight at her as they had a telepathic conversation. "Fine." With that she stood from her throne and walked towards the doors of the throne room. All eyes were on her as she made her way out opening the doors and then disappearing around the corner.
"Sister," Zeus began as he turned back towards the hearth, "Please inform this man that his demands have been met and he is to return here."
"No." came the blunt reply from Hestia with a wry smile, she then interrupted Zeus as he was about to shout, "I shall ask him to return, as I am not arrogant enough to think that I can order him to do anything. I have a few suggestions for all of you who are here, do not order him to answer questions, do not threaten him and seriously, do anything you can to not annoy him. He has done more for you than any other mortal or immortal you have ever known, and he's kept most of it a secret, even from me."
***Hestia POV*** (A/N I'm not sure how this will turn out, so say in reviews or PM's if it works or not.)
I can sense that Athena hasn't actually left the room, but has turned invisible, and has teleported back to her throne. I won't warn them again, it'll be her funeral. I close my eyes and concentrate on the feeling of his mind, like he told me to when we met again when he returned to earth, 10 years ago.
'Wolf, they have sworn to your terms, although I must warn you Poseidon is still here, do you want me to warn him.'
'No, I have resolved my problems over my mother's death; Oceanus shielded the monsters from his view, so it was not his fault.'
'When did you find that out?' I am very surprised that there is no anger in his voice when talking about his mother and step-father's death.
'About 30 years ago, which was also coincidentally about the same time that Oceanus faded?' He replied to me so nonchalantly, along with the mental equivalent of a smirk, that I couldn't help but grin at although I am even more shocked that he made one of the most powerful titans fade.
'Ok, I now have two questions for you, firstly: how in the name of Chaos did you force a powerful titan like him to fade? Secondly: should I tell them about this?' Now I can tell that I have a very strange expression on my face that is probably somewhere between a grin, and a very shocked look.
'Whilst on my travels throughout the universe I have learnt a great deal about how the souls of both mortals and immortals work. It was simply a matter of scattering his physical essence and then destroying his spiritual essence, with the help of the ceremonial sword of 'Crandegh Jhalopeo' or in the English 'Methodical Chaos' which I was gifted with when I freed the planet Phea their tyrannical king.' now my face is only showing shock. 'And to answer your second question, if you feel it would help with the discussion then yes you can reveal his fate.'
'Ok, if you come here as soon as you have the girl in a safe place, then I will tell them and they should be ready.' I was about to cut the connection when I remembered something 'You may want to restrain your power when you get here, you know how paranoid Zeus is and your power is equal to that of an Olympian.'
'Ok will do.' He finished with another mental smirk and then cut the connection himself.
***Third Person***
Hestia opened her eyes and that every single god was staring at her inquisitively. "What?" She asked and the other gods all gaped at her.
Apollo recovered first, "Well Auntie, You have been there for almost 5 minutes and your expression was almost constantly changing."
"Oh, sorry," Hestia replied, a little shocked, "He is going to be coming as soon as he has gotten Jane settled somewhere safe. On a side note, I did just find something out about Wolf that he doesn't mind me sharing." She paused and people stared at her expectantly, "We no longer have to worry about Oceanus."
Poseidon perked up and spoke for the first time in this meeting, "why? I know we haven't detected anything from him in a while, but how can this man say that he isn't a threat anymore?"
"Because Wolf has forced him to fade."
Everyone fell silent and just stared at Hestia, trying to detect any deceit. There was none.
"H...h...how?" Poseidon stuttered, "W...w...why?"
Hestia was just sitting there smiling, "As far as I can tell, Oceanus had something to do with Wolf's parents deaths, and as for how, he was gifted with a special sword on a distant planet, when he freed them from a tyrant king." she informed them with a slight smirk at everyone's shocked expressions, but before they could ask anymore, there was a flash of light and searing heat. When the light and heat died down, Wolf was standing in the middle of the room. He wore dark trousers and a dark t-shirt that was well fitting but loose at the same time, allowing him free and easy movement, but it was almost accidentally clinging to his body, showing he was, quite literally, in perfect condition you could easily tell he was packed with muscle and in better condition than most gods, but still he kept his hood on, hiding his face from everyone. From her throne Aphrodite's eyes were nearly on stalks and mouth was open to the limit of the human form she was in. "Wow!" She gasped quietly, but Wolf heard her and turned to face the goddess, his lips twitched into somewhat of a smile and then he looked away again. This surprised Artemis, normally when Aphrodite compliments a male, they start fawning over her, if they weren't already. 'Maybe this man is different to other males.' Artemis was now paying great interest to Wolf's actions and words.
Wolf's gaze moved up and down the Olympian council room, smiling and nodding only at Hestia, until it eventually came to rest on Zeus, who was staring back at him expectantly. Wolf's head tilted to one side, as if asking the question 'What?'
"Are you not going to bow Boy?" Zeus asked in a slightly annoyed tone.
"Why would I?" Wolf replied, his voice betraying the frown that would be on his face if it was visible.
"We are Gods boy. You should bow to your superiors." Zeus' face was starting to redden as Wolf still, showed no signs of even bowing his head.
"Correct you are gods, but right now I do not see any of you as a superior. I don't know anyone that would see you as one if they knew that you just almost gave a 7 year old girl brain damage because you are obsessed with finding information on me. Which I also don't fully understand, you want information about me and my life to see if I am a threat. The only way I would be a threat is if you made me into one, by doing something that would turn me against you. For example: attempting to hunt me down, or torturing an innocent child. If I was to turn against you know it would in fact be your own fault." The entire council apart from Hestia paled at these words.
"But Hestia saved your life, you are in her debt." Artemis spoke up now; she was worried because she had seen, first hand the power and skill of this man when he was fighting. Wolf laughed in reply.
"I never said that I have turned against you, just that I do not see you as superiors and that I don't respect you at this moment in time." He replied when he saw the question in her eyes, then his aura changed to one of darkness and anger, all of the deities in the room flinched back in response to the sudden change in his demeanour. "But hear me now Goddess, never presume to know what I am thinking or ever question my loyalties. If I am against you, you will know it, if I am with you then I will not be against you, simple As." the anger in the room drained until it was completely gone. "Now ask your questions, I don't want to be here longer than necessary."
"Who are you?" It was Poseidon that spoke up first.
"I am Wolf, next." He replied with a grin.
"No, well, that was a poor question." Poseidon paused to think about how he could rephrase his question. "What are you and where were you until you appeared 10 years ago?"
"Firstly: I am human." Zeus looked ready to interrupt so Wolf quickly continued speaking, "Secondly: Until 10 years ago when I came to earth I was travelling the galaxy as a sort of gun for hire for the peacekeeping forces of the inhabited planets, also known as Chaos' Army. If there was a mission that was too difficult for them, whether it be a rescue mission, an assassination or just recon. Then Nyx, Chronos, Aether, Hemera or sometimes even Chaos, contact me and ask me to complete the assignment. If I agree that it is the right thing to do then I do it, if not then I tell them and then another solution is thought up. Hold your questions for 6 seconds, I'll be right back." He then flashed out in a burst of flames. Exactly six seconds later he reappeared, but this time he stepped out of a shadow in the corner of the room. All of the god's mouths fell open and just stared at him, but before they could ask any more questions he continued with his explanation. "Before that I was part of another army, but most of my comrades died in an incident in the aftermath of a war when they shouldn't have, I left because it was too painful, and mostly my fault." As he finished this his body began to glow and the aura he was emitting became heavy with sadness. The room became darker and the room began to shake, lightly at first but then more violently. Hestia jumped from her seat, changed into her 23 year old form and hugged the man tightly, whispering "We have been through this, it was not your fault at all." and other consoling words. The aura lifted, and the shaking stopped, and Wolf hugged her back, "Thanks Mom."
The Olympians, who had just recovered from their shock of Wolf shadow travelling, gaped in shock again. Zeus was the first to recover, and he exploded with anger, he stood from his throne grasping his Bolt tightly, raising it as he roared, "HESTIA, YOU HAVE A SON, HOW DARE YOU BREAK YOUR OATH!?"(A/N. See bottom of chapter.) His face became red with rage, but so did Hestia's. Wolf stepped back from the hug and turned, his entire body became wreathed in a glowing green/brown/gold aura. He disappeared in a flash of fire, appearing once again in front of Zeus with his fist raised covered in black flames, it flew towards Zeus' unprotected face, but suddenly stopped. Wolf's arm had been stopped by a shadow that had wrapped around his forearm restraining it. The Gods flinched and then gasped in shock as they saw the shadow. Wolf was then fully engulfed and re-emerged in the middle of the throne room next to Hestia. Who hugged him then pushed him back behind her. She turned back towards Zeus and grew to her Godly height; she changed to her 40 year old form and spoke in a calm but angry voice that sounded a lot scarier than Zeus' shouting, "How dare you presume to lecture me on children! Firstly you also took an oath when you married your wife which you break repeatedly every year." Zeus shrank back into his throne and paled at the sight and sound of an enraged Goddess of the Hearth, "Secondly, if you let me explain before jumping to conclusions you would find out that I adopted him when he told me his complete early life story and how his mother died in a boating accident, shortly after his comrades in the army." Hestia then shrank back down to human size and stood next to wolf, her face still full of anger. "I also give you this warning, unless you wish to feel the full fury of not only the eldest child of Kronos and Rhea, but also the Creator, along with the five primordial Gods and Goddesses, then you will not even attempt to harm my son, Little Brother." Hestia spat the last words like an insult, and all of the gods paled at the thought of Zeus taking any form of action against Wolf. "Another thing," The gods once again turned back to Hestia, "You may want to thank Chaos that Wolf's punch did not connect, as that black fire would started to burn your soul, until either Wolf here, Tartarus or myself decided to cancel it."
Silence ensued and Zeus' face, if possible, paled even further. "I apologize sister; it was mostly surprise that fuelled that outburst." Zeus then turned to Hades, who was sitting in the throne next to Hestia's, "Also I thank you, brother, for stopping that punch."
"I had nothing to do with it brother." Hades was still gaping at the happenings of this meeting.
Hestia just burst out laughing, "I was being literal; you need to thank Chaos. It was Nyx that stopped the attack as Chaos isn't allowed to interfere directly, but Nyx was informed by Chaos, and she then came to stop Wolf from doing something he would regret."
The mouths of the council dropped open again as a beautiful, dark and slender figure, stepped out of the shadows with a smirk plastered on her face. "Hello Zeusy, It has been many years since I have been to Earth and I've already saved your life. I know for a fact that my friend here Wolf, wouldn't have stopped those flames from burning your soul, and I highly doubt that Tartarus would come to your rescue, and even that you just threatened Hestia, I suspect she would have saved you but may not have wanted to." She smirked and stared straight into Zeus' eyes, "I would recommend not threatening or annoying my friends, it would end pretty badly." Zeus began nodding his head furiously at, scared stiff by the look that Nyx was giving him. Her smirk grew into a full smile as she turned around and gave Hestia warm, friendly hug. "Oi, Wolf," He finally turned away from glaring at Zeus, and looked Nyx in the eye, still with anger contorting his face. "Wipe that look off of your face this instant. I came here to stop you from making a big mistake, not that I was worried about the fact that Zeusy-boy would be close to death."
"Fine," He sighed, "But I'm not happy about him talking to my mother like that. If it happens again even you won't be able to stop me from making him fade." Wolf threatened turning his face back towards Zeus.
"Wait," Poseidon spoke up, "How can you tell what his eyes look like? I can only see his mouth."
Nyx just laughed at him "What makes you think that we on the same level in our relationship to Wolf?" She paused to let her words set in, and then laughed at their faces, "Also the fact that the shadow that covers his face is kept constant by my powers, so they don't affect me."
A look of realization came over the councils faces. Until a look of confusion appeared on Zeus' "If the shadow is controlled by Nyx's powers then why can't my brother, Hades, see through it as his domain has shadows as well?"
"I can, but it also happens that I have known Wolf for almost as long as Hestia." Hades spoke from the corner of the room.
"WHAT?!" Zeus roared, as he stood from his throne again, with his Bolt clenched in his fist, "How dare you keep this information from the council?"
"I revealed myself to Hades before I vacated earth to travel the galaxy and save worlds, complete the work of the justice committee." Wolf answered for him, "and he did not tell any of you because I asked him to swear on the Styx, so he did."
"What, just like that?" Poseidon asked incredulously.
"Well," Wolf chuckled, "I may have called in a few favours and made a few threats."
"Actually that brings up another point, why do you wear that hood? Are you a coward?" Ares growled from his throne.
"No," Wolf replied casually, "I wear this hood because I don't want people to know what I look like."
"Why?"
"Wolf here is one of the most feared presences in the galaxy. He is known as "the assassin of chaos" but he does have his own life so keeps his face unknown else he wouldn't really be able to relax in a bar or anything like that would he?"
The gods all nodded in acceptance of this. Then suddenly Wolf back flipped and punched the air that was behind where he had been standing. There was a shriek and form shimmered into being. Athena was now lying on the floor clutching her back and whimpering in pain, "Argh, Apollo. Help" but before Apollo could move, Wolf pounced forward materialising a hunting knife in each hand. He drove them into each of her shoulders and then stepped back. Athena cried out again and the gods just sat and stared, their mouths agape again.
"I shall warn you all once. Never. Try. To. Remove. My. Hood." He growled and started to glow, "And one more thing." The gods all just sat there in shock as Wolf glared straight at Athena, "Hope that you never come across me again Pallas Athena." and then disappeared in a flash of flames with enough heat to scorch Athena's skin.
"Ahhhhhhhh, Apollo, HELP!" Athena screamed as she writhed on the floor her clothes burning, unable to move her arms to put the flames out because of the knives that had cut through her biceps. Apollo jumped to his feet and sprinted to his half-sisters side. Hestia extinguished the fire before flashing herself out of the throne room. Apollo's face took on one of panic as he inspected the sight of his new patient. Injuries, remedies and possible complications raced through his mind and he flashed himself and Athena to the infirmary, with Zeus and Artemis not far behind.
***2 Hours Later***
"How is she?" Zeus asked extremely worriedly, Apollo had just come out of the infirmary. He had removed everyone from the room when he started the treatment of Athena's wounds.
"When I first got her to the infirmary, she had burns covering her arms and back. Her biceps were severed, her spinal cord in her lower back and her left elbow were completely shattered." Zeus' mouth dropped open at the sheer damage caused by a single punch.
"How is she now?" Artemis asked.
"I have healed the burns, sterilized and sealed wounds on her shoulders and reattached the muscles together within her arms." Apollo told his sister and father.
"What about her back?" Zeus asked in a hoarse whisper.
"I have managed to piece the vertebrae back together but it will take time for the cracks to fully seal and the cartilage to repair. If Athena wasn't a god she would be permanently paralyzed."
"How long will it take for her to be back awake and moving?" Zeus asked, worried about his daughter.
"She will be awake before the midday," Apollo informed them, then checked his clipboard "but it may take up to a month for her legs to begin working." he finished sadly.
Zeus' face dropped and then began to redden in anger, "How dare that boy injure my daughter in such a way? I need to talk to Hestia, let me know the instant she wakes up." He turned and walked to the edge of the room and without breaking his stride, disappeared in his usual overly flashy manor.
"There's going to be problems about this. Whilst I hate what he did to my sister, he did warn us what might happen if she was in his presence," Artemis turned to her twin and her face turned slightly worried, "and from the feel of his aura and the knowledge that he could make an immortal fade, I think we are lucky Athena is still with us." With that she disappeared in a flash of silver light.
-Throne Room-
"Hestia!" Zeus roared as he flashed into his throne. "GET HERE NOW!" The fire in the hearth rose up and the flames glowed brighter and brighter, when they shrank back down Hestia was sitting cross legged in the centre, head down and eyes closed.
"Yes brother?" Her voice was, as per usual, very calm and gentle. She slowly raised her head and opened her eyes, which were pits of warm embracing flames; she stared straight into Zeus' which were dark, angry pits of boiling hate.
"Where is the boy?" he growled at her.
"Who? Wolf?" Her eyes hardened into dark orange lights, "My Son?"
"Yes, he almost killed Athena, MY daughter. He must be punished." He rumbled back.
"No, he set out his wishes clearly before he agreed to come, and if I remember it was your idea to have him come here in the first place." Her stare changed from annoyed and suspicious to angry as she spoke.
"But… But he is a danger to Olympus, who knows who else he might attack? Who knows if he will try to overthrow us gods?" Zeus was calming slowly as he thought about what had happened clearly for the first time.
"The only person he has a grudge against on the council is Athena, I do not know what fully happened, I just hope that he gets over it sometime soon, he will tell if and when he is ready!" Hestia replied in a steely, yet calm tone.
The emotions in the room were changing so fast that Artemis was having problems keeping up with it from her throne which she had teleported into the a few moments earlier, she was now confused, "What grudge does he have against my sister?"
"Did I not just say that it is his story to tell when he is ready?" Hestia turned to her slowly, "I'm sorry child but that really is the only way you are going to find out about what happened between them. I really don't think even Athena fully knows what happened between them. He is the only one that knows, and he is carrying a weight on his shoulders, and he refuses to let anyone share that weight with him, he is undyingly loyal to all those he cares for. That is why he is here now and that is why he decided to help us in the coming war."
"What war? Why don't we know about this war?" Zeus demanded.
Hestia slowly turned back to him and looked calmly into his eyes, "because it hasn't been announced on earth yet." She then spent the next 2 hours explaining to Zeus and Artemis the concept of other planets and other civilisations, without gods, only mortals, and species besides human. "Lord Chaos will be coming here tomorrow to speak to the council about the war." she smiled at both of the other deities in the room and then as the hearth began to flare again, Hestia disappeared from sight but before the flames dipped again, her voice rang out throughout the throne room, "Oh, and Zeus, I have fixed Athena's spine, when she wakes up it will only take a few days for her to be up and moving again, instead of the month Apollo predicted." and she was gone.
Zeus turned to Artemis and opened his mouth to speak but she got there first, "How is it that Aunt Hestia always knows about everything and seems to be able to do anything?" She asked incredulously.
Zeus shrugged, "I have known her for many millennia, it's always been like this, and I still have no idea how she does it."
Artemis' face turned thoughtful and then looked like she was going to murder someone, "I just realised that Wolf boy still has my hunter!" She said and then turned to the hearth and yelled, "Aunt Hestia where is my Huntress?" Both Zeus and Artemis stood there waiting for a reply, when suddenly Artemis was engulfed in flames and disappeared.
"Well that was unexpected" Zeus murmured to himself as he began to walk out of the throne room to his and Hera's palace. "I'm still going to find a way to punish that boy, I don't care what Hestia says; he can't be that powerful."
- Wolf's Camp -
Jane was still unconscious on a bed in Wolf's tent when he arrived back from the meeting, he took a seat next to the bed to talk to her when she wakes up, 'Damn Olympians, thinking they can do whatever they want with no consequences'
'Hey!' Said an indignant voice in his head.
'Sorry mom, not you obviously, you are the only person on the council, followed by Hades and then Poseidon.'
'Hrmmp, fine but don't go around stereotyping us, even though it is true for most.' The voice went silent for a second and then spoke up again, 'Oh, Artemis wants to see her huntress, what should I tell her?'
'Just send her here I need to talk to her for a bit and the huntress is not yet awake.' He received the mental equivalent of a nod in response, and quickly made his way out of the tent. Wolf set next to the fire on a log that he had moved to make his camp more comfortable, and a moment later there was a flash of flames and Artemis was standing in the middle of the clearing, shock clearly displayed on her face, before she recovered and scowled at Wolf.
"Where is my huntress Boy? I am taking her back to my camp!"
Wolf raised his hand to stop her from continuing and then spoke in a calm, gentle voice, much like Hestia's, "Not yet you aren't, she is still unconscious at the moment because of the stress you put her through. She will be staying here until she wakes up naturally; I am then going to examine her mind to see if there is any lasting damage. If there is I will attempt to fix it, but then I need to talk to her about what she is going to do with her life."
"What do you mean? She is a huntress, she will be returning to the hunt with me."
"She has not yet sworn her oaths, and therefore is not tied to you at the moment, and I doubt she will be willing to swear her allegiance to the goddess that handed her over to a paranoid tyrant, who nearly ripped her mind apart." His head shot up suddenly and spun to stare at the tent next to him, "She is waking, you can either stay out here or return to your own camp ready for your hunters to wake and I will come and fetch you when I am done, either way one of my friends is patrolling your camp to keep it safe." Artemis looked up shocked to see that the sun had just started to make its way over the horizon.
She looked back at the man in front of her, with a thoughtful look on her face, after a few seconds she finally spoke, "I will return to my hunters as I doubt your friend will be well received in my camp, I understand what you are saying about her future and will not interfere it she does not want to return to the hunt. Thank you for stopping Zeus though. No matter what her reply, I would like to talk to her when you are done, to apologize for what she had to go through." and then she disappeared in a flash of silver. Not giving him a chance to reply. Wolf got up as well and made his way back towards his tent, muttering about arrogant gods.
**********I'm not exactly sure how to show an exclamation and a question with punctuation so I'm going to go with that.
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