The Hidden Prince 4 Chapter 3, a percy jackson and the olympians fanfic

Chapter 4: Chapter 3: Hunting for War

Chapter 3: Hunting for War

What you would do to reach your goals

Percy saw Frank narrowing his eyes at the man before them. "What are you talking about, father?", Percy could sense the hate underneath Frank's words. What could have happened between those two? The more he asked himself that, the more he realised that he actually knew nothing about his companions. But then again, they knew nothing about him either.

Mars narrowed his eyes at his son, too. "You do not speak that tone to me, young man. You know I've saved your life many times. Be glad I'm willing to help you now, since you did nothing in return."

Frank gritted his teeth, but before he could give a nasty reply that would surely escalate into a fight that wouldn't end well, Annabeth interrupted them. "I'm sorry to interrupt you, but what do you mean with helping us, general Mars?" How she learned to talk so diplomatic, Percy didn't know, but it sure was helpful. At least this way they wouldn't get in a shouting match.

The general turned to Annabeth. "Exactly as I said it. I'm going to help you with not getting caught by soldiers." Percy narrowed his eyes at the general, just like Frank. He didn't trust the guy one bit. But then again, they did need help. He looked at Annabeth, could see her brains cracking as she thought of every possibility and smiled. He loved it when she became like this. Wait. Loved?!

"What's the catch?", Annabeth asked, interrupting Percy's mental frustration. "Helping us would mean helping fugitives. That's committing treason. Why would you, one of the great generals of Rome, risk your title for us?"

He smiled, as if he knew that she would ask that question. "Annabeth Chase, you're so much like your mother. Always wanting to know more than what's good for you", Annabeth narrowed her eyes at that, clearly angry that he dared to talk about her mother. Percy didn't know who she was or what had happened to her, but clearly it was a sore subject. Mental note: never mention Annabeth's mother.

"Just answer my question", Annabeth pushed, while clenching her fists and gritting her teeth. He could almost see a grey aura of anger around her.

Mars still smiled. "Alright then, daughter of Athena, I'll tell you why: I want you to start a war. As simple as that."

"Why?"

"Isn't that obvious? Zeus' actions are killing Rome from the inside and outside. The only way to save Rome, is to make sure that his reign will come to an end and seeing how eager he is to find your little group, you are able to do that. If you get killed, Rome would be lost."

"How are we able to do such a thing?", Michael spoke up.

"You can ask that to the slaves you rescued, since the king demanded me to kill one of them, just before you all created that chaos. Now, do we have an agreement, or not?" Annabeth agreed to Mars' words, even so reluctantly. Others just grumbled a 'yes', or just said nothing, like Frank and Percy, who was still thinking about Mars' words. It was probably him that Zeus wanted to kill. Great...

Mars nodded and smiled. "Alright then. I'll leave 10 soldiers with you on your journey to Greece and I'll return to Rome so no one will suspect my actions", after that, he left.

An arrow hissed through the air and pierced the deer's eye, killing the animal instantly. "Got it!", Thalia called out as she approached the dead animal. Zoë walked out of the bushes and smiled.

"Nice one, Thals. You've actually gotten better. I didn't know you got it in you", she said before taking out her hunting knife and removing the deer's skin. Thalia looked away when the smell reached her nose. Then, she realised something.

"So, you doubted my capabilities?", Thalia narrowed her eyes at her friend. Zoë realised what she had said, held up her hands - that were now covered with blood - and shook her head frantically. The former-princess cracked up at the sight, while Zoë just frowned at Thalia's reaction.

"Why are you laughing?" Thalia just shook her head, unable to answer Zoë's question. Oh, how she missed teasing Zoë...

A silver arrow pierced the tree next to Thalia's face and she stopped laughing. She looked at Zoë, who thought the same thing as she did, and reached for her bow. "Who's there?", Thalia called out. Her eyes scanned their surroundings until multiple people appeared. Surprisingly enough, they were all girls around their age and were all wielding weapons - a rare sight, but something that made Thalia smile inwardly. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

A girl around 20 years old walked forward. She had auburn hair and silver eyes, which made her look much more intimidating than someone of her age would look. The silver bow in her hands helped too, though. "I could ask you the same thing. Since this is our hunting territory, we should be the ones asking you that. Now, lower you weapons."

Reluctantly, they both did what she asked. Thalia knew they wouldn't win a fight against so many people. "My name is Thalia", she introduced, "and this is Zoë. Now, who are you?"

The 20 year old smiled at her words. "My name his Artemis and these are my hunters."

[A/N]: Why hello Humans! Here is chapter four. I hope you liked this chapter!

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