The Hunt, Explanations and First Encounters
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Artemis Pov (The Hunt's campsite a few hours after the council meeting)
After the meeting I flashed myself to Apollo's temple where he and I need to have a little chat abou one of his daughters joining the hunt. After little meeting, I flashed myself to where my hunters and I had set up camp. I stood a few meters away from them, dreading to tell them about the disappearance of Perseus Jackson, because I know they were rather fond of him, even though they called him a boy, he still had their respect. She especially dreaded having to tell her lieutenant Thalia that one of her best friend is missing as she sighed and went to tell the hunter the news of the meeting. "Hello girls" she said, as the hunter bowed in her presence. "Milady, what's the matter?" inquired Thalia, "As you all know that I was called over to attend a meeting" she said, earning nods from her hunters. "I have troubling news "she said, making the hunters dread what she will tell them, so they braced themselves for the worst, but hoped for the best. Artemis took the silence as an indication that she should continue, "we have just found out that Perseus Jackson has gone missing" she said, some of the newer hunters had impassive looks to them, whilst the older hunters were stunned, most notably Thalia, who saw Percy as brother and friend.
"Milady, what do you mean Percy is missing?" asked Thalia, trying to hold back her tears. Artemis sighed and continued, "It seems he left camp 4 months ago and no one has seen him since" she explained to the hunters. "Why should we care, I mean he is just a boy" said one of the newer hunters, earning herself a dirty looks from most of the older hunters. "Serene, you are still new to our world, so keep some things to yourself" said Thalia with electricity crackling in her eyes, almost as if she would strike down the girls for comment. Artemis couldn't help but agree with Thalia, but decided to keep quiet about it. "Now the other reason, for the meeting was to gives us a side mission to find and take Perseus to Olympus" she said, she saw the devious looks that the newer hunter had and quickly added, "in one piece" much to their dismay. "Sister, may I talk to you in private?" asked Thalia and Artemis just nodded in agreement. Before she and Thalia left the hunters to go to her tent to talk with thalia, she told them to pack their things, because they leave in the morning to start their search for Percy. As they were walking Thalia couldn't help but feel a pang of hurt that her beloved, kelp head could have been kidnapped. When she and Artemis entered her tent, she simply said "Artemis, Percy would never leave camp for no reason, something happened and the campers are trying to turn a blind eye" Artemis agreed and they sat there in silence until, they heard screaming coming from outside. When looked out of the tent was simply chaos, there ten hell hounds, three drakons, five empousa, five dracaena and three Cyclops, being led by the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. "Why have you come here" shouted a horrified Artemis. "To send a message to Olympians, the end is nigh" Oceanus said with a sadistic glint in his eyes. With that statement Artemis Pulled together her entire consciousness and lunged at the pair with blinding speed, as she neared them she went down into a sweeping motion catching Tethys of guard and before she could counter Artemis twisted her body into a 360 degree twirling motion she used to punch Tethys in midair and sent her flying a few meters out. Artemis quickly back flipped away from Oceanus but he was not as careless as his wife and as Artemis was about to land he sent a powerful blast of water, which slammed her into a tree. The action didn't affect Artemis as much due to being whole and not a fragment of herself. Oceanus let out a twisted laugh before he summoned his sword indicating that the fight is not over yet. Artemis quickly prayed to her uncle Poseidon for help as well as her brother Apollo. In quick succession two bright lights flashed, with one happening over heard, the over heard figure descended to the ground where the monsters where and landed with large force of impact that created massive shockwave which he used to kill all of the hell hound, Cyclops and drakon ,leaving behind the empousa and dracaena that attempted to flee, to which they were met which a flurry of arrows that reduced them to dust. Oceanus and Artemis noticed the two new figures had destroyed all of the monsters with ease. Oceanus was more impressed which the figure that caused the mini quake and became well aware that it he engaged him in a fight he would lose. Oceanus never got to finish his inner monologue as Artemis lunged at him, but he was ready and went their blades met it created shockwaves knocking all the hunters excluding Thalia out. The fight between the two was fierce neither giving anything away until Artemis tried to feint left which Oceanus countered by turning right going behind her and using the hilt of his sword to slam at the back of her neck sending her to the ground. "This is the mighty goddess of the hunt" he boomed. As he was about to finish Artemis off he felt himself being impaled by a trident that was used as spear and when he tried pulling out, he noticed it made of water and was shocked to see Poseidon smiling. "Painful isn't it uncle?" Poseidon said with a smile that contained no humor. All Oceanus could do was growl in pain and when Poseidon was readying another attack Tethys showed up and flashed both of them away from Poseidon. "Thank you uncle" Apollo said coming from where Artemis was knocked out. Poseidon just shrugged in response and said he had best be leaving and disappeared in a fine mist and a fresh sea breeze. Thalia just stood there watching the scene unfold and was surprised lasted as long as she did against one of the most power Titans, but that was nothing compared to the power she her uncle radiated, she had seen her father radiate his true power and it was mind blowing but this is a new level of power. She now knew why Percy always had such immense amounts of power. Apollo noticing the stunted figure that was his sister said, "If uncle P wanted to be King no one could oppose him, in fact the only ones who is closer to his power are Uncle Hades and Aunt Hestia and more over the rivalry he has with Athena is only a figment of her imagination, she is not even close to being his equal in terms of power, but intellectually she is far superior, but he is still the more natural fighter" "But why doesn't he want to be King?" Apollo just laugh and replied "That's because he already is a king and does not care for power" Thalia smiled and thought about how Percy and his are so alike. Apollo had the same look on his face, but quickly pushed it aside and carried Artemis to her tent, but after telling Thalia to tend to the injured hunters, to which agreed to do. When Artemis woke it was the morning and all the injured hunters had been healed and only had a few scratches here and there, but nothing major, so she told them that they would need to leave before another attack could happen and there is no guarantee that Apollo and Poseidon would be able to rescue them if something similar where to happen. Artemis noticed that the sun was especially bright morning today and she there was a slight morning breeze that filled her with a fresh scent of the forest and if it wasn't for the fact that most of the trees in that area had been uprooted and there was five meter deep crater, she would has said it was a wonderful morning, the reality is if they stay in their current position any longer they become targets, so she told her hunters to pack quickly and start the search for Perseus, but the only problem was where should they start, should they start at camp half blood? No , she answered herself, should she visit his mortal parent? She thought it was worth a try and she flashed herself outside of Sally and Paul's apartment in the upper eastside, where she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, so proceeded to walk to the front door and when she was about to knock she was met with beautiful woman with wavy brown hair and icy blue eyes, who looked to be in her late thirties/early forties but still had a youthful face despite the streaks of gray in her hair. "Excuse me, but is this the Jackson residence?" Artemis asked politely. The woman replied "Yes, yes it is, how may I help you?" Artemis was shocked by the gentleness in which the woman replied and said "this is about your son Perseus" to which Sally motioned Artemis to enter. "So what is going on?" Sally asked cautiously. Artemis noticed the air of caution in which Sally asked her question and said "we have discovered that Perseus has gone missing and I have been tasked to find him" Sally's eyes widened and asked "you are? If I may inquire" "Oh excuse my manners, my name is Phoebe Artemis" Artemis said and this earned her a shocked look from her host. "My name is Selene Jackson or Sally for Short, Percy's mother" sally said looking a bit scared. "So miss Jackson, when last did you see your son?" Artemis inquired. "I last saw Percy the day he went to camp" sally stated. Artemis couldn't sense a single shred of dishonesty, so she proceeded to ask "You haven't spoken to him since?" to which Sally just nodded. Artemis sighed and got up from where she was sitting and said to Sally "Thank you for your assistance". Artemis walked towards the door and exited and flashed herself to the hunt's campsite, where they were all packed and ready to leaved and she told them that she went to Percy's mortal parent's home to investigate there first, but she found nothing of use and noted that Percy clearly inherited is mother's sense of right and wrong, to which Thalia agreed that Sally is a wonderful person and a loving mother who was unfortunate to catch the eye of god and having a child with him, thus exposing her to this world. Artemis for a moment looked at her hunters and shouted hunters move out. This is going to take a while, Thalia mused to herself before joining her sister in front of the hunter and started sprinting on wards.
3rd Pov(in Atlantis)
Shortly after the council meeting Poseidon and Hestia flashed into Atlantis, where Hestia hoped to see Percy and demand that her champion tell her all that had happened to her and why she had not been in contact with any of them.
"What are you thinking about sister?" Poseidon asked his elder sister, "I'm thinking about Percy and how he became a, her overnight, that's what I'm thinking of". All Poseidon could was smile and lead his sister towards the throne room of his palace, where he hoped to see Percy, assuming she hadn't left yet. When Poseidon and Hestia arrived they saw Percy talking to Triton and Delphin about plans that could help fortify the walls of Atlantis should Oceanus try to launch another attack at them.
"Hello Percy", Poseidon said with a smile, to which Percy replied, "hey dad", how was the meeting, she said this not seeing that Hestia was with her father. While the exchange with father and daughter happening, Hestia stood there with wide eyes as she saw the current appearance of her champion and how she looks so at home with the other sea deities, it was as if she was born to be immortal.
"Percy is that really you or am I dreaming", asked Hestia looking a bit taken aback by the whole turn of events. "Yes, Aunt Hestia, it's me, just a bit different, but it's still me" Percy exclaimed trying to put her Aunt's mind at ease.
"I will explain everything to you. It's going to take a while, but I will not leave anything out of my explanations to you", said Percy. That statement earned a smile from her aunt. "Should we go somewhere we can be alone for bit?" "Yes, that would be best for now", Hestia said to Percy.
With that Percy and Hestia asked to be excused from the party and Percy led them to her private residence where no one will interrupt them. "Please, Aunt Hestia, make youself at home, it will be a long tale" exclaimed Percy, with that Percy started telling her aunt the events that led to her current position.
After 4 hours of Percy tell her aunt her story she finally concluded with tears in her eyes , as well as the eyes of her aunt who felt sorry for not being able to protect the once Savior of Olympus.
"Percy I'm sorr", Hestia said being interrupted by Percy who embraced her in a hug and telling her it's ok, "I was not your job to protect me" Percy said fiercely, with fire burning in her eyes with determination and peace, as she had already forgiven them for their actions, even if the caused her a lot of pain with their actions.
"you have a good heart Percy, even after all that has happened to you, you refuse to become bitter and resentful like many others would have done, you were the true meaning of a hero, even now, you try to defend them" Said Hestia. I can't hate them no matter how hard I may try, I just can't hate them, so I forgave them." That's a very endearing quality you have, I am proud to be you patron" said Hestia with a smile. "Now, I best be leaving before Zeus notices I am gone" With that Hestia flashed out.
When Hestia arrived back in her palace on Olympus couldn't help but smile that her champion is now at peace. "I'm happy for you Percy" she said even though no one could hear her.
Later that Day
Athena was sitting in her temple, thinking of what could have happened that would cause Percy to flee camp, with this she was determined to find out the cause of his sudden disappearance, she knew that someone like Percy doesn't just leave without a word unless provoked into leaving.
Athena was about to leave when Hestia came in looking happy about something that she just couldn't figure out so she tried reading her mind to which she was blocked out, due to Hestia being far more powerful.
"Well Aunt Hestia what brings you here?" she asked. "I just wanted to say that you are right about one thing something would had to have happened for Percy to leave camp Half blood" she exclaimed, before leaving.
Line Break
Apollo was having a terrible day to begin with, now the news of a disappearing Percy has just added salt to a wound, he can't understand why in the world he would leave just like that, now his father has ordered Artemis to find him. He doubts that his sister will find him, Artemis is at home in the wilderness, but in the concrete jungle, she is worth very little and she is also not the most laid back of people and is too self righteous, yet she too has caused just as much distress to mortals over the centuries, Apollo sighed. "A family over hypocrites we have," he muttered to no one in particular, a frown contorting his beautiful face. Apollo just sat there mulling over his thoughts that he did not notice the tear sliding down his face until a figure came over and sat besides him without saying a word asked, "tough day?" Apollo didn't look up and just said to the figure, "you could say that" "with tears in your eyes, something must have happened to you or someone you know, which is it?" said the figure. Apollo just said, "the latter". "So you lost someone close to you I'm guessing?" said the figure. "Yes and No" Apollo replied with a grim expression on his face. For the first time since the figure sat next to him, Apollo looked up to see the most beautiful woman he has ever seen in his entire immortal life. Apollo found himself gaping at the level of beauty the woman in front of him possessed, considering Apollo had seen Aphrodite, he was truly surprised by her beauty and those sea green eye are simply amazing.
"Hi there" he said timidly, which earned him a smile from the woman. "You only say hi now Delian Apollo? What happened to Mr Awesome huh?" she said with a smirk. This woman scared Apollo, because he didn't know what to do or say to her, so he just laughs at her comment. "Best be leaving" said the woman. "what's your name?" he asked the woman, too which she just replied," Persephone" she said before leaving a bewildered Apollo. Apollo, felt his heart flutter for the first time in his immortal life, but he also knew she was not like any other women he been with. What once was terrible and bleak now is bright, he thought to himself, before he flashed himself out of central park where he had been sitting.
When Apollo arrived back at his palace he went to his bed and he started thinking about the mysterious woman he met at the park and how she seemed to glow and not a godly glow but a glow of someone with a good heart. Now he could stop thinking about her and the way her eyes gleamed in the sun like a crystal, Her sighed contently remembering her name and how it truly did match her and fell asleep with the image of Persephone in his mind. Apollo had no idea how long had been asleep but he was awoken by the prayer his sister sent to him and sensed that Uncle P got the same prayer and he flashed himself to the hunt's campsite where noticed it was being attacked and before he could react, he noticed that Poseidon had landed on impact creating shockwaves which Poseidon was able to redirect at only the monsters and after the dust had settled only the empousa and Dracaena where left and when they tried to flee, he quickly summoned his bow and in quick succession managed to kill all of them and a few seconds later her noticed that his twin sister had engaged in a fight with Oceanus who Apollo knew, she couldn't defeat and after a few minutes the dual was over and unconscious waiting for the killing blow, before Poseidon intervened and force Tethys and Oceanus to flee. The next few hours for him were not very pleasant and after her got his sisters treated he flashed himself home and took a shower before going to bed with thoughts slipping away from Artemis to Persephone and fell into the most pleasant sleep of his immortal life.
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