Thanks for the reviews. It gets heated here but nothing like. "I love you" and "I love you too" Blech! Like i said no fluff.

"Give up your way, you could be anything,
Give up my way, and lose myself, not today
That's too much guilt to pay"

After the guilt and the hatred from the ware subsided I thought about my actions as a Huntress. I was immortal, never aging. But, I was also separated from the life I had planned to live. Truth be told, the Huntresses of Artemis had been the farthest thing from my mind when I had figured out what I was.

I planned on moving to New York to be close to daddy when I was little. I thought he had cared more about me then he had his power so stupidly. Next time I'll remember that a god is a god and the only one that cares about you is Artemis and she barely even does that. Artemis had been trying to find new recruits for her huntresses since the war with our losses and all.

My second plan after figuring that out had to do with Luke. I planned on telling him at some point that he made me happy. That I had dreams about him, which was what I wanted to tell him. He would know that I liked him in a way completely unhealthy and then he would repeat the words back to me. We would elope together and never be seen again. No kids, no responsibilities, it would just be Luke and myself. We would live on the land and have no problems.

That plan went down the drain when I got turned into a tree. Then to wake up six year or so later to find that he had decided to help out Kronos with his attempt to take over Mt. Olympus. It put an end to a lot of dreams about him most consisted of nightmares. All in which had center around one day…

I had gone out into the woods alone searching for somewhere for our group to bathe for the time being. Ever since Actaeon had stumbled across them she had sent out scouts before we bathed. I found it a bit excessive considering nowadays almost no one hikes due to the fact that Americans have decided to stay indoors almost all of the time.

I came upon a small creak and began to follow it up toward its main source. I didn't expect anything. No one was out there, not at that hour anyway. It was nearly three in the morning and I wasn't looking for any visitors. I broke through the trees finding the small lake that had been the source of water for the creak.

A man at the age maybe eighteen or nineteen sat on the edge of the lake with his feet in. I couldn't see his face though I was sure that there would be a scar down the side of his face. His hair looked dirty and his clothes were dingy.

"Thalia…" He whispered lifting his head to look at me. "I've been looking for you."

"What are you doing here Luke?" I demanded disguising that actual happiness that I may have gotten him back.

"I came to see you." He claimed running a hand through his hair.

"Why?" My voice was skeptical as he stood from the edge of the lake and approached me quickly.

"I had to ask you something." He touched my face and I felt the happiness within me peak.

"What's the question?" I took a step back trying not to let myself get succumbed to him. He was still the man who left camp to help Kronos. No matter how much I wanted to believe he was here for me and had stopped serving Kronos to come see her.

"Will you come with me? Come with me and let's end this war." Maybe from the inside, I tried to convince myself, but I knew that couldn't be right.

"I can't. I can't come with you." I said backing up even more. His eyes pleaded for a change in my answer and he took another step forward.

"Why not?" He touched my arm and I shook his touch away.

"Because, the one here that's supposed to be giving up their stupid life is you. But, if I give this up I'll turn sixteen. That's exactly what you need." I exclaimed annoying how good it felt for his skin to touch mine.

"Thalia, the sooner someone turns sixteen the sooner this is all over. The way it's looking now is the only ones on our side are the ones that are going to survive. Be on that side Thalia, survive this war."' Luke held his hands out in front of him showing that he wasn't going to hurt me.

This was only my first year with the Huntresses. I wasn't sure my intentions of joining the Hunt. I suppose I joined to get away. Not just from the prophecy, but this, this very person standing in front of me. I expected that once I was a huntress that I wouldn't have these feelings. These feelings that made you question everything at the time where your assertive decisions mattered most.

"I…"

"Thalia! Thalia where are you?" Someone bellowed in the woods.

I turned around toward the trees for those few second and then whipped back around as his hand touched my hip. His hand circled around my back and pulled me in. My body was crushed up against his just before he kissed me.

"Stop…" I mumbled getting lost in the past feelings that were ignited by his embrace.

"Thalia!" Someone gasped obviously having had found us.

"Get away from her!" Another demanded peeling me away from him. "You're not welcome here. Get out!" She spat at him. I watched as he shoved his hands in his pockets and walked away as if he'd done nothing. The look on his face as he left, he looked like a dog that had been left out in the cold. I pang of guilt split through me. I swallowed the lump in my throat and shook away the prick of tears in my eyes. The day that haunted me was the one that made me realize that not even the Huntresses of Artemis could protect me from him.

He showed up the next day too…