Artemis' Child
14 YEARS AGO
On a cold and dark winters night a malodourous stench wafted malevolently over the camp of the Hunters of Artemis from the dead carcass of a pathetically pitiful monster crushed and annihilated by the brave and wise Hunters. Artemis knew that this day may be the only chance she would ever get to experience the one thing she longed for most but was , until recently , never able to have- a child.
She stealthily shadow-travelled towards the clinic, knowing in her heart and soul that this was her destiny – even if her head had forbidden it. The mortals had invented this strange thing called 'artificial insemination' and the kind yet foolish doctors would give her what she longed for but was forbidden – a daughter to join the hunt and become her immortal child , her everlasting lieutenant. However , within a few short minuets she had become pregnant without braking her sacred and solemnly bind oath on the river Styx.
SOME MONTHS LATER
Artemis heaved a heavy sigh of relief as her child was brought into the world of the living , she had it all planned out: her daughter would be fostered until she was 12, then join the hunt , and when Thalia fell in battle , as was always the case sooner or later, and one day become her lieutenant and possibly if she could prove herself worthy, a God.
To Artemis' shock and horror as she lifted the baby to hug her, a horrible possibility occurred to her, could she have given birth to that which she so hated, could she have given birth to a boy?
As she looked in the eyes of the tiny child and saw the reflection of the bright full moon she decided to foster out the child, and allow it to join Camp Half Blood at 14.