Nico Pov
I wake up and I feel a tingling sensation in my arm. Thinking I probably slept on it weird I get up and see a rose near my bed. It had a note that had illegible writing. It burned up and I had a feeling to give it to Calypso. It was a red rose with an orange inside. I walk down to the main room and see Thalia walking.
"See Calypso healed you," I say
"I thought you were on a quest from Hades." she says wide eyed
"Diversion" I simply state
"So who else is alive," She asks
"Me, Percy,Calypso, Annabeth, and the hundred hellhounds trying to kill us," I say casually
"Where?" she says more alert
"Don't worry Percy is taking care of them." I say feeling lazy
"Let me shoot at least" she says worried
"Calypso and him are in a headshot tournament it is actually pretty fun to watch." I say with a grin on my face
"Percy or Calypso….. Calypso, Percy can only use swords." She says after thinking for a moment and relieving her worries
"Lets watch," I say
I take her up to the wall which has some space to sit. Thalia looked shell shocked as she saw Percy manipulate the water to make it almost look like sewing through the enemy. Calypso was using the fire like a whip that was controlled.
"Since when could Percy do that," Thalia says awed
"We have been training with our powers in Alaska of course he gained some power" I say matter of factly.
"Shut up I bet you didn't gain anything," She says trying to redeem herself
I quickly turn the shadows into chains and restrain Thalia's mouth.
"You think you are stronger than me" I say darkly but failing after cracking a smile at Thalia's expression
"You scared me death breath I thought you finally brushed your teeth," She said pretending to look scared.
"Shut up," I say trying to pout
"I won," I hear Percy yell from a distance
"No I got more of them you did," Calypso says back to him
"Ladies, Ladies you're both very pretty but we have a guest." I say pointing to Thalia who was smirking
"Hi Pinecone face," Percy tries to say innocently
"Hi, that is all you say after you run away from the gods." Thalia says starting to get angry
"What am I supposed to say," Percy says backing off
"How about sorry for making me run around managing camp and the hunters." Thalia says starting to gain some steam
"I am sorry," Percy says slowly looking ready for Thalia to explode
"Guess you really are a Seaweed brain" says a new voice which belonged to Annabeth
"Hey Thals," She adds on
"Annabeth how's it going?" letting the anger dissipate after seeing her best friend
"Good," Annabeth says breaking up the situation
"How long until I can leave," Thalia asks calming down
"I mean the monsters of course not that you guys aren't kind or anything" Thalia quickly adds and starts rambling
"I'm not sure because it seems like the monsters are grouping up and getting stronger. It may not be safe for you." Percy says sadly
"But I have to get back to Artemis. The others probably already went back but out here Artemis will have no power." Thalia says in distress
"Calm down I know a god who might be able to help." Percy says waving his hands
"How?" I say confused
After that he looks around for something and stares at it. Within seconds a man appeared in light leather armor. He had the eyes of an immortal but had a laid back look on him. On his back was a sack of arrows and a bow that were oddly shaped like my bow. He looked like Peter Pan to me but more wild and less joyful than the disney version.
"Hello Hunter," Percy says
"Hey Percy what do you need?" Hunter asks happy
"Can you help send Thalia back to America please." Percy says stressing the please
"Normally I could send her back easily but I also need some help," The Hunter says sighing a bit
"What sort of help?" Thalia says suspiciously while bowing
"Don't bow to me. I need you to find my demigod child. Apparently I left a good impression on an Athenian child and she had one daughter. Issue is it is in Canada. I need you to take her to camp since my power is only in the north and south of the world. Canada was populous enough for the gods to have power there so thats why I can't go there." Hunter says with pleading eyes
"Of course," Thalia immediately says
"Don't tell the gods of our location" I say making sure she could hear me
"Ok," Thalia states with a weird look on her face
She then teleports by the Hunters her with an arrow that sent her flying into nothingness.
Thalia Pov
I see my surrounding whiz away and it felt like the landscape was blurring. I feel a sudden stop as I am brought back to reality.
"If she wants to please offer her a place in the hunt," Hunter says as he flashes away
I suddenly feel a piece of paper in my hands and see a gps/map combo that showed me where I was but it was on paper. I end up walking through about four miles before I come to the house. It looked like it hasn't been taken care of in a while and the open garage showed too much beer. I quickly peek inside and see the girl working as a slave to her fathers friends. I immediately break the door down and hit the four men before they could react. The first one and the second one fall with nothing while the last two seemed to have some strength. One of them starts getting up but I hit him down while the other is grabbing for a cracked beer bottle. I pick up the bottle and smash it on his bald head. My eyes scan the room to find the girl who was hiding in the corner.
"Pl..e..a..s..e don't h..u..r..t me," she says trembling in every word
"Come with me I will take you away from these vile men." I say glaring at the unconscious body
I then notice how she looked. Her hair was bloody obviously from abuse. While she looked to be nine she had beer bottle cuts on her arm and winced when I touched her. Other than that she had black hair that wasn't maintained. I sized her up and she fell around the four eleven mark.
"Eat some of this," I say after I give some of my spare ambrosia in my pocket
Immediately her bruising lessens and she can stand up straight.
"What's your name?" I ask trying to be as nice as possible
"Colette" She says as she stumbles trying to walk
Her injuries are much worse after seeing what they are when she is standing. I take her hand and I walk to the nearest forest. I explain how the gods are real and how she is a demigod. As usual she seemed quite surprised but sad her dad didn't care.
"He cared but he is locked on to Alaska and if he left it would be really bad. Thats why he sent me" I said trying to say how gods can't leave their domains and interfere with mortals
"Where are you going to take me?" she asks
"This part is your choice. You can either go to a camp where you will meet demigods like you. Or you can join the hunters. We are an all girls group with partial immortality. You will never be bullied and will get some of the best skills out there. Though it requires you to give up love. But at camp you can still choose to join us and we will always see each other at the hunters if you join us" I say hoping she will choose the latter
"The hunters" she says without a doubt
"Good now let me call Artemis to come pick us up." I say while getting a drachma out
O Iris, god of messaging, please accept my offering Artemis. I immediately see our leader in front of me.
"Artemis" I say semi loudly
"Huh, what, Thalia you were lost in Alaska" she says surprised that quickly looks relieved that I am ok
"I need you to help teleport me and a recruit for the hunters milady." I say trying to get off the topic
"I'll be right there," She says cutting the connection
Within seconds a twenty year old woman appeared with silver eyes. I explained to her how this was the daughter of a northern god that he couldn't help and that she needed medical help. With that we teleported back to camp.
"Sophie I need you to heal her." I say loudly so she can hear me
Sophie comes and helps her to the medical tent. I turn to Artemis and explain how I had gotten lost in Alaska and that the god Hunter had found me and that he would help send me back if I picked her up. I leave out the part about Percy and Nico. I also explained what I saw at the house in Canada when I got there and Artemis was furious. She quickly flashed and returned with blood all on her.
"Milady I think you should get Colette initiated and help her out" I say trying to calm her down
"Okay you're right Thalia, Thanks." with that she heads towards the medical tent
I head in to see how she is doing and to see the initiation because the hunters already heard my story because the middle of camp isn't exactly private. I hear the initiation and Artemis trying calm down the new girl. While being a virgin goddess Artemis still is good at helping girls get past their past problems.
After about 5 minutes Colette seemed to calm down and opened up more. I pondered on why Percy would live away from the gods. I can maybe see one of them angering him or the other way around. All I know is though he wouldn't hide for no reason so I can't be mad at him.
After I see Colette start acting like a normal nine year old. I smile at the thought of another hunter. I hear Artemis talking on how the past doesn't mean that she has to be sad. The I remember my favorite quote "While the past is dried into clay you have time to mold the future". I remember Annabeth saying it to a demigod who horrified by his parents and couldn't come with us on a recovery mission. It was meant to calm her nerves but I felt calmer too. So what, if the past makes us who we are the future is who we will be.
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