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Im probably going to be very bad at making the hunters of Artemis in character with their unusual old timey dialogue as well as the moon goddess as well so im sorry if its OOC.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson
Third Person:
Barley a sound was heard in the woods except for the slight crinkle of leaves under their feet. They were some of the best hunters in the world – mythological and mortally a like and yet someone could hear them coming. The hunters stopped suddenly and looked at one another, settling their eyes on their leader.
"Something isn't right around here. The mist is way above its normal level." The leader's feminine voice was light and barely audible as it pierced through the crisp night air. The lead Huntress was camouflaging with the dark green and brown trees around her with in her loose thick pants and grey hunters jacket. Her eyes reflected the moon light like a wild animals would in the dark. Her dark hair cascaded down her back as she focused on her surroundings; trying to pin point the source of the thing messing with the mist.
"Thalia get a group of girls and bring them around the back." She said with her voice again very faint.
"My Lady, Thalia left to aid her brother on the trip to the roman camp a couple of weeks ago." A small girl replied to the moon goddess in front of her.
Artemis swore in ancient Greek. "If only she knew that we were traveling close by the roman camp she could have met up at the Roman camp with the Greeks in California later on." The goddess grumbled and ordered Phoebe; an older huntress, to do what the Lieutenant would have done. The group of girls had been sent to Oregon to check out a 'hot-spot' where a satyr couldn't smell anything but the mist. The Argo 2 was sent to the Roman Camp sometime last week to get back a Hermes camper who had been missing for eight months and Thalia was aboard the ship.
The hunters found the source of the dream like air was by a shack. It looked unoccupied but the hunters of Artemis knew better than to under estimate appearances. Sneaking into the one room wooden house they found two sleeping bags on the ground with several pillows and articles of clothing scattered on the ground.
"Two males by the looks of it inhabit this pig-slop of a home." Phoebe said from the door way.
"Yes but why is there so much mist centered around these two males? There is something off about this." The goddess muttered to herself.
"Yah there is, what are you ladies doing in our house?" a powerful voice broke into the cabin. On the porch stood two boys heavily armed staring curiously at the invaders. "I heard your group a mile out Lady Artemis; I was hoping you were just passing through, but apparently not." Said the older of the two. His pale eyes bore into the moon goddess as recognition spread across her. The shorter boy just watched the girls with his usual dark and bland features. The hunters were shocked at how they could be snuck up on- by boys at the very least.
"How could this boy hear us? We were completely silent, is this an attack? My Lady do we fire our arrows?" one of the girls had asked their leader. All bows were positioned towards the two demigods defensively.
"Lower your weapons girls, these are friends." The tense environment immediately switched to a more comfortable one, but confusion was still present. "This is Perseus Jackson and Nico Di Angelo; Greek demigods." Those names made the hunters ease more.
"The Perseus Jackson who saved Olympus?" a hunter asked
"The boy who helped rescue you, My Lady, a couple years back?" another questioned
"Yes the same one." Artemis grumbled at admitting she was saved by a man.
After a couple of minutes of the young Huntress' asking questions about the boys, Percy broke in. "I mean the utmost respect in saying this, but what are the hunters doing here?"
"We came to check out a disturbance in the mist. There seems to be an abundance of the stuff around here." Phoebe answered; she was still slightly disgusted with being in the presence of a male.
"Oh that would be my dad. After finding out me and Nico left camp he made sure to surround us in the Mist so we don't get too many confused mortals when they see us training with swords and killing hellhounds." His laugh was hearty and brought the rooms spirits up.
"Yes we were shocked when we heard you left." Artemis replied.
"Where is Thalia?" Nico said in his low voice.
"She should be in San Francisco by now with her brother and the others of the prophesy." A hunter said
The son of Poseidon and the son of Hades looked lost and utterly confused. A long conversation about Romans and Jason Grace was held and the prophesy of seven was revealed leaving Percy and Nico dumb struck at how idiotic Hera was.
"Well aren't you going to help them?" Nico asked Artemis after he closely read her lips throughout the conversation.
"What do you mean boy?"
"What I think he means is, the Romans would obviously outnumber the Greeks. What if the Romans attack? Shouldn't you be there since you are some of the best archers known to man?" Percy spoke for his cousin. The goddess thought for a long moment.
"I am not supposed to intervene in Hera's plan, but the hunters I suppose can go now that we've checked Oregon out. I'll go back to Olympus since I'm really not supposed to even be down here in the mortal world." The morning sun was just peaking through the trees; the two male cousins were up early training with sweat now spotting their faces.
Nico whispered something into Percy's ear which made them both frown but eventually come to an agreement. "Lady Artemis? If it wouldn't be too much trouble, can we by any chance join your hunters to this Roman camp?" The goddess had a face red with rage but Percy continued before she could start yelling. "We don't know exactly where it is and if Thalia is there and some of our friends we would like to help them out in the war against the giants."
The goddess spent time pondering the request, she thought about all the pros and cons that could happen on the expedition. "I expect no physical contact with my hunter at any sort." Her voice sounded unsure.
"But my Lady? These are males and-" a young hunter was cut off by the goddess herself.
"But nothing. This son of Poseidon has saved my life once, I owe him this I assume. Now boys swear to the styx you won't take advantage of my girls."
In unison the son of Poseidon and the son of Hades swore their oaths to not get near the huntress' or go within three feet of them unless for helping in battle.
Third Person at the Roman Camp at the same time…
"We obviously can't trust them, they are Greeks. They will attack as soon as they land that flying ship." The blond descendant of Apollo nagged his mouth away at the meeting, trying to convince Reyna to get defenses up.
"Octavian our new male Praetor has put his life on the line saying the Greeks will not attack, let's give them a chance." Reyna's voice as usual filled the room with authority, the gold and silver dogs Argentum and Aurum growled lightly towards Octavian. "We will have our soldiers armed but weapons will be lowered until and if I say otherwise." Her dark eyes daring Octavian to continue.
"How can we know this new Praetor of ours isn't a spy? He has only been at this camp for eight months and goes on one quest, now he is out of the blue our new Praetor! We have better, more reliable candidates for the role." He was obviously hinting at himself, but the augur only got glares from the rest of the people in the room. (author's note: I put the Praetor in my story longer than Percy at the roman camp so they trust him more…)
"Chris Rodriguez has been at this camp for 8 months yes, and in those 8 months he has proven himself a true roman-maybe not by blood but in heart. I believe he would stay by our side verses the Greeks if a battle erupted. He also went on the quest and retrieved the golden eagle of the fifth legion from Alaska, killing a giant in the process of saving camp." (Author's note: Chris-Clarisse's boyfriend, remember him? He instead of Hazel and Frank killed the giant in Canada/Alaska but Hazel and frank were still on the quest. I'm saving the other giant that was fought at at the roman camp for Percy since it's his dad's opponent.)
"Thank you Reyna, I do indeed swear an oath to fight on the Roman side if the Greeks do attack, which they won't." Chris was in his purple toga and the aura in the room brightened when he talked, everyone did look up to him as a leader. His brown eyes full of excitement to reunite with his old friends from camp again, all the campers who had helped him when he went all loopy on them when he was in the Labyrinth.
The Argo 2 was definitely close, the passengers were nearly visible from the Romans who starred in curiosity. "The Greeks could also help when the Giant gets here with his army." Chris continued. "You know Giant who is supposed to kill Poseidon that we told you about?"
Frank added on, "Yah, we saw a full on army of monsters and another giant on their way here, the roman camp. We could use all the help he can get." Frank although clumsy, he sure had authority over a lot of the other people in the meeting room because of his centurion status given by Mars himself.
"And I trust the Greeks too, just because of the past conflicts we had I believe we can still work together to stop the giants." Hazel piped in.
"Alright, let's go give our guests a true welcome."Reyna ended the meeting and everyone filed out into valley outside the safety of the Tiber River.
Chris put and arm on Hazel and Frank's shoulder after thanking them for the backup. "Now let me go introduce you to my other family."
So the reason I chose Chris to replace percy's place at camp Jupiter is because the Hermes cabin is the most friendly and a lot of people look up to them for taking in the unclaimed. Chris himself because he has the most stories to tell about at camp half-blood by going nuts in the labyrinth and switching sides and being a hero and all and Jason will have more of an equivalent. Plus an upset Clarisse will bring some interesting commotion.
Thalia will be coming in soon, maybe next chapter so hold your horses people-I love her too.
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