Percy unlocked the door to his and Annabeth's apartment. In his arms was a plastic bag full of hair dye and other hair products.
"I got the stuff!" He called out to the current occupants of his bathroom. Annabeth emerged from the bathroom and took the hair dye.
"Did you get the right kind?"
"Yep. Three cans of black, spray on Halloween hair dye."
Shiloh emerged from the bathroom looking like a different person. She exchanged her normal outfit for a pair of blue jeans, and a anarchy sweatshirt. Her yellow eyes were hidden behind blue contacts.
"Wow Shiloh. Are you sure you need the hair dye? You don't need it."
Shiloh nodded.
"Yea. Thalia and my mother would be able to pick me out of a crowd with my auburn hair. Annabeth could too, but she knows about this. You might be able to as well but you are slow sometimes, Seaweed Brain
" Shiloh smiled.
"Man... I didn't know how much I would miss your insults." Percy replied"
" Toss me a can?"
Annabeth tossed her a can of black dye.
"Washes out with water. That means I just can't get my hair wet. Annabeth help me put this on?"
"Sure." Annabeth and Shiloh went back to the bathroom. Percy tried to follow, they locked the door before he could get in.
They came out about 20 minutes later. Percy's mouth dropped at the sight.
"This might just work" he said.
The three sat around the dining table, going over the plan again.
"If anyone asks, you are my cousin from Paul and you are here to visit. You know a lot about mythology and can see through the mist." Percy recited.
"You are staying with us to know Percy better. " Annabeth finished
"Uh... Remind me again how this is gonna work" Percy asked
"Ari is a extremely arrogant man, also he has the ego of an All-star athlete. At any chance to prove his worth and that he is better then you, he will jump at it. However, he and his oh so arrogant ways, told me that if he is defeated in battle, whatever past harm he as done to that person who defeats him will be reversed, and he will no longer exist." Shiloh explained.
"All you need to do is get him to appear, fight him, beat him, and this future will not happen." Annabeth concluded
"Well, me being dead at least. That's the plan. If this could be done without the involvement of the Hunters it would be great... But with my luck, I guess it was a good idea to dye my hair."
Shiloh stood from the table,
"We best be going"
Shiloh had a pretty good idea where to find Ari. Ari was a creature of habit, and every time the two face each other, or better to say, yell insults back and forth till one put insulted the other, was in the woods. The woods not to far from camp. So that is where they went of to.
He was easy to find. It was kinda hard to miss a man sitting by a creek singing to himself, "I won! I won! Hahaha!"
Shiloh approached him and to get his attention she asked, "what did you win?"
He jumped sightly, and turn his head to see a black haired, blue eyed girl he has never seen.
"Oh a game I have been playing for at least eight years now."
"Must have a pretty tough enemy if it took eight years to win."
Ari stood up at turned to her, "you must be a Demi-god or you can see through the mist. Yes, my enemy was pretty tough, but that makes it all the better. What is your name kid?"
Shiloh froze for a second, forgetting to think of a fake name. She quickly thought of one and answered cooly,
" My name is Emma. So this game... Can I play?"
"Well Emma, you don't look like much of a fighter. So no."
"Neither do you. I would be surprised that you could even lift a sword."
Shiloh or 'Emma' just how to make him agree.
Ari's eyes flashed with rage, but quickly went back to normal.
"Listen Emma, this game involves two people fighting to the death. You wouldn't stand a chance against me. I killed one of the most powerful Demi-gods ever to walk the face of this planet. I succeeded where the best assassin from Kronos failed."
Shiloh's mind went to memory of Alex Hawke. Hawke had tricked her and almost killed her. She was only able to curse Shiloh with the current curse she has.
Ari continued, "I defeated the forbidden half-blood! However, I will play the game with the two Demi- gods hiding behind those trees."
He had pointed to where Percy and Annabeth was.
"Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson! How have you been? It was a shame that you weren't there to witness my crowning achievement." He taunted
"How did you know our names?" Percy demanded, Riptide in hands.
"How could I not know the friends of my most recent victory? You were the two she trusted the most. Spoke of you quite often."
Annabeth wouldn't take it anymore," Quit calling Shiloh a victory! You murdered her with a shot to the head! That is no crowning achievement!"
Ari laughed and looked at 'Emma'
"Haha. You see Emma, I killed the daughter of Artemis. It doesn't matter how I killed her, only that I did."
Before Shiloh/Emma could get a remark in, a arrow whizzed past her head, embedding itself into the tree behind Ari. Slicing his check sightly. The arrow wasn't a normal arrow, but a silver arrow.
"Damn it!" 'Emma' muttered to herself.
"Direct interference! You are out of your hunting rights!" Ari yelled towards the shadow figure that emerged from the trees.
From the shadows, a teen girl emerged, spear in hand and a bloodlust rage in her blue eyes.
"You are not Lady Artemis." Ari stated
"You're right I'm not." She had said.
Ari felt a arrow embed itself to his shoulder pinning, to the tree.
Another teen girl came from the shadows, her bow drawn and a murderous glaze in her yellow eyes.
"No,But I am Artemis."