A/N: Kay so I got bored and decided to write another chapter so count yourselves lucky! XD Jk, love you guys for reading through what I sent up so far and I'm really flattered this has gotten so many views and visitors so thanks for the support! Hope you guys are having as much fun with this as I am because its getting kinda addicting bringing my thoughts to life. Anyway on with the story! Welcome to Ch.5 and hope you're enjoyed the rest of the story so far!

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Chapter 5: Of Gods and Confusion

Artemis dreamed, which was unusual in its own right, of the universe.

But not like anything she had ever seen before. She stood upon nothing, floating in a globe of some kind.

Surrounding her were galaxies upon galaxies, stars, nebulae, black holes, planets, moons, asteroids and so much more. A light source she couldn't begin to describe, that moved fluidly almost as if- no it was in fact alive. It was reptilian in a way, scaled and radiant slithering through the cosmos bringing light to galaxies and swallowing black holes as if they were a delicacy. She watched in awe as more simply spawned in their place, pulling galaxies together, launching asteroids into other black holes and planets. Her eyes couldn't believe what they were seeing. The warmth upon her skin was welcomed as the serpent slithered up to her. She met its eyes, or at least tried to as the monstrous reptile had 3 pairs of them. Each pupil was a slit, which was no surprise, but the surprise was in the fact that the pupil was literally nothing. They lacked existence altogether while the pupil simply was. It wasn't a color, or energy, it just was. As if existence was woven into its iris, and was constantly feeding the pupil as strings of everything disappeared into the void and then were replaced.

Gorgeous is he not?

She turned to hear the voice she had been contemplating at million thoughts a second before she fell asleep. She couldn't see the man entirely, all she saw was eyes so large it was unbelievable. They were attached to a darkness so profound she figured Erebus would not dare challenge it. She stepped back and bumped back first into the massive serpent and quickly spun. The serpent was bowing! She quickly followed suit only for the voice to chuckle warmly.

She is not ashamed to say melted upon the spot. Her knees buckled and despite how much she fought it was too much. The presence in her mind was enough to lull her to a peaceful rest but in person? He bones ceased to exist and her muscles followed suit. She almost fell but was quickly caught by the serpent's tail and sat upon it. She finally managed to find the strength to look into the eyes of dream Noir and lost it all over again, the liquid platinum was replaced by Quasars and Singularities. Light danced around the irises in patterns Athena could not imagine in her wildest dreams; and the sclera was so pure her heart stopped once again. The pupils were what did her in, they were not void, but quite oppositely an infinite expression of life, warmth so profound her skin crawled, care so tender it successfully made every cell of her immortal being resonate with happiness, and beauty. Gods above so much beauty, it broke the very foundations of what she believed to be appealing. Her whole world was re-written in just his eyes.

He simply chuckled once again

Perhaps it is too soon yet for you to know me? Maybe with a little more time young one, you will be ready for our formal introduction.

He began to leave and she whole fully dreaded losing the sight of his eyes. She couldn't even find a part of herself opposed to this male. Out loud she actually whimpered as he lifted his head to leave, eliciting laughter that rocked her existence to its foundations. She felt like a child who lost her parents, alone and without, left in loneliness. She attempted to reach out but was instead pushed back by some unseen part of Noir. Observing him rewrote her existence, contact? She couldn't begin to describe, the loneliness replaced with all things good. The only thing that came close to a description was perfection and even that word fell so incredibly short of the experience, it was as if using an atom of water to present the ocean.

In due time young one, in due time. I am not unreachable as you would believe, I am as close as can I can possibly be to your world right now child. I will reveal myself soon enough. Time is with you for now youngling, but action must be taken. Now return to your own mind, I believe you have work to do.

She was thrown back into a dreamless sleep despite trying to claw back to what she could only presume was Noir's mind scape.

Maybe I will send κόσμος with you?

The Serpent, she translated as Cosmos looked at him,

Perhaps…but not quite yet. Heed my words Maiden of the Moon, they may very well be your saving Grace.

He chuckled as if enjoying a joke before sending her a wink, and then everything was black.

Artemis shot awake with tears streaming down her face, not out of sadness but the warmth of his touch still echoing in her soul. Never had she yearned for the presence of a male but Noir's made her very existence sing, every cell resonated this revelation and then something clicked.

NOIR WAS OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW

She was a silver blur as she left her tent, she used a widened gait and transformed to her 25 year old form for the extra reach. She ended up jumping clean over some of her Hunters as she roared towards where Noir was asleep still curled around Lily and Thalia. She didn't care for reason or intelligence as she approached using her godly speed to drive her forward. She got to his sleeping form after what felt like hours even though mere seconds had past. She got to his still awakening form and ground to halt. Reaching out with a trembling hand towards him; Noir raised his head and let out a toothy yawn, then shook his head as if clearing the rest of sleep from his eyes. Then met hers, met the longing and desperation in them, and met that with confusion. Her heart couldn't take it, her mind reeled. She was sure that the voice was Noir, she was sure Noir was in her dreams, she was sure. However that surety was violently snuffed out as she looked into Noir's concerned and curious eyes. He wasn't the one in her dreams.

Ready to collapse the inexplicable happened, Noir's eyes shifted. They become warmth and Quasars but for a moment so brief she barely caught the message within them,

Not yet

He wasn't gone, whoever he was, he was still there, and she could still meet him. She sighed in relief and tried to quiet the longing in her soul for the presence of whoever he was. She still fell to her knees afterwards but was quickly comforted as Noir gently nuzzled her. Leaning into the wolf's massive head and scratching gently behind his ears, she reveled in the warmth. It wasn't the same as the Presence's but it was something. It eased her heart and soul knowing Noir was connected to the Presence. She exhaled slowly and opened her eyes to find Noir smiling a wolfish smile at her. She couldn't help but smile back.

She took some time to compose herself after the dream fiasco and asked Noir to wake Thalia and Lily for a bath and breakfast. The canine nodded his assent and began to unravel his mess of tails from around the sleeping girls. The sight that was revealed actually caused a few of the Hunters that had followed their panicked mistress towards the Wolf, to 'Awwwww' at the two girls. They were cuddled up together, with Lily facing Thalia curled up against her chest, while Thalia's left arm was acting as a pillow for the young girl and the other was draped across her hips lightly. Both were still breathing slow in the early light but quickly began to rouse. Both groaned at the rising sun that was beginning to shine down on the camp. Lily buried herself deeper in Thalia's embraced and mumbled something about hitting Apollo with a brick, while Thalia slowly began to open her eyes. She took in the sight of Lily curled up against her and smiled down as the girl before letting out an undoubtedly cute yawn. She used her free right hand to rub away the sleep in her eyes and rolled onto her back and propped herself up by her elbow. She froze up at the sight of a huge wolf grinning down at her, amusement sparkling in his eyes along with the eyes of many of her sisters. Artemis herself was smirking at her to which didn't help her situation.

She groaned as she heard a camera shutter snap, "You guys aren't gonna shut up about this are you?"

A collective 'nope' was heard and followed by grins. Unfortunately the teasing was short lived as Lily wrapped herself around Thalia's remaining arm and mumbled out,

"Don't be mean to big sis" and promptly went back to sleep. Every heart there melted at that statement, except one. Noir huffed and used a tail to detach Lily from Thalia who was almost reluctant to wake her. The tail then brought her up to Noir's face which held a mischievous grin. Lily barely had time to open her eyes and register where she was before an onslaught of dextrous tails were tickling her every which way. She was laughing and laughing, a sound which drew the rest of the Hunt to watch as the girl clutched her sides and attempted to swat away the versatile tails that were tormenting her.

The girls watched on, smiles adorning their faces, even the typically colder Hunters were chuckling, as finally Noir gave some reprieve and Lily managed to roll off his tail and sat on the ground trying to regain her breath. She sent a quick glare at Noir who met it with an innocent look, which made her pout and the Hunt laugh. He gently picked her up again and placed her on his back, turned and licked her pouting face which made her giggle. She still lightly popped him on the nose she caused him to shake his head repeatedly as if trying to get something of his face. He sneezed and snuffled and pawed at his muzzle and seemed to finally manage to soothe his offended snout. He mock glared at Lily who was full out laughing at him but cringed as her sides still hurt from the tickling he gave her.

Noir puffed triumphantly and stood up apparently headed for one of the tents. He must have been psychic or something cause not 3 steps later Atlanta poked her head out of the tent and called, "Breakfast is ready!" The Hunt was already gathered and began to walk with Noir and a fully awake and energetic 9 year old towards a warm meal they would no doubt enjoy. And if they didn't they could always have a chuckle at Thalia's expense.

-Hola yo soy Señor Line Break-

Artemis was quite glad for the comedy relief that was this morning as many of the Hunters didn't seem to bring up her rushing towards Noir this morning as if the world depended on it. She didn't feel like having to explain why she was fawning over an un-defined male presence she had seen in a dream. The very though caused her to flush slightly but she kept it under wraps. The feeling of euphoria had eventually subsided to a dull throb and she decided to let her Hunters take a break and head to Camp Half-Blood. There were complaints and groans, promises not to skewer any males (Well…as long as it wasn't lethal) and more groans still. The only person seemingly excited to go was Lily after Thalia explained about camp and Percy her cousin. Lily seemed genuinely enthusiastic to meet the so called hero that had saved Thalia and rescued Artemis from beneath the sky. Truthfully Artemis didn't know if it was because of the Presence she had met but she felt almost warm towards Percy. Seeing as he did help save her and seemed to be loyal to a fault. Now that she actually considered it, he was praise worthy at least for his actions. Ugh! Stupid freaking male Presences making her question everything she's ever believed.

She swore she saw Noir look back at her and smirk, but before she could confirm that he turned and trotted away. Artemis scowled at his retreating form.

"Why so serious Artemis?" Thalia chuckled at her reference, "I figured you would be happy with him wandering off."

This was true as wolf or not Noir was still male and the Hunt was about to have a bath. She simply shook her head, "He's a wolf Thals. We should have to order him to leave. He's far more intelligent than his playful nature lets on. How much more I have no idea but one thing is for sure-"

"He's not an ordinary wolf, I get it already Milady" She said smirking.

Artemis turned to her with a sickly sweet smile, "Really now? Noir"

Thalia looked puzzled for a second before a very smug looking wolf was standing behind her. She didn't have time to even yelp as he picked her up pup style and dropped her into the river that was near their camp. She came to the surface spluttering indignantly, but before she could even proclaim her intents of vengeance Lily splashed in after her, giggling the whole way. Noir closed his eyes and slowly waded out into the deeper part of the river so only his snout and ears could be seen. If you looked you could make out his mass of tails trailing in the lazy current as he contentedly soaked in the cool water. Thalia simply threw her hands up in exasperation and asked for the soap, claiming the wolf had ruined her vengeance by jumping in of his own accord. A rumbling chuckle from Noir stated he'd heard her.

Artemis shook her head at a grumbling Thalia who was smiling good-naturedly while lathering up. It didn't take long before everyone was spotless including Lily. With a bit of help they had managed to sort out her tangled mane of hair and left back to go to camp. Once there the girls had offered to help dry Noir who simply shook himself trying to get the excess water off, with little success. He caved after much begging from Lily and the girls set to work. By the time they were done no one could contain their laughter as Noir's typically slick coat was standing straight out, making him look like an upset dust bunny. He eventually managed to lick everything back into place but not before whacking a still giggling Phoebe. Phoebe scowled and gave chase but this quickly devolved into death threat tag as Phoebe couldn't manage to grab the unbelievably agile wolf who flipped and bounced just out of reach of her. After spending 10 minutes trying to climb a tree Noir was perched in with no luck she finally gave up. Despite her frown you could easily see the amusement in her eyes as Noir scrunched up his face and stuck his tongue out at her. She reciprocated the gesture and spun off to finish packing for when they were to head to Camp Half-Blood.

-Loosen up your Line Break baby come undone!-

In a flash The Hunters were at the top of Half-Blood hill where Noir quickly bounded over to a rather surprised Peleus. He sniffed at the young dragon and then at the Fleece before sniffing at the dragon again. Peleus simply looked perplexed throughout the entire ordeal before Noir trotted back over to the Hunt seeming satisfied with the new thing he found. Peleus, to his credit, simply shook his head and went back to sleeping beneath the tree.

Lily tapped Noir's leg, and a tail swooped down and placed her on his back fluidly. During his drying the Hunters had managed to count ten of the dextrous tails, all of which acted as if conscious except when under Noir's direct command. Not bothering to waste any more time Artemis brought her hunting horn to her lips, only to be interrupted as Noir threw his head back and howled. The sound rippled throughout the valley low and enchanting, it sounded like what she imagined moonlight falling through trees would sound like if it made a sound. All heads in the valley turned towards the Hunt and the sight of their ten foot companion as they proceeded down to meet Chiron.

Chiron arrived promptly and bowed, "Milady we were not expecting you anytime soon, and to what do we owe the honor of your presence?"

"Chiron, new…creatures have awakened" she shot a look towards Noir who looked curiously at the centaur before him, "and I must travel to Olympus to talk with the council about what this could mean. I am leaving my Hunters here for their safety which I am sure you will guarantee"

Chiron shot a look towards Noir, and then to Lily who was enthusiastically waving at him from atop Noir's head, and then back to her. He nodded, "I presume they will be staying in your cabin then Milady?"

"Of course Chiron, I will get them settled before I take my leave. Thank you for the warm welcome as always."

Chiron nodded and turned to canter away but was blocked by Noir who she could've sworn was still standing behind her not a second ago. She turned to find Lily looking surprised to find she was standing on the ground beside Thalia. Noir simply observed the centaur curiously while the other did the same except cautiously. Noir did very much the same to Chiron as he did to Peleus and circled around him, sniffing at him curiously, He ended up in front of him once again and huffed in irritation as if wondering why this talking thing was two things at once. He cocked his head and whined at Artemis who was busy stifling a chuckle at the centaur's confused look.

"Noir, Chiron is a centaur, he is half man half horse from the waist down and is the trainer of heroes here. Nothing truthfully out of the ordinary"

Thalia snorted quite loudly at this statement and shook her head while Lily ran up and introduced herself to the ancient teacher, who smiled warmly at her. She was quickly scooped up by one of Noir's tails and replaced upon his back so she could talk to the centaur without straining her neck to look up. Chiron looked perplexed at this interaction and looked back at Artemis. The question "What?" was practically tattooed across his forehead. Artemis grinned and waved away his confusion. He simply sighed and accepted the situation and went back to answering Lily's questions about heroes, gods, and monsters.

After excusing himself for archery classes Chiron managed to get away from the excited and curious little girl and left the Hunters by Artemis's cabin with a quick bow to the goddess herself. After having the girls choose a bunks and having Thalia explain how the camp schedule worked to Lily, Artemis went to talk to Noir who was laying dutifully outside the cabin as he couldn't fit inside. She approached the wolf whose ears twitched at her footsteps. He opened a single platinum eye lazily and met her gaze. His look seemed to read off as, "Ya interrupting my rest lady, whaddaya want?" She smirked at his perceived sass and he grinned back. "I just need to borrow you for a bit and then you can go back to sleep. Mind coming with me to Olympus for a bit?" He closed his eye again and huffed in the affirmative. Slowly rising from his position on the ground and stretching into a downward dog (The puns are real) he stood up straight and opened his eyes. He nodded to her saying, "Alright let's get this over with" and she rolled her eyes at his attitude. She asked for a paw but instead she was hoisted onto his back by a tail and before she could flash them anywhere the world went dark. It was Nano-seconds until her vision readjusted but she realized they were in the throne room on Olympus!

She looked down at Noir who reached around and picked her up pup style and set her down. She glared and he grinned. She rolled her eyes at this wolf's sass and brought out her bow, she drew and arrow and shot it into the sky through the open roof in the throne room. It exploded outwards in a silver shockwave as she grew to her godly height and took a seat at her throne. Noir huffed and sent her a look that said, "Show off" and she smiled. Happy that the wolf seemed to be getting more vocal despite the lack of a voice being involved. One by one the Olympians flashed in. Many took notice of the still massive wolf lounging at the foot of Artemis's throne and shot her puzzled looks. She waved them off not wanting to explain more than once.

Those present so far; Apollo, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Demeter, and Poseidon nodded. Soon enough all of the Olympians were present and with one more flash of flame Hestia appeared at her Hearth and nodded to those present. Artemis was still bitter about her losing her throne to that drunkard Dionysus but didn't get to scowl on it further as Noir's head shot up like a bullet. Most jumped at his sudden transition from sleeping to chasing squirrels in seconds flat. Much to everyone's surprise save her own he roared straight at Hestia who managed a surprised 'Eep!' before she was buried beneath the massive canine. The Olympians recovered quickly and began bringing out symbols of power ready to disintegrate the wolf but quickly froze when they saw Hestia's child form being nuzzled and cuddled by the massive beast. Most were dumbfounded as Hestia giggled at Noir's antics and took up happily petting him sending his tails into a dizzying frenzy. He smiled happily from his place by the hearth with Hestia energetically petting him and cooing at the adorable giant puppy.

Zeus finally cleared his throat and directed his attention to Artemis before any more goddesses could join the puppy petting session.

"Daughter, why have you called this council meeting?"

She met his gaze and the councils before taking the floor, "The reason is laying behind me being pampered like the spoiled pup he is." Noir growled but didn't bother looking her way.

Zeus looked sceptical like much of the council save for Athena who seemed to process the fact that the wolf had understood Artemis and actually responded without missing a beat.

"You called us here for an over grown puff ball?" This time Noir did raise his head and scowled at the king of the gods who quickly sat back as Noir fixed him with an intense stare. The council seemed to finally recognize the power those eyes held. The regality and obedience they commanded despite his seemingly goofy attitude prior. It wasn't the Presence she saw in her dream, but this was actually Noir himself sending a piercing gaze at the council. He slowly stood and gracefully trotted up beside Artemis and then grew. He went from 10 to 20 feet in a flash and then took a seat beside a now dumbstruck Artemis. His tails fanned out like a peacocks forming a mantle of sorts behind him. As if to make a point, the liquid platinum that made up his irises seemed to pour out of his eyes and onto his fur. Two thick lines of the colour flowed down from his eyes and then bent backwards obtusely forming shallow 'L's on his face. The colour seemed to infect parts of his fur, covering his underbelly completely and lightly tinting only the tips of his fur along his side and back.

His ten tails each were capped with platinum as well and each cap did not cut off in a straight horizontal line, but rather in a sharp zig-zag pattern like how one would draw crude mountain tops. The black of his fur went from lacking any colour to iridescent like oil on water sending a myriad of colors reflecting every which way off of the radiant platinum that now existed everywhere on his body.

"I'll have you know, I find that statement very offensive."

All Hades promptly broke loose.