Chapter 4

Two month's passed since the event of Percy and his friends becoming immortals. They took the first month to adjust to their powers. Percy was the first since his powers were simple, but in that month gods on Olympus became very cautious of Percy. He was very blunt about everything. He was not one to follow orders. These little things made people question his loyalty. And when he decided to bring Ares to his knees for bothering him too much only added fuel to the fire.

These actions did not go unnoticed by Zeus. The king of gods decided to talk to Poseidon before he took actions. But even after that, nothing had changed. Percy continued to do whatever he wanted. He wasn't hurting anyone but he didn't listen to Zeus, so he automatically became the bad guy.

In the beginning of the second month was when the horrible incident happened; the incident that changed Percy forever. After taking it in for a month, Zeus finally decided to test Percy's loyalty to Olympus. His plan was insane and Poseidon tried to oppose it but he couldn't because Zeus had made a clear warning before he took actions.

Zeus killed Sally and Paul. This was to see how Percy would react after he lost his loved ones. Would he betray Olympus and try to kill the King of gods. Or would he turn his heart to stone and not care. Zeus was hoping for the first choice because he wanted to get rid of Percy now. He didn't like an untamed animal. And that's exactly what Percy was to Zeus.

But to everyone's befuddlement Percy chose the latter choice. Not a single tear fell from his eyes as he watched his parents burn away into Hades' realm in that small apartment. What everyone didn't know was that Percy was devastated. His entire world was burned away from him. He wanted to rip Zeus to shreds and he could have. But he chose to bid his time. He decided to wait until the perfect time to strike.

After that incident Percy disappeared. No one knew where he went. He just left a note to Thalia that stated 'Going to be gone for a while. Need to clear my head.' And after her father's actions Thalia didn't question Percy's choice. In fact she wanted to go with him too. But she knew she couldn't leave the hunters, especially to go on a journey with a boy.

Zeus took Percy's choices as continued loyalty to Olympus but he took precautions. He ordered that all connections with Perseus Jackson be cut and that they stay on guard if should he decide to do something. The Olympians reluctantly enforced that order everywhere: in both of the camps and the hunt.

Her father's orders only enraged Thalia even more. When Artemis announced what was to happen, Thalia, without hesitation, declared that she would not follow that order. Artemis was in agreement with her lieutenant but it was a direct order from Zeus. And she may do whatever she wants but she knew better than to ignore a direct order from her father.

Artemis half-heartedly made a proposition to Thalia. "It's either the hunt or Perseus, which do you chose Thalia?" Artemis was hoping she would pick the hunt, but she had doubts.

Thalia couldn't believe Artemis would go so far as to make this proposal. But she really couldn't blame her for this. This one went straight to her dad. She was troubled by this choice. What should she choose, the family she always wanted or the friend that would crawl into Tartarus for her? She steeled her emotions and gave her response.

Artemis wasn't surprised when Thalia picked the boy over the hunt. All she could feel was regret for following this unreasonable order and sadness over losing her lieutenant and close friend.

"Very well then; from this moment forth you are no longer part of the hunt." Artemis stated as a loose tear slid down her cheeks.

Anything signifying that Thalia Grace was part of the hunt was gone, her bow and arrows along with her silver accessories that signified her as the lieutenant of the hunt.

"This is goodbye. You have served me well young one. Now begone."

Thalia didn't say anything as she turned around and started to walk away from the camp site. She didn't want to look at the other hunters and cause them any more pain than was necessary. Tears rolled down her face one after another. But they resembled little of sadness and more of hatred towards her father. She knew what she had to do now. She had to find Percy. First, to make sure he was alright and second, to plan their revenge against Zeus.