AN: I'm making Zoe speak modern English because I'm lazy. Percy's pairing has been determined. It wasn't a choice on the poll, but the idea was too special too pass up. Comment, follow, and fav for cookies (::) (::) (::)
It was one week into Percy's journey before he lost it.
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"You'll never be as good as me boy, it doesn't matter what milady says. Our spar was a joke, I've been training for millennia and fought monsters you couldn't even imagine." Percy stayed silent, hoping Zoe would just drop it and focus on their journey. She was bound to attract monsters with how loud she was being. "Don't ignore me boy," she then pulled out her bow and fired a quick shot towards Percy's leg. It made contact and Percy began to feel an awful burning in his palm. The arrow in his leg disintegrated and the sun seemed to dim. Power coursed through Percy's body so furiously his senses dulled. Zoe, overwhelmed with the aura that he emitted dropped to her knees and began to pray to Artemis. It was almost like the power was worming it's way inside her head, making it difficult to think. The pain in Percy's arm spread to the base of his skull and the block Apollo placed on his memories struggled against the foreign power. With one last barrage the block broke and all the memories rushed back onto Percy. There was a bright silver flash and Percy disappeared. The last thing Zoe thought before unconsciousness came over her was, "What is he?"
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Artemis was quite surprised when she felt someone enter her chariot. Diana mentally called out to her, and she flashed in with her bow drawn. "Would you mind telling me who this is, Artemis?" asked Diana stepping aside, revealing a sleeping Percy.
"What is he doing there?" Artemis said, looking through the preteens memories. "I have to go check on Zoe, will you take care of the boy Diana? You can search my memories and catch up real quick.
Diana quickly went through her memories and look astonished, "I'm disappointed you treated a kid like this Artemis. He's been through more in his few years than some of your hunters. Go check on Zoe, I'll take care of him." Artemis then teleported away and Percy began to stir. When his eyes opened he was met with possibly the most beautiful sight he ever saw. There was a lady that resembled Artemis in the face, but had silver hair and quicksilver colored eyes. "Hello Percy, I'm Diana. A friend of Artemis. Do you know how you got here?"
"No, do you know how to get ahold of Apollo? I need to talk to him about some stuff," Percy said with tears coming to his eyes. He didn't know whether he was saddened by the memories, or the fact Apollo had kept the truth from him the whole time.
"I'm afraid that he can't be here right now. I'll ask Artemis to summon him when she gets back." she replied.
Percy and Diana fell into a comfortable silence for a while, just staring at the stars. "They're beautiful, ya know," Percy started, "All the stars in the sky. Free from harm, stress, all the dangers of our world. Me and my dad used to sneak to the top of our apartment building and count them until I would fall asleep. He would take me to my room and tuck me into bed and tell me that one day I'll be able to change my own stars. I always thought he would be there to teach me to shave and play sports and everything a dad normally would teach his son. Now I'll never be able to experience that feeling." Diana couldn't help but let her heart ache for the young boy next to her.
"Do you mind telling me what the silver glow on you is?" Diana asked, even though she already knew the answer.
"I'm not supposed to tell anybody, but since Artemis kept secrets from me I can keep them from her too. It will be our little secret, promise?" asked Percy.
"Promise."
"Well I have this power that is really strong. It's kind of unpredictable though because I haven't been able to use it much. Artemis said if Zeus finds out about me, he would try to kill me from the power. I am getting better with it though. I'm able to send out a silver ball of energy that blasts away whatever it touches.
"What if I told you I know what kind of power you have and can help you control it better?" Diana asked.
"Really? You have to tell me. I'm tired of not knowing anything. It's always 'train this, and train that.' I need to know something. Please. I'll do anything," Percy pleaded.
"Anything?" Diana asked.
"Yes."
"Okay, let me travel with you for a while. It's been a while since I left and I really enjoy your company." Diana said.
"Done, now tell me what you know."
"Well I'm not sure how it got there, but you have powers of the night in you. More specifically, the domain of the moon like Artemis. It seems Apollo blessed you as well, but his powers haven't developed yet it seems. Only time will tell I guess."
"Thank you so much, Diana," Percy then gave her a hug causing her to blush.
"Your welcome," she said. Holding Percy close so he didn't notice her blush.
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"Why did you do that Zoe? He could have easily disintegrated you if he truly wanted to. I can't believe that you would attack someone from behind when he has done no wrong. I taught you better than that. Return to the hunt, Percy will go to the camp alone and finish his training there."
"Tell him I'm sorry milady." Zoe mumbled.
"I will not, you will tell him if you ever see him again. Don't even bother doing it if you don't truly mean it either. Dismissed."
