[REVISED: August 23, 2013]

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SUMMARY: Bella Swan was keeping more than one secret when the Cullen's left her in Forks, Washington. Nine months later and the Cullen's – along with Jacob, Leah, and Seth – have been recruited by Lady Artemis to help in the upcoming war. Bella is tasked with taking them to Camp Half-Blood, unfortunately for her.

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HUNTRESS OF THE SEA

CHAPTER FIVE

Disclaimer: I in no way own anything that is directly related to Twilight or the Percy Jackson series.

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Of all of the lousy, retched, most horrible things that could have ever happened to Bella, this one had to take the cake. She was sure that the fates were working against her.

Or it could just be that love struck interfering goddess Aphrodite. She was such a sappy romantic. She probably thought that she could mess around in another demi-gods nonexistent love life again. She never did like the hunters anyway. It stood to reason that none of the hunters liked her much either, Bella fully included.

Begrudgingly, Bella forced her feet to move, turning around to face the crowd of supernatural beings.

"Bella!" several voices happily yelled, causing Bella to nearly jump a foot in the air. She had forgotten just how loud they could be.

"Little sister!" Emmett cheered. He charged for Bella, running faster than a normal human, but still slower than a vampire. Either way, it didn't stop Bella from side-stepping him when he is too close for comfort.

Emmett skids to a halt, whipping around to face Bella.

"What's the matter, Bells?" he asks. His face is full of worry and hurt.

Bella can't help but cringe at the sound of her nickname rolling out a vampire's mouth.

Emmett moves to take a step forward, causing Bella to take a giant step back. His brow furrows in confusion. Again he takes a step forward, only to watch as Bella glares at him while taking another step back.

"Bella, you know that we would never hurt you. We are just excited to see that you are alright," Carlisle says.

Bella almost chokes on her laugh. Carlisle had hugely misread her intentions for avoiding Emmett. She knew that they couldn't physically hurt her – not only was it not in their nature, but she could hold her own against them – but he was seriously lying when he said that they would never hurt her. Because they had. And while it was something that they had obviously forgotten, it was something that she would never forget.

Carlisle starts to worry over Bella's prolonged silence. He decides to move toward her.

Bella takes a step back, stuck in between Carlisle and Emmett. "Stop!" she growls, having played enough games with them.

Carlisle freezes in his tracks.

Bella can feel the rest of their eyes on her. Honestly, she didn't like the attention, it was unnerving. It made her feel jittery having so many people watching her. She blamed it on her instincts. Most of the time her natural born instincts saved her life, but now they were only making her feel very twitchy.

"Where have you been?!" Jacob yells, interrupting the silence. His sudden ability to speak makes Bella jump again. She grumbles under her breath, mad that she is so easily spooked. She wouldn't be so jumpy if she weren't standing in a field full of the people she had wished to never see again.

Leah and Seth Clearwater follow Jacob; all three of them back in their human forms. They had obviously run into the forest the first moment they got and shape shifted back when everyone was busy learning the two-step with Bella.

"You just disappear without as much as a note! We've been searching for you ever since you left!" Jacob continues yelling. His arms are waving around him like a lunatic.

When he gets close enough, Bella backs up, nearly ramming Emmett down.

Immediately Jacob's arms fall to his sides, his face turning sad and pleading. "No… I'm sorry, Bella. I won't hurt you. You know that right?"

Of course Bella knew it, but apparently Edward, Emmett, and Jasper hadn't received the memo. They start growling at Jacob, making Leah start to ripple with anger in turn. Any second now she would be switching forms and one of the vampires was sure to lose an arm. Not that Bella minded. But now wasn't the time for petty fighting.

"I know," Bella says.

Jacob's face turns to relief and he takes another step forward.

Bella sighs while taking another step back. You think they would have gotten the memo by now, to stay away from her.

"Did I do something wrong?" Jacob whispers. His eyes look they are pooling with tears, though Bella can hardly tell in the waning moonlight. Thankfully, Jacob has stopped walking towards Bella.

"I don't blame her for avoiding him," Rosalie grumbles. She had probably thought that Bella could hear her, unbeknownst to her that Bella could hear every word. "Who wants to be near a wet dog?" Emmett snickers next to his mate as Jacob shoots Rosalie a glare.

Bella decides to ignore them. "No," she says.

"Then why won't you let me near you?"

"Or me?" Emmett adds.

Bella ponders it. She supposed that she could tell them, what she was, who she was. But she really didn't want to tell them. She sure as hell didn't owe them anything. Eventually they would figure it out. They did after all, have a limited time to travel across the continental U.S. and get to New York before the war. Any number of things could happen in that time. If she told them right now, then it would be out of the way. But if she told them later, then maybe she wouldn't have to tell them at all.

Edward watches Bella react with the members of his family in silence. Pain washes over him when she avoids getting close to Carlisle and Emmett. Was that his fault? Was she avoiding them because they had left her behind? Of course it was his fault. All of this was his fault. He had to make it better. He didn't know how though. Alice had shown him her brief meeting with Bella in the woods while the Goddess Artemis was threatening his family. Bella had not been happy to see Alice at all. Alice had told him that winning Bella over again was going to be near impossible. But Edward was determined to succeed. He would get Bella back, and he would never let her go again.

When Jacob appears in his human form, Edward is suddenly on the alert. Jacob had a lot of topics running around his mind, but mostly he was angry at Bella for suddenly leaving. And he was going to let her know it. It was a reflex for Edward to growl at him. Bella had glared at no one in particular, but Jasper had let Edward know that she had likely not liked them defending her. Edward could see why. There was something different about her. She was the same, but she also was not. She looked stronger somehow, both in looks and just an overall aura that she gave off. Her eyes were no longer the soft chocolate that Edward had loved, but were now a bright sea green. While breathtaking, Edward couldn't stop the internal wince that happened inside him every time she met his gaze. She had developed one steely gaze that was for sure.

Edward takes a small breath, preparing himself. "Bella?" he says.

Bella shakes her head as if she's coming out of a daze. "We don't have time," she decides, closing the topic of telling them about who she is. She doesn't even bother to acknowledge Edward. His face falls. "We need to be moving."

"But-"

Bella starts pacing, ignoring Alice. "First we need a mode of transportation."

"We have a plane that can get us out of here in minutes."

Bella rolls her eyes. "Of course," she scoffs. "But no planes."

"What? Why?" Rosalie whines.

"No planes," Bella quips, her tone telling everyone not to argue with her. Rosalie folds her arms and huffs.

"Bella, will you please stop for a second and tell us what is going on?" Carlisle says, keeping his distance from Bella.

Bella, who hasn't stopped pacing, shakes her head. "There's no time. We really need to be moving." Her eyes shoot around the clearing, never settling on just one spot.

"Are we in danger?" Esme asks.

Bella lets out a cold laugh. "Always; which is why we need to keep moving."

Esme lets out a small whimper, glancing at Carlisle in despair.

"Bella," Carlisle orders bringing himself to his full height. "Stop."

Bella freezes.

"What is going on?"

Slowly, Bella turns around. Only when she is facing them does Carlisle realize his mistake in demanding an answer. "You want to know what's going on?" Bella calmly asks. Her eyes are glittered with anger. "What's going on is that I'm stuck with a group of super naturals that I had hoped to never meet again! How about that?" she yells at them.

They all flinch back in shock. Some of them have their mouths agape.

Carlisle swallows. "I'm sorry, Bella. But whatever you may think, we are glad that you are here right now."

Bella grunts. "Save it," she snaps. "I'm not here for the super, happy reunion that you may have imagined. I'm here to do my duty and get you to camp half-blood."

"What about after that?" Esme asks, afraid of the answer.

Bella turns. "After that, I join the war with the other hunters."

Carlisle winces, but decides now isn't the time to discourage Bella from joining a war. "Okay Bella," he says. "We won't stop your plans. I can see how much you're hurting right now. But, will you please tell us what my family will be walking into? What kind of war are we talking about her-"

Suddenly, there is a bow in Bella's hand. She raises it, grabbing an arrow from the pack that's suddenly strapped across her back, and aims into the forest.

"Hades!" Bella spits. Her gaze never wavers from the forest. "We're going to have company if we don't get out of here."

Nobody moves. They only stare at Bella in fascination and worry. It takes a second for them to even comprehend that there is danger approaching that only Bella seems to sense. For them, they can't hear anything moving around in the forest.

Bella quickly glances over at them. "Move!" she yells, turning around and running towards the woods. She doesn't even glance back to see if the vampires and shape shifters have followed her. It's easy enough to hear them stomping through the woods.

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Bella bursts through the door, nearly taking it off its hinges. There is a loud Smack! and then she's fairly certain that she just put a hole in the wall with the doorknob. It gives her a small sense of happiness.

"Bella, what –"

Rosalie breaks off shrieking as Leah nearly knocks her down before she is able to skid to a halt.

"Grow up," Leah growls. She finds her balance and walks as far away from Rosalie as she can get; which is not very far since they are in a living room. Jacob walks over to join her in the corner. Seth seems content to just fling himself on the couch, trying to catch his breath from their run.

"Why are we here?" Seth mumbles from the couch. Bella glances at him in amusement. He reminds her of a friend.

"Yeah, Bells, I thought we had to get away from here," Emmett says.

The rest of the family files into the room and circles Bella, who has placed herself by the fireplace.

"We had company heading our way. It was either stay there, fight, and see if we win, or come here to regroup. Which would you have preferred?"

Emmett gulps. "What sort of company?"

Bella shrugs.

Carlisle sighs, running a hand through his hair. "This is what I am talking about, Bella. We need to know the dangers that will be coming our way. Our fam –"

"Your family," Bella interrupts.

Carlisle stumbles. "What? No, Bella, you'll always be –"

Bella straightens up and turns to face them. Her face shows her determination, her eyes showing her anger. "Let's get one thing straight. I am not a part of your family, I never was. I have my own family and they would never abandon me like you did!" Bella huffs in and out, catching her breath after her outburst. Everyone is looking at her with sadness and she can't help but wish that she could just leave. Calming herself, she says, "Now, how about we figure out how to smash the ten of you, plus me, into one car, so that we can be on our way."

Carlisle glances around at his family members. All of them look too heartbroken to speak. Having Bella here, but not being able to talk to her like they would like is hard for all of them. The children being the ones that are impacted the most, with the exception of Rosalie. Seth appears to have dozed off on the couch, while Leah and Jacob are whispering away in the corner.

Carlisle nods. "Okay, Bella. We won't bring you up as a part of the family again."

Esme gasps, her hand flying up to cover her mouth in shock. If she could cry, tears would be streaming down her face by now. The rest of the family looks just as shocked by the news, save for Rosalie. "But Carlisle –" she starts.

Carlisle shakes his head. "We will respect Bella's wishes."

Bella had never felt so smug.

"But you will tell us about this world that you seem to be a part of while we're traveling," he finishes.

Just like that, Bella's smugness disappeared. One look at Carlisle and she knew that he was determined to learn all that she knew about Greek mythology. Her eyes whiz around the room, her ADHD kicking in again, when she spots the clock. Another day closer to the war for Olympus.

"Fine," she grits out, antsy to keep moving.

Carlisle lets out a sigh of relief. He had thought that Bella would put up a fight again.

Bella smirks. "But I get to drive."

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This update is for Starly910, whose review made me feel flattered as a writer and called my story perfect. I will try not to disappoint with my writing. Also, I enjoy your penname. Heehee, Pokemon.

Um, um, um, so I start school in like three days. Blegh. Wish me luck in Anatomy! If I fail, well, you can find me in a hole in someone's backyard. I'll have to give up my dreams of becoming a Nurse and become a writer instead (which I'm not very good at, at all)

I don't know how to feel about this chapter… Conflicted? I really need to stop writing in third person POV, I'm not really good at it.

Next chapter might have more PJ character introductions! *wink, wink*

Reviews help my muse to stop hiding. Sneaky little brat…

Also, we reached the end of the revisions! Huzzah!