HUNTRESS OF THE SEA

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Disclaimer: I in no way own anything recognizable from Twilight or the Percy Jackson series.

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Alright, so I didn't just turn into a tape recorder and give them my autobiography. The past had taught me to not tell more than was needed, and to not open my big mouth when I was in an emotional state. Aphrodite had told me to tell them who I was, but she never clarified about Greek side or otherwise.

The morning after that news segment, I officially told them that I was a demigod. They were still trying to guess my godly parent. Leah punched Seth when he suggested Lady Artemis.

In North Dakota, I told them that Charlie was not my biological father. Jacob nearly had a cow. When they had then protested that we looked so much alike, I told them all about the mist and how I had easily manipulated it.

"That's why your eyes are now bright green!" Alice had yelped with excitement. I changed my eyes back to chocolate brown just to mess around with her.

By the time we were exiting North Dakota, the group I was chaperoning had known far more about being a part of Greek mythology then I would have ever wanted them to know.

No surprise, our trip was going fairly easy. I had easily found out why when we stopped for a night. The Titans were starting to cause havoc where they could. For now it was just something small, a tornado here, a massive wave there, but sooner or later it would get much worse. I figured that Kronos was gathering his army, making sure all monsters knew not to be killed before the big battle. I was both worried and relieved; relieved because my time with the Cullen's and Natives was passing by quickly.

Jacob pulled me out of my thoughts by pulling my seat back as he used the headrest to pull himself forward.

"You never told me why you just left, Bells. I was worried about you."

I sighed. I had rather hoped that he wouldn't have asked this. I could have denied telling him, but honestly, I felt guilty for just leaving the way I did. I looked around unnecessarily to see everyone watching me. I blew out a sigh. "Fine," I grumbled. "We'll pull over for the night."

"Where?" Rosalie asked. She glanced around at our sparse surroundings.

I smirked. "Well, since you guys are so into camping…"

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I stared into the campfire, visions of my thoughts dancing in flames. It had been silent ever since camp had been set up. And by set up, I mean a couple sleeping bags thrown on the ground. Apparently being a werewolf made you able to sleep on the ground just fine. And then finally, I felt ready. "After you guys left, I had planned on heading home. I was packed and everything, even ready to erase myself out of everyone's thoughts in Forks."

"You can do that?" Carlisle asked.

I smirked, rather proud of myself for learning how to control the mist. "I can do a lot of things."

They thought I couldn't see, but I watched as Esme and Carlisle shared a concerned glance. I decided to ignore them. "I was going to La Push to say good-bye to you Jake. You were my friend and had shared your secret with me."

"Were you going to tell me yours?" Jacob asks.

I shook my head. "No."

Jacob's shoulders fell, the hopefulness falling off his face. I softly smiled at him.

"Not because I didn't trust you, but because I didn't want to get you mixed up in my world. Anyways, when I finally found you, you were having that bonfire," I can feel myself zone out again, picturing another bonfire from a time well passed. "And I decided to stay for a little while longer."

"A bonfire made you stay?" Leah says, incredulous.

"You wouldn't understand, but bonfires are a regular thing back home. Not to mention the fact that you were on the shore."

"But all that really made you stay?"

Smiling I reply, "You can't begin to believe how nice it was for me to be there at that moment. After that night, I decided to stay, for a little longer at least. It was purely selfish on my part."

"To want to stay at your home?" Alice asks.

"Of course," I reply, my eyes snapping up to meet hers. "It's not fair for a demi-god to settle in one place for so long. It will only attract trouble for those around us."

"Oh Bella," Esme croons. She reaches her hand out to cradle my face, but I pull back. I see the hurt in her eyes. She drops her hand and gulps. "That is such a sad life to live."

"Do all of the demi-gods live their whole lives like this?"

I shrug my shoulders, "Some more than others."

"What do you mean?"

But I leaned back, either because I didn't want to tell them or simply because I was too afraid to tell them at the moment. Either way, I was going to keep my mouth shut.

"I think it's time for some rest." With a sigh I pull myself up off the ground. "For those who need it at least."

And just like that, I was done sharing. So I ignored their grumbling and walked into my tent, a place where I could finally feel at peace after a long day.

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"Come on! Keep up!"

Bella springs through a branch of leaves, barely noticing them against her skin.

"Bella! Where are we going?" Seth gasps, his hand clutching his side.

They had been running for what felt like hours. It had happened so quickly. One second they were sleeping on the dirt ground and then the next Bella was yelling at them to wake up.

The Cullens were easily keeping pace with her, and while the wolves were doing well at first, they were now lagging behind. Their energy was simply too zapped. They hadn't had a proper meal in days and they had not gotten much sleep with the vampires around.

Leah grabbed her brother's arm as she passed him, pulling him along with her.

"Whoa!" he yelled, stumbling over his own feet.

"Bella, we've been running for hours! Can we stop now?" Alice yelled.

Bella glanced behind her, her eyes focusing on something beyond the group. "Just a little longer," she replies. A grumble of discontent travels down the line.

A couple minutes later the group comes upon a stream and Bella finally slows down. Seth and Jacob crash into the ground, nearly taking out a few Cullen legs with them. The two lay there gasping for breath.

"That…was…the…worst alarm…of my…life," Seth gasps.

Bella chuckles. "Sorry about that," she apologizes.

"What the hell was that?!" Rosalie yells.

"Rose, not now," Carlisle sighs. His hand moves up to rub his eyes.

"Oh, I'm so sorry that I just saved your life," Bella retorts, completely ignoring Carlisle.

Rosalie scoffs. "Don't give me any of your crap. We wouldn't need saving if it weren't for you!

"Like I asked to be the guide for this quest."

Emmett pulls on Rosalie's arm, his pleas falling on deaf ears. Rosalie yanks her hand out of his grasp. Everyone watches the two girls, wary of their argument but knowing that the two need to get it all out. Edward hovers behind Bella, ready to pull her out of harm's way. Alice shuffles around nervously, unable to see the future.

"There wouldn't even be a quest if you hadn't have ran away like a coward."

Bella's fist tightens. "I'm the coward? That's rich, coming from the person who's pathetic family left-"

Rosalie moves so fast that no one sees it coming. She lunges forward at Bella, her hand making contact. Bella's head snaps to the left, a resounding smack seeming to linger in the air.

"Rosalie!" the entire Cullen clan shriek. Emmett darts forward and wraps his arms around Rosalie, pinning her arms to her sides. Jacob is shaking so badly that Seth and Leah have to usher him closer to the woods, just in case he changes.

Bella gasps. She removes her hand from her face to show that the skin is a bright red with a nasty scratch right in the middle. Instantly Edward is by her side. He grabs her arm, intent on helping her to Carlisle.

"No!" she yells, ripping her arm out of his grasp.

"Bella, please," Edward pleads. He doesn't let himself show it, but hurt blooms in his chest. He had hoped that they were on the path to recovery with Bella after all she had shared with them.

"Emmett, help!" Alice suddenly yells. Edward and Bella both look up in time to see Alice trying to restrain Jasper by herself. But he's in a frenzy and Alice can barely hold him. He breaks free from her grip, running straight for Bella. Emmett lunges for him but misses just barely. Edward darts straight for him ready to body slam him. At the last second, Jasper leaps out of Edward's way and Edward crashes into Emmett instead.

"Bella!" Jacob roars, his form quivering.

Bella just stands there, not making any attempt to move. Edward and Emmett jump back up, ready to race towards Jasper, right as Jacob bursts into his wolf form.

Jasper is nearly on top of Bella when it happens. Bella clenches her fist and the stream bursts out of the riverbed. It zooms over to Jasper, knocking him off his feet in surprise. But it doesn't stop there. With a flick of her wrist, the water engulfs Jasper, creating a sphere around him. He twists and turns, managing to get a hand or a foot out, but he cannot manage to fully get out as the water keeps on surrounding him.

Everyone's eyes are on Bella, including Jasper now that his head has cleared and he no longer smells the blood.

"Bella?" whispers Esme.

Bella doesn't answer. She twitches her hand and a small stream of water glides over to her. The group watches as it moves to her cheek, engulfing the whole cut. In seconds the water moves away, returning to the riverbed and Bella's check is no longer cut.

With another flick of her wrist, the water surrounding Jasper rushes back to the riverbed, letting Jasper fall to the ground.

Everyone stares at Bella in awe and a little bit of terror.

Seth is the one who finally breaks the silence. "So your dad is Poseidon?"

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A couple of days later and Bella still hasn't said a word to anyone. After her water display, she had simply turned on her heel and walked away. No one would have followed her if she hadn't stopped and made a sweeping motion with her arm. The group scrambled after her, Jacob still in wolf form, and hadn't heard a peep out of her since. Heaven knows they did try.

"Poseidon, huh?"

"Are you okay?"

"I'm so sorry, Bella"

"Please, talk to Jasper. He feels bad."

"Why won't you let any guy place a hand on you?"

Those were only some of the questions they asked her. But she simply moved onward, driving when they commandeered a car, walking when they had to abandon the car, and pitching her tent at night. Everybody but Emmett was icing Rosalie out. Edward had yelled at her for nearly an hour straight one night. Even Esme and Carlisle were inclined to ignore their daughter. Truthfully Rosalie didn't care; she wanted to be alone with her thoughts. While slapping Bella had been something she thought of often, she never thought she would actually do it and the guilt was starting to eat at her.

And then finally, they made it to Manhattan.

Bella drove them, in their most recent car find, through the streets of Manhattan. Every once in a while she would take a sharp turn and nearly chuck the passengers out of their seats.

At long last, she pulled the car aside. "We're here," Bella said after days of non-speaking. Without waiting for anyone, she swung the car door open and stepped outside.

The Cullen's and La Push pack clambered out of the car. They rush around the car in anticipation and stop when they see what's before them.

"We drove all that way to end up in a field?" deadpans Leah.

Bella rolls her eyes, "Just follow me."

Everyone jogs to catch up with her. They look at their surroundings in confusion as they walk through the field. Their surroundings change into that of trees and waist-high grass. They hit an incline and start walking up a hill. A huge tree stands at the top of the hill and Bella seemed to be heading for it.

"This isn't what I was expecting," Emmett mumbles into Rosalie's ear. She nods her head in agreement.

Esme gasps. "Bella?!" she shrieks.

Everyone swarms around Esme. Bella had disappeared, even though she was in front of them seconds ago.

"Where did she go?" Alice says.

"She was right in front of us," Carlisle replies.

"Bella!" Edward yells.

"Oh my gods, calm down," a bodiless Bella quips. "I, Isabella Swan, give the Cullen's and La Push pack permission to enter camp.

Like a veil had been lifted, they could now see Bella.

"We made it," Bella sighs in relief. She turned around, making everyone shift their focus to what was before them. A few of them gasped in disbelief. Where they once just saw trees, there now was a valley. They could definitely make out a farmhouse. Children were milling around; at a pavilion, around cabins, and around what looked to be an arena.

"Camp Half-Blood."

Bella allowed herself to smile for the first time in days.

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Hello, hello, hello!

This update is for Lupi-wolf; whose review made me a little more secure in my Bella in this story. So, thank you.

I kind of rushed it at the end… My carpal tunnel is acting up, my arms hurt from work, and I really should be studying right now. But it's been so long!

So, uh, I completely bombed midterms. Oops. I really did try! Guys, I'm dumb. Like way bad in Anatomy. And next is finals, in like three weeks, so the updates may be slow-er until after then. I'm sorry!

Um, um, this story is getting closer to ending. I know it's short, but I kind of like that. I don't like stories with, like, 30 chapters. Bonus though! There will be a sequel, weeeee!

Okay, that's all. Bye.

Don't forget to review! Thaaaaank Yooooou.

Liv.

P.S. Guys. Catching Fire on Friday! I got the day off of work and I'm so excited!