AN: Now I am going to call Percy Seph for the rest of the story unless I decide to change him back to a boy.
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Chapter 4:
Seph POV:
*Yawn.* That was the best sleep I've had in years. No weird demigod dreams. Hmm, wonder if Ill ever sleep that well again.
Then I heard someone calling my name.
I wondered outside to see what was happening. When I got outside I realized that they where calling everyone for breakfast so I went back inside my tent and quickly got changed into my hunters outfit.
I met up with Reiss and we talked about what she did before she joined. She told me that she had joined 50 years ago after being kicked out of her home for being a girl. Her father wanted a boy not a girl so he decided that she wasn't useful so she should be kicked out. I felt bad for her but the weird thing was that she was a 55 year old in a 6 year olds body. But, that didn't matter because she still acted like a kid.
When we got to breakfast I found out that Thalia thought of me as a baby sister she never had so she told me to go sit with her. So I sat with all the important people near the head of the table since Thalia was the lieutenant.
The weirdest thing happened though.
I.
SAT.
ON.
THALIA'S.
LAP.
Oh god that was weird. I'm used to people sitting on my lap, not the other way around. But, since I'm a little girl now, I must be a cute little doll who sits on everyone's lap.
After lunch they decided that I needed to learn how to shoot an arrow. I was dreading this the most out of everything. As we all know, I SUCK AT ARCHERY!
When we got to the archery range, they gave me a bow and some arrows and told me to try and hit the target. When I failed and hit the ground some 20 ft. from the target, everyone giggled, except Thalia.
Then Thalia muttered sadly off at the side, "I haven't seen anyone that bad since Percy."
Then I realized that I didn't say bye to any of my friends. Oops! Maybe I should send a Note to all of my friends that I'm going on a vacation for a while to get away. I should probably tell Thalia about me and Annabeth's breakup too.
"Seph!" Someone yelled bringing me out of my thoughts.
Then they decided that I definitely didn't have a natural talent for archery, so Thalia came up and showed me the proper way to hold the bow and shoot and I hit bulls-eye!
"YAY!" I squealed. "I hit it! I hit it!" I said in a sing songy tune. (AN: Yes, I know, I made it up)
Everyone was laughing then finally Artemis said, "Girls, stop it." Then everything calmed down and Artemis continued, "Good job Seph! However, you're going to have to shoot a lot more bulls eyes then that.
After I shot 20 more arrows, all perfectly I might add, we went and had lunch.
This time at lunch I had to sit on Phoebe's lap which was even weirder than sitting on Thalia's lap. She's the biggest man hater of the hunt so being so close to her was somewhat scary.
After lunch they decided to see how good I was at close combat. They gave me a choice of weapon and I smirked at Artemis when I said that I wanted the sword knowing that I was the best sword fighter when I was at camp.
Then Thalia asked who I wanted to go up against.
"You." I said as everybody gasped.
Then Thalia said, "Ok, but just to let you know, I won't go easy on you."
"Oh, I know!" I replied with an evil smirk on my face.
Then it began.
You could hear the slashing of sword on knife all around the forest. Block after block, step after step. Soon I kicked the knife out of her hand and pinned her to the floor with my sword on her neck.
Everyone looked surprised that I had beat her. I guess she must be the best close combat fighter here. I wonder what would happen if I took on Artemis? I wonder. Hmmm.
Then I was pulled out of my thoughts by Artemis saying, "Seph wins!"
After that the hunters let me have some alone time and I decided then was the best time to write the letters.
My first one was to Grover. It pretty much told him that I would go away for a while because I needed some space after me and Annabeth's breakup. I wrote the same to the Stolls, Clarisse, Chris, Katie, Nico, and Will.
I tried to think of a way of writing to Thalia without hurting her feelings. That was hopeless though. I explained what happened between Annabeth and me and told her not to be mad at Annabeth, even though that was hopeless too. I also said that I was sorry for not saying good bye to her. I hope she won't be too mad.
When I was done I asked Artemis if I could write to my friends telling them about the breakup and that I was going to travel for a while to get my mind off things. She gave me permission to do so, so I asked her if she could give the letter to Thalia for me.
Then after she said that she would I IM'd Hermes and asked him if he could do a favor for me. He asked me what was it that I wanted him to do as well as asked me why I was a little girl. I explained to him what happened to me and how I joined the hunters and asked him if he could deliver the letters. He said that he would as he owed me a favor.
After I was sure that all my letters where being delivered, I went outside and saw that Artemis was giving Thalia the letter.
I quickly ran over and asked Thalia, "What's wrong?" Since she had tears in her eyes.
She said, "I just got a letter from my friend Percy. You know, the one I told you about." I nodded. She continued, "I don't know what is says yet but I'm worried. Do you want to come to my tent and read it with me?"
I quickly said yeah worried about her reaction.