Hey people. I will make this short. Thanks for reviewing Dogbiscuit. I don't own some of the characters but I do own other ones.(Duh)
12 minutes. That's how long it took for everything to change. 12 minutes and everything I knew flipped on its side. It started when we were hunting in Maine. Which just sounds like a bad Idea because it is so close to out of the gods reach. The pine trees shook in the fury of the snowstorm. The white out was stronger than any other that I had seen. Artemis's hair stood out like a beacon leading the hunters through the snowdrifts. Rocks and holes lay hidden in the snow waiting to catch the foot of any unsuspecting hunters. Looking back it is a miracle that everyone made it through that storm without getting lost. No one should try to hunt at night, during the winter, in a snowstorm, in Maine. Finally we arrived at a clearing. Artemis made all of us stand together while she walked to the other side of the clearing. Or at least that is what we assumed. We couldn't see anything but her flaming red hair. Then I made out her hand raised in the air. It started to glow with luminescent silver. Like moonlight. The storm started to rapidly fade. Then it stopped. There stood Artemis on the edge of a cliff facing out to sea. The moon peaked between clouds commanding them to part. She turned to look at the hunters. We were a depressing sight. We looked frozen some of the hunters had frozen blood on their arms, legs, and faces from the branches that were whipped around in the storm. "We set up camp here. I will be back in a couple minutes."
Just like that she took off. The hunters looked where she had gone in confusion. What is wrong with her? We had never seen her act like this. There was that time that she got back on my birthday and acted like this for one day but to continue to do this for a week? Zoë the ever loyal hunter she was, would pretend that nothing was wrong. "Okay hunters, you heard my lady, get going." So we set up camp anyway. The area though was a horrible campsite. The wind blew straight through it with no trees to block it from coming from the ocean. The only trees on site helped anybody attacking the camp instead of the hunters. There was nowhere to retreat to except right off the cliff. As soon as we got done and had cleaned up or injuries with nectar, Artemis arrived back at the camp. "We need to go save some demigods." One minute. We let out a chorus of "Yes, Milady" and with me saying "Yes, mom." and gather our bows and arrows. Two minutes. We follow Artemis out of camp and back into the forest. Four minutes. We arrive at another clearing, that faces a cliff over the ocean, where we climb into trees and get into position. Five minutes. We are all settled in. Six minutes. A man rushes into the clearing pulling two kids with him. The boy is about my age and the girl is slightly older. Seven minutes. A lone teenager with black hair rushes into the clearing and yells "Thorn!" the anger and desperation obvious in his voice. The man turns around a sneers. "Perseus Jackson." Eight minutes. My memory starts to become crystal clear for this moment. I can remember the mist that came from the demigod's breathe in the cold, I remember the color of his hair, raven black, and his sea green eyes. "Let them go!" he screamed in fury at the man. seven minutes. The man held a sick twisted smirk on his face. "no." I remember feeling as if everything was in slow motion. The Demigod pulled a pen out of his pocket and charged. Thorn's whole body seemed to flick, and foot long spikes flew at the demigod. By some inborn instinct Perseus managed to duck under them and ram into thorn making him release his hold on the kids. six minutes. Two more demigoddesses and a satyr come running into the battle. Perseus had taken off the cap of his pen turning it into a sword. He and the now manticore were fighting at speeds that could only be matched by the speed of the hunters.
five minutes. The two kids that were drug here by thorn were panicing trying to avoid getting killed in the fight between man and monster. One of the demigoddesses manage to get a hold on the two and lead them to safety. At the same time the manticore slams into Perseus with his tail sending him flying into the rest of his friends. four minutes. Artemis gives the sign to advance and fire. The manticore launches more spikes at the demigod group. Shala, Kortney, and Elizabeth fire arrows that perfectly intercepts the spikes. The rest of us run out with our bows ready and take positions pointing arrows at the beast. three minutes. Artemis walks up and threatens the beast. Thorn roars furiously. He starts to back up to the cliff. Artemis starts to advance, shooting arrows all the while which are blocked by spikes. two minutes. Artemis walks right up to him with her hunting knives in hand. Thorn turns back into his human form except his hands are still clawed. They start to trade blows back and forth. slowly picking up speed. one minute The better fighter is obvious, thorn was getting torn apart by Artemis. Cuts started to appear all over his body. Then unexpectedly he lunges forward throwing Artemis off balance and wraps her in a hug. Zero minutes. A bright resonated from where they were temporarily blinding the hunters. When my vision cleared, she was gone. My mother. Thorn and her were gone. My whole world tilts and my vision starts to blur as the tears start to fill my sight. I have nothing. My mother is gone and I have no way to help her! Then words from the past float through my mind like the whispers of long forgotten souls. "Bluebell, in your time of greatest need, point it in the air and pull the trigger. You can only use this once so don't waste it."
I hurriedly tore the hunter's pack off my back and start to sort through the contents. This is taking too long! I upend the pack, spilling the contents upon the ground. There! I see the glint of the silvery steel barrel peeking out from the pile. Grabbing it by the handle, I tugged it out of the pile and point it into the air. The moment of truth comes. Let's see how good of a parent my "father", who is never there for me other than when he gave me this, is.
"Don't." I hear a feminine voice behind me whisper. I spin around and point the gun in the direction of the voice. My heart is thumping. My blood is racing. Standing in a cloak very similar to the one my father was wearing when I met him, was a figure that was clearly a woman. This I determined by the curves in her clothing as well as the clear swells in the chest area of her clothing that indicated breast.
"Who the hell are you!" I demanded.
"I guess you could say that I work with your father." She said as she held her hands in front of her to indicate that she had no weapons on hand. "My name is Gamma."
"Oh and where is my high and mighty father? He couldn't make time to see his daughter? He doesn't care enough to talk to me?" I said starting sarcastically but ending with anger seeping into my voice and it almost to a yell.
"Don't take that tone of voice with me young lady! Your father isn't here because if some people found out, you could very likely be killed for who your mother is!" She said in a loud, clear, stern voice.
"You have no right to demand things from me! I don't know who you are and you aren't worth my time because you don't give two shits that my mother was just kidnapped! I also don't want to hear the bullshit about people finding out who my mom is! The whole hunt knows that my mother is Artemis!" I screamed at her. Then she slapped me. Hard.
"Watch your language and don't you dare scream at your grandmother! I meant if people found out about who your real mother is! In the case of your adoptive mother, help will be here at sunrise!" She yelled back just as loudly. I sat there stunned. Did she just say that she was my grandmother?
"You know what? To hell with this!" She said then ran away.
The bushes beside me burst open and Zoe came running out with her bow drawn.
"What's going on here? I heard yelling." She asked.
I turned and looked at her. "I'm adopted?" I asked softly on the verge of tears. Her eyes grew wide like a deer caught in headlights.
Hey all you people who at this point probably forgot about this story! I am back! I really had this done back in the very beginning of November but my computer crashed and deleted it. twice. So it ticked me off enough that I just didn't get the will to retype this chapter. Just a clarifying point, Percy will be the main character of this story. It is just much, much easier to set up from other's perspective. So everyone should give me welcome back reviews. Love you all. In the weirdest way possible. Gloom out.