Hestia was having an internal battle. She was watching her niece walk with her champion's wolf. She was sure that at the pace they were going, they would stumble upon Percy and Thalia, the hunter who was supposed to be in the igloo. What should she do? It was moments away before this was going to happen. There was no avoiding the situation. If she were to help Percy and Thalia, Artemis was sure to feel a divine interference. But she had to act now.
A few seconds later…
"What is the meaning of this sudden meeting, sister?" Zeus asked as the Olympians appeared one by one. Apollo raised an eyebrow.
"Where's my sister?" he asked. Artemis was never one to be late to meetings. As if to answer Apollo's question, a column of fire appeared in the middle of the throne room.
"HOW DARE—what, where am I? And where is the boy?!" Artemis demanded
Zeus was perplexed. "What's wrong, daughter?"
Artemis was glowing a dangerous silver. "What's wrong that Mars's Champion was with MY HUNTER and YOUR DAUGTER taking his shirt OFF!" Artemis shouts
"WHAT?!" He says. "Where is he?! I shall have him—"
"Calm down, brot—" Hestia tried
"Do not protect your champion from me!" Zeus exclaimed
"Let me explai—" Hestia tried again
"We shall turn those boys into jackalopes. Jackalopes! And we shall let their own tigers and lions hunt them dow—!"
"ENOUGH" Ares bellowed and suddenly the moon goddess and the king of the gods froze.
"Ares!" Hera chided. "How could you control your own family's ichor!"
Ares winced. He was the god of bloodshed so when it came to controlling ichor…well, he could only control it for so long.
"Hush, mother. Now, tell me, dear sister," Ares says calmly—much to the other Olympian's surprose. "Are you sure that what you say was tru—"
"Of course it's true! I saw it with my own eyes!" Artemis asked.
"Did you let my Champion explain what exactly he was doing?" Ares inquired
"There was no need! A boy shouldn't even be as close as he was to one of my hunters!"
"And did you even look to see that maybe, just maybe, my champion was injured and that your hunter had tried to help him?"
"None sense! Why would my hunter be out in the woods unless to meet him deliberately in the first place! I have told her to make sure all the hunters what at camp!"
Ares was unfazed
"Then did you perhaps not consider to, oh, I don't know, TRUST YOUR OWN HUNTER—NO, YOUR OWN BROTHER THAT HAD TRUSTED YOU ENOUGH TO SEND YOU THAT LETTER—THAT MAYBE JUST maybe YOU HAD TO SHITTY LITTLE FUC—I MEAN FACTS BEFORE YOU CONCLUDED THAT MY PRECIOUS CHAMPION IS SO DAMN DISHONOURABLE AND DECIDED THAT HE FUCKIN DESERVES TO BE TURNED INTO A JACKALOPE?!" Ares shouted.
The Olympians were shocked. Ares had never sounded so hurt or concerned about anything. But what he did next surprised them even more.
Ares was turning red with anger. He took a deep breath mumbled something which sounded like counting numbers and let out the breath and said, "Sit. Everyone. Maybe it's time I tell you one of my Champion's secret missions for you to understand that he would never ever do anything to hurt your hunte—no, why he would never hurt any woman at all. Maybe after someone would grace me even a fraction of an ounce of trust that according to how you lot decided to jump to a hastly made conclusion, I apparently do not deserve" Ares spat hurt and rage evident on his voice.
Artemis was shocked. This Ares—the one that is affected by the opinions and trust of others—is nothing like the jerk of a brother he was before.
"This is the story of why my Ace has a permanent scar of a crescent moon at his front and a scar of a bow with an arrow notched on it at his back" Ares started
"Wait, what? He has a scar of a bow and arrow at his back?" Artemis asked completely bemused.
"Yes, trustful sister, he has a goddesses symbols as scars on his body—your symbols to be exact"
A/N: I know, I know, it's super short. SORRY. But today's the first day of school so yeah.
I'll try to update as soon as I can (hopefully once everyday or every other day) and if I do update, it's probably around the time I updated this.
Really sorry, but you know how much a dam school can be. XD