Disclaimer - I do not own PJO or HOO


I am back! for real this time, i think. I'm actually really excited to continue this because i actually have a lot of ideas I've never put on paper.

I'm not sure if I'm going to go back to my once a week schedule or just write everyday or every other day until summer break end but it's getting done people!

hope you enjoy this chapter! (we're finally learning more stuff)

- Kathy


When Artemis woke up the next day, there were tears streaming down her face. She has no ideas where the tears came from though. Goddess doesn't dream and she doesn't remember a dream so she knew for sure that it isn't a dream. Hastily wiping the tears away, Artemis wrapped her arms herself.

There was something missing, but she couldn't really find out what. She hastily put on her clothes, glancing at herself in the mirror.

Her eyes were red from crying and she hated how weak it made her look. Sighing, she wiped her face, pulling her auburn hair into a braid behind her back. Deciding that she looked presentable enough, she walked out the tent to greet this new day.

Thalia was waiting outside, her arms crossed and her feet tapping on the ground.

Artemis paused mid step, taking in the look on Thalia's face. "Good morning, Thalia."

"What happened?" Thalia asked instead, taking Artemis' wrist and dragging her out of ear shots of the campers. "You flashed Percy away and didn't appear for hours. I tried to grill Percy when he appeared, but he just glared at everything and disappeared again. So, what happened?"

"Nothing happened," Artemis crossed her own arms, staring down her huntress. A part of her wondered when she allowed Thalia to read her so well. Although it was nice to know that Thalia felt comfortable enough to talk to her like a friend, gods know she needs one right now.

Although it had only been a few days, she still felt as if she was half empty from the absence of Percy in her life. "I don't believe that."

"Thalia, just drop it," Artemis sighed, and Thalia gave her a look of concern. She knew she looked horrible right now, even with her face still flawless, her eyes were tired. It was as if someone ripped out half of her heart. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Did you at least listen to what Percy had to say?" Thalia asked gently. "I know he could be a dumbass sometimes but I think it was just a misunderstanding and-"

"HE KISSED ANOTHER GIRL!" Artemis exclaimed loudly, and Thalia flinched back. She sighed, hastily wiping away her tears once more. "I'm sorry, Thalia, I-"

The words hung in the air around them, before Thalia took a seat on the forest ground, patting the space beside her. Artemis took a seat, and before she could comprehend what was happening, Thalia had wrapped her arms around the goddess. "You love him."

Artemis buried her head in the crook of Thalia's shoulder, a small sob escaping her lips. She really had gone soft, rarely could she be found crying, ever. She was a goddess for goodness sake, and immortals do not cry. "I hate him."

"It's okay," Thalia whispered quietly, rubbing a hand through Artemis' hair soothingly. "It's okay. I understand."

"I thought huntresses aren't supposed to have lovers," Artemis muttered out quietly, head still hidden behind Thalia's hair. "Are you telling me you broke your vow?"

Thalia let out a small laugh. "No, I was once not a huntress, remember?"

"I rather not remember, I think I will be a mess without you here," Artemis wrapped her arms around Thalia, who only held her tighter. "You must think I'm pathetic. I'm an Olympian goddess, and yet the simplest mortal emotion has me sobbing my heart out in the middle of a forest."

Thalia shook her head. "No, I think you are strong, and brave, and loving someone only makes you stronger. Love is hard, Artemis, there's no denying that. I think everyone underestimates Aphrodite's domain. It is easy to fall in love, but the thing about falling in love is that you fall. The hard part is being in love. To stay in love is the strongest love of all. It's a weakness if you love Percy, but it is a weakness if you don't confront it."

"When did you get so smart?" Artemis grumbled, pulling her head back and allowing Thalia to wipe away her tears with her thumb. The last time someone had wiped away her tears was probably her mother, Leto, but the motion brought a warm feeling to her chest.

"What do you mean, I'm always smart," Thalia smirked, before her smile turned soft. "But I wasn't kidding when I said you and Percy should talk."

"I... don't think I'm ready to forgive him just yet," she replied hesitantly, but Thalia only nodded.

"You don't need to forgive him yet, I know forgiving is hard. But you should hear him out."

Artemis sighed, and relaxed when Thalia kissed her forehead. "If you married him, you'll be my little sister. And I want to be able to tell everyone that." The goddess laughed at that statement, wiping away the remaining tears in her eyes. Thalia stood up, offering Artemis a hand, which she took. "Now, we have a day of celebration ahead of us. I'm ready for the food."

A quiet laugh escaped Artemis lips and she allowed the excited huntress to drag her back towards Camp Olympia. It was the annual anniversary of the defeat of Gaea, and with that comes a party. It was one good thing the Camp could look forward to after the death of a brave demigod the previous day.


"It's basically Camp Half-blood and Camp Jupiter combined, but a hundred times better because I helped build it," Leo flexed as he showed Percy around Camp Olympia. Although he had been there often for training, he never checked out the whole thing. It reminded him too much of Annabeth.

Although it wasn't the original camp, the construction reminds him of Annabeth. She always wanted to build a place that would last for eons but her life was cut too soon.

"You literally only built the Hephaestus cabin," Piper pointed out, and Leo rolled his eyes.

"Unimportant, I single-handedly built the most awesome cabin ever!"

Piper nodded unconvincingly, before glancing back at Percy, who was taking in the camp. It was definitely way better than Camp Half-blood and Camp Jupiter. The cabins of the Olympians were still arranged in a huge U-shape but there are many other cabins for the minor gods. The Romans are on one side of Camp Olympia while the other half was for the greeks. But the middle ground has all the training ground, climbing wall, as well as the dining pavilion, camp fire, and the new amphitheater.

"What do you think?"

Piper's words brought Percy out of his own thoughts. "Huh?"

"What do you think of camp?"

Percy let out a small laugh as he glanced around. Jason was in front of him with Leo, both arguing with their hands about whose cabin is cooler. "It's... amazing really. I never thought I'll get to see both Greek and Roman demigods in the same place. It's great how we're all getting along now, at least we're sure that they won't be the cause of World War III."

A quiet laugh came from Piper as she nodded. "With the way Jason and Leo are arguing right now, I wouldn't put it past them."

There was something nice about this. To be able to be with his friends again. He had made friends in college, but it wasn't like he could tell them everything, and they don't understand him the way only other demigods do.

And the way Artemis did, his brain supplied unhelpfully and Percy pushed those thoughts back.

Besides, there was only a week left before he graduated and summer was upon them. But with everything going on at the moment, summer seems to be full of danger once again. It reminded him of his first summer at Camp Half-blood, when he was still new to the whole thing. Annabeth had helped him understand everything.

"I miss you guys," the honest words slipped out before Percy could stop it. And it was true, he had been so distant this past year he felt light years away from everyone.

"WE MISSED YOU TOO, PERCE!" Leo called back, and Percy smiled at them. Piper gave his arm a gentle squeeze before going up and pulling a fuming Jason away before a fight could break out. Jason waved back at Percy before he got pulled away. Leo grabbed Percy and started pulling them towards the celebration. "How about we tried the amazing hotdogs I was promised by Frank. I want to start this party right."

Percy laughed, a real smile on his face for the first time in days. "Yeah, that sounds amazing."


Artemis stood at the side line, sipping a glass of water and glaring hole into the back of Percy's head. Thalia appeared a few seconds later. "If you stared any harder I think his hair would catch on fire."

The huntress had stuck by Artemis' side throughout the celebration, promising to keep her company in case Percy decided to approach. Because to be honest, the son of Poseidon feared Thalia more than he feared Artemis. "I'm not staring at him. I'm looking at the hotdogs."

"Should I get a hotdog for you, milady?" Thalia asked teasingly, gesturing discreetly towards Percy.

"No, I will not be talking to him today," Artemis grumbled, taking another sip of her water. After what happened the last time with wine during the Christmas celebration, she chose to stay away from it. Although as the time went on, she was regretting the choice more and more. Percy had glanced their way a total of twelve times, and if he did it one more time, Artemis felt like she might actually explode. "As you said, today's a day for celebration, and he would ruin it."

But Thalia just glanced at the hotdogs longingly before promising "I'll be right back."

Then Artemis was alone again. She sighed, muttering 'traitor' under her breath. Fortunately, or unfortunately, Apollo slipped into the spot Thalia had previously occupied.

"Little sister! How are you? I heard you're in need of being rescued so, big brother Apollo is here and– umph," Artemis shoved a nearby muffin (definitely the demand of Demeter) into her brother's mouth.

"How many times do I have to tell you, I'm older!" She exclaimed, slamming her glass down onto the table. A few heads turned her way but she glared until they all ran away. Apollo's grin never left his face. "And what are you doing? I don't need you to rescue me."

Apollo grin widened if possible and Artemis really needed that drink now. "A little birdy told me that a certain son of Poseidon caught your eyes. And that you two had your first couple fight, so if he hurt you I will hurt him."

Aphrodite, Artemis groaned. It was definitely the love goddess that was feeding nonsense to her brother's nonsensical head. "I am going to kill Aphrodite," she growled, but Apollo held her back.

"Woah sis, she was simply looking out for you. She knows how heartbroken it must have felt–" another muffin was shoved into Apollo's mouth. He grumbled but swallowed the muffin. "No need to be so aggressive, sis. I'm just trying to help."

"Me and Percy are just friends, and we're not fighting. I'm just upset," Artemis gritted out. Her eyes unconsciously flicked over to Percy once again. She hated how her traitorous heart still fluttered when his eyes met hers. There was a small frown on his face, before Artemis looked away first. "He kissed someone."

Apollo raised an eyebrow. "And that started the fight? Are you jealous, Arty?" He wriggled his eyebrow and Artemis punched him.

"I am not jealous, Apollo. I am a maiden goddess," the words sounded fake even in her own ears.

"But your vows didn't say anything about falling in love," Apollo pointed out smugly, before his face sobered up again. "You shouldn't feel bad about loving someone. It's part of life. I loved tons of people throughout the years, and it feels amazing. Stop trying to deny yourself the love you know you deserve. Because I have eyes, I don't need to be the goddess of love to know that Percy is literally in love with you. He would definitely walk through hell for you."

Artemis waved it away. "That's just his fatal flaw of loyalty." She fixed him with another look. "I don't like the big brother energy I'm currently receiving."

"This is called, your brother has some wisdom to share with you," Apollo rolled his eyes. "I am technically the god of knowledge."

"Umm... since when?"

"Since the mortals back in ancient Greece gave me the title," Apollo flipped invisible hair. "Keep up with the news, sis."

Artemis rolled her eyes. "Literally no one called you the god of knowledge."

"I called myself the God of Knowledge," he protested, before pausing. "Wait, I'm not letting you change the subject. We're talking about Percy."

"Did Thalia put you up to this?"

Apollo's eyes lit up even more. "Our half-sister is in on it too?! Wait, I'll be right back."

Then he was gone and Artemis sighed. Of course, now she has both Apollo and Thalia on her back about talking to Percy. Speaking of, she glanced around the crowd once more, but there was no sight of Percy anywhere.

Worry settled into her chest and she glanced around once more before closing her eyes, trying to sense the son of Poseidon. There was something wrong, she knew for sure, but she couldn't tell what. Ignoring her instinct to run, Artemmis flashed to the location she sensed Percy at.


"Hi Annabeth," Percy spoke quietly, laying down the flowers in front of the tomb with Annabeth's name. Although technically nobody was buried for any of the demigods, all of their names were written on a stone and placed in the cemetery a mile away from Camp Olympia. This was the first time he had visited the cemetery ever since Annabeth's death, but today he felt ready.

Everyone said there were five stages of grief, and he felt like he had finally reached the acceptance part of the stages. "It's been a year since you died and... I guess it's finally time to say goodbye."

He reached into his pocket and pulled up a folded note. He had tried to write a poem, but apparently his skills did not extend into poems so he stuck with a note. Percy was sure that everyone's words would escape from his mind when he was really going to talk, and it was.

"I missed you," Percy started quietly, sitting crossed leg in front of the stone. "There's so much that I wish I could say but I don't think I could possibly fit them into this one paper so I had to rewrite it a lot of times. I hated that you're gone, you are the smartest, kindest person I've ever had the pleasure to meet in my life and all the adventures we went on together would forever be the highlight of my life.

"It was dangerous, but I was with you. Every time I'm with you, I feel like I'm invincible even when I'm at my weakest so I guess you're my strength. Everyone said it'll only get better but for me it got worse, until one day it did get better. I went to school you know," Percy let out a small chuckle at that, wiping away the tears that had started to fall.

"I know you think I'm the dumbest person ever but I'm actually passing school. I have a week left before I graduate. I did a few semesters at Camp Jupiter as well, that really sped up my credits. You know, Artemis visited me. I don't think she believed the fact that I attended school either, but I am. Did you know mom's having a baby? Her name is going to be Estelle and only a few weeks left before she comes into this world. Oh, and mom adopted Thalia, who kept on reminding me that I'm the younger one," another sob escaped Percy's lips but he pushed on.

"I love you, and I hate that fate cuts your strings so soon. You will forever have my heart. Your Seaweed Brain, Percy."

He placed the letter on the ground beside the flowers, before wiping his tears and snots with his sleeves. But the sadness was soon replaced by a chill in the air. Percy shivered, then frowned.

It was already May, and most of New York was already warm enough for short sleeves. Why was there a sudden chill that ran down his bones?

A wall of darkness suddenly surrounded the area and Percy had Riptide out in his hands within the seconds. "WHO ARE YOU?!"

A woman appeared into view and Percy's sword arm dropped slightly when he recognized the woman. "You are the woman I rescued from the market."

The woman pulled her hood back, revealing jet black hair with white diamond glistening whenever light hit. Her eyes were as dark as Percy remembered it. "It's almost time."

"Lady, can you stop speaking in riddles," Percy grumbled, his sword arm relaxing and allowing Riptide to shrink back into a pen. His guard was still up for sure, but his instincts were telling him to trust this woman. "I prefer head on confrontation over 'please solve this riddle to pass my test' kind of thing."

A small trace of a smile appeared on the woman's lips. "Don't worry, Perseus, everything will make sense soon."

"What will make sense soon?" Percy demanded, but let out a yelp when the woman suddenly pinched him. "What was that for?!"

"To bring you back into reality," the woman crossed her arms, an eyebrow raised. "I know you were just grieving the loss of a loved one, but villian does not wait for a hero to finish grieving. They take what they want with no consideration for you."

"Okay, so what does that have to do with me? Who are you? What can you tell me that will help us win this war?" Percy questioned. Sometimes he wondered if he was a giant immortal magnet. It seemed that he had the ability to draw every single immortal to him, and more often than not, it was a bad thing. Maybe he was a monster magnet as well, as monsters seem to attack him more often than not.

"It's not what I can tell you, but what I can give you," the woman smirked, and she snapped her fingers. Percy felt as if a bucket of cold water was dumped on top of him and he shivered once more. "Now it's almost complete."

"What's almost complete?" Percy glanced down at his hands, inspecting every portion of himself. What happened?

"My blessing," the woman had a self satisfied smirk on her face as Percy's eyes widened.


There was a weird feeling that Athena couldn't possibly explain as she watched the celebration happening from the sideline. It was weird, and unsettling. Not knowing something for her was like not being able to breathe for the goddess of wisdom. But the feeling doesn't feel like something bad. It felt like something good.

The visit from the mysterious El had ceased and although that thought had comforted her, it didn't. There was something about that girl that was important to the war, Athena was sure of it. With a glance at the celebration, Athena flashed herself back to her palace. There were more important matters to attend to.

There was a ring left on top of her table in the library, and Athena approached it slowly, unsure of the item and what it does. There was a brown leather book beside it with a note attached to it, and Athena quickly flipped it open.

Thena -

Meet me back here in two days. I will explain everything, I promise.

In the meantime, this book would explain my origin. The ring will allow you to read the words written within the book.

Forever yours,

El

Athena cautiously flipped the notebook open to the first page, and like El had stated, the words were unlike anything she had ever read. She carefully slipped the ring onto her index finger, and blinked as the words on the page blurred together before words started forming. She drank in the information quickly.

I can't tell you my name yet, but I can tell you El isn't it. It's simply a nickname. I wasn't always part of this mythological world, although my brother was. I was born and raised as a mortal, before a danger caused me to lose everything. My only connection to the mythological world was my ability to see through the mist, which was really useful when I got recruited by two ancient beings.

For their safety and for the safety of our plan, I will not be revealing their names either, I'm sure you understand. I always thought I would be sitting at the side line, but I couldn't watch my family get slaughtered one by one, so I took up training. My brother was reluctant in training me, but I wanted him to. He finally agreed (he's the best swordsman they had seen in centuries, so really, there's no one better to do the job).

But when everyone at our camp died after a nasty surprise attack, I was the only survivor as I was out hunting for food. The two ancient beings found me, and they promised me the power to destroy those who killed my family if I join them. So I agreed. Our plans had been carefully crafted over many years before we finally reached the time when we were able to execute it.

I'm not from this time, Athena. The war was bad, and few survived, many of them taken as captives. I can't let it happen again.

I'm from the future. 25 years in the future to be exact. And this time, everything will be different.


so hopefully that was okay. please lemme know your thoughts on it! :))

see you soon ~