"The confusing part about this is that I don't receive prayers from boys. I receive prayers from young girls in need. Yet in front of me is sitting a young man whose prayers I received when he was a child. And whose prayers I still receive to this day hence the existence of this" she gestured around us "enclave. Now Perseus Achilles Jackson can you finally tell us why Lady Chaos visited you." Thalia looked at the goddess in shock. Hell I looked at her shock after what we just heard. Mom, can you tell her? I asked in my thoughts.
Only because you called me mom I looked at Thalia and then back at Artemis. Oh mom, one more thing I need a new name.
I'll let you choose yourself daughter. You earned it. If you don't want to reveal yourself you can always call yourself daughter of the void. While I am not the void itself the void itself doesn't have a personification and we don't wanna blurt out everywhere that my daughter is alive. I don't want Tartarus and the others hunt you within a day.
Thanks mom I waited a few more seconds before speaking out loud. "Thalia I think you're gonna enjoy this a lot at my cost." She looked at me confused
Artemis pov:
"… and whose prayers I still receive to this day hence the existence of this enclave." I said gesturing around us "Now Perseus Achilles Jackson can you finally tell us why Lady Chaos visited you". Looking at the young demigod in front of me in expectation I waited. I knew after this explanation he couldn't not tell us why Lady Chaos visited. Hello Artemis, a voice echoed through my mind.
Lady Chaos? I wondered
Percy asked me to explain to you my visit myself. But it's easier if I just show you. So with your permission?
I mentally nodded and was immediately flooded with Chaos' memory of today's events. Visiting Percy explaining to him that he was indeed Chaos' daughter and not the Son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson.
My eyes widened as the memories flowed through me.
Thank you lady chaos I bowed my head mentally showing my respect for the creator.
Please just Chaos and stop with the bows I dislike it. One last thing when you transform her don't form her at all just remove my spell. I think you know how to.
Okay Chaos I'm very honored to have gotten to know you.
The pleasure is mine Artemis. Although I have a feeling we will meet again in the future.
As suddenly as it came the foreign presence of Chaos was gone from my mind.
"Thalia I think you're gonna enjoy this a lot at my cost" Percy said facing Thalia before he turned around to me. "Lady Artemis if you would be so kind" he bowed down in front of me. I shook my head mentally. Here was the 2nd most powerful being in existence bowing down to me. "As humble as ever Daughter of Chaos" I said, casting a spell that would remove all disguises by other immortals. A silver light was shining around Percy so bright that even I had to turn my eyes to prevent getting blinded. When the light died down Thalia and I were left speechless looking at a beautiful young woman with pitch black eyes that had stars and galaxies inside them.
Before anyone could say anything Thalia started laughing so hard she collapsed and was rolling around gasping for air. "You… HAHAHAHA YOU'RE AHAHAHA" she couldn't even finish a sentence.
3rd person pov:
The daughter of the void looked down at her best friend laughing and rolling around in the dirt. She then turned to face Artemis "I pledge myself to the Goddess Artemis,
to turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood, and join the Hunt." "I accept your oath daughter of Chaos" a silver light sprung between us but quickly died down.
Percy pov (I don't have a new name for her yet so deal with it):
I looked down at the daughter of Zeus who was still laughing but now started crying because of it. Looking back up I asked Artemis "Do you think Bolt brain here will ever stop?" Artemis raised an eyebrow at the new nickname before answering "I don't know sister. I don't know" I got up and started climbing the tree Artemis had sat on before and sat down on one of the ledges to reflect what had happened today. I went from being the Hero of Olympus with a cheating girlfriend to being the daughter of the most powerful being in the universe and yet. Somehow I felt as if this was always meant to happen. It felt weird looking back at my life as a male. I must've drifted off because when I snapped back to reality I felt a head touch my shoulder when Artemis sat down next to me and leaned on my shoulder with her head. "Beautiful isn't it. The night. No worries about men and just being in the company of sisters"
After a couple minutes Thalia finally managed to stop laughing and got up to her feet. "I still want a full explanation as to what the actual" "Language" I interfered "is going on here?" She finished her sentence.
"When I fled here after today's capture the flag Lady Chaos formed out of black mist that was attached to me after I somehow travelled here. Now I know that I used 'Void seeking' to get here but that's irrelevant. Chaos told me the tale of how she had a daughter that was destined to one day rule the universe. Her other children obviously didn't like that as they all wanted to rule the universe so she hid me. Eventually she decided I needed to grow up normally and not be eternally hidden so she gave me to the care of my mother and Poseidon, altering their memories accordingly." "And this" Thalia pointed at me in general. Artemis led out a slight chuckle next to me "I simply tore away the disguise Chaos had put on our new sister. speaking of which we need a name for you I don't wanna say 'daughter of chaos' everytime" hmm I thought "ok first of all if anything daughter of the void. Mom and I agreed to use that instead of daughter of chaos to not alert my siblings faster than needed. And second, what about Kaelisia Saphira?" Thalia looked up at me confused and I could feel Artemis' confused look on me as well. Raising my hands in defeat I asked "What did I say something wrong?" They muttered in unison "no it's just so different" "well if you like it that's what matters. Now get down here void girl" I grinned jumping down from the tree towards Thalia. Looking at me standing there like a grinning idiot Thalia froze for a second looking up at Artemis questioningly. I followed her gaze and saw a glimpse of Artemis nodding. Before fully getting what was happening I felt a sudden pain between my legs and I immediately fell into the dirt face first. "What was that for sparky" I groaned "I've been wanting to do this ever since we met Kelp Brain and now I finally can" she exclaimed happily.
3rd person pov:
Hours later when the first rays of sunlight appeared the three girls made their way back to camp. But before they woke their sisters to introduce everyone to the newest addition to the hunt they decided to play a little prank on the hunters. They went around the camp replacing everyone's silver hunter shirts with a golden T-shirt showing Apollo in his swimming pants posing like superman. When they finished setting up their prank Artemis blew the horn signaling breakfast. As most hunters thought they overslept they quickly got up and stumbled out of their tents not paying attention to which clothes they got on. When they all stumbled into the dining tent wearing golden Apollo T-shirts Artemis raised an eyebrow sitting at the end of the table Thalia on her right side and a new huntress on the left. The hunters said down at the table before anyone had noticed anything about the shirts they were wearing. Finally there was a scream. Phoebe looked across the table at Sophia to see her wearing an Apollo shirt. "SOPHIA" she yelled. The huntress looked at Phoebe and paled seeing her shirt as well. Panic erupted in the tent as everyone scrambled back to their tents to change shirts and by the time they finally did come back wearing proper silver shirts it was actually time for breakfast. Now Calmly the hunters sat down one by one and looked towards their mistress expecting an explanation. When the youngest sat down Artemis took a breath and started explaining "Tonight we've found another brave young woman to join the hunt. Everyone meet Kaelisia Saphira, daughter of the void" the hunters started mumbling "… void?" eventually the mumbling died down and Phoebe looked at their mistress "what does this mean Lady Artemis" "exactly what it sounds like. Kaelisia here is a daughter of the void" Thalia answered instead. "Alright everyone eat now. After breakfast we go back to practice. I want you guys to practice with knives today while Thalia and I start teaching our newest member how to use a bow" "without shooting us" Thalia added quietly so that only Artemis and Kaelisia could hear her. The latter shot her an angry look after that statement "you'll see". After they finished breakfast the hunters got ready to practice their close combat skills with each other whilst Artemis excused herself flashing to the big house to ask Chiron to keep campers away from the archery range while she trained her newest hunter. Assuring the old centaur that it was absolutely necessary for the safety of the campers that they stayed away from the archery range.
Back at the camp of the hunters Thalia looked at Kaelisia in front of her "I'm gonna start calling you Kae. Kaelisia is such a mouthful" "as you wish sparky" the response came with a mocking bow "I'll see you at camp Thals" "WAIT" but it was too late. The daughter of the void had already vanished leaving a slight glimpse of many different colors in her place which quickly disappeared. Thalia sighed and started walking towards camp half blood. Wondering why the hunt didn't just stay in Artemis' cabin.
Artemis walked towards the archery range to inspect the targets and rearrange them as needed for them. Having all of them in the same distance was pointless for practicing individual accuracy. To become truly accurate one had to alter the location of their target so they would learn to aim with the bow, not learn to aim at the same spot in the same direction and distance. After arranging the targets she figured she had some time until Thalia and Kaelisia got here so she started shooting herself ordering the targets by numbers in her head calling out which target to aim for 143752631623714451562867432214544636712 every arrow hitting the bullseye whilst all of them were fired within 5 seconds as well. Walking towards the targets to get rid of the arrows too slow she thought. Whilst every arrow that was shot on a target that was already shot at before split the arrows in their previously she still shook her head unhappy with the result.
She went back and took a deep breath getting ready to go for a second round. "You know" she turned around to see a certain demigoddess walking her way "maybe if you didn't try so hard you'd end up faster" "That doesn't even make sense Kaelisia" "It doesn't?" The girl looked at her Lady challengingly. After getting close enough she giggled "you know my mother gave me gifts before she left but I couldn't help but allow myself this little joke" she conjured her bow out of thin air. It consisted of a dark purple matter with a silver bowstring similar to her own. "Any order moonbeam" she said. Stunned at the nickname Artemis didn't react at first. "Today preferably" Kaelisia said. Artemis coughed before spitting out numbers. "81327387222487411771291925196974719256146122143598" while Artemis was still blurting out numbers the daughter of chaos hit every single bullseye and caught up to her saying the numbers. "Your turn moonbeam" as she turned around to Artemis gesturing her to get in position Artemis finally got her act together "Don't call me that Kae" "Please you'll have to do better than that Arty. Thalia came up with that nickname." Turning around she continued "Speak of the devil. To make it easier for you we'll leave out targets 8 and 9. Ready. 3617424675611631114632213" the goddess of the hunt finished half the targets by the time the huntress spat out all numbers but continued firing until all arrows were shot. "See slightly better." Kaelisia encouraged her "Somehow still worse than you seaweed brain" Thalia raised an eyebrow as she was close enough now to hear what they were saying. "What do you mean my lady" "show her kelp for brains" "Your wish is my command Arty" Thalia's eyes flickering between the 2. "Pinecone face. Random numbers 1-9 every number you say I shoot twice deal?" "That's target 1." Artemis pointed Thalia at the first target and then the others after. Thalia nodded "READY VOID GIRL?" And without waiting for a response "137526415327654231765342176543217654321765432176543217654327654321765" her eyes widened while speaking as every target was shot at with immense precision and speed even shadowing Artemis by a lot. "76532176 aaand 5. You got lazy Thalia." Kae turned around to look at her friend "you only blurted the same sequence." Walking back to the other 2 huntresses Kae threw her Bow in the air which vanished until she needed it again.
As she made her way over she noticed Chiron joining them "well that was certainly a demonstration if I've ever seen one" the old centaur said "I've heard a lot about you Chiron" Kaelisia said while bowing. Thalia noticed that and slammed her elbow into Kae's side. "What was that for Thals" she mumbled "Later" came the response. "I believe we weren't introduced yet, young one" the centaur said, directing his words directly to Kaelisia. She looked towards Artemis seemingly begging for her to help her out here, but the goddess stayed silent with a slight grin on her face. "I uh me - my name is Kaelisia Saphira Sir" she mumbled. "Well young Kaelisia if I didn't know better I'd bet that you were a daughter of Artemis herself the way you're shooting. Yet your mistress came to me today to ask me to keep the archery range from campers since it would be too dangerous for them?" something about how he said it made Kae jump internally. Looking around seeking for help from Thalia or Artemis she didn't know what to say.
A minute went by without anyone saying anything. The daughter of the void was visibly struggling to find an answer which almost caused Artemis and Thalia to burst laughing. Both daughters of Zeus could seemingly see the gears in her head turning when she finally realised. "I. My parents gave me away to my uncle" she quietly spoke "he did not treat me very well now everytime I see a male there is a potential risk of a blackout causing me to just throw or shoot anything at them" her voice growing more confident as she spoke. Artemis and Thalia exchanged looks. Not the excuse they would've used but it works.
Chiron turned to Artemis "My lady I have a request for you. One of my campers wishes to learn the art of archery as well. She's a very intelligent camper and only seeks to learn from the best so while you are in camp that would be you or the daughter of.. sorry I don't quite remember who your parent(s) are Kaelisia Saphira" "you don't remember because I didn't say it Chiron. But it doesn't matter, I won't teach her anyways." The girl fixated a spot behind Chiron pointing at thin air. Thalia looked at her new old friend confused "Kae? Are you ok there's nothing there void girl" Chiron raised an eyebrow at the nickname. Void girl he thought what could that mean. Void doesn't have a manifestation like Tartarus Nyx or Uranus. The so called Void girl raised her eyebrow "really? Nothing?" a purple shimmer left her hand forming the shape of a person "reveal yourself before I reveal you" she said. The purple shimmer person raised her left hand to her head and ripped down a hat. Revealing Annabeth Chase holding her Yankees cap. Annabeth seemed to have cried a lot and not slept very much, her eyes still red. Looking at Thalia she tried to smile "Hey Thal" "I'll be in the arena helping the campers train" Chiron trotted away leaving Annabeth with the 3 hunters. Trying to get rid of that weird feeling he had about Miss Saphira. He decided to ask Mr. D about this later.
Thalia pov:
"Hey Thal" "I'll be in the arena helping the campers train" I barely noticed Chiron leaving, keeping my eyes on the daughter of Athena. She was one of my oldest friends yet she also hurt one of my best friends and scar'd her for eternity.
"You're brave Annabeth but not idiotic" I said "why are you here"
Annabeth faintly whispered something I couldn't hear but Artemis and Percy/Kae heard it judging by their looks it was surprising. "Come again I didn't hear you" "I came to ask you to help me find Percy. I messed up horribly and I don't want to lose him forever after this mess. Or at the very least stay in contact with him even if he doesn't like me" Annabeth was staring at the floor not wanting to meet my quite literally electrifying gaze. My head flicked to Kae next to me. My eyes saying all she needed to know right now
I don't know Thalia. I don't know what to say
How is she in my head hello help 123 get out of there
That's not how it works, Thals. Maybe just tell her that I'm gone. Like just gone not dead gone but gone
Fine whatever get out of my head voidling
You hurt my feelings Pinecone face
Her presence in my mind left and I looked back at Annabeth wondering how long we had that conversation for "I don't know Annabeth. He's gone. He's not dead he wouldn't do that to his mother Nico, myself or his father but he's gone" she stiffened. Artemis turned to Kae a questioning look on her face. I could almost see the conversation they were having
Artemis: did you tell her to say that
Kae: almost I gave her the idea
Artemis: but why
Kae: it's better this way I don't want anything to do with her anymore
"Lady Artemis, would you teach me the use of a bow regardless" Annabeth asked, discouraged by my words. Raising an eyebrow "Chaos knows I wouldn't turn down a maidens call for aid. Kaelisia can you prepare the targets? Probably a bit closer than where they are now and shuffle the positions a bit". My best friend shrugged and looked at me questioningly "Thalia, go with her" Artemis added. "Let's go sparky" Kae said. "I told you to not call me sparky void girl" and with that we walked off towards the targets to get rid of the arrows Artemis and I had shot and rearranged the targets. Before returning to Artemis and Annabeth I turned to my best friend "You know she'll find out one day Perce" she shrugged "maybe. Maybe not. I'll have to ask mom about it. And don't ever call me that again Stormy" "That's Jason not me" I replied. "Ok let's go, I think they are waiting."
3rd person pov:
Artemis and Annabeth were waiting for Thalia and Kaelisia to return while Artemis instructed Annabeth on how to stand and hold the bow. They returned giggling about something Thalia said on their way back. But after a straightening look from Artemis they stopped abruptly taking their spot behind Annabeth on her left side while Artemis stood on her right.
As they were waiting for Annabeth to start shooting a bad feeling crept onto Kaelisia. The daughter of the void suddenly looked around. Her head snapping around. When Annabeth let the arrow fly her eyes followed the arrow watching in Horror as it flew in a curve and was now directly aimed at Artemis behind Annabeth. How that was even possible the daughter of chaos failed to grasp but she didn't hesitate. Time seemingly slowed down as she conjured her bow and faster than the human eye could see, aimed and released an arrow to intercept the arrow shot by the daughter of Athena. There was a loud noise when the arrows collided. Artemis and Thalia looked in Horror at the 2 arrows whilst Annabeth slowly turned around to see her arrow being shot out of the air by none other than Kaelisia Saphira.
"Who are you really Kaelisia Saphira?" Annabeth asked. "Keep my name out of your mouth, wisdom spawn. And learn to shoot an arrow straight so you don't impale my mistress" the reply was cold hearted and filled with hate. Artemis caught herself after almost being impaled by an arrow "thank you for saving my life Kaelisia. But you shouldn't talk to others like that. We treat fellow maidens with respect and kindness" Kae snored "I treat those that deserve respect and kindness that way. Not anyone who didn't get laid yet" Thalia looked at her friend in horror hearing her talk to Artemis like that "ahem hey sis? I don't think you want to talk to mistress like that"
Kaelisia pov:
"Don't worry Thals I know what I'm doing" I answered not knowing in the slightest what I was doing. Since I lashed out at Annabeth and Artemis spoke to me our eyes had been interlocked neither of us were willing to back down. Yea she was the Olympian goddess of the moon, hunt and a bunch of other things but I was chaos' daughter and even if I wasn't it didn't matter. I was standing for what was right in this case not for what followed tradition.
"Void girl" Artemis suddenly spoke after minutes of silence "hunting knives now" summoning 2 knives of her own she ran at me. I barely managed to block her 2 silver knives with my own purple-black-ish knives. We went back and forth exchanging hit after hit. I faintly noticed Thalia and Annabeth on the side staring in awe but while I was superior in using my bow ironically the moon goddess was a lot more skilled and versatile using her knives. Considering how much faster I was, one would've thought it would be easy for me to overpower the moon goddess but it wasn't. Her movements were fast enough to keep up.
"How was he" I heard Annabeth asked Thalia. "I- I'm sorry Anna I can't" barely avoiding Artemis knives I jumped back creating some space. I was about to throw my knives at her and swap weapons when my mother interrupted my thoughts. Time around me seemed to stop while she talked to me
You know when you do this that girl will know. Your weapon is too recogniseable.
I know mom. It's okay, I don't really care. If I need to, I can always rest at the crescent bay where she wouldn't find me. Besides I'll have to tell others eventually I don't want Nico to worry too much about me.
Very well my beautiful daughter. I shall leave you to it and unfreeze the universe. Good luck
Time unfroze around me and I threw my knives, buying just a split second. "You know throwing your weapons away isn't particularly a smart choice" silver eyes were staring me down before the goddess jumped at me quicker than I anticipated. I barely managed to pull my sword out of nowhere and block her fury of attacks. "Or maybe throwing away my weapons to use a different weapon with greater efficiency is a smart idea moonbeam" I glared at her while blocking strike after strike. Moving too fast for anyone to see what was happening. Eventually she backed up, taking a breath allowing Annabeth and Thalia to see the weapon I was wielding now. "Percy" Annabeth whispered, her voice failing. Thalia inhaled sharply "Kae". Before anything else happened Artemis held out her right hand "Draw?" I reluctantly agreed marching back to Thalia and Annabeth "You know Thals your half sister is smart. If we continued I would've won" Artemis protested behind me "no way you would've beaten me it was a tactical draw to not tire both of us out but I would've won" "Sure thing moonbeam". looking towards Annabeth I noticed how confused she was. "Don't bother chase you won't understand without help anyways. See you around" and with that I disappeared leaving a small mix of colors behind that slowly faded.