Guardian of the Hunt
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not PJO OR AC
Percy POV
As I sharpened the arrows of the huntress's I couldn't help but remember something Chiron told me after the second war. "I have watched you grow from a boy to a man in so short a time. It fills me with as much sadness as pride. You fit your father's shoes as if they have been tailored to your feet." I chuckled at the memory. If I really did fit in my father's shoes, then perhaps I would've accepted godhood like he would've if he were in my place. Love is a cruel mistress. Instead of being a god I chose a love that faded away. Damn you Aphrodite! These hunters really don't like men and to be honest, I don't trust women anymore. I understand why the hunters hate men. Sadly most of the men in the world are pigs and backstabbers, but I wish they would learn that not all men are that way. That sometimes it's not the man who breaks the woman's heart. But sometimes it's the woman who breaks the man's. I put the finished arrows down and sighed. I've sharpened over three thousand arrows in three hours. It irks me that I have to do everything. Why couldn't I have just said no to Zeus's offer? Oh yeah that's right, he would blast me into Tartarus. I guess it isn't all bad. Besides the pranks that they do on me, we don't really socialize. The only hunter I talk to is Thalia. She's the only one that tolerates men or it could be just me. Speaking of Thalia here she comes now.
"Hey Perce." She said. She had a big smile on her face and I wondered why. Thalia has always been a sister to me. She doesn't know of my breakup with Annabeth but I have no doubt in my mind that Artemis will tell her and the huntress sometime this month. And when she finds out, either me or Annabeth will have to face her wrath. Preferably Annabeth.
"Hey Thals." I forced a smile. Just because I wasn't happy didn't mean I would push it on good ole pinecone face.
" Milady told me to let you know that we are moving out of Yellowstone in three hours so pack up and get ready." I nodded. I've only been in the hunt for two days. In this time I figured out how to activate my fire powers. Apparently my power comes from my emotion which is dangerous. If I am too angry then my fire turns into Greek fire. That stuff burns even underwater. I figured it would take me a month or so before I mastered this technique. You see my tent is far away from the hunter camp. The reason being is that I don't want to start trouble because my manly essence is in their camp. Artemis confronted me about it earlier. I told her my reasons but she didn't seem satisfied. She told me she would talk to me later. I packed my gear. Apparently Chaos is nicer than he lets on because I have more Assassins robes, throwing knives, and some things to sharpen my weapons. I even got some poison and a tomahawk. Chaos also gave me blueprints to give to Hephaestus. I don't understand them but he said Hephaestus would. I put my equipment into my bag and got out my tent. My tent was a black color with Chaos's symbol on it and Artemis's as well. My tent was a good three miles away from the hunters. With a snap of my fingers, my tent vanished and so did the arrows I sharpened. I ran into the forest. I climbed a tree and started running on the tree tops. I always thought myself as a big clumsy warrior but with this enchantment from Chaos, I was as graceful as a deer, fast as a cheetah, nimble and light on my feet like a monkey and as acrobatic as a ninja. I scaled the treetops with ease. I felt free moving in the wilds, like I could just be me without everyone criticizing me for it. As swung from a vine, I remembered the dream of Chaos I had last night. In the dream, Chaos said I had a special ability that he didn't give me, it was something I already had and he awakened it. I call it my Assassin's sense. When I speak to someone, I can pick up lies and I can tell who I need to go after and who is my enemy. I find it really cool. I wished I had this power before, if I did then maybe I could've prevented Selina from giving info to Luke. I sighed as I reached my destination. I sat on the branch watching the hunters wait for me. No need to dwell on the past. This is my new family now and even though we don't see eye to eye. I will protect them anyway.
Artemis POV
My hunters and I waited for Percy. Thalia, my lieutenant is quite fond of the boy. No not boy, Man. He will probably be the only man I will ever come to respect. After he took the sky for me so I could fight Atlas, I gained new respect for the Perseus. He honored Bianca and Zoe. If Zoe liked him, then I will give him a chance. He has not flirted with my hunters, hell he hardly ever talks to us. Now I know it's been only two days but he's only spoken like ten words. Most toward me and Thalia. I guess that is my fault. I have packed him with a bunch of work that used to belong to hunters. I've noticed that in these two days my hunters have mistreated the man. If it were any other man I wouldn't care. But Perseus isn't any other man. He's gained the respect of the creator, he's gained my respect and he even has the grudging respect of my father. He is not selfish. All I have seen from him is selflessness and purity. So when I found out he wanted to die, I was honestly surprised. Why would someone who's gained the respect of the gods, hero to the campers who follow him and loved by nearly everyone wish to die. He wished to taken away from the pain of a broken heart. For the first time in Greek history, a woman had broken the man's heart. Not only his heart but his very essence. His green eyes which used to so happy and mischievous were only filled with pain and sadness that he tried to hide from me and Thalia. We both see it. Thalia knows nothing of it but I do. While I admire that the child of Athena wished to be single, I am angry that she broke this man and I don't know why. I heard my hunters shriek when buckets full of sharpened arrows appeared beside us. I wonder how he sharpened three thousand arrows in three hours! That would take my hunters at least a week to do. As I looked at the sharpened arrows my senses went wild. Someone was watching us. I scanned the area and saw who was watching us. Perseus. The black Assassins robes were unique and quite honestly intimidating. The hood covered his eyes so all you could see were his nose and mouth. His mouth morphed into a smirk when he noticed I saw him. I narrowed my eyes but said nothing. I looked to my hunters to see if they noticed him. They didn't. I sighed. It seems Percy can hide from my hunters. That's quite a feat. My hunters can detect a wolf from three miles away and here, this man is only a few feet away and they can't feel his presence. Thalia seemed to notice that something was up.
"What's wrong my lady." I smiled. Only Zoe and Thalia could figure out when something was bothering me.
"Nothing's wrong unless you call all of you not feeling Perseus's presence wrong." Thalia's eyes widened and my hunters looked around in alarm. My lips quivered in amusement. They couldn't see him. I looked toward the place where he was originally and my eyes too widened in alarm. Where did he go? I heard someone clearing their throat behind us and we all turned around frantically. Our bows ready. I lowered my bow. There he was. Sitting on the ground Indian style, lips quirked up in amusement. I wouldn't admit it but not even I could feel his presence for a second. The thought made me angry.
"Mind explaining to me how you evaded my hunters. I am quite curious." Thalia seemed to agree with my question and looked at Perseus expectantly, my hunters followed her lead. Perseus smirked and I had half the mind to either laugh at my hunter's expressions or to smack Percy for smirking.
"As you do know, Chaos did give me the knowledge of an experienced Assassin but he taught me a couple technique's in my dreams. The ability to hide in plain sigh,t not once did I attempt to even hide from you. I merely used my surroundings like a true Assassin or Hunter must.
"My hunters gaped when they heard Chaos and Thalia had that expression that told me she was going to talk to me later. But for now I nodded to Percy.
"Wise words, which is something that my hunters have a hard time understanding. Perhaps you could train them to hide in plain sight and close combat." My hunters began to protest but I silenced them while Percy began to think. He nodded
"As you wish, but hunters I have to warn you, this will not be easy if you let your hate for men blind you, then I cannot teach you." They grudgingly nodded, obviously not happy with the situation. Phoebe seemed indifferent about it which surprised me and Thalia looked like she really wanted to learn. Things around here are about to get interesting.
"Alright hunters, move out! Zeus wants us to take care of a problem in the South Dakota Badlands. It seems that swarms of monsters are breeding there and we have to flush them out." Let's move I want to be there in three days.
Percy POV
South Dakota Badlands huh. Isn't that place like a desert. Guess I'm gonna find out. The hunters are gonna travel by foot. This is gonna be a long three days if Artemis makes me camp with them. As we started to head out, Thalia stepped up beside me. I raised an eyebrow. She stuck her tongue out at me. After that she started to stare at my outfit. I grinned." Why are you staring at me?"
"You have an awesome outfit!" I rolled my eye. Pinecone face is still immature as ever. She smacked me upside the head. I glared at her.
"What was that for?" I growled. She chuckled with made me growl even more.
"You rolled your eyes so you deserve to be slapped." I laughed. I don't know why but Thalia and Artemis can keep me happy for some reason and Artemis doesn't even try.
"So are you gonna tell me what has you sad." I looked at her in shock. Was I not hiding that emotion well enough? She seemed to notice my surprise.
"Don't act surprised, Artemis and I can see it, even if the other hunters cant." I sighed. I don't want to tell her and I know that if I don't she'll keep trying to get it out of me.
"Ask Artemis, please Thalia I don't want to talk about it." She nodded in understanding and took off in Artemis's direction. I have lived my life as best I could, not knowing its purpose but now I am starting to see new life. I wonder why? As I watched Thalia go, I couldn't help but smile. As long as Thalia, my sister and Artemis my mistress don't leave my side, I think I will survive this pain. Why did I say Artemis! Argh! Don't even know my own emotions. But maybe I meant it. Aphrodite if you're messing with head, so help me you'll be the first god to ever be assassinated. I think the hunter's violence is starting to rub off on me. There is no way in hades I would have ever said that if I was still at camp half-blood.
Percy POV
As I sharpened the arrows of the huntress's I couldn't help but remember something Chiron told me after the second war. "I have watched you grow from a boy to a man in so short a time. It fills me with as much sadness as pride. You fit your father's shoes as if they have been tailored to your feet." I chuckled at the memory. If I really did fit in my father's shoes, then perhaps I would've accepted godhood like he would've if he were in my place. Love is a cruel mistress. Instead of being a god I chose a love that faded away. Damn you Aphrodite! These hunters really don't like men and to be honest, I don't trust women anymore. I understand why the hunters hate men. Sadly most of the men in the world are pigs and backstabbers, but I wish they would learn that not all men are that way. That sometimes it's not the man who breaks the woman's heart. But sometimes it's the woman who breaks the man's. I put the finished arrows down and sighed. I've sharpened over three thousand arrows in three hours. It irks me that I have to do everything. Why couldn't I have just said no to Zeus's offer? Oh yeah that's right, he would blast me into Tartarus. I guess it isn't all bad. Besides the pranks that they do on me, we don't really socialize. The only hunter I talk to is Thalia. She's the only one that tolerates men or it could be just me. Speaking of Thalia here she comes now.
"Hey Perce." She said. She had a big smile on her face and I wondered why. Thalia has always been a sister to me. She doesn't know of my breakup with Annabeth but I have no doubt in my mind that Artemis will tell her and the huntress sometime this month. And when she finds out, either me or Annabeth will have to face her wrath. Preferably Annabeth.
"Hey Thals." I forced a smile. Just because I wasn't happy didn't mean I would push it on good ole pinecone face.
" Milady told me to let you know that we are moving out of Yellowstone in three hours so pack up and get ready." I nodded. I've only been in the hunt for two days. In this time I figured out how to activate my fire powers. Apparently my power comes from my emotion which is dangerous. If I am too angry then my fire turns into Greek fire. That stuff burns even underwater. I figured it would take me a month or so before I mastered this technique. You see my tent is far away from the hunter camp. The reason being is that I don't want to start trouble because my manly essence is in their camp. Artemis confronted me about it earlier. I told her my reasons but she didn't seem satisfied. She told me she would talk to me later. I packed my gear. Apparently Chaos is nicer than he lets on because I have more Assassins robes, throwing knives, and some things to sharpen my weapons. I even got some poison and a tomahawk. Chaos also gave me blueprints to give to Hephaestus. I don't understand them but he said Hephaestus would. I put my equipment into my bag and got out my tent. My tent was a black color with Chaos's symbol on it and Artemis's as well. My tent was a good three miles away from the hunters. With a snap of my fingers, my tent vanished and so did the arrows I sharpened. I ran into the forest. I climbed a tree and started running on the tree tops. I always thought myself as a big clumsy warrior but with this enchantment from Chaos, I was as graceful as a deer, fast as a cheetah, nimble and light on my feet like a monkey and as acrobatic as a ninja. I scaled the treetops with ease. I felt free moving in the wilds, like I could just be me without everyone criticizing me for it. As swung from a vine, I remembered the dream of Chaos I had last night. In the dream, Chaos said I had a special ability that he didn't give me, it was something I already had and he awakened it. I call it my Assassin's sense. When I speak to someone, I can pick up lies and I can tell who I need to go after and who is my enemy. I find it really cool. I wished I had this power before, if I did then maybe I could've prevented Selina from giving info to Luke. I sighed as I reached my destination. I sat on the branch watching the hunters wait for me. No need to dwell on the past. This is my new family now and even though we don't see eye to eye. I will protect them anyway.
Artemis POV
My hunters and I waited for Percy. Thalia, my lieutenant is quite fond of the boy. No not boy, Man. He will probably be the only man I will ever come to respect. After he took the sky for me so I could fight Atlas, I gained new respect for the Perseus. He honored Bianca and Zoe. If Zoe liked him, then I will give him a chance. He has not flirted with my hunters, hell he hardly ever talks to us. Now I know it's been only two days but he's only spoken like ten words. Most toward me and Thalia. I guess that is my fault. I have packed him with a bunch of work that used to belong to hunters. I've noticed that in these two days my hunters have mistreated the man. If it were any other man I wouldn't care. But Perseus isn't any other man. He's gained the respect of the creator, he's gained my respect and he even has the grudging respect of my father. He is not selfish. All I have seen from him is selflessness and purity. So when I found out he wanted to die, I was honestly surprised. Why would someone who's gained the respect of the gods, hero to the campers who follow him and loved by nearly everyone wish to die. He wished to taken away from the pain of a broken heart. For the first time in Greek history, a woman had broken the man's heart. Not only his heart but his very essence. His green eyes which used to so happy and mischievous were only filled with pain and sadness that he tried to hide from me and Thalia. We both see it. Thalia knows nothing of it but I do. While I admire that the child of Athena wished to be single, I am angry that she broke this man and I don't know why. I heard my hunters shriek when buckets full of sharpened arrows appeared beside us. I wonder how he sharpened three thousand arrows in three hours! That would take my hunters at least a week to do. As I looked at the sharpened arrows my senses went wild. Someone was watching us. I scanned the area and saw who was watching us. Perseus. The black Assassins robes were unique and quite honestly intimidating. The hood covered his eyes so all you could see were his nose and mouth. His mouth morphed into a smirk when he noticed I saw him. I narrowed my eyes but said nothing. I looked to my hunters to see if they noticed him. They didn't. I sighed. It seems Percy can hide from my hunters. That's quite a feat. My hunters can detect a wolf from three miles away and here, this man is only a few feet away and they can't feel his presence. Thalia seemed to notice that something was up.
"What's wrong my lady." I smiled. Only Zoe and Thalia could figure out when something was bothering me.
"Nothing's wrong unless you call all of you not feeling Perseus's presence wrong." Thalia's eyes widened and my hunters looked around in alarm. My lips quivered in amusement. They couldn't see him. I looked toward the place where he was originally and my eyes too widened in alarm. Where did he go? I heard someone clearing their throat behind us and we all turned around frantically. Our bows ready. I lowered my bow. There he was. Sitting on the ground Indian style, lips quirked up in amusement. I wouldn't admit it but not even I could feel his presence for a second. The thought made me angry.
"Mind explaining to me how you evaded my hunters. I am quite curious." Thalia seemed to agree with my question and looked at Perseus expectantly, my hunters followed her lead. Perseus smirked and I had half the mind to either laugh at my hunter's expressions or to smack Percy for smirking.
"As you do know, Chaos did give me the knowledge of an experienced Assassin but he taught me a couple technique's in my dreams. The ability to hide in plain sigh,t not once did I attempt to even hide from you. I merely used my surroundings like a true Assassin or Hunter must.
"My hunters gaped when they heard Chaos and Thalia had that expression that told me she was going to talk to me later. But for now I nodded to Percy.
"Wise words, which is something that my hunters have a hard time understanding. Perhaps you could train them to hide in plain sight and close combat." My hunters began to protest but I silenced them while Percy began to think. He nodded
"As you wish, but hunters I have to warn you, this will not be easy if you let your hate for men blind you, then I cannot teach you." They grudgingly nodded, obviously not happy with the situation. Phoebe seemed indifferent about it which surprised me and Thalia looked like she really wanted to learn. Things around here are about to get interesting.
"Alright hunters, move out! Zeus wants us to take care of a problem in the South Dakota Badlands. It seems that swarms of monsters are breeding there and we have to flush them out." Let's move I want to be there in three days.
Percy POV
South Dakota Badlands huh. Isn't that place like a desert. Guess I'm gonna find out. The hunters are gonna travel by foot. This is gonna be a long three days if Artemis makes me camp with them. As we started to head out, Thalia stepped up beside me. I raised an eyebrow. She stuck her tongue out at me. After that she started to stare at my outfit. I grinned." Why are you staring at me?"
"You have an awesome outfit!" I rolled my eye. Pinecone face is still immature as ever. She smacked me upside the head. I glared at her.
"What was that for?" I growled. She chuckled with made me growl even more.
"You rolled your eyes so you deserve to be slapped." I laughed. I don't know why but Thalia and Artemis can keep me happy for some reason and Artemis doesn't even try.
"So are you gonna tell me what has you sad." I looked at her in shock. Was I not hiding that emotion well enough? She seemed to notice my surprise.
"Don't act surprised, Artemis and I can see it, even if the other hunters cant." I sighed. I don't want to tell her and I know that if I don't she'll keep trying to get it out of me.
"Ask Artemis, please Thalia I don't want to talk about it." She nodded in understanding and took off in Artemis's direction. I have lived my life as best I could, not knowing its purpose but now I am starting to see new life. I wonder why? As I watched Thalia go, I couldn't help but smile. As long as Thalia, my sister and Artemis my mistress don't leave my side, I think I will survive this pain. Why did I say Artemis! Argh! Don't even know my own emotions. But maybe I meant it. Aphrodite if you're messing with head, so help me you'll be the first god to ever be assassinated. I think the hunter's violence is starting to rub off on me. There is no way in hades I would have ever said that if I was still at camp half-blood.
This book was very good but YOU ARE BEING VERY RUDE TO No men woman
11/29/16