A/N This story is inspired by Eternal by CombaTombat
ZOE
Zoe didn't know what was following them, but she knew something was. As a hunter of Artemis, she had what she described as a sixth sense. She called it a Hunter's sense. All of her sisters had it. From her knowledge, all Hunters of Artemis have it. Everyone Milady has ever had; she knew it came with the blessing Milady gave them. But as the Lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis she had a more enhanced blessing. Basically, she had an advanced special sense. She didn't know when it started, but she began to have that feeling she was being tracked down when they left the Hoover Dam. But she would bet her bow that it had begun to follow them sooner. Based off of her past experiences, it was an evil monster, probably the Hydra.
This was all going through her head when Thalia shouted "OUT!" I opened the door and jumped out. I rolled onto the pavement. The next second: BOOOM! Lightning flashed, and Dr. Chase's Volkswagen erupted like a canary-yellow grenade. I heard a sound like metal ram, and when I opened my eyes, we were surrounded by wreckage. Part of the VW's fender had impaled itself in the street. The smoking hood was spinning in circles. Pieces of yellow metal were strewn across the road.
I stood up and began to look for Theo, Thalia, and Luke when Theo began to shout my name. I ran over to them and said, "Silence, fool! Do you want to wake Ladon?"
"You mean we're here?" The ignorant boy questioned.
"Very close," I told him. "Follow me."
Sheets of fog were drifting right across the road. I stepped into one of them. I began to remember my past here. Almost having Hercules robbing me of my virginity. Me joining the Hunters of Artemis. My past and the journey from the Mount Othrys, my former home. To the Hunters of Artemis. My family. The only people who would grieve my death after Atlas killed me. My father. Only two people new the whole story of my past. Milady and... Him. The person who rescued me from Hercules. The person who beat the snot out of him after he saw what was happening. The person who traveled with the hunters. He was known as the Father of the Hunt. He created them with Artemis. Heck he raised Artemis because of Zeus's lack of care. Sure Milady played him after her birth, but she still needed a fatherly figure in her life. He was that person. The person who the original hunters (the ones who still remember him) and Artemis have a ceremony for on the anniversary he left.
I was brought back into reality when the mist around me cleared and I saw I was still on the side of the mountain, but the road was dirt. The grass was thicker. The sunset made a bloodred slash across the sea. The summit of the mountain seemed closer now, swirling with storm clouds and raw power. There was only one path to the top, directly in front of me. And it led through a lush meadow of shadows and flowers: the garden of twilight.
I saw I was home. I saw Ladon curled up around the tree. I saw that the grass still shimmered with silvery evening light, and the flowers were such brilliant colors they almost glowed in the dark. Steppingstones of polished black marble led around either side of a five-story-tall apple tree, every bough glittering with golden apples, and I don't mean yellow golden apples like in the grocery store. I mean real golden apples. I can't describe why they were so appealing, but as soon as I smelled their fragrance, I knew that one bite would be the most delicious thing I'd ever tasted.
Thalia, Theo, and Luke suddenly stepped through the mist and started talking. "The apples of immortality," Thalia said. "Hera's wedding gift from Zeus."
Then the shadows in front of us began to move. There was a beautiful, eerie singing, like voices from the bottom of a well. Theo reached for his sword, but I stopped his hand.
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