The Last Guardian

Chapter Two

A/N. Reviews!

"well now you got me interested" -Nyx's shade

I'm glad!

"I like this. It's a very cool interpretation of this trope." -Dudedudhehe

Thank you. I've wanted to spice up this trope for a while now and finally decided to bite the bullet.

"Oop ignore my first review

Anyways, I'm impressed that you managed to come up with a fresh guardian concept, still overused and overall bad, but this story looks like an exception, I like it so farm keep it up ip" -Walter

Thank you Walter. I don't really think of the Guardian concept as bad, more just oversaturated by the same shit. But to each their own. I'm glad you think differently of mine lol.

"I agree with Walter. The only Guardian of the Hunt story I've ever liked was Starblade's Everlasting Promises. But this story has been intriguing so far, no Annabeth dumping him, no Chaos. You have my attention now. Keep it up! :)" -RagingFusion

Thanks Fusion! Everlasting Promises sounds familiar, I'm sure I've read it at some point, but I don't remember anything about it, sorry. But yeah, my goal was to make a cliche new and improved. Though, I do have to admit, Chaos will make an appearance. Not as the "Chaos shows up and grants Percy unimaginable power for no reason at all, or making him general of his army or whatever", but he's just gonna show up because of [REDACTED]. Hope you still read despite this!

"I love this story so far!

But, I have a question, I want to start writing stories aswell but I have trouble slowing the plot down so it makes sense, or speeding it up so I'm not staying in the same place forever, what would you suggest? I've seen a lot of your writing and love it, and ofc I wouldn't copy anything bc I have plenty of ideas I'm just not great at expressing them xDDD" -allisonj1008

One, glad you like it!

Two, one thing I always say is outline. Just, on a piece of paper, write down what you want to happen, and any ideas you have, but don't know where to put them. Write those down and try to separate them into chapters as best you can. Like, "hmm, these two things can be a chapter, while this one event can be an entire chapter by itself" you know? Get a feel for the plot.

Three, then when you're actually writing the chapter, try to add detail. Go back and read it. If it seems like it's too fast, try to add a little bit more detail, or more to a conversation. Add some character interaction. (The too slow issue is kind of solved by itself by the outline)

Hope this helps!

"I love it so far! I hope you update soon!" -allisonj1008

Glad you like it. Looks like I'm granting wishes today, because here you go!

"More please" -Guest

Here you go!

Chapter Two

2000 B.C

     Artemis was on the hunt. She stalked through the forest, keeping an arrow knocked in her bow. Her footsteps were non-existent as she miraculously avoided every twig and leaf that could alert her prey to her location.

     Her prey was the one and only Manticore. The mythical beast was said to be terrorizing a small town, camping out in this forest whenever it wasn't. It was her task to bring the monster down. She was doing it herself, since the Manticore was a formidable foe. Maybe too much for her hunters right now, especially after the death of Niome. Artemis couldn't lose another hunter.