Perseus Jackson: Titan of The Hunt

CH52: Falling With Style. Sort Of

(Percy)

Fortunately it is a lot easier to spot things from the air otherwise I could have had some serious problems finding Juniper, after first checking her own source tree and not finding her there. The thing with Dryads is though they are bound to stay near their tree as they mature they can venture further away from them over time, I had no idea whereabouts she was likely to have gone and Grover was still KO'd.

My break came when I spotted a small tree overhanging the stream that fed into the canoe lake that I recognized from my reading as a willow, so I went out on a hunch given what Grover had revealed. Well that the fact I didn't remember there being a tree there.

As I folded my wings and came into land a short distance away from the tree to avoid startling the two figures I now detected under the drooping branches. Of cause, in reality just as I was about to touch down a gust of wind blew from behind causing me to pitch forward and accidently drop Grover as I tried to overcompensate. The satyr hit the ground with a loud thud and a groan of pain which served to obtain the figure in front of me's attention, as she looked from me to the object on the floor with confusion before shifting to worry as she recognized her boyfriend/partner. To be honest I don't know how satyr/dryad relationships progressed or if they go married or what I had never really thought about it.

'Grover!' Juniper shouted running across towards him as I slowly folded my wings behind my back.

'Urgh my head, oh hi Honey I'm back.' Grover said wearily rubbing his head which made me feel bad about dropping him.

'Don't Honey me Grover, where in the gods did you sneak of to last night.' Juniper demanded going from worried to angry in the space of a micro-second. Perhaps she and Artemis had something in common either that or it was just women in general.

'Oh err I had to go to a council meeting cause...Err Percy's back.' Grover said after a few seconds pause. Now it was rather obvious Grover was not going to tell her what he was really doing but his lie served his purposes perfectly, after all it deflected her wrath, unfortunately for me it was now directed in my direction as the dryad realized what he said and she gained a look of recognition as she paid closer attention to me.

'Percy Jackson! Where in the hades have you been! Do you know how bad it is when you are pregnant and your boyfriend cares more about where his friend is than you. Well do you?' She shouted angrily. While I had to admit I was glad that Grover had been so worried and focused on me, though I felt bad that it had adversely affected his relationship with Juniper, though the good news was her statement answered my previous question.

'Err no Juniper I don't, though you are looking well considering. So I guess sorry about that.' I said as diplomatically as I could the last thing I needed was every dryad at camp out to get me.

'You better be! Anyway you had us so worried, what happened to you?' Juniper suddenly asked shifting mood again as she looked at me with curiosity.

'I didn't really have much choice in the matter once I became a Titan, I couldn't exactly stay here any longer besides it gave me responsibilities up on Orthrys.' I explained simply and the Dryad seemed to take the revelation a lot better than her boyfriend did.

'Wait so you were being serious about the whole Titan thing... so what are your domains then bro.' Grover said turning to me curiously.

'Time, Tides, Light, Constellation and the Hunt and I used to have the Air hence the wings.' I said fluttering said appendages. Of course the pair's reaction was about the same as everyone else's when told, stunned silence as they comprehended it.

'So you and Artemis?' Grover said with a raised eyebrow breaking the silence. If it wasn't for the fact it would have looked suspicious I would have told him to shut up about it, the last thing I needed was every tree from here to Orthrys finding out.