Guardian Of Artemis-Percy Jackson Betrayal || #Wattys2016

Chapter 9-I Freaking Hate Arguments...

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The hunters all have dinner. Artemis sits next to me.

"So, how did the archery practice go?" Thalia grills. A/N I know vocabulary stuffs! Are you proud of me?

I gulp. "Uh, great."

"What happened?" Thalia groans.

"He had a flashback. From his time in Hell." Artemis explains.

"It would explain my new fear of drowning." I mumble.

"Did you actually practice any archery?" Marley asks.

"Oh, yes." Artemis says. "Theron here missed maybe a billion times."

"Yeah, but I also hit the tree a few times. Be glad I didn't shoot a centaur's tail this time." I point out.

They all drop their forks and look at me.

"Long story." I say.

"I caught them hugging." Ashley blurts.

Phoebe stands up almost immediately. "What?! You!" She shoves me backward. "What did you do? I knew I couldn't trust you, boy!"

"Phoebe, sit down. It was nothing romantic, both of us have sworn off of romance! It was out of sympathy. He was hurting, so I hugged him." Artemis scolds.

Phoebe grudgingly sits down, glaring a me. I do the same.

Everyone else is staring at the two of us. I hate it. I hate the attention. Gods, I sound like Nico. Nico... Is he okay?

I look around. I had gotten distracted. The girl's eyes are still drilling holes into my skin.

I clear my throat. "Excuse me. Er, permission to leave, milady?"

Artemis nods. "See me after we finish dinner. Phoebe, you too."

We both groan. I go to the tents.

I sit down in the common tent, and let me tell you. It looks small on the outside, but inside? Pretty dam big. See what I did there?

No, but seriously.

I look around, and in the corner I see a blue sleeping bag, kinda separate from the others. Must be mine. Of course. A boy couldn't sleep next to the girls. They don't really trust me yet.

I sit down, rocking back and forth. This argument... It reminded me of when I was betrayed. Annabeth. Chiron. The other campers. Because of Domenik. A lone tear rolls down my cheek as I continue to rock back.
And forth.
And back.
And forth.

Like this for a long time. Thoughts invade my head. I show no feeling. I just rock myself for what feels like an eternity.

Then the hunters enter, Artemis first. I stand up. Phoebe is at her side, arms crossed. "Ready, Theron? I want to talk to you."

We walk out of the tent. Artemis brings us into the woods, where the hunters won't hear us. Probably getting outer butts whipped.

Artemis glares at us. "I could slap you two. What were you thinking?"

"Well, I'm sorry, but when I hear that you have been hugging someone, I think it isn't abnormal that I worry! A boy enters the hunt, and then almost immediately I find out he has hugged you!" Phoebe says.

My eye twitches. Reminds me of when I got electrocuted once in Tartarus. My whole body twitched then.

"Theron?" They both ask. I gulp down more tears. "Yeah?" I ask.

"You were zoning out. Flashback?" Artemis asks.

I nod.

"Well, I suppose you're going to hug him again." Phoebe complains.

"Phoebe, you never hated me before." I say, but cover my mouth. I should never have spoken. She doesn't know that I'm Percy.

"What do you mean? I just met you, and yes, I did hate you, right when I met you!"

Artemis sighs. "Phoebe, I'm going to trust you with a secret. You mustn't tell a soul, living or dead. This is about Theron's identity. It's something that won't be told to anyone but you, and probably Thalia later. Can I trust you?"
Artemis requests.

Phoebe nods.

Artemis nods at me. I close my eyes and picture how I used to look. "Did it work?" I ask Artemis, my eyes still closed. "Yes." She says.

I open my eyes to see Phoebe standing there, jaw hanging open. "You said yourself that he-Er, you, we're probably dead!"

"Cover. Duh." I tell her. "Told you that you didn't hate me before."

She hugs me. "Who's hugging who now?" I ask.

"Shut up." She says. "Was it true, that you didn't do these things to the other Demigods?"

I nod. "Domenik is a jerk. I have a worse name for him, but I'm not gonna say that."

She laughs, and even Artemis smiles.

"Well? You aren't going to tell anyone? Promise?" I ask her. She nods. "Swear on the River Styx?" She groans. "Yes, idiot. Let's go. I'm tired."

I'm not, but even Artemis looks a little sleepy, and I guess we shouldn't be out here in the middle of the night. We head to the hunter camp, and I step into my tent with Phoebe. Artemis steps into the one next to it.

I look at Phoebe and mouth 'thanks'. She nods, then crawls into her sleeping bag. I decide to as well, but I know I won't get any good sleep tonight.

I don't remember falling asleep. But I do remember my dream.

I'm running. Back in Tartarus. I bump into someone.

It's Domenik. He's holding a knife to someone's throat. When I look, it's me, but in my Theron form.

"Well, well. Running from your past, coward? Shouldn't have killed Annabeth, should you?" He jeers.

I throw a punch at his ugly face, but it goes right through. He kicks me backwards, then kicks me a few more times, for good measure. Then he slits the throat of Theron me, and I collapse to the floor just as fast as Theron me does.

I wake up, panting. That never happened in Tartarus. Domenik never visited me down there. I doubt he knows I'm alive. I still hate him, though. I hate his guts.

"Are you okay, Theron?" Kyleigh asks me. I nod. "Fine. Stupid nightmare. Go back to sleep."

A few minutes later, I hear her even breathing again. I try drifting off, too, but for the first few hours, I can't. Finally, about a bazillion years later, I doze off.

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