The Hunt's Guardian

How did This Happen Again

Edited

Two years later....
Percy's POV

It has been two years since I have talked to anyone in the hunt besides dropping off abused little girls that I had rescued. Even though I had, I didn't talk much to them. I couldn't get attached like I did with my sister in everything but blood, Lily, a daughter of Athena. But whenever I did drop off a hunter I would use my powers over water to make Zoe's constellation become bright. Ever time I light up the constellation I see the Hunters run out of their tents ready to take the little girl that I had for them. After I had left I would stay for a day without them knowing and make sure the girl had excepted the oath. They always do because I had told them how the girls in the hunt had gotten the same abuse as them, or sometimes worse. They would always feel better after that bit. Back to the present, I had just got another file from an abusive step-father, he had looked like Smelly Gaby. The man had looked like a walrus, but he had a full set of hair and he seem to like wearing a suit. When I had gotten the little girl out of there I heard her tell me that her name was Nicole Rush. She had bright blond hair and blue shining eyes that sparkled. Her eyes had yellow specs in them. Telling me she was a daughter of Apollo, even if she did not know it.
As we got closer to the camp I saw the hunters fighting monsters and by monsters I mean 100. They were slowly losing. I quickly picked up all the girl that has fallen and saves there lives. I put them down by Nicole and told her to stay there and watch over them. I quickly went out to help the Hunters and destroyed the rest of the monsters. When I turned around the hunters were just staring at me. One pulled out a bow, and let loose an arrow.
Me, being the person I am, caught the arrow in mid-air. The hunters started at me. I turned around and ran off. When I realized that the hunters weren't following I said.
"Come. I have injured Hunters."
They immediately started to follow me. When I got to the site with the Hunters that had been injured, I ran up to Nicole and asked if anything happened.
"No, but you have to heal them they're in bad shape and those in the Hunt can not save all of them,"Nicole told me.
I looked at the Hunters. They were eyeing me. I looked back at the injured Hunters and told Nicole to take a step back. I reached out my hands and a warm glow came from them. It goes throughout the Hunters' including the standing ones that had followed me. When I finish all the Hunters, their injuries were gone. But in the process of saving the Hunters, my hood had come off. The Hunters stared at me. Then the little Hunters that I still reconsider as the one who had got me out of the hunters camp came up to me and laughed at my face. I was taken back by this.
"Um...." I stared at her.
"Hi, my name's Catherine nice to see you again Mr. Percy Jackson!" She yelled excited at me.
"Um.... I need to get going lots of more demigods to save." Which was an excuse, because I could not sense anything close to demigod-ish.
"Is that even a word Percy." Said a proud voice.
I turned around to see Lady Artemis with her arms crossed looking amused. I squealed and quickly bowed. I could hear Lady Artemis laughing at me. I looked up to see her full on belly laughing. I stared at her. When she finally was able to control herself, she got up and started to talk to me as it was no big deal.
"Did you just read my thoughts, Lady Artemis?" I squealed. If she reads my thoughts that would be weird. I mean I don't have anything to hide but my thoughts kind of wonder.
"Yes I did read your thoughts, and by the way yes your thoughts do wonder. A lot." She snickered.
Why was Lady Artemis laughing at me? She should hate me. She hates my entire gender. Does she respect me or something? She shouldn't think. I ran away from my home because of a breakup and betrayal. I left behind Nico and Thalia. Without even saying goodbye. I then heard a loud sigh and looked up.
"Percy Jackson do you know why I respect you. And I know you're going to say because Zoe accepted you. Well, that's not the answer. I respect you because you have the ability to bring people closer. You always have a need to save people, even though your life has not been so good that the past few years. You have done things that take heroes an entire lifetime to do. You see the good in people even when they are weak. You have pushed the boundaries of the Fates far and are not stopping. So when you say that you aren't worth my respect, then I will personally turn you into an animal and hunt you myself." She told me.
I think I'm supposed to feel better, because of that speech but it just made me feel worse. I don't think she remembers that my fatal flaw is loyalty. No people think that when you have that fatal flaw it makes you die because you would take a bullet for them but that's not how you can die from it. It's when you get betrayed and you feel your heart shatter into a million pieces. It how you want to go and die in a hole. I have felt that ever since the betrayal by camp.
I looked up to see Lady Artemis looking at me warmly. Her long Ambur hair in a tight high ponytail. She has a silver hunter uniform on with her weird headband thing on. She also had black boots on. She looked really beautiful. THOSE ARE NOT THE THOUGHTS YOU WANT TO HAVE RIGHT NOW. Why am I being a perv right now? I yelled at myself.
" you're not being a perv as you so called I Percy. And thank you for the compliment." She smiles brightly at me like that rays of the moon. I could her hear her stiffle a laugh. I started gaping like a fish out of water at her. She laughing at me. I don't think she is supposed to find that funny.
"Um well I really have to get going, you know things and stuff to do," I muffled at I tried to look for a way out of the circle of Hunters.
"Really Percy you think the Hunters are going to let you get away again. They I believe want a big brother or in some cases, little brother." She told me.
I looked at her" is that your way of inviting me to join the Hunt." I asked her.
She just nodded her head. I stared at her. She actually just invited me to the Hunt. " Are you feeling ok Lady Artemis?
I mean I don't think I'm supposed to be invited to the Hunt. I'm a boy. No boys in the Hunt. It like the most sacred rule for any demigods that are male. That includes me." I told her.
" Percy you have to things you can do. You can 1) try to run but we catch you and have to send you to Olympus or 2) you can just stay here." She replied. I just nodded. I turn around and start walking to the Hunters camp. I hear some run and look to see that Lady Artemis is pursuing me.
" Um, why you following me Lady Artemis," I asked her.
" Cause you're running away." She told me.
" Um no, I'm just walking to the camp. See it's right there. "I told her and pointed to the Hunters camp. But as I was walking I started to see the world spinning." Oh no, I thought."
" How did this happen again?" I said as I fell to the ground.