Lunar's Plight

A list of chores and some good memories

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Percy Jackson, nor Heroes of Olympus, Rick Riordan does.

Artemis' POV:

After Phoenix came out of the infirmary I saw him pull out a sword and shield before taking a stance one would take when guarding something. I walked up to him and he looked at me with an emotionless stare.

"Lady Artemis, is there something you need?" Phoenix asks and I nod

"I would like to see how Perseus is doing." I respond with a harsh glare which doesn't seem to affect Phoenix

"My apologies but until he is awake no one is to enter unless it's for a dire emergency." He says flatly and I clench my fists

"You dare defy an Olympian Goddess 'boy'?!" I snarl at him hoping he would give in but sadly he only narrows his eyes and looks at me

"I do not dare but I am under orders to make sure he lives a whole year and I still haven't questioned you about why your hunters decided to attack us." He says matter-of-factly "I have chalked it down to the word not spreading and it was a misunderstanding but that is because we just arrived and you were not commanding the formation, your lieutenant was. But I will answer any questions you may have about Percy if you have any, I will also answer any questions you have about the guardians in General' He says putting extra emphasis on Perseus' nickname

"He is my guardian! I will see him if I want!" I growl and I attempt to push past him only to meet full resistance

I stumble back and notice that Phoenix has not advanced or done anything to warrant me attacking in self-defense. He glares at me before sighing.

"Fine, I will allow you to see him. But promise me that you will not harm him, he is my best friend and if he were to get hurt while I'm supposed to protect him I would never forgive myself. His father will also want either my hide or yours...." Phoenix says as he steps to the side and I look at him with a slight thankfulness in my expression

Phoenix just opens the tent flap for me as I walk in. When I look around the tent I notice that nothing has been touched except for a bedroll that held a sleeping Perseus. I walked over to my guardian's side and kneeled next to him and looked at him. His unruly raven black hair looked sea-swept and untamable.

'I really hope I was correct on who I wanted as a guardian' I think to myself as I begin to lose myself in my own thoughts.

(Flashback)

I was watching the guardians in training during one of their sparing sessions and I noticed a girl being berated by her fellow male guardians. Normally I would flash down there and castrate the males but I was under strict orders not to interfere with the Guardian's training. So, I sat still and continued to watch the girl slowly lose hope in ever being a guardian. That's when I saw two guardians who were in a heated sparing match stop what they were doing and walk over to the girl. Both had black hair but one had unruly sea-swept raven black hair while the other one had Shadow black hair and was just messy, I recognized these two as Perseus and Phoenix respectively, since Chaos pointed them out to me on my first day here.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing Damien?! You know it's against the rules to berate your fellow guardians." Perseus said

"Why do you care Jackson? You're at the top of the class along with Phoenix. Why would you care about some girl that obviously needs to be taught a few lessons?" Damien states and I watch as he grabs hold of the girl's hair before he attempts to drag her away

Just as I'm about to flash down there and kill that foul male I see Perseus swing his sword precisely at Damien's shoulder. A moment later a dull thud is heard which is quickly followed by a loud scream of pain as blood flows out of Damien's torso like a waterfall as his severed arm lays on the ground.