Shattered

Fall

"Zoe Nightshade," Thalia's voice trembled with anger. "Perfect timing, as usual."

Zoe scanned the rest of them, even though she knew each of them by name, she spoke. "Four half-bloods and a satyr, my lady."

"Yes," the younger girl said. "Some of Chiron's campers, I see."

"Percy!" Annabeth yelled. "You have to let us save him!"

The auburn-haired goddess turned toward her. "I'm sorry, Annabeth Chase, but your friend is beyond help."

She tried to struggle to her feet, but a couple of the girls held her down.

"You are in no condition to be hurling yourself off cliffs," the auburn-haired girl said.

"Let me go!" She demanded. "Who do you think you are?" Zoe almost burst out laughing, for a daughter of Athena, she clearly wasn't analyzing the situation properly... Though she supposed that might have had to do with the fact that Percy was sent hurling off a cliff side into the depths of the ocean...

Zoe's eyes widened. It was not possible.

Phoebe stepped forward as if to smack her.

"No," the other girl ordered. "I sense no disrespect, Phoebe. She is simply distraught. She does not understand."

The goddess looked at Annabeth, her eyes colder and brighter than the winter moon. "I am Artemis," she said. "Goddess of the Hunt."

Annabeth immediately calmed down, but she said nothing but, "I'm sorry My Lady..."

Grover gasped, then knelt hastily in the snow and started yammering, "Thank you, Lady Artemis! You're so... you're so... Wow!"

"Get up, goat boy!" Thalia snapped, "we have other things to worry about. Percy is gone!"

"Whoa," Bianca di Angelo said. "Hold up. Time out!"

Everybody looked at her. She pointed her finger at all of them in turn, like she was trying to connect the dots. "Who... who are you people?"

Artemis's expression softened."It might be a better question, my dear girl, to ask who are you? Who are your parents?"

Bianca glanced nervously at her brother, who was still staring in awe at Artemis.

"Our parents are dead," Bianca said. "We're... orphans. There's a bank trust that pays for our school, but..."

She faltered. Zoe guessed she could tell from their faces that they didn't believe her.

"What?" she demanded. "I'm telling the truth!"

Zoe sneaked over to the cliff side drowning out the rest if the discussion, hopefully not appearing too desperate, The Manticore was nowhere to be seen...

But she could see the faint sillouhette of the son of Poseidon on the surface if the water! He must have let go of the Manticore before it teleported away.

Zoe couldn't help but let out a sigh or relief, which was only noticed by Thalia. The daughter of Zeus gave Zoe a look which went unnoticed by everyone.

"My Lady, P- the boy is alive!" Zoe actually had to bite her tongue to not call him by his name. Fortunately, her small slip went by unnoticed.

Artemis peered over, only to find the boy, who- with control over the elements far better that she had witnessed, save for water deities, use the water as a platform to rise from the bottom of the cliff.

Of course the boy had to make a huge spectacle off if it, the rest rushed over to the cliff side to witness the torrents of water that rose the son if Poseidon form the waters.