Chapter VII

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ARTEMIS P.O.V.
I was pacing in my tent. Percy was revealing his identity and personally, I was pleased. Alpha didn't suit him. He was much greater and never acted as an alpha would act. He was a natural born leader and didn't need it expressed in such a harsh name. He was smart in his own way and funny (though many would disagree).
I was trying to organise my thoughts as an IM appeared in front of me. On the screen was Father.
"Hello Father, why have you contacted me?"
"I need you to take the hunters to Camp Half-blood to help defend them against Tartarus. He is rising and at the moment the campers do not stand a chance. The gods will help as soon as we find Perseus Jackson. He is still on the run,"
"We will go but are you sure Perseus really did those things, I mean his fatal flaw is loyalty?" I questioned but Zeus one again just ignored me.
"We will talk about this later. Get your hunters to Camp Half-blood."
"Yes, father" And with that, the message disappeared. It suddenly dawned on me that I would have to tell Percy and the hunters that we have to go back to the place they all dreaded. I sighed and decided it would be best to tell them sooner than later. I stepped out of the tent to be met with an interesting surprise. All the hunters were piled on top of Percy and hugging him. Percy himself was smiling radiantly, content with finally fitting in. I was much closer when he met my eyes and seemingly reading my mind, his facial features drooped.

PERCY P.O.V.
I watched as Artemis came over. At first, I was pleased but then I looked into her eyes. In them, I could see that there was bad news coming and there was a look of dread so it must have been really bad. Artemis cleared her throat and all the hunters on top of me clambered off.
"I have some news. We all have to go to Camp Half-blood to help defend the camp against Tartarus. Percy, you also have to go but we need to make you as unrecognisable as possible because the gods are still looking for you," Artemis said very quickly. I dropped to my knees. I had to go back. Back to the place where everyone hated me.

PHOEBE P.O.V. (ONE OF THE HUNTRESSES IN CASE YOU DON'T REMEMBER)
"No, no no. You are not making me go back there. Everyone hates me. I can't go back." Sobbed Percy and it broke my heart. At first, when I started to listen to his stories I thought he was just a figure but the more stories were told, the more respect I had for him, and now he is our guardian and brother and he had to go back to the place that was filled with so many terrible memories.
"Percy it's alright. We are going to make sure no one says anything about you, even if they don't know you are. Now, we need to change your appearance slightly so they won't know that it's you. I think the only thing we need to change in the trident. Percy, will you let us dye your fur?" I asked gently, putting a hand on his shoulder. All he did was nod so we all got to work.
By the time we had finished dyeing him, he had pulled himself together. He was now a jet black wolf with piercing green eyes. He was Alpha, guardian of the pack. Our Protector.
"Hunters of Artemis! Move out!" Artemis shouted across the field and with that we all ran to pack our tents to move out.
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We were standing at the top of Half-blood Hill looking down at the camp. Percy was a wolf next to me and I could feel him tense. I knew that he really didn't want to come back but he stayed with us anyway. I started descending the hill when the conch horn sounded, announcing our arrival to the camp. All the campers gathered at the bottom of the hill to meet us.
"Hello, campers. The hunters are here to help with the new war," Artemis announced to the camp. "We also have our new guardian here too. His name is Alpha. Treat him with the same amount of respect as you do the gods," Percy bowed his head next to me, acknowledging the campers.
"We don't need any help. We have Xander, the best hero ever!" Annabeth shouted across the camp. I growled internally while Alpha's growl manifested physically. We all knew Alpha didn't hate many people but Xander was at the top of his bad list and you really don't want to be on his bad list. He hated Xander so much that he was above Gaia on the list.
"What about Percy? We heard that he is the best hero ever!". My fellow hunter Lily shouted.
"The weakling who turned out to be a traitor? He was just a scam!" Xander shouted over the crowd, holding hands with Annabeth. That made my blood boil. I waltzed right over to him and punched him in the face. He was lying on the ground in a bloody heap by the time I was done with him.
"Percy is the only male this hunt respects other than Alpha so if you bad mouth him once more, I will be back to finish the job, BOY!" I spat at him before walking back and standing next to Percy. He nuzzled his face into my hand for me to pat, as a silent way of saying thanks. We all walked over to Artemis cabin and I sat out the front patting Percy. I could feel him shaking from reliving old memories and I felt awful when I heard a painful whimper escape his mouth.
20 minutes later we headed to the Big House for a council meeting with all the cabin councilors. Thalia, Percy and I were going to the meeting. We all walked together to the Big House and sat in the rec room. Thalia and I sat on chairs while Percy lay down on the floor in the corner, wagging his tail with his goings hanging out of his mouth. I couldn't help bit chuckle how much he looked like a dog.
Chiron and the rest of the councilors walked in and the meeting started.
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PERCY P.O.V.
The meeting consisted of many hours of planning for the attack and I fell asleep halfway through. As I was on the floor, no one paid me the slightest bit of attention except for my best friends Thalia and Phoebe. I headed out to the forest she I changed back into my human form. I know it was risky but I needed a stretch. I jogged along the border when I suddenly heard a massive roar. I ran towards the noise and I saw a massive drakon heading towards the camp. I ran towards it with my new found speed and attacked. I jabbed, slashed, and stabbed at it trying to slow it down not had made it to the border and I couldn't let it hurt anyone. I stepped up the fight, even more, when I saw campers coming out to see what the commotion was about. I kept attacking it, ignoring the campers until Riptide found its mark and the drakon disintegrated into fine gold dust...

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