SON OF HEARTH - The Great Prophecy

Chapter 8

When I could see again I opened my eyes to see that Artemis and I were surrounded by her hunters. Well let me rephrase that, I was surrounded by the hunters all of them. They had their bows drawn and pointed at my face. Now I don't know if you have ever had about two dozen arrows pointed at you but let me say this. It is not as fun as it might sound.

Before I could be turned into a pincushion Artemis came to my rescue. "Now girls I know you want to kill this male, however he is a very special demigod and will not be harmed for the duration of his stay here. Am I understood?"

A chorus of "Yes milady" followed Artemis statement which allowed me to lower my guard. That was quickly cut short though considering that the campers had to ruin the moment. The arrogant son of Zeus was the first to approach.

"How dare you interfere with a quest from Olympus you scum. Who do you think you are?"

I grinned at him manically before letting my aura free which immediately crushed his aura causing his cocky smirk to drop from his face before he gained a look of fear as I spoke in the most menacing voice I could muster.

"You listen here kid, I am the First and only son of Hestia the eldest child of Kronos and Rhea. Your father doesn't have anywhere near the power to attack or force my mother to do anything. So drop that smirk you arrogant fool before I do it for you."

That seemed to shut him up, however the hunters backed away from me significantly even Artemis seemed to be shocked by my aura. Realizing my mistake I quickly masked it before pushing the son of Zeus out of the way.

I then ran into the other two campers both of them girls. The one with long blonde hair was the first, she sneered at me before saying "You're lucky Daniel was tired from the fight with the Minotaur or else he would have wiped the floor with you." She then huffed and stomped away from me.

I then turned to the other girl who had black hair and sky blue eyes like Daniel. She seemed apologetic before saying "I am sorry about those two, Daniel is the son of Zeus and his fatal flaw is arrogance so he gets out of hand sometimes. Also Annabeth is his girlfriend, and she is a daughter of Athena so her flaw is pride so she can't stand someone being better than her I am sure she will cool down soon."

I nodded before giving her a once over. "So who are you?"

She smiled before replying "I am Thalia daughter of Zeus at your service" she said with a small bow. I laughed at her antics before she started laughing as well. We only stopped when Artemis came to me

"Perseus can I see you in my tent please."

I nodded before saying goodbye to Thalia and following Artemis.

We reached her tent and walked inside. Only for me to see the girl I saved yesterday Zoe is what I think Artemis said her name was. I gave her a small smile which was responded with a grudging nod of respect.

That's when Artemis spoke up "Zoe this is Perseus the demigod who saved you."

She nodded "I assumed that milady I am only curious as to why he is here?"

Artemis sighed before sitting down I stayed standing figuring Artemis wouldn't want me to dirty up her tent with my male germs. However Artemis seemed to read my mind because she said "Sit down Perseus I owe you for saving Zoe and if you are Hestia's son you can't be too terrible."

I smiled at her gratefully which she returned somewhat. Before sighing again and turning to Zoe.

"Zoe my father gave me a hunt to do by myself some time ago and has just told me to go on that hunt considering that the Manticore was spotted just yester-."