Percy Jackson - Reborn

Chapter 1 - Found

Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HoO, Rick Riordan does. (Uncle Rick)

Chapter 1

Found

I was running along the forests as I always did. I held my two hunting knives. Jumping from tree to tree at fast rates, I chased after my prey. I had been hunting a deer and was about to shoot it when I had stepped on a twig. All I could think was 'Damn it' as I continued jumping. It was proving difficult to chase after this particular deer, because it was running pretty fast. Finally it stopped in front of some girl I failed to notice before hand. Narrowing my eyes, I jumped onto the ground in front of them, my eyes narrowed as I held my hunting knives.

"Who are you?" I asked the girl, she had began petting the deer. She appeared at ease and clearly had no problem with the fact an armed guy was standing right in front of her. She looked around eighteen, and was quite beautiful. She had auburn hair and her eyes were.. Wait, is that silver? "I am Artemis, goddess of the moon." She said smoothly, and my eyes widened as I dropped to a knee. "My apologies for disturbing you, milady." I quickly said as I cursed mentally. I heard the stories about Artemis. She hated males. I faced the ground, not daring to look up.

"Rise." She spoke, and I obeyed. Standing, I sheathed my knives and she studied me. Her silver eyes examined me, and it was kind of frightening. I could feel her aura now: she radiated the forest, but also danger. I knew at any second she could kill me and just walk off, not even giving the interaction a second thought. Finally, she said. "A male who knows his superiors. That is interesting." After a moment I responded. "My name is Perseus Jackson, milady, I am the son of Poseidon." She studied me some more before nodding.

"Interesting. I have never seen a son of Poseidon be such an excellent hunter. I have been watching you." She said, and I paled. Watching me for what? To kill me? "Why have you been watching me, milady?" I asked and she gave a smile. "To see. I have noticed your hunting, being the goddess of the Hunt no less I found out. You are quite skilled and could prove useful." I gave her a confused look. "What do you mean, milady?" I asked. "I am planning to start a hunt. Of maidens only, of course, but you seem to have the best skill I can find to be a Co-Leader." She said, clearly thinking.

"No offense, milady, but why would I be a Co-Leader of the Hunt? I'm a male." I asked in question, and she looked me dead in the eyes. Oh man, that's probably the scariest thing I have ever seen. Those eyes showed the power she held; how she could easily kill me. "Because, Percy Jackson, I would prefer having a respectable male who is a good hunter than a girl who is not as skilled." I looked in confusion. Percy? As if she could read my mind, she said "You are going to be my acquaintance, so I might as well have a nickname for you." She smiled at me. "I went through your memories and decided you are a very respectable male that I can tolerate. Come along."

She began walking away, the deer following her. I debated whether or not this was a good idea, but I figured if I didn't obey I was going to die. Sighing and shrugging, I decided to follow. We walked for a while until we arrived at a small encampment. There were a couple girls moving about. We walked into the big tent which was clearly Artemis'. She sat down and I sat down across from her. She said "Repeat what I say. I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis, to be her official Co-Leader of her hunt, and join the hunt." Nodding, I said "I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis, to be her official Co-Leader of her hunt, and join the hunt." Smiling, Artemis rose and so did I. "Welcome to the hunt."

Smiling, I nodded back at her. "You are now partially immortal. You will not age but you can die in combat." I nodded, and she led me outside. She called the couple of hunters she had, and by couple I mean three. "Meet Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon, Co-Leader of the hunt." Artemis said, and the girls introduced themselves. "My name is Zoe." One said, the second said "My name is Atlanta." The third one said "My name is Phoebe." I nodded in respect to the girls. Artemis smiled at us and said "We are going to hunt the hydra which is nearby." The girls nodded and ran off to grab their equipment as Artemis led me to my tent. It was next to hers and it was awesome.

Inside, it was blue, like the sea. It had several designs around and it had a nice bed made of different animal furs and other things. "Like it?" Artemis asked, and I immediately turned around and bowed, saying. "It is amazing, milady, thank you." Artemis gave another smile and led me outside to the waiting group of girls. They were packed and ready to go with their bows and hunting knives. Artemis led us as we ran through the woods, and after a while, we came across the Hydra.

The hydra roared and spit acid down at us the moment he saw us and I jumped out of the way. Artemis began distracting it by shooting a ton of arrows at it. I realized we would need fire, so I yelled to the girls and they understood and gave me some cover. As I managed to make a torch that would last a couple of minute, the hydra roared and spat acid at me. I barely managed to get out of the way as the girls jumped for cover. Running up, I pulled out my sword and managed to run up the hydra. I got to one head and sliced it off and put the torch end to the severed neck. It caught on fire and I knew another head wouldn't grow out. I did the same thing with the second head, jumping over to it from the first neck which was now flailing around. I cut off the second head and set it on fire. However, the hydra knew that it was about to die so it kept smashing around.

I managed to safely get to the third head, as far as safety goes with a hydra, and I sliced it off, and nearly missed lighting the stump on fire. At the last second I set it on fire and jumped off as the hydra crashed to the ground and dissolved into dust. The girls cheered, and Artemis smiled at me approvingly. We went back to the camp and celebrated for a bit before heading to bed. I didn't realize how great life was going to get.

After the course of the next few years, the hunt grew and grew. More and more maidens joined after we killed different monsters and the word spread. Eventually the hunt got enough girls to the point where Zeus made Artemis the goddess of the hunt. Artemis and I grew closer and closer as friends, and it was at one point that I began to realize I had more than just friendly feelings towards her. Of course, I told no one of this, but I knew the hunt suspected there was something going on between Artemis and I.

They weren't wrong, of course. Artemis and I started spending more and more time alone together. We would play different mortal games, like the game they called tag. We went swimming, enjoying the time in the water as I would control it and splash her with big waves. She'd always laugh, a laugh that would make the forest glow in response to her happiness. Everything was going right. Life was amazing. Nothing was wrong in the world, just Artemis, the Hunt and I living together, killing monsters and spending lots of time together. It looked like the Fates would actually take mercy on me and let me have a great immortal life.

Then he came.

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AN: So this is my new story I'm calling "Percy Jackson - Reborn." I won't be updating my other story, "Percy Jackson - The Hunter" for a while because I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with it, and where I want the story to go. This chapter was relatively short, and I'm sorry if the writing style was a bit different than mine, this chapter was basically the backstory before we get really into the plot I've worked out. I plan on keeping this story updated regularly along with When the Arrow Flies, so expect a new chapter every week or so. Anyways, I'll see you guys!