Sometimes I feel as if I'm being watched, maybe I'm being blessed or something, but it's always a good feeling of mine.
Even when I was a kid I felt like I was being watched, throughout most of my childhood...
It was just a feeling, nothing crazy, I had never seen someone really watch me... It's kinda sad now that I think about it, surrounded by people yet none of them could even glance my way...
I say could... but they wouldn't, almost like the second I was in their line of sight I was marked off an imaginary list, telling them to stay away from me...
That's probably why when I looked up seeing the crazy man-eating birds diving down that they exploded into silver light. I couldn't take credit, my entire life had flashed in front of my eyes, it would be ludicrous to say that I had any part in taking them out.
As Michael swerved past the Athena chariot I ignored them, too much was going on, thankfully I had ADHD, or I might not have caught it all...
First was Percy and Annabeth, they were instantly running away, so much for being heroes eh? Clarisse didn't bother with the birds as she and her driver continued along the path, it seemed the right thing to do, No doubt Tantalus had put these here for a nice challenge.
"Go Michael, Just because we are teamed doesn't mean I want to lose..." I said to the boy, causing him to nod and whip the horses, causing them to start running faster.
"Hm, Fancy seeing you here, Such a beautiful day wouldn't you agree?" I said as a strike of silver light destroyed more of those birds. Tantalus was really going crazy with these, hell I thought they were actually trying to kill me...
"You aren't gonna try and fight these things?... They look like they're really trying to kill us" Clarisse replied to my statement, worry hidden in her eyes as she looked around at the camp...
Tantalus wouldn't go this far would he?... The kids were literally cut up, some bleeding heavily, I still didn't do anything though, It must be one of Tantalus's jokes... Right?
As I turned back I saw something out of the corner of my eye, a boy steering a chariot and a girl standing on top of it, cuts all over her body as she had her book floating and putting up a magic barrier... But that's not the point... These things had hurt Megan... Even if this was a joke... How dare they!
I leaped off my Chariot, not sparing Clarisse a glance as I gathered as much moon aura I could muster and blasted it all around me, kinda like a force field of silver light, killing all the birds around Megan and her teammate.
Perhaps I was too focused on Megan to see Percy and Annabeth run down with... Chiron's music player... Playing one of his favorite songs and causing all the birds to fly up and away.
"You guys okay?" Percy asked with a smile as he breathed heavily, his adrenaline finally stopping after the threat was gone.
"Ah... Yes, Thanks Percy" Megan said as I looked over her wounds, staring at Percy... The hell was she thanking him for?... He did nothing but play some music...
"Yeah thanks for causing this whole mess" I spat out venomously. I knew I was a jealous bastard, but still, this was too much... Too much for Percy, getting praise for doing nothing annoyed me the most, it must be so nice to exist and receive love.
Percy's smile immediately dropped, but he didn't say anything, he didn't have to. He was probably wondering why I hated him, if he took a look around he'd realize, not that I was gonna tell him that, just being in the same area as him was annoying already.
*Slap*
Hm?... The hell was... Wait. I looked back seeing Megan with an angry expression on her face, her arm outstretched after slapping me. What the hell did I do?
Well, it didn't take long for her to answer me...
"Why would you say something stupid like that? He just saved all of us" Megan said, looking at me in shock and... Disgust? She then promptly ignored me and started talking to Percy, apologizing for my actions as he started to brighten up.
"You..." I said before stopping, turning away, and hopping off her chariot, there was no point in causing a scene... Not when Tantalus had announced Clarisse the winner and Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson to dishes duty, I could tell he was trying to find a way to apply it to me as well...
Thankfully he didn't seem to have an excuse and promptly left after giving the "Heroes" their punishments... and Megan left with them...
...
"We need a quest!" Percy's obnoxious voice sounded out throughout the small area we were in, after talking about the Golden Fleece I became interested. Kronos wanted this as well, was it really that powerful?
Annabeth, Tyson, and... Megan were all on the sides of him, standing tall and looking at Tantalus who had just finished a Ghost story, a ghost story clearly about himself that I hadn't bothered to listen to.
Long story short he came from the field of Punishment in the underworld and kept his punishment even here, the main reason food leaped away from him, though he was happily eating it now. The reverse charm had stayed glued to his hand and would stay for a few more hours before it went back to normal...
I didn't have the guts to ask Megan to reset it now... The way she looked at me earlier... it was anno-
"Hey, What's with you" Clarisse suddenly sat down next to me as Percy and Annabeth began to argue with Tantalus.
"Nothing... Nothing at a-" Before I could finish my words I was pulled out of my seat, Megan dragging me with a determined look on her face as she brought me with the others.
"We want this quest!" She yelled, pulling my arm and smiling brightly. She wasn't smiling at me though, but at Percy... It's always PERCY!
Silver light came off my hand as I pulled it back, my expression was probably blank as I walked away.
"Sir, I'm sorry but I'm not a part of this, and I am also sorry for the prank I pulled," I said quickly apologizing to Tantalus, who now had a shocked expression on his face as I walked back and sat with Clarisse.
If Megan wanted to hang out and impress Percy Jackson, then she could... But that didn't mean I'd stay her friend.
Maybe it was petty, and maybe I was being a jealous asshole, but I didn't care, I didn't even care when she rubbed her palm, a searing burn running across her arm, though it didn't hurt, I made sure of that...
Tantalus stood up, smiling slightly as he savored the taste of the beef we had been enjoying earlier, and looked around the campfire.
"Fine... you guys want a quest... Then I will choose the strongest, bravest, most heroic person here as the quest leader..." Tantalus paused dramatically as his eyes swept over everyone, including the "heroic" four that were standing shocked that he had agreed.
"...And that is Clarisse!" He yelled, mockingly looking at the 4 as they blinked in surprise.
"Clarisse! Clarisse! Clarisse!" Everyone fr Ares cabin cheered as Clarisse blushed, looking over everyone before standing up and breathing in deeply.
"I accept this quest!"
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(Megan's Pov)
Why?... I thought Argen and Percy were friends?... I'm so confused... he's been acting even worse lately.
Seeing him sit down next to Clarisse hurt more than the burn on my arm, it was like he was telling me to fuck off... but he couldn't be... right?
I will admit that... I may have a small number of feelings for Percy and reacted a little weirdly, but I don't see why Argen would be so mad?
He already said he thinks of me as a friend... only a friend. So I don't see his problem...
As Clarisse was announced for the quest I clapped slightly, even though it wasn't... desirable, at least someone got the quest right?
"We'll leave tonight, to save Grover and get the fleece," Percy said as we walked back, shocking me even though it seemed Annabeth wasn't as surprised.
I was friends with Annabeth, and Percy, and Argen. There was Lee as well but he died.
This was my list of friends, and they all started because of Argen... so why was he actively avoiding them?
He hadn't told me what he and his mother talked about, only bits and pieces about why he'd destroyed the area around the cliff, his excuse being his mother was teaching him how to use it.
I'm just so confused... Why is Argen being like this?... it's almost like he wants nothing to do with them. No... not them, Percy.
After Annabeth left I stopped Percy and Tyson, looking at him slightly accusingly.
"What did you do to Argen? Anytime you are brought up he gets angry, there must be a reason" I said, my arms crossed as I looked at one of my only friends. Depending on his answer, I'd have to decide whether to stay friends with him or not.
"Hm?... I did nothing to him... He... just started to hate me..." Percy's expression turned downtrodden as I stepped back slightly surprised.
He could be lying but... It just didn't seem like it. Argen had simply decided to hate Percy? Why? Ever since the quest Argen just... changed.
"So you mean he was just..." I let my words trail as my eyes darted across the place we were in, my hands tapping the sides of my thighs as Percy and Tyson left.
I'm not sure why, but I had a bad feeling now...
...(Normal Pov)...
"No," I said as I tossed rocks into the stream the next morning. I now had no one to hang out with, turns out Sam had finally gotten that girlfriend he'd been wanting for the past few months, guess he couldn't be bothered to tell me about it huh.
"Why the hell not? I've already decided I don't need three people to take on this quest, just come with me! I could use the help!" Clarisse yelled, thinking me oblivious to her intentions.
I wasn't an idiot, two demigods alone on a quest that seemed relatively easy? Well... the sea of monsters wasn't easy, but getting a fleece? How hard could that be?
Anyway, Me and Clarisse alone, she was practically telling me that she liked me at this point, but I still wasn't even sure... I was still doing this for Kronos...
With Megan... gone... Why am I even still here?... My cabinmates?... Maybe.
"Quests suck, people die on quests, nothing good comes out of them, Clarisse... You'll probably die, can you accept that?" I said seriously, images of Lee's dead bloodied body flashing through my mind as I threw another rock, this time it crossed the entire part of the stream causing me to smile.
"See that?" I said excitedly as Clarisse's expression was serious.
"Please... Come with me" Clarisse's voice was practically desperate at this point.
("Go, boy! This is your chance, get the fleece and convince her to join, then we shall talk later, I have another mission for you")
Kronos's voice practically smashed its way into my mind as I inwardly sighed, I couldn't very well ignore a divine entity such as Kronos...
"Fine..." I said quietly as I walked away, she could barely hear my words, my only indication that she had heard me was the sounds of soft cheering coming from behind me.
Well... I guess it's time for... another quest.
...
A silver line of light flashed past a forest as another deer was killed, it was a lot more brutal than usual, making the hunter's wonder if anything was wrong with their lady.
Zoe, her lead hunter finally stepped forward as Artemis was about to destroy a part of the forest.
"Stop my Lady!" Zoe yelled grabbing the Goddess's hand and spinning her around to pin her on the ground. As she got Artemis pinned she was about to yell again before she saw Artemis's tears, streaming down her face like a water fall.
"M-My lady?" Zoe said, her eyes shaking as she had never seen Artemis like this before. The confident goddess had always been a role model, and acted the best she could for the hunters, but seeing her cry, none of them knew what to think.
"I... wish I could die" Artemis said softly as Zeus's words rang in her mind...
(A few days before the Chariot Races)(Artemis Pov)
"Finally found you Ar-" Zeus started to say before an arrow promptly sunk itself into the wall next to him. I had been bathing and he had been close to seeing everything, something I couldn't allow anyone, much less my perverted father to see.
"You dare attack!... Nevermind... I have come here because you haven't been seen in Olympus for months," He started to say, circling around the bathhouse, perhaps hoping to get a peek at my Hunters? Why was he even here?
"And what of it? Nothing of importance has happened" I said confidently. even if he was the king of the gods I wouldn't just let him think he can do and say whatever he wanted.
"Oh no... Something important has indeed happened... You've been married off... And your husband get's out of Jail soon, You guy's will take good care of your son from now on" Zeus finished his words with a smirk as my confused expression fell.
Husband... He wouldn't do that would he-
That's when it hit me... I had only birthed one child... from one man...
My eyes shook as I remembered the night's of torture I had had to go through, even though the fake pleasure of Aphrodite was in place I hated it, hated it from my very being. Had there not been rules I would have killed him and the child... But wait... No...
"Yes Artemis... Be a good wife to your new husband okay... This is your duty, for the sake of Olympus..."
My expression fell, and so did my bow as I fell to my knees, Zeus's almost mocking smile fresh in my mind as he dissapeared in a flash of lightning.
No.... NO!
(Present)
The hunter's all looked at me as I told them about what had happened 12 years ago. How I had been gone for a year not because of hunting, but because I had birthed a child... not only a child but a male of all things.
There was pain hidden in their eyes, knowing I had not only lied to them, but also done the one thing I had sworn never to do... I lost my virginity.
I expected yelling, screaming, mutiny, but all I got were silent cry's of girls as they assumed more to my story. I didn't tell them anything about the man, but it seems they could guess I hadn't liked it...
"My lady... Please allow me" Zoe said bowing, her usual stoic expression one of rage as she gripped her bow, I knew what she was asking... If I said no... It would seem I was choosing my child over them.
"I-... Go On Zoe... and the rest of you... I am not fit right now to be your goddess... I" Tears started to stream down my face once again as I looked at them. "I have to get married"
My words might as well have been a bomb as the hunter's were now outraged, not at me, but Zeus, the gods, my son, humanity, tons of things they were enraged toward... But none of them me... I don't understand them... But I'm so... So grateful to be able to call them my children...
(A/N: Damn this chapter is kinda sad... Meh, Anyway... I have a Semi? important announcement. So... I started writing maybe... 6 or so months ago, and I loved it, still do in fact... But more and more days on this site have just... Driven me to the edge, so much so that I hate even writing here... But I won't leave... Yet. I'm taking my novels off here as I found a better alternative, I'll finish this fic, Second Chance of a Weak master, Dc: NightWalker, and King of Sin, then I will be leaving this site, That's all, not that Important, Have a good day my Acolytes)