《The Son of Artemis Book One》Chapter 8: Everything is on Fire
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After I had my spat with Hera and how the ancient laws are either manipulated/stretched or straight up broken by others there was a long silence that befell the throne room.
My father though seemed to be thinking before he broke the silence, "I guess you can keep your adopted child. But since your brother knew of him and refused to tell the council I'm intrigued to know who else knew of the child before today."
"Hestia knew the night I adopted him, though how she knows so much will elude me" I said, only to hear her silent chuckles from the hearth. I didn't tell him that Hades and Persephone know, because that would probably cause him to enter drama queen mode. How they figured out was a funny story though.
I was training Percy with his bow today and a few of his sisters are practicing along beside him. He has became quite the good archer these past few months to, as he's been able to hit the bullseye on stationary targets from 100 yards.
However, do to spatial constraints of our current campsite, we are at 25 yards today. He was doing well, but all of the sudden took his aim off the target and shot into the woods where I heard what sound like a yelp from a hell hound, which emerged from the woods a few seconds later. Percy, however, all ready pulled and fired an arrow killing it. Which both good and bad; good it was no longer a threat, bad because that was one of Hades's hellhounds, and Percy killed it without being given permission to kill.
"Percy why did you do that" Zoë asked
"It was a hell hound, and it was in our camp. How any of you didn't notice it though is beyond me" Percy responded and he made a good point.
"Zoë drop it Percy is right the hellhound was in our camp" I said before the two could start arguing. They may love each other, but when they are arguing you would wonder how on earth can these two be on the same planet, and live.
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The next day came around and Percy did the same thing only this time instead of a yup from a hellhound there was an indignant oww, and Hades stepping out of the forest. Though this time I stopped Percy from shooting his second arrow. "Hades what are you doing here" I asked
"Well, I came to see what killed my hellhound. Though knowing what I do now, I'm not surprised it died, but I'm more surprised its killer lives." Hades said looking at my son
"Well I adopted him and raised him since he was a baby, so don't be so surprised" I said. He looked over my son once more before growing a you have got to be kidding me look.
"Is that Poseid..." He started
"Yes, he did sir him" I said. I may have told Percy about his father and let's just say he doesn't really like his old man.
"Unbelievable, first Zeus goes and breaks the oath, twice I may say. But now he goes and breaks it as well. Out of everyone the oath applies too, the only one who hasn't broken it is the one who was forced into it in the first place. The stupid paranoid as..."
"HADES there are children present" I heard Hestia scolding him, he got an oh shit look and melted into the shadows.
Later that day I went to Hades to get another story about Sally for Percy, and Hades seemed to connect all of the dots now. Hades also told Persephone and she would occasionally stop by in the spring with Hestia.
"Perseus is to start going to camp" my father stated.
I opened my mouth to begin to protest because those stupid campers will corrupt my son.
"You can still keep him during the mortal school year. Meeting dismissed" he thundered, flashing off to wherever it is he goes.
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I, however, went back to camp only to see that it was burning to the ground. Well, my cabin was spared but not the others.
I went in it to see all of my hunters and Percy feigning sleep, "all of you out of bed now. I know you're faking" I said quite blandly. They all lined up in front of me, "explain why camp is on fire now" I stated they pointed towards Percy who looked at Zoë.
"Wait, This whole prank was your idea" he said in defense of himself, which got some of the hunters to turn on Zoë.
Zoë just looked at Percy in shock and didn't defend herself from the accusation, "I don't care whose idea it was, or who did it. Now we are going to stay back and help repair all the damage you all caused." I said not really wanting to deal with this.
"But" some of the hunters started to protest
"No buts, it's either help them repair or laundry duty for life" that drawn the right reactions as well they all hate laundry duty, including Percy.
They all left the cabin and started to help putting out the fires that were burning the cabins down. Once, the fires were all out they looked at me as if can we leave yet and I told them all no, and that the damage has to be fixed as well.
Long story short the hunters spent the rest of the summer at camp, miserably at that, because they had to help clean up the result of their prank, though the capture the flag games did have more injuries after I said we were staying.
We are finally leaving today, and despite what Percy says the fires are all his fault, though I have been busted as the mastermind of the whole operation. Artemis called all of us to gather around in the cabin because she had something to tell us.
"Now girls, and Percy please stay calm at what I have to say next" a whole bunch of us nodded in understanding but not knowing what it was that would make us mad
"Girls, Percy is going to have to stay here during the summers from now on. And before you all start your protest it's by orders of my father, and if we refuse well, I don't like to think about what might happen to him or any of us" she explained
"At least let a couple of us to come here with him to make sure he doesn't get corrupted by the campers" I asked
"Girls, I'm afraid Percy is going to have to come alone, I think my father's meaning behind this is to get him to socialize beyond us" Artemis explained and Percy sadden
"But mom I don't want to leave you or my sisters" Percy somewhat whined grabbing onto lady Artemis. If it was any other male, well I'm sure you know what would happen but Percy is one of us and we've raised him to be perfect.
"You don't have to leave us yet, it is only during the summers that you have to stay here, my son. Just promise to stay away from Aphrodite's, Ares's, and Hermes's children. Athena, Hephaestus and your uncle Apollo's, and aunt Demeter's are fine to hang around with, they won't corrupt you" Artemis said, "Those are the rules I'm setting for you, and feel free to prank them, especially Apollo's and Hermes's cabins as much as you like and show them who the best of all the gods are" she added
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