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Chapter 1:
Percy pov
I ran in between the trees, the feel of the earth under my paws and the wind through my fur is unbelievable.I kept running through the Forrest not caring where I was going. I howled at the crescent moon before I picked up the scent of a male deer.
I followed the scent and saw the deer along with several others in a small clearing. I crouched down and quietly snuck up on the male. The deer seemed to be shinning with a soft silver light. I got closer and closer, then I pounced and broke the deers neck. It thrashed for a minute before going limp.
I was half way through my kill when a silver arrow landed inches from my side.
"Don't move wolf!" Said a girl who looked to be about fourteen. She had blond hair and green eyes. She had a bow that was notched with a silver arrow and was aimed at my head. I started to move back slowly. She pulled back the string some more.
"I said don't move." She said again. I stopped moving and put my ears back. We stood there for a minute before another girl appeared. She looked to be about 12. She had silver eyes and brown hair. I knew instantly who it was. Artemis. I thought. Artemis walked over to the other girl.
" Elizabeth. Why did you call me over?" Artemis asked in a tired voice. Elizabeth turned her head to respond, and in that moment I took off into the woods. An arrow landed to the left of my head barely missing me and forcing me to go right. I heard a cry of anger come from the Elizabeth girls mouth, followed by the twang of a bow string.
I felt my right back leg explode in pain Making me yelp. I kept on running but not as fast as before with my injured leg. I kept going until I found a cave. I went in the cave and started licking the wound and trying to bite the arrow to get it out. I didn't want to risk transforming for the fear that a hunter would find me, I continued to try to get the arrow out when I heard the sound of a twig snapping at the mouth of the cave.
I looked up and let out a low growl of warning. It was silent for a while before Artemis slowly stepped in front of the cave. I let out another growl, this time a little louder. She stopped at the sound then slowly stepped towards me with her hands up to show she was unarmed. 'It is ok little wolf. You are injured. Let me help you.' She said in my head.
I pulled my ears back and growled a little bit. She got right next to me and crouched down and started to scratch my head and whisper soothing words to me. The tension in my body slowly started to melt away. After a few minutes she started to speak soothingly a little louder. She then pinned my body to the ground to make sure I didn't move, all the while saying soothing things and still scratching my head. I started to whimper.
"I know. I know." She said soothingly. She then gripped the arrow and pulled it out quickly. I yelped and tried to get away. She held me and continued to try to calm me. I whimpered a lot and continued to struggle.
"M'lady?" Came a female voice from the front of the cave. Artemis glared in the direction of the voice. Her momentarily laps allowed me to get out of her pin and go further into the cave. Artemis sat there and waited as a girl who looked about 15, with black spiky hair and sky blue eyes to walk up beside her. 'Thalia'. I thought.
"Thalia. What is it?" Artemis whispered never taking her eyes off of me.
"The wolfs have found a camp... It had a shredded camp half blood t-shirt with his scent on it, and a minatore horn in a red tent. It looks as if someone was there roughly 3 hours ago." Thalia said.
Artemis looked from Thalia to me then back to Thalia. She seemed to be trying to figure out what to do. She then turned back to me and sighed before lifting a hand and saying "sleep".
I felt a force overcome me. I felt tired instantly. I got up and tried to leave the girls by going deeper in the cave but with my leg and the drowsiness I was feeling I couldn't even get up. 10 seconds later I was out.
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Artemis pov
"Sleep." I said. The wolf tried to get away but was too injured to get up. It lifted itself a little before falling back down. A few seconds later it was asleep with soft even breathing.
"Is there a trail?" I asked.
"No m'lady." Thalia said.
I groaned out loud. "Why is it so hard to find one stupid boy?!" I said.
"we'll find him. He can't hide forever. Plus he will come back to at least see his friends, his flaw is loyalty." Thalia said.
"Yes I know but Percy would not just leave without a note or something to explain why." I said. "All the gods have sworn on the river Styx that they don't know where he is, and that they had nothing to do with it." I stated before Thalia could ask.
We sat there in silence for a while.
"Thalia take the wolf to our camp. Put him in a separate tent and make sure he doesn't leave. I am going to visit that camp the wolfs found to see if I can find out anything about Percy's whereabouts." I said.
Thalia replied with a yes ma'am, then picked up the wolf and headed out of the cave. I walked out of the cave and headed towards the sound of my wolves. When I finally found them they were In a little clearing with a lot trees and bushes surrounding it making it hidden From view. In the clearing was a small red tent for one, I walked in and saw a horn and a broken necklace on the floor. The beads from the necklace were scattered all over the floor. I examined the beads and saw that they were the same beads that Percy would have.
I walked outside and saw that there was gold powder on the ground, it was spread out and looked to be a few hours old. I continued to look around when I heard a bark.
I turned around and saw my wolf point to a little area behind a stump. I walked over and saw little dark red spots on the ground. I took a closer look and saw that it was dry blood. 'So he was here and was attacked. He must have killed it after getting hurt' I thought. I then spoke to the wolves telling them to follow Percy's scent. The wolves circled around the camp and stopped. They gave the sign of the trail stopping.
I then asked them what other scents were around. Wolf. Came the response from a red wolf.
I transformed into a wolf and smelled for myself. I smelled a wolf, a hell hound, Percy, then another wolf. The first wolf was a female and came with the hell hound. The second was a male and he just appeared. Percy's scent was here, but it just disappeared.
I transformed back and told the hunters and the wolfs to follow the 2 wolves scents, but to not leave the Forrest. They shook there heads yes and went to work. I went back to our camp and went to my tent. I unzipped the tent and out raced the wolf from earlier. Before I could have pulled out my bow he was gone.
"Thalia!" I yelled. She came to me quickly.
"Yes m'lady?" She asked.
"Why was that wolf in my tent?" I asked.
"Your tent was the only one that wasn't being used." Thalia responded.
I sighed in annoyance. "We need to find him." I said. Thalia gave me a curious look before asking why.
"Because he ate one of the deers. If he doesn't come back or we don't find him he may die." I said.
"What?! One deer will kill him?!" She asked on pure shock.
"The deer have a curse set on them if anyone kills one they them selfs will die. The killer will slowly get weaker and weaker until they die. It's sad but it's the curse of my deer." I said.
"I feel sorry for that wolf." Thalia said.
"So we need to find him tomorrow." I said. Thalia stared at me.
"Why? It's just a wolf." She said.
"It's a wild creature that is an innocent life. Also it's a wolf without a pack. Wolves that have no pack are vary likely to die." I said. Thalia just looked at me. I sighed.
"The wolf could help us find Percy. If it lives here it might know the area better." I said.
Thalia went wide eyed and shook her head. "I'll get a party ready tomorrow." Thalia said.
"Good! Now I am tired and I am going to bed. If anything comes up wake me." I said before entering my tent and going to sleep.
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Authors note: for those of you who are wondering why I am writing this instead of continuing the new age know that I have not given it up and as it says on chapter 4 I won't post for a while or until I get 5 yes's. I have received 4 and have a chapter buffer at least. I will not give up on it. this book I will continue just because it intrigues me. Most Percy Jackson werewolf story's have Percy found out pretty early. I will try to drag it out and have why he is missing when Percy dreams. Which will start next chapter. I will try to make the chapters long but no guarantee's.