My first fanfic so please forgive me for all the grammar and spelling mistakes. Since its my first fanfic, I'm also very amateur about everything here on fanfic so bear with me.

This is most likely going to be a short story. To be honest, I'm only writing this to release stress with school right now. Because of this, I am choosing a story line VERY similar to other Pertemis/Guardian of the Hunt stories. With that being said, you may see lots of similarities in between so please don't get all negative and shit, calling plagiarism. If you are an author who feels like credit needs to be given, just message me and I'll do what I can.

Some background and info for the story: I'm aiming for said short story so I will be writing a bunch of prologues to move the story along. I'm only going to "write" the important parts that I want to expand on and use prologues for helpful information and background. Since it's a short story, the romance progression will probably be a bit fast so just bear with it for now. Like I said, this is just a short story and a stress releaser. In no way am I guaranteeing a complete story in any way.

Rated M for mild swearing

The Hero of Olympus, Percy Jackson, has defeated Gaea and her minions. The Olympians are safe yet again for the time being and Zeus has become a better ruler over the war. The ancient law that forbid gods and goddesses from interfering with their offspring has been lifted; each olympian now has a champion to represent them among other demigods. Percy has been serving his father for the past 2 years faithfully though with the loss of Annabeth in the last war and nothing else to do,he reaches the last straw for living in the mortal world. In the present, monsters of all kind have started to ambush both demigod camps, Half Blood and Jupiter. Using the darkness to their advantage, they sneak in and sneak out, taking out a few campers at a time and losing none of their own. Artemis and her hunters have not had any time to recover, being constantly attacked by scout armies and not being able to recruit enough hunters to keep her ranks. Zeus and the others grow worried by the day.

A giant roar came out the woods as a hellhound leaped from within, tackling the moon goddess to the ground. Artemis growled, whipping out her silver hunting knives, digging both into the neck of the vile beast before pushing it off of her. A bright light followed by a clap of thunder signaled the presence of her lieutenant, Thalia. With a fierce look on her face, she drove her spear into the heart of a dracaena before pulling it out and piercing another. She glanced at Artemis with a grim look.

"Milady, we can't hold for much longer! Our hunt will be wiped out if we don't retreat!" Thalia exclaimed.

"No! We WILL not lose this battle! The hunt has never lost and we will not choose now as a good time!" Artemis defiantly shot back.

"Please milady! Look around you!" Thalia screamed.

Artemis glanced around at the forest clearing they were in. Heaps of golden dust covered the snow that had fallen earlier. The look of hope at the sight of the deceased monsters faded immediately as she look on in horror at the numerous dead bodies of her fallen sisters-in-arms. The goddess of the hunt shed a tear as Thalia hurried over, shaking her out of her trance.

"Please Artemis! We must go warn the others. This attack is too much. We cannot win this battle and you know it."

"Yes. Yes we can. I will move you and the rest of the hunters to Olympus. Gather them now." Artemis said grimly.

Thalia's eyes widened in realization as she blew her hunting horn. A small group of 10 or so hunters had come running to her side as they looked to their mistress. Artemis gave them a warm smile as she nodded to Thalia, who held out her arms and beckoned them to a small huddle. Artemis held out her hand as it glowed, teleporting them quickly to the throne room while she teleported back to the clearing. The remaining monsters formed a small circle around the moon goddess as she stood still, unmoving. Without warning, she began to glow and suddenly let loose a feral scream that rang through the woods, a blinding silver energy that shot from her place in the clearing, disintegrating every monster in a half mile radius as she unleashed her true, godly form. Artemis dropped to a knee as she called to her brother, Apollo to come to her. In a bright yellow flash, Apollo came, earphones on his head as he managed a warm welcome, unaware of the situation.

"Arty! What does my little sister need-...Holy shit! Artemis! Are you alright?! What the Hades happened?" Apollo exclaimed. He helped Artemis to her feet while healing her slowly, summoning some nectar and ambrosia. Artemis began to cry as she ate the godly food as she shook her head at Apollo.

"My hunters and I…..we were ambushed again. They-y….they're gone." She said weakly.

"All of them?!"

"No. I only have Thalia and about 10 or 15 left. I had 45 hunters just a day ago Apollo! I lost more than half of my hunters in a day! Artemis yelled as she broke down in tears. Apollo's face hardened as he grew sad. Sure he always flirted with the hunters but that was just his way of being friendly. He was the Sun god after all; he was supposed to cheerful. But he always treated them like family, like his own nieces.

"C'mon sis. We gotta tell father about this. Both you and I know we can't let this happen again." Apollo explained.

"O-ok." Artemis said wearily. With that, the both of them flashed to the throne room of Olympus and called a meeting.

A multitude of bright flashes illuminated the throne room as the olympians appeared in their respective thrones. A series of smaller flashes came in, signaling the arrival of the champions. As soon as everyone found their seats, Zeus began the council meeting with a rather loud cough.

"What seems to be the matter my daughter?" Zeus asked.

"Ummmm….." Artemis managed to stutter.

She quickly glanced to Apollo for help to which he obliged.

"Arty here was ambushed by a monster scout army. Again. Her hunter count has diminished to a bare minimum now. I managed to fix her up after she destroyed the remaining monsters." Apollo explained. Artemis glared at Apollo before saddening again at the mention of her hunters. Zeus sighed. This was not the first time his daughter had been attacked by random scouting parties of monsters.

"Artemis, my dear you know you need to stop camping out in the mortal world. I've told you this countless times already. It's too dangerous out there right now, even for you. You may be versatile against one powerful monster but you are feeble when up against an army, even if it is a small one. Please, my daughter. Stay here on Olympus. I gave you a palace to live in already. Your hunters can even accompany you for the time being while we sort this matter out." Zeus explained. Artemis was pissed. But she backed down. She knew her father was telling the truth, even if it hurt. Plus, she had suffered too much already. Her poor sisters….

She refused to give up though.

"I know how vulnerable I am when I am out camping in the mortal world with my hunters. I request that my hunters be allowed housing in my palace here on Olympus until further notice while I hunt for these monsters myself." Artemis proposed. Her lieutenant and the rest of the hunters gasped. "I mean no disrespect my dear hunters but you DO get in the way. I am but limited when I am fighting to protect both myself and you all."

Zeus pondered for what seemed like an eternity before settling on a decision. He quickly turned to his brother, Poseidon, and engaged in a mental conversation. Poseidon seemed to argue for a bit, but backed down upon seeing Zeus' firm glare. Poseidon decided to inform everyone of the plan.

"Niece, your father and I refuse to let you hunt on your own. As adaptable you may be on your own, you know you are at your strongest with your hunters. Zeus and I have decided to let you continue camping out there as the culprit behind all these attacks is still loose." Poseidon said. Artemis was confused. What were they talking about? Didn't her father just say she literally couldn't leave the house without permission? She raised her brow in confusion as Zeus continued with the plan.

"My daughter, you may not like what I am about to do. Actually, you won't like it all. But I have a feeling you won't completely hate it either." Zeus said. He sighed before continuing, "I want you to pick a guardian to camp and travel with you on your hunts from now until we can find the person behind these attacks. He must be a demigod from either of our demigod camps."

Artemis furrowed her brow in thought as who to pick. She would have picked Thalia but she was her lieutenant. Perhaps that Clarisse girl of Ares would make a nice addition to the hunt. Maybe that other girl from the Hermes cabin…...Wait a minute. He?

Artemis began to glow as her face conformed to one of complete anger.

"WHAT?!" HE?! Why must it be a male?! Have you forgotten my oath and all that my hunt stands for, father?!" Artemis screamed. Zeus chuckled lightly while Poseidon hid a smirk creeping on his face.

"I had a feeling this would be your reaction. That's why I'm assigning one for you." Zeus said.

Again, Artemis was confused. Who could possibly "guard" her and the hunt? There was not a single male demigod on this Earth that was worthy enough to…..oh. Yeah…..

As if right on cue, Zeus glanced to the small throne beside Poseidon. In it was a handsome, black haired, sea green eyed, 18 year old ordinary looking guy, twirling his pen in one hand as his chin rested on the other. Percy Jackson. He always zoned out when it came to petty council meetings and favored pen-twiddling over pointless family bickering. He looked up, startled all the attention was being directed at him as he looked around and finally up at his father and Zeus for an explanation. Zeus chuckled again as he shook his head.

"Perseus, I don't suppose I'm that boring when I speak am I?" Zeus asked bemusedly.

"Ummmm, certainly not Lord Zeus! I was just…..in my own thoughts. It won't happen again, uncle." Percy rashly explained. His face reddened slightly at being embarrassed.

"I'm sure, nephew. If you were listening, you would know that Artemis here, needs our help. As you know, monster attacks are being more frequent than ever and the hunt has been targeted mercilessly. I'm assigning you as Guardian of the Hunt to protect my daughter and her hunters while she recovers her ranks. You will accompany them on all their missions and will stay with them until further notice. Understood? Zeus said. Percy was a bit shocked. He knew something bad was going on and Artemis was involved but he didn't know the severity of the situation. He felt bad for the moon goddess. He knew how much her hunters meant to her and could relate with the loss of loved ones.

Percy thought for a moment before finally speaking.

With a sigh he said, "I guess I'll do it. I don't have anything better to do anyways so…"

Artemis was a bit relieved. She knew about Percy's "situation" with Annabeth and was glad he wasn't into women anymore but at the same time felt bad for him.

"This council is dismissed then." With a loud clap of thunder, Zeus exited, along with all the other Olympians minus Artemis, Percy and Thalia. The hunters strode up to their mistress with angry looks on their faces as they glared at Percy, who was slowly walking over to her as well.

Atalanta, one of the veteran hunters, spoke, "I will not tolerate this boy for one minute, milady! You know I can't and neither can the rest of us!" Artemis sighed. She knew how they felt and felt the same way too. But this was Percy. He was different than the rest. He was a male, but without all the qualities of one.

"Atalanta, my dear I know. But at least it's Percy. You all know how powerful he is but right now, he isn't into anything anymore much less anyone. He will not harm any of you, that I can promise you. Just look at him." Artemis said. They all glanced at Percy, who was leaning against one of the marble pillars nearby, waiting patiently as he played with his pen. He looked saddened and the hunters grew sad as well just from looking at him. He was not the same Percy they knew back in Manhattan that led them to victory a couple years back. He was happy, brave, courageous, honorable; now it looked as if Hades had drained all the life out of him and left just a body and a soul.

"Fine. But if he makes one move, I'll chop his dick off and feed it to the wolves!" Atalanta exclaimed. Artemis chuckled.

"Thats fair enough."

She ushered them out of the throne room and told them to meet at the Hudson in less than an hour to camp for the night before beginning a mission. She glanced at Percy and coughed lightly into her hands. Percy looked up and slowly walked over to where Artemis stood with her arms crossed. She glared at him but softened a bit.

"I need to set some ground rules before you go into my camp. Rather just one ground rule. No flirting with my hunters. You will have guard duty at night and will patrol the outskirts of the camp. Other than that, we don't need you for anything else. Meet us at the Hudson in less than an hour." Artemis said. Percy nodded and vapor traveled away. She sighed. She honestly felt a bit bad for telling him she didn't need him. Well she did. She needed him. She needed him to just guard. Right?

And that concludes chapter 1. Updates will probably once a week as I'll have time to write on the weekend. I have a senior exit project to do over spring break so I can't do a special 2 chapter update. I'll provide more random info along the way so until then, I'm out….