I am so, so, so sorry, I don't have any excuses, but I'm here to give you amazing people the story you deserve.

Thank you so much for being so patient and supportive of this story, I greatly appreciate it.

Also, I read through this story a bit and I noticed I missed a few things, like Harry meeting Chiron and stuff. Sorry 'bout that.

I can't say it enough, keep being amazing and enjoy the chapter!

Harry had spent most of the next day at the archery range. Getting to know the hunters and the children of Apollo, who instantly treated him like he was family, which technically, he was. They kind of reminded him of the Weasleys, how they just welcomed in with open arms even though Harry wasn't apart of their family-Oh no, the Weasleys.

How had he forgotten them? They are probably terrified, biting their nails and wondering where he is. He should try to contact them, would Hedwig be able to send a letter overseas? Probably not, but it's worth a shot. Harry whistled and extended his arm, a few seconds later the owl landed on his arm. A little trick he taught Hedwig during a rather boring free period.

"Hey girl," Harry said, grinning at the astonished faces of everybody at the archery range while he walked away, "You think you could send a letter for me?"

Hedwig hooted, her intelligent eyes giving him a look as if to say 'Your kidding, right?'

Harry laughed, "Of course you can, stupid question."

Harry sat down at one of the desks in the Artemis cabin, writing letters for both the Weasleys and Hermione. When he was done, he gave them to Hedwig. "I need you to deliver those to the Weasleys and Hermione." Hedwig then gave him another look, 'Now you have got to be kidding.' Harry sighed, "I know it's a long trip, but I know you can do it." Hedwig hooted in agreement before flying out the window.

"I'm sorry, were you just talking to a bird?"

Harry jumped, wait, he recognized that voice. He turned to see Joanna, the girl he had met last night when he was hiding in a tree. He could see her way better now that the sun was up. She was wearing a faded Camp Half-Blood T-shirt with the leather necklace that all of the campers wore. Her long, black hair was in a braid that cascaded down her shoulder. She was pretty, he wasn't going to lie, but what really drew him in were her eyes. They were like a kaleidoscope of many different reds, oranges, and gold

"Hello? Earth to Harry Potter." She was waving a hand in front of his face and had a look of concern on her face.

Harry shook his head to clear it, "Uh, h-hi Jo."

She smirked, "You spaced out for a minute there. I just wanted to come by and say hi. Now, can you explain the bird?" She gestured to the window that Hedwig had just flown out of.

"Oh, that was Hedwig, she's my pet," Harry said.

"You have a pet owl? That's awesome." Jo said.

"Thanks, I guess?" Harry said, "Um, what are you doing here? Isn't it against the rules or something-"

Jo cut him off with a wave of her hand, "Nah, rules are meant to be broken anyway." A horn echoed across the camp, Jo turned to him and grinned, "C'mon, the war game is going to start soon."

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Out of all the things Harry was to expect from a war game with demigods, playing a game of tag with giant scorpions was not one of them.

The task was simple enough, get the golden laurels before another team does. Easy, right?

No. It was definitely not easy.

After Quintus, who was the new swordsmanship trainor that had a giant ferocious dog as a pet, announced the rules and paired everyone up, they all dispersed and the game the began.

On the plus side, his partner was Jo. The downside is she was the only one who knew how to fight. Harry just had a small dagger that he didn't know how to use and armor that was way too big for him. So they were pretty much screwed.

They wondered around deeper into the woods when Harry noticed something on the ground, footprints, lots of them. Almost as if the monsters they were hunting had multiple legs. "Jo, come look at this." she stopped and bent down next to Harry, who was examining the footprints. "They're still fresh, whatever these monsters are, they were here not too long ago."

Jo looked at him with an eyebrow raised, "Well? What are you waiting for? Use those hunting skills and win us this game."

They trudged on, weapons raised when they heard a shout as if someone was giving orders. Wait a minute, is that Annabeth?

"This way," Harry said as he ran towards the noise.

He was correct, Annabeth and Percy were there, fighting three giant scorpions.

Percy finally noticed them, staring with their mouths wide open as he dodged another strike from a scorpion tail. "Well? Are you going to stand there or are you going to help?"

Jo instantly drew a sword from nowhere and rushed into battle with the two older teens. Harry stood there, staring at the small knife in his hands. 'How the hell am I supposed to fight with this?' He thought. Then, he felt a sudden weight on his neck, because there, was a leather cord with an arrowhead attached to the end. He picked it up to look at it more when he saw tiny words etched into it-

Your Welcome - A

Harry smiled at the words transformed into the greek letters υδράργυρος, which he instantly translated to Quicksilver.

Percy ran by with a scorpion right behind him, "Harry, anytime now!" He shouted as he deflected another strike with his sword.

Harry, seemingly knowing what to do, pulled on the arrowhead and in two seconds there was a bow in his hands and a quiver full of arrows on his back. Harry grinned, it was official, Artemis was the coolest goddess in the world.

He took out one of the arrows and nocked it to the bow, took aim, and fired. Hitting one of the scorpions dead in the eye.

"Nice shot!" Annabeth called over the screech of pain. Harry just grinned back and fired another arrow.

How was he suddenly so good at this? Was it because of his mother? And why does it feel so natural?

Harry climbed on to the nearest rock, continuing to fire arrows as fast as he can, but there were too many, and they're too tough to kill. Then Harry saw something in between the rocks.

"Guys over here!" the other three demigods ran towards where Harry was pointing, a narrow crack in between the rocks.

"Go on in, I'll cover you," Percy said, raising his sword.

"In there? We'll never fit, it's too narrow." Annabeth said.

"It's worth a shot, go!" Percy said.

One by one, they crawled through the gap, Annabeth pulling Percy in with them at the last second.

They fell into a dark room, the only source of light coming from the slight glow the weapons gave off. Harry took out his wand, whispering a quiet "Lumos," and giving more light.

Annabeth nodded in appreciation, "Wh-where are we?" She asked, gripping Percy's arm like a lifeline.

"It looks like a long room," Percy asked, starting forward but Annabeth stopped him.

"Don't take another step," She snapped, "It's not a room, it's a corridor."

She was right, the corridor kind of reminded him of the dungeons in Hogwarts, but it wasn't as cold, and it seemed more - ancient.

"We need to find the exit," Annabeth said, she sounded scared.

"It's okay," Percy said, "It's right-" He looked up, everyone else following, but nothing was there but a plain stone ceiling.

Harry felt Jo's hand slip into his and squeeze, in another situation he would have been embarrassed, but when it was so dark he was glad to know he wasn't completely alone, despite hearing everyone's heavy breathing.

"How are we going to get out of here?" Jo asked nervously.

"Everyone take two steps back," Annabeth commanded, they all did so, "Okay, now help me examine the walls."

"For what?" Percy asked.

"The mark of Daedalus," She responded as if they were supposed to know what it meant.

"Uh, okay, what kind of-"

"Got it!" Annabeth shouted, sounding relieved. she pressed her finger into a tiny fissure in the wall, which began to glow blue. A symbol appeared, Harry guessed the weird triangle was the symbol od Daedalus, whoever that was.

The ceiling slid open to reveal the night sky. It was a lot darker than it should have been, but Harry decided not to question it as metal ladder rungs appeared on the side of the wall, people shouting all of their names. Percy and Annabeth shared a nervous glance before climbing up, Harry and Jo following close behind.

/\/\/\/\

They ran into a girl with the laurels on her head, "Where have you been?"

"We've been looking for forever!" Another camper said.

"But we were only down there for a few minutes," Percy said.

Chiron trotted up to them, "Are you all okay?"

"We're fine," Percy said, "We fell in a hole." They looked at him skeptically, "Honest! There were three scorpions after us so we ran and his in the rocks, but we were only gone for a few minutes."

The girl wearing the laurels still looked suspicious, "A hole?"

Annabeth took a deep a deep breath, "Chiron, maybe we should talk about this in the big house."

The girl gasped, "You found it, didn't you?"

Annabeth bit her lip, "I-Yeah. Yeah, we did."

Ok, that's the next chapter. The Weasleys are going to be in the next one, reacting to Harry's letter.

And again, I am so, so sorry, I'll try to update quicker.

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LittleMissReadsTooMuch