"Permission to kill, my Lady?"

I drew back on by bow with my sisters and watched as our surrogate mother exchanged words with the monster we had been hunting for the past week.

"Zoe, permission granted."

We let our arrows fly, splitting the manticore's spikes and embedding on the back side of the creature. I aimed for his forehead, making a silver arrow lodge there life a unicorn horn. I didn't celebrate my small victory but kept firing.

The manticore shouted something before one of the half bloods, a blonde haired girl, jumped on his back. We kept firing and the manticore jumped over the cliff.

I muttered a few choice curses under my breath before following Zoe's orders to set up camp. "Melody, tend to the demigods," she told me before stopping Astrid a daughter of Hermes, from pickpocketing the satyr.

I forced the boy to sit down and shoved an ambrosia square in front of his face. I peeled away a part of his shirt and waved my hand over it, muttering healing spells.

"Thanks," he muttered, playing with a trampled baseball cap. I nodded and shot a burst of flames at the firewood some of my sisters had gathered.

The satyr came back with the little boy and sat by the fire. I stood up and crossed my arms, glaring at them.

"What's it like traveling with Lady Artemis?" the satyr asked dreamily.

I smiled slightly. "It's incredible. The Hunt is the family I never had, and most of my sisters and I consider Artemis to be our mother."

The boy who's shoulder I fixed snorted. "So you do what, travel around in a girl's club killing monsters for the rest of your life?"

I frowned disapprovingly at him. "The Hunt was my best option. I've never regretted it. Ever. It was either that or die in the woods, be killed by Zeus, or be forced into a prophecy."

The boy frowned. "I'm not sure I understand."

I sighed and rolled my eyes. "Boys," I muttered. "In exchange for swearing off romantic love and joining the Hunt, we get partial immortality. We can only die if we fall in battle or break our oath."

His eyes widened. "How old are you?"

I shrugged. "Most people lose track pretty fast. I would be around... twenty six if I weren't here right now. I think."

The boy nodded and held out his hand. "Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon."

I shook his hand and smirked. "Melody Pearl, daughter of Poseidon. Nice to meet you, little brother."

His eyes widened in shock. "You're my sister?!"

I shot him a look. "Is your head full of kelp? Or were you just not paying attention?"

He shrugged. "Nah, I've just never had siblings before."

The satyr frowned quizzically. "Doesn't that mean Poseidon broke the oath twice?"

I frowned. "Yeah. But I'm not in danger of the prophecy, being a Hunter, so I'm free to live my life with my family and be happy."

Zoe approached us. "Percy Jackson," she sniffed down at him. I resisted the urge to laugh. Everytime we had a boy at camp, she acted like she was above the gods. It was actually pretty funny. "Lady Artemis wishes to speak with thee."

Before she could go, leaned over and whispered in her ear in Ancient Greek, "He carries his sword."

She looked at me, alarmed. "Are you sure?" she asked.

"Positive," I grumbled. "I saw it."

"Thank you," she said in English. "I appreciate it."

I nodded curtly and went to hunt in the woods for food.

It was going to be a long day.

...

When Apollo arrived, I knew it was all going to Hades.

He stepped out of the sun and took off his sunglasses. "I feel a Haiku coming on!" he announced cheerfully.

While the rest of the Hunters groaned, I fished out ear plugs and duplicated them, passing them around to my sisters.

Bianca, the newest recruit, gave me a look, asking me why she needed them. The rest of us practically shoved them into our ears as Apollo burst out into a Haiku.

Bianca shoved hers in a little too late and winced at the horrible lines. When Apollo was finished, we took out the plugs and watched in amusement as Artemis bickered with her brother.

Then he turned to the demigods, inspecting them.

"Ahhh... Melody Potter."

My head snapped up and I glared. "It's Pearl," I growled. "Melody Pearl. The Potters never wanted me and I'm happy where I am, thank you very much."

Apollo gave me what I'm sure he thought was a winning smile. "They've realized their mistake. Kind of funny, huh? Tom Riddle waltzes up to the Ministry, takes a prophecy, and tells the public that their savior is really the girl they neglected and believed to be Dark. Dumbledork is running around, trying to find the Chosen One. You get rid of that soul piece on you yet?"

I gritted my teeth. "The day I first joined. Lady Artemis removed it for me."

Apollo shrugged. "You should go see them."

"Apollo," Artemis cut in glaring. "Leave my Hunters alone. They don't like talking about their past. There is a reason they came to me. Now go. To. Camp."

My sisters and I piled into the sun bus in the back, as far away from Apollo as we could. I turned to our newest sister and held out my hand, smiling. "Melody Pearl. It's nice to meet you, sister." She shook it and smiled back.

Then, before we could settle down and get to know each other, the bus lurched.

We were thrown all over the place as the daughter of Zeus attempted to drive the sun. Attempted being the key word here.

I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to let her drive (I wasn't paying attention), but it was a TERRIBLE idea.

If I ever met the Fates, I would be having words with them.

When we finally made it to Camp Half-Blood, Apollo turned to me after I stepped out of the bus.

"You're going to need to go to back," he told me quietly, his piercing blue eyes searching my face. "I get that what they did to you wasn't right, but you really need to go. The war's in full swing right now. Almost everyone is dead or dying. You need to stop Riddle."

I glared at the ground. "And?" I practically spat. "What have they ever done for me? Throw me into an abusive home? Check. Spread rumors that led to bullying? Check. Kicking me out of school and the house for being Dark and a freak respectively? Check! I don't need to go back. I don't want to go back. I'm not going back!"

I whirled around on my heel and stalked to the Artemis Cabin.

Stupid gods.

...

I sat in a tree, looking down at the assembled campers, smirking. I scanned the ground below me, making sure no one was watching, before jumping to the next tree. I repeated the process before coming to a small clearing.

I tapped my head, Disillusioning myself before setting off. It wasn't complete invisibility, but I was powerful enough that it was pretty darn close.

I skirted around the edge of the clearing, taking care to not leave footprints in the snow. There were three guards at the foot of the pile of boulders, guarding the flag that was at the top.

I made it to one of the places that was out of sight from the campers ad scaled the rocks. I took out a piece of cloth from my bag and waved my hand over it, making it look like the flag. I swapped the flag with the cloth and climbed down.

I made it to the edge of the clearing before the guards realized something was wrong. Zoe was waiting in the tree line along with two of my sisters, Jennifer and Carley. I tapped the flag three times, making fake flags. I gave the real one to Zoe and the fake ones to myself and my other sisters.

We took off, running through the woods, attempting to lead the attention away from Zoe.

The three guards split up. One headed for me, and the others went after Jennifer and Carley. A small smirk graced my lips. Excellent. No one was chasing Zoe.

Up ahead, I saw Zoe bound over the creek. I skidded to a stop and ficked my wrist, causing the fake flags to go up in smoke.

Percy Jackson, my half brother, ran across the creek a second later, an angry Thalia Grace behind him.

I walked up to Zoe and nudged her. "Worked like a charm," I smirked. "Told ya."

She chuckled and turned her attention to the fight that was breaking out between Thalia and Percy.

"Oh my gods! She zapped him with lightning!" I whispered with glee to Zoe. She raised an eyebrow. "I thought he was thy brother."

I snorted. "I barely know the guy. Besides, he's a boy."

She nodded. "Point taken."

Then, I paled.

A mummified corpse shuffled along, coming to a rest besides Zoe.

"Approach seeker, and ask."

Zoe swallowed. "How must I help my goddess?" she asked.

The mummy of the Oracle opened its mouth and green mist poured out and formed Artemis, bloody and bruised and holding something far too heavy for her.

"Five shall go west to the goddess in chains,

"One shall be lost in the land without rain,

"The bane of Olympus shows the trail,

"Campers and Hunters combined prevail,

"The Titan's curse must one withstand,

"And one shall perish by a parent's hand."

The mist swirled into the mummy's mouth and the Oracle grew still, sitting on a rock as if it had been there for three thousand years.

I met Zoe's horror filled eyes.

"Zoe," I whispered. "Please, don't go on this quest."

Knowing the Fates, they were cackling in sadistic glee as I watched my sister who would most likely die in a few days time.

...

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