The Red String of Fate exists, and although rare, there are a few people or gods that have the ability to see them. Some people, like Aphrodite, obsess over the Red Strands that divine their fates. Aphrodite was also very keen on her abilities to cut the strands and knot them to others, forcing people together that they might find love with people on her Whim.

Most of the goddesses could see the Red Strands, and so it was that Athena refused to search for her partner, knowing that eventually he or she would be made known to her. Hestia didn't want to seek out her soul mate, having a past experience of children eating fathers and what-not. When Artemis was born, she was also gifted with the sight of the Red Strings that bound people.

Artemis didn't pay attention to it at first, content to play with her younger brother for the first few years of her life. But eventually, she began to notice how the others, people who had their strands entwined, would live together. She would enjoy the happiness that two connected people had together, and began to yearn for her own life of the sort.

The problem was, Artemis didn't have a Red String of Fate.

Artemis searched endlessly for a facsimile of love, but over countless years of seeing heartbreak after heartbreak, men treating their wives poorly (usually in relationships that the Red String didn't connect), and other things, The Goddess decided that she had had enough of searching for love. She made her Father Zeus swear to her that he wouldn't force her to marry, and set up her Hunt to provide safe haven for females of all ages who sought out her protection.

Generations passed. There was an incident involving Orion, who thought that He was destined for Artemis, and tried to sway her heart. Her prior obsession with love came back, and she tried desperately to make it work, but her brother intervened and had Orion killed.

Artemis was distraught at first, how could her brother do that to her? How could her ruin one of her only chances at love? Artemis calmed down eventually enough for Apollo to reason with her. Had she seen the Red String between them? No. Apollo even showed her Orion's past, which was filled with heartbreaks after heartbreaks.

Artemis' heart grew cold. She was destined to be without love for all times then. The Maiden goddess took an oath then, an oath of chastity for all times. She refused to look for love any more, and she would spurn any males who dared try and get close to her with romantic intentions.

And so the legend was born, the legend of Artemis, the Virgin Goddess who hated men. The Goddess who would punish any males who came across her while she was bathing (it happened at least two times). The Goddess who, without remorse, would show disdain for almost any males, who she grew a prejudice towards thanks to the backstories her huntresses came from.

And so it came to her great surprise when right before the turn of the twenty-first century, that one day she awoke to a Red String of Fate wrapped around her finger, leading out of her current camp into the forest. In fact, she was so startled was she that she even let out a scream.

As you can imagine, Artemis isn't the sort of Goddess who screams often. And so it was that this scream came to the attention of her huntresses fairly quickly, and Zoe came bursting into Artemis' tent. Nothing appeared to be amiss to the experienced Huntress (who could not see the Red String that now wound through the tent like a coiled python yards long).

"Is… everything alright Milady?" The uncertain huntress asked Artemis.

Artemis could not stop looking at the strand that now entwined her hand. What would she do? Why would it appear now, of all times? After years of searching? Years of giving up on love? Why did it have to be now?

The Goddess contemplated cutting it off. She would never know who her soul mate might be if she got rid of the damned String right now. But that was the problem. She would never know who was the one destined, who was the one worth all those years of waiting. And she knew, just knew that Aphrodite wouldn't hesitate to use a broken String and connect it to some random other person.

Aphrodite would tie her soul mate to somebody who wasn't meant for them.

But on the other hand, as soon as Artemis first returned to Olympus, Aphrodite would be all over her. She would clamor and squeal and bounce excitedly and talk in an obnoxiously loud voice about how Artemis would finally find love after all this time.

Frankly, Artemis would never hear the end of it. Aphrodite would make her rue the day she swore off men, and consistently nag at her.

It was too much for her to think about all at once, and when the Goddess finally looked away and saw her Lieutenant standing in her tent waiting pensively for a response, she said quietly,

"There's a Red String on my finger."

Zoe Nightshade was no stranger to the Red String of Fate. While she herself could not see it, she knew of all the troubles that it could cause when somebody who could see them cut and knotted them to people who didn't belong to one another. The War of Troy, for example had been a horrible misplay on Aphrodite's part of cutting and knotting. Poor Helen, and poor all the others whose lives had been ruined by the accursed Red String.

And so, given the event that had happened seemingly overnight, she knew that the situation at hand was an extremely delicate one. It wasn't her choice in what Lady Artemis did now, and she could only hope that it wouldn't end in ruin. Zoe nodded her head and said,

"It'll stay between us," before exiting the tent. Outside, the others were gathered around, awaiting the news on what had happened. "Our lady had a fright, possibly a nightmare, nothing to worry about." She told them. No need to worry the other huntresses on something that was beyond their control.

Artemis, meanwhile, was sorting out what exactly she was going to do. For now, she would leave the String alone. There was no reason to cut it immediately. Worst comes to worst, her alleged soul mate turns out to be a horrible male and she cuts the line. No need to worry about it.

She was curious as to why it would randomly appear now of all times though. She flashed out, following the direction that the strand led. After a couple of hours of fast flash following the String, she finally traced it to a hospital in New York City of all places, relatively close to the Empire State Building, where Mount Olympus currently resided on the "600th" floor.

She made her way into the hospital, making sure to hide her Godly aura from the mortals as she followed the String. It grew shorter and shorter as she grew closer, and she ended up stopping outside a particular hospital room. This hospital room had windows, allowing the Goddess to see a very endearing sight. A young woman with black hair held a newborn baby in her arms. Artemis followed the Red String to the baby.

Of course. A mortal baby, although it seemed to be a demigod given the aura that it gave off. Of course it would be a baby. How else would a Red String just randomly appear? It was the just the opposite thing that happened with people dying. When a person died, their Red String disappeared until either they died, or the person was reborn from Hades.

This baby (male, she could tell) was destined to be her soul mate. The baby turned towards Artemis, and she was astounded by the pureness in those eyes. Sea Green invaded her senses as she looked into those eyes, the vibrancy of colors that rivalled the colors of nature.

Artemis was distracted from them, when she felt a second pair of eyes fastened to her, these ones a bright blue. The baby's mother stared intently at the Goddess, and Artemis knew from the glances that were cast that the mother could see the Red String of Fate as well. Artemis' eyes widened.

Mortals could only see the Red Strings of Fate if they were also Clear Sighted mortals. This woman clearly knew exactly who she was looking at, and knew that the Goddess had come to see the newborn baby.

The mother simply gave out a small smile, and Artemis suddenly felt a sudden wrongness at being here at the hospital. The feeling was just suddenly there, and she abruptly turned away and made her leave of the place. If this Child was truly meant for her, then they would meet once more when they were older.

It wasn't until much later, twelve years later in fact that the Goddess first heard her Soul Mate's name. She didn't know it was him, but the name stuck out in her mind as relatively important. Perseus Jackson. The young demigod had just completed a quest and gone to the realm of Hades to save his mother and get Zeus' Lightning Bolt. The Demigod had even bested Ares in hand to hand combat, which you didn't hear a lot of happening.

The next year, the young demigod made an even greater name for himself when he hijacked a quest to complete it, ensuring its success, and even brought back to life Thalia Grace. By this time Artemis was sure that the young man by the name of Perseus Jackson would prove to be nothing more than the next Hercules, completing quest after quest and becoming completely bigoted over his own greatness.

It wasn't until the demigod was 14 years old that Artemis finally met her soul mate. She was hunting near a school when it happened. Two scruffy looking kids with black hair and dark eyes ran out of the school. A boy with black hair followed, as did a girl Artemis recognized as Annabeth Chase (Artemis had extended an invitation into the hunt to the young girl, but Annabeth had declined), along with a satyr and Thalia. They were being chased by a man, and Artemis became keen on the man. It looked like he might be her quarry, a manticore.

Artemis gave the order to draw arrows on the manticore, and as soon as her revealed himself, they released. Events unfolded that led to the manticore and Annabeth falling off the nearby cliff, and all that was left was the demigods and the satyr with her Huntresses.

If Artemis had been paying attention, she would have known that her Red String was connected to one of the demigods. As it was, she was caught off guard when sea green eyes caught hers and asked if they could do anything to save his friend. Her eyes widened. She had never once seen sea green eyes again after meeting the baby for the first time, and looking down to confirm it; she traced the Red String of Fate as it connected her to this young boy.

He was disheartened to hear her tell him that she could do nothing for his friend, and she felt badly for making him feel upset. She was broken from her reverie when she heard one of the Demigods say his name. Percy. Perseus Jackson. The demigod that was her soul mate was none other than Perseus Jackson, the demigod who she had begun to imagine to become a horrible person.

She could see it in his eyes, the way he talked to her with such hope. She could tell that this boy had already seen a lot of pain. She could see the promise of a young man filled with determination. A young man who would not give up on his friends even when it seemed hopeless.

She knew what plans Aphrodite had for the young boy. The "Love" Goddess had been gossiping ever since she knew about the boy how she planned to try and get him and Annabeth Chase together. Her heart clenched in her chest at the thought now. She couldn't let Aphrodite ruin her only shot at love. She couldn't let Aphrodite ruin Perseus Jackson.

After inducting Bianca di Angelo into the hunt, Artemis flashed right up to Olympus. It had been long known by now amongst the Gods that Artemis now had a soul mate, and it was commonly talked about among some of the immortals. Artemis marched right up to Aphrodite's palace and entered without announcing herself.

Aphrodite was sitting on one of her lounge chairs in a garden when Artemis found her. Aphrodite looked at the Goddess, looked back at her nothingness, and then quickly looked back at the Maiden Goddess. Artemis rarely visited the Goddess of Love, maybe once every other century or so, so usually when she visited it was for an important reason.

Artemis gave no room for introduction as she grabbed the Love Goddess's garb and brought Aphrodite's face close to her own.

"You will leave Perseus Jackson alone." Artemis said calmly. "You will not interfere with his love life at all, nor will you even think about bonding his String with Annabeth Chase's." a fire had lit in her eyes that glinted with a wrath of fury that only appeared when Artemis was serious about something.

Aphrodite gave a quick nod and sighed in relief when Artemis let her go. Why was Artemis suddenly so concerned with the love life of Perseus Jackson? Oh. OH. Aphrodite's eyes widened exponentially as she realized. "Him?" Was all the Love Goddess could get out, and the Maiden Goddess nodded before saying, "And if I hear that you have told anybody, or messed with him in any way then you'll be waiting at least a hundred years before you make any sort of thought about regenerating.

Artemis's soul mate was Perseus Jackson, and she intended to see how it turned out before she would allow Aphrodite to have her way with the young man.

Afterwards, Artemis was charged with hunting down the Chimaera, which she decided to do on a solo hunt. She ended up being brought to mount Othrys, where she found Annabeth holding the sky up. As patron of all young girls, Artemis brought the sky unto her own shoulders and waited.

Less than a week had to go by and then there he was. Perseus, Zoe, and Thalia trudged up the mountain to free her. Artemis watched in horror as Zoe was knocked down by Atlas, and then once more as Perseus went to take on Atlas seemingly by himself. Her soul mate got knocked to the ground, and as Atlas gloated, Perseus made his way over to her and forcefully took the sky from her shoulders.

Never before had Artemis fought with such ferocity. She ended the fight by knocking Atlas underneath the sky, freeing Perseus of the weight. A streak in his hair had turned completely gray thanks to the strain.

Zoe had been poisoned by Ladon, but Artemis was astounded to find out that Zoe had grown close enough to Perseus that she could rest well knowing Riptide was in his hands. Tears were spent, and Artemis cast a new constellation with Zoe's now lifeless body into the stars and night sky.

Artemis rushed back to Mount Olympus for the winter solstice, where she took Thalia as her new lieutenant so that the young girl wouldn't have to worry about the great prophecy. She was astounded when Ares and Athena both proposed that Perseus be killed so that the prophecy could be avoided.

Not on her watch. Artemis rose and countered; if the heroes are punished by the gods for doing nothing wrong, then the council of the Gods was no worse than the Titans were. The Gods agreed not to kill Perseus, and Artemis felt relief. Unfortunately for her, the other Gods with the Red String sight were quick to notice the line that connected her and the young Demigod.

The next year came and went; Thalia learned how to maintain order in the Hunt fairly easily, and Artemis stressed about the great Prophecy. It basically boiled down to Percy deciding whether or not Olympus would fall. The quest for the Labyrinth happened, and Artemis was distraught when she heard that Percy had gotten exploded in Mount Tam, loosening the bonds on Typhon enough for him to begin his escape.

News quickly spread, and Artemis would have been completely devastated were it not for the Red String of Fate that still clung to her finger like its life depended on it. Artemis sent as much energy as should could spare through the String, and within a few days she was ecstatic to find that Percy had returned to the land of the living.

Very soon, it was the fight for the Gods reached a peak when they had to face Typhon and slow its rampage towards Mount Olympus. Meanwhile, Percy was in charge of defending New York and Olympus from Kronos's army of monsters and demigods. It came to an end when Luke regained control of himself long enough for him to kill himself, ending Kronos's short reign of terror as well.

A party like none ever before was in order, as was the congratulations for the demigods. Annabeth was given the right to redesign Olympus, and then Poseidon took a stand. "Is there any among you who would deem my son unworthy?" He called out to the rest of them.

Artemis perked up at this. Poseidon was asking if anybody dared deny his son the right of Godhood. This is where Percy would attain Godhood and eventually…

Artemis couldn't prevent herself from feeling shock and slight helplessness as Percy declined the offer of Godhood, in exchange for the Gods to recognize their children sooner, letting them know that this war could've been avoided if the Gods would just pay attention to their children, as well as the freedom of any nonaligned titans such as Calypso. Artemis' heart swelled. This demigod gave up the offer of Godhood for the benefit of other people, some of which he had no reason to be kind towards. He did it simply because he was given the opportunity to.

She was almost certainly smitten.

And then almost immediately Percy was dragged into the Giant war. Hera took him away from Camp Half Blood and sent him off to get trained by Lupa. Artemis was in a consistent state of shifting in between her two forms. Diana seemed ecstatic at Percy Jackson being their soul mate, and after a little bit of conflict, the two personalities were able to come together over their mutual respect and appreciation for the young demigod. Perseus went on a quest to Alaska, where he retrieved the eagle staff thing that the fifth cohort had lost. Honestly, the thing wasn't important to Artemis, but Percy giving Frank the honor of bringing it back was what got her in shape.

Then Artemis and the other Gods were forbidden from interacting with the demigods, which Artemis thought was stupid, given that they have to work together in order to kill the Giants, but she didn't voice her thoughts on the matter. Artemis followed the Demigods trip, and then turned her attention elsewhere for a second, and when she turned back to them, she found out that Percy and Annabeth had fallen into Tartarus.

That damned demigod! By now it was pretty clear to all of the Gods that Percy's fatal flaw was his loyalty. He practically jumped in after Annabeth in order to make sure that she wouldn't die (at least not alone). Artemis was going stir crazy from the anticipation. If anybody could make it through the hell worse than hell, it would be Perseus Jackson.

Her hopes came true when Percy dragged himself out of the Doors of Death with Annabeth. They had made it through! She was happy to know that he was now relatively safe.

Their group eventually made it to Delphi, but Percy wasn't in the group of demigods that visited her and her brother. She was a little let down, but she didn't let it show as Apollo helped the demigods out while she talked with a few of the others. She could only sit back and watch from here as the group retrieve the cure to revive people, and then Gaea's rising, Zeus transporting the demigods back to camp and the final battle where the Valdez boy sacrificed himself to defeat Gaea.

It all happened so fast that Artemis didn't have time to worry about the events until it was all over. It was now time to rebuild, and then they would gift the heroes of the quest. And Artemis hoped to everything she knew that Percy would accept Godhood this time around, else who knows how Zeus would react.

Hello everyone. It's a me, Remvis! Wow, it's almost like I'm writing a story that isn't A Year in A Day (which is also a Pertemis story by me in the works, check it out). Anyways, this was based on a Soul Mate AU I read about the Red String of Fate and people who could see it. I was filled with inspiration and just started writing. Took me like 3 hours into the middle of the night before I finally got here, but here I am with more than 3600 words of story. It's mainly just supposed to be Artemis' takes on the events, minus Percabeth because in this AU they are only ever friends and Aphrodite doesn't mess with that stuff.

Anyways, leave a review if you liked it, this is going to have at least one more chapter to it, but not a lot more than that unless it gets like 70 reviews after the next one. Anyways, thank you all for reading, and have a nice day! ~Remvis,