A/N: Hello, i'm Champion and this will be my first fanfic. Please review. Flames will be accepted, but have the balls to sign in first. If you have any ideas, questions or constuctive critisism, please PM me, I will answer. Since I have never written anything before, please point out any formating problems so I can fix them.

This chapter was inspired by AC/DC's song "Spellbound". Please enjoy.

Disclaimer: I, Champion Of The Hearth, do not own Percy Jackson And The Olympians, The Heroes Of Olympus or any other Copyrighted and/or Trademarked material mentioned in this story. They are the property of their respective owners.

The winter air chilled the world around the girl as she stalked the elk, her steps quiet, and her breathing slow as to not alert the animal of her presence. She raised her bow and pulled an arrow from its quiver. Aiming the deadly weapon at the unsuspecting animal, breathing ever slower to keep the bow still. Seconds pass, the wind slows, she exhales and releases the arrow. Suddenly a booming roar rolls over the land and startles her prey, and it runs off into the dark forest. The girls curses under her breath, angry at herself for missing the shot and furious at the source of the disturbance for undoubtedly scaring off all the local game and ruining her hunting for the night, annoyed she treks back to her camp.

Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the moon, and maidens, walks back into her camp, still angered by the events of her hunt just moments before, to be greeted by her hunters. She sees them and smiles, for she loves all of them, they are her family. The goddess thinks back to the roar that ruined her hunt and considers if it would be a danger to her hunters. The power held behind it signified that the creature, whatever it was, belonger to the divine world. Artemis ponders this for a moment, thinking of any possibility of danger, and decides that it must be investigated. She tells her hunters that there are monsters in the vicinity and to be ready at a moments notice, they agree and prepare in case a confrontation is imminent. She leaves her eldest hunter in charge and sets out on a quest to find the creature.

Artemis goes back to the site of her failed hunt to start her search, still annoyed about the elk, trying to determine the direction of the creature's roar. She stands in the same spot she was in when she tried to kill the elk and remembered that the roar came from behind her, to the east, she then races with godly speed in that direction.

After only moments running with her godly speed, she hears the deafening roar again towards the beach and runs faster. As Artemis sees the tree line breaking she slows to a light jog so she doesn't alert the creature to her presence any earlier than necessary. The tree line breaks and she stops to look down the shore and sees a beast that surprises her, the Minotaur, chasing a mortal woman who appears to be holding something. "Why would the Minotaur be so close to Olympus, chasing a mortal no less?" Artemis asked herself. Ignoring her remaining thoughts and questions, she darts toward the beast.

As she closes in on the Minotaur, she sees it catch up to the woman and lashes out to strike her, the goddess is helpless to stop the woman from being hit, she hears the sickening crunch of bones breaking and knows the hit is fatal for no mortal can withstand the power behind the beast punch.

She catches the beast, it tries to swing at her, but she is too quick and sent two quick slashes to the monster's neck, with a pained groan the Minotaur crumbles to dust and back to the pit where it came from.

Artemis looks around to find the injured mortal and finds her lying close to the water, she hears crying, a high shrieking sound. Since one of her minor domains is childbirth she now knew the woman was carrying a child. This revelation confusing the goddess more as to why the Minotaur, one of the most fabled creatures was chasing the poor woman. Artemis goes up to the woman and kneels down to check if she is still alive. The woman is struggling to breath, one of her legs is twisted at an odd, unnatural angle. Artemis feels remorse for her because she could not stop the Minotaur before it caught her. She looks over at the child still wrapped in blankets, crying at the top of its lungs, and sheds a tear because it will grow up without a mother. When she looks back at the mother, she thinks that by not being quick enough, she had caused the woman's pain. With her guilt rising, she summons her twin brother Apollo, the god of medicine among other things. If he could not save her, maybe he could ease the woman into the next life.

Artemis asks the woman "What's your name?". She is hoping to keep her talking until Apollo gets there.

"Sa… Sally" The now identified as Sally stuttered, gasping for breath.

"Sally, my brother will be here in just a moment. He will heal you." Artemis said softly.

"Are you a..an Olym..pian" Sally gasped, still struggling to breath.

This question shocked Artemis, how had she known? It quickly dawned on her that Sally was clear sighted and had previous contact with the divine world since she asked specifically if she was an Olympian. Then she thought of the child, a demigod she realized. That explained the Minotaur. Although the question arose, 'Why would such a powerful monster be after this child?'. She had her suspicions but would need to speak with Sally more to confirm or deny them.

"Yes, I am the goddess Artemis" Artemis replied.

"M..my son. ok?" Sally asked breathlessly.

Artemis reached for the wailing child, picked him up and showed him to Sally.

"See? He is fine." Artemis said sweetly.

"When it found us I thought if I could get him to h..his fathers dom..main he could protect us. But I was wrong." Sally gasped with tears forming in her eyes.

Artemis's heart dropped when she heard Sally's statement. She now knew why the Minotaur was after the child. But she had to be sure. "Who is his father?" She asked in a shaky voice.

Sally confirmed Artemis's fears with one name, "Poseidon.".

"Poseidon broke the Oath." This thought rang through Artemis's Head. It was with these thoughts that a bright flash of light engulfed them. Artemis quickly shielded Sally's eyes.

When Artemis looked up she saw the bright smile of her little brother.

"Apollo, you have to heal her!" Artemis shouted.

Apollo snapped to attention, fully taking in the situation, and summoned his medical bag. He kneeled next to Sally, his mouth forming a thin line in concentration. He hears her struggling to breath and sends a pulse of gold light into her chest. Her breathing eases, slight relief crosses her features. Apollo then looks at her bent leg. "Ma'am" he says, "This is going is going to hurt. Take a deep breath. It will be over in a minute." So Sally takes a laboured breath and prepares herself for more pain. "1...2...3!" He exclaimed and snapped her leg back into place. Sally cries out in pain and Apollo quickly sends a pulse of light to her leg, taking away the pain.

Now with the immediate trauma taken care of Apollo tells Sally, "Let's take a better look at you." Apollo then tears her shirt off and sees her chest swelling, turning an angry reddish purple.

He yells to Artemis "Hurry, and hold her down!" Artemis complies and grabs Sally's shoulders.

"A piece of her rib cage must have nicked an artery. We have to drain the blood and stop the bleeding. " He takes 12 gauge needle and places it over Sally's chest, in between two ribs and says to her, "Bare with me Miss, this is not going to feel good, but there is no other way." With his free hand he sends another pulse of light into her abdomen and sticks the needle into her chest, he draws the syringe back slowly, siphoning the blood from Sally's chest cavity. She whimpers in pain from the needle puncture. When Apollo is finished she can breath better, but is weaker. Now Apollo worries about the bleeding, if the hole is to big or it's the Aorta, she dies.

"Lady Artemis." Sally croaked.

"Yes." Artemis replied.

"Promise me you will take care of...of my son" She whispered

Artemis was stunned and tried to tell Sally, "You are going to be fine" but was interrupted by the woman before she could finish.

"No i'm not. We both know it. I can feel myself fading. PROMISE ME!" She said, the last part as loud as she could manage.

"I..I promise." Artemis stutters. Not fully acknowledging what she agreed to.

"What is his name?" She asked.

"Perseus." Sally gasped. Beginning to feel weak.

As Apollo is getting his medical instruments prepared, Sally started convulsing and began coughing. He rushed over to her, her face looking very pale in the moonlight and sweat covered her body. A frown formed on Apollo's face, he knew he had not been quick enough.

"Hey Miss what's..." He started, but was interrupted by soft, pleading words from the woman.

"Take care of him." She said with the last of her strength. And with those words the light vanished from her eyes. Sally was no more.

Artemis and Apollo had tears in their eyes as they looked to the still screaming infant, they then looked in one another's eyes and knew what they had to do, even if they did not know how they were going to do it.

A/N: If you made this far, I thank you and hope you enjoyed it. If you didn't... well you're not going to be reading this any way. Next chapter will be posted within a week of posting this one. This might become a Percy and Thalia paring (Perlia), but it's not final, so leave me your thoughts about that. The final call on parings will be made with the next chapter. And with that out of the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR!