Hey guys, I know it's been a while, but I had this idea hit me a couple times, and it just won't leave me alone until I finally write it down somewhere. Sooooo yeah...that's about it i guess :P

Anyways, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Percy Jackson series, however, I do own the plot of this story as well as the OCs.

PROLOUGE

Thalia shamefully stared at the ground beneath her. She could feel Artemis's disappointed look burning onto her.

She had broken her oath. She had lost her virginity. She lost everything that she had worked to gain the very moment that she had succumbed to her lust. She could always say that she had gotten drunk while celebrating Olympus's victory, but no one would believe her. The Hunters of Artemis, much less the Lieutenant, had been forbidden from such a substance, even if it was during a celebration.

It took her a while for her to work up the courage and tell Artemis of what she had done. For a while, Thalia had been utterly terrified of what the consequences are going to be. She hoped that whatever it is, she won't be turned into an animal and then be hunted down.

"Who was it, Thalia?" She heard Artemis asked. Thalia didn't dare look at the goddess.

"It…It was Apollo…" As soon as the name left her lips, she immediately felt the goddess's anger. Thalia prayed that she won't be turned into an animal and then be hunted down. Then again, there was a goddess right in front of her, and she could probably hear that.

Artemis sighed.

It always happens to the best ones, she thought. They either get killed or they break their oath.

"I'm going to kill him for this…" Thalia heard the goddess mutter to herself.

"I'm sorry about what happened, Thalia," The said demi-god could hear a genuine apologetic tone in Artemis's voice, "And I'm even sorrier that it was with my brother, but you had willingly broken oath, and for that I cannot forgive." Thalia felt tears prick her eyes.

Here it comes, Thalia thought, just a few more words before I'm actually out.

"Thalia, Daughter of Zeus, you are dismissed from the Hunt. My blessing and your immortality have been removed. You are now mortal." Thalia had to bite back a sob that threatened to spill.

"I suggest that you pack your things immediately and say your good byes before heading off to Camp." Artemis said.

Thalia stayed silent for a moment. She didn't want to go back to Camp. As nice as it is to see Annabeth and Percy and all her friends there, she felt as though that she shouldn't. She doesn't want everyone to find out that she had been kicked out of the Hunt, and for the other campers to put two and two together and assume that she had lost her virginity. Thalia doesn't want to go through even more shame. She doesn't want them to know, and knowing the Aphrodite girls, they won't leave her alone until she told them who she lost it to, and they would go and tell the entire camp. She just couldn't go through that.

"I…I'm not going back to camp." Thalia could feel Artemis's surprise.

"Where will you go?" She asked.

Thalia hadn't thought about it. There was always her mother's house, but she swore that she'll never set foot inside the city in which the house is located. Thalia didn't really know where she would go after this, but there is one place that she could always go back to, no matter what happens…

"I'm going back to Canada." Thalia replied.

Contrary to popular belief, she was actually born there. Her mother was originally a Canadian actress for a small TV show, but took on a better acting job in the States, and only went back to Canada to visit her best friend. She never had a good relationship with Thalia's grandparents, and they disowned her when they found out that she wanted to become an actress.

While her mother was around eight and a half months pregnant, she decided to visit her friend. That weekend, she gave birth to Thalia, thus automatically making her a Canadian citizen. When she was a couple months old, she moved back to the States, and a few years later, she had officially become an American citizen as well.

It was silent for a few moments before Artemis spoke once more.

"Tell me, is there any reason why you want to leave the country?" Artemis asked. Thalia thought for a moment.

"I guess it's because I was actually born there, and it's only fitting that I go back. My mother's best friend, Emma, she lives there as well, and it would be nice to see her again." Thalia replied. That was one of her reasons, a smaller one, but still a reason none the less.

"Are you going to be staying there permanently?" Again, Thalia thought about it for a moment.

She could go to school, get back into contact with her godmother, and maybe, just maybe, she could try to live a normal, mortal life. A life away from monsters, away from the stressful life of a demi-god, and if possible, maybe even away from Apollo. The thought of being away from all these things was so tempting.

There really isn't much left for her here. Now that Thalia thought about it, at first it was her baby brother Jason—who was also born in the same country—that kept her here, but after that incident in the park that resulted in his death… Thalia pushed the thoughts of her baby brother out of her mind.

There was Luke and Annabeth, but with Luke being dead and Annabeth having Percy, she could tell that the two don't really need her as much before. Then again, it was painfully obvious that Luke doesn't need her anymore seeing as he's dead.

Then there's the Hunt, but that obviously wasn't a choice anymore, and after catching him with that nymph, Apollo was also off that list. Her mother was dead, and her dad is the Lord of the Sky who hadn't done much to help her in her life…

So maybe leaving would be good for her. She could have a fresh start.

"Yeah…I think I will." Thalia finally answered.

Artemis nodded, saddened that not only did she have to dismiss one of her best lieutenants; she also has to see her leave the country. Leaving Olympus's host country meant that the gods can't reach a mortal without knowing exactly where they were. Artemis could understand her reasons why, but that doesn't mean that she would be sad about it.

Yes, she confirmed in her mind, I'm definitely going to kill Apollo for this.

"Do you have everything that you will need for you to go there?" Artemis asked for the last time.

"I only have my mother's will, that's about it, I guess." Thalia replied.

"Thalia, look at me." For the whole time, Thalia had been kneeling on the ground, and keeping her head down. The black haired demi-god nervously raised her head, and met the piercing silver gaze of the moon goddess.

Artemis looked at her former lieutenant, and she saw worry, and fear in them. She suddenly felt a surge of pity for the girl. Artemis knew that the journey ahead of Thalia will be hard.

It would be even harder if she's still fifteen. She thought. And if she doesn't have all the proper documents that mortals will require.

"I want to give you something for your journey." She said with finality.

Thalia looked at the goddess before her with wide, confused eyes. She was speechless.

"Rise, and I suggest you close your eyes for this." Thalia immediately stood, and shut her eyes tightly. She suddenly felt like she was stretched, pulled and tugged in all sorts of different directions. As soon as this feeling came, it went away just as fast.

"You may open your eyes now." She heard Artemis say. Thalia opened her eyes, and saw Artemis smile sadly at her work.

"I have sped up your aging process, and made you your actual age of twenty one, and all of the important documents that you will need is already inside your bag." Thalia had to force herself not to gap at what the goddess had done for her.

"Th-Thank you… How can I repay you?" Thalia asked.

"Just don't tell the Hunters of what I'd done. I don't want them getting any ideas." Artemis said. Thalia nodded, before bowing before her for the last time. She turned and silently walked over to the exit of Artemis's tent.

"Oh and Thalia?" The said demi-goddess paused and looked over her shoulder to Artemis. The auburn haired goddess smiled sadly at her once more.

"If it will bring you any comfort, I won't breathe a word about your whereabouts to anyone." Artemis offered, putting only a slight emphasis on 'anyone,' knowing that Thalia knew who she meant. Thalia smiled gratefully at the goddess.

"Thank you, again Lady." Thalia said. She turned her head to face ahead of her and exited the tent, before rushing inside her own.

She went to her bag, and sure enough, she found all of the documents that she'll need, like her mother's will, her birth certificate, her passport, everything. Thalia quickly packed up the rest of her possessions and silently—but quickly—she took down her tent and exited the camp site as fast as she can without waking up anyone.

Thalia didn't know how long she had been walking through the woods, but she really didn't care.

All of her thoughts are one big jumbled mess. She can't focus on one thought without another one butting in, and replacing it.

Should she tell Annabeth and everyone else back at camp that she won't be going back? Should she tell them about what happened? Should she tell anyone for that matter? Even Apollo?

Thalia didn't know why she managed to think about Apollo, nor does she know how to answer these questions. With all her thoughts jumbled up, she can't think properly.

"I need some sleep." She muttered to herself. As she continued walking through the woods, her mind began to wander.

During the victory celebration after Kronos's downfall, Thalia had snuck away with Apollo, and one thing led to another, and then that happened. That incident had happened a few months ago. As soon as she realized what she had done, she wanted to tell Artemis about this whole ordeal, but never found the courage to do so.

Apollo, Thalia's hands began clenching, the last time she had seen him was the month before and he was busy making out with a mortal girl that was a tad bit younger than her. That had been the main reason why she had told Artemis about her mistake. She's just glad that she hadn't been turned into an animal. Knowing Apollo, he probably might not even help her.

She soon came upon a pathway that led out of the forest that the Hunt had been occupying, and from where Thalia is standing, she could see some lights from a city. Thalia stepped onto the path and began her journey towards the city. The journey ahead of her is going to be a long and difficult one, but she hopes that by the time she reaches the end, it'll be worth it all the trouble that she knew that she'll be going through.

Two years later…

October, 1, 2011, Downtown Toronto, Thalia's apartment

Twenty three year old Thalia Grace sighed tiredly as she opened her apartment, after a long day at work all she wanted to do was just relax and not do anything but sleep. At first, she was thankful that she didn't have any classes for her to attend to, but she now wishes that she had. Working overtime had really done something to her.

Thalia had miraculously gotten a nice, well paying job at a historical museum, and worked as a guide there. With all her time spent with Artemis, she learned things that normal students her age would learn years ahead from now. If she were still fifteen, she would've been in AP for all of her subjects.

On the first day of her job, her supervisor had been skeptical about Thalia's vast knowledge of the Ancient Greeks, but now, she loves having Thalia around, after she had seen her talk about things so accurately, and managed to keep the kids' attention and keep them interested just so that they won't be running around and touching the things that they weren't supposed to.

Thalia closed the door, and locked it. She lazily tossed her bag on the floor, thankful that her computer was not in it. Thalia trudged tiredly to her bed and plopped down. A lot of things happened since she decided to come back to Canada.

She managed to get the money left in her mother's will. She used the money to buy herself a really nice bachelor's apartment near the museum that she worked, and her school. With her godmother's—Emma's—insistence, she had also managed to get into one of the top schools in the country, after she had passed the GED exam with flying colours of course. To her, it was like tracking a deer, which was probably the easiest animal to hunt, in her opinion, no disrespect to Artemis or anything.

After starting her first semester at the university, she found that she is surprisingly good at physics, more specifically, atmospheric physics and astrophysics. Thalia figured that she being the daughter of the King of the skies, it would come naturally to her. That's only a theory though. Her major is atmospheric physics, since it focuses more on climate change. Emma had also insisted that she take a course that would make her keep in touch with her heritage, so she also took a classics course.

Emma is a half-blood herself, so she knew everything there is about the gods, well, as much as any other half-blood knows. She's a daughter of Iris, and her mother's best friend, the same woman that her mother had been visiting when she gave birth to Thalia.

Thalia yawned tiredly as she grabbed her TV remote and flipped to the weather channel.

After her first couple of weeks there, she learned from Emma that half-bloods who live outside of Olympus's host country rarely get attacked, even if the said demi-god is a child of one of the Big Three. The only time that monsters do attack is when there is more than one child of the Big Three travelling together. And seeing as she's the only child of the Big Three in the country, there won't be any monsters attacking at all. The last time she had been attacked by a monster would have been six months ago.

With all the rare monster attacks, that meant she can use any sort of modern technology without sending any signal to any nearby monster to come and eat her. She can live out her days as a normal mortal woman with ADHD and dyslexia.

Although, she thought, it would be a lot easier if I didn't have dyslexia in the first place.

She just laid there, relaxing, when all of sudden, she heard the meteorologists voice break into her thoughts.

"…and tomorrow will be sixteen degrees…" He said. Thalia really didn't care about the weather, it was nice enough anyway.

She sighed and ran a hand through her bangs, pushing them out of the way as she stood up and began changing into her pyjamas.

She pulled out some fresh underwear, a light blue wife beater shirt, and navy jogging pants. Thalia began walking over to her bed as she reached up and took her hair out of the pony tail, and stopped in front of a mirror, looking at all the changes that had taken place while staying here.

Her hair had grown, now reaching two inches below her shoulders. It was now layered and had side bangs that framed her face nicely. The inner layers of her hair have been died blue, and it suited her, surprisingly. She no longer had any freckles on her tanned face, and her eyes. Out of all the changes that had happened to her, it was her eyes that changed the most. It's still electric blue, but that only happens when her eyes are out of any bright lights. When it is under bright lights, they become sky blue, like the kind of blue in the horizon on a bright and sunny day.

She also just happened to grow a couple more inches, making her quite tall for her age, which was about 5'11 and a half at most. She had also filled out more in certain places, and shrunk in others. Though she wouldn't admit it, she became very beautiful over the two years.

She had not only changed physically, but personality wise as well. She's still into the punk style, but not as much as when she was younger. Thalia still wore a lot of black, but now added different colours to it, mostly blue and purple, and the occasional white.

With the stress of not being hunted down every day by monsters, she loosened up a bit more, and became more open to others, just a little bit. During her second month at the university, she made some friends who didn't mind her mysterious past and demeanor and took her in with open arms. She laughed more often, and smiled as well, but there seemed to be something missing.

Thalia quickly looked away from the mirror and flopped down onto her bed once more. She grabbed her laptop and logged on, wanting to finish an essay as soon as she can. It was a pain, but after she graduates in two years, then it'll be worth it.

After graduating, maybe, just maybe, she'll go back to the States, not to stay there, but just to visit her friends, and pray that they won't kill her. Although, one could say that her friends would have a right do so.

Truth be told, she had forgotten about telling anyone at camp. She had been so stressed out with school, her mother's will, supporting herself, and what not, she had forgotten to Iris-message them. She was going to do so and talk to Annabeth, before Emma had told her that Iris-Messaging doesn't work outside of the host country. So she was going to call her, but then realized that Annabeth had told her that she had gotten a new number, and Thalia couldn't remember what the number was.

Thalia shook her head, clearing her head of any memories that she didn't really want to remember at the moment and opened up the file that contained the essay that she needed to finish. She was going to start typing, before she realized that she needed her notes. The black haired demi-goddess sighed, and got up from her comfortable bed, and grabbed her messenger bag. She took out her notes, which were all written in Ancient Greek, before she had finally begun typing up the essay that needed to be finished.

It took her about two hours for her to finish writing the essay, and when she had, she had felt relief as soon as she sent the essay to her professor. For the first time in a while, she doesn't have any work for her to do.

Thalia smiled and closed her saved copy, and went on the internet. She needed to do something, while being lazy for the next little while.

She spent the next little while just randomly going on different sites, when all of a sudden her phone rang.

Thalia reached out and grabbed her cell, and answered with a lazy "Talk to me,"

"Thaliaaaa!" It was her friend Kayla, fun, but seriously annoying, yet lovable Kayla.

"Hey Kales." Thalia replied.

"You'll never guess what I found out!" The girl on the other end of the line said, while giggling.

"Lemme guess, you found out that your plan on getting Liz and Kenny together actually worked?" Thalia replied, while a smirk played on her lips.

"Yup! But that's not what I was gonna tell you." Kayla replied.

Thalia raised a brow, despite knowing that Kayla can't see her. As if she sensed her confusion, Kayla went on ahead.

"You know Nick Saunders? Of course you do, you met him once!" Truthfully, Thalia can't remember who he is, but let her friend continue.

"So anyways, apparently he throws all these awesome parties every month, and guess who got the gang invites?" Kayla squealed.

"You did?" Here Kayla laughed.

"Nope, not me, it was actually Mark, whose actually really good friends with Nick. So he pulled out a couple favors, and Mark got you, me, Liz, and Michelle invites!" Kayla said. Thalia blinked.

"And it's this Saturday night, and I know you don't have work or classes that night, and you told me yourself that you never study on Saturday nights, so you have no excuse not to come!" Kayla continued before Thalia could say anything.

"Please Thaliaaaa?" Kayla pleaded, and Thalia could practically hear the sad puppy look on her. Thalia sighed and gave in. Knowing Kayla, she won't leave her alone about this, and on the day of the party, she'll barg into her apartment and then she will force her to come.

Kayla squealed excitedly.

"I'm gonna go over to your place and we'll get ready then, oh and I hope you don't mind if I bring Liz and Michelle with me." Kayla said.

"Why my place?" Thalia demanded, her eyes narrowing.

"Your place is closest to Nick Saunders's place." She replied. That made sense.

"Fine." Thalia sighed.

"Great! See ya soon then!" Kayla said as she hung up. Thalia pressed the end button, and already she started to regret going to this party.

It's too bad that she didn't know that if she went to this party, it will make her life turn in a completely different direction, one that no one would have seen in the long run. By going to this party, it will determine whether her life would be happy and full, or content and will always have the feeling of something being missing.

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