Artemis P.O.V
After a very embarrassing conversation/confession, which led to the whole Hunt knowing and a lot of sly looks and teasing.
I was walking to go get Percy, and I heard the soft notes of a reed pipe that mixed in with the natural sounds of the forest.
I looked up to see Percy playing on a tree branch with not a worry in the world.
Percy P.O.V
I looked down to Artemis, staring at me with flushed cheeks, and I jumped down and put my hand to her forehead, checking for a fever.
"What are you doing?" she asked with confusion.
"Checking for a fever, your cheeks were flushed."
"We're gods, we don't get Fevers," she said with a sigh, shaking her head.
"Oh, forgot about that," I said, scratching the back of my head.
"Come on, it's bedtime,"
"But but.... we are gods, right?" I protested
"We still need sleep," She said, exasperated
"Why?" I asked
"I'll tell you in the morning," she said, yawning.
Then I yawned, and a wave of tiredness washed over me. "Okay, we can go to bed." I said
"First, you need to shower, then you go to bed,"
she said, summoning a towel once we had gotten into her tent and pushed me into the direction of the bathroom.
10 minutes later, I creeped out of the shower.
In my grey sweatpants and sublime tee-shirt and crawled into what I guessed was my side of the bed with a pillow wall between us and sleep took me.
Flashes of my fight with Kronos and how he slowed me down, and he sped up, but never did he stop time and he reversed it, and he slowed it, but never did he stop it.
I saw a river made of gold where the flow of the river never stopped it ebbed and flowed, but its continuous flow never ceased.
Then the flow stopped and reversed as he began chugging backward, and then the river slowed until it stagnated and finally stopped, and it continued its endless March until the Vision became murky again.
My vision cleared as new scenery took place.
The iron smell of blood filled the air as I saw a battlefield with Corpes of Demigods and Monsters, and I saw the Leader of The Demigods raise a banner with a Bronze Sword with a water curling around the blade "For Olympus, For our Families, For Perseus" He said before he charged.
Flashes of Father's, Kings, Generals, Guards, and Even the most morally of questionable characters all were heroes to their own people.
What drives the Hero and what they do with it is the definition of a true hero.
My mind fogged and became murky as vivid blues and greens and the crashing of water over rocks filled my ears, and I saw a beach.
I saw an image of the Waves cleaning the ocean and guiding lost sailors to nearby shores.
Then It changed as Rouge Waves smashing ships to splinters, tsunamis changing the landscape of a mighty rock being worn by hundreds of years of erosion as small Waves reduced the once mighty rock reduced to but a pebble.
My vision darkened as I heard my heart thumping in my chest. I looked down, and I glowed an ethereal sea-green with my inchor glowing.
I felt the grip of hundreds of weapons as I fought a thousand enemies. A thousand ways to kill trick and win flowed like a river through my vision.
A thousand victories and a thousand losses... Then my train of thought and vision felt fake and started to shatter as trees and bushes filled my view, and the ting of metal was replaced by sounds of the forest
Scenes of Sunlight filtered down, and water ran as I saw a blade of grass grow into a field. A small deer came and feasted on the newly grown grass, and eventually, it grew to maturity and had children of its own.
A Scene of Wolf Killing the deer as the deers body became sustenance for soil so that grass could grow again.
Another dream surfaced before it was snuffed out, and I heard voices. "He's not ready,"
The next morning, I woke up to feel a weight on my chest as I opened my eyes to see auburn hair lying on my chest 'Fuck' was all I could think as I closed my eyes and leaned my as I realized who was on my chest.
Curiosity finally overwhelmed me as I peeked my eyes, I looked at her sleeping face as I saw drool sliding down her lips and a peaceful and relaxed look on her face.
I saw her eyes fluttering and realized that she caught me staring I was fucked as I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep.
Artemis P.O.V
I woke up, and I felt my head resting on something. As I opened my eyes, I saw I was resting on a white tee-shirt I had never seen before, and I looked up to see Percy asleep.
Deciding too against my better judgment, I slowly leaned in and gave him a kiss.
Percy P.O.V
I felt her shifting on me as she moved up, and I resisted the urge to wince as I thought I was about to get slapped.
Then, a warm, soft feeling appeared on my lips as I opened my eyes and saw Artemis leaning over and kissing me, and as she pulled away Artemis eyes opened her eyes and a 'Oh Shit' face appeared on her face.
As I saw panic arise in her eyes, I reached out and pulled her back in.
*One Hour Later*
3rd P.O.V
"Should we go check on them?"
Thaila asked
"No!" Most of the Hunt shouted
"It's been an hour, and Lady Artemis was never slept in ever!" A worried hunter exclaimed
the worry quickly spread from hunter to hunter.