A/N Just reread part of chapter 7 and found a bunch of mistakes I had made(I wrote that chapter at like 2 in the morning). I fixed all that I could see so if you want to you can look back at it and hopefully it makes sense. As always enjoy…

Chapter 8

Percy POV

As soon as the horn died out the sound of whizzing arrows filled the air and the front ranks of the approaching monsters began to get torn apart. Within minutes the entire horde was decimated by the hunters, thankfully not a single monster reached our camp for my men were incapable of defending themselves. Once we were no longer under attack I looked towards the spot along the tree line where all the arrows had come from to see about half the hunt marching towards us led by Artemis herself and who had a triumphant smirk on her face.

Only when she reached us did she speak. "Well this might have been the shortest hunt I've ever partaken in." Her comment caused a round of laughter to pass through the hunters behind her.

"What should we do with these miserable boys." Zoe said as she looked over my men behind me with a derisive sneer plastered on her face.

Artemis appeared to think on this for a second. "I think first we should find out who these mysterious men are first. Would you do the honors Zoe?" She asked

"With pleasure." Was the response she got and Zoe walked forward to stand directly in front of me. Knowing time was of the essence I used the powers Selene gave to me to alter Orion's appearance. My powers were not strong enough for a complete makeover and I could only alter his appearance slightly. I would simply have to hope that in the thousands of years since they had seen each other Artemis would not be able to recognize him. If she did then there would surely be bloodshed for Artemis still did not know of Orion's innocence and she would promptly kill him on sight.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I felt the hood covering my face being roughly thrown back. When my face was visible there were gasps from all the hunters but none were louder than those that came from Bianca and Zoe. Before I was banished I had gone on a quest with the two and despite it being their fate to die on the quest I had been able to save them. The two of them promptly rushed forward to embrace me despite the glare Artemis was giving the three of us.

"Percy it's so good to see you, I thought you would die in Tartarus." Bianca said as soon as the two detached themselves from me.

"I thought I would too but with a little help from a friend I got out." They both frowned at the lack of a straightforward answer but neither of them pressed my case. I signaled for all of my men to remove their hoods which they all did despite their obvious hesitation to do so. However I noticed that Orion abstained from doing so, obviously not trusting the altercations to his face.

Bianca looked like she was about to faint from all the excitement of the day especially when she laid eyes on Nico for the first time since the Titan War. "Nico what are you doing here?" She said as she rushed towards him.

Nico smiled and embraced his sister, "When they said Percy was a traitor I knew it wasn't true and I said so. When Zeus found out he forced Chiron to kick me out of camp and I wandered for a while until Percy found me. After that he took me in and I became an Outcast." He explained. Nico was one of the few who didn't party as hard as the others and was capable of giving a coherent response unlike those beside him who were clutching their heads because of all the noise from the conversations.

Artemis POV

To say I was shocked to see Perseus was an understatement, nobody thought he would survive. When Zoe and Bianca embraced him my shock turned into bitterness, Bianca and one of my most faithful servants were hugging him and looked as if they would never let go if they could. I felt a nagging doubt worm its way into my thoughts, was Zoe faithful to her oath? I squashed the thought out of existence in my mind but I knew that that doubt would forever be with me.

My shock only grew when the rest of the Outcasts revealed themselves, all those who were kicked out of camp seemed to have gathered under Percy's banner. Soon Clarisse and Katie were amongst them, hugging all of their old friends. I felt my frown deepen, they may be only friendly hugs but it still irked me to see my hunters getting so friendly with males.

Soon I noticed one other off to the side who hadn't revealed himself yet. Perseus noticed who I was looking at and gave the man a nod of encouragement. When he took his hood off I felt a spark of recognition deep inside me. He looked very familiar yet I couldn't remember who he looked like. I noticed the nervous glances Perseus was sending at me and knew that they were hiding something from me. I never liked it when someone was hiding something from me so I vowed to discover the indemnity of this familiar man.

I finally addressed the main reason why we were here though. "Perseus I am required to take you to Olympus now." Silence enveloped the clearing as everyone awaited his response, several of my hunters and all his men hoped for him to refuse as they all knew what fate awaited him if Zeus discovered his identity.

"Very well then I shall go with you." He said. I released the pent up breath that I didn't know I was holding, I honestly thought that he would resist and that violence would've been necessary.

His agreement was not viewed favorably by many in the clearly and several protested but it was Bianca who spoke the loudest. "Percy you can't go, Zeus will kill you!" Percy just smiled in reassurance but Bianca still appeared unconvinced. Before she could continue with her protests Percy cut her off. "I have to do this sooner or later but do not worry I am not simply going to let him kill me. I have gone through too much just to die now." Bianca didn't look happy but she and the other remained silent regardless. Seeing my chance to leave without further opposition I quickly grabbed Perseus' shoulder and flashed us to the steps outside the throne room.

When I pushed open the doors I saw that Zeus was the sole occupant of the room. "Father I have brought the leader of the outcasts as you requested." I said. Zeus immediately perked up when he heard my voice.

"Good job, I didn't think you would've done it this quickly." He said and soon he summoned the rest of the gods.

Once they were all assembled he addressed them, "Artemis has found the leader of the outcasts and brought him her." All of the gods paid rapt attention to every word Zeus said, for here stood one of the most important men in the world and his fate was now in Zeus' hands. "I must ask though, how did you find him so quickly?"

"After the battle yesterday his men decided to throw a little party in which many of them got drunk and they decided to have a massive bonfire. In the morning I was awoken by my hunters thinking this was a forest fire only for us to see his men passed out and surrounded by the remnants of the monster horde who also noticed the smoke and came back for some revenge. After defeating the monsters I brought him straight here." I explained to the council.

Percy POV

Many in the council laughed at the circumstances of how Artemis found us, much to my chagrin.

Finally Zeus addressed me directly. "And would you care to reveal yourself?" He asked.

"I will reveal my identity under one condition," I paused looking at Zeus to see if he would be willing to accept. He simply nodded for me to continue. "You swear on the Styx that no harm will come to me because of my identity." Zeus appeared curious as to why I would request this but he made the oath regardless. It was only when I heard the rumble of thunder that seals an oath on the Styx that I took my hood off. Nothing but silence greeted my revelation, everyone was too busy staring at Zeus to see his reaction.

It was not long in coming, "TRAITOR!" He said as he stood from his throne and raised his master bolt, poised to strike and kill me. As he threw it at me a sea green flash appeared in front of me and much to everyone's surprise the master bolt was deflected off to the side where it blew a large hole in the wall. Before me stood Poseidon with his trident in hand, smoking from the brief contact it had with the master bolt.

"You will not touch my son, you swore an oath to not harm him!" Poseidon yelled.

"How dare you defend this traitor who was responsible for my daughter's death! If you do not step aside you shall join him in Tartarus." When my father didn't move an inch Zeus rose the master bolt yet again yet before he threw it a two arrows, one silver and one gold pierced his wrist causing him to drop the bolt on the ground.

Zeus looked at his twin children in disbelief that they would support Percy. "Why would you support him over your own father?" He said with the pain of betrayal clearly evident in his voice.

The twins walked forward to stand beside Poseidon and me, both with another arrow drawn and aimed right at Zeus. "Despite what you believe he is not a traitor and besides if it weren't for him my sister could very well be dead right now." Apollo said in a voice laced with venom.

"Even if you don't trust us at least take the time to look through his memories of the battle where Thalia was killed so you can finally know the truth." Artemis said.

Zeus still was fuming at this blatant betrayal by his brother and children but he still caved in to their demands. "Very well then please walk forward for inspection Perseus."

"I think this is close enough for now." Poseidon said still not willing to trust Zeus.

"I promise I won't try to kill him." Despite Zeus' reassurances Poseidon's glare just depended. "Fine, have it your way." I felt Zeus begin to sift through my memories of that fateful day, it only took him a few seconds until he had what he needed. Everyone was looking at him expectantly, waiting for his verdict. "Very well then you are no longer considered a traitor of Olympus but know this Perseus Jackson, I still blame you for my daughter's death." Everyone in the room appeared relieved at his proclamation, despite him still blaming me for Thalia's death.

The room was then enveloped in silence again only to be broken by Hera. "Will you please tell us how you managed to get out of Tartarus and formed the Outcasts." It was phrased as a request but it really was more like an order. And so I told them of my journeys through Tartarus and how I meet Selene, how she gave me her powers, and the extent of those powers including how they seemed to work best at night. I also told them of how I discovered Will and how I had gone around the country finding more outcasts. When I told them about how we helped many of their children make it to the Roman and Greek camps many of the gods had grateful smiles on their faces.

The one thing I withheld from them however, was the identity of Orion. I knew that several on the Council, mainly Apollo and Artemis, would still be very touchy about him and I didn't need any additional drama to deal with.

When I was done with my story Zeus called the meeting to a close and all the gods save Apollo, Artemis, and Poseidon left. I soon was in a bone crushing embrace from my father and he was muttering in my ear about how much he had missed me and how much he had worried about me.

"It's okay dad everything is all good now."

Poseidon appeared grateful, "If you ever need help just ask me." He said before he vanished in a sea breeze.

This left me with the twin archers. "Thank you, both of you, for standing up for me back there. I know it must have been hard." I said. Apollo smiled and Artemis had an appreciative look on her face.

"Currently your outcasts are being watched by my hunters, when you come back I will release them into your custody." I bowed in thanks and she flashed out of the throne room leaving me with Apollo.

"Percy I know this is an impropostion to you but do you mind if I visit Will and Michael?" He asked. "It's just I thought they were dead and-"

I cut him off before he could continue. "There is no need to explain anything Apollo, you are welcome in my camp anytime."

"Thanks Percy, and know that no matter what Zeus does you'll always have me on your side." And with that he too left the throne room leaving me alone.

A/N Sorry if the ending seemed a little rushed, I had just a little bit left in the story and I was writing in the car and I just wanted to be finished. Hopefully you picked up on some of the future issues facing Pertemis. If you did or didn't you'll just have to keep reading to see how things resolve. If you didn't like how Zeus keeps his grudge with Percy then sorry but there are things in the future I want to do involving that. So good, bad, or indifferent send me a review as to what you think. MOG out.