DISCLAIMER: PJO IS NOT MINE. GET THAT INTO YOUR HEADS, EVERYONE!

Winter Solstice, Olympus, Before the Lightning Thief

Hermes' POV

Hermes was officially BORED. All he did was watch Zeus and Poseidon squabble about unimportant stuff. Ares, Apollo, Hades (yes, he was here), Hephaestus, and Demeter were betting on who would win this argument. Artemis, Aphrodite, Persephone, and Athena was asleep.

"I'm in for 10 drachmas! Poseidon will lose!"

"Humph! Zeus will lose this round! 150 drachmas!" Everyone that was awake stared at Apollo.

"What?"

I watched, bemused as the gods placed their bets.. I felt something appear in my bag. I thought I told them! I'm not on duty during the Solstice! Annoyed I pulled it out of my bag. It was fairly large, sort of heavy. I turned it over to see who it was for, curious who would send me something at a time like this.

The Gods

Mount Olympus

600th Floor

Empire State Building

New York

Thought you might need to read this. It concerns Artemis.

Best Wishes, Perseus Jackson II.

I didn't want to interrupt Zeus and Poseidon (their tempers can be horrible) but this was important.

"Excuse me, but I have a package..." I was cut off by Hera.

"I thought we told you to turn off that bag of yours, we're in a important meeting and we don't care about…" she paused inventing wildly "The roses a secret admirer gave Aphrodite, or whatever it is" she screamed at me. Aphrodite perked up at this.

"Did someone send me roses? Who is it Hermes?" she cooed.

"Nobody sent you roses Aphrodite, but I though you would be interested in a package sent to all of us." I said before I could be interrupted again. Aphrodite deflated when I said she didn't get any roses. I passed the package to Zeus, sending Hera a smug look. He ripped off the paper and in his hands were 4 books. Athena seemed to like that.

"Read us the titles father, they must be of importance if they're addressed to us." Athena said.

"Broken Bow, Broken Bow II: Shadows of the Hunt, Broken Bo…" I started reading until, yes, I was rudely interrupted.

"JUST READ US THE TITLES THAT DON'T CHANGE!" Ares shouted.

"Fine… Counterpart and A Boy Called Artemis."

"A BOY called WHAT?" Artemis yelled.

Suddenly a new note appeared.

This is an AU person, not a person in your world. Please don't try to vaporize every boy in the world, Artemis.

From,

Perseus Jackson II

"Fine…" Artemis trailed off.

"Why don't we start reading?" Hephaestus said, eager to avoid another outburst of sound.

"Good. I want to start pointing out all the mistakes in these books" Athena eagerly said.

A/N: Posting next chapter with this one. CC is appreciated. Helpful flames are too. THX!

See you in Chapter 1: Assault on the Hunt.