Chapter 4

Those that have gotten this far throughout my very long chapters, thanks for reading and I I am giving a shout out to Eldwynn , ShmiSkywalkerHerself , and Delta_Does_Things for commenting, reading, and encouraging me to continue writing this story when I was in writer's block and reading other books, and for getting me out of writers block so that I could write this...thanks lots 'guys'.

"Why would you name yourself after Ice, you are the most powerful water demigod that we've...I've known" it was Artemis now and I was surprised that she'd speak to me, after all I am a man or boy in their words.

"I named myself this because since my betrayal and death my powers over water had increased and I learned how to make water ice and decided that that would be a cool name, especially now that I'm a freaking dragon that looks half made of ice and rock" I said and then I walked through them to the nearest tree and bathed it in my cold fire its insides freezed and it froze over and glistened in the sun. I hoped that I hadn't killed any creatures living in it, but then I thought that at least they would've had a quick death "even my fire is cold, and my claws are sharper than anything known to this galaxy" I swiped through the tree with my front claws and then I turned around and used my hind legs to hit the broken pieces away while I turned and sliced it diagonally making the rest of the tree slide off and hit the ground shattering. I raised my wings to block the falling ice from hurting the hunters and Artemis.

Oh and I forgot to mention this, but I am Primordial of the Hunt now like Artemis, but more powerful than her I said I could make you all full immortal, but I don't want to cause that pain to you girls unless you say that you want it, and as for Artemis leading the Hunt I am not changing that because she has more experience in doing this than me, so I will be your guardian I saw Artemis relax when I said that I wasn't going to assume command of her hunters and then her face went confused.

"Wait if you are the Primordial of the hunt than that means--" she never finished because I cut her off before she could say it.

Do not say the rest Artemis please, I want them to figure out that I am a Virgin like them, and that I had never done anything with any other girl or Annabitch I said hissing at the name and directing the message directly to Artemis so that the others wouldn't hear "would you accept me as guardian of you and this Hunt, and will you be willing to bear the pain of becoming full immortal and not just partial immortal, I promise that I will not do something stupid to this hunt or it's maiden, and I promise to leave you are during the enchantment, no additions at all unless wanted by specification" I turned to Thalia and the other Hunters and they all looked between each-other silently debating on the things and then Thalia and Phoebe stepped up, and Artemis soon came in-front of them by a look.

"We accept you as our guardian" the two said and I turned to Artemis with a new warmth underneath my scales

"And I accept your offer to make my hunters fully immortal" she said looking behind her at the others and I saw them nod at her decision, and then I saw her hand glow and she touched my head, my body was flooded with a new warmth as she gave my her blessing and part of her powers, and then she took off her hand and instructed me to kneel. We did the bonding ceremony to bond me with the hunt and Artemis like they did their oaths, but mine was a little different.

"Repeat what I say" she said putting her silver dagger against the palm of my paw and she closed my hand around the blade, and I squeezed not noticing the slight pinch of pain as my blood seared on the blades surface. I realized that it was enchanted to bond the blood with the silver of the blade and the one that owned it.

"I Prince Arctic swear to protect and defend my hunt" I repeated aloud and in Ancient Greek to make the bonding more powerful and pure

"To never harm, endanger, or take advantage of any woman for as I live" I repeated

"And never love or have children with a woman for the rest of my life" I repeated

"I pledge to give my life, my soul, and my being to the Hunt's Protection and to never betray them, leave them, or love them for as long as I am guardian, and in doing this I will hunt, eat, and help them wherever they go" I repeated and it was the longest sentence in Ancient Greek that I've ever said before. Then I tightened my paw around the knife as I pulled it out and handed it to Artemis who then cut her palm open and put it against mine sealing the oath and bonding my with her and the Hunt. I licked her palm healing it and sealing my DNA with hers as an extra bonding, and then I licked my hand and watched it heal closed. Then I noticed that it was quiet, too quiet, I saw a golden flash in the distance, and I flew over the hunters and my family and blasted fire at the Imperial Gold spear. Then I felt a prick in my chest just as I roared in anger and tore through the forest killing every monster in sight while I felt my blood slowly seeping through the hole in my chest.

I cut down the last monster and finally looked down fearing the worst, and I was right to. The six-foot long Imperial gold Ice coated spear was buried up to the end in my chest, and I could feel my heart trying to keep working while the spear was in the middle of it gradually slowing down how it worked. I encrusted my chest with black ice and walked towards the Hunt. They all breathed in relief when they saw that I was okay, and then they hugged me again and I asked them to stop crushing me before asking them to get in a three by ten row, holding hands and touching the person in-front of them's shoulder.

Then I started to chant and when I was done they all looked at me in surprise before looking down at their own bodies and putting their arms down to their sides.

"That wasn't so bad" Thalia said and then all of their faces scrunched up in pain and they all fell to the floor writhing in pain as their blood turned into Ichor. When it was done most of them were passed out but Thalia, Phoebe, and a few others were starting to sit up, and then Thalia rushed up to me and punched me in the shoulder before bending down cradling her weak hand.

"Why didn't you tell us that it'd hurt so much, and why is your skin feel like steel" she hissed and then watched as her broken hand mended itself back together.

I did say it would hurt did you not hear me say these exact words 'this will feel like bathing in a cauldron of lava and then swimming in the Styx" I said and she huffed before straitening out and turning around to wake the others, and then her body posture changed and she turned around with delight on her face.

"Now you, me, Jason, Festus, Peleus, and maybe even Leo using his fire can fly together" she said and then shot into the air and I thought that it would be cool, but then there's the problem of actually getting them to leave camp to meet me, and them meeting a dragon will not go well for either of them. As we flew twirled and laughed together I thought of Jason and him running around like a headless chicken on steroids before falling to the ground as his system shuts down, or in his case as he feints. Leo might take it well, I mean after all he did repair Festus and build him again, and with him seeing an actual dragon might get his gears turning for another invention. Peleus already knew who I was and with Phoebe telling him off like she did was mean, I reminded myself to talk to her about that later as I did a twirl. Then I thought about Festus, I had no idea how the metal dragon would take another dragon, or me being close to his territory. Then again he might be like Peleus, running at me like I was an intruder before tackling me to the ground and playing with me.

I smelled the camp near-by and wondered why we were going back, and then I prayed to the soul of my mother that it wasn't due to my uncles attempts to take over this planet. I swooped down and hovered in-front of Artemis, she looked up at me wondrously.

"How's your flight" she asked smirking

Good, I'm happy that I get to have fun with Thalia and Jason in the skies now I said and then cocked my head to the side questioningly why are we going to Camp Half-Blood I was very curious.

"Zeus summoned me and asked me to bring the hunt to Camp Olympia to train the campers for the war to come" she said and I froze before slowly landing down beside.

I want you to gather the hunters, I want to tell them a story, my story I said and she nodded before clapping for the Hunts attention and calling them over for the story. They all sat down on the earth benches that I fashioned for them, and then I used my earth powers to make ballistae appear in the trees and on the ground in-front of the tree facing every direction to protect us from incoming monsters. I was done by the time Artemis sat down with the others to listen with them.

I sighed and tried to think about how I would go about this, and then I decided and began from the start.

"This is my story" I stopped expecting groans and outbursts of dislike, but they were quiet "when my brother George came to camp I was the first to help him, I fought off four Empusa killing them with Riptide, and then he hit my head with a rock and stole my sword. I was too dazed to understand what he was saying to them, but I knew that he was lying through his teeth.

Before all of this I had gone one a four to six month quest alone to make Annabeth a ring, a very special ring forged by Hephaestus and infused with my love, the scale of Ladon, and an apple of immortality to make it pure and give the wearer everlasting life. Not that she needs it now, but a little while after my brother came he ruined my reputation, destroyed my friendships, messed up my cabin, I had to sleep in the river for a while because of my fear of him or someone else coming inside and trying to slit my throat in my sleep out of anger, he killed my earth mother, sister, and stepfather, and then he took my Annabeth just as I was about to propose" I couldn't keep in my tears anymore and they fell from my eyes and turned to ice on the earthen floor

"I ran away from camp and swore on the Styx to never return to any of the camps, and then I went to the gods after seeing my parents dead and my ex-father disown me and try to take away my power over water, but he couldn't take it for some reason and then he left me a broken mess, and when I got to the gods asking for death he wanted to end my life himself" my body heated up and the ground around me turned red-hot "eventually Zeus threw his lightning bolt at me after I burned my ex-fathers hand and Chaos took me through her portal and tried to save me, but Zeus's master-bolt still hit it's mark and I died, but Chaos took my ghostly form and shoved me back into my body, and then after I woke up the second time she told me that I was her son, and that she was fading" I tried to calm down but my powers thought otherwise, my body lit on fire and my vision laced with silver and shadow as I stood and flapped my wings to hover above the ground "she faded because she was forgotten, and her domain was passed down to me, and though I don't want to take it and accept my fate as King of the universe because the pain hurt too much, and her last wish was for me to her Earth from the battle to come, and I recently found out that it was against the third most powerful being in the universe, Order Chaos' brother" I stopped and let that sink in and then the eruptions began, half of the Hunters ran into the forest and I felt the life force of many monsters that were around us fade away as they died from the Hunts anger. Thalia was sparking in anger and Artemis was glowing silver. I did something that I have never done since finding out about my past. I sang, I sang the song of Dragons and Peace to our lands, to them it was just a slight harmonious humming in their minds that gradually got stronger and stronger as it brought them back standing in-front of me dazed at it's beauty.

When I stopped the glazed eyes went away and they stood there swaying and calm once again.

"What was that" Artemis asked in awe

Even though you do not understand it every soul gives in to the dragon song, its a thing that humans and other creatures have been trying to imitate and replicate, but none have succeeded and every time it is sang the soul wants more and in our past dragons used to go all day singing their song to the souls of gathering animals till they fell asleep I said to them you want to her it again don't you they all nodded even Artemis I cannot sing it again, I only sang it to get you calmed down and in the morning you will feel refreshed and renewed I looked at the dimming evening sky until the stars came out and everyone set up their tents and went to bed.

I didn't sleep, I didn't need to, but I just listened to the snoring and breathing of my Mistress and my hunt. I felt the presence of an injured animal nearby, and I looked in it's direction and saw that it had a large gash in it's side, claw marks. I wanted to help, but I was also on high alert with potential monsters nearby. I slowly made my way over to the injured wolf, and then I smelled that it was poisoned, but what had the power to get a poison that dangerous. I've only seen the poison be used once, and that was a long time ago in one of my memories. It wasn't an Earthly poison so something had gotten an alliance with something that had the right knowledge of where this poison was and I could only think of one other person beside me who knew where this contaminating poison was, Order. I hissed and the wolf stopped, looked in my direction and changed course. I lifted my tail and shot the tip spike at the animal, and it fell to the floor with a quick yip as the spike embedded itself in it's head. I had found out recently that the only mutation that I had gotten was that my tail was now like a large vein for venom, my body made the venom and as it is taken with my blood through my tail it is deposited in a large vein that goes from the base of the tail to the deadly spike tips at the end. I smelled the air and used the water to give me an idea of how many monsters I was going to be killing and what they were.

Then I smelled a more powerful wolf that seemed to have command over the others, and that's when one flew out of the trees and slammed into my body. I just caught the eyes of the monster that I never wanted to see again, Lycaon was here.

Thanks for reading and I am not used to making cliffhangers, but I hope that this one sucked ;-), and I will have the next chapter out soon, 3-27-18, 2888 words.

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