Annabeth pov:

I turned to Chiron who hadn't left the spot he was at, yet.

"Chiron... What was that?" I asked. Chiron looked puzzled.

"Annabeth?" Chiron asked. I took off my cap and appeared in front of the old centar.

"Who else?" I asked. Chiron smiled at me.

"So... What exactly happened? I mean what happened to Chad? Zain's eyes turned black and Chad fell." I said pointing to Chad not even bothering to look at him. Chiron's face went from happiness to sorrow instantly.

"Some heroes... don't get a happy beginning." Chiron said before turning around and walking back to the big house.

"Wait! What does a bad past have to do with what just happened?" I asked. Chiron just kept walking not even giving a sign that he heard me. 'I guess I'll have to get answers myself.' I thought as I put on my cap and dashed off in the same direction as Zain.

I came to the entrance to the woods and saw dead grass in the shape of footprints going into the woods. After what I just witnessed five minutes ago, I knew they had to be Zain's. I followed the footprints as they led me deeper into the woods. I passed Zeus's fist, bunker nine, and some traps that were forgotten about, when the Hephaestus cabin was trying to catch Festus.

I kept walking for what seemed like hours but was probably only thirty minutes. The footsteps continued on, until it went through to the end of the forest line.

I continued to walk forward when I saw Zain sitting in front of me on the edge of a rock cliff. He was looking out over the cliff at a beautiful view of the forest below and the ocean behind it.

I started to creep around to see if I could learn anything when I stepped on a branch causing a loud *snap!* . Zain was startled and turned around at the sound but relaxed when he didn't see anything. He turned back around and continued to look at the view. I thanked the gods that I had my baseball cap.

After ten minutes of watching him do nothing, I decided to make my presence known.

"So... Zain isn't it?" I asked taking my cap off as I walked over to him. He looked at me and nodded his head, "... You don't seem to talk much." I stated. He just raised his eyebrows in a questioning look. "So what happened between you and Chad?" I asked.

He turned his head back towards the horizon not saying anything. I waited but he didn't respond. "Umm... Zain? You still with me?" I asked. Zain slowly turned his head to face me then nodded.

The weird thing though, was that his eyes didn't hold the merriment or excitement of someone his age. Instead they held the saddest look. It was a mixture of unimaginable pain, sorrow, and grief.

"What's wrong? Are you ok?" I asked sympathetically. He shook his head no. Then turned his head back to the horizon. "Will you tell me?" I asked. He shook his head no. "Come on. You can talk to me." I said. He shook his head no. "Why? Because you can't or you won't?" I said getting annoyed.

I am trying to talk to him and he won't even speak to me. He kept his gaze in the same place but lifted his hand and put one finger up. 'What does that mean one minute?' I thought. 'Or does he mean something else?... Wait. 1. Like a first option... Oh gods.' I thought in my head.

He put his hand down and continued to not look at me.

"A-are you not able to speak?" I asked with my voice catching on the first word, "A mute?" I asked. His head sank down and he gave me a light nod. A few minutes of silence passed between us then I heard a growl come from behind us. We both looked and saw a hellhound the size of a car come out of the forest. He looked at us and bared its teeth, as it growled again.

"Zain, stay here I'll take care of this." I said rising up and pulling out my knife. He stood up and put a hand on my shoulder and shook his head no. He then walked toward the hell hound.

"Zain what are you doing?" I asked. He ignored me and got closer to the hellhound. The weird thing was the hellhound whimpered as if afraid of Zain, and started backing up. Once Zain got within twenty-five feet of the hellhound it yipped and ran off into the forest. 'What in Hades just happened?' I thought in amazement. 'Could he know where Percy is?' I thought.

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Percy/Dameion pov:

The throne room was completely silent before it burst into absolute chaos. All of the gods were yelling different things ranging from killing me (no shock there right?), to curses and to me having to retrieve him.

"SILENCE!" Zeus bellowed which was followed by a loud clap of thunder, successfully silencing the rest of the Olympians.

"Apollo. Is what this thing said true?" Zeus asked after a pause of silence in the throne room. There was a long moment of silence as everyone looked to Apollo.

"Erm... It's hard to say." Apollo said. "I mean that he has told the truth... And lied. The truths and lies interlock making it almost impossible to tell the difference." Apollo finished.

"You promised on the Styx to tell the truth!" Artemis said glaring at me. I held up my hands in mock surrender.

"I did, and I did tell you the truth about Percy... At least some information about him according to our deal. Now if you'll remove my curse I'll be on my way." I said smugly.

"Not so fast boy. Our deal states his location too." Artemis said. I scowled.

"He's dead." I stated.

"But, you said that only you know where he is. You also stated that he left his location to you in your story. So where is he?" Athena asked. My scowl deepened.

"I already told you, he's dead!" I said getting angrier.

"Hades is he dead?" Zeus asked.

"For the hundredth time. HE. IS. NOT. DEAD!" Hades said while trying to not lose his anger.

"So you must obviously be lying." Athena concluded.

"DO NOT CALL ME A LIAR WISDOM GODDESS!" I yelled my eyes changing to a glowing yellow. I was about to retort when a beeping sound snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked down at my watch, fear gripping me.

"No! NO! Not now!" I yelled. The gods went silent just starring at me. I turned to Artemis. "You have to let me go now!" I said out loud. I winced as the pain started.

"What do you mean?" Artemis asked confused.

"GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!" I screamed. "BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. YOU GOT TO GET ME-ack!" I said as my throat started to burn and change. I gripped my throat and fell to my knees.

"What? What's happening to him?" Zeus asked while my bones started to break and move with excruciating pain.

"Get me out." I demanded with a voice barely above a whisper. My skin started to rip and hair started to grow all over me. Then my nails grew into claws. I fell to the floor and blacked out as the beast took over.

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Artemis pov:

I sat there and watched as he transformed into his wolf state. I thought that it would have been an easier thing than what he was going through.

"Get me out." He croaked. He then fell to the floor before going full wolf. His eyes were the last to change going from blue to a glowing yellow after one slow blink.

"Dameion?" I asked. He only glared and growled. He then grabbed the collar and broke it as if it was nothing.

He then ran at the war god and talked him out of his throne. They rolled for a bit until the wolf dug his claws into Ares's chest, then threw him against the wall. Ares slammed against the wall leaving a fracture in the wall as his body fell to the floor unconscious.

The wolf let out a howl and charged Ares for the killing blow when I shot an arrow at the wolf.

I wasn't really thinking about it, except that I couldn't let the wolf attack the unconscious war god. Even if he was an egotistical male, he still was an Olympian. My arrow went to the wolfs head and scraped it above the eye causing it to stop and glare at me.

When it looked at me I saw that it's eyes held no sign of human intelligence, only a feral rage and hunger. The wolf turned and got down low and then charged me. The wolf jumped and as soon as his claws touched me I teleported to the forest along with the wolf.