Percy's Point of View

While we waited for Artemis and the werewolf I'd sent to return with more information on the war we all just did whatever we could think of to prepare. for the most part, we trained harder and the Hephaestus cabin made traps and some extra weapons, as well as stashing Greek fire in preparation for any upcoming battles.

Not everything we did was in preparation for the war though, many of the more fun activities continued as always, but I knew that even during those activities the war was still on all our minds. When I could I spent time with my old friends, Jenny, or Calla. The campers and Hunters did play a game of capture the flag, but the pack and I didn't bother to participate since we probably could have beaten the campers easily due to our enhanced senses, strength, and speed.

The hunters might have been more of a challenge, but we just decided to stay out of it, not just because we thought it might be too easy, but also because we also didn't want to accidentally bite any campers. You might wonder how that could happen, but it probably wouldn't be that difficult, once we get into a fight we might forget that we didn't want to accidentally turn someone and that would probably just end with some new members being added to the pack.

As days went by I think I was finally starting to move on from Annabeth and becoming more comfortable with the idea of being with Calla. Who my second mate was supposed to be was still a mystery to me, but I was in no rush to find out since I didn't even see Calla as anything more than a friend quite yet. Jonas eventually did Return, he just took a little longer than I'd expected.

Apparently, he now had both a son and a daughter. I congratulated him, and he told me that he'd considered contacting me and telling me he wanted to stay with his family, but Holly had encouraged him to come back and help like he'd said he would. I didn't bother arguing about that, after all, it was his choice, not mine, and we would probably need the help.

Time went on and I started to wonder if something had happened to Artemis, and the wolf I'd sent since we hadn't really heard anything from them, but then again we hadn't heard anything about them being hurt either, I think we were all starting to get concerned but we continued to wait in hopes that they would return unharmed.

Ever since I'd returned to camp I'd been catching up with my old friends, I did contact Camp Jupiter to find out if they knew about what had happened to me, partially so my friends wouldn't worry about me anymore, and partially because we may need their help in the war, or they might need us so that meant I would need them to trust me.

Thankfully once Reyna heard the whole story from me she said she would talk to the other legionaries and make sure they knew that werewolves were no longer their enemies. I was thankful for that since we couldn't afford to fight amongst ourselves if we ended up helping each other during the war. I could also tell that she, Frank and Hazel were all happy to hear from me after so long.

Sure, Hermes had told them that I was okay and that although I was now a werewolf I was still trustworthy, but they were glad to finally get the whole story from me. I guess I probably should have contacted them sooner, but I wasn't sure what they would think of me after I had been bitten by a werewolf. Now I was glad to know that they still trusted me and still considered me a friend.

There was one day that I think I kind of scared Leo, but then again, I kind of threatened him after he came up with a new nickname for me that I didn't exactly appreciate. That day I was spending some time with Jenny. When I'd gone to see her, I was in my human form, but since she'd become more comfortable with me and had seen me in my wolf form she'd asked a question that kind of took me by surprise.

If it had been anyone else but her I would have refused, but she was my little sister, and she was still just a kid, so I gave in. I shifted to my wolf form so she could pet my fur. Unfortunately, that's how Leo found us and when he saw me, the werewolf king, being petted like someone's pet dog he started laughing. I glared at him before transforming back to human, so I could get him to shut up and not tell anyone about what he'd just seen.

Once I was back in my human form I said, "Shut up Leo,"

When he finally stopped laughing I said, "Don't you dare tell anyone about that Leo,"

He replied, "Yeah sure Fido,"

I glared at him again for obvious reasons, and said, "I suggest you don't call me that again Leo, and do what I asked, you know I could rip your throat out if I really wanted to,"

Lucky for him I still considered him a friend, but I wasn't going to just let him get away with calling me that or let him spread the word about me basically acting like a dog for Jenny. After all, I'm not a dog I'm the werewolf king, I wasn't somebody's pet I was the leader of my kind. My fatal flaw may not be hubris, but I still had some pride and due to that it had been hard for me to bend it to let Jenny pet me.

I think that Leo finally figured out that it was best for him to keep what he'd seen to himself and not make jokes about me being like a dog. I think he was a little freaked out by what I'd said although I'm pretty sure he knew that I wouldn't actually hurt him. Although he could be annoying at times he was still a good friend, not to mention that even if he wasn't I probably still wouldn't hurt him since I didn't intend to deliberately hurt any people.

After we both put that incident behind us, for the most part, we talked for a while, getting caught up on what had happened to us both while I'd been gone. We also talked about the war and the preparations for it. I knew that Leo and Calypso had been going to school during the school year, and they would come and visit during the summer.

I knew that they'd been trying to avoid monsters and fighting but I also knew that it's also practically impossible for demigods to do that, so they still had to fight sometimes.

After I finished talking to Leo I went back to where the rest of the pack was staying. I was looking for Calla. I knew that we'd been getting closer, and now I was starting to think that I might actually have romantic feelings for her. I knew that being at camp had been getting easier for me and now seeing Annabeth there didn't really bother me, so I thought that maybe if Calla wanted to as well we could try and be together to see how it would go.

I guessed that she probably would since I was pretty was interested in me ever since we realized we were mates, she'd just agreed to wait until I was ready as well. I was thankful that she hadn't tried to pressure me into it and now I thought that she might not have to wait any longer. I finally found her in the woods, she was in her human form, so she smiled at me before asking, "What are you doing out here?"

Slightly amused I replied, "I could ask you the same question,"

Sure, my pack usually stays in the woods at night, but during the day basically all of us have found ways to help out in camp, for instance, I teach some of the sword classes. Most of the pack still insists on using formalities when talking to me, honestly, the only ones that don't are Calla and Jonas. It annoys the Hades out of me, but I put up with it since I can't seem to convince them not to.

Regardless I told her, "I was looking for you. When I didn't see you in camp, I thought you might be out here,"

I think her smile might have brightened a little after that, but before she could say anything I continued speaking. I said, "Calla, I know that when we realized we are mates I asked you to wait for me since I wasn't ready for a new relationship yet, but now I think I am...

I was taken by surprise when she suddenly silenced me with a kiss. Due to my surprise, I didn't respond right away but before long I did, kissing her back. I knew I cared for her, and now I was sure that I liked her as more than just a friend. I had gotten to know her better, and I knew that she was kind, but she also wasn't someone you wanted to get angry.

But then again, it's probably not a good idea to get any werewolf angry due to our enhanced strength and speed, and the fact that our wolf side makes it easier to anger us. Calla and I eventually broke the kiss, but that didn't last long since our lips soon met once again. Something about being with her just felt right, and that maybe things would be okay.

We stayed there in the woods for a while, we talked and kissed occasionally as we just enjoyed spending time together. In fact, that's where Jonas found us when he came walking into the clearing we were in. since Calla and I were pretty much focused on each other we didn't even notice his arrival until he made it obvious to us. More than anything he seemed happy for us, although he also seemed amused by the situation.

I wasn't really embarrassed by the fact that he had found us, after all, I'd come to think of him as a friend, so I didn't mind that he knew. While calla and I were talking I'd admitted to her that I didn't think that she would be the only mate I'd have since I'd sensed one more, but she seemed okay with that since I guess she knew that could happen and that she might not be my only mate.

I knew that some guys would like to be able to be with more than one girl without it being considered cheating, but I was still getting used to the idea since it wasn't something I'd ever expected to happen to me. I would have been perfectly content to just find one girl to love and spend the rest of my life with but now it seemed I would have two.

I figured word would eventually get around that I was with someone new and honestly that didn't bother me I figured that the rest of the pack would probably just be happy for me, although I got the feeling that some of the females might like to be in Calla's place since a few of them that hadn't found mates yet seemed to have noticed me in a way that you wouldn't typically notice your leader.

I guessed that they'd probably been hoping that they would be one of my mates, but obviously, they were out of luck since I'd found Calla and I had my suspicions about who my second mate was even if those suspicions didn't really make much sense to me. As far as I knew I would only have two mates but technically I didn't know for sure.

I couldn't help but wonder when Erebus would send his first attack, after all, I knew he would sooner or later but we still knew very little about his plans since our spies hadn't returned yet. I also knew that we might have his spies among us as well but we couldn't do much about it since we couldn't search everyone for evidence of it or force them all to swear on the Styx that they weren't a spy. All we could really do was wait and hope for the best as we continued to train and do other things to prepare.