I'm not for sure if this is the last chapter I'm updating of this little update stream or not. I don't mean the end of the story. I mean the little update of many chapters. I'm trying to make it up to you. Here is the next chapter my lovely readers.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: In the Place Where the Hunt's Brother Began.

Point of view: Artemis

I hear soft snoring and realize it's Percy. He has fallen alseep, right on Thalia's shoulder. She lays him down gently, kisses his forehead, and the wolves inch closer to him until they surround him. I move so they can lay around him easier.

"I'll be here when you wake up Kelpfor brains. Don't you worry. I ain't dying until Annie gets what's comin' to her." Thalia says to Percy's sleeping form. His chest rises and falls slowly, he is breathing deeply.

"Just deserts." Phoebe smacks her fist into her palm.

Nico flashes in. He nods at me and sits down next to Thalia. "I knew he was hurting, but I knew Lady Artemis needed to be the one there for him. He is...unraveling the mix and blend of all his feelings. They are reattaching themselves to his self and it will be done when he wakes up. He might see everything in a different light, similar to the one he used to see it as, but more serious and cruel. That's the light the world will most likely take on in his eyes." Nico tells us.

"I don't know. I think he will just be more caring like he used to be. You've got to remember, he lost himself down there. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some minor god and goddess skulls to crack." I growl and Nico holds up his hand and shakes his head.

He stands up. "Allow me." He says politely and flashes away.

~Three Hours Later~

Nico pops back in with a bruised Morpheus and battered Hypnos. Thanatos has a huge black bruise on the underside of his jaw, the whole entire jawline is bruised badly. A sheepish looking Iris stands behind him with a nervous Nemesis and a crying Ariana. Nico drops Morpheus and Hypnos on the ground in front of me, Phoebe, and Thalia. We were talking about the different pairings of late.

"Is he okay?" Ariana sniffles, looking at Percy and taking him in.

"He looks like he's dead if it wasn't for the tan color of his skin and the breathing movements of his chest." Nemesis comments.

"He should be fully restored now." Iris points out.

"He should be fine. It took me forever to help him." I inform them angrily.

They look at me fearfully. "What did he do?" Nemesis asks and Ariana starts crying.

"He vented. You are dismissed. Try to refrain from hurting Perseus." I tell them and Thalia and Nico glare at them all murderously while Phoebe cracks her knuckles to get her point across. They all gulp and go away by flashing.

"I hope he is going to be okay when he wakes." Phoebe whispers.

"Our brother is strong. He will absolutely fine." Thalia reassures her.

"He just had all that shoved back into him and it was unable to be stopped. Years of self-loathing and guilt rushing into his system and always thinking it was his fault, he wasn't able to keep it from breaking his self control over his emotions. The shock of Thanatos making him whole again didn't help one bit." I tell them.

"You mean he has everything back?" Phoebe asks shocked.

"According to Thanatos, yes. And he died down there in that place 23 times. I'm worried about what he'll be like when he awakens." I reply.

Point of view: Perseus Jackson

I open my eyes to the night sky and I gasp as my power in the night rushes into me. The wolves shuffle closer to my body that lies on the ground. I look around to see Artemis, Thalia, and Phoebe asleep with a bunch of wolves.

Tears leak from my eyes as the relief of the moon brings forth my emotions and a wolf next to me licks them away and nuzzles my head with her snout. I turn my face into her fur. Her name is Niela. She's warm and her presence is like that of my mother, my late mother, and just being near her helps me grieve over my life. She doesn't protest when her fur becomes wet, just licks away the tears that she can reach and acting in a motherly wolf way towards me.

I know Niela senses what I'm truly feeling and she just does her best to make me feel better. A male, Zeri, weaves his way over and curls up next to me, laying his head on my midsection and I entwine the fingers of hand into his fur gently, my other hand lying slack against the ground.

'Perseus, what ails you? We cannot fathom the answer. We know you would never act this way unless something is truly bothering you.' Niela speaks in my head.

'Yes lord, what is wrong. We wish to help.' Zeri chimes in.

"I am hurting on the inside and I'm trying to mend. I don't know why I'm still acting this way. I'm sorry." I tell them in a hoarse voice.

'It is fine. It is obvious you are deeply pained.' Niela nuzzles me again.

'Let everything go and then reclaim what you should hold on to.' Zeri encourages me.

"Okay." I whisper and do what they tell me.

I calm down again after Niela hums a wolf song and Zeri keeps me warm. It has been a long time since I woke up. The night sky is completely gone and the sun is almost right over top of us. My head rests against Niela's side and I stare up at the sky. I'll break down in tears every so often and Niela and Zeri talk to me until I calm down. A wolf pup called Asale is sleeping on my chest and she checks on me every time she wakes up, then stares at me until she naps again.

Artemis and the hunters stretch as they wake up. They look around frantically for me and then relax when they see in right where I was before.

Looking at them makes tears run down my cheeks again as the memories from the first war flash in my mind and they look at me in panic. Niela and Asale lick away the tears and Zeri whines softly to show that he is is still there. It feels funny on my stomach and I laugh, but it sounds like I'm choking.

"Percy?" Thalia asks nervously.

"I'm okay...I just can't stop crying." I answer her.

"Why?" Phoebe asks.

"I don't know. Something...inside me is just deciding that it's not...done yet and I can't stop it." I tell her.

"Are you sure you're fine?" Artemis asks in a 'don't lie to me' tone.

"No. I'm not. I'm losing my grasp on my sanity and reality my Moon." I whisper sadly and Zeri whines again.

"No you aren't." Artemis says stubbornly. "You need closure an that's what's going to happen." She flashes out.

Thalia and Phoebe sit down and watch me. They talk to me for awhile.

I look up at the sky and it becomes misty. Asale paws at my face and I look at her. She brushes up against me. She whines and barks at me. Then she licks the tears away and bats my head with her tail before laying back down, head in between paws and watching me intently. She looks at me expectantly.

I stare back at her and then smile warmly at her as darkness surrounds me and I drift into a serene sleep.

I wake and look at the morning sky with a new clarity. Asale barks and licks my face mercilessly.

"Hey." I chuckle and try to hold her back. Then I'm being attacked by another wolf in the same manner, Niela. Zeri headbutts my side and I laugh as the love I feel exuding off of the three wolves envelopes me like a cocoon.

I laugh like a little kid and it makes the wolves renew their efforts. I giggle and realize I'm in a smaller eight year old form. I play with the three and roll around wrestling Zeri. Asale tackles me from behind. I scream in delight. "No fair Asale!" I giggle at her and jump up as Niela bounds for me and pins me to the ground. She nuzzles her face into my stomach and I start laughing uncontrollably. She's tickling me! I shriek with laughter. Asale tackles Niela and we both take on her motherly strength and playfulness.

"Oh my gods! Where is Percy?!" I hear Artemis yell in worry. Phoebe and Thalia point at me with disbelief clear on their features, but I'm having too much fun.

Zeri wrestles with me again and the other wolf pups join in and soon we are running around the clearing chasing each other. Niela will catch me and tickle me again every once in a while until Asale comes to my rescue. I just enjoy my time with my wolf family. The adult wolves except Niela and Zeri just spectate and sometimes snap playfully at us as we pass.

We play almost all day and I sit down, yawning tiredly. Asale presses against me. Niela sits on her haunches next to me. Niela and Zeri lay down on either side of me. I yawn again and Asale does a wolf version of a yawn. We lay down and cuddle into the adult wolves. I hug Asale to me and she snuggles with me. My worries forgotten.

And I fall asleep like I did when my mother sang to me as a child.

~Two Hours Later~

I wake up with Asale still in my arms, but I'm being held by Artemis.

"What about the pup?" Artemis asks someone.

'She is his. She was born to be his. She is a part of him. She must go with him now in his time of need and stay with him. Once she bonds with him, she will become immortal.' I hear Zeri respond proudly.

'Our pup is special and we love her. She knows deep down and will care for him.' Niela says.

"Why did he turn into a younger form?" Artemis asks them.

'He hasn't had a childhood and his old emotions require outlets. His subconscious must have thought this was the best way to regulate his inner turmoil.' Niela answers.

'He is a source of joy and pride to our species. We can feel his unsettlingly high and unbalanced emotions. If being a child again is what he needs, then let him be one.' Zeri says, I can tell he would be smiling if he were human.

I yawn and get comfy in Artemis's arms with Asale. I start snoozing as Artemis looks down in surprise, thinking about having a new friend for the rest of my life and it makes me feel warm inside.

I'm continuing on...when I wake up. I was hoping to post but I'm dead tired. PJO/HOO belongs to Rick Riordan. 'Til next chapter my lovely readers.