POV: ??
Watching over my sisters while they prepare for our next hunt is always best way to relax while our lady is off at a council meeting. Unfortunately it is doing nothing for my nerves as she was supposed to be back over an hour ago. I'm trying my best here but I'm pretty sure at least a few have caught me looking nervous. Where are you my lady?
"Zoe! Look Artemis' chariot." I hear my one of my newer sisters shout. Relief instantly floods over me. I turn to see her chariot landing at the edge of the clearing only for my worry to immediately spike again as I see My lady carrying a boy Prince style.
AN: remember the gender roles are reversed, Princesses now rescue Princes from towers the Queen would lock them in.
POV: Artemis
As I land my chariot I pick up my Bambi like the little prince he is. Careful to not leave behind anything he had on him, I start walking into camp before immediately beginning accosted by my lieutenant Zoe.
"My lady, who is this? Another rescue? Here let me take him."
"No!" I say smacking her hand away. Only to regret snapping at her. "Sorry, Zoe it's just.. I finally found him my little Bambi.." I say causing Zoe to do a double take looking at Bambi then back to me several times.
"My lady you mean this little one is yours.. I thought you said he was missing?" Zoe said bluntly, making me whince.
"Yes, Zoe. This is him my little Bambi, I felt our bond flare to life during the council meeting, and immediately left to retrieve him." I said softly
"My lady, you.. you didn't kidnap him did you? Oh please tell me you didn't kidnap him.." she said sighing.
"How dare you! He is my son I cant kidnap him!" I retorted very offended. "Besides he was clearly running away he had a little bag packed and everything."
"Ok and why is your son unconscious?" She asked me clearly fed up.
"He may have passed out after I found him.." I said slightly ashamed.
"What am I going to do with you…" Zoe sighs at me, making me upset.
"I am taking him to my tent, he will rest in there until he wakes up." I say and start walking until I hear Zoe say. "Do you at least know what you will tell the council?"
"Yeah Little sis what are you going to tell the council?" Says possibly the most annoying voice behind us. Whipping my head back to face him, I can see his victorious grin and smug smile.
"Apollo why are you here?" I growled.
"Well first off little sis you disappeared in the middle of a meeting. Secondly, I followed you and imagine my surprise at what I saw." He said grinning.
"Well first off Apollo I am older than you! Secondly I have no idea what you are talking about, how dare you follow me!" I say feigning ignorance.
"Yeah sure… and who exactly are you carrying then?" He says sarcastically "fine arty the real reason i followed you is because I felt your domains scream as well."
I blush in embarrassment as I was literally caught red handed with my son in my arms. "Fine Apollo, this is my Bambi, David, he is my son.." I say softly.
Apollo takes several deep breaths to keep calm. "Of all your crazy ideas you thought now would be a good time to break your oath… of all the stupid ideas in the world.. Why didn't you tell me arty!" He says finally.
"Would you at least shut up for a minute while I lay him on my bed to rest." I sigh
"Fine Artemis but I expect a full explanation." He say seriously. Now if only I had a full explanation I could give him. I nod and carry my son to my tent.
My thoughts race as I tuck David into my bed. I slowly brush his hair out of his face with my fingers before steeling myself for the argument of the century with my brother. I walk back out and see Apollo pacing back and forth. "So what do you want to know?" I ask.
"Many many things Artemis, but I guess the most pressing issue is the fact you have a son! Why?! How?! Did you break your oath?" Apollo yelled.
"No Apollo I didn't break my oath.." I sigh just guessing how many times I will have to repeat this "the how is super simple essence combination, the why… I guess you can say I got jealous. However had I known his father would just abandon him I would have raised him in my hunt consequences be dammed." I sigh "now anything else pressing before you help me with the others?"
"Setting aside that for a minute, what happened that caused your domains to scream, I didn't feel any injury from him?" Asked Apollo.
Of course he asks all the difficult questions. I whince as I say "David is my only demigod ever ok… so when he was born I thought it was normal that he had a very faint connection to my domains, but suddenly one day shortly after he was born that connection faded almost entirely. I didn't know what to think the only thing I could tell though was that David was alive, but not where he was. However this morning his connection went from super faint to a loud scream."
Apollo looked mortified as I explained what happened. "That is terrifying, do you think it was another god who was interfering with the bond?" He asked.
"I don't know but I intend to find out when he wakes up." I said
-end chapter-
Partial lore dump: hey I just wanted to clear a few things up about this world. All pantheons exist or existed at one point. Power scaling will seem off until I can make a proper chart for how I am scaling characters. On that same note, certain characters will be a lot stronger than you are familiar with. On the other hand, certain characters will be weaker. Characters that existed in two or more of the worlds before they were combined, will have their lore mixed/combined. The big thing I should note if it wasn't obvious is that twins in this world are special. This is especially true for the supernatural side. Let me know if you have questions I will try to answer without spoilers.
AN: Hey guys I just wanted to say I am sorry about the delay I ended up pretty sick after starting new medicine and had to take it real easy. I will try to be quick on the next one but I don't know how quick that will be. Stay safe :)