Will drew his bow and notched an arrow.

"I can smell your fear hunter." the voice said again. "This is my land. You have no right to be here."

"You and I both know that this land belongs to no one beast." Will spat. Something growled.

"What you say is a lie. This is the Land of Wolves. The Land of Lupa. The Land of Artemis. You are neither a wolf, nor one of Artemis' helpers. You do not belong here."

"I stumbled upon this land by accident. I wish no ill will upon you and your people. Please let me pass through your land with no harm." A girl jumped down from a tree. She had short, spiky, black hair and some sort of silver suit like one piece with a silver bow slung around her back and a quiver with matching silver arrows in it and a dagger strapped to her leg.

"Only if you do something for us in return." The hunter nodded.

"What is it?"

"You see. I have a little brother. He works as a guard at the palace. His name is Jason Grace. He's second in command. Bring him to me hunter." She ordered. Will bowed his head.

"Of course." He turned and started to leave.

"And hunter, one more thing." Will turned back around. "Artemis had a girl in her hunt years ago who had a little brother. Her name was Bianca, her little brother's name was Nico di Angelo. Bianca went on a hunt once, sadly, she didn't come back. Nico was ten. All Bianca wanted, was for Nico to be safe. The only place where he will be safe, is here. He has dark hair, dark eyes, and he wears a golden heart shaped locket."

"Of course." Will nodded and left.

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Nico ran, and ran, and ran. His four dark paws hit the forest floor.

Don't worry Hazel. I'll come back for you. Before they get to you. I love you. He thought. He needed to get to Hazel before she was put on trial for being a witch.

As Nico ran he started to turn back into a human. His back paws turning into feet while his front paws turned into hands and his long snout flattened back into a human face.

He came to a sudden stop as he found himself at the edge of a cliff. He heard the guards coming after him on horseback. As they got closer, Nico knew he had to think fast.

He dove into a bush at the last second, hugging his cloak close to his body, and turning into a wolf. He backed away slowly.

"He must have jumped in." One said.

"Idiot." Another said.

"At least that's one less monster to take care of." A third stated.

"Let's go. We'll tell the Captain when we see her." The others nodded and followed the fourth as they rode back to the castle.

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"Nico di Angelo?" Nico looked up to see a tall man with blonde, curly hair and bright blue eyes. His eyes drifted to his bow and arrows. Nico curled back into the tree he had been sleeping against.

"Who are you?!" He hissed.

"My name is Will Solace. I was sent to find someone named Nico di Angelo and someone named Jason Grace. I assure you that I have no connection to Queen Hera and do not intend on bringing you to her. Are you Nico di Angelo?" Nico played with his gold locket.

"So what if I am?"

"Come with me. I'll take you somewhere safe." Will reached for his arm but Nico pulled away.

"No way am I going with you."

"Aren't you the werewolf?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Really?" The hunter asked. He took out a ball and started tossing it from hand to hand. Nico's eyes turned gold as they followed the ball back and forth. "Because you don't seem entirely, human." Nico's mouth was practically salivating. "You know, I really like dogs. I really like to play fetch. How about you?"

Nico nodded enthusiastically.

"I like fetch. It's," Nico gulped. "Fun." Will tossed the ball to the other hand and looked at the dark haired boy.

"Really? Well then, fetch!" Will tossed the ball. Nico's eyes turned gold and he bounded off. He started to morph into a wolf.

Nico chased the ball further into the woods. Will stood there, smirking. When Nico came back, he sat down wagging his dark tail. He morphed back into a human and dropped the ball from his mouth with wide eyes, realizing what he had done.

"Oh no." He said, standing up and brushing himself off. "Don't tell anyone, do whatever you want with me, just don't tell anyone, please!" The dark haired boy pleaded as his eyes turned back to their original dark color.

"I don't want to do anything to you. And I won't tell anyone. I'm a hunter, not a rat. But I do need a favour." Nico wondered if he should be worried.

"Come on." the man grabbed Nico's arm and flung him over his shoulder.

"Ugh! Put me down! Ugh! How dare you! Put me down!"

Will didn't put Nico down.

"Trust me. You'll thank me."

"No! I need to get my sister!" that's when Will dropped Nico. The boy landed on the ground with an 'oof,' before glaring up at the blonde.

"Your sister?" Will asked. Nico nodded slowly. Will was very confused. The huntress had said that his sister was dead. He thought about bringing it up, but then decided against it, since if she had to have someone bring him there by force, he wouldn't take it well if Will told him that he was bringing the poor boy to the group of hunters that his beloved sister had died a part of.

"She's in the palace! My little sister! She's counting on me to get her out of there! I need to go back!" Will felt sympathy for the boy. He had a lost his older sister, then got a second one. This time it was his turn to watch over his sibling. To take care of her as Bianca had taken care of him.

"Alright." Will agreed. "But Hera's army is vast. We can't go in on foot with what, a bow with a half empty quiver?"

"I'm a werewolf." Nico growled.

"One werewolf and a single huntsman are no match for Hera's entire army." Will said solemnly. "We can stop at a village to get weapons, supplies, horses, and people to help us."

"I don't like people." he growled.

"Well, tough luck kid." Will said. "Because you'll need people if you want your sister back. Human prisoners don't go outside like the werewolves do. She won't be able to escape."

"Don't you think I know that." Nico suddenly shot upright onto his feet. "Now come on. Where is this village?"

Will sighed and swooped Nico up and carried him over his shoulder. "UGH!!! PUT ME DOWN!!!!!!!!!"

"Shh!" Will hissed. "I don't want people to find us."