"You disgust me, Lady." Artemis said as she rested in her nest of pillows. Athena sat up from the ground and summand a chair.
"I really don't have control. I was born through my father's skull. Just for the record, I don't know how Hephaestus got through his thick skull." Artemis smirked. A large boom startled them and Athena unzipped the window in the tent.
"Lightning struck; curse my father and his primitive punishments." Athena curse waving her fist at the sky. Artemis sighed and stood. She blew a whistle and a girl walked in.
"Awe, my dear Cayce. Can u please get me a root-beer? I'm feeling Hill-Billy-esk." Artemis motioned. , "Would you like anything Anna?" Artemis asked. Athena flinched at her nickname Artemis gave her when they played together as godlings.
"I'm fine. Thank you, Cayce." Athena motioned for her to leave. Athena let out a great sigh and stared at the fantastic forest. , "Arty, how long has it been since you've seen Thalia? I mean you summoned me for this reason." Artemis sat back down and stared at the pillow where Thalia should've been sitting.
"Oh, Athena. It hurts me deeply to know one of my maidens might be in trouble. Especially Thalia. We have grown close. It hurts me even more that her place in my tent has lost its home feeling." Artemis said still looking at the pillow. She turned away and looked at Athena.
"How long has she been absent?" Athena asked laying a hand delicately on Artemis's shoulder. Artemis took her hand off.
"About 3 weeks," Artemis sighed. Cayce walked in and handed her her root-beer. Athena took out her dagger and stabbed it into one of Artemis's tables. Artemis grimaced but ignored it to focus on the task at hand.
"Three weeks? And you haven't looked for her?" Athena shouted out raged. Artemis shrugged.
"Please, My Lady, don't think in the past, this is today. And if I don't have Thalia back in four days, I'll have to replace her." Artemis explained. Her eyes had bags under them.
"You told me when u first lost her; she disappeared after a dinner one day?" Athena asked bringing out a sword and stabbing it into the table. Artemis grimaced again.
"Yes. She was wounded when she left." Artemis said lining an arrow in her bow. She shot it and it hit a tiny piece of paper on the tent walls. The arrow burst through the tent wall and flew into the unaware huntresses outside. There were a few shrieks and a few 'No, Don't s" But nobody was hurt. Artemis ran to the hole and shouted…..
"Arrow in the hole! Watch out." And sat back down in her nest. The twilight sunlight dance on the orange and brown tent.
"How about we go searching for her tomorrow. She can't have gone far." Athena reassured. She took out another dagger and stabbed it into the table like it was butter. But that last sharp thing was the death of the table. The small quaint table collapsed. Athena watched it fall and smiled that 'Sorry don't sue me' smile at Artemis.
"Don't worry. I hated that table. Apollo gave me that for my 1000th birthday. I wasn't surprised when it was filled with his poems." Artemis scoffed as she kicked the ruble and picked up one of the poems and ripped it in half.
"We start in the morning." Artemis said making herself comfy.
"Yep." Athena said back. For a few minutes, all the sound in the tent was Athena drumming with her fingers on the ruble.
"Since we have all night tell me about Annabeth and Percy." Artemis smirked. Athena's eyes lit up.
"Don't even get me started!"
THE END, FOR NOW
