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My name is Alexandria, just Alexandria or else. I'm an Amazon warrior, a group of all-girl warriors. We all have certain roles. I am a hunter , healer, and tracker. The girls like to make sure no one's following them when we go on voyages. That's why they choose me. First, you must survive the "entrance exam". The older Amazons will watch you as you do certain tasks. I have survived and am a full member of the Amazons. (By the way, there's no woman of wonder here).

You might not like the Amazons, because you might be a boy. We don't not like boys, they're just a bit silly and we don't like that. You might wanna know what's happening here, why being an Amazon is so cool. Well, it's not exactly amazing, there's lots of danger, but we're there for each other. I'm here to tell you about me, and about the day my life changed as an amazon. It was springtime, my favorite time of the year, when the animals were plentiful and it was easy to track things and the medicine materials were plentiful. That's the day my life - and maybe sanity - started to change.

I was walking along the fresh grass of the woods in Greece and trying to travel near to the Acropolis. I felt my bow and quiver pressing against my back and shoulder. I was with Kinzie and Colleen, fellow Amazons. Kinzie was a dark, brooding girl with auburn hair and purple highlights with dark eyes, and she was a bit frightening. Colleen was an organized girl with a neat ponytail and green eyes with rimless glasses. They were my best friends and they were often chosen by the Amazon Queen, Hylla, to be with me. Today we were going to go to the Acropolis to see the Athena Nike. We have info on a note helping the Amazons under the statue. I sensed something around the statue but I ignored it.

I signaled for Roxanne and Colleen to be quiet but to come forward.

We inched forward and we saw a papyrus under it. I grabbed the scroll and read what it said in Ancient Greek to the other Amazons:

(Γεια σου γλυκιά αμαζόνες, πώς είσαι; Είμαι βέβαιος λίγο Hylla διέταξε σας για να έρθει πίσω για να πάρει αυτό το σημείωμα. Είναι ο Μινώταυρος και είστε παγιδευμένοι, καλό ξεμπέρδεμα!)

(Hello sweet amazons, how are you? I'm sure little Hylla has ordered you to come forth to get this note. It is the manticore and you are trapped, good riddance! )

Soon, the natural sunlight faded very quickly, almost instantaneous. Then Colleen was dragged upward. Roxanne and I were alone in the darkness back to back with my bow and arrows and her sword. My red hair swung back and forth. Then judging by the sounds something was coming. Then Roxanne was dragged upward. Then I was dragged up. It wasn't the cold, slimy hand of a manticore or it's jagged tail. It was a human hand, warm and small. Then, the small figure hoisted me up onto a near... Hideout. Roxanne and Colleen were there as well. I had a feeling we were all thinking the same thing: This isn't a manticore.

Manticores were like cats in the way they acted. They had sleek bodies and a spiked tail like a stegosaurus. They could shoot spikes from their tails so fast you wouldn't know they shot it until it hit you, literally. Most had a human head with feline eyes. All of them are bad.

When I brought out my bow and arrows, the "voice" whimpered. Colleen brought out her glowing dagger and Roxanne brought out her glowing sword. Then I swiped the small figure onto the floor and Roxanne put her sword to its throat. I yelped,"Stop!" They instantly stopped and Roxanne used her "special powers" to zip us away to the nearby woods. She teleported us there.