Sometimes, being an only child sucks. When you're bored and your mother is oh I don't know, busy being a goddess and no one is around to talk to it can get pretty boring. My mother is Artemis, and yes that Artemis, you know goddess of the hunt, the moon and, virginity you tend not to have a lot of siblings. You see, I wasn't planned, my mother was raped sixteen years ago by a mortal man and I came along nine months later. My uncle, Apollo took care of the man himself. So, I was raised by my mother's cult. And her when I was very young. Then, when I turned twelve, she shipped my off to Camp Half-Blood. Now I'm all alone. Thanks mom.
"Who's cabin is that?" I heard a voice right outside the door. I froze, I only had on loose black pants and a bra. Swiftly, I yanked a shirt on and poked my head out the door. Outside was Ash and two new kids. One was twelve the other was much younger, barely ten. They both shared wild, curly brown hair and green eyes. The younger one shot back. "Woah!" He cried. "I thought Artemis didn't have kids?" He turned to Ash, confused. Ash sighed.
"My mother was raped." I snapped at the kid though he probably didn't know what that meant. The older one did because his eyes grew wide. "Ash, who are they, where did they come from and who do they belong to?" I asked the standard questions when a new kid came to camp.
"Cinder and Garrick." He pointed to them. "Seattle, Hephaestus." He explained with a sigh. I knew that sigh, it was the, great now I have more to look after, sigh. I was surprised they made it this far on their own for how young they were. it was also a shock to see blood siblings. That was rare these days. Ash ushered Cinder and Garrick to the next cabin, Apollo's.
A group of Aphrodite's kids walked by. As soon as they saw me they ducked their heads to whisper not so quietly. the goddess of love's children loved to gossip. They could spread words faster then the plague could kill half of Europe. When I first came here and moved into my cabin, they spread the word so fast, half of the camp had surrounded my cabin within a half hour of my arrival. One of them, a blond haired girl named China looked at me. I sent my best scowl her way. Her head ducked to whisper to herherd.
Then, Charlie and Wen, one was Ares's boy the other, was Apollo's. Charlie had his battle awe strapped to his back and Wen had his bow and quiver. They were found just outside of camp, huddled in a tree with a Gorgon trying to kill them. They were just then, they had each other's back. Lost brothers, the camp called them. Wen nodded at me and Charlie curled his lip up. Me and the Apollo kids got on well enough but, Charlie hated me. I've asked Wen and he has no idea.
"Hey Wen, the wind good today?" I called, hoping they would stop. Wen paused, thinking on answering but, Charlie just pulled his arm. Wen shrugged at me and followed Charlie. I sighed and walked back into my cabin to grab my bow and quiver. I snapped the door shut and walked down to the archery range. The range was really a long field with targets set up on the other side. It was next to the mess hall so sometimes, wayward arrows found their way into the mess hall.
When I got to the range, a few Apollo kids were there, seeing who could get the most bulls-eyes. A few nodded and waved at me but, didn't ask me to join. I tossed my quiver on the ground, a black one with a crescent moon and some of the Hunters painted on it. My bow was a yew bow with carvings on it. I picked up an arrow, strung it through and pulled back. I narrowed on my target, paused to test the wind, and shot. The arrow thunked in the center. I pulled out an arrow, and shot it through the center again. Some of the Apollo kids looked at me. They were waiting to see if I could do it three times. With a smirk, I sent another through the center. An Apollo boy came up to me. He was tall and lanky with blackish brownish hair.
"That was awesome Luna, only Gina can do that." He praised, pointing to a red haired girl. Gina was the best archer in the camp. she narrowed her eyes at me. "Gina wants to have a competition with you. Tomorrow at noon." The boy informed me. Without waiting for my answer, he bounded away.
"Um, okay." I called to Gina. she smirked, picked up her quiver and sauntered away with a small herd following after. Great, now I have a competition with the best archer tomorrow. The only thing worse then that is the mess hall making my food wrong. Or, a Gorgon horde attacking.