Chapter 1

I never thought that after two long months of almost no tracks or monsters, a horrible battle would pop out of nowhere… but it did.

It started when I was talking to probably by best friend in the Hunt, Roxy. She's a total punk rocker (although she, and I, have changed a lot since becoming Hunters) and is daughter of Apollo. That's probably why she's so musical. So anyways, we were talking when we heard someone scream bloody murder.

Everyone got into hunting formation with bows in hands and scurried to where the scream came from. We finally found Kendra, the most ANNOYING person in the whole world (and daughter of Aphrodite, what a surprise!) on the ground crying her eyes out.

"Kendra, what's going on," I asked her. I wasn't even completely used to being the leader yet, I felt like just part of the group still, which I guess I was. I just had more authority and responsibilities.

Kendra looked up at us all like we were monsters and replied, "What are you, blind? Can't you see, I broke a nail?!?!"

All this for a broken nail?!?!?! I was furious! By the looks of everyone else, clenched teeth and lowered arrows, I'd say their hopes had been lost from the false alarm. It took everything in me not to break all the rest of her nails, not to mention some bones. Since joining the hunt and becoming a leader, I had learned to channel the energy I get from anger to helping the earth and my fellow hunters.

"Well, if that's all then, girls, back to the tents," I told everyone.

The short walk back was full of frustration and everyone was sluggish. Then, we noticed them. The dark figures around our tent. The same tent filled with philosophies, plans, charts, information, and everything else that could help us succeed, or help us lose everything if the wrong people got their hands on them.

Before I could even tell anyone to get into formation again and aim, I heard a familiar voice.

"Why, hello Hunters! Glad you could come to the party!"

Luke.