Chapter 1
"Orion! Can you come in here please?" His mother called from the next room. Orion got up from his bed and went to see what his mother wanted. "Yeah Mom?" He then noticed that his mother wasn't alone in the room. "Orion, this is Jeremy. He's a friend from work." Orion, being the protective teen he is, immediately went on the defensive. "What does he want?" Said Orion. Instantly Orion's mother glared at him and apologized to Jeremy on behalf of Orion's comment. "It's Okay Alexa. Orion I really am just a friend of your mom's." He said. "Oh, sorry." Said Orion. He stuck his hand out to shake Jeremy's, when suddenly, his phone began to ring. He looked at his mom pleadingly, she nodded letting him know it was ok. "Hello?" Said Orion. "I'm on my way over." said a mystery voice. "Okay remember, it's the brown house." Said Orion. He then hung up the phone and said to his mother "That was Artie, he's on his way over." "Oh, okay." Said Alexa giving her son a suspicious look. "What are you two going to do?" She asked. "Not much, play the ps3, probably go chill at the mall." He replied. "Okay, Just be careful." She warned him. Not needing to say anything else, Alexa kissed Orion on the forehead and left the house with Jeremy.
After she left, Orion went to his room and looked in the mirror. He noticed that his tan skin looked really shiny today. He then looked at his hazel eyes and chocolate brown hair and thought "Wow! I look sexy today, those girls at the mall better watch out." That's when the doorbell rang. Orion opened the door for a tall guy with light brown skin. Orion noticed that the boy was holding two bows and two quivers. "You ready?" The boy said. "Ready for what?" Orion asked. The boy gave Orion a "duh" look and replied "dude I told you we were going hunting this weekend" Orion, finally remembering the conversation, groaned and said " Aww Artie, I thought that was next weekend." Artie, obviously annoyed, looked at the outfit Orion was wearing and replied "Just go change into some shorts. I can wait." "Okay give me a second." said Orion.
Orion ran to his room and threw on some camo shorts. He was slowly getting excited, as this was his first time hunting. He came back in a matter of seconds, grabbed his keys, and said "lets go." They walked out of the house and got into Orion's red charger. Orion never knew where the car came from, his mother said it was a gift from an uncle, but he didn't believe her, on the count of he didn't know any of his father's family and his mother's brothers couldn't afford anything like this.
On the way to the forest Orion started getting very anxious. He thought this was weird cause he never got anxious about much, usually girls, his car, and music. Orion is an awesome singer, according to others. His mother says he sounds just like his father when he sings. Orion and Artie finally arrived at the hunting grounds and Artie hands Orion a bow and quiver. Just having the bow in his hands made Orion feel energized. Then out the corner of his eyes he saw something moving. As if he'd done it a thousand times, Orion notched an arrow and shot it straight into the side of a deer. Artie, astounded and a little jealous, asked Orion "How'd you do that." Orion, just as amazed as Artie, replied "I don't know." As the hours passed it seemed Orion's senses were getting faster, he hit everything he shot at. Artie, on the other hand, wasn't as cut out for archery, he missed everything he shot at. So out of jealousy he told Orion it was time to go.
On the way the car Orion sensed that they were being followed. Orion finally turned around just to find himself staring eye to eye with a black scorpion twice his size. Orion's whole body went rigid. "Artie, when I count to three, run." He warned his friend. "Okay." Artie replied with the same urgent tone. "1-2-…" Orion counted but before he could hit three the scorpion struck with it's tail. On instinct, Orion pushed Artie and dodged the strike all in one breath. He then heard a weird whistling sound. The scorpion went for a second strike but paused in mid strike. Before Orion could see why, the scorpion exploded into a pile of gold dust. When the dust cleared Orion noticed that he and Artie weren't the only people in the forest. There was now a girl, about the age of twelve, with auburn hair and silver eyes holding a silver bow and arrow. Her tone was urgent "Come with me." she said. "Who are you?" Orion replied. The girl paused for a second and decided there was enough time to introduce herself. "My name is Artemis. And if you don't come with me, we will all die." On that note, Orion and Artie didn't wait for her to repeat it.