I sat there stunned.
"With a boy?" Delia asked with an equal expression but hers had a twinge of disgust in it too.
"It is rare," Artemis said. "But now, it is necessary, my hunters. Apollo is waiting outside for me. I must go." The goddess stood up and left the ping pong table. The door opened and closed and she was gone.
I looked Thalia, Artemis's attendant, for what to do.
"You should go on the quest," She said.
I really didn't want to go on a quest. I really didn't want to leave the rest of the Hunters. And most of all, I did not want to travel with a boy. But both Thalia and Artemis had said so. It was decided that Delia and I would be joining this boy, Logan, on the quest. Chiron, bloody horse that he is, wouldn't tell us what the quest was. He told us we'd know tomorrow, and then he left the room.
I was not at all thrilled at going on a quest with Logan. And the thing that bothered me is Logan was an Aphrodite kid. He's all for love, while I am a hunter. Where I am to be a maiden eternally.
I couldn't think of any super cool powers any of us could do. I'm Bianca, daughter of Apollo. Delia is daughter of Hermes. And Logan…don't even make me talk about him.
I wasn't very content with taking the Hunters' best archer, that being Delia, and leaving them here with these campers and their obsolete way of doing things.
By now, we'd gotten to Cabin Eight and Thalia opened the door. Everyone was scattered around the cabin, talking. Thalia told them the story of what happened in the big house. Delia and I just listened and stared at the ground.
When Thalia finished, Delia and I got a lot of sympathy looks from the other Hunters. It was evident they didn't like the idea of traveling with a boy any more than we did.
"Well," Phoebe said. "I wish you luck with that."
"Do you have any idea what the quest actually is?" Addison asked.
"No," Delia replied. "Chiron won't tell us anything. I blame his-"
"We don't find out anything until tomorrow morning," I interrupted.
"Right," I said.
A roll of thunder was heard all across camp, and the lights went out.
I woke up early the next morning and couldn't go back to sleep. All of the other Hunters were asleep and didn't want to wake them, so I crept outside.
The air was cold, and fog covered most of the ground.
I decided to go to the Archery range and see just how poorly these half-bloods are trained.
Once at the range, I walked down the posts. I stopped at one and picked up the bow. I made a face once I saw who'd made it.
"Is there too much dust on it?" An annoyed voice from behind me inquired. I spun around. A blonde girl with grey eyes much like Addison's was standing in full armor holding a knife in her hand.
"Not that I can see," I said, tossing me waist length hair over my shoulder. I put the bow on it's stand. "You up early too?"
"I don't know how early," She said sheathing her knife. "I was up all night."
"Why?"
"I was looking for my boyfriend, Percy," She said. A look of hopelessness crossed her face, but it was dispelled quickly. "He's missing." She added shortly.
"Thalia told me," I said. "Apparently they were friends."
There was a pause. She looked me up and down. Her eyes stopped at my parka.
"You're a huntress?" She asked incredulously. "What's your name?"
"Bianca," I said. "Bianca Easter."
"Wonderful," She snapped to no one in particular. "The hunters are here."
What was wrong with her?