(A/N) Anyway I want to clear up some issues.
1) Yes I did get my inspiration from Broken Bow (which is awesome btw)
2) Enzo wont live with Apollo
3) Artemis getting her child in a horrible way and having something that combines the essences is what I was too lazy to actually make original (but made it different enough)
4) And… I swear on the River Styx that I will make this story as original as possible with only some slight similarities to Broken bow. (Thunder booms)
Happy reading!
Moonkissed Arrow
Chapter 2: Snake women, Satyrs, and Skeletons, Oh my!
-3rd-
Artemis nearly fell over after the combining of the essences (of course she doesn't know this). Zoe and the rest of the huntresses quickly ran over to their Lady as soon as she reverted back to her twelve year old form.
Shouts of "My Lady are you okay?" and other worried questions pelted Artemis until she told them that she was fine. Artemis locked her eyes on the diamond that continued to float for a few more seconds. The diamond soon fell from the air and landed on the soft white snow with a dull thud. It continued to glow for a couple more seconds until it died down. The once beautiful and sparkling gem turned from beautifully white to a dull and depressing gray as the magic left its surface.
"Who was that girl?" mumbled Zoe. "Whoever it was we must form a search party! You three find that girl and bring her back here for what she's done!" ordered Zoe as she pointed to three huntresses.
Just as the three huntresses were about to leave Artemis spoke up, "No. It is quite all right. I am fine." This seemed to calm them down a little but Artemis was sure that they didn't want the girl to get away with this.
"Let us go rest now. Come." Said Artemis as she walked out of the alley and back onto the snow covered streets.
-Apollo Vision- (It's like tunnel vision but worse)
I drove along the skies above New York while looking for a particular mortal's apartment. She was originally going to be the mother of my next child but since I am such a nice, sexy, and caring brother I can sacrifice that for the survival of the child of my most adorable sister.
"Ah, here we are." I said to no one in particular. I parked my sun-car right above the apartment complex since I didn't want any mortals to get burned. Father still doesn't forgive me for the last time that happened. I have been dating this particular mortal for a while now and I deemed her worthy to take care of this child.
I popped myself and the child to the front door of the mortal's apartment and knocked three times while making sure I didn't knock the door off its hinges like last time. Honestly you'd think that they would make it stronger than that. I waited for a few seconds before seeing the lovely face of the woman who I was dating.
She smiled when she saw my face. Who wouldn't right? I looked at her and gave her one of my most dazzling smiles and said, "Ah hello Sarah my dear. I have come to ask you something."
She blushed just as I expected (Making his already giant head even bigger). "Of course. What do you need Lord Apollo?" asked Sarah with her lovely voice. I decided right then and there to write a haiku about it later and send it to her. Then she noticed the child in my powerful arms and raised both of her eyebrows in surprise. It was quite adorable.
"Ah yes. You see one of my lovely family members doesn't know about her child and I have taken it upon myself to ensure that he has a lovely home. His name is Enzo and I guess he can take your last name if you so wish." I said this with another one of my bright smiles and was sure that would win her over. It did and I was greatly relieved, as I can't take care of a child myself. It would interfere with my godly duties too much.
"Of course I'll take him." Said Sarah as she took Enzo out of my arms and cradled him in hers. She looked fantastic with a child in her arms and I knew that I made the right choice.
"When he turns fourteen or when he is first attacked I will need you to take him to Camp Half-blood. It's a safe place for children like him and will help in training him for survival." I said this as I pulled out a card with the words Camp Half-blood on it plus some directions to the camp.
Sarah nodded in confirmation and took the card with her free hand. "Ok, I can do that."
I smiled my bright smile and gave her a quick kiss on the lips before popping back out into my waiting chariot.
Gods I am so amazing.
-3rd-
Sarah Griffon looked down at Enzo.
"Hmm… Enzo Griffon huh? That sounds lovely."
-About thirteen years later-
-Enzo's POV-
I woke up feeling super groggy just like I always do when waking up for school. My alarm clock buzzed annoyingly and I slapped the snooze button for an extra five minutes. Of course it didn't feel like five minutes as the stupid thing buzzed again. I have always been a night owl and would occasionally stay up all night just staring at the moon. The moon always fascinated me for some reason. Anyway I was about to fall back asleep when my mom called me to wake up and get ready for school.
I got up and took a quick shower, brushed my teeth, etc. You know the normal morning routine. After that I got dressed, grabbed my backpack and headed over to the kitchen to grab my breakfast. As for breakfast well my mom makes the greatest breakfast burritos. It has almost everything in it with the exception of pancakes and the like. Anyway I grabbed one of the burritos and left with a quick "bye" and "see you after school" while my mom responded with an "Ok! Love you!".
The walk to school isn't all that interesting though. I live close by so time isn't much of an issue. As I walked into school I could hear Devon and his douche-bag friends give me mocking hoots and whistles. I guess I should explain that. You see I have been made fun of for quite a while since I am a guy but I have a lot of feminine traits. I am average height but I have some girlish curves that really aren't all that noticeable unless I take off my shirt and you look really hard or wear tight shirts. The fact that my face is very slightly girlish and my auburn hair is a little long doesn't help the fact.
However, even with all of these traits a lot of the girls (by that I mean most of them) think I am extremely cute. Though thankfully the guys think differently but some have even gone as far as to call me a transvestite. Of course I readily socked him for that one.
So what if I am slightly feminine? They could at least give me a break or two. Its not like I wanted to look this way. I was just born like this. Oh well. No use crying about it.
I continued my walk to first period and spotted my best friend Samuel Greenwood. He had a small wispy goatee and a lot of acne so that must mean that he was held back a couple of grades or something. Not that I think of him any different of course. He has a bad leg disorder or something because he always limps when he walks and is permanently excused from PE. Lucky him. Though I don't really hate PE it's just that it's really boring. If it weren't for me being on the track team then I probably wouldn't even bother showing up.
After PE came math. This is one of my most horrible classes. The only upside is that the teacher is surprisingly hot. Not that we would tell her that of course.
Sam has been acting strange lately. Its like he was worried that a mob was going to come after him or something. I also thought that it was odd when he started to sniff the air like a dog tracking a scent. He also gave me worried glances when he thought I wasn't looking. I had a strange feeling too though. I felt like I should start looking around and take in assessments of my surroundings. I just shrugged that off as it was probably caused by my ADHD.
Oh yeah I forgot about that. See I have ADHD and Dyslexia. Some of the other kids think I should be in a special Ed class or something. The teachers and principle think differently thankfully.
The bell rang for third period and I headed to my worst class ever…
English.
My dyslexia made it really hard to read but for some reason my English teacher Ms. Gobble (yeah don't laugh in front of her face if you know what's good for you) likes to call on me. I swear she lives to torment me.
Oh I didn't know how right I was until she called me to come over to her class after school. I thought she was going to punish me for something I didn't do. Again. Sam looked nervous when I told him this but I could imagine why. I mean yeah she's an ugly old bat but still what could she do to me?
Anyway I walked over to her classroom after saying bye to Sam after school. I opened the door and saw Ms. Gobble waiting for me. Before I even stepped into the room however she said in a chilling voice to follow her.
I did and followed her outside. We continued to walk until we were inside the mini forest the school has for decoration. Perfect for hiding and scouting I thought to myself. Anyway when I turned around instead of finding Ms. Gobble like I thought I instead saw a snake woman thing with a short sword and about two skeleton things behind her. I wondered where the skeletons came from at first then I realized I was in incredible danger when they all ran towards me. Slithered for one.
When I look back on this I'll remember how this was the life changing point of my life. They all stopped for a second and looked at something behind me. I took a cautious glance and saw my friend Sam with a bronze dagger of some sort. I wondered where he got that dagger at first but then something registered in my brain when he threw the dagger and yelled, "Catch!"
When the dagger came near me I grabbed the hilt with acrobatics I never knew I had. When I held the dagger it felt right in my hands and I immediately ran towards the skeletons and snake woman. I apparently caught her off guards when she realized I had already stabbed her in the neck and soon exploded into a brilliant shower of dust. I wasted no time and went to work on the skeletons. I didn't know if they would actually die but when I stabbed one in the head and Spartan kicked it onto the ground it exploded too. I did the same for the other one and after they were all gone I sat down on my butt and assessed what the heck just happened.
Sam walked (erm… limped) towards me and asked, "Hey man you all right?" He reached out an arm to help me up.
"Yeah I am. Thanks for the dagger. Here" I proceeded to hand it over but Sam just shook his head and said, "Naw its cool you can have it."
"Thanks." While I look like I'm acting cool and calm I am actually freaking out right now. I mean who wouldn't after being attacked by a snake lady and a couple of skeletons? Sam must have noticed this and said, "OK lets go see your mom I'm sure she can explain all this to you easier than I can."
I nodded and we walked back to my place.
(A/N) Bet you can't wait for the Camp part huh? Well your gonna! Muwhahahaha! Jkjk
Well anyways cheers to a new update. (Holds up a glass of –insert drink name here-)