Pheobe
It was betrayal.
The maiden goddess had destroyed her promises. Shattered us all. We Hunters had been all fools to believe she was a good hoenst goddess.
I cried that night in my tent. I was second in command, so I slept with Zöe. Zöe just... She did not seem to care. I admired her for that. My tent mate fell asleep.
I grabbed a flashlight from my backpack and borrowed a book from Zöe's backpack. It was called Greek Gods: All You Need To Know About Us.
I flipped to the chapter about demigods. I am a demigod myself, actually. Pheobe: Daughter Of Hades. The chapter said:
Goddesses have children differently than mortals. For mortals it takes 9 months for a child to be born, normally. Yet, for goddesses it takes merely one week. All but Athena, who takes 1 day for the child to pop out of the head of the man. And of course, not the maiden goddesses. They do not have children!
I blinked back tears from that last part. I put the book back into Zoe's bag and my flashlight into mine. I decided to tell Artemis that we saw what she had done.
Artemis was in the tent, and I saw the man exit.
"Lady Artemis...?" I said, shocked
Lady Artemis's eyes widened and the man ran away. She looked fatter. She was pregnant.
She looked at me with her old eyes and I looked at her back.
"I suppose your going to turn me into a bear or something now" I said
"No" Lady Artemis told me, and motioned me to sit "It is not your fault I broke a maiden promise" she gave a sad smile
"How could you?" I said, but I wasn't angry. I was just sad.
"He put me under a spell, a spell that makes him control me" she answered. She put her hand on my forehead and I saw a vision.
Artemis
I showed my hunter, Pheobe, what had happened. I felt so guilty I could barely breathe.
That man was Eros in disguise, Eros, also known as Cupid in Roman terms.
I showed her my memory.
The man, Eros, flirted with me, so I planned to talk to him then erase his memory of me.
He had stood there with me. He had stayed calm, until I was finished telling him how wrong he was. Then, I was finished.
He smiled evilly and spoke soothing words:
"Look into my eyes, Artemis. Look." Then I was put under a spell to obey his orders.
Even goddesses make mistakes. This was the biggest mistake. I looked. I knew it was a trap. It is probably Aphrodite who is mad at me for saying Love with men is worthless.
Pheobe
"A spell?" I told Lady Artemis "My Lady, will you kill the baby?"
I hoped she would. The baby did not deserve to live. That baby would be immortal.
"No. It is not my child's fault I am a traitor to my own word. But I will make sure my child is not immortal, make her a demigod."
I nodded, even if I did not agree. I started to leave, but Lady Artemis stopped me.
"Yes, my Lady?" I asked her
"Good night" she said.
I went back to bed.
To be continued...
