"Where in Hades have you been?!" I hear some say. Finally looking up I realized it was Skylar who, surprisingly managed to pick the locked door. "Around." I said in a bored voice. I had little patience right now, especially with Skylar and Jay. "Don't give me that crap, because I haven't seen you all day and neither has Jay. Look maybe you should stop avoiding your problems and start facing them." Said Skylar looking at me with a genuine look in her eyes.
"Okay I'll tell you and Jay everything just not here, not now."I said looking up at her. "Then when? Because I'm tried of waiting, this school is the crappiest one I've been to and I really want to get out of it soon."said Skylar.
"My house after school I'll just have to cancel the swim teams practice today." I said a little disappointed that I'd have to cancel practice. " ok that's fine with me so I'll be at your house at around 4:30."said Skylar "Well I better get going or Mrs. Collins will probably make me read something in Spanish knowing her." I said quickly running out of there.
4:10 AT ALLISONS HOUSE...
I was up in my room trying to do my homework for Spanish class when I heard the doorbell ring must be Skylar and Jay. Early, huh that's strange I thought. As I went downstairs I heard someone in the kitchen I didn't give it much thought thinking it was my mom. As I opened the door I saw that I wasn't Skylar or Jay but the mail man who was standing in front of me holding a package.
"Good afternoon ma'am are you Allison Milliton?"he said. "That's me."I said wondering who the package was from."Well here you go. Have a good afternoon."He said quickly I went into the kitchen I saw someone standing there giving me a quick scare, but then I realized it was just Jay."Haven't you ever heard of using the front door?" I asked kinda annoyed.
"Well where's the fun it that?."He said laughing at my mad face. He walked up to me and gave me a kiss which I so gladly accepted even through I was still kind of mad from last night. Soon it was turning into a heated make out session and it would have turned into more if it wasn't for..."Oh my gods seriously you guys knew I was coming! It looks Jay is trying to eat you Allison."said Skylar I looked up and saw her horrified face. I suddenly felt my cheeks getting hot so I guessed that I was blushing. "Well now that you too are done doing thaaaat Allison tell us your story from the beginning."Said Skylar.
I made myself comfortable on the couch , well more then I already was (if you know what I mean* wink*wink*). "Okay so it started on my eighth birthday my mom and I were eating some cake in our dining room as we always did every birthday. When suddenly we hear glass shattering so we quickly get up and check to see what happened when we got to the living room there was this 8 foot tall creature standing in the middle of the room, he was some sort of half Man half Bull thing. Then I saw my mom running up to it with this huge golden sword and stabbed it right in the heart turning it into gold dust. I was shocked so I tried asking questions about what that thing was but all my mom would reply was that we had to leave. So that's exactly what we did. This happened every year until my 11th birthday."
"My mom was trying the best she could but she was injured due to that hellish like dog who bit her on her right arm. After my mom saw that she was losing she told me to go up to my room and get my emergency bag, it was this suitcase that my mom helped me pack in case of an attack, she told me to run ,so I did and I never looked back."
"I was by myself living on the streets for about one year until one day after I decided to spend some of the money I had left, to buy an actual meal, this sweet lady who was working at the diner I chose to eat at, noticed there wasn't anyone with me and asked me if I was lost and I replied by telling her I had ran away she asked me why and I told her the whole story even the parts about the monsters and to my surprise she believed me..."
I paused trying to wipe tears out of my eyes when I felt a pair of arms wrap around me. As I looked up I realized it was Jay looking sad. "If you don't want to continue you don't have to I can tell it's hard for you."said Jay looking sincere. " No I need you guys to know the whole story."I said determined to not cry anymore. "So as I was saying after I told the lady the story she took me in and treated me as her own daughter. I've been living with her for the past 3 years and I'm so grateful without her I'd still be on the streets probably dead by now."
I was about to continue my story when Skylar interrupted me. "Wait so this lady she didn't think you were crazy with the story you told her?" She said it as if it was unbelievable.
"No actually she was very understanding about it as like she had already knew about all of this." I said a huge grin on my face "She took me in, and treated me as her own daughter." I didn't think it was possible but my smile grew brighter.
"What was her name?" Asked Skylar in a curious tone. "Her is name is Artemis my second mom she's the person I've been living with for the past three and a half years." I said, looking up I saw Jay and Skylars shocked expressions. "What's wrong guys?" I asked suddenly concerned.
I then heard Skylar mumble "Well that explains why we rarely even see her anymore..." " What do you mean 'we'?" I said confused. "We meaning the huntresses of Artemis, I'm the lieutenant of the hunt and I'm guessing this is the reason Artemis sent ME o this quest and not Veronica." Said Skylar looking like she had finally solved one of those jigsaw puzzles that you try to do without looking at the front picture.
When I hear that my mom is actually the goddess Artemis I feel like passing out.I guess I did because next thing I know I see colored spots dance along my vision, and omff! I fall to the floor the last I hear is "Alison!"coming from Jay in a concerned voice. Boy I've heard that tone wayyyy to much.
