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My Reality

Chapter Two- Proving them wrong

The day started out normal, I guess it always does for me. Well my normal. I sat at the Apollo table for breakfast pushing my food around my plate. Today the waffles revolted me; I stood up and pushed my food into the flames. For Dad I thought. I sat back down and took a sip of my chocolate milk. I overheard the end of a conversation between two of my siblings, they were whispering ". . . I heard her talking to Jordan the other day. She was saying that she wanted to play capture the flag with us tonight."

"Is she fucking crazy? Like Chiron would let that happen! She hasn't even touched a weapon since she has been here!"

"I know bro; she would probably end up killing someone."

"If she could figure out how to pick up a sword!"

They both began to chuckle quietly. My blood began to heat up. I could feel a rage coming on. I picked up my milk again and threw it at one of my brothers, the one who called me crazy, the goblet smashed against his nose. The pavilion became silent. My brother now covered in milk glared at me. The one he was talking to leaped up and shouted at me "Are you insane?"

I laughed "Well yes I do happen to be mentally insane. But. That. Doesn't. Mean. I'm. CRAZY!" I shouted the last word. And just for an extra measure I threw my empty plate at his face. It cracked on his face and fell to the ground. The only thing you could hear was the plate pieces crashing to the ground. I smirked. Jordan, who was sitting next to me, grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the table. I resisted, still wanting to give my brothers a piece of my mind. Jordan groaned quietly and grabbed me by the waist. He carried me out of pavilion. When we were far enough away me set me down in the grass. "What's wrong Alex?" he asked. I looked down and ran my fingers through the grass.

"They were being mean." I whispered.

"What were they saying?" Jordan asked softly.

"I couldn't pick up a sword, and I would kill someone." I could feel my tears coming on. I quickly wiped my face and sniffled. Jordan let out a breath and lay down in the grass.

"I'm sure they didn't mean it." He tried.

"Yes they did. No one wants me here."

"It will get better; we just have to find something for you to do." Jordan sat up as he saw someone walking towards us, or trotting, it was Chiron.

"Hello Jordan, Alex."

"Hi" we both said.

"Jordan archery class starts in ten minutes." He said before trotting off towards the arena. Jordan sighed and stood up.

"Got to go sis, I'll be back in an hour, where do you want to meet?" he asked. I shrugged my shoulders

"I'll meet you there." I said pointing at the stables which looked very small from a distance. Jordan nodded once, and then took off towards the arena at a jog. I began to stand up when a person in the distance caught my eye. It was a boy; he had blonde hair and looked 8 or 9 years old. The boy looked a lot like Jordan. He ran towards me and stopped really close to my face. Our noses were about four inches apart. "What do you want?" I grumbled, still sour from my rage. The boy smiled and laughed. It was very high pitched.

"You're pretty! How old are you?"

"Thanks," I said slightly confused "I'm 14, but my birthday is in two weeks."

"Awesome, I'm 9 and my birthday in in eleven months!" the boy said excitedly.

"Who are you?" I asked. The boy frowned like he didn't know the answer.

"I don't know. Who am I?" he asked me like I knew.

"How am I supposed to know?" I asked my brow furrowed in confusion.

"I think you do!" the boy said happily.

"Fine your name is Tim!" I shouted. Tim looked at me funny and then started to dance around me in a circle laughing and shouting his name.

"Come on Alex, I have a surprise for you!" Tim shouted and took off towards the woods.

"Wait for me!" I shouted after him. I jumped to my feet and sprinted after him. When we reached the start of the woods Tim started to climb a tree. Slightly out of breath from my sprint I slowly climbed after him. Tim sat in a fork between two limbs and I balanced myself on one of the thicker ones.

"Why are we here?" I asked.

"For these!" Tim said and then pulled a bow and a quiver full of arrows out of a hole in the tree. It startled me and I almost fell out of the tree.

"Why do you want those?" I half shouted.

Tim laughed "They aren't for me silly! There for you!"

"What!" I yelped "Me?"

Tim smiled big at me. "Well duh, they have your name on them!" Surprised by that I reached forward and grabbed the bow. I felt more alive once I touched the smooth wood of the bow. Tim was right, on the grip of the bow, Alexandria was written in Ancient Greek. I ran my fingers along the bow, feeling it. I suddenly got an idea. I reached for the quiver and pulled it over my head so it rested on my back. I held the bow in my right hand and drew an arrow with my left. (She is left-handed) I settled the arrow in the string and drew it back. It felt right. I took a deep breath and aimed for the tree closest to us, I let my arrow fly and it stuck, with a thunk, into the trunk of the tree. I did it again and my arrow split the other one down the center.

"Oops." I said, but I was bubbling over with joy. I had found something I could do! I turned to thank Tim but he was gone. I got frustrated because I thought my insanity was playing tricks on me, but then I realized it couldn't have been me because I didn't know about the bow in the first place. I pictured Tim, with his blue eyes and blonde hair. He looked like a spitting image of Jordan. Something clicked in my head. Or maybe Jordan was a spitting image of him!

"Apollo!" I said out loud happily. I smiled and looked down at my bow and arrows. "Thank you dad." I said looking up at the sun, which was still rising in the sky. I climbed down from the tree and ran towards the arena. Careful not to let anyone around the cabins see me. I wanted it to be a surprise. I stopped when I got the arena and hid. I looked into the arena and saw a bunch of campers shooting at targets ranging from fifty to 100 feet away. I saw Jordan shooting a target. He was sweating and pulling another arrow from the quiver on his back. I felt a warm sensation at my back and I spun around. Tim, or should I say Apollo was standing there. I smiled at him. Apollo smiled back at me and whispered "You should try it." I bit my lip nervously, and looked back at the arena.

"I'm scared."

"Of what?" he asked.

"Messing up." I said quietly. Apollo laughed quietly.

"You won't." he said, then I felt another warm feeling and when I looked back he was gone. I took a deep breath and stepped out into the arena. I walked straight up to Chiron and tapped his hand. He looked down at me and his brows furrowed. "I want to shoot." I said, my voice sounding stronger that I felt. Chiron looked surprised and then spotted the bow on my back.

"Where did you get that?" he asked kindly.

"It was a gift," I said. Chiron looked skeptical so I added "from my father." Chiron looked flustered and after a while, looking resigned, took a deep breath and walked me over to and empty target. He showed me how to hold the bow, and went over how to shoot, how to stand, and how to aim. When he backed up to let me try. Jordan finally saw me. He looked shocked and walked over to Chiron. "Are you sure? Is she ready?" he asked Chiron. Chiron rested his hand on Jordan's shoulder and said "If your father thinks she is, I have no right to argue."

I drew an arrow from my quiver and strung it back. I aimed for my target and took a deep breath. When I exhaled I let the arrow fly and watched it sail through the air and land with a solid thunk in the dead center of the target. I let out a squeal of joy and turned towards Chiron and Jordan beaming with happiness. I saw some of my other siblings had gathered around. They all looked shocked. Chiron gave me a smile and Jordan looked dumbstruck. I couldn't stop smiling, especially when I spotted my two brothers who I had thrown things at during breakfast. They had looks of disbelief and anger on their faces. I laughed silently to myself. Proved them wrong I thought, thank you dad.

A/N- whew that took forever! Well I hoped you liked it Read and Review please. The plot will start to get going in the next chapter so stay tuned. Bye for now!