I've been biking all day, and I'm exhausted. I decided to go east, for some reason. My gut was pushing me there. I think I'll go to Boston. I keep on biking until I can't see the path anymore. I lock my bike to a thin tree, and I climb up into a thick, sturdy, tree to sleep in. I tie myself to the limb with a random bungee cord I found in my bag. I try to sleep, but I just can't. I unstrap myself, and climb to the top of the tree. The stars are so bright here. I find Orion's Belt, and the Big Dipper. When I was little, my dad would tell me all about the Greek gods, goddesses, and all the legends. I wished every time I saw a shooting star, that I could meet one of them. That was before I realized that they didn't exist. I see a shooting star.
"Please, God, or whoever is listening right now, help me please. Who is my mom, and where is my dad? It doesn't matter which one. Just please tell me!" I whisper up to the sky. I climb down the tree, to my limb, and strap my self up again. I fell asleep soon after that. I woke up to a strange noise. I checked my watched. It was 6 am. I looked down from the tree. Holy Crap. There's a freaking skeleton down there. And it saw me. Holy SH*T! THAT THING IS TRYING TO CLIMB MY TREE! Okay, Avril, breathe. You can take down this skeleton. A few well aimed punches should help. I climb down the tree. Better face it on the ground, right?
"Yo, Skele-dude! Over here!" I yell, trying to get it's attention. It worked. A little too well. I'm going to call it a he. He charges at me. I side-step it easily. He charges again. I stand my ground this time. He comes closer to me, and I punch his face. Hard. It shatters immediately.
"YES! Wait, what- what are you doing.." Skele-dude's face starts to reform.
"No, no don't do that!" I complain. He's officially reformed, and comes at me again. He's learned the way I want to fight. Boxing. The one thing I'm good at. He throws a few lousy punches. I realize something. If he keeps reforming, how am I supposed to defeat him? This day just keeps getting better and better. I turn around and run. It follows me as I run to the tree I slept in. I climb up it record fast. I know that he can't climb, so this should buy me some time. I hold my hand over my chest, catching my breath, and I feel my necklace. I pull it off my neck, and look at it. I look closer at the writing on it. κυνηγός. I somehow knew that meant "huntress."
"κυνηγός," I whispered. The necklace turned into a golden dagger, and I held back a shriek. I finally had a weapon.
The skeleton shook the tree. Right. I'm in the middle of a battle. I decide to play with Skele-dude.
"Yo, Skele-dude!" I yell down at him. He looks up at me.
"When you're ready come and get it! Na na na na, na na na!" I sing loudly. I jump down from the tree, and walk up to him.
"Let's go, dude," He makes a weird groan noise, then pulls a rib off his rib cage. He holds it like a dagger. Well, that's not freaky at all. I start fighting like I would if I was boxing. Go straight to the kill. I swing my left hand, the one holding the dagger, at him. He steps back out of the way, then tries to stab my stomach. I jump to the right, then try to stab him again. This continues for like 10 minutes. Okay, time for a new strategy. I turn around and sprint as fast as I can, which is pretty fast. Skele-dude looks confused, so I continue running. Once I've gotten far enough away, I start to circle around back. I end up behind Skele-dude, who's still looking for me. I sneak up behind him, and stab his spine. He explodes into golden dust. Wow. Did not expect that to happen... Anyway, continuing on. I head back to the tree where I was sleeping. I put my dagger on the ground while I climb up and get my bag. When I'm back on the ground, I realize something. How am I supposed to carry around this dagger without everyone seeing me? I can't just walk around America with a golden dagger like, Sup' dude! Wait, if saying the name turned the necklace into a dagger, saying the name should turn it back into a necklace.
"Okay, let's test this theory. κυνηγός." And, voila, my necklace is back in my hands. I put it on, and grab my miraculously unharmed bike. I get back on the road, and take off towards the east.