Hey party people. Sorry bout not updating. I took a little break from writing. But im back! So, here ya go! Enjoy! :D

Chapter 7

Friday night. Capture the flag at last. Everyone was bustling with joy. I picked up a few rumors about how the Hermes cabin cheats, so I made a mental note to make an alliance with them. But I would have to watch out for the Ares cabin. From what I heard, I hear that the head counselor, Butch Mason, is killer with his crossbow. Ahh, a worthy opponent. I couldn't help but chuckle to myself.

Ok, the good news is the Hermes cabin made an alliance with the Hephaestus cabin so I would get to be on the same team as Alec. The bad news is, Hermes also made an Alliance with Aphrodite. I could tell this equation would end badly.

I wasn't really sure what to do, so just decided to stay close to Alec. "Don't worry Diana, you'll do great. I've seen what you can do with a bow." Thank gods for Alec, he always knew what to say. Just then, we all heard a conch shell which told everyone that capture the flag was about to start. We all put our helmets on. Our team had big iron helmets with red plumes and the other team had blue plumes on their helmets. We all made our way to the field where Chiron was waiting for everyone. "Ok everyone," he said. "You all know the rules. No killing, keep maiming to a minimum, magic items are allowed, and for the god's sake absolutely no skinning alive prisoners. That means you Butch." Everyone snickered but Butch didn't seem too thrilled. Everyone started to pull out their custom weapons. Butch had his crossbow, Alec had a mace, even Heather had some kind of staff. I wished I had a magical item.

The conch sounded again, and we were off. Everyone started bolting for the opposing team's flag. I just decided to hang back and wait for instructions. I found a spot on the grass and sat down, getting lost in my thoughts. I got so distracted; I didn't notice there was someone behind me until there was a blow to my head. I looked behind me and saw that it was Heather standing over me with her staff. "What the fuck is your problem you crazy bitch?" I yelled straight at her.

"You stole my man! I see how Alec looks at you! Well, I'm here to take him back, by taking you out of the picture!" She swung her staff at me. I just dodged it by a hair. She was swinging that thing at me left and right, up and down, all over the place. I was a bit confused. Since when was I this agile? Finally I screamed, "ENOUPH!" and shoved heather backwards by hitting her with my bow. She looked pretty bad, with a crushed nose and bloody lip. Apparently the game ended because everyone came running towered us. Butch had a ring of gold leaves on his head, so I guess that means we lost. But that's not really what was on everyone's mind. Everyone was staring at me, with big eyes and disbelief on their faces. I didn't see what they were looking at until I looked up. Over my head was a glowing crescent moon with a silver deer running through a forest. Then I looked down and saw that I was wearing the same outfit that I wore in my dream the night of the Winter solstice. Chiron walked up to me and yelled with a solemn voice, "Hail Diana Walker, daughter of Artamis, Goddess of the Hunt."