Hey readers! Here is chapter 9!
luna lovegood rwjh: Yeah, the reason I didn't do that because I wanted it to be a special case for Arabella, if I did it too many times it would get old.
Gelphie Wicked: By add do you mean update?
And it's time for everyone's favorite demi-god gameā¦
*Drum roll*
Capture the Flag!
Over the next few days, Laura continued to make me participate in activities with the other cabins, and it was driving me crazy.
I didn't have good luck like the children of Tyche. I couldn't do anything with a rainbow, so Iris was out. I wasn't able to summon magic like Hecate, or preserve youth like Hebe. I didn't have a good memory like Mnemosyne; and I didn't purposely make people's lives miserable like the Eris cabin. I was pretty skeptic about being a child of Nemesis; they held too many grudges for my taste.
"It's okay." Laura told me "You're probably a child of Aphrodite, or maybe even Hermes, don't worry about it.
"Yeah that makes me feel better." I had mumbled sarcastically.
I sat down on the hill overlooking the Long Island Sound, watching the clouds turn from white to purple, pink, and orange, as the sun sank lower in the sky.
I sighed and put my head in my hands.
"What's wrong?" someone asked me.
I looked up and saw Pynzlee standing over me.
"Hey Pynz." I said gloomily.
She sat down next to me and wrapped her arms around her legs "So what's troubling you so much that you're sitting here by yourself watching the sun set?"
I took a deep breath "I don't feel like I belong in any of the cabins that people expect me to be."
Pynzlee frowned "That's it?"
"No." I said "It makes me feel different, like there's something about me that everyone is missing. A crucial detail that could give me a clue about who my mom is."
"Well whatever happens, just remember that I'm your friend, and friends stick together." Pynzlee said.
I smiled at her "Thanks Pynz."
"Now come on." She replied, standing up "It's almost time for the campfire."
That night at the campfire, Chiron announced that capture the flag would be held tomorrow afternoon. It sounded like a pretty exciting game; I hardly slept out of pure excitement.
The next day we all marched down to the forest with our team, led by the Athena cabin, along with Hecate, Morpheus, Hebe, Hephaestus, Eris, Aphrodite, and Nemesis.
The opposing team was led by the children of Nike, who had made alliances with the Apollo, Poseidon, Hypnos, Dionysus, Ares, Demeter, Iris, Tyche, and Mnemosyne cabins.
Chiron cleared his throat "Heroes!" he said, getting all our attention "Remember; the creek bed is the limit, and no maiming or killing is allowed." He looked at the Ares campers "That includes you Martin."
"Oh man!" Martin groaned.
Annabeth blew a whistle and we gathered for a team huddle.
"Here's the plan." Annabeth said to us "Eris, Morpheus, Hephaestus, and the rest of my cabin will capture the other team's flag, while Hebe, Hermes, and half of the Aphrodite cabin distracts them. The other half will guard our flag with Nemesis, Hecate, and Arabella."
"Me?" I asked in surprise.
The huddle broke before I got an answer As soon as Chiron gave the starting signal, everyone on offense ran toward the enemy base.
"We should all hide until the other team comes to capture our flag." Benjamin from the Nemesis cabin suggested "That way we'll have the element of surprise."
We all agreed and took a place in the bushes, waiting for the other team's arrival.
They didn't disappoint, soon after we hid, kids from the Apollo, Poseidon, and Dionysus cabins sneaked up to our base.
"This is weird." Said one of the girls from Apollo. "Isn't there supposed to be someone guarding it?"
"Who cares?" Derek said "This is the easiest game of capture the flag ever."
Pynzlee bit her lip and narrowed her eyes "It's almost too easy." She stated suspiciously.
With those words, we all jumped out of our hiding places and faced the opposing team.
I pulled out my bow and notched an arrow. I took aim, nailing one Apollo kid to a tree by the sleeve of his shirt.
"Hey!" he yelped, trying to tug himself free. But he couldn't pull the arrow out; it was buried too deep in the bark.
Thankfully, there was no dryad living in the tree, or I would have been in trouble big-time.
I laughed at him, and grabbed another arrow from my quiver.
This time I aimed at Derek, who was fighting against Hayden. I shot him in the toe of the left shoe; it didn't hurt him (It hadn't gone in far enough) but it sure surprised him.
Hayden took advantage of the distraction, and knocked the sword out of Derek's hand with his spear.
I pulled out another arrow and fired a warning shot at a kid battling Annabeth. As it whizzed by his ear, he turned around, giving Annabeth the opportunity to escape with the other team's flag.
Meanwhile, Pynzlee had made off with our flag, and was nearly at the Nike cabin's base when a giant scorpion emerged from the woods.
It was at least 15 feet long, with its hideous mottled purple color, giant pincers, and stinger dripping with orange venom; it paralyzed half the campers just by hissing at them.
"What is that thing?" someone yelled.
The scorpion ignored the other campers, pincers snapping, it charged Pynzlee.
Screaming with terror, Pynzlee dropped the flag and ran.
Panicking, I threw my makeshift bow and arrows aside, and took off my crescent moon necklace...
I heard people gasp as it changed into a silver bow and arrows.
I drew my bow, took my stance, aimed, and fired quicker than you could say 'Archery'.
The arrow hit just as the scorpion pinned Pynzlee against the ground.
With a hiss of pain, it exploded into white dust.
The game forgotten, everyone stared at me as if I had just erupted in flames.
"What?" I asked them anxiously.
Annabeth, looking totally astonished pointed to something above my head.
I looked up and saw a silvery holographic image of a crescent moon casting moonlit glow upon me.
Unmoving, the entire camp just stared, until Chiron came forward and kneeled. Everyone, still looking stunned, followed his example.
"Hail Arabella De Luna." He announced grimly "Daughter of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, maiden of the moon."
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