So, two updates in a row as promised. Next week we will be back to the update every two weeks, with longer chapters than what I can write with the double update. See you at the bottom.
A week later I am back hunting, thinking of what happened after I killed bear. As I had picked up the bear, putting it over my back, the blood slowly dripping on my jacket from the two wounds. Emily and Alicia, staring at the large bear, hanging off my shoulders, my body bent over nearly in half. I would straighten up as best I could, the bear a good extra 300 pounds on my back. Emily would grab my bow that I left on the ground, as I begin walking to the camp with the bear.
The bear on my back, slowly slipping as I push it back up, the paw hanging in front of my neck. Just ten minutes into the hike back I am sweating up a storm, slightly panting from the weight. I would lean onto a tree, slightly out of breath as Emily and Alicia continue talking.
As they talked about some Hunters thing, I would catch my breath as they continued to walk barely ahead of me now. I would start to walk again, pushing forward as best I can. Panting, I would reach where I first found the bear tracks. I would drop the bear to the ground, leaning on its' body as I sit down. My breath, barely coming out at a normal pace, sounding like it was from a dying creature. Emily and Alicia look back at hearing that noise, laughing as my head is bobbing with each breath.
"Get up. We are nearly there." Emily orders, walking back to me. I nod, standing up, and with a struggle pick the bear back up onto my shoulders. My head hanging low, I would restart walking. Once we reach the camp entrance, a Hunter would call out.
"The punching bag is home!" Laughing, as she yells that. I hear running footsteps toward me as my head starts to bob even more. I would hear them stop short, as they notice the bear with the two arrows in its body.
"Drop the bear." Emily orders, as I let it fall off my shoulders, me coming not even a second later to sit. I would hear two sets of footsteps walking over, both fast and slow at the same time.
"What is the meaning of this?" Artemis demands, as she walks over to the huge crowd.
"We came to laugh at the slave for not being a hunter, but he did get something…" One of the Hunters tries to explain, as Artemis looks at the bear.
"No…. That's impossible…" I hear her say under her breath as she leans close to me, looking at my face. She shakes it once, before stopping. "No. It can't be."
I would look up towards the sky, my head resting on the bear's bloody body. My eye would slowly close, about to fall asleep. I would gently fall asleep, by breathing slowly getting back to a normal pace.
Once I fall asleep, I see a dream. I see my old house, looking at the old windows and the faded door. As the rain pours on it's roof, I notice a hooded figure running up the steps. The person drops a basket in front of the door, as I teleport over to them. The hooded figure, now most definitely, pulls the cover off the basket. I jump back in shock, seeing my own face. The one I always saw in baby pictures. But with bright silver eyes.
The hooded figure stands up, and I notice one thing about her. I know her. She is the baby's, no MY mother. When I get a good look at her face I once more jump back, unable to think.
"When you kill in front of me, you will remember me." She says, ringing the doorbell, and as the charm starts, leaves a note and vanishes. As the door opens I notice my father, with a bad haircut. The dream stops, and goes away as I wake up, in a different spot than I was before.
"What did you see?" Artemis demands, looking over me inside her tent.
"Do I call you Mistress Artemis, or can I just say mom?" I ask, a slight smile on my face.
Yep! I did that. I pulled that. Has anyone done this story in a way similar to this? I don't think so, nor do I know of anything…. So, I am just going to do something. *Places flag* First. See you in two weeks.