So longer chapter and I'm feeling better so after a nap I will write another chapter. So there is a possibility of a double header tonight :3. Okay so thx to Yuul as always your a inspiration to me to keep writing. Now folks R&R and thanks for not flaming me for a bad chapter when I was sick I appreciate it.

IM NOT RICK


Chapter 11

I Hug Fire

So you know those moment in life where you remember something, and that something was so embarrassing that you wish you would just die. I'm sure Id looked back at what I said next the same way, "Are you all Hunters of Artemis." Yep, I'm a genius. The girl with spiked black hair, stormy blue eyes, and a silver circlet in her hair, glared at me, "Yes we are all huntresses." I nodded, then she folded her arms, "Now if you would be so kind, to get out and tell Chiron that we are here." I glared, I was getting angry now, "What do you mean get out?" I noticed that almost all the girls were glaring at me.

The one stepped forward her eyes seemed to have lighting bolt running threw them, then she spoke a little soft at first then she growled, "What do you think I mean, get out of are cabin, campers aren't aloud in here!" Then Angie and Heather came running in. I was about to shout at this girl but held my tongue when I saw the two, they were both smiling, "Thalia, your here." Angie gripped the girls arm, "Is Lady Artemis with you?" Heather seemed to stay right next to me he eyes fixed on the group, whose eyes were still fixed on me. Thalia smiled at my friends, "No, she is not and it is good to see you two, but at the moment I am dealing with a idiot who wants to be fried." Her eyes turned back to me.

Mine glaring back at her, "An why, if you would be so nice as to tell me would I get fried in my own cabin." I heard a gasp come from all the girls and saw Thalia grinding her teeth, yep was making her angry, good I thought, how dare she treat me like a messenger boy, no offense to Hermes. I watched as she walked past Angie, her fist balled, "What do you mean your cabin." I could of swore that she had electric charges running over her skin and cloths. I almost took a step back, almost, "I mean I'm in my cabin and I will not be told what to do, if you want me to do some thing, ask nicely." One of the girls in the back stood, "How dare you!" I looked at her, she had big brown eyes and brown hair, that was put up like some ancient noble in one of those medieval movies I like so much. "This is the cabin of the Huntresses, huntresses not hunters, maidens not little boys." Little okay now I was angry I growled in a very wolf like voice, "Do not call me little." Okay I realize that a lot of people called me pipsqueak, shortie, and so forth, but those people were my friends, well most of them were, and the ones that weren't, I'd deal with. But this girl called me it with such venom in her voice I could have swore I was going to die from it.

I about took a step forward when I noticed all the hunters excepted Thalia, Angie, and Heather were point arrows at me. I didn't take that step but I didn't back down. "Once more I shale ask you again, what do you mean your cabin?" I sighed, "I mean, I am the son of Artemis." Thalia's eyes widened as did the rest of the girls in the cabin, "He lies, are lady is a maiden she would not do such a thing." The same girl, she really didn't like me. But Thalia held up her hand and the smile mummer that had started died off. "Heather, Angie, is this true,is he the son of Artemis?" Heather nodded then looked at me, but before she could answer a different girl yelled, "That cant be they must be lying and he must some how had tricked them." I noticed everyone in the room flinched as I howled, angry, my voice though wasn't human when I did it, it was like every predator in nature had given voice to my roar. I stomped past them all and grabbed my stuff. Turned and left, I think I let out a few curses. Not some thing my father would have approved of but I was seriously angry now. I heard Angie and Heather calling after me and I ignored them. I walked all the way to the arena and tossed my stuff next to Mrs. O' Leary's door and flopped down. I whistled and waited, my anger still high. I watched as my wolf Twilight came walking in to the arena, who was intently meet by by Mrs O' Leary who was doing the average dog thing, Twilight didn't seem to mind as he walked over and flopped down next to me. Mrs. O' Leary seemed to understand the mood and walked over and flopped down on my other side. I sighed and laid down, my head on Twilight's furry side and my legs on Mrs. O' Leary's hind quarters.

I didn't remember falling asleep but I was woken up by a familiar voice, "What are you doing here?" My eyes flickered open, and they meet Jill's her brown eyes seemed less firie and more, worried. I sat up both animals still laid around me, " I was thinking." She frowned a this, "Stupid dog boy, the entire camp has been looking all over for you, you had us worried." My eyebrows knitted together, "Worried, you and every one else why?" She glared at me now, "Cause you've been missing for five hours now, no one knew were you where." I stretched, "Sorry, was just thinking." She huffed, "Well next time tell some of were your going, you had m-" She stopped then turned, "I mean Clarisse and the Apollo guys worried." I nodded but I had a feeling she just about said some thing she didn't want me to know. "Oh, well don't worry to much I can take care of myself, but thank you any ways." I stood and dusted myself off. Turning to Twilight I petted him then Mrs. O' Leary, "Now play nice you two."

Walking out Jill was quiet and seemed to stay a bit away from me. I walked towards my cabin then stopped, my stuff slung on my back, "Yeah I forgot." I sighed and turned my fear heading towards the forest, "Where are you doing?" Jill asked as she ran to catch up to me, "To put my stuff up." She looked at me then back at my cabin, but stayed quiet. I went into the woods, Jill still following as I reached a young oak tree I knocked on it. A young wood nymph appeared. I asked if I could put my stuff up in her tree and sleep there if I need, she had said it was okay. I climbed the tree and set my stuff down. I climbed down and turned to leave, Heather and Angie were standing there now, along with Thalia. Jill stood away from then, glaring.

I gave a small nodded to them, "Can I help you?" Heather and Angie looked like they were upset, but didn't say any thing, "Yes, you can tell me why you just put your stuff up the tree." I looked up at my stuff then looked back at Thalia, "Oh, thought that would be a nice place to sleep from now on." I went to step around when she stepped in front of me, "An why would you do that, when Lady Artemis claimed you, an you have a perfectly good cabin to sleep in." My eyes narrowed, but I didn't get to answer, Jill growled, "Why should he sleep in a room where all the girls hate him, why should he have to put up with that." Thalia glared at Jill, "And what would a daughter of Ares care what happens to him much alone how he feels." I could have swore that Jill was going to run her threw, but she gritted her teeth, "Cause hes my friend, an I don't like how you hunters have treat him so far."

"Oh, an how would you know how we treated him." Heather and Angie looked nervous, "Cause I found him in the arena sleeping with the dog and wolf of his, that an he had all his stuff so either you ran him out, or you girls made him feel unwanted." Thalia's eyes narrowed, "Very interesting, a child of Ares who can use her brain." Jill took a step, but I threw my arm up in front of her, she stopped but didn't stop glaring at Thalia, "I think that enough, I will not be coming back to the cabin until all the Hunters I do not call friend are gone, nor will I eat with you." I let my arm down as the horn sounded and I walked past them, Jill followed behind me.

I walked out of the forest and was insistently swarmed by the Apollo cabin, "Hey dude were you been we were worried." Will threw his arm around my shoulder as I walked, "Sorry was relocating." Will frowned at this, "Hey man if you need a place to stay we got bunks." Jill shook her head, "You cant do that, we cant sleep in other cabins, you know that Will." He frowned, "Come on red, surly are dad wouldn't mind, hes are cuz after all." She shook her head but didn't say any thing, "No worries Will, but thanks." Will shrugged, "Well if you change your mind don't even think about it, just come on in and take a nap." I nodded then stopped at the top of the pavilion and waited leaning on one of the white stone columns. Chiron was doing the announcement when Heather and Angie came up next to me.

"Are you alright." I nodded, "We're so sorry about that, it just that most of the girls are like Lady Artemis and don't like boys, Angie, Thalia, and Me are weird huntresses. We don't mind you." I laughed at this, "Thalia doesn't mind me that a good one." Angie frowned, "She doesn't she a friend of Percy's and Nico's and there both boys." Nico's name made a cold chill run down my spin, the fears he had shown me they were still fresh in my mind. I nodded, "Fine, but that doesn't mean that what happened back there was right and that Id forgive them all at a drop of the hat, Ill be fine out in the woods for a bit so don't worry." I then turned my attention to Chrion who was talking about this Friday's capture the flag against the huntresses. Then it was time for food. I grabbed a plate and offered a piece of ham off to my mother and walked away. Sitting in the arena I threw two big chunks of meat I had swiped to Mrs. O' Leary and Twilight.

Then some one sat down next to me. I looked up to find Jill and Clarisse, "Hey tiny, care if we join you." I smiled at the two and shook my head, "No be my guest." I had a good time they both were trying to cheer me up in there Ares cheering up kind of way. Clarisse told me if I wanted her to she'd go kick the hunters butts for me. I laughed and told her she was just looking for a reason to fight again, she shrugged and said I was right. Jill was more on the telling me jokes which were really good. We laughed and had a good time, Clarisse left first some thing about a consular meeting, she said that I'd have to go to one some time seeing as I was the only camper in the Artemis cabin, I laughed and said I leave politics up to the adults, she frowned and said some thing about only being 19.

Jill and me sat there, she then sat back and looked at the stars, I noticed how her eyes seemed to catch the reflection of the stars and it made her eyes shin brighter, I shook my head and looked away. Jill coughed, "So will you really be sleeping in that tree?" I smiled and looked back, "Yeah nothing to worry about, I am always at home in nature and Ill have Twilight with me." She nodded, then did some thing that I was not expecting she leaned over and hugged me, "Okay, just be careful Id hate to lose one of the few friends I have in this camp." I smiled and nodded, "Yes ma'am, Id hate for you to lose you practice dumb." She laughed and stood, "Yeah me to, night shortie." I nodded, "See ya, red." And she was gone. I stood up and whistled, Twilight followed me out to the woods were I climbed the tree and laid down, sleep took me in a second and the dream followed.

Mr Huff stood looking over what looked like a camp, a smile on his face as I watch monsters working on weopans and such not in the camp. Then the scene shifted, a young mam with black hair and blue eyes, stood before a young girl with auburn hair and silver eyes stood before him. Then in a voice I had heard in a few other of my dreams, "I will give you what you ask." Then it woke up to a horn blowing. I sat up and looked around, the forest was humming with the the morning light, I felt a bit sleep still as I crawled out of the tree. I stretched and walked for the camp. I went up to the pavilion grabbed some toast and left eating as I went.

My day went like normal, training with Jill and Clarisse, more bruises but Jill seemed to be taking it easy on me today. Then target practice with the Apollo campers, survival with the Demeter, Eos, Selene and Nike. Then free time which I went to check on my wolf. After that was lunch, once more I just grabbed my food and walked off after offering up some rolls to my mother. After lunch was the climbing wall, the wind cabin and Hecate cabin were with me on this one. One of the Notus kids got a small burn, but besides that nothing to series. After that was free time again, and though I did all these things with other cabins barley any one talked to me unless they were in the Apollo, Ares or Athena cabin and I noticed that the Aphrodite cabin was giving me a lot of mean looks. I didn't pay this any mind. But you know what they say about ignorance, free time I was working on some leather working, I wanted to pay all my friends back for the dagger sheaths. So I was letting a satyr teacher me about leather crafting. When it happened, a girl with long dark hair and bright blue eyes sat down next to me and grinned, "So, you mom is the little virgin goddess." I sighed, "Yes I guess that is right, your point." She smiled, very pretty smile but a little to perfect for my taste. "Just wanted to know how you felt about that." I shrugged, "Not my place, never meet my mom , but I'm sure she has her reasons." Not that I fully understood nor wanted to. "So, you don't care if you mom doesn't know what love is?" I cursed as I pricked myself with a needle.

Sticking my finger into my mouth and growled, "Once more don't know not my place, its her choice not mine." She frowned, "But as her son your not worried, you don't care about you mothers happiness?" I growled loudly this time, my voice inhuman as I did so, "Why should I care, shes been fine all this time ," I noticed her smiling, "Oh so does that mean she didn't love your father." Wrong button to push, I stood up and got right into her face, "I don't think that any of your business now leave me alone and don't ever say another word about my father again!" The last bit came out as a viscus growl. She seemed to go pail as she stood and walked away from me I sat down hard ad glared at the leather I was working on, Ten minutes later I had a ruined piece of leather and a lot of bleeding fingers. I cursed and walked off.

I went back to were I was sleeping at and sat down listing to the sound of nature around me when Thalia and three other hunters found me, I sighed, "What can I help you with." Thalia walked over followed by the three, "I came to talk to you," I nodded at this, "yeah I kind of guessed that, what can I do for you?" I know I was being a jerk but I was already in a fowl mood and didn't want any more confrontations. Thalia looked at me, "I came to apologize." I looked up in shock, "What?" She sighed, "I came to say sorry, this is very hard for me to do so please just say you forgive us and come back." I shook my head, "Wait, what, why?" She rolled her eyes, "I didn't know about all the details, I knew Lady Artemis had a child but I assumed it was a girl." I nodded, "I see, but that doesn't mean its right how the rest of the hunters treat guys, Heather and Angie made me think that the hunters were well like girls that were nice and not sexist." Thalia nodded, "Then I come walking in, get told what to do and then insulted by being called a lair." The one girl with the hair like a noble was one of the three, along with the one who had said that I was tricking my friends, "I know what they said I was there, and I am asking you to forgive them and me." I looked at her, "Fine Ill forgive you, but I'm not coming back, I know when I'm not wanted and I don't care what any you say, you might be friends with guys Thalia, but the others aren't and I feel its best if I don't get near them."

Thalia nodded, "Fine that is your choice, now the next thing I was going to ask was, will you be on are team for capture the flag this coming up Friday." I shook my head, "Sorry I have an alliance with Ares, Apollo, Athena, Selene, and Poseidon. That and I already told the Apollo cabin Id help win against the hunters for the first time ever. I saw Thalia smile wide,"Okay, but don't expect us to hold back just because you the son of are Lady." I grinned, "Wouldn't want it any other way." Hmm, I wanted to win now and I need to talk to the Athena kids it was time to win for the first time ever. I stood and walked my mind getting ready already though it was several days still to come.