Earth Protectors

Hidden powers

"So Artemis, you still want to fish?" Selena asked as she poked at the fire at 5:30 am. Artemis gave her a look to kill. Her hair was messed up and she was extremely tired.

"Are you kidding? All the ducks probably hate me!" She said groggily. "Now get back to sleep, it's to early to be awake!" She said as she yawned. Selena poked at her with the stick that was burning slightly.

"Get up sleepy head! It's time to go hiking!" Artemis yelped as the embers went across her face.

"BITCH! SHIT!" Artemis slapped her hand across her mouth. "Fuck," she said under her breath. Luckily Mr. White was still asleep. Selena leaped up.

"I am SO sorry!! I didn't mean to that! I was aiming for your sleeping bag I swear!" She said pressing a wet clothe to Artemis's cheek. Artemis loosened up.

"Sorry, I called you bitch. First thing that came to my mind when I get burned. But you're not at the top of my list for shooting a killer next to me, now" Artemis said taking the wet clothe as Selena sat back down and continued poking the fire. Katrina got up.

"Did I hear someone say we're going on a hike?" she said as she stretched and sat down near the fire.

"We're going for a two km walk today, near the lake. We're going to fish and a hunter's coming to show us how to hunt ducks and kill them," Selena said as she threw the stick in the fire.

"Oh, that's simple, get Alex, Artemis and me to throw pastries at the!" Ashleigh said as she threw a rock towards the trees. Artemis sat down near the fire.

"Yeah, and we'll eat 'em! We eat what we kill," Artemis started to put her hand nearthe fire to warm up. "That's kind of strange, it was warm just a few minutes ago."

"Yeah, you're right, now it's like freezing!" Ashleigh said rubbing her hands in front of the fire.

"Oh, well, we're the only ones with a fire, so if it is really cold, more people are going to come over here."

" I don't like it when want to take from our work instead of enjoying the profit of their own work."

Alex walked over then and seated himself between Ashleigh and Artemis. "I'm an exception right?"

"Yeah," Ashleigh said sighing, because she was tired and it sounded like an I-like-you sigh. The girls around the fire chuckled.

"Someone wake up the others, they wouldn't want to miss out on a good ol' hike with Mr. White Arsehole would they?"

Jenia came up scratching her head, "I would ever so love to not hike today."

Katrina looked up at her, "Oh, come on, hiking is fun!"

"Yeah, you're right is, when Mr. White isn't around," Jenia said as she sat down. "so what's for breakfast?"

"Nothing," Artemis said staring into the fire.

"you know, I had a strange dream last night." Jenia said as she also stared into the fire.

"What was it about?" Artemis asked, entranced by the flickering flames.

"I dreamt that we were about to leave camp but then the cars and busses had disappeared, then we were alone, our group, and we were someplace else, kind of a rain forest setting then all of a sudden there were huge giant beast not unlike the ones we have on earth only larger. We all had one, though I can't remember what we had, I know Artemis had a wolf that was as big as a bear! And Alex had a cheeta as big as a bear also!"

"Strange dream, anything more?"

"No, I woke up then."

"Wow, you have hell of an imagination, Jenia."

Selena heard something from behind her and turned to see what it was, she saw a lizard. "Oh cool! Check it out! A horned lizard!"

"Don't most lizards have horns?" Artemis asked as Selena picked up the lizard. "In America they're called horny toads!" Everyone chuckled at this. Then all of a sudden Selena started to get scales. She threw down the lizard and it scurried off.

"Oh my Ra!" (Sorry, I have this thing against using the lord's name in vein.) She almost screamed, waking up Terry. They all witnessed the scales start to disappear.

"What the hell was that?" Terry asked as she sat straight up yanking the head phones cord out of the CD player.

" I-I don't know!" Selena said as the scales finally disappeared.

"Okay, That's strange, first Jen here has a strange dream then you get scales, that is just weird, what's next, am I going to be able to talk to raise fire and water and turn into a wolf?!" Artemis said as she raised her hands up, then the fire came up. Everyone gaped at this.

Katrina was first to recover, "okay, and I guess I could make the winds go what ever way I want!" She pointed south and the wind blew south. Her eyes and everyone else's eyes were saucers.

"And I'll just be able to conact spirits!" Alex said. Then a spirit came up. This was getting freakish for them so Artemis said, "Everyone, don't say a thing about this, Don't say anything more, just lets pretend it never happened okay?" Everyone nodded.

Unknown to them a shadowy figure lurked near the trees. It's eyes also saucers…..

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Ashleigh, I need to know your powers, and what your represented by. Anyone who feels like they didn't say what their powers can do please tell me. Now we're starting to pick up here, please review soon!! Also tell me what animal you want, you can't have more than two.

Bye for now!!