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Theron looked around him. Everyone except Eva and he were open mouthed for the walk back to the cabins. Scott had told them that there had never been any children from Artemis. Ever. He said that Artemis had a maiden vow which meant that she was never going to have children or even fall in love. By claiming you two, she has publicly claimed that she broke her vow and is not ashamed of it. Scott said he wondered what will happen to the Hunters of Artemis. He had said that they were a group of normal people of half-bloods that Artemis granted immortality to if they took a maiden vow and hunted monsters with her. No boys allowed. Theron still had to sleep in the unclaimed cabin because their never had been a cabin built for Artemis's children since she was expected not to have any. Theron headed back towards the male unclaimed cabin. He was the only one in there now since Jacob and Max were now claimed. Everyone just stared at him as he walked past. Eva was behind him, dragging her feet as she thought about how now they would be all alone. They were walking towards the cabins with everyone who had finally gotten over the shock, when Clover caught up with them.
"You are now a target of some of the monsters around here. They will see you as important and try to take you out first" He said
"Well that's encouraging" Theron said glumly.
"Why didn't I see it before?" Clover said now, talking to himself "Theron means 'fierce hunter' and Eva means 'beautiful moon'"
"Even we didn't know that" Said Eva not moving her gaze from the ground. The trio trudged towards their cabins but, once again, before that got there, someone caught up with them. Chiron.
"I would like to see if the oracle has anything to say about this." He said as he averted their course so it headed towards an old house. Chiron led them in and pulled a ladder down from the ceiling. He gestured for Eva and Theron to go up the ladder but barred Clover's way.
"Only half-bloods my go up there" he said.
"You and I will wait for them down here"
Theron moved back and made a fake bow
"Ladies first" he said
Eva made a face
"Why are boys only polite when they want to be?" She asked in a disgusted tone but she headed up the ladder first anyway. When they were both in the attic, they advanced towards the other end. The past all sorts of forgotten treasures like an art piece of a fat dude, a sculpture of a naked child peeing like a fountain and other strange things. When they got to the other side they saw a female mummy. You could tell it was female because of the body shape and you could still see raven black hair coming through the bandages. The mummy's head was lying at a crooked angle implying that the neck had been broken and was the probable cause of death. A green mist appeared, swirling around the mummy's head. Theron jumped back in surprise as the green mist was sucked into the mummy's mouth and it began to talk.
Seven shall go but only four shall return
Hestia, Apollo and Artemis it shall concern
Aphrodite and Hephaestus shall be involved
Their children the enemy of one controlled
A protector shall go with them as a guide
He shall take them and in him they will confide
To find a collar to silence a voice
It all rests upon one final choice
The green vapour evacuated from the mummy's body and dissipated into thin air. Eva stared shocked at the mummy.
"I guess that was the oracle" She said to the equally stunned Theron. She slowly turned around and headed back to the ladder. Theron followed her without a word. When they reached the ground, Eva turned to face Chiron
"Maybe next time you send us to a place where a mummy talks, could you please give us a little warning?!" She said incredulously. Theron could only nod his head in agreement. He headed out the small door, almost forgetting to duck. He glanced back at Eva and he no longer saw a girl but a woman. Since she was twelve, she had taken on the role as mother as they had never had one. She was always telling Theron to clean his room or do his homework and boring stuff like that. It was three days until their sixteenth birthday. Wait, THREE DAYS! He must get a present for her. While he was running his brain through for anything else he might have forgotten, a screech like a metal on metal grinding kind of sound, echoed through the valley. A flock of pigeons took flight, their escape route crossing paths with the little groups. As the pigeons got closer, Theron saw metal beaks and metal feathers. In addition to the creepiness, they had glowing red eyes and were omitting the strange shriek.
"What are those things" Said Eva
"Stymphalian birds. They are carnivorous-" He was cut off by Theron
"Skip the definition, what do we do?" He said
"Climb on," The centaur said
"I know this situation. If we just copy what Percy and Annabe-" Cut off by Theron again.
"Just tell us what we need to do" Said Theron
"Sorry, sorry," said the centaur apologetically
"Just hold on until I get to my cabin and I will discuss the rest when we get there" Theron clutched the centaur's mane. Well it was more of a tuft of hair at the base but the word 'mane' should suffice. Chiron sped up his hoof beats once the distraction of talking had stopped. When they got to the cabin, Theron slid of Chiron's sweaty back and went inside. Eva supported Clover as he slid down, wincing at the still-present pain in his hip. Theron turned back to Chiron
"What are we looking for?" He asked
"You are looking for the audio system and I'll pick a record" Said the centaur casually. Theron stared at him incredulously
"This is no time to be listening to music" Theron said angrily
"Who's listening to music?" Chiron asked, genuinely confused. His face cleared as he realised what Theron was talking about.
"The loud vibrations in the air disrupt the Stymphalian Bird's mechanics so it should disorientate them. The only noise they really like is their own shriek."
Theron looked away without a word. He picked up the audio system and carried it outside. Eva shrugged her should at Clover as if to say 'Boys'. Chiron chose a record; it looked something from Elvis Presley, and slid it into the machine that Theron had set up. He turned the volume to maximum and hit play. The oncoming wall of Stymphalian birds stopped in their tracks and shook their heads at each other and kept coming.
"Why didn't that work?" Chiron asked no-one in particular. Theron stared at the birds in disbelief. He didn't change his gaze until he saw something. A little yellow earplug sticking out of the nearest bird's left ear. Suddenly he knew why the music didn't work on them.
"Chiron, the music doesn't work because the birds are wearing earplugs!" He shouted just before the wave of birds hit. Theron couldn't hear anything except metal scraping on metal and those horrible shrieks. He couldn't even here himself scream. Theron could see anything either, just metal feathers in his face. He yelled out for Eva but he could even here that himself. Just as everything was going dark he saw a beautiful figure. The female twisted a bow from behind her back and seemed to be elegant, even whilst fighting. She hardly sustained a scratch as she demolished the birds. He saw her standing triumphant over the carcasses of the birds. And then she vanished. And when she did everything went with her.
*Time Jump*
In a red Holden not twenty metres away behind the Chiron's cabin, Laura-lie screeched with success.
"Finally," She said happily
"The mighty Artemis decides to show herself. And she has a weakness. The cold hearted hunter does have feelings. And especially, there is a male among them. The female, Eva deserves what she gets but Theron is mine."
She cackled evilly in a way that you would have probably thought not possible for a person so beautiful. Simon laughed a little under his breath.
"What so funny?" Laura-lie said, immediately changer her tone into a much sweeter melody.
"Now that you pointed it out, I think it's funny that a twin god had twin children" He said
"Oh shut up you bumbling moron. Now, how to lure Apollo out. If we can get him out, than Artemis will have no choice but to abide by my demands." She said
"How about we mess with his children, I mean that worked for Artemis and there were only two of them. Apollo has twelve vulnerable children" Simon suggested
"Hey! The idiot had an idea! Everyone applaud!" She clapped her hands vigorously
"Now, how to mess with the Apollo cabin" She said mock thoughtfully
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