"What'd I do?" I asked.

I heard something like a bow shoot over me and looked up. Above me was a silver bow shooting arrows. "You are the second son of the virgin goddess Artemis."

"So much for virgin." I said under my breath, but apparently everyone still heard me since some people laughed.

"She is a virgin, but, like Athena, she creates her children or child seaming as she has only been known, by the gods, to have one. The only other known child of Artemis is…well I am not allowed to say his name." Chiron said.

I thought about the name that Artemis told me to remember, 'Jack B.L. Kenten, I wonder if that's the name of my half brother.'

They stood and Chiron said, "I must inform the gods of you."

He said 'you' in such a way it made me feel a little offended. "Can I come?" I asked.

"No. I must do this alone." I held out his hand and I gave him a middle five. He laughed and asked, "No, may I have the schedule back?"

I pulled out the paper I'd wadded up and put in my pocket out and gave it to him. "What do I do for the rest of the day then?"

"What ever you feel like to a certain extent, ask Mr. D if you have any questions."

I thought about getting advice from the lumpy old grouch I'd talked to the day before and said, "I think I'll ask other campers if I have any questions."

He patted me on the head and said, "Good, you're using your head. Never ask Mr. D for advice unless it's about Godly things."

Four hours later, 1:27 p.m.

Most people were wrestling so I thought I'd go there, but I found out quickly after Chiron left that I couldn't participate. So I decided that I would walk around, but people kept asking me to train with them and that wasn't so bad until I started getting annoyed by it. I took off running when seven Ares boys asked me to 'train' with them and ended up in the middle of the cabin area.

"Get back here!" Shouted one of the boys. I looked back and saw that they weren't too far behind.

"They're fast." I said.

I quickly looked around and saw a cabin with pillars, a checkerboard deck with steps, and gray walls. I ran over to it since its doors were already open. I banged my nose on an imaginary door and said, "Son of a Thanksgiving turkey!"

Apparently there were girls inside because when I said that they laughed. One girl said, "You're not Aphrodite's kid so you can't come in here unless we let you."

"Well could you let, ow," I said rubbing my nose, "let me in? I'm being chased by Ares kids."

"Sorry." She said after looking at the other girls that had shook their heads no. "Hey, aren't you Artemis's child? Her cabin is next door."

"Oh, thanks." I said and ran into the next cabin.

The inside of it was beautiful, silver all around, a statue of Artemis in the middle with a stag next to her, beds on both sides, and on the bottom of the roof was every deer-like animal in paint.

I was amazed by it until I heard the Ares kids at the door. "Get out here, virgin boy."

"At this age, I'm proud to be called a virgin."

"I don't care, just come out here so we can kill you."

"Nah, I'm good." I said.

"Oh, that's okay," said another one, "we can always get you another time."

"I really don't care." I said sitting down.

When they were walking away I overheard one of them say, "So much for virgin goddess, now she might as well be the slutty goddess."

Something inside of me snapped and the next thing I knew I had my hand around that guy's neck. "What did you say?" I asked angrily.

"U-um," he said as I raised him higher, "s-sul-"

I never let him finish that sentence in front of me, because I threw him into a tree nearby. "H-hey, you can't," said a smaller Ares kid. I stared him in the eyes and he was forced to look back, "d-do that."

"Oh ya? If you want to fight me then just say so." I said facing towards them. "I thought all of you were going to kill me."

The biggest of them aimed his spear at me and said, "We are and we aren't afraid."

He threw his spear at me and I caught it just before it hit me. "You," I said aiming it at him, "fail."

I almost threw it at him, but a voice that chilled me to the bone asked, "Do you really want to lower yourself to their level?"

They bowed down and said, "Lady Artemis."

I couldn't find the strength to even move until she touched me on the shoulder. I dropped the spear and looked at her. I knew that it was Artemis, my mother, but she looked younger then me. She looked like a twelve year old girl with auburn colored hair and silvery eyes just like mine.

"Mom?" I asked a little confused.

"Yes, I am your mother. Now why were you picking on the young men? And I do use that term loosely when talking about the god of wars children." She said.

"They," I said looking away, "said something that they shouldn't have."

"And what was that?"

"Anyone of them could tell you."

I knew she wasn't satisfied with that answer, but she took it anyway. "Very well, then, would one of you mind telling me what this is all about?" She asked and I looked at them.

The one whose spear I had in my hands earlier said, "He," pointing at the kid that I threw, "called you," he cleared his throat and continued, "a, um, sl-slutty g-goddess."

Artemis raised an eyebrow and said, "You men and your revolting language." And she walked to her cabin.

I realized then that she had a somewhat large group of girls following her. There were fifteen to twenty of them all wearing the same clothes and had a faint silver glow to them like my mother. I followed them seaming as I hadn't put my stuff up.

When I got inside I saw the girls doing all different things, putting away their things, lying in bed, brushing their hair, and more. One girl that was in bed already moved so that she could see me and asked, "Are you going to sleep in here?"

I looked at her and said, "Ya, because no one wants me in their cabin and I'm Artemis child." And I walked to my bed which was the closest to the door.

I had the bottom bunk and saw that the girl was still looking at me. Her eyes were electrifying; literally, it looked like lightning was going around in her eyes. "That sucks." She said.

"Ah," I said sarcastically, "thanks."

She hopped out of her bunk and said, "Cut me some slack, I'm not good at this sympathy thing."

I popped my back lying down and said, "Its okay neither am I."

She smiled and walked out of the cabin. Another girl walked up to me and asked, "How long are you going to be here?"

I looked at her and into her brown eyes and said, "As long as Artemis is my mother."

"Oh, well how long is it before you go to sleep?" She asked.

I thought about it for a minute then said, "As long as it takes."

She looked aggravated and asked, "How long is that?"

"This." I said holding up some sleeping pills.

"You could've just said that!" She yelled and went away.

I put my sleeping pills away and looked at what else my parents had put in my bag. Not long after that Artemis came over and said, "Please do not torment my hunters."

I felt stupid for doing it and said, "Okay, I won't do it anymore."

She looked into my eyes and said, "Promise."

"I promise not to torment you hunters anymore." I said and got up.

"Where are you going?" She asked.

I opened the door and said, "To help a friend." And walked away.