Chapter 3- Daytime
The next morning everyone woke up to a weird sound, it sounded like a swoop then a ball or something hitting a tree. Everyone moaned and groaned as they crawled out of there tents, they looked around then at each other realizing it was from behind the tents.
They saw about four to six trees with paper targets on them, they where at different heights on the trees and where at different distances, then as they looked they saw Atlanta she looked concentrated.
She stood in the same place, she had a arrow carrier over her right shoulder, and held a bow in her left arm, it looked to be in one motion, her right arm reached behind her and grabbed an arrow from the carrier and pulled it out in front of her, still in one motion she snapped it on the bow she pulled back with her middle and index fingers, she pulled it back to her cheek, she squinted her eye, and she reelected it opening her eyes, she did all of this in one swift movement only about 10 seconds at most the repeating it again, and again.
Not stopping what she was doing "Good morning" she said
"Atlanta what time is it?" asked Herry yawning
"Ya you destroyed my beauty sleep" wined Neil
"First Neil snoring all night now… being wakened up early in the morning… when can a guy get some sleep" said Archie and Jay at the same time not very happy
"When I lived down hear I used to do this every morning at six o'clock" she said using her last arrow and turning to the others
"Its six o'clock in the morning" said Odie
"Nonsense I wanted to make up for the last few years and woke up an hour earlier it actually five o'clock" she said happily with a lot of energy
Then she walked to the truck and through her gear in the back "I'm going for a run, see you sleepy heads later" she said running off down the trail
She ran the trail for a bit, the forest is so beautiful; how I miss this place she thought she didn't bring her iPod because for once she wanted to hear the wonderful sound of nature around her instead of the city streets as she ran she looked left and right enjoying the run "Ahh how beautiful this place is… how I miss it so" she said to herself "how proud would Artemis be knowing I worked on my day off, I wonder if she misses me, her wonderful descendent"
Then all of the sudden she herd a crack of a branch to her right, she stopped and looked around nervously not knowing who or what it was. She herd another crack behind her she quickly turned, at that moment she thought she saw a black figure run behind a tree in the far distance.
"Come out…. Show yourself" she yelled in the same direction "Archie, Jay…..Herry, Neil is that you" she shouted, then she stood there for a few minutes in dead silence, she finally figured it was probably just and animal that ran off, she shrugged and kept running
But no it was a women, she stood behind the tree and purred out watching Atlanta run off, she was short, with blue hair, and she wore a outfit like the gods it was like Athena's but red "A descendent of Artemis's ash" she said smiling evilly to herself
Atlanta made it back to camp and sat on a log, beside Theresa who had a bowl of cereal in her hands, Atlanta took a gulp of her water bottle she picked up from the truck when she ran bye
Later that day everyone was just sitting around and relaxing, they either where reading, listening to music or playing board games. Herry, Odie and Neil where doing a connect four tournament, but it wasn't much of a tournament, it was more like who could beat Neil, the two even tried being a team, but Neil had the luck.
Atlanta stood up and rolled her head phones around her iPod and put it in her pocket "Who wants dinner?" she asked everyone
Herry turned his head away from the game about to say yes "I know you do Herry" she said before he could and he nodded
"You know how to cook?" asked Archie thinking it was funny
"Real food no but camping food YES, family and I did a lot of camping" she replied
"What are you going to make?" asked Theresa looking up from her magazine
"I was going to make my dads famous taco salad; you cook up ground beef and put in a bowl then add lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, cheese and crushed up hard taco shells" she said (I made this when I went camping its good try it)
"Wow it actually sounds good" said Archie surprised
"It is really good" she smiled
A while later Atlanta finished her salad, and handed a bowl to everyone, they all looked at each other not sure of Atlanta's cooking skills, Herry shrugged and shoved a spoon full in his mouth, and everyone did the same, as they chewed there faces went from not sure to yum good.
"Wow Atlanta this is good" said Theresa after swallowing
"It is" said Neil in the corner, everyone turned to him stunned of what he said
"Wow Atlanta it must be really good if Neil said something nice and not about himself" said Odie and everyone laughed
Later it got dark out and they sat around the fire that burned big and bright, they all roasted marshmallows then put them on gram crackers with a peace of chocolate
"Ohh my god I live smores, I miss them so much" said Atlanta smiling and stuffing one in her mouth
"Soo does any one know any good ghost stories?" asked Neil
"Oh I know one" said Odie
"Ok let's hear it" said Jay interested
"Ok…..this is an old myth about Zaha" said Odie spookily
"Who is she?" asked Theresa
"I don't exactly know the whole story but hear I go….. A long very long time ago there was a girl that was friends with one of the gods….. I don't know which but any ways it was Zaha, and the god found out Zaha killed another one of there friends and the god punished her bye banishing her to a forest…. This forest now she hides out and she captures any one who she thinks is the god that wronged her, and she was mad that her story never became a famous myth" told Odie
"Come on everyone in all stories they say in this forest to make it dramatic, but it's never true, and if it never became a myth why do you know it" said Archie to Odie
"Well for one its true and two Hermes keeps all stories even if they aren't a myth that humans document, and one day I was going through Hermes documents and found this story" Odie stated
"Ok great story Odie but I think I'm going to bed not" said Theresa standing up and walking to the tent
"Me too good night guys don't stay up too late" said Atlanta standing up and using Archie's shoulder for balance when going over the log and walking off to catch up to Theresa
The guys sat for a while watching the fire in silence then after a while Odie and Neil went off to bed leaving Jay and Archie and Herry alone
"Know what guys" he said randomly
"What?" asked Jay calmly
"You both are pathetic" Herry said in a strong voice, they both turned to him not sure what to say "Ya you herd me, everyone knows you like Theresa and you like Atlanta" he said gesturing to Jay then Archie "Welll…..except them, but neither of you have the courage to tell them"
Then Atlanta came out of the tent and walked over to the fire behind them "Hey guys you still up" she said
The three guys screamed and jumped to there feet turning to see Atlanta
"Atlanta… you scared us" said Archie breathing deeply like he had a heart attack, the other two where doing the same
"Sorry… Theresa and I couldn't sleep and well she wanted to do make over's including hair I had to escape" she said looking at the guys who had dropped jaws, and stunned face wondering if the girls herd there conversation
Jay cleared his throat "Did you to hear…. Anything?" he asked curiously
"Like what?" she asked him back looking confused
"Never mind then" said Archie quickly
"I'm so going to bed now…to much excitement for one day" said Herry walking off
"Me too good night" said Jay giving Archie a wink then walking off
Atlanta and Archie sat on a log and stared at the fire.
"I have a great idea for tomorrow" said Atlanta happily
"What did you have in mind?" asked Archie
"Well on my run this morning I found a small lake like pond, we could go there and I could show you some swimming moves"
"Why does everyone bug me about my fear" Archie yelled standing up angrily
"I just thought I could help" yelled Atlanta standing up
"Well don't, I don't need it"
"Archie chill"
"No no I will not, why doesn't any one bug you about your fear...huh"
"Arch" she said sympathetically
"Don't Arch me...I'm sick of it…..Your fear is just as stupid, and you just told me about it yesterday how long have I known you, your soo closed in, you don't let anyone in that probably what drove pan away…"
Angry Atlanta cut him off "NO don't bring him into this"
"And your parents they probably know nothing about there own daughter you never contact them"
"NO NO don't drag my parents into this either… know what I shouldn't have told you anything… you can't be trusted"
"I can't be trusted are you serious…know what Atlanta"
"What you dork, spit it out I would love to hear what you think"
"You're a stupid cry baby drama queen, your even worse then Theresa and that's saying something"
Atlanta's face got more pissed every word he spoke, when he finished, Atlanta slapped him hart on the cheek, you could hear it, he put his hand to the side of his sore cheek, he was stunned that Atlanta slapped him, when Atlanta saw his face she flung her hand over her mouth surprised, tears started to form in her eyes, she couldn't believe she slapped Archie her best friend, a tear ran down her face, she quickly jumped over the log and ran to the tent
Archie stood there frozen in a trance he was shocked and upset that he went far enough and made her mad enough to slap him