Mira, daughter of Hecate, was taking a walk in the forest when all of a sudden, light flickered through the forest. Mira blinked. Sunlight was fairly uncommon in the Forest, however dim.
Meanwhile, Luna, a Huntress of Artemis (who just happened to be the leader as well) was in a tree. Luna sat in a tree in the forest, drawing on her sketchpad. She had been assigned by the other Huntresses to help the campers with border patrol but there were a ton of campers already on it, so she decided to skip border patrol duty and had gone into the forest to be alone. She didn't really talk that much because she was shy, and she had confidence issues, but she made up for that with her skill in archery. She was one of the best archers of the Huntresses so she just did what she was good at and let the other girls handle the other stuff. She heard a rustle of leaves on the ground and looked around, spotting one of the campers a little way off from her tree. What's a camper doing out here? I thought it was too dangerous out here, what with all the monsters and everything. Despite wanting to go investigate, she stayed in her tree and kept observing. If she was needed, she would interfere, but otherwise, she didn't want to get involved.
Mira looked around, seeing no one so far. So she sat down and rested for the time being. Heck, she had nothing else to do. Most of her cabin was either doing activities or on border patrol with the Apollo cabin, and she didn't feel like doing either of those things. The Hunters of Artemis were visiting camp - which meant that Capture-the-flag would be very interesting that night - and the Artemis cabin was full, meaning that Mira couldn't rest there, marveling at the soft moonlit glow of the cabin even in the middle of the day, the extra bows and arrows hung on the wall, and the awesome solemnity of the cabin that made Mira wonder no more on why so many wanted to join the Hunters of Artemis. Wondering on this, Mira almost stumbled across a monster... a small dragon, waiting to strike. Luna watched in horror as the camper approached the dragon waiting in ambush. She leaped up and pulled her bow off her back and quickly notched an arrow. She aimed at the camper and shot an arrow at her feet, hoping she would stop and maybe run in the opposite direction. She stuffed her sketchpad and pencil in her satchel and ran towards where the camper and the dragon were. If her assumptions were right about the kind of dragon, this camper, who was apparently unarmed, would need some backup.
Mira yelped as an arrow landed at her feet. She grumbled as the dragon dodged just in time as to not have its maw stuck in the dirt, and Mira had dodged as well... if she hadn't, she would no longer have a right foot. Mira glared at the dragon, and the dragon glared right back. Mira thrust out her hand. "Incantatio: Caeci!" Mira chanted. Instantly, the dragon's eyes frosted over until they were purely white. It balked and looked around, confused. Mira dug around in her pocked until she found what she was looking for... a pack of gum. When she opened it, it transformed into a dagger.
Luna silently ducked behind a bush a couple yards away from the camper and the dragon. The girl had taken things into her own hands, so Luna decided to wait nearby in case she needed any help. She watched in awe as the girl did magic on the dragon and as her pack of gum turned into a dagger. This girl is amazing. Maybe she'd be interested in joining the Huntresses. Luna thought to herself as she watched the fight unfold.
Mira's foe hissed at her, and she hissed right back. She wasn't sure what her hissing translated into (she wasn't familiar with the native Dragon) but whatever she said, it made the dragon hesitate. Mira grinned at the blind dragon. "That's right, ye ole dragon! Cower before the great Mira Levine, daughter of Hecate, slayer of the weird man who stalked me for miles! And feel free to cower for any other reasons you can think of. I'm probably not the first one to slay you, O fearsome one!" Mira twirled her dagger, but the fight wasn't over. The dragon lashed out with fearsome teeth, and Mira nimbly danced away. She parried and stroke a few blows with her dagger, but then she thought of the perfect spell to finish it off. "Incantatio: Torpesco!" The dragon stiffened in the middle of a strike that probably would have killed Mira, and fell over on its side, exposing its soft underbelly. Mira stabbed it, and the dragon dissolved into ashes, leaving only a claw. Mira picked it up - she was greatly interested in spoils of war. She tucked it into her pocket, then cleaned off her dagger and whispered the magic word to turn it into a pack of gum again.
Luna stood up and approached the camper. "Hey good job with the dragon. When you hissed, you were repeating what the dragon said, and he probably wasn't used to something smaller than him challenging him, so he was a little nervous. You truly fought fire with fire. You ever think about joining the Huntresses?"
"Oh." Mira said. "I was repeating what he said? I really didn't pay that much attention to what he said." Mira tilted her head. "He did look a little nervous." She conceded. "And yes, I have thought about joining the Hunters of Artemis. I don't really think I'm qualified or anything like that, though... do you really think so?" Now Mira was the nervous one.
"You bet I do. I watched you fight the dragon and I've never seen anyone make a dragon nervous. We could use your skill. If you become a Huntress, you can actually talk to animals and the monsters that don't speak English or Greek. Being the leader of the Huntresses, I give you my approval, but I have to check with Artemis because she is the only one who can bestow immortality and the special gifts like talking to animals." Luna nodded earnestly.
"That would be very kind of you." Mira said, looking at the leader of the Huntresses with awe. "May I come with you... you know, to check with Artemis and all?" Mira shifted her weight.
"Sure! C'mon, we better get back to camp before Chiron or Mr. D kill us for going in the forest alone." Luna said as she started walking back towards the camp.
"Okay!" Mira said cheerfully as she took out the claw and inspected it. She could probably make a minor weapon with it, or use it for decoration... or she could give it to the Hephastus cabin.
Woo-hoo! First chapter done. Please, R&R!