Bad news, very bad news!
I have some major GCSE exams in Maths (which I suck at) and I need to revise, so I'm sorry but I can't update daily. I've been getting pleas for more updates but I just can't do them every day, so really sorry :(

I will try to do them every day, but I can't promise anything.

On a more positive note, thank you for the reviews, you guys always make me feel better, when I come home to see, like 30 emails saying 'You have a review'. So thanks!

Chapter dedicated to Sam, I hope the ninjas aren't stalking you again... heh heh heh :)

-Silverhand9028

Leon's POV

I turned my head away from Lamia. This was quite hard to do, as Lamia was mesmerisingly beautiful yet happened to be sinking into a lake, holding one of my friends in her arms. But I managed to peel myself away from the odd and slightly transfixing scene to see who was there.

There were a group of between twenty to forty girls. They wore silvery parkas and their hair was beaded and braided. The girl in the lead looked around thirteen. She had light brown hair but her eyes were a deep chocolatey brown colour. Her skin was tanned and she had a wry smile on her face. She wore grey skinny jeans with a sword in her belt and a bow drawn with a silver arrow.

"Lamia," she smiled, "I haven't hunted you for decades. A quick reformer eh?"

Lamia stopped sinking.

"Quicker than you think. I've been the nightmares of children since Ancient Times. I was quite feared in the Middle Ages you know... they named a demon after me, the succubus..."
"Before Lady Artemis put an arrow through your head."

"Yes, but where is Artemis now, eh?"

"I'm gonna cut in now," Toby stepped up, "but what the hell is going on?"

The girl, quick as a silver bolt of lightning, shot an arrow at Lamia. It hit her in her beautiful chest, so voluptuous and... ahem!
Anyway, she screamed and rasped, then literally exploded. Summer fell into the lake, but all that was left of Lamia was a snakeskin shawl, floating on the clear green pool.

"Wha-?" Summer watched the girl put her bow onto her back, "What was... who are-"

"My name is Samantha," the girl flipped back her bangs to reveal a little jewelled diadem, "and I am Lieutenant of Artemis. We are the Hunters."

The Hunters were thirty-eight girls, the eldest aged fifteen and the youngest barely eleven.

"Our leader is Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt." Samantha had said, as she led us away from New York.

"Artemis? No way!" gushed Toby.

Samantha nodded. "However, she's not here with us, she had to leave us on important duties."

"Oh," Veronica murmured, as we turned a corner, taking us out of the city.

"Why, what's the problem?" asked Samantha.

"We needed Artemis. We have to search for the 'bow of moonlight'."

Samantha nodded. "Artemis does have a silver bow, and her arrows are crafted out of moonlight."

"Well can we have it?"
Samantha shrugged. "I went to Chiron earlier and he told me you would need the bow of Artemis."

"And..."

"Well, there's a bit of a problem regarding Artemis."

"What kind of pro-"

Samantha suddenly stopped. She turned to the Hunters.

"Hunters, set up camp!" she yelled. The hunters moved to a a small wooded area outside the city and put a crescent of silver silk tents.

The Hunters had set up camp. But were we invited?

Samantha was sat cross-legged inside a tent, beside a brazier of glowing flame. As dusk fell, we were beckoned inside.

She regarded me, Tom and Toby warily as we sat down. "Careful," she warned, "I rarely allow males into the tent. Now, I need your opinions."
We sat down across from the blazing brazier.

Samantha paused for a moment and looked across at us with quick, wise eyes.

"Lady Artemis left us a few nights ago. But just before she went, she left me a message. She told me not to tell any of the other Hunters – however, you need to know."

"Us?" I asked, "What happened to not trusting us?"

Samantha shrugged. "This is important. It regards your quest for the bow of moonlight..." she paused, and leant forward, like someone might be listening. "Artemis is gone."

"Gone?" Veronica raised a skeptical eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"She came to me one night and said: 'Sam I'-"

"Sam," Toby mused, "Can I call you Sam?"
"No." she glared. "Anyway, Artemis said 'Sam, I need to go. A god is rising. He is sapping my energy.'"
"She said what?" gasped Summer.

Samantha nodded. "She didn't specify the god, or why he was doing this. But she said 'He is taking me. I can feel him, pulling me in to him. I must be pulled in.'"

Samantha stopped as her sharp eyes examined our shocked and concerned faces.

"What did you say?" asked Tom.

"I asked her why. She told me that the god would drain all her power. She would be easily beaten if he sapped her strength. However, if she went to where he was pulling her in, he would stop draining her. So she took her bow-"
"She took the bow?" yelled Toby.

Samantha glared at him – she didn't appreciate his boisterous nature, I could tell.

"Yes, she took the bow of moonlight. She said 'Tell the other girls I am on a hunting mission. I must find this god, and, if possible, fight him'. She left in the middle of the night. When we awoke there was just a crevice in the ground where she had been."
We sat in silence for a moment.

Tom spoke up. "Sam-"

"Only my Hunters and my goddess call me Sam."

"Sorry, Samantha. But I had a dream last night." Tom glanced nervously at Summer, who was sat beside him. "A god, dressed in dark robes, appeared from the ground from a crevice. He said he had chosen a spy within the camp, and they would help him to rise. The god said he was called..."
"Yes?"

"Well, I didn't catch his name. But he said he was a primordial god – you know, the ones who embody something, who were there at the beginning of time. I woke up before he said the end of his sentence. However, I still caught: 'I am the primordial Lord of T-', then I woke up."

"T? T for what?" pondered Samantha.

Lilly's eyes widened. "T for Time! That evil little traitor, I'm going to..."

"Wait, you think you know who the spy is?" Samantha gripped her sword in her belt.

"I don't know for sure," Lilly said, "but it might be Magenta Mirage, who's trying to raise Chronos, Primordial God of Time."
"Daughter of Morpheus?" gasped Samantha. We nodded. "Why didn't you say so? When we went to Camp yesterday, we spoke to Chiron. Magenta came to us, saying she wanted forgiveness for injuring her fellow demigods."

"The liar!" gasped Lilly.

Samantha squirmed uneasily.

"Samantha," Veronica wondered, "is there something you're not telling us?"

"Well, Magenta is now..."
"Now what?"

"Magenta Mirage... is now the newest member of the Hunters of Artemis."

Anyone else shocked?

Sorry I can't do regular updates but I have two Maths exams at the end of this month and a Drama GCSE in 9 days time :(

Thanks for reviewing though,

-Silverhand9028