I woke up the next day to a conch horn blowing. I got dressed and racedoutside to see a group of people at the top of Half-BloodHill. Great. The hunters are here. I walked towards them with my hands in my pockets.

"Come with me."

A girl came forward.

"Thalia. Nice to meet you." She stuck out her hand. Iraised my eyebrows and shook it. She looked to the rest of the Hunters of Artemis as a girl with auburn hair stepped forward.

"Lady Artemis." I nodded my head in a respectful gesture.

"Hello Jaxon. I must speak with Chiron." She took me by surprise, knowing my name. Hersilvery yellow eyeslike the moon, bore into me.

"He's in the big house right now."

"Thank you. Hunters, you will be staying here for a while. Go to the cabin and make yourselves comfortable."

"My lady!" It was Thalia. "Can we..." She gave a meaningful look at me.

"Ah. Yes if possible. Farewell hunters." She ran to the big house, graceful as a deer.

The hunters marched past me to the Artemis cabin. I got confused. What were the hunters doing? I walked back down the hill, so engulfed in thought that I almost ran into Dylan.

"Hey man. Want to train for the capture the flag tonight?"

I nodded. I needed a distraction. And turns out Kate and Krystal had the same idea. Krystal was trying to help Kate with her sword technique.

"Kate you gotta keep your body lowered! Always keep your eyes on your opponent!" As Kate looked at her confused she shook her head

"Never mind. Stick with the crossbow. Your great at that!" Krystal smirked at Kate as she nodded, exhausted.

"Hey Krystal! Training are we?"

"What does it look like?"

"Mind if we train with you guys?"

"As a matter of fact, yes!"

"Good!" I stood in front of her as she glared up at me. I loved being taller.

"Lovely!" She muttered. "Hey Kate! Want to have a shooting competition?"

"Uh yeah! Lets go!"

She ran out of the arena with Krystal following slowly. She turned back.

"You guys coming?" She raised her eyebrow.

"Yeah!" Dylan ran out of he arena while I walked with Krystal.

"You ready to lose?" I smirked.

She got a competitivefire in her eyes.

"As if!" She smiled a deadly yet somehow attractive grin as she raced out with me in tow.

When we got to the shooting range, the hunters were already there. Fortunately, they were sharing 3 of the 5 targets she we could use one of the other two. Dylan and I picked up 2bows and 2 quivers of arrows while the girls got warmed up.

The hunters were staring at them and muttering to each other. Probably how Krystal and Kate weren't as accurate as them or something. I chuckled. They have never seen someone like Krystal.

We all got 10 tries andDylan started off. He shot the first two into the white section and the next 5 in the black. The last three were in white, blue, and black. Probably not going to win...

"Oh come on!" Dylan complained.

"You were never good at archery to start with! Don't complain!" Kate smirked at him.

"Yeah yeah!" Dylan smiled at Kate. "Hey Jaxon! You'renext!"

I stepped up to the line and shot the first 4 into different spots in theblue zone. Already better than Dylan. The next 3 went into the red and the last three went into the white and black zones.

"Damn it!" I glared at the target.

"Hey! You did better than I did!" Dylan yelled.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the hunters snickering amount themselves. They were making fun of us!

"Kate! Your turn!" As I passed her, I whispered.

"Show up the hunters. They're laughing at us."

She nodded and glared at the hunters. She shot 5 in the red zone, 3 in the blue zone and 2 bullseyes. She pumped her fist in the air.

"Yes! I'm winning!" She stuck her tongue out at us. "Take that!"

"Your turn Krystal!" Kate waved at her.

Krystal smirked and nodded. She summoned her midnight blackbow and glided up to the line. With a silver arrow knocked in her bow she took a deep breath and looked at the target with one eye closed. She released the arrow and, unsurprisingly,got

a perfect bullseye. The next 9 shots were only in the yellow zone or a perfectbullseye. The Hunters stared at her and whispered amount themselves. Shoot. That's not good.

I'm so sorry I haven't been active! Once school started it got crazy... So thanks for still reading! Luv u guys!