chap 27
The campers look startled but it doesn't seem to register "we hunters know it, her ability is part of the prophecy but she refuses to use her power, to her it is like a curse"I tell him and the hunters back me up " 'tis true Chiron" a voice says from behind us. We turn and see lady Artemis in her 8-year old form looking at the centaur with her brother at her side "yeah she's the kid in the prophecy" Apollo mutters "can I go back to my throne now?" he asks and flashes away, barely giving us time to look away
Lady Artemis smiles at us "I shall see you all in the hunt soon, I was only here to deliver a message" she tells us and we look away as she flashes to Olympus "alright then...we must find her" Chiron says and sends out groups of demi-gods to search for her.
Ilah's POV
I can hear them...the campers...all around me, looking for me but I refuse to let myself be known "where is she?" I hear conner whisper as he trips over a tree root off to my left and then a growl...from right in front of them. I get up and desheath my daggers, then as they come into my clearing a monster lunges at them, I don't have time to register what kind of monster it is before I stab it and it dissolves into golden dust.
The 2 look at me startled but I don't care "come on, let's go" I tell them and drag them back to the creek "sorry about that, just a bit shocking" I say to them and they nod but I don't wait for them to reply I run to the cabin and collapse on my bed right as my head hits the pillow. Dreams bothered me, dreams about Fred, dreams about my quest and dreams about the prophecy.
I sit up in my bed and stretch with a yawn 'better get ready for my quest' I think wistfully and grab a bag, stuffing a pair of extra clothes in and gathering my weapons "your companions?" Chiron asks from behind me but I just look down "i work alone" I say clearly. The hunters sigh and the seven look at me curiously but I don't care.
I reach under my pillow and grab my mini spell book, putting it in my bag "well it's time for me to go" I say and walk out of the cabin and walk slowly to the hill, the campers staring at me with Phoebe trying to beat up an Ares kid with a basketball. I smile at that one cause I can tell who's gonna win this one and it isn't the Ares kid so I walk up the hill and down.
I walk past the camp's truck and down the road, the only way to South-Africa is by plane and I am not in the mood to get blasted to pieces so how am I gonna get there? I could risk flying but it would be Hella dangerous but it'll take longer to get there by boat, although I have no time limit so.....boat it is but I don't have one....borrowing is good, I'll give it back of course.
I head a mile down the road to Montauk, thinking about what's gonna happen in this quest, Prove myself? Find myself? What does that mean? I reach the beach before I even know it and see a few small canoes lying around but nope, I keep looking until I see a speedboat in the water, just ashore so I run and jump into it "please dad, please let me go home so I can do this quest" I pray and my dad answers by reaising the tide and I start driving the boat away from the island.
It'll take a day before I get there so I put the co-ordinates into the GPS and put the boat into auto-pilot with a smile, that is before it starts raining "of course the gods just have to ruin my day even further" I mutter to myself. Out of the blue my ears start ringing, my vision swims and I start swaying but not ion time with the boat, no not now. Plea....
I groan at the pain in my head, I open my eyes and see the open sky and smell the ocean, I hate my episodes....I stand up and notice that the boat isn;t rocking anymore, I am on the shore,I'm back home, I'm in Mozambique! I get out of the boat and make a mad-dash fot the house we own near by and once I reach it I see it all right, infested with monsters! I hide behind a large rock from the quarry and hear them talking but I don't stay long enough to find out about what since I see that empousa that attacked me on my 11th birthday.
I back up the dune that seperates me and the ocean until I see a bright flash from behind me, I turn and see all 12 gods, the sight of them makes my skin itch a bit but i bow down and kneel in front of my dad "yes my lords and ladies?" I asknervously. Zeus and Hades sneer at me as I look up and I immediately look down once again "we have a task for you to prove yourself worthy to live" Zeus says.
I gulp and loo up "yes lord Zeus?" I ask and I can feel my dad giving me a reassuring look "I want you...to go to all of the god's realms and bring back a sample from each realm" he tells me with a smirk "wait...how do I do that my lord? You and Hades will blast me to bits" I say but he just smirks "if you survive this I will let you live and tell you about your mother" he says.
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