Chapter Five:
I couldn't hardly believe it. I laid there on my cot very lonely, compared to the Hermes cabin, this was like I don't maybe, like solitary confinement. Which I disliked more than a slightly overcrowded cabin. It was too quiet with just me there, for me if it's quiet there's something wrong. I flinched at every noise as I tried to sleep but I promise Hypnos must have taken pity on me cause I eventually fell sleep.

Man I knew I was going to have a dream and I fell asleep anyway!

But in this dream I saw my Uncle, which Darren and I figured out it was Apollo, and my Mom in the throne room for the gods. Every god was sitting in their chair and Apollo and Artemis were somewhat arguing, “You can't flash my kid with a blessing of yours! We both know that I am the better archer.”
My mother gave her brother a glare, she didn't give any explanations.
Uncle Apollo put his hands up and sat back in his chair, “Hey, whatever.”

“Children.” Hera broke in sternly.
Artemis and Apollo fell silent, and sat quietly on their thrones. Hera turned her head to her husband Zeus.
Then Hades stood began to speak, “Speaking of the child:” he paused and looked at Artemis, “The child is a product of a broken vow.”
Artemis only stared silently at Hades then at her Father, I could see an argument brewing in her brain, that was the same look that that got me into Latin, Greek Mythology, and Archery.

“This is a severe crime against our ways, and the child is dangerous, and Artemis must be punished as she swore on the Styx never to be with a man.” Hades continued

The gods chatted amongst themselves as Apollo and Artemis stayed quiet.
“What are you proposing?” Artemis coldly asked her eyes glaring still.
Zeus took a tighter grip on his staff,
Hades smiled as he continued, “Like any child who does something wrong they must be put away until they learn.” Hades paused and glanced around the room, “I move that Artemis be imprisoned until further notice for her break, and the child be destroyed.”

“Zeus! That is not fair!”
“You will not address me in that manner!”
At that everyone stood up and started to argue, only Artemis sat in her chair only staring at her Father who was also sitting in his own chair. Apollo, did his best to defend Artemis. In her heart Artemis knew what had to be done, she quickly stood and shouted, “ENOUGH!” Everyone fell to silence, “I will take the consequences Hades has proposed, but only on one condition is that you let my daughter live.”

Zeus looked at the other Olympians they didn't say anything, but Apollo stepped forward, “Are you sure?”
Artemis only raised her head to give her answer. Then Zeus raised his staff and hit it against the ground and sparks began to fly, “Then it is settled: Artemis, as Zeus head of the council, you are hereby stripped of your Olympian title, and your goddess status and imprisoned until further notice.”

Then something happened a silvery essence came from her and rested in a orb in Zeus' hand. Artemis slowly began to shrink and lost her goddess stature. She became the height or a regular mortal, but she still had a great stare as guards came around her and secured her. Apollo came down to her and asked if he could do anything.
“Send my Hunters to the Camp,” She paused before they took her away, “and relay to my daughter that I love her.” The doors opened from the council room and Artemis was lead away.

My eyes slowly opened, but I heard those Olympian sized doors close, the thundering doors ringed in my brain. I sat up and put my fingers to my temples and closed my eyes. I wished it could be fake but then I heard a horn coming with the high morning light.

I had slept in?

I quickly threw my sheets off of my and quickly slipped into my jeans and slightly dingy Camp Half-Blood t-shirt, and threw my hair into a long pony tail and ran out the cabin. Other campers came flooding to the entrance, Chiron parted the crowd and I got a chance to look ahead. I saw a large tropp of similar clothed girls, and one guy that really looked out of place with them. The girls all wore silvery clothing and trinkets and all carried bows and arrows: in short they were like mystical human moons or something. Then there was the guy, he had an outrageous leopard skinned tunic that really hurt my eyes to see.

They walked up, all looking somewhat distressed. The leopard tunic guy, I guessed was Dionysus, was grumbling about something as he was sipping on a can of Diet Coke. “Mr. D! Glad to see you back!” Chiron then turned to the girls, “And this is a pleasant surprise: Welcome Hunters of Artemis!”
My ears perked up at the mention of my mother's name and I craned my neck. All of the Hunters seemed to be in distress and seemed like they had been crying. “What can we thank for this visit?” Chiron asked. One of the girls that seemed to be the leader looked up at Chiron and replied, “Let's discuss that inside.”

Chrion nodded and turned to the rest of the campers, “As apart of tradition there will be a game of Capture the Flag! Please return to your regularly scheduled classes!” The campers quickly dispersed, but I just stood there, Chiron and the Hunters walked together. Mr. D ( figured out that it was some sort of nickname for Dionysus) chugged on his Diet Coke and just walked off on his own.

Chiron stopped when he saw me and I felt the urge to walk up, Chiron quickly turned the the leader of the Hunters, “Thalia this is Hannah, she's the recently claimed Daughter of Artemis.” Thalia stiffened and her eyes just zeroed in on me. “Hannah this is Thalia, she's the second in command of The Hunters of Artemis.”
I offered my hand to shake, “Hi Thalia! Pleasure to meet you.”
She refused to shake my hand and just looked up at Chiron, “Can we please get down to business?” She asked and her voice nearly cracked.
Chiron nodded, “Yes. Let's go into my office.” He turned back to me and smiled, “Will you excuse us Hannah?”

I nodded and gave a weak smile, “Yes sir.” and trotted away.

I really wanted to slip into the shadows now, fear was rising in my throat as things I saw in my dreams were really happening. Darren said that demigod dreams were scary not real! In my dream Mom sent The Hunters here or at least she told Apollo to send them, and now they were here! Then that Thalia girl looked like she had been crying and treated me rudely. I figure if my dream was right, she'd resent me because I got her “arrested” in a sense. Then this whole situation would be all my fault. Isn't that horrible? So I ran for my cabin to be alone.
“Hey Hannah!”
Darren somehow caught me before I could hide in the cabin

Before I could disappear into my cabin Darren grabbed my arm. I turned around but I didn't look him in the eyes. Darren noticed, “Hey what's up?”
I bit my lip so I wouldn't spill my guts, I wished I could be like my mother: un-readable. Darren smiled mischievously, he pulled on my arm, “Come I know a place where we can talk alone.”
I reluctantly followed.

Well we ended up in the attic of the creepy house, everyone else called it The Big House. “No one ever really comes up here,” Darren explained, “Nowhere else really to go with all the Dryads and Naiads everywhere.”
The air was musty, and congested. I hated that, I like the open air, that and in this place there's plenty a chance for an ambush. I hated that feeling.

“All right.” Darren said as he pulled out two retro ottomans out from the corner of the attic. He patted the one obviously for me and a puff of dust omitted into the air. Darren coughed as he sat in his chair, “Come and (cough cough) sit down and (cough) tell me everything.” I sat down stiff as a board, hands on my lap eyes wide.

Darren coughed a couple more times, then he noticed my posture and laughed, “You can chill out Hannah. Or I'll have to get Boreas to cool you off.”
I sighed and relaxed but I took a soft grip on the sides of the ottoman and began to spill my guts about the dream.

When I was finished, Darren sighed, “So Thalia probably thinks that it's all your fault?”
“She's not the only one.” I mumbled.
“Well technically it's not your fault for existing, Hannah. That responsibility would fall on your parents, your Mother was just trying to protect you from the other Olympians.”
I sighed, “I guess that makes sense.”
“I would have said to tell Chiron but he's probably going to hear the account from The Hunters themselves.”
“But the dream had to be of some significance!”
“True.”

Just then my alarms went off again and something black came out from a corner and tackled me to the ground. I struggled against the imp it was as black as a shadow and big yellow eyes, as it held me in a death grip. Then I make the mistake of looking it in the eyes, it opened it's mouth and I literally felt my soul being pulled out of me. I screamed and moaned, helpless to do anything.

I heard the zing of a blade and Darren yelled and stabbed the shadow in the back and it dissolved away and my body relaxed. I breathed slowly and blankly stared at the wall. Darren turned my over on my back, “You ok?”
That's when I screamed my head off, my mind now catching up to everything. “What was that!?”
“I, I, I don't know.” Darren replied.