Chapter Six:

I sat on a cot as a healer from the Apollo cabin looked me over. Chiron stood in his horse form as Darren relayed all the details.
“There's nothing in the texts or even anything that I remember of anything of that nature.” Chiron commented as he stroked his beard. “I doubt that anyone else will know about this.”
“Yeah and don't say it was just apart of my imagination either.” I said as the medic started to fret because of my movements, “Hold still!”

That's a mistake to tell me, I can hardly sit still for the doctor or dentist, I am not going to sit still now. I pushed the medic away and got up from my cot. “Now what is going on!” I demanded, “Where is my Mother!”

In my heart I knew but I had to know for sure.
“She has been-” Chiron explained, “put under house arrest. She has been stripped of her Olympian title, and her powers have diminished, and the responsibilities have been passed to other god for the time being: mainly Apollo.”

Darren mumbled to himself.
“What can we do?”
Chiron glanced at Mr. D as Mr. D was just doing his own thing, then he looked back at me, “The gods gave strict instructions NOT to interfere. So we'll just go on as normal.”
I was about to fire some furious remark but the fire simmered down and I just replied, “Ok.” My fist clenched and I asked through my teeth, “May I be excused?”
Chiron nodded, and I quickly hurried outside, and I vented my frustrations by yelling and throwing my arms in any direction I wished. Call it a tantrum, but I was M-A-D.

“Hey!” I turned and saw Darren walking up. I knew there must have been a fire in my eyes cause Darren seemed slightly afraid of me. “Calm down!”
“How can I be calm!”

Just then, even though I didn't exactly feel “cute and cuddly” a bunch of squirrels and other small animals, that are generally shy around people just swarmed around me. I frowned and just steamed while Darren was holding in a chorus of laughter. I growled and shooed the creatures off of me, but they just stayed at my feet. I growled in frustration and stomped away with my animal entourage following behind me. Darren didn't attempt to follow me, but I heard him laughing.

I stomped to the woods, but before I could get lost like I really wanted too a girl stopped me.
“Hello!” I turned and saw a average height girl with braided hair and feathers. She looked somewhat Native American, she was defiantly darker than I was. She carried a load of clothes in her arms, “My name is Piper, and I'm the cabin leader for Aphrodite.”

“Oh the goddess of complication, confusion, and heartbreak?”
Piper laughed, “Yeah I guess you could say that, but be careful when you say that, it can attract my mother and then really do some damage.”
“I doubt it can get any worse in my love life.”
“Ah, you have no idea.” Piper replied, “Anyway, on behalf of the Aphrodite cabin we gathered some clothes cause yours were destroyed.”
I offered my arms to drop the clothes on, “Thanks.”
Piper gave the clothes to me, “I heard about your Mother and I'm sorry.”
“Yeah we're all sorry.”
I backtracked to the cabins and Piper followed.
“So what's it like being a daughter of a goddess that mess people's life up?”
“What did I tell you earlier?”
“Right sorry.”
“Well we do get the rap fro couples' relationships that end horribly but my siblings like to ship things.”

I glanced over my shoulder, “You don't?”
“I don't worry myself over that kind of stuff.”
“Yeah I wouldn't either.” I chuckled to myself.
I finally came up to the cabins and Piper snapped her fingers, “Oh I forgot something!”
I turned around and asked what it was. She only told me to stay there and she disappeared into the Aphrodite cabin. I stood there for about all of maybe 20 seconds, and Piper came back out carrying a belt that had a sheathed.
“Chiron told me to give you this.”
“Why?”
“I didn't ask.” Piper put the belt and hunting knife ontop of the clothes pile I had in my arms, “Enjoy!”
She smiled as she waved good bye, “Oh! See you at Capture the Flag!”

“See you!” I replied, and I went into my cabin.