$Chapter 1$

I hid behind a tree, breathing hard. I turned and saw a army of 20 or so empousai. We had been hunting them all morning. artemis mouthed to us 1.........2.........3..........GO. I raised my bow and sent a arrow flying into a empousa's head. 20 other arrows came flying. Soon, they were all dead. It had been a week since I had became a Huntress. It had also been a week since I'd seen my brothers, my friends, and my favorite place in the world: Camp Half-Blood. But, it was nice being a huntress. I was faster, stronger, and smarter. I stood by my tree, when I heard something moving around in a bush. Great, I thought, Lets go see whats in the creepy bush. I walked over and into a tiny clearing. I heard snakes or a snake in this case hissing. "Hello, daughter of Hades." hissed a snake. I looked and saw a shape of a woman and snake combined. Ew. She luged at me, I was ready for a attack, but then something ramed into me. I tryed to stand up. Man, my back burns. I screamed when the thing ramed into me again, again, and again, leaving more pain and burning. I screamed same more. I heard the huntresses yelling and running toward me. The she-snake cursed and hissed at me, "We shall meet again, Imelda Angeli!" She and her beast disappeared in a flash, leaving me bloodly and half-dead. I was fighting the darkness of what I thought was death, but I was losing. "Father," I whispered, "Help me." I then sliped into the black of death. My last thought was: Death is everything but peaceful.

I woke up in a white room. "Am I in heaven?" I asked. Someone giggled and said, "No silly! You are in the nursing tent!" The girl had strawberry blond hair and bright blue eyes. "Who are you?" I asked sitting up. "I am Annabelle McNeal, daughter of Apollo." "So....I'm not dead?" "Yeah, you're not dead. I mean, you of all people should know that." said another girl. "And who're you?" "Paris Everheart, daughter of Aphrodite." I stood up (feeling really dizzy). Thalia came in and said, "Artemis has a message. We all need to be there." We all ran out to find Artemis standing in front of us all. "Hello, girls. I need to hunt down the thing that attacked Ireland. It is to dangerous for you. You all will be going to Camp Half-Blood." Everyone but Paris, Annabelle, and me groaned and moaned. I was happy. I was going home.