Maidenhood

Capture the Flag

I dropped the match quickly and stomped it out. I swiveled around to find a familiar man behind me. "Lord Apollo!"

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"Well, nice to see you too!" Apollo said brightly.

"Not that I'm not glad to see you but why are you here?" I really wasn't glad to see him but you should never insult a god. Gods are always bad news, especially if they make house calls.

"Ah, Rachel." Apollo sighed as if I was so ignorant. Of course to gods we are all just little dolls and we really are stupid and ignorant. "I think you know why I'm here."

I really didn't but I made a wild stab at it. "The next great prophecy, I haven't prophesied anything yet." I said as if I knew exactly what I was talking about.

"Not even close, I'm here to take you on that date you wanted!" Apollo cried happily.

"I didn't mean with you! I just said that it would be cool if I could date!" I cried exasperated. Oh Gods, no. Apollo may be super hot to most girls but I saw him as what he really was. A stupid teenage boy. "I didn't even want to steadily date! Just date. Like once or twice."

"This is one date." Apollo said confused. And he thought humans were ignorant.

"I mean with humans! Mortals like me!" I flung myself on the bed.

I'm surprised he didn't vaporize me on the spot. Lucky for me the oracle is not easily replaced.

Apollo raised his eyebrow. "So, if say, Percy Jackson asked you on a date you would say no because he technically isn't mortal."

See what I mean. A stupid teenage boy; always digging into other people's business. "He's half mortal." I leaned up to look at Apollo. I managed to control my blush so I didn't look ridiculous. "You are fully and completely immortal."

Apollo looked at me for a minute. "Sure am! And if you ever want that date. . ." He left me hanging as he wriggled his eyebrows.

I rolled my eyes and got up. "So while you are here, I've been meaning to ask, but when will I spout out the next great prophecy?"

"Well that's up to the oracle!" Apollo said nudging me playfully. "So just find your inner oracle and sing!"

In a flash he was gone. I scoffed; easier said than done. Besides I didn't contact the Oracle of Delphi, her spirit contacted me. But maybe it could work vise versa. I closed my eyes and concentrated. A rumbling sounded ahead. It was working!

The yelling snapped me out of it. It was just the kids from the capture the flag game running above the hill my cave was hidden in. Not that the entrance was hidden very well. Bright purple curtains facing the camp were kind of hard to not to see. Besides, my cave emitted an eerie green glow for some reason.

"Hey, maybe the greeks hid the flag in this weird cave!" A recognizably squeaky voice appeared outside the cave. Octavian.

"Why would they hid it in here? It's on our own side of the forest, Octavian. Besides it's too noticeable, there would be guards." A girl's voice responded harshly. Reyna.

"Exactly, no one would expect it in here. The greeks are little cheaters! I even heard talking from in there a couple seconds ago. I bet they are just waiting to jump us!" Octavian cried.

"Then why are you talking so loud? If they were in there than they would have heard us by now and attacked. Now lets go!" Reyna sounded exasperated and angry at the same time.

"I'm going in!" Octavian cried and I imagined him lifting his arm in protest. "Who's with me!"

There were a couple loud hollers of agreement. I looked around, there was no where to hide. I quickly dived behind a classic pacman game that had been placed here for my own amusement.

The noises got louder then I heard Reyna say, "Nothing is here, Octavian. Let's go!"

There were more shuffling noises and I thought I was home free until I heard Octavian yell. "Hey guys, I think I see someone. Over there by the pacman game!"

Crap. Noises got closer and soon I could Octavian looking down at me. He looked surprised to see me. I rose up at full height and still only reached his shoulders. "What are you people doing in my room!"

Octavian looked around and just seemed to realize where he was. Then he grinned like a maniac. "Looks like we have ourselves a prisoner!"

Reyna stepped up glaring at Octavian. "That's not a good idea. Rachel is the oracle and may have untouched powers. She isn't even part of the game!"

"Exactly why we need her! She will give us the advantage we need over the greeks." Octavian said and a few people nodded and started agreeing.

While Reyna and Octavian argued I looked for an escape. If only Apollo hadn't left so early, then Octavian wouldn't be bugging me. After all Octavian was a descendant of Apollo, he wouldn't cross him. I tiptoed sideways then bolted towards the door. Lightning quick a roman reached out and grabbed my arm to stop me from escaping.

"Octavian!" The boy called while I struggled. I kicked his shins and sprinted away towards the cave entrance and bumped right into Octavian who had moved in front of the entrance.

"Hey, sweetie." Octavian said trapping me in his arms. I bit him.

"Ow!" Octavian shoved me to the ground and looked at the tiny marks on his arm. "Tie her up!" He called.

Before I could defend myself again the boy who had grabbed me first shoved his way towards me with a bundle of rope. He shoved me down again and two other romans pinned me to the ground. The boy flipped me over while I struggled and managed to tie my arms together. I didn't like capture the flag any more.

I glared at Octavian as they marched me out the door with a gag in my mouth. He grinned as if this were the best thing that ever happened since Christmas. Reyna stood to the side with her followers glaring at Octavian as well. But this situation was out of my control now.

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Hello, guys!

First of all, I want to say thanks for views and reviews on my news stories, they made my week, actually. In a week where work seemed endless and the weather seemed to make me melt, they gave me energy to wake up in the morning and use my free time to write some more.

So, as always, I'll give you the chapters...

Rise of Ouranos (ReWrite): 1 chapter

Sis/Bro, Your Shadow is Hot!: 1 chapter

Maidenhood (Adopted from TheColorofBoom): 1 chapter. Also, I want to clarify that the former author of this fan-fiction is TheColorofBoom. I realized somehow later that I wrote the name wring and for that, I apologize.

Masked Hearts (former collab with Hugs6, FanFiction writer): 1 chapter. I want to clarify that, even thought the covers says 'Battered Hearts', it's the right story. (The app, Covers by Wattpad, suddenly stopped working and I cannot fix it anytime soon)

Quest: Matchmade (former collab with Hugs6, FanFiction writer): 1 chapter

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