Unwanted

Chapter Seven

I sat by the Lake once again. It would probably be the last time I saw it, for today the Hunt was moving.

It had been four weeks since I'd revealed my identity to Thalia, and Artemis was still furiously trying to figure out my identity to no success. I had to give it to her, she was persistent.

The sound of a twig snapping jerked me alert, and my finger hovered over the ring I always wore. It was one of my gifts from Chaos, an enchanted ring. It was sort of like Thalia's earnings, which I was happy she now wore. You simply twisted it, and any weapon would appear. The weapons were always made up of every material available, so the user could kill anything. My favorite bow came from the ring, and the user pulled back the string and any number of arrows would appear, ready to fly.

With narrowed eyes I scanned the area, before catching a glimpse of silvery eyes. Artemis. I sighed.

"M'Lady, you may come out." I said wearily. From behind a tree, a blushing goddess walked out, muttering furiously to herself.

"Guardian. Have you packed your belongings? We leave for Camp Half-Blood in an hour." She said, trying to cover up her blush.

I froze. Camp Half-Blood? Thalia didn't tell me we were going there. Water from the lake began to rise, and the earth began to shake. I fought back my emotions quickly, hoping Artemis didn't notice.

To my displeasure, her eyes narrowed. "How did you do that?" She questioned.

"Chaos blessed me. I control all elements and powers to a small portion." I said, shrugging. It wasn't a lie. If possible her eyes narrowed even further.

"I can tell that you're not lying about that. But even with Chaos' blessing, you shouldn't be able to control those powers to that amount. Only a son of Poseidon...." She trailed off, eyes widening.

"What is is M'Lady?" I asked frantically, praying to the fates that she hadn't guessed who I was.

"Take down your hood and summon me fire." She demanded. Biting my lip, and emotions running through me, I summoned a flicker of white hot fire on my palm. I didn't remove my hood.

"I said take off your hood." She hissed.

"No." I retorted. "That is my final answer. we've been through this before, please. Stop." I begged.

"Very well. But I will find out who you are. Why won't you remove your hood? Are you afraid?" She challenged, her silver eyes narrowed to slits.

"Wouldn't you like to know." I muttered under my breath. I spoke louder. "That informations belongs to myself, and myself only. My sincerest apologizes, M'Lady.''

Artemis huffed and flushed. I inwardly groaned. Sometimes I wished I still was hanging in the Fields of Punishment, in this case, it was preferable to the goddess's pestering.

"Why can't you drop the topic, M'Lady?" I asked tiredly. She sighed and sat down beside me, much to my discomfort.

"Anagenniménos, something has been greatly troubling me." She spoke. I was about to ask what, but she cut me off. "You. Everything about you, your secrets, your behavior, everything. It would just be easier for my hunters and I to accept you into the Hunt if we actually knew you. The real you. Not some masked assassin-like figure." She sighed again.

I hugged my knees to my chest. "M'Lady. My past...has not been that great. I'm not ready, honestly, to do this. I didn't ask to be chosen as the guardian. Chaos just randomly selected me. I didn't ask for all of this. The fates are cruel. On top of everything, I'm just not ready to face the gods again. You hate me, Lady Artemis. You have in the past, and you will in the present. I'm no hero, not solider with a heart of gold, a heart of steel. I'm just a broken pawn of the gods. You included." I whispered sadly, a lone tears trickling down from my sunken eyes.