Curse of Twins

5. I Get A New Identity

Still a bit pissed off at Chiron, I walked to the archery range. Apparently, campers is supposed to wear armor for most of the activities. I was getting really tired of wearing this heavy armor. Just glad to be able to take my frustrations out on a target, I arrived at the archery field.

Chiron greeted me. "Percy says you're good at archery."

I tried to ignore the revelation that had just occurred. "Yeah, I never miss."

Chiron looked at me doubtfully and handed me a bow and a few arrows. The other campers had already started shooting.  "Well, have a go at it."

I walked up to an empty target, nocked my first arrow, and shot at the target. It hit the target but not the bull's eye like it usually does. I figured it was just a fluke. The next missed all together and so did next one. I was ticked off once again. I never miss!

Chiron put a hand on my shoulder and he tried to calm me down. I missed again with my last arrow and that was the last straw. I threw down the bow and instinctively acted as if I had another bow in my hand and pulled back. This time the sunlight bow solidified in my hands in the form of a golden bow. It had and intricate design of gold and silver. It shimmered in the sun similar to the Apollo cabin.

Everyone is looking at me and for the third time today I was in the spotlight. I pulled back on the bowstring with no arrow nocked. An arrow of light appeared between my fingers where I would normally have nocked an arrow and I released it, letting the arrow fly. This time it hit the bull's eye directly in the center. I pulled back again and fired it. It cut the arrow down the middle making it shatter into glitter and disappear leaving the new arrow in the center of the bull's eye.

Everyone stood shocked because of the event that had just occurred in front of them. I looked at Chiron to tell him I told you so. His face looked grim. "Go to the Big House and wait for me there." I thought I was in trouble for showing off or something of the like but when Chiron galloped off to the arena I knew what was actually the problem.

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I stood on the porch and waited nervously for Chiron to come. Percy and Chiron arrived after a few minutes. "Let's go inside." Chiron still looked as if it was the end of the world.

We walked into the Big House and it looked just like a normal farm house. It was cozy and inviting. We went down the hall and passed a few rooms, including the library. I peeked inside and saw a ton of books and in the middle of the room sitting in a chair surrounded by a bunch of books was Thomas. I was about to call out to him but, Chiron called for me to catch up.

We walked into a room that was set up like a meeting room except for a girl painting on a canvas in the corner of the room.

"Hey Rachel." Percy said to the girl.

She turned around. She had fiery red hair with green eyes and was dressed like a hippy with a paint covered smock. "Long time, no see. What brings you here?" She looked at the group of us and then focused on Chiron when he began to speak.

"Rachel, Blaise seems to have the gift of Apollo." Chiron gestured to me. They both looked at me.

"What is the gift of Apollo?" Percy asked.

"The gift of the Sun Bow. The bow that never misses with arrows made of sunlight."

Sounds like my bow, I thought. "Ok. So what?" I said.

"The gift is given in a set for twins. One of Apollo and one of Artemis." Percy and I looked at each other.

"So we are twins." Percy confined.