Ares' Staff of War

Chapter 9- Tricks Up Their Sleeves

Carmen's POV-

I can't believe that Hunter and Raphael would do that! I thought they were best friends. I decide to talk to them eventually. I walk over to Raphael.

"Why would you do that?" I ask him as I sit next to him.

"I don't know. It might be nerves from the quest," he says, averting his eyes. I could tell he was not telling the whole truth.

"Are you sure?" I ask him, placing my hand on his arm. He jerks his arm away.

"Yeah. Its probably just Ares messing with us," he says. I nod and get up. I head over to Hunter, who was pacing. He doesn't see me coming, so I tap his shoulder lightly. He jumped into the and floated, while exhaling loudly.

"What do you want?" he ask rudely.

"What I want to know is why you and Raphael are fighting!" I snap. He sighs and runs his hand trough his hair.

"Its complicated, Carmen. You wouldn't understand. And anyways, it might be one of the gods messing with us," he says, not looking me directly in the face.

"Raphael said almost the same thing," I say. "Now, I want you to go over to him and apollogize(do you get what I put?)." He gives me a look and I quickly add,"For me, please?" His face softens.

"OK, I will only, for you though," he says and floats over to Raphael. He lands in front of Raphael and I see them exchange some looks and hand signs. Hunter only blew our tents up, so we still have our packs with us. At least I packed a blanket with me. I look up at the sky and see that its turning to dusk. Reds, pinks, and oranges race through the sky. I find a comfy spot on the ground and lay down.

"Hunter! Come here!" I yell. I look over at him and see him walking toward me. He kneels down and says,"Yes?"

"Can you get my bag for me? Or you can just grab my blanket for me," I say.

"Sure," he replies and goes over to my bag. He unzips it and out falls a little pillow my Mom bought for me. It's about the size of my head. He gives me a look and asks, "What's this?"

"It's my pillow! Mom got it for me!" I snap as I scramble up, trying to grab it from out of his hands. He gives me a dazzling smile and starts to run away.

"What are you guys doing?" I hear Raphael say to us.

"He stole my pillow!" I yell as I try to catch up to Hunter. I finally catch up and I throw my arms around him to stop him. He looks down at me as I look up at him. He gives me a mischievous smile and we suddenly lift up into the air. He wraps his arms around me and I hold on tighter.

"What are you doing?" I scream.

"Oh, you know, having fun," he says with a lopsided grin that sent my butterflies in my stomach. He looks down at something on the ground and nods. Suddenly, I'm free falling through the air. I scream at Hunter. I close my eyes ready for my body to go splat on the ground but that never comes. Strong arms grab me out of the air. I open my eyes and see Raphael holding me. I can just feel the blush creeping on my face.

"How was that?" Raphael whispers to me.

"Not fun!" I say and jump out of his arms. Hunter lands beside me and sticks his hand out, handing me my pillow. I snatch it out of his hands and walk off, stomping slightly.

"You guys are in trouble," I throw over my shoulder with and evil smile

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Whew! What a fun chapter to write. So, this author's note is going to be pretty long. First of all, since there are two of us on this account, we will tell you what to call us. You guys can call me(the pretty awesome one) Liz. I usually type up all of the chapters and write the even ones. Ash(the other one) writes the odd chapters. Second of all, we are currently writing another story that soon will be published on here. It is a maxerica AU. We don't know what it will be called but we know what will happen. Here is a sneak peak for the maxerica AU-

"Everyone, find the person with the matching mask," Amberly says up on stage. Her mask is a deep blue. Clarkson's mask is matching her, of course.

I notice Aspen heading over to Lucy. I look around for the person who has the matching mask. "My dear, I think I am supposed to dance with you," I hear someone say.

I turn around and see a guy around my age with a silver suit on. How did he match me? I look down at my silver dress where it is longer in the back but shorter in the front. "OK," I say.

I wish I was dancing with Aspen. I get into the position that Silvia taught us girls.

The scene will happen later in the story. I hope you guys will read it if you are in The Selection fandom!

Liz