I shoot a god

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"Bethany? Bethany! Wake up!"

I bolted up and hit Isabelle, who was leaning over me trying to shake me awake, in the head, knocking her onto the floor.
"Ow."
"Sorry," I began climbing out of bed and helped her off of the floor,"I had a bit of a crazy dream last night."
"Yeah, me too. I dreamt I was flying a Pegasus straight into a desert and then hit a giant pole."
"Okay,"I started,"you win for craziest dream."
"Yeah, I also dreamt you were talking in your sleep and heard everything that was going on in your dream. But then I woke up, and it was reality."
"Oh,"I said, embarrassed.
"But yours wasn't a dream, it was a vision. For some reason, you saw most likely the past. Considering Bianca and Nico Di Angelo left the Lotus Casino quite a few years back."
"Huh, well, I guess it was the past."
"Anyways, c'mon. I see you need to borrow some of my clothes, go ahead and get changed and let's go eat."

When I was done getting dressed, my black hair was in a side braid, I was wearing a A sweat shirt striped with all different colors, blue jeans with bright patches and neon sneakers with smiley faces on them. I stared at myself in the mirror in awe. Isabelle came up behind me.
"You look great! Alright let's go!"
I let her drag me out of the cabin and out to where everyone was eating and I got stared down by every single demigod there. Eventually Danny walked up and have the hood pulled over my head a light tug.
"I see you got into Isabelle's wardrobe."
"Yeah, I didn't really have any clothes here."
"Look, after breakfast I can take you back to the Aphrodite cabin and get you something a little less..."
"Loud?"
"Well, I was going to say vibrantly over the top crazy, but loud works too."
We both laughed for a minute.
"But, hey, I guess that's what friends are for. See ya in a little while."
"Bye,"I called after her.
As soon as I had finished eating, I ran after Danny to go get different clothes on. Stepping into the Aphrodite cabin was like stepping into a freshly cleaned mansion. I could practically see my reflection in the floors and I wasn't convinced that the curtains weren't made from velvet. Danny leaned across her bed and pulled up a stack of clothes.
"Maybe you'll be a little more comfortable in these."
"Thanks."
"So what are you doing today?"
"Well, I think I have to relearn how to shoot a bow, and handle a sword, and practically everything else."
"Hey, don't sweat it. It's not all that hard."
"Hope not."
"Yeah, I'm sure you'll be fine. I gotta go now, but I'll see you around."
Danny ran out of the cabin and I walked out and over to where my training was supposed to start. There stood Aleigh.
"Hey."
"Hi."
"Ready to learn to shoot an arrow?"
"Sure."
"Okay then, so you see those targets?"
"Yes."
"Aim for one of those. And don't shoot until I check to make sure you're doing it right, and don't aim up."
After I stood in position for about five minutes before Aleigh told me to shoot. I missed the target by about a foot.
"That's a good start, um, maybe we need a bigger target....here!"
Aleigh ran over to the target and pinned a picture of someone to the back of it. I squinted eyes to see who it was. It looked like Apollo.
"Okay, you should have a much bigger target now."
"But that's Apollo?"
"Yes,and?"
"Are we supposed to aim at gods?"
"It's not the real Apollo, besides whenever I need a target, I use his picture."
"Why?"
She looked down.
"Never mind that. Just shoot."
I picked raised up the bow and aimed the best I could at the picture. When I released the arrow it didn't hit bullseye, but it was close enough to Apollo's neck. Aleigh looked up and smiled slightly.
"Good job."

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