Partners in Crime

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Once they were ready, they set off towards the forest. It was a quiet walk, until Apollo broke the silence.

"Do you remember when Mom told us the stories about why the gods live on Mt. Olympus to scare us into being well-behaved?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I can never remember why Hades was banished."

"He shoved some kid's face into the ground. That's why he's the god of the underworld."

"Oh, yeah! And Poseidon wouldn't get out of the pool!"

"And he's the god of the sea."

"And Hermes was too nosy, so now he's the messenger! Yeah, I remember now!"

"You sound like a seven-year-old."

"Oh, shut up, Ari!"

They shared a look that held their entire childhoods' worth of memories. "I don't shut up, I grow up! And when I look at you, I throw up!"

"Ha-ha. You're hilarious."

"I try," Artemis joked.

"Hold on," Apollo suddenly whispered and held out his arm to stop Artemis. "There's an animal near the tree."

"I got this one." She quickly knocked an arrow and raised her bow to aim. She let go of the string and let the arrow fly. "And I can take care of myself, by the way."

"Well, for what it's worth, that was a nice shot."

"Well, duh. That's my job," she smirked, turning around to make sure the animal was dead. It was. "Oh no."

"What?" When she didn't respond, he got worried. "Ari, what's wrong?"

She turned back around with a grim look on her face. "I think I just shot Daisy."

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