Interview with the gods and Titans with Mary Foxx

Interview with the Twin Archers

After the fight between Hyperion and Apollo, Artemis apologised and promised me an exclusive interview with her. Unfortunately, Apollo wanted me to interview him with her. Maybe it’s a twin thing. We met at Apollo’s mortal home in Malibu. What can I say? It was huge, there was plenty of sunlight and there was a massive back pool.

“You’re such a show off” Artemis complained as we walked in. He just shrugged his shoulders.

“What can I say? I’m the god of light; I like to be flashy.” At least he was being honest. We walked to the outside pool and grabbed some seats by a table in the shade.

“Okay, shoot” Apollo said.

“Okay, who was born first?”

“I was” They said in unison. “No...Yes” This was getting weird.

“Seriously, lying doesn’t suit you.” Artemis scoffed.

“She’s right.” I replied. “You are known as the Truth Teller.” He rolled his dazzling eyes.

“Fine, Artemis was born first.” Gasp. Yes, Apollo has admitted to being the younger twin.

“Then why do you call her your little sister?” I asked.

“Well, because she’s always frolicking about as a 12 year old.”

“I’ve talked to you about that! My hunters are typically in their young teens. It would be pretty unfair if I was going around showing off my developed body.”

“Yeah, yeah, I know. Also, if I were the little brother people might get the idea that I’m incapable of looking after you. I love you and I want every scum bag out there to know that when they mess with you, they mess with me. Then they shall feel the burning intensity of my wrath.” As he was making his speech, his eyes were literally set alight. I guess that’s a god thing.

“Awe...” Artemis leaned in to hug her brother and give him a kiss on the cheek. How sweet. “Big brother or little brother, I know that you’ll always be there for me.” A stunning grin flashed across Apollo’s face. I’m surprised I didn’t go blind.

“On to the next question; Artemis, what was it like to have your only love killed by your brother?” I asked.

“What are you talking about?” She asked.

“Yeah, what are you talking about? She’s the one who impaled him with the arrow.” He exclaimed defensively.

“But you tricked her.”

“He did?” Artemis was sounding confused. “‘Hey Artemis, I bet you can’t hit that target way over there.’ You set me up!”  She yelled. “You made me kill Orion!”

“I-I was trying to protect you. Remember what we were just talking about. I love you so much I didn’t think that any guy deserved you.”

“And thanks to you I have lost the only man I have everloved. Over a thousand years passed. I still haven’t gotten over him. We were deeper than Romeo and Juliet, closer than Jack and Rose! I still cry when I see that movie. Because I’m like her but worse because I killed the man I loved.”

She began to burst out crying. I seriously did not expect this from her. Artemis is a goddess. Not just any either. She is the goddess of the hunt. She was meant to be a fierce warrior, not a crying heartbroken girl.

“Apollo, what have you got to say for yourself?”

“I’m really sorry Artemis. I just wanted to protect you and your virginity. You’d be amazed how many creeps are out there.”

“And you’re one of them!” She raged.

“Okay, I had that one coming. Orion was a hunter but I think his catch of the day was your heart.”

“Yeah, so what if it was? I’m a goddess; I can take care of myself. Sometimes you need to make some mistakes in life. That’s how you learn and grow. Even gods make mistakes. But now I’ll never know if being with Orion would have been a mistake or the single best decision I ever made.”

Apollo was really looking guilty now but I was a bit too. I had no idea that after all these centuries Artemis didn’t know the real reason behind her lover’s death.

“Look, I’m sorry too. If I’d known that you didn’t know, I’d never have brought it up.”

“It’s okay.” Apollo said. “This skeleton was going to jump out of the closet sooner or later. I should know. I’m the god of prophecy.”

“You have no idea how much I want to hurt you right now Apollo.”

“I think I have an idea.”

“Do you two mind finishing the interview?”

“We promised you one and I like to keep promises.” Apollo replied.

“Same here”

“Great. So Apollo, you’re bisexual. What do your female lovers think of this?”

“Err; I guess they tend to feel threatened. I mean those who know. Most of them don’t. How do you know?”

“I’m a journalist; I make it my job to know. Besides, it’s all there on Wikipedia.”

“DARN IT! No wonder I’ve been rejected recently. Me, Apollo- rejected! I don’t get rejected. I reject.” Wow, someone is full of themselves.

“It explains why you’ve been getting so many male friend requests of GodFace.” Artemis said.   

“Yeah, I was wondering.”

“So let’s talk about your male loooooooves.”

“Can we please not? The whole Hyacinthus relationship is really painful to talk about. Do you have any idea what it’s like to kill your loved one?”

“Yeah I think I do.” Artemis snapped

“But you know that it was an aided killing, right?”

“I know a lot of things. And I know who killed Hyacinthus and I still hate Zephyr, that murderer.” He said it with such malice; I was afraid he would get up and race after the wind god. For those of you who don’t know what happened, basically:

·       Apollo and Zephyr both loved Hyacinthus.

·       Hyacinthus chose Apollo

·       When Apollo and Hyacinthus were practising their discus throwing, the jealous Zephyr decided to blow Apollo’s discuss out of course.

·        Either accidently or on purpose, the discuss beheaded Hyacinthus.

·        His head fell clean off and Apollo was so depressed, he turned his dead love into a flower now known as the Hyacinth.  

“Lord Apollo, tell me- how did this make you feel?”

“Feel? It felt horrible! I’d had my heart torn out before but this was different. Hyacinthus loved me back. We were meant to be.” He was really distraught and the glow he normally had around him faded.

“But you got over him didn’t you? I mean you have plenty of demi-god kids to prove that.”

“I know that Hyacinthus wouldn’t want me to be depressed forever. I’ve moved on but I will never forget him.” Aaw, how sweet.

So you’ve heard about their squabbles and heart break. Next up, vengeance and secrets; this is Mary Foxx.

Author’s Note: Please let me know what you think. I know it’s not very funny yet. I’m leaving that for the next chapter. I wanted to inform the readers about them first.s