The Betrayed One

Chapter 3

Family

Apollo, the Greek god of the sun, light, healing, music, poetry, archery, reason and prophecy, also known as the playboy of Olympus. The complete opposite of his maiden sister, Artemis, and sometimes known as the male counterpart of Aphrodite. But frankly, that's not true.

Aphrodite gets more girls than him.

Right now he was going to visit his sister, as suicidal a task can be, to check up on her and her lovely hunters. Although most gods always question why he would, given that Artemis made a group of hunters that hate men, his type especially. He was the living embodiment of the men the hunters vowed to kill, and he had the tendency to visit them the most.

That just goes to show the difference between the two. Artemis was intelligent, rational, and though she was no strategist compared to Athena, the Moon goddess took calculated risks. However, Apollo was childish, immature, and just like his father threw tantrums when he didn't get what he wanted.

But there's more to meet the eye when it comes to Apollo. When Artemis first became an Olympian, she swore, very easily, to become a maiden goddess. She was given the hunt as a gift as long as she swore off the company of men. Though she stayed true to her virgin oath and was never tempted once to break it, she didn't completely swear off men.

There were a few, like Hippolytus and Orion. Orion was the first male to ever join the hunters, though was Artemis' deepest regret, as he turned out to be a womanizer and a rapist. Artemis and her hunt could and would never get over it; 1, they allowed a male into their hunt and 2, the male they allowed was the one they despised the most. No one dared make fun of Artemis though, as she is one of the most fearsome gods on Olympus.

When it came to Hippolytus, well he was a decent man. Not anything striking out as good, but really all he did was hunt well. Though Artemis categorized him as peculiar, as he was the only male she ever met who didn't agree with love. But not just romantic but sibling, paternal, and even simply friendship. As weird as he was Artemis didn't want him to die so she shipped him off to Italy to be a priest to her shrines.

But it was the incident with Orion when her man-hating actions developed and her brother receives the brunt of it. Though the Sun god should have expected it, given that he and Orion are one and the same, minus the rape portion.

Apollo knew that there was no point in changing his ways, Artemis' mind was set on how he acts, so the only option was to embrace it. His twin would never visit him or speak to him, so he came to her. In all honesty, he never found not one of the hunters attractive. Sure they were really beautiful, but he could never say he lusted after any of them.

But he pretends like he does anyway because that's the only way he can his sister will he even look at him. That's the beauty behind the madness, to get the sibling interaction he craves so dearly he must become the man his sister hates.

It's the same madness that is again driving him right back to the Hunters of Artemis, and even though he'll be threatened and attacked in his mind it's worth it.

It was right after he finished landing the sun, leading Artemis to begin riding the moon, when he visited. He knew it was dinner time so he teleported near the edge of the camp, that way he can at least get to the hunters before Artemis comes to make him leave.

Apollo easily found them in Coconino National Forest. His favorite state is Arizona, so it helps that they were in the state's forest. It's been awhile since he last visited, almost 20 years. Granted that time the hunters actually landed 5 arrows in his manhood. Not pretty.

It doesn't matter anyway, as he could see all of them when he drove the sun. He's a witness on why they're the most feared of all demigods. They can traverse the entire country in a week from end to end. But the older hunters, from the Ancient Greek days, can do it 3 days. But even Artemis can do it by herself in under 24 hours.