Daughter Of Wild

Chapter 3:Blessed By Gods

"Yes. I'm your mother dear."

I finally got it. My love for the wilderness and animals. How I killed that Minotaur with the bow and arrow yesterday. She has the same silver eyes as I had. I hugged her tightly and tears came.

"Shh it's ok." She stroked my hair softly like a mother would.

"H-how? Aren't you a maiden Goddess?"

She smiled sadly and nodded.

"I broke my oath and another one so I could see you. Zeus made the 12 Olympians vote on your fate and the seven who chose that you lived gave you a blessing. Athena gave you knowledge, Hermes speed, Hades shadow travel and fighting skills, Apollo your musical talents, Demeter gives you your love for nature, Aphrodite gave you beauty and charm speak, and Dionysus, being the cheap he is gave you a fast metabolism."

I tried to say something but I couldn't close my dropped jaw.

"I..."

Suddenly there were flashes of lightning. Artemi- I mean mom nodded and sighed.

"I have to go dear. Please be safe and remember I'm always with you." She put something in my hands.

"Oh and Aphrodite wanted to give you something."

The blinding light came back. I covered my eyes and the he next she was gone. I looked in my hand and there was a silver ring that had a bow and arrow design on it.

I slipped it in my finger and then a poof noise blasted and I started stumbling.

"What happened?" I asked turning to Nico who was staring at me.

"Did you get shorter?" I asked.

"A blessing from Aphrodite." He said at last.

I looked down and saw that I was in a golden glittering dress that was high in the front and low in the back. I had on golden high heels. My nails were long and painted gold. I grabbed a metal plate from a camper. When I looked at my reflection my eyelashes were long and my eyes popped out from the makeup I had on. My lips were shiny and full.

I heard a couple of boys whistle and hoot at me.

"All hail Ava! Daughter of Artemis!"

Chiron called out and everyone bowed down to me.

I couldn't understand anything. I ran out if the mess hall and bumped into someone. It was a girl with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. She had tanned skin and was maybe an inch taller than I.

"Oh are you OK?" I asked.

She nodded and held out her hand.

"I'm Natasha, daughter of Apollo."

I shook her hand.

"Avatar daughter of Artemis."

"I know. I saw what happened in there. Are you OK?" She asked with a concered look in her eyes.

"I don't know. It's just a lot to take in."

"I saw you and Nico together. I see that you like older guys." She winked at me.

"First, we're just friends. And older? Nico's younger than me."

"He's 19. He probably used mist to make him look younger." A voice said from behind us.

I turned and saw that it was that guy Leo.

"Mist?" I asked.

"I'm sure he'll explain to you later. I got to go but I'll see you later." He said winking at me.