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James drew his bow, sighted, and shot. Bullseye again... He thought. It would be a lot more exciting if I missed. He shook his head at the thought. Being an Apollo kid, he never missed. At times, it got boring, but at least he would never miss even under pressure. James looked around for anyone in his line of sight. He saw no one.

Emily was behind a tree watching James. She liked the fact that he couldn't miss a single shot.

James eventually got bored, so he grabbed his dagger from his boot and threw it at the target, and it sliced one of his arrows in half lengthwise down the shaft, finally reaching the center of the target. He went to retrieve it from the target, but it was stuck fast. "Gosh darn it!" James exclaimed as he attempted to tug the dagger free.

Emily was laughing hard behind the tree.

James whipped around when he heard laughter. "If you're gonna laugh, come do it to my face!" He shouted. He turned back to the target and braced his feet against the bottom of the target, and finally pulled the dagger free, falling backwards when he did.

Emily came out from behind the tree still laughing. "Man, you don't need to be so rude." She saw him fall on the ground and ran right up to him. "OMG! Are you okay?"

James smirked. "I'm fine." He pushed himself back up and stuffed his dagger back into his boot. "And who do you happen to be?" He asked.

"Emily," she said, "and whom do you happen to be?"

"James. Son of Apollo." He answered.

""Hmm," she said. "She looked back at the target. "Having fun?"

"Yeah. Up until my dagger got stuck."

"Are u practicing for something or doing it for fun?"

"Not really anything to practice for." James twirled one of his arrows between his fingers.

"Looks like you are! Anyhow gotta go. See you later?"

"Guess so." James turned back towards the target, secretly hoping he would see Emily again.

Emily walked up the hill and disappeared

James shot some more until he got tired, then headed to the Apollo cabin.

Emily was back at her camp. She went and found Ares.

Emily was up on top of the hill. She was waiting for James.

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Colton sat with his back against a tree, fiddling with his dagger.

Sammy let an arrow fly. It fell short about a foot from the target.

Sometimes he pretended his cat could talk. Now was one f those times. "Man, you're terrible."

(*One of)

Colton watched the boy shooting arrows, seeing that he was probably not an Apollo kid with the way he was missing the target.

He looked down at the tabby. "Really? You couldn't do any better."

The cat casually licked his paw. "Well, yeah, but I'm a cat."

He stood up and started silently walking towards the boy and his cat. One of his favorite things to do was sneak up on people.

Sammy heard quiet breathing and jumped. "Ahh!"

"Oh. You scared me. Let me guess, you were watching me shoot?"

"Yep. I was." Colton walked up next to Sammy. "Here, let me show you the best way to never miss."

"Oh, thanks."

Colton picked up a bow and drew. "Make sure to take your time and focus. When you see your target, take a deep breath and release." Colton released the arrow, and it hit the center of the target.

Kibbles rubbed up against Colton's leg.

Sammy laughed. "You're a good shot. My cat seems to like you. His name is Kibbles, by the way."

"Well I'm Colton." He stuck out his hand to shake hands with Sammy.

"I'm Sammy," He said, taking his hand.

"Nice to meet you Sammy. Who's your godly parent? Mine's Apollo."

"Aether. Apollo, huh? Thet explains the archery."

"Yeah. Go ahead and try what I said."

"Sure." He pulled the string back, took a breath, and let the arrow fly. It hit low on the target, but it still hit the target. "Yes!"

"Nice. Now aim for the center."

He did and got a bullseye, but just barley. "YES!!"

"Perfect!" Colton grinned.

"Thanks. That's my first bullseye ever."

"Really? Well I'm glad you got one."

"Thank you? So, how long have you been at camp?"

"Quite a while. Since I was.....I think 13 or 14."

((Wouldn't you have been their since you where an infant?))

"Wow. I've been here for about a half a week."

"Well I can show you around camp if you want."