When Sadie told me monsters had attacked her at Olympus, I lost my mind. Zara knew what I was thinking, too. We bolted toward Artemis and explained it all.

“Artemis!” I exclaimed. The beautiful goddess turned around and looked at me.

“I know what you're hear to talk to me about, Brielle,” Artemis sighed. “Sadie’s a big problem. She’s going to attract more monsters than ever.”

“I think she’s the girl in the prophecy.” I whispered quietly.

“I do too,” Zara agreed.

“So do I,” Artemis had a look of grief in her eyes. “We must protect her or else she will not survive.”

“We’ll try our best, Artemis!” Zara beamed, hoping to impress Artemis. Zara’s the youngest of the huntresses, but she doesn’t act her age (eleven). She has always been one of the best huntresses, with a perfect shot with her arrow almost every time.

“You won’t try your best, Zara,” Artemis said seriously. “You will do your best.”

Zara and I walked away, but I couldn’t stop thinking about that prophecy and reciting it in my head. I let out a long sigh and grabbed my bow. I invited Sadie to go hunting for monsters with me, and she agreed. We walked down the hill silently until Sadie asked what was on my mind.

“Well, there’s this prophecy,” I said slowly. “I think it’s me, you, and Zara who are involved in it. Plus someone else.”

“What does it say?” Sadie asked, her eyes widening.

“The child of beauty shall rise and fall

The child of tools may save them all

The child of sea can put out the fire

But the child of darkness is most desired,” I recited. Sadie dropped her bow and knelt down.

“Kill the prophecy,” she muttered with crazed eyes. I jumped back and screamed for help, assuming she was possessed. Sadie kept muttering “kill the prophecy” as I shrieked and shouted. No one showed up. I knelt beside Sadie and tried to snap her out of it. Finally, after five minutes, she was back to her normal self.

Nevertheless, it was terrifying. After I had snapped her out of it, Sadie just stared at the sky.