Zoë Nightshade Goes to the Dentist

By: ZoeNightshade2214

Thalia Castellan

Chapter 1

"Ow." I muttered.

We, the hunters and I, were eating dinner, when all of a sudden a sharp pain shot through my mouth.

"What's the matter Zoë?" asked Samantha, one of the newer recruits. She is also one of my closer friends.

"It is nothing Sam." I replied quickly, not wanting anyone to know I was in pain. They needed nothing else to worry about, what with the titan war at hand and Artemis being away on a mission, not here to help us prepare. Besides, I figured the pain would go away soon enough.

Soon though the pain became unbearable. It hurt to eat and eventually it even hurt when I talked. After a while I couldn't take it anymore, I had to tell someone. I decided Sam would be the best to tell, she would know what was wrong.

"Sam!" I shouted, trying to find the young huntress.

"Over here." she called out.

I found her at the edge of camp with several apples hanging on strings from a branch, her bow drawn, an arrow set ready to fire on the bow string. She let the arrow fly, hitting the apple dead center.

"What's up?" she asks as she readies her next arrow.

"Its my tooth," I exclaim, "something has happened to it, it hurts all the time, and I do not know what happened!"

"Well Zoë, " I noticed she was trying to suppress a smile as she shot her next arrow, this time just grazing the edge of the red sphere. " I think you have a cavity."

"What is that?" I honestly have never heard of such a thing, "It's something in your tooth, " she explains as she draws her last arrow, completely missing her target. She must really be trying not to laugh to miss by that much; she's one of our best archers.

"Is it a bad thing?" I asked, feeling my tooth with my tongue. "It makes your teeth hurt, and it won't go away unless you have it taken care of, yes its a bad thing." Sam looked ready to double over with laughter. I don't understand why she thinks cavities are so funny; they hurt!

"How do I get rid of it? I'd ask Lady Artemis but she is out hunting with her brother, as Lord Zeus commanded." I said, little too coldly. I was a bit offended that Samantha thought my pain was amusing. "You can go to the dentist, I'll make you an appointment.

"Oh, all right, if you are sure it will help." I had to refrain from biting my nails, what in Hades name was a dentist?

"Yeah, I'm sure it'll help, my mom use to bring me to the dentist when I needed a filling." Samantha had drawn her bow again, I decided it was time to leave her to her archery practice, but before I could leave I wanted to show her that just because I don't have the faintest idea of what a dentist or filling is, I'm still a good shot at archery.

I drew my bow and let an arrow fly from the string, a satisfying twang, came as the arrow flew from my bow, but an even more satisfying thwack came as the apple fell to the ground, I had hit the string holding the apple up, snapping it in half.

Call it pride if you want, but I call it keeping my hunters in line. And it worked too, even as I walked away from Sam, head held high, I could feel her admiring look of awe sweep over me. I may have no idea what most modern conveniences are, but I would not give the rest of the hunt something to gossip about, I am their leader, they can't know that I Zoë Nightshade, am afraid of a dentist. Whatever that might be, it can't be more intimidating then the hordes of monsters I've faced. I cannot lose my dignity to a dentist, not mater how nervous I am.