Daughter of Light

Chapter 24: Understand Me

Darwin laughed, “What? Can you shoot an arrow properly? Protecting your little boyfriend, huh?”

She clenched her fists, “If I were to shoot you, then I’d aim it straight towards your chest.”

“Do you want a challenge?”

“Bring it on.”

He smirked, “Then it’ll be an archer’s challenge. We shoot arrows…blindfolded.”

“I’m in.”

They shook hands and got prepared for the challenge. The demigods were so interested in this archery fight that they stayed around to watch it and ignored their lessons. Before it started, Ash pulled aside Clarence.

“You know, I don’t want you standing up for me like that. It makes me seem like I’m weak, Clarence.”

“This isn’t for you, Ash. I need to teach that jerk a huge lesson.”

“Are you sure you can win against him?”

“When did I ever lose a fight?”

Ash rolled his eyes as Clarence marched over to where Darwin was. He was already blindfolded and was preparing to shoot an arrow. He released it and it went flying to the sky then dropped to the grass causing Ash and Clarence to snicker.

He fired the second arrow, and it whizzed past the target, barely missing it. Clarence knew he had no clue that he was losing. A few demigods chuckled at his failure.

The third arrow was shot, and miraculously, it bounced off the target and into the grass. Clarence burst into a fit of giggles. Darwin opened his blindfold and scowled. He turned to Clarence, “Your turn.”

She smirked and grabbed her own bow and arrows. She tied a blindfold over her eyes and made sure she couldn’t see at thing. In her mind, she was already using her photographic memory and was visualizing the target. She grabbed a silver arrow from her quiver and positioned it properly on the bow.

She stretched the bow and in no time, the arrow was released. All Clarence heard around her was silence. She didn’t know if she hit the target or not, but she took out another arrow and aimed it. With her unique memory, it is as if she wasn’t blindfolded at all or the blindfold was see-through. This time, she pictured an arrow already on the center of the target.

She fired the second then last arrow and it was the same. Everything was silent. After she fired the last arrow, she smirked in satisfaction when she saw the three arrows hit bull’s eye. Darwin was glaring at her and Ash was laughing like the others.

“See? I told you I could do it!” she told Ash.

He merely smiled and nodded his head.

~ΔΟΛ~ ΔΟΛ~ ΔΟΛ~

After dinner, when the sun already sank, Clarence and Ash put their plan in action. Luckily for them, there were no arguments or fights during the set up. Actually, Clarence found it really silent and quiet. She and Ash would just put the table and chairs there, cover it with a fresh soft white cloth, place the porcelain plates, added some wine glasses to make it classy, and finally, a candle in the middle of the table.

Clarence wondered why Ash was so determined to get Jed and Ami together. Yeah, Jed was his best friend, but she didn’t know he valued their friendship so much that he would set up a romantic dinner for the girl his best friend likes. Ash told her to shut up and just go along with the plan. Once they were done fixing the place up, it was not that bad. The both of them already sent hand-written messages to them, telling them to go to the woods and wear something.