Prologue
Her Name is Artemis. The moon goddess. The hunting mistress. An archer. Protector of animals and children. Sister to Apollo.Their births were legendry. Artemis was first born, by night. And then by morning, Apollo was born. They were Ying – and - Yang - different. Opposites that worked together. Brother and Sister who were fighters, both, and acted, well… like siblings.
Many said Artemis was hypocritical. She was the guardian of animals and a hunter. She said always that wolves were animals too. But they hunt. And if you still persisted against this goddess, then you watch your step while the moon is out, or you will find a silver arrow in your heart.
She was incapable of love for a man. She had seen the fools that victims of Aphrodite became. So she requested, through her Father, Zeus, to be invulnerable to Aphrodite.
She lived in Olympia Forest, a place of many animals and also where lived the animal gods.
Even if this story is about Artemis, it started in the palace of Sython. It was a dark night and the Queen had a child… The King came in to visit his daughter. He held her tight and said her name was Iona. But Sython had enemies. The spies in the palace waited for the baby to be alone anxiously. Finally, the mother fell asleep, and the maid led her out from the nursery. Then it was time to act. The baby was now a month old. She was kidnapped and the thieves brought her away. The fates appeared to Zeus at that moment.
"Zeus, you must use your bolts to strike down that thief as soon as he enters Artemis' Forest. But do not harm the child." Part of Zeus himself feared the great Fates, so he obeyed.
The thief was burnt but the baby girl lived as commanded. Solki, a vixen, spotted her and took her home to her den with her pups…